Burns Lake, British Columbia
· No. 938
· adopted 2013-02-05
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CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF BURNS LAKE
WASTE COLLECTION
BYLAW NO. 938, 2013
A Bylaw to regulate the administration and collection of waste for the Village of Burns Lake
WHEREAS Council has the authority, under Section 176 of the Locaf Government Act,
to collect waste and to impose charges against an owner or occupier of real property
for the removal of same.
WHEREAS the Village of Burns Lake participates in the Bulkley Nechako Regional
District Solid Waste Management Plan and supports the policy of waste reduction
through the more equitable distribution of fees and charges by charge fees based on the
amount of waste produced.
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Village of Burns Lake, in open meeting assembled,
hereby enacts as follows:
DIVISION 1 -- ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Section 1.1 Title, Transition and Severability
1.1.1 Short Title
This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as "Corporation of the Village of Burns Lake
Waste Collection Bylaw No. 938, 2013', and will come into effect on the date of adoption.
1.1.2 Transition
Bylaw No. 722 cited as "Corporation of the Village of Burns Lake Garbage Disposal Bylaw
No.722, 2000" is hereby repealed as amended.
1.1.3 Severability
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase in this Bylaw is, for any reason, held
to be invalid by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of the Bylaw.
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Section 1.2 Definitions
1.2.1 In this Bylaw:
"Act" means the Local Government Act.
"Business core" means the area of the legal boundaries of the Municipality
"Business premises" means a store, office, warehouse, factory, building, house,
enclosure, yard or any other place occupied, or capable of being occupied by any
person but does not include a dwelling as defined in this Bylaw.
"Commercial premises" means a store, office, warehouse, factory, building, house,
enclosure, yard or any other place occupied, or capable of being occupied by any
person but does not include a dwelling as defined in this Bylaw.
"Container" means a receptacle of rigid plastic or metal designed for the purpose of
holding waste.
"Container, business type" means a receptacle of rigid plastic or metal designed for
the purpose of holding waste.
"Dwelling" means one or more connecting rooms with self-contained cooking,
sleeping, and sanitary facilities having an entrance to a common corridor or to the
exterior, used, intended, or designed to be used as living accommodation for a single
family.
"Garbage" means any material that currently has no economic value to a local
enterprise and those items which are designated by the Municipality as being
acceptable for refuse collection.
"Large Bin" means a rigid plastic container having a capacity of no more than 90
gallons, compatible with the Village garbage truck, and purchased from the supplier
through the Village.
"Medium Bin" means a rigid plastic container having a capacity of no more than 65
gallons, compatible with the Village garbage truck, and purchased from the supplier
through the Village.
"Municipality" means the Corporation of the Village of Burns Lake.
"Premises" means a store, office, warehouse, factory, building, house enclosure,
yard or any other place occupied, or capable of being occupied by any person.
"Refuse collection area" means properties located within Village boundaries.
"Residential property" means properties that contain the following premises:
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a. single family detached dwellings, duplexes, triplexes, four-plexes and five-
plexes, and
b. strata title developments, mobile home developments and apartments
containing fewer than six dwelling units.
"Small Bin" means a rigid plastic container having a capacity of no more than 35
gallons, compatible with the Village garbage truck, and purchased from the supplier
through the Village.
"Special waste" includes hazardous wastes, explosives, herbicides, pesticides,
poisons, waste oils or liquids, biomedical waste and all wastes defined under the
special waste regulations of the Waste Management Act.
"Trade waste" means waste resulting from a manufacturing or industrial process that
is not found in regular household or business waste.
"Waste" means any material that currently has no economic value to a local
enterprise and those items which are designated by the Municipality as being
acceptable for refuse collection.
DIVISION 2 - GENERAL REGULATIONS
Section 2.1 Sole Authority
2.1.1 Pursuant to Section 176 of the Act, the Municipality is hereby authorized to establish,
equip, maintain and operate a system of "Waste Collection" within the Municipality.
