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CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NEW WESTMINSTER
QUEENSBOROUGH SPECIFIED AREA SANITARY SEWERAGE SYSTEM
USER CHARGE BYLAW NO. 5218, 1980
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 2, 1980
CONSOLIDATED FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY
(August 14, 1998)
This is a consolidation of the bylaws listed below. The amendment bylaws have
been combined with the original bylaw for convenience only. This consolidation
is not a legal document. Certified copies of the original bylaws should be
consulted for all interpretations and applications of the bylaws on this subject.
AMENDMENT BYLAW
EFFECTIVE DATE
No. 5548
December 23, 1985
No. 6031(Sch "A")
December 16, 1991
No. 6298(Sch "A")
December 22, 1995
The bylaw numbers highlighted in this consolidation refer to the bylaws that
amended the principal Bylaw No. 5218, 1990. The number of any amending
bylaw that has been repealed is not referred to in this consolidation.
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CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NEW WESTMINSTER
BYLAW NO. 5218
A Bylaw to impose a charge for the use of Queensborough Specified Area
Sanitary Sewerage System
WHEREAS by Bylaw 5022, 1977, the Municipal Council of the
Corporation of the City of New Westminster (hereinafter called the
"Corporation") has established the Queensborough Sanitary Sewerage System
Specified Area; hereinafter called the "Sewerage System";
AND WHEREAS the assent of the electors has been received to establish
the specified area for the purpose of constructing and operating a sanitary
sewerage system under Section 616 of the Municipal Act;
AND WHEREAS the Council may by Bylaw under Section 532 of the
Municipal Act with the approval of the Minister of Municipal Affairs impose a
charge against the owner or occupier of real property for the use of a sewerage
system and may vary the charge for sewerage or combination of sewerage and
drainage facilities in accordance with:
(a)
The number of outlets served; or
(b)
The quantity of water delivered to the premises by a utility;
(c)
A classification of users or effluents; or
(d)
Any combination of such methods;
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL of the Corporation of the City of New
Westminster ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1.
This bylaw may be cited as "QUEENSBOROUGH SPECIFIED
AREA SANITARY SEWERAGE SYSTEM USER CHARGE BYLAW
5218, 1980".
2.
(i)
Unless in this bylaw otherwise provided the owner or
occupier of any parcel of real property making use of the
sewerage system as described in Bylaw No. 4524
"Sewerage and Drainage Regulations Bylaw, 1971" shall
pay to the Corporation a charge calculated according to the
table of rates set out in Schedule "A" annexed to and
forming part of this bylaw.
(ii)
The City Treasurer shall levy and collect the charges hereby
imposed either quarterly or annually in advance. Any
charge due and payable on or before the thirty-first day of
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December that remains unpaid on the thirty-first day of
December shall forthwith be entered on the real property tax
roll as taxes in arrears.
3.
Bylaw No. 5548, 1985 (Repeals Section 3)
4.
The charges imposed by this bylaw shall be due and payable as
from the first day of July, 1980.
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Bylaw No. 6298, 1995
SCHEDULE "A"
USER CHARGES
CLASSICATION OF USERS
PER DWELLING UNIT OR SUITE
RESIDENTIAL
Annually
(as defined in Zoning Bylaw 1743, 1940 as amended)
Single family residence including duplexes and row houses
- basic charge
$ 235.50
Discount, if applicable
-11.75
$ 223.75
Apartment buildings (does not include hotels, boarding
Houses, rooming houses or hostels) - basic charge
$ 132.50
Discount, if applicable
- 6.65
$ 125.85
OTHER
(i)
Any owner or occupier of real property other than those subject to the
user charge listed above shall be charged for the use of the sewerage system on
the basis of the quantity of water discharged into the sewerage system which,
subject to (ii) and (iii), is deemed to be eighty percent of the water delivered to
the real property by the municipal waterworks system. This charge shall be
calculated according to the following table of rates and shall be based on the
water delivered to the real property in the quarter or year immediately preceding
the billing date.
QUARTERLY
First 2,100 cu. ft. or less
$55.95 (minimum charge)
Next 72,900 cu. ft.
2.2391 per 100 cu. ft.
Next 75,000 cu. ft.
1.5813 per 100 cu. ft.
Next 150,000 cu. ft.
.9108 per 100 cu. ft.
In excess of 300,000 cu. ft.
.4554 per 100 cu. ft.
ANNUALLY
First 8,400 cu. ft. or less
$223.80 (minimum charge)
Next 291,600 cu. ft.
2.2391 per 100 cu. ft.
Next 300,000 cu. ft.
1.5813 per 100 cu. ft.
Next 600,000 cu. ft.
.9108 per 100 cu. ft.
In excess of 1,200,000 cu. ft.
.4554 per 100 cu. ft.
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(ii)
A user of the sewerage system who establishes to the satisfaction of the
City engineer that the discharge into the sewerage system is less than
eighty percent of the water delivered by the municipal waterworks system
to his parcel of real property.
- by using in whole or in part the water so delivered in an industrial or
commercial process or product, or in irrigation; or
- by discharging the water so delivered or part thereof directly into a
natural water course or body of water; shall have the user charge reduced
corresponding to the actual quantity of discharge.
(iii)
A user of the sewerage system who obtains water from a source other
than or in addition to the municipal waterworks system shall have the
charge increased corresponding to the actual quantity of discharge.