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Bylaw 03-2026
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LAC STE. ANNE COUNTY
PROVINCE OF ALBERTA
BYLAW 03-2026
BEING A BYLAW OF LAC STE. ANNE COUNTY, IN THE PROVICE OF ALBERTA, TO
REGULATE AND CONTROL THE PROVISION OF WATER, WASTEWATER AND SOLID
WASTE SERVICES TO RESIDENTS, BUSINESS, INDUSTRY AND INSTITUTIONS WITHIN
THE HAMLET OF SANGUDO.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3 of the Municipal Government Act the purposes of a
municipality Include providing services, facilities or other things that, in the opinion of Council, are
necessary or desirable for all or a part of the municipality;
AND WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7(a) of the Municipal Government Act a council of a
municipality may pass bylaws for municipal purposes respecting the safety, health and welfare of
people and the protection of people and property;
AND WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7(g) of the Municipal Government Act a council of a
municipality may pass bylaws for municipal purposes respecting public utilities;
AND WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 33 to 44 of the Municipal Government
Act, with all amendments thereto. Council has authority to provide for levying and collection of
service charges, tolls, and penalties for the consumption and discharge of water, wastewater, and
solid waste by residents, business, industry, and institutions within the Hamlet of Sangudo.
NOW THEREFORE, the Council of Lac Ste. Anne County duly assembled, enacts as follows:
1.
Citation
1.1
This Bylaw may be cited as the Sangudo Utility Bylaw.
2.
Definitions
"Chief Administrative Officer" means the Chief Administrative Officer of the County or their
delegate.
2.1
2.2
'Council" means the municipal Council of Lac Ste. Anne County.
"County" means the municipal corporation of Lac Ste. Anne County and its duly authorized
employees, agents, contractors, and other representatives or the geographic area contained
within the boundaries thereof, as the context requires.
2.3
"County's
authorized
agent"
means
employees,
agents,
contractors,
and
other
representatives of Lac Ste. Anne County.
2.4
"Enforcement Officer" includes a Bylaw Enforcement Officer appointed by the County, a
Community Peace
Officer whose appointment includes enforcement
of the County's
Bylaws.
2.5
"Facilities" means any infrastructure forming part of the water, wastewater, or solid waste
system, including without limitation: water treatment plants, wastewater lagoons, pumping
stations, water mains, wastewater mains, service lines, valves, fittings, chambers, meters,
and all other equipment and machinery of whatever kind owned by the County that is used
for the collection, transmission, treatment, and disposal of wastewater.
2.6
2.7
'Hamlef means the Hamlet of Sangudo.
"Solid Waste" means a waste type consisting of everyday items that are discarded by the
public.
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3.
General Provisions
3.1
No person, company, or business other than the County shall provide the same or similar
type of utility as is outlined in this Bylaw in any part of the Hamlet except where special
permission is given in writing by the Chief Administrative Officer.
The County will supply utility service to the owner of the property that
is a residential,
commercial, industrial, or institutional property only upon request of the owner of the
property, regardless of the fact that it may be rented or leased. In order to establish a utility
account for a property, the registered owner must submit an application in writing to the
County in a form approved by the Chief Administrative Officer or their delegate from time
to time. By submitting an application to the County pursuant to this bylaw, the applicant
agrees to comply with and be bound by the terms and conditions of this Bylaw as amended
from time to time.
3.2
Notwithstanding that all utility accounts shall be established in the name of the owner of
the property, and the charges for the utility services provided to the property shall be an
amount owing by the owner to the County, the County may accept payment of outstanding
utility charges from persons other than the registered owner of the property including but
not limited to the occupant or occupants thereof.
The owner of a property shall be responsible for the construction, maintenance, and repair
of the portion of the water service line and wastewater service line starting at the curb cock
(CC) (or the property line - as interpreted by County administration) and all portions within
the property line.
3.3
3.4
The owner of a property is not responsible for the replacement, maintenance, or repair of
the portion of the water service line, and wastewater service line that runs from the main
lines of the public utility to the boundary of the property pursuant to this Bylaw unless the
replacement, maintenance,
or repair
is required as a result of the owner's actions or
inactions.
3.5
A charge shall be made against the owners of all land which is served by the systems and
services in the Hamlet, for the use of water supply, and distribution system, wastewater
services, and use of wastewater system, and solid waste disposal services according to
rates hereinafter, and set out in Schedule A.
3.6
No person will obstruct a County authorized agent in the operation, maintenance, or
testing of Facilities.