2.1.2 Every owner or occupier of a premise shall pay for the collection of waste as set forth
in Schedule "A', attached to and forming part of this Bylaw.
Section 2.2 Administration
2.2.1 This Bylaw shall be administered by the Director of Public Works, or Chief
Administrative Officer or any other official of the Municipality who may be appointed from
time to time by the Municipal Council.
2.2.2 Director of Public Works or Chief Administrative Officer, or any other employee of the
Municipality appointed to administer this Bylaw may enter upon, at all reasonable times, any
property in order to ascertain whether the regulations and provisions of this Bylaw are
being, or have been, complied with.
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Section 2.3 Restricted Materials
2.3.1 No person shall place or mix with any material for removal as waste, the following
materials:
(a) raw sewage and septic tank sludge;
(b) explosives;
(c) materials defined by the Workplace Hazardous Material Information System
Standards (WHMIS) as a compressed gas, flammable, combustible, oxidizing,
poisonous, infectious, toxic, corrosive and dangerously reactive;
(d) trees, stumps, logs, branches and land clearing debris;
(e) motor vehicle parts or bodies and farm implements;
(f) carcasses, offal or viscera;
(g) special waste;
(h) construction materials or wastes;
(i) materials that are on fire or above a temperature of 65.50 C;
(j) clean wood waste originating from industrial operations, construction,
reconstruction, or demolition; (small household wood waste can be disposed of but
must fit in municipal bin and meet weight restriction 2.5.5.)
(k) biomedical waste, as defined by the Waste Management Act, except sharps
(needles) that have been properly contained through a method approved by the
Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks and the Municipality;
(I) containers with significant residuals of any above listed materials;
(m) animal excreta, unless properly contained;
(n) compostable yard and garden waste;
(p) soils; and
(q) articles of waste too large for bin.
The Municipality reserves the right not to remove such materials. A charge shall be made
and payable should the removal of such waste material be necessary according to the scale
of charges as set forth in the current Fees and Charges Bylaw.
2.3.2 The Municipality may, at its discretion, declare special clean-up events from time to
time, as it deems necessary.
Section 2.4 Waste Preparation
2.4.1 Containerized Waste
Alt wet waste shall be thoroughly drained and wrapped in paper or placed in plastic bags
before being placed in a waste bin.
Discarded clothing, waste paper, and inoffensive household waste may be placed directly in
waste bins.
Food contaminated cardboard crates, cartons and all other similar containers shall be
broken down and compacted flat before being placed in any container.
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Waste shall not be placed in bins or containers in such a manner as to prohibit the closing
of the attached covers.
Containers containing restricted materials specified in Section 2.3 and/or in contravention of
the specifications within this Section shall not be collected. A notice (shown as Schedule A
attached) will be placed on the container identifying the reason the container was not
serviced.
Section 2.5 Bins and Bin Locations
2.5.1 General
In an attempt to reduce human interaction with wildlife, every person or business shall place
waste in containers with fitted lids in a reasonable state of repair of a type and size
acceptable to the Municipality.
All persons requiring residential collection shall ensure waste is stored and placed in a
sanitary and inoffensive manner, and in a way that will not harm or injure persons handling
it.
No person or business will place waste:
e in front of another person's property without the permission of that owner; or
e ina bin or container without the permission of the bin's or container's owner.
Only waste generated within Village boundaries will be collected.
The basic service offered by the Municipality for residential dwellings is the weekly disposal
of waste from one bin, also defined as; one container, or one small bin, or one medium bin,
or one large bin per premise. Additional services will be charged at the rates specified in
current Fees and Charges Bylaw.
Scavenging is prohibited. No person, except the occupant of the dwelling unit from which
the waste and/or recycling bins originate, shall remove any material from the bin before the
materials have been collected by the Village.
All Residential containers or bins must be placed in the proper location as specified in
Section 2.5.7 no more than 24 hours prior to collection and removed within 24 hours of
being emptied.
