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TOWN OF LAKE COWICHAN
Bylaw No. 1116-2025
A BYLAW TO AMEND A SANITARY SEWER PARCEL TAX
WHEREAS the Community Charter allows a Council, by bylaw, to amend and levy a parcel
tax to provide all or part of the funding for a service;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Town of Lake Cowichan wishes to recover a portion of
the costs of the Town's sanitary sewer service through a parcel tax;
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 Sanitary
Sewer Parcel Tax Bylaw No. 1116-2025".
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 SANITARY SEWER SERVICE
(1)
Council hereby increases the parcel tax levy for the Lake Cowichan Sanitary
Sewer Service, for the calendar year 2025 and all subsequent years.
(2)
The Town is to prepare an assessment roll for the Lake Cowichan Sanitary
Sewer Parcel Tax Roll to be used for 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 sanitary sewer service regardless of
whether or not the service is being used.
(4)
The amount of this parcel tax shall be increased from Two Hundred and
Fifty ($250.00) dollars per parcel per year to Three Hundred and Twenty
Five ($325.00) dollars per parcel per year.
4.
EXEMPTION
Parcel that have no opportunity to connect to the Lake Cowichan Sanitary Sewer
Service are exempt from this parcel tax.
Town of Lake Cowichan Sanitary Sewer Parcel Tax Bylaw
No 1116-2025
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5.
REPEAL
That upon adoption of the bylaw being the "Town of Lake Cowichan Sanitary
Sewer Parcel Tax Bylaw No. 1116-2025", Bylaw No. 1071-2022 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amendments thereto are hereby repealed.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