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TOWN OF LAKE COWICHAN
Bylaw No. 1117-2025
A BYLAW TO AMEND A WATER PARCEL TAX
WHEREAS the Community Charter allows a Council, by bylaw, to amend and levy a parcel
tax to meet the costs of works and services that benefit land within the water specified
area of the municipality;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Town of Lake Cowichan wishes to recover the costs of
the works and services of the Town's water utility system through a parcel tax on land
benefitting from such service;
NOW THERFORE the Council of the Town of Lake Cowichan, in open meeting assembled
enacts as follows:
1.
TITLE
This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the "Town of Lake Cowichan Water
Parcel Tax Bylaw No. 1117-2025".
2.
DEFINITIONS
In this bylaw, unless the context otherwise requires
COUNCIL means the Council of the Town of Lake Cowichan;
TOWN means the Town of Lake Cowichan.
3.
PARCEL TAX FOR THE LAKE COWICHAN WATER SERVICE
(1)
Council hereby increases the parcel tax levy for the Lake Cowichan Water
Service, for the calendar year 2025 and all subsequent years.
(2)
The Town is to prepare an assessment roll for the Lake Cowichan Water
Parcel Tax Roll to be used for the imposition of this parcel tax.
(3)
This parcel tax shall be levied as a single amount for each parcel that has
the opportunity to be provided with water service regardless of whether or
not the service is being used.
(4)
The amount of this parcel tax shall be increased from Three Hundred
($300.00) dollars per parcel per year to Three Hundred and Fifty dollars
($350.00) per parcel per year.
4.
EXEMPTION
Parcels that have no opportunity to be connected to the Lake Cowichan Water
Service are exempt from this parcel tax.
Town of Lake Cowichan Water Parcel Tax Bylaw
No 1117-2025
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5.
REPEAL
That upon adoption of this Bylaw being the "Town of Lake Cowichan Water Parcel
Tax Bylaw No. 1117-2025", Bylaw No. 1072-2022 and all amendments thereto are
hereby repealed.
READ A FIRST TIME on the 25th day of February, 2025.
READ A SECOND TIME on the 25th day of February, 2025.
READ A THIRD TIME on the 25th day of February, 2025.
RECONSIDERED, FINALLY PASSED and ADOPTED by the Municipal Council of the Town of
Lake Cowichan on the 25th day of March, 2025.
Tim McGonigle
Mark Brown
Mayor
Corporate Officer