Water Bylaw No. 73 - 2014 — full text, Daajing Giids, British Columbia

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## VILLAGE OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE ## WATER BYLAW NO. 73 - 2014 ## A Bylaw to provide for theistablion systom rates, regulains pad connections for The Council for the Village of Queen Charlotte, in open meeting, enacts as follows: ## PART 1 DEFINITIONS - 1.1 For the purpose of this Bylaw: "Collector" means the person appointed as Collector by the Council and his designate. "Community Charter" means Community Charter, S.B.C. 2003, c. 26 and its amendments. "Council" means the Council of the Village; "Dwelling Unit" includes two or more rooms used or intended to be used as permanent residence with cooking, eating, living, sleeping, and sanitary facilities. "Fixture" includes but not limited to any apparatus, connection, curb stop, fitting, pipe, valve, water meter, or equipment used to distribute or supply water. "Nonresidential means a building or use that is not Residential; "Quarterly" means each successive period of three calendar months commencing January 1st of each year; "Rate" includes but not limited to a rate, charge or fee. "Residential" includes single family Dwelling Unit, two family Dwelling Unit, multiple family Dwelling Unit, row housing, apartments, condominiums, boarding houses, rooming houses, lodges, trailers and mobile homes and any other facility used for residential purposes.; "Service Line" means the water line between a building and the connection with the Water Service at the property; "Superintendent of Public Works" means the person appointed by the Council and his designate; "Village" means the Village of Queen Charlotte; ## VILLAGE OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE ## WATER BYLAW NO. 73 - 2014 "Water Service" includes but is not limited to any equipment or pipes, such as vater stops and water meters between the water main and the connectio vith the Service Lin "Water Distribution System" means the system established by Section 2 of this Bylaw. ## PART 2 WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - 2.1 A water distribution system is hereby established and continued for the Village - 2.2 The Superintendent of Public Works is responsible for the use, maintenance and operation of the Water Distribution System. ## PART 3 WATER RATES - 3.1 A person must do the following: - (a) pay the rates in Schedule A on or before the due date for the water supplied by the Village; - (b) pay for the water supplied by the Village whether or not the person received a bill from the Village or not; - (C) notify the Village in writing when any changes or modifications are made to the premises that may affect the rates; or - (d) Not withhold information about the premises which could affect the rates for the water supplied by the Village. - 3.2 The Collector must bill a person for the water supplied by the Village quarterly. - If the person has not paid the full amount owing for the water supplied by the Village because the rate on the bill is less than the rate for the actual amount of water used, the Collector may bill the person the outstanding difference in rates for the applicable period which may not exceed 12 months in total. - 3.4 Despite section 3.3, the Collector may bill the person the outstanding differences in rates for the applicable period which exceeds 12 months, if any of the following conditions apply: - (b) the person was aware of the full amount owing and failed to notify the Village of the potential discrepancy in the amount owing; or - (a) the person has committed fraud or theft of service; - (c) the person has refused access to the property to allow for maintenance to the equipment. ## VILLAGE OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE ## WATER BYLAW NO. 73 - 2014 - 3.5 Any rates which remain unpaid by a person after the 31st day of December in any year shall be deemed to be taxes in arrears on the property concerned. ## PART 4 WATER SERVICE LINE CONNECTIONS - 4.1 A person must do the following: - (a) apply to the Village to have the Service Line for the premises connected to the Water Distribution System; - (b) pay the rates set out in Schedule B for the Service Line connection; and - (c) notify the Village of any subsequent changes to the premises after the Service Line for the premises has been connected to the Water Distribution System. - 4.2 If a person has applied to have a Service Line for the premises connected to the Water Distribution System, the Superintendent of Public Works may do the following: - determine the location and size of the Fixtures to be used to make the Service Line connection; - (b) bring the Service Line to the nearest property line of the premises for connection to the Water Distribution System; or - (c) require the person to do certain things on the property to facilitate the Service Line connection. - 4.3 A person must do the following: - (a) not take water from the Water Distribution System without having obtained permission from the Village and paying applicable rates, - (c) maintain all curb stops and water meters located at or near the property line for the purposes of water turn-off at finished ground level at the person's own costs; - (b) not tap or make any connection to the Water Distribution System, unless that