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Owen Sound Council Refuses Rental Development Charge Break, Clears Two Apartment Projects

Council collected development charges on a 128-unit rental, funded a Harrison Park marker tree restoration and passed 11 bylaws at its July 13 meeting.

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Miranda Miller
Jul 16, 2026
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Image source: Owen Sound City Council meeting recording for July 13, 2026.

Owen Sound councillors cleared two apartment projects on 15th and 16th avenues at their July 13 meeting but refused a developer’s request to waive development charges on the larger of them — a 128-unit rental at 1201 15th Avenue East — directing staff instead to collect the roughl…

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