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VILLAGE OF GOLD RIVER
Bylaw No. 614, 2001
A bylaw to establish rates and charges for
the use of the municipal sewer system.
WHEREAS pursuant to the Local Government Act, RSBC 1996 Chapter 323 the Council may, by bylaw,
impose a charge against the owner or occupier of real property for the use of the sewer system, and may
vary the charge in accordance with the number of outlets served or the quantity of water delivered to the
premises by a utility, by classifying users or effluent, or any combination of such methods;
NOW THEREFORE the Municipal Council of the Village of Gold River, in open meeting assembled,
enacts as follows:
1.
In this Bylaw, unless the context otherwise requires:
'Business Premises"
'Business Unit'
'Consumer'
'Council'
'Municipal Collector'
'Multiple Residential Premises'
'Municipality'
'Municipal Sewer Area'
'Municipal Sewer System'
shall mean all or part of a store, office, warehouse, factory, enclosure,
yard, or other place occupied or intended to be occupied by any
person for the purpose of any business, trade or occupation;
shall mean each individual business unit or outlet contained within a
Business Premise that has access to services and is intended to be
occupied by any person for the purpose of any business, trade or
occupation;
shall mean a person to whom sewer service is supplied under this
Bylaw.
shall mean the Council of the Village of Gold River;
shall mean the person duly appointed as such from time to time in
accordance with the Local Government Act.
shall mean a building containing two or more Residential Premises
for rental purposes.
shall mean the municipality of the Corporation of the Village of Gold
River.
shall mean the area created and authorized by bylaw of the
Municipality for the purpose of supplying sewer services to a
consumer.
shall mean the sanitary sewer system of a Municipal Sewer Area
owned and operated by the Municipality;
owned and operated by the Municipality;
'Occupied Business Unit/Outlet'
shall mean Business Unit for which no Certificate of Vacancy has
been issued by the Municipal Collector under Section 6 of this bylaw;
'Occupied Residential Premises'
shall mean Residential Premises for which no Certificate of Vacancy
has been issued by the Municipal Collector under Section 4 of this
bylaw;
'Rate'
shall mean the sum of money to be paid by any user of real property
connected to the Municipal Sewer System;
'Residential Premises'
shall mean a self-contained suite of rooms, contammg its own
cooking and sanitary facilities and plumbing intended for occupancy
as a single household;
'Standby Rate'
shall mean the sum of money to be paid for each unoccupied
Residential Premises contained in a Multiple Residential Premises or
for each unoccupied Business Unit contained in a Business Premise;
'User'
shall mean any person, Corporation, partnership or party and the
heirs, successors and assigns of them or any of them to whom the
context can apply whose premises are connected to the Municipal
Sewer System.
2. Use of Municipal Sewer System
Users of the Municipal Sewer System shall pay the rates and charges as set out in Schedule "A" hereto
annexed and which said schedule is hereby incorporated with and made part of this Bylaw.
3. Occupied Residential Users
An annual residential sewer user rate provided for Occupied Residential Users as set out in Schedule "A"
of this Bylaw shall be attached to the annual real property tax notice for the residence.
4. Unoccupied Multiple Residential Users
An owner of Multiple Residential Premises may make application to the Municipal Collector
accompanied by a statutory declaration by the owner that one or more of the Residential Premises in the
owner's Multiple Residential Premises is or will be unoccupied.
Upon being satisfied with the
application, the Municipal Collector may issue a Certificate of Vacancy stating that one or more of the
Residential Premises is "unoccupied" for the purpose of this Bylaw, and is not liable in the ensuing month
for payment of the residential sewer rates, except the standby rate, as set out in Schedule "A" of this
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Bylaw. The Certificate will be valid only for a period of one month, and for each subsequent month of
vacancy, the owner must apply for a new Certificate.
