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The City of Cornwall sits on the banks of the St.
Lawrence River, a short hour's drive to Ottawa and Montreal.
One of Canada's oldest settlements, the city is currently
home to 46,000 people and recent years has seen positive economic
growth.
The Heart of the City initiative is a broad-based
community rejuvenation plan which brings together the diversity
of business, community and civic interests in the City to
focus resources on the creation of a livable and economically
vibrant urban core for the city.
The Heart of the City Community Improvement Plan (CIP)
is the result of significant visioning, research, analysis
and policy formulation undertaken by the Heart of the City
with the full support of the Council of the City of Cornwall.
The CIP has been approved by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs
and Housing.
Heart of the City Toolkit: The Heart of the City has
launched an online Toolkit, designed to provide a single source
of information and resources available in the community to
current property owners, prospective owners, and developers
who are looking to make improvements or develop new or existing
properties in the Heart of the City. The Toolkit includes:
Design Ideas, Checklists and Guidelines for Maintenance and
Improvement Projects, Building and Major Renovation Projects
and Facade Projects, Funding Resources, A Directory, and Frequently
Asked Questions.
Contact:
City of Cornwall, Planning Division
100 Water Street East, 2nd Floor
Cornwall, ON K6H 5T9
Dana McLean, Planning Program Administrator
Tel: (613) 930-2787 ext. 2105
Fax: (613) 930-7426
Heart of the City and/or Progress Boulevard
113 Second Street East
Cornwall, ON K6H 1Y5
Tel. 613-933-4004 ext. 224
Brownfields Community Improvement Plan
Disclaimer* - Please be aware that the applications are
placed on the website to help facilitate the application process.
However, we strongly urge the applicant to discuss and direct
any questions you may have pertaining to the application to
staff.
For further information
visit:
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Cornwall: Community
Improvement Plan (CIP)
There are eight programs available under Cornwall's Brownfield
CIP:
- City of Cornwall Rehabilitation Grant (tax based) Program
This grant is based on the "Reimbursing Developer"
approach where the landowner/developer pays the full cost
of redevelopment as well as the annual increase in property
tax which results. The City then reimburses (or rebates)
the developer by means of an annual grant equivalent to
all or part of the municipal portion of tax increase over
an established "base" assessment and tax liability.
- Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) Grant and Project
Feasibility Study Grant Program
This grant is geared towards sites with a Phase 1 ESA, providing
assistance to specify the nature and extent of contamination
through partial funding of Phase II and Phase III ESA, for
example. Partial funding (to a maximum of 50% of the study
costs, with a maximum dollar cap, subject to limitations)
of the feasibility study is provided to determine the viability
of the proposed use given the environmental conditions of
the site.
- Brownfield Property Tax Cancellation Assistance Program
This program provides assistance to landowners by removing
the cost of property taxation by canceling the increase
of property taxation. As a result of provincial legislative
changes, there are added opportunities to have a combined
cancellation of both municipal and education portions of
tax over a predetermined time period.
- Municipal Brownfield and Urban Information Service
Program
The purpose of this service is to prepare and maintain a
database with information on key potential brownfield sites
(e.g. information on site size, use, ownership, zoning,
etc.). This is designed to provide ongoing assistance with
redevelopment efforts, renovations or re-use of brownfield
sites.
- Municipal Planning/Development Fees Grant (Rebate)
Program
This program is designed to assist landowners/developers
through the reduction of development costs related to municipal
planning and development fees. Fee payments are rebated
100% on condition of achieving approvals, building or occupancy
permits.
- Discretionary Municipal Tipping Fees Grant Program
This program provides assistance to landowners/developers
through the reduction of development costs related to removal
and disposal of non-hazardous material at municipal landfill.
- Municipal Property Acquisition, Disposal and Marketing
Program
This is an ad-hoc opportunity led program in which the
City of Cornwall invests in the purchase of property, sale
of, and/or leasing of municipal property dependent on the
opportunity for involvement in small, medium and large scale
redevelopment efforts involving Brownfields.
- Payment-in-Lieu of Parkland Dedication Program
This program provides a reduction of development costs
for residential and nonresidential developers through existing
legislative discretion for exempting a landowner from providing
a cash-in-lieu payment for parkland dedication purposes.
Note: This program applies to sites where land dedication
is not feasible
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