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[–] CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

These are often called DCCs (Development Cost Charges), and they’re necessary. I help set them.

You can’t massively increase density without upgrading infrastructure. There’s only so much capacity in your watermains and sewermains. So, either:

  1. You treat it as first come, first served—meaning eventually a developer gets stuck upgrading the entire sewer main,
  2. You make homeowners pay for it through higher taxes, or
  3. You have new developments pay their share up front, covering the future upgrade costs their projects will trigger.

To me, #3 is the most reasonable approach.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

The mantra is "growth pays for growth"... but at a certain point upgrades and new amentities with density benefit existing homeowners and local businesses as much as the new development, so there's an argument that this would justify some degree of cost sharing. Definitely not a popular argument with most residents though.