Sewer Connections and Regulations Bylaw No. 430, 1984 — full text

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SEWER CONNECTIONS AND REGULATIONS BYLAW DISTRICT OF LILLOOET BYLAW NO. 430, 1984 Fourth & Final Readings January 21, 1985 OFFICE CONSOLIDATION: May 2, 2023 This document is an office consolidation of the District of Lillooet Sewer Connections and Regulations Bylaw No. 430, 1984 (adopted January 21, 1985) and subsequent amendments adopted by District Council. All persons making use of this consolidation are reminded that it has no Council sanction, that amendments have been incorporated only for convenience of reference, and that for all purposes of interpretation and application that original bylaw should be consulted. The District of Lillooet will, in no event, be liable or responsible for damages of any kind arising out the use of this consolidation. This is not the official version of the District of Lillooet Sewer Connections and Regulations Bylaw No. 430, 1984, nor is it admissible in a court of law. For such purposes, official certified copies can be obtained from the District Office or by contacting us at: [email protected]. List of Amending Bylaws BYLAW NO. SECTION DESCRIPTION ADOPTED 583, 1992 Change Connection Charges January 1, 1993 608, 1994 s. 8(d) Schedule "B" Change Due Date Rate Changes January 1, 1994 639, 1994 s. 8(d) Schedule "B" Change Due Date Rate Changes January 1, 1995 668, 1995 Schedule "B" Rate Changes January 1, 1996 66, 1997 Schedule "B" Rate Changes January 1, 1998 93, 1998 Schedule "B" Rate Changes January 1, 1999 117, 1999 Schedule "B" Rate Changes January 1, 2000 139, 2000 Schedule "B" Rate Changes January 1, 2001 157, 2001 Schedule "B" Rate Changes January 1, 2002 181, 2003 Schedule "B" Rate Changes January 1, 2003 210, 2003 Schedule "B" Rate Changes January 1, 2004 231, 2005 Schedule "B" Rate Changes January 1, 2005 248, 2006 s. 8(d) Rate Changes Repeal Prompt Payment Discount January 1, 2006 279, 2006 Schedule "B" Rate Changes January 1, 2007 282, 2007 Schedule "B" Rate Changes January 1, 2007 300, 2007 Schedule "B" Rate Changes January 1, 2008 324, 2009 s. 8(b) Schedule "C" Rate Changes Amendment to User Rate Discount Terms Delete Discount Application January 1, 2009 332, 2009 Schedule "B" Rate Changes January 1, 2010 348, 2010 Schedule "B" Rate Changes January 1, 2011 353, 2011 s. 8(b) s. 8(h) Amendment to User Rate Discount Terms Addition of Late Payment Penalty January 1, 2011 377, 2013 s. 8(h) Schedule "B" Change Due Date Rate Changes January 1, 2013 2020-015 s. 8(h) Schedule "B" Change Due Date; Rate Changes "Any fee unpaid as of 4:30p.m. on September 15 of the current year will receive a 10% penalty on the unpaid balance." Substitute a new rate of $0.2684 March 15, 2020 2021-009 8(h) Schedule "B" Change Due Date; Rate Changes "Any fee unpaid as of 4:30 p.m. on June 3 of the current year, will receive a 10% penalty on the unpaid balance." Substitute a new Schedule "B" March 1, 2021 2021-015 Schedule "B" Rate Changes Delete the rate on Schedule "B" for SHOPPING CENTRE per square foot and substitute with a new rate of $0.2684 per square foot March 15, 2021 2022-007 8(h) Schedule "B" Rate Changes & 8(h) Inflationary Increases. March 1, 2022 2023-007 Schedule "B" Change for Installation fee from fixed to at cost May 2, 2023 DISTRICT OF LILLOOET BYLAW NO. 430, 1984 A bylaw to regulate the rates and terms and conditions for connections to sewers in the Corporation of the Village of Lillooet, and to provide for the imposition of a user rate charge. The Council of the Corporation of the Village of Lillooet, in open meeting assembled, ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: 1) DEFINITIONS: In this By-Law, unless the context otherwise requires, a) "Collective Service" means that part of a plumbing system which is so designed and installed as to serve more than one appliance, fixture, building, or system; b) "Collector" means the Collector duly appointed by the Council under the "Municipal Act"; c) "Common Sewer" means the main collection and disposal lines under the control of the Village; d) "Consumer" means any person, company or corporation who is the owner or agent for any premises to which sewer is made available from the common sewer and also includes any person who is actually a user of any service from the common sewer; e) "Municipality" means the Corporation of the Village of Lillooet; f) "Service Pipes" means that portion of the sewer disposal line extending from the lot line or easement of the property concerned to the building situated thereon, and joining the service connection to the plumbing system of the building; g) "Sewer Connection" shall mean the sewer pipe extending from the common sewer to the lot line of the property being served or about to be served; h) "Sewer Service" means the connecting of the service pipes or collective service at the lot line to the sewer connection; i) "Works Foreman" means the Foreman of the Public Works for the Village of Lillooet duly appointed by the Council. 