2026 Water Rates Bylaw No. 912, 2025

Lumby, British Columbia

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THE CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF LUMBY BYLAW No. 912, 2025 A BYLAW TO AMEND WATER RATES AND REGULATIONS WHEREAS it is expedient that provision should be made for regulating the rates for water supplied by the Village to its habitants, NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Village of Lumby, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows: 1. That the "Lumby Water Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 700, 2009" be amended as follows: (a) That Schedule "B" be deleted; and, (b) That the attached Schedule "B" be inserted. 2. That this bylaw be cited for all purposes as the "Lumby Water Rates and Regulations Amendment Bylaw No. 912, 2025". 3. That the effective date of Lumby Water Rates and Regulations Amendment Bylaw No. 912, 2025, shall take effect January 1, 2026. READ A FIRST TIME this 3rd day of November, 2025 READ A SECOND TIME this 3rd day of November, 2025 READ A THIRD TIME this 3rd day of November, 2025 ADOPTED this 17th day of November, 2025 Kevin Acton Tom Kadla Mayor Corporate Officer SCHEDULE "B" WATER RATES AND FEES I. CONNECTION FEES 3/4" - 2" $1,500.00 plus cost of pavement and sidewalk cut repairs Greater than 2" $2,000.00 plus cost of pavement and sidewalk cut repairs II. METERED RATES - MONTHLY ($) will be analyzed and reviewed annually. For each service which means a single residential dwelling, mobile home, rental suite, in- law suite, school classroom, strata unit or plumbed residential or agricultural out building or other plumbed buildings, including but not limited to commercial, institutional and industrial building, excluding bona fide agricultural use or bona fide agricultural stock watering the base amount is $21.33 per month. Except that: - Seasonal meters shall be invoiced at 50% of the monthly Base rate. A seasonal meter includes installations in facilities such as park irrigation, public arenas, public swimming pools, campgrounds, museums, private irrigation, and motel or hotel units. - Multi-family complexes of over 6 units shall be invoiced at 75% of the monthly base rate. A multi-family complex includes apartment buildings, senior housing facilities and manufactured home parks. - For areas outside the municipal boundaries or where metering is not possible as determined by the Village, the above listed rates are multiplied by 5. - Unmetered fee where metering is possible, added to base fee $50.00 per month for the first to third month increasing by $50.00 per month for each 3 month period thereafter. Plus, a consumption fee of $1.09 per cubic meter except that the consumption fee for pubs, lounges, hotel restaurants, industrial food production facilities and kiln operations shall be $0.82 per cubic meter. *Except where specified, all rates apply whether occupied or not, whether operating or not and more than one category may apply to a premise. III. METER AMORTIZATION FEES - Monthly Service Size Fee Seasonal 16 mm (5/8") $ 4.00 $ 2.00 19 mm (3/4") $ 4.50 $ 2.25 25 mm (1") $ 5.00 $ 2.50 40 mm (1 1/2") $ 8.00 Turbine $ 9.00 $ 4.00 Turbine $ 4.50 50 mm (2") $ 9.00 Turbine $ 11.00 $ 4.50 Turbine $ 5.50 75 mm (3") $ 29.00 $ 14.50 IV. FIRE MAIN RATES - Monthly 50 mm (2") and smaller $ 7.00 75 mm (3") $ 10.00 100 mm (4") $ 12.75 150 mm (6") $ 25.50 200 mm (8") $ 51.00 V. MISCELLANEOUS FEES Inaccessible meters, per month $ 75.00 Tampering with a meter, per occasion $ 200.00 Service Call (after hours) per hour - minimum 1 hour $ 85.00 Disconnection, temporary (at property line) actual cost including cost of pavement and sidewalk cut repairs Disconnection, permanent (at water main) actual cost including cost of pavement and sidewalk cut repairs For each turn on of water service $ 25.00 For each turn off of water service $ 25.00 Fire Hydrant Use Metered, per week cost plus $1.00 per cubic meter $ 50.00 Fire Hydrant (Public or Private) Service Water Meter $ 240.00