Nor shall any person obstruct Hamlet Facilities, equipment, or other
infrastructure.
3.7
No person except authorized employees of the County shall operate, manipulate, interfere,
or connect whatsoever with any of the public pipes, mains, or other facilities in the Hamlet
unless authorized by the County authorized agent.
3.8
There shall be a charge of a reconnection fee as per Schedule A to restore services that
have been turned off due to either a delinquent account or if requested by the property
owner.
3.9
In the event that services are disconnected for non-payment of account, a security deposit
will be required for
all
residential accounts and an irrevocable letter of credit for all
commercial,
industrial, and
institutional accounts, as per Schedule A.
In addition, the
account holder will be required to pay in full any tax arrears or other amounts due and
outstanding to the County prior to any reconnection.
3.10
4.
Waterworks
The County hereby reserves the right to shut off the water without notice to consumer
property for any lawful reason, including a breach of any of the requirements of this Bylaw.
No person other than the County's authorized agent shall turn off or turn on the water
supply from the Hamlet supply system to a property or attempt to do so.
No person shall have any claim for compensation or damages resulting from the County
shutting off the water without notice, or from the failure of the water supply from any cause
whatsoever.
4.1
4.2
4.3
The County shall have the right to restrict or ration the amount of water used during
periods of heavy demand, upon 24 hours' notice conditions permitting provided however
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that no prior notice shall be required when the County determines
it is not practicable in
the circumstances, or interrupt the service
for necessary maintenance
firefighting, or any other actual or possible emergencies.
repairs,
or
5.
Meters
5.1
All owners and occupants of properties to which water services are provided must allow
the County to install a water meter in a suitable place on the property.
The County or its' authorized agent shall have the right to enter the premises at periodic
intervals for the purpose of conducting sampling tests, inspections, repairs, or remote
readings or the installations, inspections, repairing or replacing of water meters or any
equipment associated with the distribution or retrieval
of water within a rate payer's
property within the Hamlet.
5.2
The County's authorized agent shall have free access to all parts of the premises in which
water is distributed to and/or
is serviced by the wastewater system for the purposes
described in s. 5.2 of this Bylaw.
5.3
If entry by the County's authorized agent is refused by the owner or occupant, the County
may disconnect utility services to the property without notice.
5.4
Water meters shall at all times remain the property of the County.
5.5
Only the County's authorized agent shall be allowed to adjust the water meter in any way.
5.6
No person shall bypass, tamper with, or interfere with a water meter, nor shall the owner
of a property allow any other person to bypass, tamper with, or interfere with the water
meter.
5.7
Any damage to a water meter shall be paid for by the owner of the property receiving the
water services, as per Schedule A.
5.8
6.
Wastewater
No person shall throw, deposit, or leave in/or upon any County sanitary wastewater
system, or any trap basin, grating, manhole, or other appurtenance of any County
sanitary wastewater,
any
butcher's
offal,
dairy waste, slaughterhouse waste, food
processing waste, animal waste, organic waste,
litter, manure,
rubbish, sweepings,
sticks, stones, bricks, earth, gravel, dirt, mud, hay, straw, twigs, leaves, papers, cinders,
ashes, rags, or refuse matter of any kind, except human excrement, the necessary toilet
paper, and waste water properly discharged through a house wastewater system into a
Hamlet sanitary wastewater system.
No person shall permit to be discharged into any sanitary wastewater system and/or
around the sanitary wastewater system any chemical refuse, or other trade waste, or any
waste stream, condensing water, heated water, or other liquids of a higher temperature
than 75 degrees Celsius or any other refuse matter of any kind not specifically listed.
No person shall make, or cause to be made, any connection with any County sanitary
wastewater system, house drain, or appurtenance thereof, for the purpose of conveying,
or which may convey, into the same any inflammable or explosive material, storm water,
roof drainage, cistern, or tank overflow, condensing or cooling water, or water from sump
6.1
6.2
6.3
pit.
No person shall discharge the contents of any privy vault, manure
pit, or cesspools,
directly or
indirectly,
into any County
sanitary wastewater system
or house drain
connected therewith.
6.4
No person shall turn,
lift, remove, raise, or tamper with the cover of any manhole,
ventilator, or other appurtenance of any County sanitary wastewater system, except duly
authorized employees of the County.
6.5
No
person
shall
cut,
break,
pierce,
or
tap
any
County
sanitary
wastewater
or
appurtenance thereof, or introduce any pipe, tube, trough, or conduit into any County
sanitary wastewater system, except duly authorized employees of the County.
