Delta Sanitary Sewer Use Regulation and Connection Charge Bylaw No. 5783, 2000 — full text, Delta, British Columbia

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THE CORPORATION OF DELTA "DELTA SANITARY SEWER USE REGULATION AND CONNECTI0N CHARGE BYLAW NO. 5783, 2000" A consolidation of Bylaw No. 5783 incorporating amendments pursuant to Bylaw No. 6008, 6108, 6598 and 7091 June 17, 2013 THIS CONSOLIDATION IS FOR CONVENIENCE AND REFERENCE PURPOSES ONLY. If there is any discrepancy between this reprint and the original Bylaw, the original Bylaw No. 5783 is correct. For confirmation of the exact terms of the Bylaw, you must consult the original Bylaw. Print June 18, 2013 Index 1. Citation 1 2. Definitions 1-4 3. Connection to Corporation Sanitary Sewer 5 3.1 Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permits 6-11 10 Unacceptable Discharge into Sanitary Sewer 12 15. Industrial Waste Water 14 22. Inspection 14 24. Unacceptable Waste Water 15 26. Penalties 15 30. Administration (Repeal, final adopt,...) 16 Schedule "A", Prohibited substances. 17 Schedule "B", Concentration limitations of toxic substances at point of discharge into a sanitary sewer. 18 THE CORPORATION OF DELTA BYLAW NO. 5783 A Bylaw to regulate the use of sanitary sewers and to impose a connection charge upon owners of real property to defray the cost of laying connecting pipes from sanitary sewer to land on which buildings or structures are situate WHEREAS it is deemed necessary to regulate connections to the Municipal Sanitary sewer system and to require owners of real property capable of being drained into a Municipal sanitary sewer to connect their buildings and structures to such sewer; AND WHEREAS it is deemed necessary to impose sanitary sewer connection charges; AND WHEREAS it is deemed necessary to regulate the quality and quantity of wastes discharged to Municipal sanitary sewers; NOW THEREFORE, the Municipal Council of The Corporation of Delta, in open meeting assembled, ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as "Delta Sanitary Sewer Use Regulation and Connection Charge Bylaw No. 5783, 2000". 2. For the purposes of this Bylaw; "Actual Costs" shall mean all charges incurred by the Corporation in carrying out the work including overtime when required plus administration and overhead costs. Amend Bylaw 6598, 2008 "Conveying Property" means the property or properties containing the private sewer system that conveys effluent from an Originating Property to the Corporation's sewer system. "Corporation" means The Corporation of Delta. "domestic wastewater" means the water carried waste produced from non- commercial, non-industrial activities and which result from normal human living processes and includes pool water. "effluent" means the liquid outflow of any facility designed to treat or convey wastewater. "Engineer" shall mean The Director of Engineering Services of The Corporation of Delta as duly appointed by the Municipal Council, and includes his or her representatives. "Environmental Control Officer" means the Environmental Control Officer of The Corporation of Delta as duly appointed by Municipal Council, and includes his or her representatives. "garbage" means solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking, and disposing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce. "grease" means an organic substance recoverable by procedures set forth in "Standard Methods" and includes but is not limited to hydrocarbons, esters, fats, oils waxes and high molecular weight carboxylic acids. "Industrial wastewater" means all water carried wastes and wastewater excluding domestic wastewater and uncontaminated water, and includes all wastewater from any processing, institutional, commercial, or other operation where the wastewater discharged includes wastes of non-human origin. "Inspection Chamber" shall mean a device installed to the Corporation's current standards to allow access to the sewer service. "offal" means waste portions of food animals, fowl or fish. Amend B/L 7091, 2013 "'Originating Property" means the residential or institutional property identified as the Originating Property on a Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit Application or Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit. "owner" means owner as defined by the Municipal Act but for the purposes of making applications under this Bylaw shall also include an agent of such owner duly authorized in writing by such owner to act on his behalf. "permit" means the written authority granted by the Engineer pursuant to this Bylaw for connection of the premises to the Municipal sanitary sewer system. "pH" means the logarithm to the base 10 of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions in grams per litre of solution. "phenolic compounds" means those aromatic hydrocarbons in which one or more hydroxy groups are attached directly to the benzene ring. "Pool" means every pool with a water depth exceeding 450 millimetres. Amend Bylaw 6598, 2008 "Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit" means a permit issued pursuant to section 3.1(a). Amend Bylaw 6598, 2008 "private sanitary sewer works" means any sanitary sewer works constructed or installed in association with a Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit. Amend Bylaw 6598, 2008 "private sewer system" means any components of a sewage system, including a sanitary sewer or sewer connection, not owned or operated by the Corporation. "properly comminuted garbage" means the wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food in residences, restaurants and hospitals that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than seven