Prince Rupert, British Columbia
· No. 3548
· adopted 2024-12-11
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City of Prince Rupert Sewer Rates & Regulation Bylaw No. 3548, 2024
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CITY OF PRINCE RUPERT
SEWER REGULATION AND RATES BYLAW NO. 3548, 2024
A BYLAW TO REGULATE THE PROVISION AND USE OF THE SEWER SYSTEM OF THE
CITY
The Council of the City of Prince Rupert in open meeting enacts as follows:
PART 1 - INTERPRETATION
Title
1.1. This Bylaw may be cited as "Sewer Regulations and Rates Bylaw, No. 3548, 2024".
Definitions
1.2. In this Bylaw:
"actual cost" means all charges incurred by the City with respect to the work performed,
including, but not limited to invoiced costs for wages, overhead, equipment, materials,
contracted services and other miscellaneous charges and including, where applicable, the
cost of using City employees and equipment charged at the hourly rates specified in
Schedule "A" of this Bylaw, plus a 15% administration fee;
"applicant" means an owner making application for sanitary sewer or storm sewer service.
"Building Inspector" means the Building Inspector of the City and the Building Inspector's
duly authorized representatives.
"building sewer" means a sanitary sewer or storm sewer located between a building or
structure and the property line of the parcel of land on which it sits.
"business premises" means a bank, store, office, service outlet or other undertaking,
whether or not it is situated in a commercial zone, not otherwise classified in section 2 of
Schedule A of this Bylaw.
"capable of connection" means that a parcel of land abuts a street, lane, public right-of
way or easement that contains a storm sewer main or a sanitary sewer main as the context
requires.
"City" means the City of Prince Rupert.
"Council" means the municipal council of the City.
"dwelling unit" means one or more rooms constituting a unit of living accommodation,
used or intended to be used for living and sleeping purposes and containing a sink and
cooking facilities.
"employee" includes management personnel of the City.
"Engineer" means the Director of Operations of the City, or any person appointed by
Council to serve in that capacity, and the Director of Operations' duly authorized
representatives.
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"industrial waste" means liquid waste from commercial, manufacturing and industrial
processes, trade or business.
"main" means a pipe, including valves, fittings, manholes, cleanouts and other
appurtenances thereto other than a service connection, pumping station, treatment plant or
lagoon.
"owner" has the same meaning as in the Community Charter and includes an owner's
agent.
"person" means a natural person, an association, a partnership or a corporation, acting in
its own capacity or through a servant, agent or employee.
"properly comminuted food waste" means solid waste from the domestic and
commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage
and sale of produce that is shredded such that all particles will be carried freely under the
flow conditions normally prevailing in a sanitary sewer, with no particle greater than one
quarter (1/4) inch in any dimension.
"sanitary sewage" means sewage other than industrial waste.
"sanitary sewer" means a sewer intended to carry sewage and, for the purposes of section
2.1 of this Bylaw, includes a combined sewer constructed prior to the adoption of this Bylaw.
"service connection" means a pipe, which may include a cleanout, and the connections
and other components necessary to connect any part of a building sewer to a main.
"sewage" means water-carried waste and includes industrial waste and sanitary sewage.
"sewer" means a pipe, including valves, fittings, manholes, cleanouts and other
appurtenances thereto for carrying storm water and sewage other than a service connection.
"sewer system" means all sanitary sewers, storm sewers and natural watercourses
serving as part of the drainage system, and all appurtenances thereto, including sewers,
service connections, pumping stations, treatment plants, lagoons and outfalls within a
highway, municipal right-of-way or easement or on municipal property.
"storm sewer" means a sewer that carries storm water and surface drainage, and for the
purposes of section 2.2 of this Bylaw includes a combined sewer constructed prior to the
adoption of this Bylaw.
"user" means a person whose building, structure or premises is connected to the sewer
system.
Interpretation
1.3.
If any portion of this Bylaw is held to be invalid or illegal, that portion is severed from this
Bylaw, and the remaining portion is to be read and construed as separate and distinct
from the severed portion.
Schedules
1.4.
The schedules attached to this Bylaw form part of this Bylaw and any fee or charge
described in a schedule is hereby imposed under this Bylaw.