2) REGULATIONS: a) Where no common sewer exists, every building in which plumbing fixtures are installed shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system satisfactory to the Medical Health Officer; b) Where any building is located within the jurisdiction of this regulation, in which plumbing fixtures are installed and is situated on a lot or parcel of land where a common sewer is available, the owner of such building shall connect with such common sewer in the manner provided by this regulation, and such connection shall be made within 180 days of the completion of the common sewer for use. It is further provided that such connection shall be effected within three days of written or other reasonable notice given by the Medical Health Officer, if in his opinion a nuisance or health hazard exists as a result of any building not being connected to the common sewer; c) In default of any such owner connecting any such building with such common sewer within the applicable period referred to in this section, the connection may be made by the municipality, at the owner's expense; d) Any such owner so in default as aforesaid shall be deemed guilty of an infraction of this regulation and shall be liable to the penalties imposed by the authority having jurisdiction. e) Each building must be separately and independently connected with the common sewer except Mobile Home Parks, in which case the connection shall comply with the Corporation of the Village of Lillooet By-Law regulating Mobile Home Parks; f) Within 30 days of the completion of a sewer connection as provided in this regulation, an existing septic tank on the lot or parcel shall be completely pumped out and filled with good-quality, wood-free fill. The holder of the sewer connection permit shall be responsible for this work and shall cause the contents (sludge, liquid, and scum) of the said septic tank to be completely removed from the lot or parcel and appropriately disposed of by a licensed septic tank pumping truck. The said permit holder, prior to the backfilling of the septic tank, shall submit to the municipality written notification from the pumping contractor that the said septic tank has been completely pumped out, and shall have the empty septic tank inspected and backfilled as authorized by the Works Foreman; g) The British Columbia Plumbing Code shall apply to all connections made to the municipal sewerage system together with the conditions as set forth heretofore and wherever there may be a conflict between the British Columbia Plumbing Code and the conditions set out heretofore, the conditions contained in the British Columbia Plumbing Code shall prevail; h) On the conversion of the pipe industry to metric size pipe, the Metric Conversion Size Standard to the pipe industry shall replace the Imperial Measures above stated rather than a direct conversion of the standard size to metric measurement; i) Subject to Section 6 (c) - No person, other than the Municipality, its employees or its contractors shall install or cause to be installed any part of a sewer connection on public right-of-way, provided for under Section 5 of this By-Law, or in any way, to break, interfere or tamper with any common sewer of the Municipality; j) No person shall obstruct of prevent the Works Foreman or any person authorized by him from carrying out any or all of the provisions of this By-Law, nor shall any person refuse to grant the Works Foreman or any person authorized by him, permission to inspect any sewer service work at any reasonable time. 3) ADMINISTRATION: a) The Works Foreman is herby authorized and directed to have a general supervision over the municipal sewage system and, excepting that where the responsibility is that of the Collector, to see that the provisions of this By-Law are carried out. b) The Works Foreman shall have the power, subject to the consent of the Council, to appoint assistants and inspectors for the purpose of effectually carrying out the provisions of this By-Law, and wherever the Works Foreman is authorized or directed to perform any act or duty under this By-Law, such act or duty may be performed by an inspector or employee authorized by the Works Foreman to perform such act or duty. c) Nothing contained in this By-Law shall be construed to impose any liability on the municipality to service any person or premises; d) The municipality shall not be liable for the failure of the sewage system in consequence of any accident or damage thereto, or for any temporary stoppage from the negligence of any person in the employ of the Municipality or other person whomsoever, or through natural deterioration or obsolescence of the Municipality's system or otherwise. 