millimetres in any dimension. "sanitary services" means bathtubs, laundry tubs, kitchen sinks, hand sinks, toilets, water closets, shower baths, urinals and any utensil, machine, equipment, furniture or appliance which is, or is intended to be, connected to a sanitary sewer. "sanitary sewer" means a sewer which carries wastewater and to which storm, surface and groundwater are not intentionally admitted. "sewage treatment plant" means any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating wastewater. "sewer" means a pipe or conduit that carries wastewater, rainwater, groundwater or uncontaminated process or cooling water and includes any sewer owned or maintained by the Corporation. "sewer connection" means the sewer connecting pipe from the property line to the sewer, which connection is owned or maintained by the Corporation whether laid by it or any other person. "sewer system" means a network of wastewater collection and conveyance facilities. "Standard Methods" means the analytical and examination procedures set forth in the current issue of the book titled "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" published by the American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation. "storm sewer" means a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and uncontaminated drainage water, but is not intended for carrying wastewater. "storm water" means water resulting from or following rainfall or snowfall but not containing wastewater. "suspended solid" means the insoluble matter suspended in wastewater that is separable by laboratory filtration in accordance with the procedure described "Standard Methods". "uncontaminated water" means any water not contaminated with wastewater and which is suitable for discharge to storm sewers. "wastewater" means the water-borne wastes of the community derived from human or industrial sources including domestic wastewater and industrial wastewater, but does not include rainwater, groundwater or drainage of uncontaminated water. Amend Bylaw 6008, 2002 "water lot" means an area of land in or abutting the Fraser River, whether covered by water or not, and any water over that land, owned or managed by the Province of British Columbia or the Fraser River Port Authority and leased or licensed to a third party. CONNECTION TO CORPORATION SANITARY SEWER 3. (a) The owner of any parcel of land to which a sewer connection can be or has been made, and upon which a building or structure is situate that contains sanitary services, shall connect such building or structure to the sanitary sewer and shall include an inspection chamber. In the event of any owner failing to make the necessary connections within 90 days of being notified in writing by the Engineer to do so, the Engineer by his workmen or others, may have the work done at the expense of any such owners, and the Corporation may recover the costs of such works, or any part thereof, with interest at the rate of 6% per annum with costs in the same manner as Municipal taxes against the lands where such failure to make connection occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an owner failing to connect his building or structure to the sewer within the said period of 90 days shall be liable to the penalties provided in the Bylaw; Amend. BL 6108 2003 (b) Where an owner of a parcel of land intends to construct or alter a building or structure which will contain sanitary services, the owner must apply for a direct connection to and must pay the fee prescribed for such connection in Schedule "A" of the "Delta Sewer Rates Bylaw No. 5782, 2000" as amended or superceded from time to time. Sanitary sewer services are only provided to properties that are within the approved Delta sewer area boundary. If the parcel of land cannot be serviced by the Corporation's sanitary sewer, no permit to construct will be issued unless the owner has provided satisfactory evidence to the Engineer that an alternate and adequate lawful sewage disposal system will serve the parcel; Amend BL 6598, 2008 (c) Except as provided in section 3.1, no person who owns or operates a private sewer system that connects, either directly or indirectly, to the Corporation's sewer system, shall cause or permit any other person to connect any other sewer system to the private sewer system; Amend BL 6598, 2008 (d) Except as provided in section 3.1, no person shall connect, or cause or permit the connection of, a private sewer system to another private sewer system that services another parcel of land and is connected, directly or indirectly, to the Corporation's sewer system; Amend Bylaw 6008, 2002 (e) "For the purposes of this Section, the term 'parcel of land' includes a 'water lot' and the occupier of the water lot is deemed to be the owner thereof. A 'water lot' is deemed to be a separate lot from the adjacent upland lot." Amend BL 6598, 2008 Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permits Amend BL 7091, 2013 3.1 (a) The Engineer shall, upon: (i) receipt of a completed Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit Application for a residential or institutional property; (ii) payment of the application fee; (iii) being satisfied that the Originating Property and the Conveying Property are located within the sanitary sewer areas established by the Corporation and the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District; and (iv) satisfaction of all other conditions specified herein, issue a permit, in the form prescribed for that purpose from time to time by the Engineer, to connect a private sewer system on the Originating Property to the private sewer system on the Conveying Property. The permit shall be subject to all conditions