ontario regulation 102/26

made under the

Municipal Act, 2001

Made: April 16, 2026
Filed: April 17, 2026
Published on e-Laws: April 17, 2026
Published in The Ontario Gazette: May 2, 2026

Amending O. Reg. 584/06

(FEES AND CHARGES)

1. Ontario Regulation 584/06 is amended by adding the following section:

Storm water

6.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a municipality and a local board do not have power under the Act to impose fees or charges in respect of any portion of a property that is classified in the farm property class or the managed forests property class under the Assessment Act for services or activities, costs payable or the use of property with respect to the municipality or local board’s management of storm water.

(2) The limitation on imposing fees or charges in subsection (1) does not apply if, on the portion of the property that is classified in the farm property class or the managed forests property class, as the case may be, storm water is discharged directly from a storm sewer on the property into a storm sewer owned or operated by or on behalf of the municipality or local board.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2),

“storm sewer” means any system of pipes, drains or appurtenances used for the collection or transmission of storm water drainage but does not include a work undertaken under the Drainage Act, a ditch or a culvert.

(4) If a municipality or local board receives a fee or charge in respect of a portion of a property for which there is a limitation on imposing such fee or charge under this section, the municipality or local board shall,

(a)  refund the portion of the fee or charge that was provided with respect to a period after the day section 1 of 102/26 comes into force; and

(b)  pay interest, calculated in accordance with subsections (5) and (6), on the amount required to be refunded under clause (a).

(5) For the purposes of clause (4) (b), the rate of interest payable is the lowest prime rate reported to the Bank of Canada by any of the banks listed in Schedule I to the Bank Act (Canada) at the date of default.

(6) Interest under clause (4) (b) begins to accrue,

(a)  on the day section 1 of Ontario Regulation 102/26 comes into force, if the municipality or local board receives the fee or charge described in subsection (4) before that day; or

(b)  90 days after the municipality or local board receives the payment, if the municipality or local board receives the fee or charge described in subsection (4) on or after the day section 1 of 102/26 comes into force.

Commencement

2. This Regulation comes into force on the day that is 90 days after the day this Regulation is filed.

Made by:
Pris par :

Le ministre des Affaires municipales et du Logement,

Rob Flack

Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing

Date made: April 16, 2026
Pris le : 16 avril 2026