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PART 2 - SERVICE CONNECTIONS
General
2.1.
The owner of a parcel of land capable of connection to a sanitary sewer main and which
contains a building or structure shall connect the plumbing system of each building or
structure to the sanitary sewer main by means of a service connection.
2.2.
The owner of a parcel of land capable of connection to a storm sewer main and who
constructs:
(a)
a roof area;
(b)
a storm water drainage system for an existing roof area;
(c)
a perimeter drainage system for a building or structure; or
(d)
a drainage system;
on or for a parcel of land shall connect the drainage system to the storm sewer main by
means of a service connection.
2.3.
The owner of a parcel of land that is not capable of connection to a storm sewer main
but is capable of connection to a sanitary sewer main that contains a combined sewer
and who constructs:
(a)
a roof area;
(b)
a storm water drainage system for an existing roof area;
(c)
a perimeter drainage system for a building or structure; or
(d)
a drainage system;
on or for a parcel of land shall connect the drainage system to the sanitary sewer main
by means of a service connection and shall also, notwithstanding section 3.3 of this
Bylaw, construct drainage works to enable future connection to a storm sewer main.
Connection Application
2.4.
An owner may apply to establish one or more service connections to the owner's parcel
of land by completing the form prescribed by the Engineer and paying the applicable
fees or charges in Schedule "A" of this Bylaw.
2.5. If establishment of a service connection is practicable, the Engineer shall construct a
service connection to the applicant's parcel of land.
2.6. If establishment of a service connection is not practicable, the Engineer shall notify the
applicant and the City shall refund any charges or fees paid by the applicant.
2.7. No person shall construct a service connection other than:
a)
an employee; or
b)
a contractor with the written consent of the Engineer whose work is inspected by
an employee.
Individual Connections
2.8.
A service connection shall not serve, directly or indirectly, more than one parcel, except
with the written consent of the Engineer.
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2.9.
Where two or more buildings are situate on a parcel and the parcel is permitted by bylaw
to be subdivided such that at least one building would be situate on each resulting parcel,
each building shall have a separate service connection.
Connection Location
2.10.
Where possible, the City shall construct a service connection at a location requested by
the applicant. Where the applicant's preferred location is not practicable due to conflict
with existing improvements or utilities, the Engineer shall determine the location of the
service connection.
Size of Connection
2.11.
The minimum inside diameter of a new residential service connection to a sanitary sewer
main is one hundred (100) millimetres.
2.12.
The minimum inside diameter of a new residential service connection to a storm sewer
main is one hundred fifty (150) millimetres.
2.13.
The minimum inside diameter of a new commercial or industrial service connection to a
sanitary sewer main is one hundred fifty (150) millimetres, unless, in respect of a sanitary
sewer force main, the Engineer authorizes otherwise.
2.14.
The minimum inside diameter of a new commercial or industrial service connection to a
storm sewer main is two hundred (200) millimetres.
Depth of Bury
2.15.
Where the depth of the sewer main permits, the minimum depth of bury of a service
connection below finished ground elevation is ninety (90) centimetres. Except where the
relative elevation of the lowest floor of a building or structure does not permit, the service
connection is to be sufficiently deep to provide natural drainage from the lowest floor of
a building or structure to the sewer main.
PART 3 - BUILDING SEWERS
Standard and Approval
3.1.
The owner shall construct a building sewer in accordance with the B.C. Plumbing Code
and B.C. Building Code and at the owner's expense. The owner shall not connect the
building sewer to the service connection without the Engineer's approval.
Occupancy Permits
3.2.
The Building Inspector may withhold an occupancy permit until the building sewer has
been inspected and connected to the service connection.
Connection to Service Connection
3.3.
An owner shall not construct a building sewer prior to construction of a service
connection. The City is not responsible for meeting the elevation of or connecting to a
building sewer installed by an owner prior to installation of the service connection.
Failure to Connect
3.4.
The Engineer may, in writing, order an owner to connect the owner's plumbing system
or drainage system to the sewer system. Where the owner fails to do so within thirty (30)
days of receiving notice of the order, the Engineer may connect the owner's plumbing
system or drainage system to the sewer system at the owner's expense and the City
shall charge the owner the cost thereof. In addition, an owner who fails to connect the
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owner's plumbing system or drainage system to the sewer system within thirty (30) days
of receiving notice of an order commits an offence.
