Despite public backlash against regional councillors, the developers of a luxury hotel in Niagara-on-the-Lake have avoided paying Niagara Region development charges on their project on the grounds of former Parliament Oak School.

Councillors voted 14-11 to forgive Two Sisters Resorts Corp. $904,819 in development charges for a second level of underground parking on the 1.62-hectare site at 325 King St.

Niagarans currently face 10% Region tax hike for 2026

Child care programs, winter road maintenance, industrial development charges and much more are

A motion approved by regional council Thursday also directs staff not to turn to property taxpayers to recover the lost funds.

But that may not be possible under the province’s Development Charges Act.

The motion would have failed had not

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