Wastewater (Sewer) System Bylaw No. 948

Fruitvale, British Columbia

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THE CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF FRUITVALE BYLAW NO. 948, 2022 A By-law to impose a charge against the owner or occupier of real property for the use of the Village of Fruitvale Wastewater System WHEREAS it is deemed expedient and necessary to impose and levy a fee to meet the costs of works and services to the Wastewater System; AND WHEREAS municipalities are authorized under the Community Charter, Part 7 Revenue, Division 2 Fees, Section 194 Municipal Fees to impose fees and vary rates thereon for municipal services; NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Village of Fruitvale, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows: 1. THAT a wastewater system user fee shall be charged against the owner or occupier of land or real property where a sewer or drain connection has been installed to the property; 2. THAT the said wastewater system user fee shall be varied in accordance with the nature and use of the premises served; 3. THAT the Collector of the Corporation of the Village of Fruitvale shall, when making out the roll of rates and taxes payable to the Village, make a separate roll of the wastewater system user fees due for the use of the said common sanitary sewer system in the Village of Fruitvale, and cause such roll to be placed in the hands of the Municipal Collector; 4. THAT the said wastewater system user fees and rates shall be levied and imposed in accordance with Appendix 10 of any Rates, Fees and Charges Bylaw or amendments thereto; 5. THAT the said wastewater system user fees and rates shall be due and payable as set out in accordance with Appendix 10 of any Rates, Fees and Charges Bylaw or amendments thereto; 6. THAT the wastewater system user fees and rates payable by the owner or occupier of any parcel of land in the Village with a sewer connection, if unpaid on the 31st day of December in any year, shall be added to and form part of the taxes payable in respect to that land, and shall be entered upon the Collector's Roll as taxes in arrears. 7. THAT "Village of Fruitvale Wastewater System User Rates and Fees Bylaw No. 936, 2022 is hereby repealed. Village of Fruitvale Bylaw No. 948, 2022 "Wastewater System User Rates and Fees" Page 2 8. THAT this bylaw shall be known and cited for all purposes as the "Village of Fruitvale Wastewater System User Rates and Fees Bylaw No. 948, 2022;" and 9. THAT this bylaw shall take effect as of the first day of January, 2023. READ A FIRST TIME this 7th day of November, 2023. READ A SECOND TIME this 5th day of December, 2022. READ A THIRD TIME this 9th day of January. 2023. RECONSIDERED, FINALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of February, 2023. Mayor Chief Administrative Officer CERTIFIED a true copy of Bylaw No. 948 entitled "Village of Fruitvale Wastewater System User Rates and Fees Bylaw No. 948, 2022". DATED this 6th day of February, 2023. ______ Chief Administrative Officer