specified in section 3.1(g) and in the Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit. The Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit shall be issued to the owner of the Originating Property. A Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit shall not be issued for any property other than a residential or institutional property nor for any Originating Property that is not located within the sanitary sewer areas established by the Corporation and the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District. (b) All applications for a Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit must be made by the owner of the Originating Property in the form prescribed for that purpose from time to time by the Engineer and must include all of the information required herein. (c) A person who is not an owner of the Originating Property may apply for a Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit if that person provides the written authorization of all of the owners of the Originating Property in the form prescribed for that purpose from time to time by the Engineer. The agent may not execute the Release and Indemnity on behalf of the owners of the Originating Property. (d) As a prerequisite to the issuance of a Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit, the applicant shall: (i) make application in the form prescribed for that purpose from time to time by the Engineer; (ii) pay an application fee of $500.00; (iii) provide the name, address and phone number of all owners of the Originating Property; (iv) provide the name, address and phone number of all owners of the Conveying Property; (v) provide the name, address and phone number of all owners of the private sewer system on the Conveying Property; (vi) provide the name, address and phone number of any person authorized to act as agent for the owner of the Originating Property; (vii) provide the legal description of the Originating Property and the Conveying Property; (viii) provide service connection details and a design report, including design flow, system head, pump information and engineering drawings (i.e. plan and profile) at a scale not smaller than 1:1000 all prepared by a Professional Engineer registered in the Province of BC, to the satisfaction of the Engineer; (ix) provide written confirmation from a Professional Engineer registered in the Province of BC that the private sewer system that is being connected to on the Conveying Property, and any pump station associated therewith, is designed to handle and has the capacity to handle the increased effluent flows resulting from the connection of the private sewer system on the Originating Property and that the connection of the private sewer system on the Originating Property to the private sewer system on the Conveying Property will not have any negative impacts on the Corporation's sewer system; (x) obtain or cause its contractor to obtain, from a duly licenced insurance company or companies acceptable to the Municipality, Wrap Up Liability insurance covering the construction of the private sanitary sewer works, including completed operations and products liability in an amount not less than $5,000,000.00. This insurance must be primary insurance, must be on an occurrence basis and must include The Corporation of Delta as a named insured; (xi) provide a certificate of insurance from an insurance broker licenced to practice in British Columbia confirming that the owner of the Originating Property has obtained the insurance referred to in clause (x) above. (xii) provide evidence of a registered easement, granting the owner of the Originating Property the right, in perpetuity, to discharge effluent into the private sewer system on the Conveying Property; (xiii) provide written consent and release from all of the owners of the private sewer system on the Conveying Property to which the applicant is connecting, in the form prescribed for that purpose from time to time by the Engineer, releasing the Corporation and its elected officials, employees and agents from all damages, costs, claims and demands of every kind arising from or in any way related to the issuance of the Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit, the connection of the two private sewer systems and any act or omission in the maintenance and operation thereof; (xiv) provide a written release from all of the owners of the Conveying Property, in the form prescribed for that purpose from time to time by the Engineer, releasing the Corporation and its elected officials, employees and agents from all damages, costs, claims and demands of every kind arising from or in any way related to the issuance of the Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit, the connection of the two private sewer systems and any act or omission in the maintenance and operation thereof. (xv) provide written proof that the Professional Engineer referred to in clauses (viii) and (ix) above carries professional liability insurance in an amount not less than $5,000,000.00. (e) The Engineer may, in order to ensure compliance with section 10 or to protect the safe and sanitary operation of the Corporation's sewer system, or the private sewer system on the Originating Property or the Conveying Property or any of them, impose conditions in a Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit regarding pipe size, location, flow levels, distances, effluent discharge characteristics and safety devices as well as maintenance, repair and replacement of any part of the private sewer system on the Originating Property or the Conveying Property or both. (f) Without limiting section 3.1(a) or (d) above, the owner of