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CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NEW WESTMINSTER
SEWERAGE SYSTEM USER CHARGE BYLAW NO. 4525, 1971
EFFECTIVE DATE: APRIL 5, 1971
CONSOLIDATED FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY
(July 22, 2013)
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. 4532 (Sec 4)
May 3, 1971
No. 4627 (Sec 3)
October 16, 1972
No. 4821 (Sec 5)
July 7, 1975
No. 6443
December 18, 1997
No. 6494
August 24, 1998
No. 6512
December 21, 1998
No. 6580 (Sch A)
December 13, 1999
No. 6791 (Sec 2 & Sch A)
December 16, 2002
No. 6893
December 1, 2003
No. 6984 (Sch A)
December 13, 2004
No. 7074, 2005
January 16, 2006
No. 7138
December 11, 2006
No. 7206 (eff 01/01/08)
December 10, 2007
No. 7291 (eff 01/01/09)
January 12, 2009
No. 7361 (eff 01/01/10)
December 14, 2009
No. 7427 (Sch A)
November 29, 2010
No. 7499 (Sch A, eff 1/1/12) November 7, 2011
No. 7571 (Sch A, eff 1/1/13) December 3, 2012
No. 7582, 2013
March 4, 2013
The bylaw numbers highlighted in this consolidation refer to the bylaws that
amended the principal Bylaw No. 4525. The number of any amending bylaw that
has been repealed is not referred to in this consolidation.
Obtainable from the City Clerk's Office
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CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NEW WESTMINSTER
BYLAW NO. 4525, 1971
A Bylaw to impose a charge for the use of the municipal sewerage system
WHEREAS the Corporation of the City of New Westminster (hereinafter
called the "Corporation") has established and operates a municipal sewerage
system, hereinafter called the "sewerage system".
AND WHEREAS the Council may be bylaw with the approval of the
Lieutenant-Governor in Council 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 in open meeting assembled ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:-
1.
This bylaw may be cited as "SEWERAGE SYSTEM USER
CHARGE BYLAW, 1971".
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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 the Fees and Rates Bylaw. "Fees and
Rates Bylaw" means the current City Fees and Rates Bylaw
No. 7553, 2013 as amended by Council from time to time.
Bylaw No. 6791, 2002
(ii)
The City Treasurer shall levy and collect the Residential
charges, hereby imposed, annually in advance and other
charges wither monthly or quarterly. Any charge due and
payable on or before the thirty-first day of December that
remains unpaid on the thirty-first day of December shall
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forthwith be entered on the real property tax roll as taxes in
arrears.
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3.
(i)
Notwithstanding Section 2 the Corporation may lessen or
abate the charges shown in the Fees and Rates Bylaw in
respect of real property any present or previous owners or
present occupiers of which:-
(a)
has constructed at his own expense any portion of the
municipal sewerage system; or
(b)
has paid all debts and debt charges, including
interest, in respect of that portion of the municipal
sewerage system that serves the real property.
(ii)
For the purposes of this bylaw:
Bylaw No. 4627, 1972
(a)
Any owner or occupier of real property being served
by the sewerage system at the time this bylaw comes
into force, or who commute for payment in cash the
abatement portion of the user charge, is entitled to a
lessening or abatement of the user charge.
(b)
Any owner or occupier of real property not entitled to
a lessening or abatement as provided in Section 3,
subsection (ii), (a) shall, at the expiration of twenty
years from the connection of the real property to the
sewerage system, be entitled to the lessening or
abatement of the user charge.
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(iii)
The lessening or abatement of the user charge referred to in
Section 3, subsection (ii) shall be calculated in accordance
with the Fees and Rates Bylaw.
Bylaw No. 4532, 1971
4.
The charges imposed by this bylaw shall be due and payable as
from the first day of July, 1971.
Bylaw No. 4821, 1975
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5.
A penalty of 10% shall be imposed on the current sewer user
charges unpaid 60 days after each billing date.
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Bylaw No. 6443, 1997 & 6494, 1998, 6512, 1998, 6580, 1999, 6791, 2002,
6893, 2003, 6984, 2004, 7074, 2005, 7138, 2006; 7206,2007; 7291, 2008;
7361, 2009; 7427, 2010; 7499, 2011; 7571, 2012
Bylaw No. 7582, 2013
Schedule "A" Deleted
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