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No person shall interfere with the free discharge of any County sanitary wastewater
system, or part thereof, or do any act or thing which may impede or obstruct the fiow or
clog up any County sanitary wastewater system or appurtenance thereof.
6.7
7.
Solid Waste
7.1
No person shall scavenge waste or recyclable material from a waste container, including
a solid waste utility bin or recycling container.
Sangudo Solid Waste Utility accepts only
a)
general household residential waste generated within the Hamlet; and
b)
approved commercial, industrial, and institutional waste generated within the Hamlet.
7.2
7.3
The disposal
of prohibited waste types
in Sangudo
Solid Waste
Utility bins
is a
contravention of this Bylaw and an offence as outlined in Schedule B. Prohibited waste
types of the Hamlet Solid Waste Utility:
a)
All waste disposed of must fit into the bin provided;
b)
oil, oil containers, oil filters, and paint products;
c)
tires and batteries;
d)
white goods;
furniture and building materials;
f)
wood waste;
g)
wire and twine;
h)
hazardous waste;
i)
biomedical waste;
j)
general medical waste;
k)
animal waste, dead animals, or animal parts;
I)
automobile parts;
m) silage wrap; and
n)
other liquids.
e)
8.
Recycling
Except with respect to community recycling depots, an owner of an eligible residential
dwelling shall set out any residential recyclable material for collection services in a clear
blue recycle bag. All cardboard must be flattened and bound.
8.1
Where residential recyclable material is placed in a receptacle or bag other than a clear
blue recycle bag for recycling, the receptacle or bag and
its contents will not be
collected.
8.2
Recycled materials will be collected every second Friday in the Hamlet. There is no limit
on the number of blue recycle bags that will be picked up from curbside.
Acceptable and Non-Acceptable recyclable materials as set out in Schedule C.
8.3
8.4
9.
Utility Billing
At a monthly interval, the County shall mail or deliver to each owner of properties
receiving the above-mentioned services, a statement showing
a)
Water charges calculated as per the rates set out in Schedule A
b)
Wastewater charges calculated as per rates set out in Schedule A;
c)
Solid waste charges calculated as per rates set out in Schedule A.
d)
The statement shall clearly show the date by which payment is required,
and the rates at which any penalty shall be applied.
9.1
All utility bills and other charges are deemed to have been received by the
utility account customer, seven (7) days from the date of mailing. Failure to
receive such notice does not relieve the person from the charge or from the
penalties duly imposed.
All water, wastewater, and solid waste accounts shall be due and payable
on the last day of each month,
a) Accounts not paid in full after that time shall be assessed a penalty of three and one
half per cent (3.5%) per month, on the amount remaining unpaid. Such penalties
shall be added to and form part of the rates levied.
9.2
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9.4
In the event an account becomes delinquent for a period of 60 days, then either
a) The water may be turned off at the curb stop, after giving 48 hours' notice by way
of door tag, to both occupant and owner; or
b) For all property owners, in the event the utility account remains unpaid for 90 days
more, the unpaid charges for utility services will be added to the tax
roll
needed, as per Schedule A. As in accordance with the Municipal Government Act,
Section 553(1) and amendments thereto. A
letter shall be sent
to the
advising that the outstanding account is being transferred to the tax roll.
Property owners are responsible for all utility services delivered and all charges levied
to a vacant or rented property for water, wastewater, infrastructure fees and solid
waste services. Current and future renters are not eligible for utility services in their
names living in a rental unit in the Hamlet.
or
as
owner
9.5
9.6
Where a customer has been charged less or more than they should have been
charged for utility services provided by the County, the County will review the utility account
and make corrections for the billing errors for up to a maximum of 12 months prior to
the date the error
is discovered. Corrections will not be made for billing errors in
respect of utility services provided more than one year prior to the date the billing
error is discovered.
10. Water Leak Refund Policy
Account holders may be eligible for a 50% refund on water usage charges resulting
from a first-time leak in a 12-month period, providing the following criteria is met:
a.
The leak must result in a water usage is at least 4 times the property's
average monthly consumption,
b.
The ieak must be reported within 60 days of the billing date,
c.
The account holder / property owner immediately funds the repairs on
their side of the CC Valve.
11. Connection and Disconnection
All requests for the disconnection or reconnection of utility services to a property must
be made in writing to the County by the registered owner of the property, in a form and
with supporting documentation satisfactory to the County.
