Off-site levies

Off-site levies can only be collected once per property. Leduc County collects off-site levies for road infrastructure, water infrastructure and wastewater infrastructure as outlined in the off-site levy bylaw. 

If off-site levies have already been fully paid on your property:

• These bylaw amendments will have no impact to you as off-site levies can only be collected once per property.

If off-site levies have not yet been paid on your property:

• Outstanding levies due to development or subdivision can be paid at the 2025 bylaw rate until the third reading of the new bylaw is complete, which is scheduled to take place on April 14, 2026.
• Outstanding amounts that remain after the third reading of the amended bylaw will be adjusted using the new rates.
• Off-site levies triggered by development permits or subdivision applications that are approved after the third reading of the new bylaw will be calculated using the new rates.

Section 648.1(1) of the Municipal Government Act (MGA) states the following:

Appeal of off-site levy

Any person may, subject to and in accordance with the regulations, appeal any of the provisions of an off-site levy bylaw relating to an off-site levy for a purpose referred to in section 648 (2) or (2.1) to the Land and Property Rights Tribunal on any of the following grounds:

a. that the purpose for which the off-site levy is to be imposed is unlikely to benefit future occupants of the land who may be subject to the off-site levy to the extent required by the regulations;

b. that the principles and criteria referred to in regulations made under section 694(4)(b) that must be applied by a municipality when passing the off-site levy bylaw have not been complied with;

c. that the determination of the benefitting area was not determined in accordance with regulations made under 694(4)(c);

d. that the off-site levy or any portion of it is not for the payment of the capital costs of the purposes set out in section 648(2) or (2.1), as applicable;

e. that the calculation of the off-site levy is inconsistent with regulations made under section 694(4) or is incorrect;

f. that an off-site levy for the same purpose has already been imposed and collected with respect to the proposed development or subdivision.

The Municipal Government Act (MGA) states that certain bylaws may be petitioned to Council. This means that the electors of Leduc County have an opportunity to submit a petition to require the bylaw or resolution be put to a public plebiscite. The general requirements for a petition are contained in section 224 of the MGA.

The signatures on a petition for a new bylaw must be collected no more than 60 days before the date on which the petition is filed with Leduc County’s County Manager. Petitions requesting an amendment or repeal of a bylaw or resolution must be filed with the County Manager within 60 days of the bylaw or resolution being passed.

Petitions, other than petitions for local improvement bylaws, must be signed by electors of Leduc County equal in number to at least 10 per cent of the population. According to the 2021 federal census, the permanent population of Leduc County is 14,416. This means a petition needs to contain at least 1,441 signatures.

Except for a local improvement petition, only electors of a municipality are eligible to be petitioners. An elector, as defined in the Local Authorities Election Act, is a person who is a Canadian citizen 18 years of age or older who lives in Alberta and whose place of residence is in Leduc County on the day they sign the petition.

For a person who has more than one residence in Alberta, the person must designate their place of residence in according with the following factors in order of priority:

• the address shown on the person’s driver’s licence or motor vehicle operator’s licence issued by or on behalf of the Government of Alberta or an identification card issued by or on behalf of the Government of Alberta;
• the address to which the person’s income tax correspondence is addressed and delivered;
• the address to which the person’s mail is addressed and delivered.

Completed petitions must be delivered in person to Leduc County Centre, attention County Manager, during business hours (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). To notify Leduc County that you intend to deliver a petition, please contact us at 780-955-4560.

To learn more about petitioning a bylaw to Council, visit the Government of Alberta's website.

• 2025 Annual report