person is an employee or agent of the Village; - (d) keep all Fixtures on the property in good repair and order at the person's own expense; - (e) protect all Fixtures on the property from frost at the person's own expense; and - (f) pay the costs to repair to any damage to the Fixtures, Service Line or Water Distribution System caused by misuse, abuse or lack of accessibility to the Service Line or Water Distribution System. - A person must have an employee or agent of the Village present at: - any underground water excavation, construction or thaw that take place on Village property; or - (b) any service connection excavation. ## VILLAGE OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE ## WATER BYLAW NO. 73 - 2014 ## PART 5 TEMPORARY WATER SERVICE - 5.1 A person may request the Village to the do the following: - (a) disconnect the Water Service for temporary construction or seasonal purposes; - (0) reconnect the Water Service for temporary seasonal purposes. - 5.2 If a person makes a request under section 5.1, a person must do the following: - give written notice to the Village; - (c) continue to pay the rates set out in Schedule A during temporary disconnection of Water Service. - pay the rates set out in Schedule C; - 5.3 The Superintendent of Public Works may waive the requirements under this Part in case of emergencies. - 5.4 A person must not disconnect or reconnect a Water Service on Village property, unless that person is an employee or agent of the Village. - 5.5 If a person has connected a Service Line and there has been no request to reconnect the Water Service, the Collector may bill the person the full amount owing for the water for the applicable period which may not exceed 12 months in total. - 5.6 Despite section 5.5, the Collector may bill the person the outstanding amount for the applicable period which exceeds 12 months if any of the following conditions apply: - (a) the person has committed fraud or theft of service; - (c) the person has refused access to the property to allow for maintenance to the equipment. - (b) the person was aware of the full amount owing and failed to notify the Village of the potential discrepancy in the amount owing; or ## PART 6 GENERAL - 6.1 The Village may do the following: - (a) disconnect or reconnect the Water Service; - (b) adjust the water supply pressure; or - (c) interrupt the water supply due to emergency conditions or to upgrade or carry out general maintenance on the Water Distribution System. ## VILLAGE OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE ## WATER BYLAW NO. 73 - 2014 - 6.2 If any of the conditions in section 6.1 occurs, the Village may give notice to affected persons where it is practical to do so and time permits. - 6.3 A person shall not have any claim against the Village by the reason for doing any of things listed in section 6.1. - 6.4 An employee or agent of the Village may do the following: - (b) inspect all Fixtures for distributing water; - enter at all reasonable times any property subject to this bylaw to ascertain compliance with this bylaw; - (c) if any Fixture is defective or any water is being wasted, give notice to a person to rectify the situation. - 6.5 A person must not do the following: - (a) interfere or tamper with any fire hydrant or part of a fire hydrant in any way; - (c) maintain a water connection or Fixture which causes noise, pressure disturbances or any other nuisance which may - (b) maintain a water connection or Fixture not in accordance with the requirements of this bylaw; - result in the annoyance to other persons, - (iii) contribute to a potential contamination of the Water Distribution System; - (ii) damage the Water Distribution System; or - (d) misuse, abuse or damage the Water Distribution System. - 6.6 The Superintendent of Public Works may do any of the following: - (b) disconnect the Water Service if a person violates section 6.5; or - (a) give notice to require person to rectify the situation or pay the costs instead, if a person violates any provision of this bylaw; - (c) waive any of the requirements under Part 5. - 6.7 If a persons does not comply with the notice in section 6.6 (a), the Council may order the work be done to rectify the problem and recover the costs for the work in accordance with the Community Charter. ## PART 7 PENALTY - 7.1 A person who contravenes this bylaw commits an offence. - A person who is convicted of an offence under this bylaw is liable to a fine of not more than $10,000 or to imprisonment for not more than 6 months or to - 7.3 Each day that a person contravenes this bylaw constitutes a separate offence. ## PART 8 REPEAL - The following bylaws and their amendments are repealed: ## PART 9 SCHEDULES - 9.1 The following schedules are attached to and form part of this bylaw: - Schedule A - Water Rates; - Schedule B - Service Line Connection Rates; - Schedule C - Temporary Water Service Rates; ## VILLAGE OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE ## WATER BYLAW NO. 73 - 2014 ## PART 10 CITATION 10.1 This bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the Water Bylaw No. 73 - 2014. READ A FIRST TIME the 7 day of July, 2014 READ A SECOND TIME the 7 day of July, 2014 READ A THIRD TIME the 7 day of July, 2014 ADOPTED ON THE 21 day of July 2014   Da. 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