The decision to seek land or cash in lieu of land is determined based on City policies and the City’s Official Plan to determine park needs within the area and to gauge whether the site can sufficiently meet the City’s park policies while still meeting the applicant’s development objectives.
This decision is also influenced by the size of the development.  In most cases, sites that are applicable to the parkland dedication bylaw are seeking a building permit and in general are not large enough to support both the development being proposed and a park that meets the Official Plan criteria for acceptable parkland.
In most cases, land conveyances are dedicated as part of a subdivision approval through a different process and cash in lieu dedicated when individual lots or smaller sites seek building permits through the parkland dedication bylaw.
Collected land or payments to meet Parkland Dedication requirements must be collected before building permits can be issued.