All bins are to be purchased from the Village of Burns Lake office.
2.5.2 Bins (Business)
Business premises shall use the large bins purchased from the Village of Burns Lake office
Small or medium bins are not permitted for business use.
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The owner or others will not alter structure or colour of bins purchased from the Municipality
in any way without the approval of the Municipality.
2.5.3 Bin Location (Business Premises)
All business premises shall provide on the parcel, a minimum space of three (3) metres in
width, three (3) metres in depth and three and one half (3.5) metres in height for the
placement of waste containers.
No bin with a combined weight of bin and waste in excess of 18.75 kg (45 Ibs) shall be
emptied by the Municipality.
If bins are enclosed in a structure, such structure shall be built with doors or openings facing
the street or lane and shall allow access by Municipal personnel at all times. Any such
structure shall not be constructed on Municipal property and shall only be constructed with
prior approval from the Municipality's Public Works Department.
The owner or occupant of a business shall be responsible for the protection of their
containers against upset or spillage at all times. Spilled or upset waste cleanup shall be the
responsibility of the owner or occupant.
The Municipality shail not be responsible for the removal of any waste that is not placed in a
bin purchase from the Village of Burns Lake office, or a bin not placed at the designated
location at the proper time.
2.5.4 Restricted Area Dwellings
The owner of any dwelling located in a business shall be restricted to the use of the bins or
bins utilized by the business.
2.5.5 Bin Sizes and Quantity (Dwellings)
The Municipality shall not collect more than one bin, per dwelling or one (1) small bin, or
one (1) medium bin, or one (1) large bin, per dwelling per week. Additional bins are not
acceptable.
Owners or occupiers of Residential properties must use the bins or containers purchased
from the Village of Burns Lake Office.
No bin with a combined weight of bin and waste in excess of 18.75 kg (45 Ibs) shall be
emptied by the Municipality.
If an owner or occupant of a Residential property utilizes the large bin, such owner or
occupant shall meet all applicable location requirements as described in Sections 2.5.3 of
this Bylaw.
2.5.6 Bin Sizes and Quantity (Commercial)
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The Municipality shall not collect more than 5 bins, per dwelling or five (5) large bins, per
business per week. Additional bins required must be negotiated with the Director of Public
Work, or Director of Operations or Chief Administrative Offices and paid for in addition to
the regular rates; see current Fees and Charges Bylaw.
Owners or occupiers of Business properties must use the large bins or containers
purchased from the supplier through the Municipality. These bins are available from the
Municipality.
No bin with a combined weight of bin and waste in excess of 18.75 kg (45 Ibs) shall be
emptied by the Municipality.
If an owner or occupant of a Business property utilizes the large bin, such owner or
occupant shall meet all applicable location requirements as described in Sections 2.5.3 of
this Bylaw.
2.5.7 Large Bin Location (Residential and Commercial Property)
All waste bins or containers shall be kept on the parcel belonging to that dwelling or
business unless approved by the owner of an alternative property.
Bins or containers placed for emptying shall be placed on the street, boulevard or laneway
as designated by the Municipality. The owner or occupant of the dwelling or business shall
be responsible for the placement and removai of that dwelling's or businesses containers or
carts.
The owner or occupant of a dwelling or business shall be responsible for the protection of
their bins or containers against upset or spillage at all times. Spilled or upset waste cleanup
shall be the responsibility of the owner or occupant.
The Municipality shall not be responsible for the removal of any waste not placed in a
suitable container or bin at the designated location by the appropriate time on the scheduled
day of waste pickup. The occupant or owner of each dwelling shall be responsible for
ascertaining the scheduled day of waste pickup for their street.
2.5.8 Maintenance of Bins or Containers
All bins or containers for waste and any structure used as a cover or enclosure for such
containers shall, at all times, be kept in good repair and clean and accessible for inspection
at all times.