11.1
In the event that the County receives a request to disconnect
utility services to a
property that is, or to the best of the County's knowledge may be, occupied by an
individual or individuals other than the registered owner, the County will provide 14 days
written notice of the request to disconnect to the occupant or occupants of the property
prior to disconnection; provided however that the County may proceed immediately to
the disconnection of utility services if, in the sole discretion of the County, it is necessary
or appropriate in the circumstances.
In the event that services are disconnected as a result of refusal of entry or non
payment, or at the request of the owner of the property, the disconnection fee set out
in Schedule B shall charged
to the
utility account at the time
of disconnection.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the disconnection fee set out in Schedule B shall not
apply where the disconnection is for the purpose of conducting repairs to the service
connection as defined in Section 28(e) of the Municipal Government Act.
11.2
11.3
12. Penalties
Without limitation and in addition to any other provision of this Bylaw, no person shall
cause, or allow on property owned by them, any conduct or activity whatsoever which
causes or has the potential to cause damage or harm to the Facilities.
12.1
Any person who contravenes any provision of this Bylaw is guilty of an offense and is
liable to a penalty. Any person who fails to comply with an order written on any provision
of this Bylaw is guilty of an offense and is liable to a penalty. The specified penalty in
respect of a contravention shall be the amount shown in Schedule B of this Bylaw. The
specified penalty payable
in respect of a contravention of a provision or failure to
comply with an order of this Bylaw is the amount shown in Schedule B.
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Where an Enforcement Officer believes that a person has contravened any provision
of this Bylaw, they may serve upon such person a violation ticket in accordance with
the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, R.S.A 2000 c. P-34.
Where a person has been convicted a second, third, or subsequent time under the
same section of this Bylaw within a 24 month period, the specified penalty payable in
respect of each contravention shall be
in the amount as shown
in accordance with
Schedule B of this Bylaw.
13. Severability & Coming into Force
12.3
12.4
Should any provision of this Bylaw be invalid, then the invalid provision shall be
severed, and the remainder of the Bylaw shall be maintained.
The Bylaw shall come Into force upon receipt of its third and final reading.
14.
Replace and Effective Date
13.1
13.2
This Bylaw shall come into effect and replace Bylaw 02-2025 upon receipt of its third
and final reading.
14.1
READ A FIRST TIME ON THIS 12 DAY OF February 2026
READ A SECOND TIME ON THIS 26 DAY OF February, 2026
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READ A THIRD TIME ON THIS 26 DAY OF FeJ
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BYLAW 03-2026
2026 SANGUDO UTILITY BYLAW
SCHEDULE 'A'
RATES, FEES AND CHARGES
1.
Billing frequency - utility bills shall be sent monthly.
2.
Disconnection Fee: A request for a disconnect of services for any reason other than for
repairs, there will be a $50.00 charge. All requests for disconnects or reconnects to a
service, MUST be received in writing from the landowner.
2.
Reconnection Fee; Residential Accounts are $100 and Non-Residential Accounts are
$250.00. In addition to the foregoing, prior to the re-connection, the customer must pay in
full any tax arrears or other amounts due and outstanding to the County,
a)
If a residential account is disconnected 3 times within a 36-month period, a security
deposit of $250.00 will be required prior to reconnection. Once the deposit is paid and
there is an amount owing that requires a disconnection, that amount will be taken from
the deposit to clear up the arrears portion on the account. Prior to a reconnection the
amount taken from the deposit must be repaid.
The $250.00 security deposit is refundable after the account has remained in good
standing for a 36-month period. The customer must complete a refund request form in
order to have the security deposit refunded.
If a commercial account is disconnected 3 times within a 36-month period, a $10,000.00
irrevocable letter of credit will be required prior to reconnection.
b)
3.
Meter Damage - Replacement cost of the meter plus labour and an administration fee of
10% of the cost of the repairs.
4.
Monthly Service charges for water, wastewater, and solid waste and recycling
shall be according to the following set rates effective January 1,2026:
(a) The rate charged per Residential, Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional water
service be set at $16.45 per month and $ 6.90/cubic meter used.
If a meter reading is not available at the time of the billing cycle and no historical data
is available, the flat rate charge per Residential, Commercial, Industrial, and
Institutional connections will be 5 cubic meters per month. The estimated consumption
will be adjusted once a meter reading is obtained.
(b)
The rate charged for Residential, Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional
wastewater is based on the water consumption and is set at $ 23.94 per month and a
$ 2.49/cubic meter used.
(c)
The rate for all curbside solid waste and recycling collection wiil be $ 24.27 per month.