the Originating Property shall, as a condition of obtaining a Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit, release the Corporation and its elected officials, employees and agents from and indemnify and save the Corporation and its elected officials, employees and agents harmless against all damages, costs, claims and demands of every kind arising from or in any way related to the issuance of the Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit, the connection of the two private sewer systems and any act or omission in the maintenance and operation thereof. Notwithstanding the definition of "owner" herein, those portions of a Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit Application calling for the signature of an owner may not be executed by an authorized agent of the owner and must be executed by the registered owner of the Originating Property: (g) It is a condition of each Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit that: (i) the Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit shall expire if the private sanitary sewer works are not started within six months after the date of issuance of the Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit or are not completed within twelve months after the date of issuance of the Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit; (ii) the owner of the Originating Property must deliver to the Engineer, within three months after completing the connection authorized by the Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit, as- built drawings of the private sanitary sewer works, prepared by a Professional Engineer registered in the Province of BC, a certificate, signed and sealed by the Professional Engineer, confirming that the connection authorized by the Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit has been completed and that the private sanitary sewer systems on the Originating Property and the Conveying Property, including any pump stations, are operating satisfactorily and written proof that the Professional Engineer carries professional liability insurance in an amount not less than $5,000,000.00; (iii) the owner of the Originating Property must maintain the private sewer system on the Originating Property in good working condition at all time; (iv) in the event that the Engineer has reason to believe that either of the private sewer systems referred to in the Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit is not operating properly, the Engineer may give to the owner of the Originating Property or the Conveying Property, or both of them, an Order to carry out such maintenance or repair to the private sewer system on the Originating Property or the Conveying Property, or both of them, as the Engineer considers necessary to ensure the safe, sanitary and lawful discharge of effluent from the Originating Property or the Conveying Property, or both of them; and (v) every purchaser from time to time of the Originating Property or the Conveying Property shall deliver to the Corporation, within thirty days after receipt of a written request from the Corporation, a release and indemnity in the form prescribed for that purpose from time to time by the Engineer, to release the Corporation and its elected officials, employees and agents from and indemnify and save the Corporation and its elected officials, employees and agents harmless against all damages, costs, claims and demands of every kind arising from or in any way related to the issuance of the Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit, the connection of the two private sewer systems and any act or omission in the maintenance and operation thereof. (h) The Engineer may cancel any Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit issued under this section if he or she: (i) does not receive the drawings and certificate required to be provided pursuant to section 3.1(g)(ii) above; (ii) has reason to believe that an Order under section 3.1(g)(iv) has not been complied with within thirty days of the date it was issued; (iii) has reason to believe that any information provided in support of an application for a Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit is false or misleading; (iv) has reason to believe that the owner or operator of either of the private sewer systems referred to in the Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit has violated any provision of this bylaw or any other enactment; or (v) does not receive the release and indemnity required to be delivered pursuant to section 3.1(g)(v) above. (i) The Municipality may cancel any Occupancy Permit issued for a building on an Originating Property if a Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit issued for that property has been cancelled. (j) The exercise of any rights or the failure to exercise any rights under this bylaw shall not prejudice the Municipality's right to impose any remedial action requirements authorized by the Community Charter. (k) The holder of a Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit under this section may connect the private sewer system on the Originating Property to the private sewer system on the Conveying Property, subject to the terms and conditions herein and in the Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit. (l) No Occupancy Permit shall be issued for any building or structure on an Originating Property for which a Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit has been issued until the drawings and certificate required to be provided pursuant to subsection 3.1(g)(ii) above have been delivered to and accepted by the Engineer. (m) No person shall occupy or continue to occupy any premises on the Originating Property if: (i) a Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit has not been issued for the sewer system on that property; (ii) any Private Sanitary Sewer Connection Permit expires or is terminated or cancelled; or (iii) the easement referred to in section 3.1(d)(xii) expires or is terminated or discharged; or (iv) the consent referred to in section 3.1(d)(xiii) expires or is withdrawn or cancelled." 