PART 4 - USE OF SEWER SYSTEM
Tampering
4.1.
No person shall connect to the sewer system or in any way tamper with, remove or make
any alteration to a sewer, cleanout, drain, manhole, inspection chamber or other fixture
or appurtenance connected with the sewer system, except with the prior written consent
of the Engineer, such consent to be provided only in exceptional circumstances.
4.2.
No person shall discharge, deposit or throw or cause, allow or permit to be discharged,
deposited or thrown into a sewer, plumbing fixture connected thereto, cleanout, drain,
manhole, inspection chamber or any other part of the sewer system a substance of any
kind whatsoever tending to obstruct or injure the sewer system or to cause a nuisance,
or which will in any manner interfere with the proper functioning, maintenance or repair
of the sewer system.
4.3.
No person shall, without lawful excuse, break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, mar
or tamper with a part of the sewer system.
Open Discharge
4.4.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into a ditch, drain, creek, stream
or other water course sanitary sewage, other contaminated waters, industrial waste,
petroleum products, coal tar or any refuse or substance arising from the manufacture of
processing of gas or petroleum or other material and products, except with the prior
written consent of the Engineer.
Restricted Waste
4.5.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged storm water or unpolluted drainage
water or cooling water into a sanitary sewer.
4.6.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into a storm sewer any substance
other than storm water, unpolluted drainage water and cooling water.
Prohibited Waste
4.7.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into a sanitary sewer, a storm
sewer, a plumbing fixture connected thereto, cleanout, drain, manhole, inspection
chamber or any other part of the sewer system the following substances, except with
the prior written consent of the Engineer, such consent to be provided only in exceptional
circumstances:
(a)
gasoline, benzene, naphtha, alcohols and any other flammable or explosive liquids,
solids or gases;
(b)
the contents of liquid waste trucks;
(c)
the contents of a septic tank;
(d)
any solid or viscous substance capable of obstructing sewage flow or interfering
with the operation of the sewer system, including but 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 waste, fish or fowl head, shrimp, crab or clam shells, entrails,
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lard, tallow, baking dough, chemical residues, cannery waste, bulk solids, hair and
fleshings, spent grain and hops, whole or ground paper dishes and cups, whole or
ground plastic dishes and cups, whole or ground food and beverage containers,
garbage and paint residues;
(e)
any noxious or malodorous gas or substance that either singly, or by interaction
with other waste, is capable of creating a public nuisance or hazard to life or
preventing entry into a sewer or pump station;
(f)
radioactive material, except as permitted under a licence issued by the Canadian
Nuclear Safety Commission; and
(g)
any material from a cesspool or septic tank, except at authorized receiving stations.
4.8.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into a sanitary sewer the following
substances, except with the prior written consent of the Engineer, such consent to be
provided only in exceptional circumstances:
(a)
food waste not comminuted to one quarter (1/4) inch or less in any dimension;
(b)
liquids or vapours having a temperature higher than sixty (60) degrees Celsius;
(c)
water or waste containing grease, fats, waxes, oils, or any other non-volatile
material extracted by hexane from an acidified sample of the water or waste,
whether or not emulsified, whose all-inclusive concentration exceeds one hundred
fifty (150) milligrams per litre or which contains more than fifteen (15) milligrams
per litre of substances derived from petroleum sources, or which contains any
substance that may solidify or become discernibly viscous at temperatures above
zero (0) degrees Celsius;
(d)
water or waste whose suspended solids content exceeds six hundred (600)
milligrams per litre;
(e)
water or waste having a pH lower than 5.3 or higher than 9.5 or having any other
corrosive property that could reasonably be expected to cause damage or injury to
structures, equipment or personnel engaged in the operation or maintenance of
the sewage system or to harm or disrupt biological sewage treatment processes,
including but not limited to, battery acid or plating acid and waste, copper sulfate,
chromium salts and compounds, and salt brine;
(f)
water or waste containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to
injure or interfere with a sewage treatment process or constitute a hazard to
humans, animals, fish or other marine life;
(g)
any material that causes the discharge to suffer or contain:
(i) unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids, including but not limited to,
fuller's earth, lime slurries and lime residue;
(ii) unusual concentrations of dissolved solids, including but not limited to,
sodium chloride, calcium chloride and sodium sulfate;
(iii) excessive discolouration, including but not limited to, dye waste and
vegetable tanning solutions;
(iv) unusual biochemical oxygen demand;
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(h)
water or waste that, by itself or with other water or waste in the sewer system,
releases noxious gases, develops colour of undesirable intensity or forms
suspended solids in objectionable concentration; and
(i)
water or waste containing substances in concentrations that makes it unamenable
to treatment or reduction by the City's sewage treatment processes or unamenable
to the degree that a sewage treatment plant's effluent cannot meet the
requirements of another agency with jurisdiction over discharge to receiving waters.
