Brownfields Renaissance Community Improvement Plan

The Brownfields Renaissance Community Improvement Plan encourages the rehabilitation and reuse of contaminated lands through study grants, tax cancellations and redevelopment grants. Apply for a Brownfields Renaissance Community Improvement Plan grant and submit to Planning Services.

Brownfields Study Grant Program

This program is administered on a first come first served basis and is designed to stimulate the undertaking of private sector environmental studies of brownfield sites in the project area as shown below.

Brownfields Property Tax Cancellation Program

This program is intended to provide incentives to encourage the rehabilitation of brownfield sites by utilizing the tax cancellation provisions in the Municipal Act, 2001. The City may also apply to the Region of Durham for regional property tax assistance, and to the Province for matching education property tax assistance.

Brownfields Redevelopment Grant Program

This program starts after the Brownfields Tax Cancellation Program ends and will provide an annual City and Regional grant to property owners who undertake redevelopment of their properties in the project area as shown below that will result in an increase in assessment.

Boundaries

The boundaries of the City of Oshawa Brownfields Renaissance Community Improvement Project Area are shown to the left. The area is comprised of all lands within the Major Urban Area as delineated in the Oshawa Official Plan.