City of Courtenay Annual Report 2021 draft

PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS

Every year, the City of Courtenay receives applications from non-profit organizations that qualify for tax exemption under the requirements of Provincial legislation. For 2021, the following exemptions were approved by Council.

Council adopted a five-year Permissive Tax Bylaw to exempt the following City owned properties, managed/occupied by non-profit societies. The 2021 value of properties exempt is as follows: Council adopted a ten year Permissive Tax Bylaw to exempt the following City owned properties, managed/occupied by non-profit societies. The 2021 value of properties exempt is as follows: Island Corridor Foundation $23,753 Total Island Corridor Foundation exemptions $23,753

Exempt Amount of City Property Taxes

Registered Owners

Aaron House Ministries Alano Club of Courtenay Canadian Red Cross Society

$2,511

3,651 1,647 2,783 1,577

Comox Valley Centre of the Arts Courtenay & District Museum

$26,896 19,082 30,840 11,134

City of Courtenay - Leased O ce Space Comox Valley Boys and Girls Club Comox Valley Child Development Association Comox Valley Family Services Association Comox Valley Kiwanis Village Society Comox Valley Pregnancy Care Centre Comox Valley Recovery Centre Society Comox Valley Curling Club

Courtenay Airpark Courtenay Marina McPhee Meadows Sid Williams Theatre

14,504 12,501

1,623

7,030

18,810

15,360

Total City owned properties

$108,385

1,802 3,996 5,798 1,224 2,242 2,226

Provincial Legislation (the Community Charter) statutorily exempts the building and the land on which the builiding stands, for places of worship, specific seniors’ housing, hospitals and private schools. Council may, by bylaw, permissively exempt the land surrounding the building. In 2021, Council adopted a bylaw to exempt the following surrounding lands:

Comox Valley Transition Society

Community Justice Centre of the Comox Valley Courtenay & District Historical Soc. In Trust

Courtenay Elks Lodge

Anglican Synod Diocese of BC Bishop of Victoria-Catholic Church Central Evangelical Free Church

$1796

Dawn to Dawn Action on Homelessness Society

616

903

Eureka Support Society Glacier View Lodge Society

3,285

2,228

37,966

Courtenay Baptist Church

834

Habitat for Humanity V.I. North Society John Howard Society of North Island

388

Elim Gospel Hall

1312 3,138

4,245 5,321

Foursquare Gospel Church of Canada

L'Arche Comox Valley M’Akola Housing Society

Grace Baptist Church

200 547

16,440

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses

Nature Trust of B.C. - Sandpiper Park Nature Trust of B.C. – Arden Rd

5,356 2,266 8,568 7,874 2,008 1,688

LDS Church

1536

Lutheran Church

687 876 965 550 684 511

Old Church Theatre Society

River Heights Church Society Salvation Army Canada West Seventh Day Adventist Church

Royal Cdn. Legion, Courtenay Br. (Pacific) No. 17

Salvation Army

Stepping Stones Recovery House for Women Soc.

St. George's Church

Upper Island Women of Native Ancestry

795

Valley United Pentecostal Church

Wachiay Friendship Centre Youth for Christ Comox Valley

5,038

Total Permissive Surrounding Statutory Land Tax Exemptions Total Permissive Exemptions - Overall

671

$16,767

Total Non-Profit Annual Tax Exemptions

$181,377

$330,282

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