Unpolluted Discharges
4.9.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged unpolluted industrial waters into
the sewer system, a ditch or a natural outlet, except with the prior written consent of the
Engineer.
4.10.
Notwithstanding section 4.9:
(a)
industrial cooling water may be discharged into a storm sewer, ditch or approved
natural outlet or water course if the industrial cooling water is pre-treated to remove
pollutants, insoluble oils and greases and insoluble suspended using a method
designed by a qualified profession; and
(b)
water from air conditioning, cooling or condensing systems may be discharged into
a storm sewer, ditch or approved natural outlet or water course.
Exceptions
4.11.
Where there exists the possibility that sewage or a substance or matter described in
sections 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 or 4.8 of this Bylaw will be discharged from a building, structure or
premises in contravention of this Bylaw, the Engineer may issue a permit authorizing
connection of the plumbing system or drainage system of the building, structure or
premises to the sewer system and discharge of the sewage or substance or matter
subject to conditions as to quality, treatment and rate of discharge.
4.12.
The Engineer may require the owner or occupier to install, maintain and operate primary
treatment or protective devices that will, in the opinion of the Engineer and the Medical
Health Officer, prevent discharge of or neutralize sewage or a substance or matter
described in sections 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 or 4.8 of this Bylaw. The permit remains valid so long
as, in the opinion of the Engineer and the Medical Health Officer, the primary treatment
or protective devices remain sufficient to prevent discharge of or neutralize sewage or a
substance or matter described in sections 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 or 4.8 of this Bylaw. Where the
permit lapses, the Engineer may, at the owner's expense, disconnect, stop up and close
a building sewer or service connection to prevent discharge of the sewage or substance
or matter described in sections 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 or 4.8 of this Bylaw.
Rate of Discharge
4.13.
If extra capacity has been added to the sewer system to accommodate a user that is a
trade, business or industry, the rate or rates of discharge by the user over a twenty-four
(24) hour period may not exceed that extra capacity and the Engineer may require a
user to install, maintain and operate holding facilities, pumps, valves or flow-regulating
or flow-measuring devices that will, in the opinion of the Engineer, prevent the user from
exceeding a specified rate of discharge.
Interceptors
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4.14.
Where the owner or occupier of a parcel of land operates a garage, gasoline service
station, vehicle or equipment washing establishment, parking lot or other use that the
Engineer determines will result in or is likely to result in discharge of liquid waste
containing grease in excessive amounts, flammable wastes, sand, grit, or other harmful
substances, the owner or occupier shall install and maintain in continuously efficient
operation at all times, at the owner or occupier's expense, grease, oil and sand
interceptors. Interceptors are to be located so as to be safely and readily accessible for
cleaning and inspection.
Commercial and Industrial Service Connection Sampling Chamber
4.15.
Where the owner or occupier of a parcel of land operates an industrial or commercial
establishment discharging industrial waste, the owner shall, at the owner's expense,
install and maintain a chamber on the service connection suitable for inspection,
sampling and measurement of the discharged waste and of a design approved by the
Engineer. The chamber is to be located so as to be safely and readily accessible.
Sampling Procedure and Analysis
4.16.