5. Commercial Users
Accounts for commercial user rates and charges as set out in Schedule "A" of this Bylaw shall be
rendered quarterly unless otherwise required, on the first day of each quarter in each year and shall be due
and payable within thirty days from the date of billing.
6. Unoccupied Business Unit/Outlet
An owner of Business Premises may make application to the Municipal Collector accompanied by a
statutory declaration by the owner that one or more of the Business Units/Outlets in the owner's Business
Premise is or will be unoccupied. Upon being satisfied with the application, the Municipal Collector may
issue a Certificate of Vacancy stating that one or more of the Business Units/Outlets is "unoccupied" for
the purpose of this Bylaw, and is not liable in the ensuing month for payment of the commercial sewer
rates, except the standby rate, as set out in Schedule "A" of this Bylaw. The Certificate will be valid only
for a period of one month, and for each subsequent month of vacancy, the owner must apply for a new
Certificate.
7. Failure to Pay
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 376 of the Local Government Act,, any rate or charge imposed under
Sections 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of this Bylaw which is due and payable prior to the 31st day of December of the
year in which the rate or charge was levied and which remains unpaid on the 31st day of December of the
said year, is in arrears, and shall forthwith be entered on the real property tax roll in respect of the
property as taxes in arrears.
8. Conditions of Supply
It is a term and condition of the use of the Municipal Sewer System that the Municipality shall not be
liable for any injury, damage or loss, including economic loss, to any person or property:
a)
arising or occurring from the use of the Municipal Sewer System,
b)
resulting from the failure of the Municipal Sewer System to any User,
c)
resulting from any impurity, lack of pressure, increased supply pressure, or other condition affecting
the Municipal Sewer System.
9. Repeal
The "Village of Gold River Sewer Rates Bylaw No. 596, 1999" is hereby repealed.
10. Citation
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This bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the "Village of Gold River Sewer Rates Bylaw No. 614,
2001.
11.
This Bylaw shall become effective June 30, 2001.
READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS
READ A THIRD TIME THIS
ADOPTED THIS
17TH
DAY OF
7TH
DAYOF
9TH
DAYOF
MAYOR
L. Plourde
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APRIL
MAY
MAY
2001.
2001.
2001.
CLERK
VILLAGE OF GOLD RIVER
Bylaw No. 614, 2001
SCHEDULE "A"
Residential Premises
Single Family Homes/Townhouses/Strata/Duplex/Condominium
Occupied Multiple Residential Premises - Per Unit
Unoccupied Multiple Residential Premises - Standby Rate
Residential Mobile Home Park - occupied pads
Commercial/Business Premises
Bakeries
Banks
Butcher Shops
Cafes, restaurants, food courts, take-out
Car Washes
Clubs (private, licenced)
Convenience Stores, Deli
Dentists
Dining and Banquet Rooms
Florists
Gas Station
Gas Stations with Shop
Gas Stations with Convenience Store
Green Houses (per unit)
Grocery Store
Hair Salons
Hotels (per room)
Laundromats (per washer)
Machine Shops/Industrial Garage/Tire Shops/Service Shops
Manhole Discharge (per load)
Medical Clinics
Motels (per unit)
Offices
Pubs and Bars
Recreational Vehicle Sites (per hookup)
Retail Outlets - not otherwise listed
Rooming Houses/Bed and Breakfast (per unit)
Schools (per classroom)
Unoccupied Business Unit/Outlet (Standby Rate)
5
Fee
$ 184.80/year
$ 15.40
$
3.00
$ 15.40
$ 18.50
$ 13.30
$ 18.50
$ 32.45
$ 38.50
$ 22.65
$ 13.30
$ 19.15
$ 24.05
$ 15.95
$ 13.30
$ 25.20
$ 25.20
$ 15.95
$ 13.30
$ 16.90
$
5.60
$
6.50
$ 18.60
$ 13.30
$ 16.85
$
5.60
$ 13.30
$ 55.20
$
3.50
$ 13.30
$
5.60
$ 13.30
$
3.00