When any bin or container has been condemned by the Director of Public Works or Chief
Administrative Officers or Medical Health Officer, such container or carts shall not be
emptied by the Municipality. Bins or containers declared as unfit shall forthwith be replaced
with a suitable container as described in Section 2.5.2 and Section
2.5.5 of this Bylaw.
2.5.9 Lost or Damaged Bins or Containers
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The Municipality shail not be responsible for the replacement or repair of any bins,
containers, or lids damaged or lost for any reason whatsoever.
Section 2.6 Municipality Right of Suspension
2.6.1 Suspension
The Municipality reserves the right to suspend collection services from business premises
or residential properties where the bins or containers or facilities for bins or containers are
contrary to the provisions of this Bylaw.
Section 2.7 Persons in Violation
2.7.1 Violations
A person who violates any of the provisions of this Bylaw shall:
a) be liable to pay a fee as set out in the current Fees and Charges Bylaw.
Where an offense against any provision of this Bylaw is of a continuing nature, a separate
offense shall be deemed to occur on each day that the offense occurs or continues.
Section 2.8 Billing
2.8.1 Annual Billing
All annual waste collection rates are specified in the Village of Burns Lake's current Fees
and Charges Bylaw.
2.8.2 Quarterly Service Charges
The monthly commercial and other waste collection services (other than the annual
charges) are in the Village of Burns Lake's current Fees and Charges Bylaw.
2.8.3 Interest
Any amounts remaining unpaid on December 31st each year shall be deemed to be taxes in
arrears in respect of the property concerned and shall be forthwith entered on the real
property tax roll as taxes in arrears, and will be subject to prescribed rates of interest.
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READ A FIRST TIME this 22, day of January , 2013.
READ A SECOND TIME this _22 day of January, 2013.
READ A THIRD TIME this _22 dayof__ January __, 2013.
ADOPTED this _5 day of _ February , 2013.
MAYOR
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Certified to be a true copy of the "Corporation of the Village of Burns Lake Waste Collection
Bylaw #938, 2013".
CORPORATE OFFICER
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SCHEDULE "A"
NOTICE OF CONTRAVENTION
WASTE COLLECTION BYLAW
You are in contravention of the current Waste Collection Bylaw.
Date of Offence:
Offence being recognized:
This is being recognized as your:
First Offence Second Offence Third Offence
As stated in current Village of Burns Lake Waste Collection Bylaw:
The Municipality reserves the right not to remove such materials. A charge shall be made and
payable should the removal of such waste material be necessary according to the scale of charges as
set forth in the current Fees and Charges Bylaw.
2.3.1 No person shall place or mix with any material for removal as waste, the following materials:
{a} raw sewage and septic tank sludge;
(b) explosives;
(c) materials defined by the Workplace Hazardous Material information System Standards (WHMIS) as a
compressed gas, flammable, combustible, oxidizing, poisonous, infectious, toxic, corrosive and
dangerously reactive;
(d) trees, stumps, logs, branches and fand clearing debris;
(e) motor vehicle parts or bodies and farm implements;
(f) carcasses, offal or viscera;
(g) Special waste;
(h) construction materials or wastes;
{i) materials that are on fire or above a temperature of 65.50 C;
(j} clean wood waste originating from industrial operations, construction,
reconstruction, or demolition; ; (small household wood waste can be disposed of but must fit in municipal
bin and meet weight restriction 2.5.5.)
(k) biomedical waste, as defined by the Waste Management Act, except
sharps (needles) that have been properly contained through a method
approved by the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks and the
Municipality;
(I) containers with significant residuals of any above listed materials;
{m) animal excreta, unless properly contained;
(n) compostable yard and garden waste;
(p) soils; and
(q) articles of waste too large for bin.
(R} OTHER NOT LISTED ABOVE:
Fee Imposed:
Name of Bylaw Officer:
Signature of Bylaw Officer:
Date of Signature: a
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