Daajing Giids, British Columbia
· No. 74-2014
· adopted 2014-07-21
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A Bylaw to provide for the establishment
of rates,
regulations
and connections
for
the sewer collection
system
within the municipality
The Council for the Village of Queen Charlotte, in open meeting, enacts as follows:
PART 1
1.1
DEFINITIONS
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.
"Fixtures" includes but not limited to any apparatus,
connection, fitting, pipe,
valve, or equipment used for sewer collection;
"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
"Service Line" means the sewer line between a building and the connection
with the Sewer 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;
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A person must do the f
(a) pay the rates in Sch
edu
le
Aon
or
before
the
due
date
for
the
sewer
collection by the Vi
lla
ge
;
(b) pay for the sewer c
o
ll
e
c
ti
o
n
by
the
Village
whether
or
not
the
person
received a billfrom Vill
age
or
not;
(c) notify the Village in when
any
changes
or
modifications
are
made
to the premises tha
t
affect
the
rates;
or
(d) Not withhold inform
ation
about
the
premises
which
could
affect
the
rates
for the sewer collec
tion
by
the
Village.
3.4
Despite sectio
n
3.
3,
the
Collector
may
bill
the
person
the
outstanding
differences in for
the
applicable
period
which
exceeds
12
months,
ifany
of
the following c
o
n
d
i
t
i
o
n
s
apply:
(a) the perso
n
ha
s
commi
tted
fraud
or
theft
of
service;
(b) the perso
n
w
as
aware
of
the
full
amount
owing
and
failed
tonotify
the
Village o
f
tpote
ntial
discrepancy
inthe
amount
owing;
or
2
3.3
Ifthehas
not
paid
the
full
amount
owing
for
the
sewer
collection
by
the
Villa
ge
be
ca
us
e
the
rate
on
the
bill
isless
than
the
rate
for
the
actual
amount
of
sewe
r
c
o
ll
e
ct
i
o
n,
the
Collector
may
bill
the
person
the
outstanding
difference
in
rates the
applica
ble
period
which
may
not
exceed
12
months
intotal.
"Sewer Service
"
i
n
c
l
u
d
e
s
but
isnot
limited
toany
equipment
or
pipes
such
as
a valve, an insp
ecti
on
chamb
er
orclean-out
between
the
sewer
main
and
the
connection wit
h
tServ
ice
Line
"Sewer Collecti
on
Sy
ste
m"
means
the
system
established
by
Section
2ofthis
Bylaw.
s
e
collectio
n
system
ishereby
established
and
continued
for
the
Village
2.2
Sup
erin
tend
ent
of
Public
Works
isresponsible
for
the
use,
maintenance
ope
rati
on
of
the
Sewer
Collection
System.
PART 3
RATES
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3.
2
Th
e
Collect
or
must
bill
aperson
for
the
sewer
supplied
by
the
Village
quarterly.
S
E
COLL
ECTIO
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SYSTEM
(c) the person has refused access to the property to allow for maintenance to
the equipment.
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
SEWER SERVICE LINE CONNECTIONS
4.1
A person must do the following:
(8)
(b)
(0)
apply to the Village to have the Service Line for the premises
connected to the Sewer Collection System;
pay the rates set out in Schedule B for the Service Line connection;
and
notify the Village of any subsequent changes
to the premises after the
Service Line for the premises has been connected
to the Sewer
Collection System.
4.2
Ifa person has applied to have a Service Line for the premises connected to
the Sewer Collection System, the Superintendent
of Public Works may do the
following:
(8)
(b)
(0)
determine the location and size of the Fixtures to be used to make the
Service Line connection;
bring the Service Line to the nearest
property line of the premises for
connection to the Sewer Collection System; or
require the person to do certain things on the property to facilitate the
Service Line connection.
4.3
A person must do the following:
(3)
(b)
(C)
(8)
not discharge sewage into the sewer into the Sewer Collection System
without having obtained permission from the Village and paying
applicable rates,
not make any connection to the Sewer Collection System, unless that
person is an employee or agent of the Village;
keep all Fixtures on the property in good repair and order at the
person's own expense;
pay the costs to repair to any damage to the Fixtures, Service Line or
Sewer Collection System caused by misuse, abuse or lack of
accessibility to the Service Line or Sewer Collection System.
4.4
A person must have an employee or agent of the Village present
at:
(3)
(b)
any underground
sewer excavation or construction that take place on
Village property; or
any service connection excavation.
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SEWER SERVICE
5.1
A person must not disconnect or reconnect
a Sewer Service on Village
property, unless that person is an employee or agent of the Village.