All measurements, tests and analyses are to be performed in accordance with the latest
edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater", published
by the American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association and
Water Environment Federation. Samples are to be collected in accordance with
customarily accepted methods at a sampling chamber described in section 4.15 of this
Bylaw. Where no sampling chamber exists, samples are to be collected from the nearest
manhole in the sewer system downstream from the service connection.
Abandonment
4.17.
Where an owner wishes to permanently remove a building sewer serving the owner's
land, the owner shall make an application to the Engineer and pay the applicable fees
in Schedule "A" of this Bylaw.
PART 5 - MAINTENANCE
Owner Obligations
5.1.
The owner shall maintain the building sewer and the plumbing system or drainage
system connected to the building sewer.
5.2.
Where an owner suspects there to be an obstruction or defect in the building sewer or
the service connection, the owner shall immediately notify the City and the Engineer
shall determine whether the obstruction or defect exists in the building sewer or the
service connection.
5.3.
If the obstruction or defect exists in the building sewer, the owner shall pay the call out
fee specified in Schedule "A" of this Bylaw and remove the obstruction or repair the
defect at the owner's expense within ten (10) days. If the obstruction or defect exists in
the service connection, the City shall remove the obstruction or repair the defect at the
City's expense, unless the obstruction or defect was caused, either through deliberate
action or neglect, by the owner or occupier, in which case the City shall remove the
obstruction or repair the defect at the owner's expense.
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5.4.
Where the owner refuses or neglects to remove an obstruction or repair a defect in the
building sewer within ten (10) days, the Engineer may repair the defect at the owner's
expense and the City shall charge the owner the cost thereof.
5.5.
Where an obstruction or defect results from the build-up of grease or other material
caused, either through deliberate action or neglect, by the owner or occupier, the owner
shall install a cleanout in the building sewer at the owner's expense and pay the cleanout
installation fee in Schedule "A" of this Bylaw.
5.6.
The Engineer may remove an obstruction or repair a defect in a service connection or
sewer main at the owner's expense where the obstruction or defect is caused by tree
roots from trees on the owner's parcel of land, and the City may charge the owner the
cost thereof.
Illegal Connections and Prohibited Discharges
5.7.
The Engineer may, at the owner's expense, disconnect, stop up and close a building
sewer connected to a service connection without authorization or otherwise in
contravention of this Bylaw or a service connection discharging into the sewage system
sewage or a substance or matter prohibited by this Bylaw.
PART 6 - CHARGES
Rates
6.1.
The owner or occupier of a parcel of land shall pay the applicable rates and charges in
Schedule "A" of this Bylaw.
Extra Treatment Charges
6.2.
Where the discharge of sewage, water or waste exceeds the limits for suspended solids
or biochemical oxygen demand in sections 4.7 or 4.8 of this Bylaw, or where in the
opinion of the Engineer the discharge of grease is excessive, and where these
discharges are authorized by a permit under section 4.11 of this Bylaw, the owner or
occupant shall pay the extra treatment charge in Schedule "A".
Outstanding Fees and Charges Added to Taxes
6.3.
All fees, charges, rents and rates, including charges for works or repairs undertaken by
the City due to an owner or occupier's failure to carry out necessary works or repairs,
not paid on or before the thirty-first (31st) day of December in any year are subject to the
late fee in Schedule "A" and are deemed to be taxes in arrears in respect of the parcel(s)
of land concerned, such amounts to be recovered, with interest, in the same manner as
ordinary municipal taxes upon land in accordance with the Community Charter and Local
Government Act.
PART 7 - ACCESS AND INSPECTION
General
7.1.
The Engineer, Building Inspector and an employee authorized by the Engineer or
Building Inspector may, at all reasonable times, enter onto any property to ascertain
whether a person is in compliance with this Bylaw and any order, direction or notice
given under this Bylaw.
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PART 8 - LIABILITY
General
8.1.
The City is not liable for injury or damage to a person or property arising or occurring
from the use of the sewer system.
Failure of Sewer System
8.2.
The City is not liable for failure of the sewer system, whether from natural causes or
accident or from any other causes whatsoever, and the City is not liable for injury or
damage arising from or occurring as a result of such failure.
PART 9 - OFFENCES
General
9.1.
