City of Courtenay Annual Report 2022

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 2022, 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 2022 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 2022 value of properties exempt is as follows: Island Corridor Foundation $21,729 Kus-kus-sum - Project Watershed 32,049 M’Akola Housing Society 14,541 Nature Trust of B.C. - Sandpiper Park 5,205 Nature Trust of B.C. - Arden Rd 2,865 Total 10 year bylaw exemptions $76,389

Exempt Amount of City Property Taxes

Registered Owners

Aaron House Ministries Alano Club of Courtenay

$2,865

3,793 1,052 1,686 3,067

AVI Health & Community Services

Canadian Red Cross Society

City of Courtenay - Leased O ce Space Comox Valley Boys and Girls Club

810 540

Comox Valley Centre of the Arts Courtenay & District Museum

$27,550 19,148 37,436 14,700

Comox Valley Canoe Racing Club

Courtenay Airpark Courtenay Marina McPhee Meadows Sid Williams Theatre

Comox Valley Child Development Association

15,396 15,344

Comox Valley Curling Club

2,056

Comox Valley Family Services Association Comox Valley Kiwanis Village Society Comox Valley Pregnancy Care Centre Comox Valley Recovery Centre Society

7,304

26,915

13,441

Total City owned properties

$127,805

1,738 3,396 5,807 1,315 2,354 2,528

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 2022, 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

Dawn to Dawn Action on Homelessness Society

844

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

$1,775

Eureka Support Society Glacier View Lodge Society

3,379

966

31,292

2,562 1,057 1,302 2,772

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

405

Courtenay Baptist Church

5,102 5,547 8,867 8,657 2,567

Elim Gospel Hall

L'Arche Comox Valley

Foursquare Gospel Church of Canada

Old Church Theatre Society

Grace Baptist Church

197 540

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

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses

Salvation Army

LDS Church

1,638

Stepping Stones Recovery House for Women Soc.

540 819

Lutheran Church

749

Upper Island Women of Native Ancestry

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

1,107

850 588 675 557

5,035

Wachiay Friendship Centre Youth for Christ Comox Valley

692

St. George's Church

Total Non-Profit Annual Tax Exemptions

$156,182

Valley United Pentecostal Church

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

$17,335

$377,711

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