5.2
Ifa person has connected
a Service Line and there has been no request
to
reconnect the Sewer Service, the Collector may billthe person the full
amount owing for the sewer for the applicable period which may not exceed
12 months in total.
5.3
Despite section 5.2, the Collector may billthe person the outstanding amount
for the applicable period which exceeds
12 months ifany of the following
conditions apply:
(a) the person has committed fraud or theft of service;
(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
(c) the person has refused access to the property to allow for maintenance to
the equipment.
PART 6
GENERAL
6.1
The Village may do the following:
(a)
disconnect or reconnect
the Sewer Service; or
(b)
interrupt the sewer flow
due to emergency conditions or to upgrade or carry out general maintenance
on the Sewer Collection System.
6.2
Ifthe 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.
enter at all reasonable
times any property subject to this bylaw to
ascertain compliance with this bylaw;
(b)
inspect all Fixtures for collecting sewer;
(c)
ifany Fixture is defective or any sewer is being discharged to the
environment, give notice to a person to rectify the situation.
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6.7
PART 7
7.1
7.2
7.3
PART 8
PART 99.1
A person must not do the following:
(a)
maintain a sewer connection or Fixture not in accordance
with the
requirements of this bylaw;
(b)
maintain a sewer connection or Fixture which causes disturbances
or
any other nuisance which may
(i)
result in the annoyance
to other persons,
(ii)
damage the Sewer Collection System; or
(iii)
contribute to a potential contamination of the Sewer Collection
System;
(c)
misuse, abuse or damage the Sewer Collection System.
The Superintendent
of Public Works may do any of the following:
(a)
give notice to require person to rectify the situation or pay the costs
instead, ifa person violates any provision of this bylaw;
(b)
disconnect the Sewer Service if a person violates section 6.5; or
(c)
waive any of the requirements under Part 5.
Ifa 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.
PENALTY
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
both.
Each day that a person contravenes
this bylaw constitutes a separate
offence.
REPEAL
Amending Bylaw No. 408 2001; and
(b) Village of Queen Charlotte Bylaw No. 60
-- 2012 A Bylaw to Fix Fees,
Rents and Charges
SCHEDULES
The following schedules are attached to and form part of this bylaw:
(a)
Schedule A
-- Sewer Rates;
(b)
Schedule
B
- Service Line Connection Rates;
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CITAT
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This
bylaw
may
be
cited
for
all
purposes
as
the
Sewer
Bylaw
No
74
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1.0
The following rates apply:
Type of Premises
Monthly Rate per
Unit
Residential
Single Family Dwelling Unit
$20.00
Two Family Dwelling Unit
$20.00
1 unit = 1 Dwelling Unit
Multi Family Dwelling Unit, such as Apartments, Duplexes,
$20.00
Condominiums,
Row Houses,
Boarding Houses, Rooming Houses,
Lodges
1 unit = 1 Dwelling Unit
Trailers and Mobile Homes
$20.00
Non Residential
Barber Shops and Beauty Parlours
$30.00
Bed and Breakfast
$10.00
1 unit = 1 room
Churches,
Religious Meeting Places and Halls
$20.00
1 unit = Maximum 30 seating capacity
Commercial Store
$40.00
1 unit = 6 employees (a manager is considered an employee)
Commercial Office
$30.00
1 unit = 6 employees (a manager is considered an employee)
Hotels and Motels
$10.00
1 unit = 1 room
1 unit = 1 bed
Hostels and Dormitories
$10.00
1 unit = 6 beds with charges
in increments of 6 beds
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"A"
-SEWER
RATES
Laundromats
$60.00
Restaurant,
café, dini
ng
ro
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$40.00
1 unit = Maximum 20 capa
city
Service Station or Gar
age
s
$40.00
School
$20.00
1 unit = Maximum 30
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The following rates apply.
Type of Service
Line Connection
R
at
e
Service Line Connection
T
h
e
ac
tu
al
costs
of
the
labour,
materials,
e
q
ui
p
m
e
nt
,
supervisio
n
of
the
installation
of
th
e
S
er
vi
c
e
Line
2.0
In order to connect the Service Line, the p
e
r
s
o
n
must
pay
inadvance
of
the
Village
making the connection, the estimated cost
s
fo
r
the
labour,
materials,
equipment,
and
supervision of the installation of the Servic
e
Li
ne
.
3.0
Once Service Line connection has been c
o
the
following
applies:
(a)
ifthe actual costs are more than th
e
e
st
i
m
at
e
d
costs,
the
person
requesting
the Service Line connection must
the
differen
ce;
or
(b)
ifthe actual costs are less than thecosts,
the
Village
must
refund
the difference between the actual and
the
estimated
costs.
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"B"
-SERVICE
LINE
CONNECTION
RATE