4) PROHIBITED WASTES & WATERS The following shall not be discharged or caused to be discharged into any pipe, main, conduit, manhole, street inlet, gutter, or aperture of the sewer system, except by permission for extraordinary circumstances: a) Any gasoline, benzene, naptha, alcohols, or other flammable or explosive liquids, solid, or gas; b) Any solid or viscous substance capable of obstructing sewage flow or interfering with the operation of the sewage works or treatment facilities; these substances include, but are not limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, grass clippings, insoluble shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, asphalt, creosote, plastics, wood, animal-paunch contents, offal, blood, bones, meat-trimmings and wastes, fish or fowl heads, shrimp, crab, or clam shells, entrails, lard, tallow, baking dough, chemical residues, cannery waste bulk solids, hair and fleshings, spent grain and hops, whole or ground paper dishes or cups, whole or ground plastic dishes and cups, whole or ground food and beverage containers, unground garbage, paint residues; c) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance which, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, is capable of creating a public nuisance or hazard ot life or preventing entry into a sewer or pump station; d) Drainage from fixtures discharging radioactive wastes shall be installed in accordance with Safety Codes published by Radiation Protection Division, Department of National Health and Welfare, Ottawa, Ontario; e) Any material from a cesspool or septic tank, except at authorized receiving stations; f) Any chemical or industrial liquid wastes likely to damage or increase maintenance costs on the sanitary sewer which may detrimentally affect public or private sewage-treatment systems, or contaminate surface or subsurface waters, shall be pre-treated to render them innocuous prior to discharge into a drainage system. Detailed plans and specifications of the pre-treatment facilities shall be approved by the authority having jurisdiction before any portion of such facilities are installed; g) Nothing in this By-Law shall be construed to permit the connection of surface water to the common sewer. The connection, either directly or indirectly, of roof leaders, foundation drains, field drains, sumps or any other collector of surface or ground water is NOT permitted. The owner of any property who connects, permits or causes to be connected any such storm or surface or ground water from his premises or property to the common sewer shall be guilty of an infraction of this By-Law. 5) CONNECTIONS: a) Application in the form of Schedule "A" attached to and forming part of this By- Law for the installation of a sewer connection to any property shall be made and delivered to the Municipal Office, and must be signed by the owner of such property or his authorized agent. b) The Works Foreman shall determine the size of the pipe that is to be used in supplying any property, the position to the street in which it is to be placed, and the main to which the connection shall be made if there is a choice of mains, subject to Subdivision By-Law regulations. c) The approval to install a collective service or sewer connection in excess of six (6) inched in diameter to the common sewer, shall be conditional upon the determination of the capacity of the common sewer. No such connection shall be permitted if, in the opinion of the Works Foreman the common sewer is incapable of carrying away the wastes emanating from the owner's property; d) Upon approval of the application by the Works Foreman, the applicant shall pay the required connection charge as established in Schedule "B" attached to and forming part of this By-Law e) Upon payment of the connection charge, the Works Foreman will as soon as convenient thereafter, provide and lay, a service connection from the appropriate main to the lot line of the property. 6) APPLICATION FOR SERVICE & INSPECTIONS: a) Application in the form of Schedule "A" attached to and forming part of this By- Law for any property to be serviced shall be made and delivered to the Municipal Office, and must be signed by the owner of such property or his duly authorized agent. Each application, when signed by the potential consumer, shall be an agreement whereby the consumer agrees to abide by the terms and conditions of this By-Law b) When a new building or structure is being built and will come within the provisions of this By-Law, the owner or his agent shall make application for sewer service at the time he makes application for a building permit. c) Where an application for sewer service is made and it is determined by the Collector that the service connection from the main to the lot line has been provided at the owner's expense or as the result of a subdivision and has passed inspection by the municipality, the owner shall, on making application as aforesaid, pay to the Collector a service inspection fee as established in Schedule "B" in consideration of connection to the sewer system. d) When a property becomes vacant the sewer service shall be disconnected as directed by the Works Foreman. 7) SERVICE PIPES AND FITTINGS a) Before any person shall install service pipes or commence doing any construction work in relation thereto, he shall notify the Works Foreman. If required, he shall furnish a plan and specifications which shall show: 1) the purpose for which the sewer is to be used, the size of pipes and the number of outlets in connection with such an installation. 