A person who contravenes a provision of this Bylaw, or who causes, suffers, or permits
any act or thing to be done in contravention of a provision of this Bylaw, or who neglects
or refrains from doing anything required to be done by a provision of this Bylaw or who
fails to comply with an order, direction or notice given under this Bylaw commits an
offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
($50,000.00).
9.2.
Where an offence under this Bylaw is of a continuing nature, each day that the offence
continues or is permitted to exist constitutes a separate offence.
9.3.
Nothing in sections 9.1 and 9.2 of this Bylaw affects any other right or remedy of the City
in respect of a violation of a provision of this Bylaw.
PART 10 - ADMINISTRATION
Reference to Other Bylaws or Enactments
10.1.
Reference to any bylaw or enactment is a reference to that bylaw or enactment as
consolidated, revised, amended, re-enacted or replaced unless otherwise expressly
provided.
Notice
10.2.
Where the Engineer is required to give notice, notice is sufficiently given if it is sent to
the owner by mail, left with the owner or deposited in the mailbox at the owner's
residence or place of business.
Commencement
10.3.
This Bylaw comes into force on adoption.
10.4.
Despite section 10.3 and Schedule "A" of this Bylaw, during 2024 the fees set out in
Schedule "A" of Sewer Regulations and Rates Bylaw No. 3067, 1998 are deemed to
apply to this Bylaw notwithstanding the repeal of Sewer Regulations and Rates Bylaw
No. 3067, 1998.
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Repeal
10.5.
Sewer Regulations and Rates Bylaw No. 3067, 1998 is repealed.
READ A FIRST TIME this ____ day of _____________, 2024.
READ A SECOND TIME this this ____ day of _____________, 2024.
READ A THIRD TIME this _____ day of ____________, 2024
READ A FOURHT & FINAL TIME this _____day of _____________, 2024.
_______________________________
Mayor
_______________________________
Corporate Officer
9th
December
9th
December
9th
December
11th
December
This Bylaw was adopted by Council.
To view the signed original,
contact City Hall Administration at
(250) 627 0934 or email
[email protected]
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SCHEDULE "A"
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FEES AND CHARGES
The fees, rates, and charges listed in items 1 through 4 of this Schedule include a 2% Asset Management Reserve
Fee.
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
1.
Metered Sewer Rates - Billed Monthly
Sewer User Fee based on Water
Consumption Ratio
94%
104%
116%
128%
111%
Minimum charge to any metered
customer
$47.62
$55.24
$64.08
$74.33
$86.22
Restaurants & Liquor Establishment will
be a minimum charge of
$68.78
$79.78
$92.54
$107.35
$124.53
Except for hotels/motels, which will pay a
minimum charge of
$79.37
$92.07
$106.80
$123.89
$143.71
2.
Fixed Rate Approved Sewer Users with Metered Water - Billed Quarterly
Municipal Recreation Centre
$1,879.10
$2,179.76
$2,528.52 $2,933.08
$3,402.37
Industrial
$942.80
$1,093.65
$1,268.63 $1,471.61
$1,707.07
Business under 10 employees
$110.40
$128.06
$148.55
$172.32
$199.89
Business over 10 employees
$379.93
$440.72
$511.24
$593.04
$687.93
Light Industry
$190.51
$220.99
$256.35
$297.37
$344.95
Where sewer waste is filtered by means of a septic tank approved by the City, the user charges set out
above will be reduced by fifty percent.
3.
Residential Sewer Rates - Billed Annually
Residential House Per Dwelling
$529.32
$614.01
$712.25
$826.21
$958.40
4.
User Rates Non Metered - Billed Quarterly
Residential Building with single
Owner/Strata for greater than 20
Dwellings - per dwelling
$132.32
$153.50
$178.06
$206.55
$239.60
Apartment Building - per unit
$196.50
$227.94
$264.41
$306.72
$355.80
Bank
$454.02
$526.66
$610.93
$708.68
$822.07
Business Under 10 employees
$363.84
$422.05
$489.58
$567.91
$658.78
Business Over 10 employees
$454.02
$526.66
$610.93
$708.68
$822.07
Church/Religious Meeting Place
$188.82
$219.03
$254.07
$294.72
$341.88
Day Care Centre
$454.02
$526.66
$610.93
$708.68
$822.07
Licenced Premises
$992.90
$1,151.76
$1,336.04 $1,549.81
$1,797.78
Multi family dwelling, greater than 3 units
- per unit
$196.25
$227.65
$264.07
$306.32
$355.33
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5.