(d)
The rate for all Commercial, Industrial and Institutional solid waste will be $ 37.40
per month and $ 8.75 per month capital bin costs.
(e)
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2026 SANGUDO UTILITY BYLAW
SCHEDULE 'B'
SPECIFIED PENALTIES
Third &
Subsequent
Offences
Specified
Penalty
Second
Offence
Section
Offence
Obstruct an authorized representative
5
$500.00
$1,000.00
$3,000.00
Interfere with another customer's
6
$500.00
$1,000.00
$3,000.00
service connection/water services
Obstruct access to facilities
5
$250.00
$500.00
$1,000.00
Failure to manage vegetation on
property that obstructs access to
facilities
5
$100.00
$200.00
$500.00
Install structure that interferes with
6
$500.00
$1,000.00
$3,000.00
proper and safe operation of facilities
Interfere with or alter facilities
$500.00
6
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Extend customer-owned infrastructure
$500.00
$1,000.00
$3,000.00
6
beyond property
Fail to comply with water demand
management measures
Connect an alternate water source to
$100.00
$200.00
$500.00
12
$500.00
$1,000.00
$3,000.00
6
the water system
Use water in unauthorized manner
$100.00
$200.00
$500.00
12
Impede water use of other customers
$250.00
$500.00
$1,000.00
6
Use water that did not pass through a
meter
$1,000.00
$250.00
$500.00
16
Unauthorized installation, testing,
remoyal, repair, replacement or
disconnection of meter
$3,000.00
$500.00
$1,000.00
17
$3,000.00
$1,000.00
Break, tamper or interfere with meter
$500.00
17
$3,000.00
$500.00
$500.00
Obstruct access to meter
14
$3,000.00
Unauthorized operation of curb stop
$500.00
$1,000.00
6
Connection/cross connection that
$1,000.00
$3,000.00
$500.00
6
could contaminate water
Use sewage system in unauthorized
manner
$3,000.00
$500.00
$1,000.00
19
Impede sewage use of other
customers
$3,000.00
$1,000.00
$500.00
6
Unauthorized alternate wastewater
system
Discharge matter other than household
wastewater
$3,000.00
$1,000.00
$500.00
2
$1,000.00
$250.00
$500.00
19
Discharging industrial wastewater
without approval or proper pre
treatment
$3,000.00
$1,000.00
$500.00
20
Tampering with sewage system
without authorization
$3,000.00
$500.00
$1,000.00
24
Interfering with the free discharge of
wastewater main
$1,000.00
$3,000.00
$500.00
25
$500.00
$250.00
$125.00
Scavenge waste or recyclable material
26
$1,000.00
$500.00
$250.00
Disposing of prohibited waste
28
Disposing of waste not generated in
the Hamlet of Sangudo
$1,000.00
$500.00
$250.00
27
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$500.00
Fail to comply with order
38
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$500.00
Cause harm or damage to facilities
46
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SCHEDULE 'C'
Acceptable and Non-Acceptable Recyclable Materials
Acceptable Recyclable Materials:
-
Hard/rigid plastic containers, tubs and bottles (e.g. detergent, condiment, or shampoo
bottles, margarine and large yogurt containers, ice cream pails); Remove caps and lids that
are number 1 or 2 can be recycled
-
Tin food cans (clean)
-
Magazines, newspaper, flyers, and catalogues
-
Office paper, envelopes, craft paper
-
Books with front and back covers removed
-
Wrapping paper (no foil), greeting cards (decoration removed)
-
Boxboard (e.g. cereal, cracker, cookies, tissue boxes)
-
Cardboard flattened
Non-Acceptable Recyclable Materials:
Soft/flexible plastic such as plastic clamshell containers (e.g. berries, salads, bakery items)
Single use plastic cups (e.g. pudding, applesauce, small yogurt)
Plastic bags, film, and wrap (e.g. grocery bag, food wrap, reseaiable bags)
Glass, including jars
Tetra packs without deposit (e.g. soups, broth, liquid egg)
Styrofoam (e.g. packaging material, eat tray, take-out containers)
Small metal items (e.g. coat hanger, nails, broke household items)
Plastic packaging from toys, food and household items (e.g. fruit and vegetable bags,
cereal box liners, pet food bags, plant pots)
Single use plastic items (e.g. cutlery, straws, coffee pods)
To-go cups (e.g. drink cups, lids, and straws)
Any other material which is determined by the Chief Administrative Officer not to be
acceptable from time to time.