Qualicum Beach, British Columbia
· No. 754
· adopted 2020-12-09
· summary & facts
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TOWN OF QUALICUM BEACH
BYLAW NO. 754, 2020
Sewer User Rates Bylaw
The Council of the Town of Qualicum Beach, in open meeting assembled, hereby enacts
as follows:
1.
There is hereby imposed and levied a sewer user charge against the owners of
land or real property where property is connected to the sewer system and the
Director of Finance shall classify each consumer in accordance with the categories
set out in Schedule "A", attached to and forming part of this Bylaw.
2.
The sewer user rates as set out in Schedule "A" shall be calculated on a monthly
basis and invoices shall be issued twice a year. The due date for invoices shall be a
minimum of twenty days following the last day of the applicable billing period.
The Prompt Payment Discount shall be applied if the invoice is paid in full by the
due date. Sewer invoices are in all cases to be mailed to the registered owner of the
property.
3.
In the case of a connection being made during any year, the charge imposed shall
begin with the month during which the final inspection of the sewer connection
was made. If made on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of the month, the full
monthly rate shall be charged, otherwise the charge shall commence on the month
following.
4.
All rates, or charges due and remaining unpaid on the thirty-first day of December
in any year, shall be deemed to be taxes in arrears on the land or real property on
which the charge was imposed.
5.
"Town of Qualicum Beach Sewer User Rates Bylaw No. 531.03, 2001", and all
amendments thereto, are hereby repealed.
6.
This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as "Town of Qualicum Beach Sewer User
Rates Bylaw No. 754, 2020".
READ A FIRST TIME this 28th day of October, 2020.
READ A SECOND TIME this 18th day of November, 2020.
READ A THIRD TIME this 25th day of November, 2020.
ADOPTED this 9th day of December, 2020.
REVISED BY "Town of Qualicum Beach Sewer User Rates Revision Bylaw No. 760,
2021".
Brian Wiese, Mayor
Heather Svensen, Corporate Administrator
SCHEDULE "A"
Bylaw No. 754
SEWER USER RATES
RESIDENTIAL
December 9, 2020
October 1, 2021
October 1, 2022
Minimum Sewer
Charge
$11.50 per unit
$12.20 per unit
$13.00 per unit
per month
per month
per month
Sewer Rate
0.50 per cubic metre 0.52 per cubic metre 0.54 per cubic metre
Winter billing:
Sewer is calculated on the current October 1st to April 30th water
Prompt Payment
Discount
consumption
$1.00 per unit
$1.00 per unit
$1.00 per unit
per month
per month
per month
Summer billing:
Sewer is calculated on the lower of the previous October 1st to
April 30th water consumption and the current May 1st to
September 30th water consumption
COMMERCIAL
December 9, 2020
October 1, 2021
October 1, 2022
Minimum Sewer
Charge
$6.25 per unit
$6.60 per unit
$7.00 per unit
per month
per month
per month
Sewer Rate
0.50 per cubic metre
0.52 per cubic metre
0.54 per cubic metre
Prompt Payment
$0.50 per unit
$0.50 per unit
Discount
per month
per month
$0.50 per unit
per month
Winter billing:
Sewer is calculated on the current October 1st to April 30th water
consumption
Summer billing:
Sewer is calculated on the current May 1st to September 30th water
consumption