1. Purpose Statement
The Town of Grand Bay-Westfield’s Development Incentive By-law focuses on encouraging developers to build to increase the housing inventory in Grand Bay-Westfield that addresses a shortage of Missing Middle Housing and Senior Housing units.
2. Application
A property owner wishing to be considered for a Grant or Development and Building Permit Fee Discounts must complete and submit an application form to the Town of Grand Bay-Westfield prior to the commencement of any work and prior to applying for a building permit.
Grant applications do not apply retroactively to previously approved development projects. No revisions to an application are permitted after the project has been started.
3. Definitions
a. “CAO” means the Chief Administrative Officer of the Town of Grand Bay-Westfield appointed under the Local Governance Act, SNB 2017, c.18 or their delegate;
b. “Missing Middle Housing” means ground-oriented housing types that exist between single-detached and mid-rise apartments, including garden suites, secondary suites, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, row houses, courtyard housing and apartments of at least two (2) bedrooms per living unit
c. “Senior Housing” means multi-unit housing primarily intended for independent persons aged fifty-five (55) and older serving individual seniors per living unit.