Service Connection Fees
Residential Storm Connection (or actual
cost if lower than this fee)
$2,782.00
$4,500.00
$4,500.00 $4,500.00
$4,500.00
Residential Sewer Connection (or actual
cost if lower than this fee)
$2,782.00
$4,500.00
$4,500.00 $4,500.00
$4,500.00
Non-Residential Storm Connection
actual
cost
actual
cost
actual
cost
actual
cost
actual
cost
Non-Residential Sewer Connection
actual
cost
actual
cost
actual
cost
actual
cost
actual
cost
6.
Inspection Fees
In addition to the connection fees, a
separate inspection fee will be levied for
each connection.
$277.00
$289.00
$302.00
$317.00
$425.00
If both storm and sanitary connections are inspected at the same time and in the same trench, then only
one connection fee will be charged.
7.
Abandonment Fees
Abandon service to the Sanitary main
actual
cost
actual
cost
actual
cost
actual
cost
actual
cost
Abandon service to the Storm main
actual
cost
actual
cost
actual
cost
actual
cost
actual
cost
If both Storm and Sanitary are combined then only one abandonment fee will apply.
8.
Inspection Chamber
Residential Inspection Chamber -
Sanitary Sewer
$1,500.00
$750.00
$900.00 $1,000.00
$1,300.00
Non-Residential Inspection Chamber -
Sanitary Sewer
actual
cost
actual
cost
actual
cost
actual
cost
actual
cost
Residential Inspection Chamber - Storm
Sewer
$1,500.00
$750.00
$900.00 $1,000.00
$1,300.00
Non-Residential Inspection Chamber -
Storm Sewer
actual
cost
actual
cost
actual
cost
actual
cost
actual
cost
9.
Sanitary Sewer or Storm Sewer Call Out Fees
During regular working hours (8:00 AM to
4:00 PM Monday to Friday except
Statutory holidays) and regular working
days
$53.00
$53.00
$55.00
$58.00
$78.00
Outside regular working hours - per
occurrence
$300.00
$314.00
$328.00
$344.00
$461.00
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10. Actual Cost Hourly Rates
Clerical & First Aid Attendant
$96.00
$96.00
These hourly rates are subject to
change annually, starting 2026,
based in part on Collective
Agreement Bargaining.
Engineering Technologist
$94.00
$94.00
Equipment Operator I
$91.00
$91.00
Equipment Operator II
$103.00
$103.00
Foreman
$106.00
$106.00
Labourer
$91.00
$91.00
Mechanic/Welder
$118.00
$118.00
Utility Foreman
$113.00
$113.00
Other
$91.00
$91.00
City Vehicles and Equipment
The hourly rental rate for the vehicle or equipment as
specified in the current year's Blue Book Rental Rate Guide
as published by BC Road Builders and Heavy Construction
Association in partnership with the MOTI
10.
Other Work
Any work carried out by the City at the request of an owner and with the approval of the Engineer in
relation to the service connection and not otherwise provided in this Schedule "A", such as relocating or
altering existing services, installing a different type of equipment, device or service box, raising a
manhole, or other modifications to City utilities on or near the owner's parcel of land shall be charged to
the owner at actual costs.
11.
Billing and Early Payment Reward
Accounts paid in full by the due date on the Billing Statement may be entitled to receive a ten percent
(10%) reduction. Any payments received after the close of business day at Prince Rupert City Hall on the
due date are not eligible for the discount. Payments made at a Financial Institution must be received by
the City on or before the applicable due dates in order for the customer to qualify for the discount. Non
receipt of the utility bill will not be recognized as a valid excuse for failure to pay the rates when due.
12.
Unpaid Fees and Charges
Any amounts imposed under this Schedule remaining unpaid on the thirty-first (31st) day of December in
any year shall be deemed to be taxes in arrears in respect of the parcels of land concerned and such
sums shall be recovered with interest, in the same manner as ordinary municipal taxes upon land in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the Community Charter and Local Government Act.