4. The notice in writing required to be given in Section 3 shall be deemed to be sufficiently given if sent by registered mail to the owner at his address as shown on the last revised Assessment Roll. 5. Prior to connecting to a sanitary sewer, an owner shall make application to the Engineer on the form from time to time provided for such purpose and shall pay to the Corporation the connection charge prescribed in Schedule "A" of the Delta Sewer Rates Bylaw No. 5782, 2000 which may be amended or superceded from time to time. 6. Payment of the applicable charge shall entitle the applicant to one sanitary sewer connection not exceeding 100 millimetres in diameter. If more than one sanitary sewer connection, or a sanitary sewer connection exceeding 100 millimetres in diameter is required to any parcel, the cost of such additional connections or larger pipe and inspection chamber(s) shall be paid by the owner at the time of application on the basis of the actual cost of the work as prescribed in Schedule "A" of the Delta Sewer Rates Bylaw No. 5782, 2000 which may be amended or superceded from time to time. 7. The Engineer shall designate the location of each sanitary sewer connection and inspection chamber to each parcel of land. 8. If practicable the Corporation will, as soon as convenient after the date of application, provide and install a sanitary sewer connection to the applicant's property. If the requested connection is not practicable, the Engineer shall so notify the applicant. 9. Whenever a service connection is made to premises where a septic tank exists, the owner shall forthwith discontinue using the septic tank and remove and dispose all sludge or deposit and either: (a) dismantle and remove the said tank; or (b) sufficiently disinfect the tank to kill all pathogenic organisms with chlorination or powdered lime and fill the tank with sand or gravel. UNACCEPTABLE DISCHARGE INTO SANITARY SEWER 10. No person shall discharge or cause or permit to be discharged into a sanitary sewer any of the following: (a) any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, alcohol, fuel oil or other flammable explosive liquid, solid or gas. (b) any pesticides, herbicides or fungicides; (c) any corrosive, noxious or malodorous gas, liquid, or substance which either singly or by interaction with other wastes, is capable of (i) creating a public nuisance or hazard to life; (ii) preventing entry into a sewer or pump station; or (iii) causing damage to the sewerage system; (d) radioactive material, except within such limits as are permitted by a licence issued by the Atomic Energy Control Board of Canada. (e) any material from a cesspool or septic tank except at authorized receiving stations; (f) any solid or viscous substance capable of obstructing wastewater flow or interfering with the operation of the sewerage system or treatment facilities, including but not limited to the substances set out in Schedule "A" hereto. 11. No person shall cause or permit any storm water, unpolluted drainage or uncontaminated cooling water to be discharged into a sanitary sewer. 12. No person shall discharge or cause or permit to be discharged into a sanitary sewer any waste that has any of the following characteristics: (a) any garbage, unless such garbage is from premises where food is prepared for consumption on the premises and which has been properly comminuted to 7 millimetres or less in any dimension; (b) any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 65 degrees Celsius; (c) any water or waste which contains grease, whether or not emulsified, whose concentration is in excess of 150 milligrams per litre or which contains more than 15 milligrams per litre of substances derived from petroleum sources; (d) any substance which may solidify or become discernibly viscous at temperatures above 0Ε Celsius; (e) any water or waste water having a suspended solids content of more than 600 milligrams per litre; (f) any soluble waste or wastewater having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.5 or having any other corrosive property which reasonably could be hazardous to structures, equipment or personnel including, but not limited to, battery or plating acid and wastes, copper sulphate, chromium salts and compounds, or brine; (g) any water or waste that will by itself or with other water or wastes in the sewerage system, release noxious gases, form suspended solids in excess of 600 milligrams per litre or create any other conditions deleterious to structures or treatment processes; (h) any water or waste containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, to constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or to create any hazard to the receiving waters, storm water overflows or the effluent of the sewage treatment plant; (i) any water or waste containing dissolved or suspended solids of such character or quantity that any abnormal attention or expense would be required in the treatment of such wastewater; or (j) any pool water which is discharged at a flow rate exceeding 0.2 cubic metres per minute. 13. Without limiting the generality of Sections 12(g) and 12(h) the concentration of toxic substances at the point of discharge into a sanitary sewer shall not exceed those concentrations set out in Schedule "B" hereto. 