2) a description of the material which the applicant proposes to use in connection with such installation. b) The installation of service pipes shall be the responsibility of the property owner but shall conform to specifications approved by the Works Foreman, and shall be in accordance with the requirements of the B.C. Plumbing Code. c) All underground pipes on any premises shall be placed below the frost line. d) The backfilling of the service pipes shall not be commenced until the Works Foreman has indicated on the application that the materials and workmanship are to his satisfaction and that the pertinent sections of this and other By-Laws have been adhered to; e) Where required, service pipes shall be provided with a cleanout that is installed at the upstream side of the wall of the building; f) A cleanout on a building outlet shall be formed by a Y, Barrett, or approved fitting, and where necessary, shall be extended without change of direction of more than 45 degrees and made accessible; g) Where there is a change of direction of more than 45 degrees in a service pipe, a cleanout shall be installed; h) Cleanouts shall be installed at intervals that will ensure that the distance between cleanouts shall be not more than 50 feet apart in horizontal lines 4 inches nominal diameter and not more than 100 feet apart for larger pipe size; i) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 7, where the existing 4 inch stack cleanout plug is not readily accessible, and additional 4 inch Y-fitting and 4 inch cleanout plug shall be installed at the upper end of the sewer line 36 inches outside the building, and shall be extended to finished grade and be embedded in concrete 1 foot square and minimum 4 inches thick; j) Back-flow preventor valves shall be incorporated in the service pipeline in a suitable location; k) Where the Works Foreman deems necessary, the service pipes may be tested by the following methods: 1.a) where a water test is made, it shall be applied to the system as a whole; or b) sections of the system, each of which is at least 10 feet high and includes at least 5 feet of the section below. In making a water test, a) Every opening except the highest shall be tightly closed with a testing plug or screw cap; and b) The system or the section shall be kept filled with water for 15 minutes. 2. Where an air test is made, a) Every opening in the system shall be closed; b) Air shall be forced into the system until a pressure of 5 pounds per square inch or 10 inches of mercury column is created; and c) This pressure shall be maintained, without the addition of more air, for 30 minutes. 3. Where a smoke test is made, a) Every trap shall be filled with water; b) Smoke from one or more smoke machines shall be forced into the system; c) When the smoke appears from all roof terminals, they shall be closed; and d) A pressure equivalent to a 1 inch water column shall be built up and maintained for 30 minutes. 4. Where a ball test is made, a hard ball that is sufficiently dense that it will not float shall be rolled through the pipe The diameter of the ball shall be: a) 2 inches, where the diameter of the pipe is 3 inches or more; b) 1 inch, where the diameter of the pipe is less than 3 inches. 8) USER RATE a) Every consumer, having been connected to the Municipal common sewer shall be subject to the user rate charges as established in Schedule "B" attached to and forming part of this By-Law in respect of the property so connected. b) Single-family dwelling unit users of the sewer service who are eligible for the additional Home Owner Grant for persons 65 and over will receive a reduction of 10% from the user rate as established in Schedule "A" of this bylaw.1 c) The user rate shall be due and payable in advance annually at the Municipal Office, for the calendar year periods January 1 to December 31st inclusive. d) A new consumer shall be charged with the full monthly rate if his service is in use on before the 15th day of the month, otherwise he shall be charged one-half of the monthly charge. The user rate for the remainder of the year shall be paid by new consumers at the time the service is first used. e) A rebate may be allowed if a consumer applies for a water turn off. Such rebate shall be limited to the remaining full monthly rates which have been paid. f) Any rate or toll remaining unpaid on the thirty-first of December shall then be deemed to be taxes in arrear. g) Any fee unpaid as of 4:30 p.m. on June 3 of the current year, will receive a 10% penalty on the unpaid balance. h) The use rates shown in Schedule B, excluding installations and inspection, will be increased annually by the annual rate of inflation for British Columbia (BC CPI) as of December 31st of the prior year.2 1 Amendment Bylaw No. 353-2011 2 Amendment Bylaw No. 2022-007 9) OFFENCES Any person who violates any provision of this By-Law shall be deemed to have committed an offence and is punishable in accordance with the Summary Convictions Act; and each day on which the violation occurs shall be considered a separate offence. 10) REPEAL "The Village of Lillooet Sewer Rates By-Law No. 204", 1973 and "The Village of Lillooet Sewer Connection By-Law No. 277, 1977" and any amendments are hereby repealed.. 11) CITATION This By-Law may be cited as "Village of Lillooet Sewer Connections and Regulations By-Law No. 430, 1984". SCHEDULE "A" attached to and forming part of By-Law No. 430, 1984 THE CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF LILLOOET APPLICATION FOR SEWER CONNECTION FOLIO NO. ______________________ I hereby make application for a ___________ inch CONNECTION for the purpose of sewerage disposal to the following property: Lot _________ Blk. __________, Plan _________, at No. ___________ on the _____________ side of ______________________ St./Ave./Rd., subject to the terms and conditions of the current Sewer Connections and Regulations By-Law of the Municipality. Owner's Name (print) _____________________________ Telephone No. _____________________ Signature Owner/Agent _____________________________________ Date _____________________ APPROVAL OF CONNECTION (Note: Approval must be given before charges are paid.) Approved by ___________________________ Title ___________________ Date ___________________ PAYMENT of charge of $___________ Receipt No. ________________ Date ___________________ OR installed under agreement/subdivision approved on: Date __________________________ (NOTE: All connections must be recorded in W&S Connection Book ___________________ INSTALLATION DETAILS (Note: Must be completed for all Connections) ___________ feet of __________ inch pipe laid from ___________ inch main to ___________ feet off _______________ property line. Type (plus any additional pipe) _______________________________________ = $ _______ Cap ___________; _______ Wye ___________________________________ = $ _______ Coupling _____________; _______ Inserts _________________________ = $ Any other fittings ______________________________________________________ = $ Labour costs ___________________________________________________________ = $ Machine expense ______________________________________________________ = $ Installed by ______________________________________________ Total Costs = $ Inspected by _________________________ Title __________________________ Date _______________ APPLICATION FOR SEWER SERVICE & INSPECTION (Blding Permit No. _________________) I hereby make application for SERVICE on the above property and agree to abide by the terms and conditions of the current Sewer Connections and Regulations By-Law of the Municipality. NOTE: The Municipal Office must be notified prior to backfilling in order that the service pipes may be inspected. Owner's Name (print) _____________________________ Telephone No. _______________________ Mailing Address ___________________________________________________________________________ Signature ______________________________________________________ Date _____________________ PAYMENT of charge of $___________ Receipt No. ________________ Date ___________________ INSTALLATION INSPECTION Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Workmanship Materials (type) ______________________________ Permission to backfill granted YES/NO Signed: _________________________________________ Date billed ______________________________________ DISTRICT OF LILLOOET Sewer Connections and Regulation Bylaw No. 430, 1984 Schedule "B" DISTRICT OF LILLOOET Sewer Connections and Regulations Bylaw No. 430, 1984 Schedule "B" CATEGORY 2022 Rate SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING 564 APARTMENTS per rental unit 225 per clothes washer 410 MOBILE HOME PARK 564 per trailer space BARBER SHOP 101 per chair BEAUTY SALON 430 per chair B & B / LODGING HOUSE 70 per lodging unit BOARDING HOUSE 84 per lodging unit BOWLING ALLEY 106 per lane BC RAIL STATION 9,120 CAFÉ / RESTAURANT 77 per seat CAR WASH 5,412 per bay CHURCHES / INSTITUTIONAL 634 per set of toilets COMMERCIAL SALE OF WATER per filter system 564 plus per employee 44 CURLING RINK basic rate 191 plus per ice sheet 124 DUPLEX / TRIPLEX / TOWNHOUSE 564 per unit HIGHWAYS YARD basic rate 7,055 plus per employee without showers 36 plus per employee with showers 65 HOSPITALS 451 per bed INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS per employee with showers 62 per employee without showers 49 LAUNDRIES per coin operated machine (self serve) 594 per commercial machine 789 DISTRICT OF LILLOOET Sewer Connections and Regulations Bylaw No. 430, 1984 Schedule "B" CATEGORY 2022 Rate MOTEL / HOTEL with kitchen facilities 132 with bathroom facilities 105 without bathroom facilities 39 plus per clothes washer 392 OFFICE BUILDING 36 per employee OTHER 564 unspecified REST HOME 188 per bed RETAIL STORE 634 per set of toilets SCHOOLS per student elementary school 36 per student secondary school 42 SERVICE STATION 789 per set of gas pumps SHOPPING CENTRE 0.2765 per square foot TAVERN / LICENCED PREMISES 24 per seat Commercial Rate per Cubic Meter 0.82 Installations New water service installations, or relocating, adjusting, or upgrading of an existing water service, shall be at the expense of the owner.1 Inspections 439 1 Amendment Bylaw No. 2023-007