14. Every person responsible for or having knowledge of the discharge of prohibited substances into any sewer or drainage system shall report the same immediately to the Engineer or to the Delta Police. INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATER 15. Any industrial waste waters which do not comply with the regulations contained in this Bylaw shall be pre-treated so that they will conform to the regulations contained in this Bylaw prior to discharge into a sewer. 16. If no Municipal sewer is available for industrial wastewater connection, the owner shall install an alternate sewage treatment plant, to the satisfaction of the Engineer. 17. The Corporation may limit the maximum flow volume of wastewater being discharged into the sanitary sewer system by limiting the size of the sanitary sewer connection. 18. The owner shall provide and maintain a sampling station to permit access for the sampling and testing of industrial wastewater prior to its discharge to the sanitary sewer. Such a sampling station shall be located downstream from any industrial wastewater treatment works and upstream from any domestic wastewater discharges. 19. Equipment necessary to comply with Section 18 shall be provided, maintained and operated by the owner or occupier of such premises to the satisfaction of the Engineer. 20. The design and location of the sampling station shall be to the satisfaction of the Engineer. 21. All measurements, tests, analysis and examinations of the characteristics or contents of wastewater shall be carried out in accordance with "Standard Methods". INSPECTION 22. The Engineer and the Environmental Control Officer are hereby authorized at all reasonable times to enter upon and inspect any property or premises to ascertain whether the provisions of this Bylaw are being complied with. 23. No person shall hinder or prevent the Engineer or the Environmental Control Officer from entering upon any property or premises and making reasonable inspection of any building or premises in order to ascertain if the requirements of this Bylaw are being complied with. UNACCEPTABLE WASTE WATER 24. Where any wastewater which: (a) is hazardous or creates an immediate danger to any person or (b) endangers or interferes with the operation of the sewer system is discharged to the sewer system, the Engineer may, in addition to any action provided for in this Bylaw, disconnect, plug or seal off the sewer line discharging the unacceptable wastewater into the sewer system or take such other action as is necessary to prevent such wastewater from entering the sewer system, until evidence satisfactory to the Engineer has been produced to ensure no further discharge of hazardous wastewater will be made to the sewer system. 25. The owner or occupier of the land from which the wastewater described in Section 24 herein is being discharged shall pay the actual costs incurred by the Corporation in taking all necessary action relative to the sewer disconnection and reconnection. PENALTIES 26. The costs referred to in Section 25 shall be in addition to and not in substitution for any fines or other penalties to which the owner or occupier of the premises in question may be subject pursuant to the provisions of this Bylaw. 27. The sewer shall not be reconnected until the costs provided by Section 25 are paid by the owner. 28. Where any person contravenes or permits or causes any contravention of any provisions of this Bylaw and thereby causes damage to the sewerage system, such person shall be liable to the Corporation for the actual costs incurred in making repairs to the sewerage system or taking remedial action. 29. Every person who contravenes or violates any of the provisions of this Bylaw, or who suffers or permits any act or thing to be done in contravention or in violation of any of the provisions of this Bylaw, or who neglects to do or refrains from doing anything required to be done by any of the provisions of this Bylaw, commits any offence and upon summary Conviction therefor, shall be liable to a fine of not less than $200.00 and not more than the maximum fine provided by the "Offence Act" and, where the offence is a continuing one, each day that the offence is continued shall constitute a separate offence. ADMINISTRATION 30. "Delta Sewer Regulations Bylaw No. 3583, 1982", and amendments thereto, are hereby repealed. READ A FIRST TIME the 25th day of January, 2000. READ A SECOND TIME the 25th day of January, 2000. READ A THIRD TIME the 25th day of January, 2000. FINALLY CONSIDERED AND ADOPTED the 8th day of February , 2000. " Lois E. Jackson " Lois E. Jackson Mayor " John Lambie " John Lambie Acting Municipal Clerk SCHEDULE "A" PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES The following substances are specifically prohibited from being discharged into sanitary sewers: 1. SOLID MATERIAL: Ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, grass clippings, insoluble shavings, metal, glass, rags, offal, shells of shellfish, hair and fleshings from operations such as hide processing, spent grain and hops, whole or ground paper or plastic containers. 2. VISCOUS MATERIAL; Tar, asphalt, lard, tallow, baking dough, chemical residues, cannery waste bulk solids, blood, paint residues or slurries of concrete, cement, lime or mortar. SCHEDULE "B" MATTER (TOXIC SUBSTANCES) EXPRESSED AS CONCENTRATIONS IN MILLIGRAMS PER LITRE Aluminum A1 50.0 Arsenic As 1.0 Barium Ba 5.0 Cadmium Cd 1.0 Chloride C1 1500.0 Chromium Cr 5.0 Copper Cu 2.0 Cyanide CN 1.0 Fluoride F 10.0 Iron Fe 10.0 Lead Pb 2.0 Mercury Hg 0.1 Nickel Ni 3.0 Phenolic Compounds - 1.0 Sulphate SO4 1500.0 Sulphide S 2.0 Tin Sn 5.0 Zinc Zn 4.0