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DISTRICT OF STEWART
2013
SEWER
CONNECTIONS
BYLAW No. 874,
2013
A BYLAW OF THE DISTRICT
OF STEWART
TO PROVIDE
FOR THE CONNECTIONS
TO
THE MUNICIPAL
SEWER
SYSTEM
WHEREAS Section 194 (1) (a) of the Community Charter provides Council to impose a
fee payable in respect of all or part of a service of the municipality.
AND WHEREAS Council now deems it necessary to amend these connection charges;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the District of Stewart
in open meeting assembled
hereby enacts as follows:
This Bylawmay be cited for all purposes as Sewer Connection Bylaw No. 874, 2013
1. DEFINITIONS
In this Bylaw,unless the context otherwise requires, "Building Sewer" means the
sewer pipe extending from the property
line of the property
concerned to the
building situated thereon, and joining the sewer
connection
to the plumbing
system at the building.
"COMMON
SEWER" means
any sewer
under
the control of the District
of
Stewart which is intended for the public use.
"COMPLETION OF THE SEWAGE SYSTEM" in the case of an extension of the
sewerage
system,
means
the completion of that particular extension
of the
sewerage system.
"SEWER CONNECTION" means
the sewer
pipe extending from the common
sewer to the property line of the property being serviced or about to be serviced.
"DISTRICT" means District of Stewart, the Council or persons duly authorized to
represent the Council in respect of this Bylaw.
"DOEPW" means Director of Engineering 8: Public Works
Every owner
of real property which abuts a street
or lane or other public right-
of-way upon or under which there is laid a common
sewer,
or is within 10 meters
of such common
sewer and upon which there is situated a building or structure
shall connect
or cause
to be connected, the said building or structure
to the
common
sewer in the manner
approved by this bylaw.
. APPLICATIONS
3.1 Before a connection
is made, the owner
of the premises in question or his
agent shall apply to the District for a permit to connect
this premise to the
common
sewer in the form of application attached hereto as "Schedule A".
3.2 The said application shall be accompanied by an
amount
equal to the
connection
charge which is hereby imposed to defray the cost of laying
connection
-- pipe from the common
sewer to the owner's property.
3.3 The said connection charge:
a.
Where the diameter of the owner's building sewer
does not exceed 10
centimeters
and the length of the pipe is 10 meters
or less shall be a
minimum charge of $750.00 or actual cost.
b. Where the diameter of the owner's building sewer exceeds 10 centimeters,
and the length is longer than 10 meters,
the minimum
charge shall be
$750.00 or actual cost.
3.4 The DOEPW shall accept or reject each application.
3.5 If an application is rejected, the owner
shall be so informed and the reasons
for the rejection shall be given and the fee deposited under 3.3 of this Section
shall forthwith be repaid to the applicant.
3.6 Upon approval of an application, the District shall cause
to be laid (unless
already laid) a sewer connection
extending from the common
sewer
to the
applicant's property
line. Thereupon the owner
shall connect
this building
sewer
to the
sewer
connection
provided in accordance with the plan of
connections prepared by the DOEPW.
3.7 The sewer
connection
fee deposited in accordance with Section 3.3 above,
does not embrace works within the property of the applicant, except as to the
inspection of the applicant's building sewer.
3.8 No person, other than the District,
its employees, or its contractors
shall
install or cause
to be installed, any part of the sewer
connection
on public
right-of-way, provided for under
this Bylaw, or in any way,
to break,
interfere or tamper with any common
sewer of the District of Stewart.
4.
USES OF SEWERS
4.1 No person shall discharge or cause
to be discharged any storm
water,
surface
water,
ground water,
roof run-off, sub-surface
drainage, cooling water
or
unpolluted industrial process water
to any sewer.
4.2 Except as hereinafter
provided, no person shall discharge or cause
to be
discharged any of the following described water
or wastes
into the common
sewer:
a.
Any gasoline, benzene, naptha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid or gas;
b. Any automotive
waste, oil, lye, free acid, mud, grit plaster of paris, lime,
clay, ash, cinder, sand, tar, or any solid or noxious substance capable of
causing obstruction to the flow in sewers
or other interference with the
proper operation of the sewerage system;
c.
Any water
or waste having a corrosive property capable of causing
damage or hazard to structures,
equipment, or personnel of the sewage
system;
(1. Any water
or waste containing toxic or poisonous substances in sufficient
quantity to injure or interfere with any sewerage treatment
process,
constitute
a hazard to humans or animals or create any hazard in the
receiving waters
of the sewerage treatment
facility;
e.
Any water
or waste containing suspended solids of such character and
quantity that unusual attention
or expense is required to handle such
materials at the sewerage treatment
facility;
f.
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public
nuisance.
4.3 In the case of any commercial or industrial
premise where there exists
a
possibility that such noxious
Wastes
as described in Section
4.2 may be
harmlessly discharged into the common
sewer and the layout and design of
the protective devices by means
of which the applicant proposes to prevent
or neutralize
the discharge of the said noxious
wastes
into the common
sewer,
a permit to connect
to the sewer may be issued by the DOEPW.
5. BUILDING SEWERS
5.1 The minimum
diameter of every building sewer
and sewer
connection
shall
be 10 centimeters.
5.2 Each lot or premises must be separately and independently connected with
the common
sewer.
5.3 All building sewers
from houses and other buildings shall be installed at the
cost of the owner
and shall be in conformance with the National Building'
Code of Canada and the British Columbia Building Code.
5.4 (a) When the owner has completed the installation of his building connection,
but before the same has been backfilled, he shall inform the DOEPW that the
installation
is complete and
the
DOEPW
or his delegated
officer shall
forthwith make an inspection of the work.
(b) The DOEPW may test the house connection
for water
tightness. The rate
at which water
escapes from the building sewer, when calculated under this
test, shall not exceed 1 Liter per hour for each 3 meters
of building sewer.
(C)The backfilling of the building sewer
shall not be commenced until the
DOEPW has signified in writing that he is satisfied that the materials and
workmanship employed are to his satisfaction and that the pertinent sections
of this and other Bylawshave been adhered to.
(d) Materials
and workmanship
which,
in the opinion
of DOEPW
are
defective,
or otherwise not in accordance with the provisions of this Bylaw,
shall be removed and replaced by the owner,
at the direction of the DOEPW
and the building sewer shall not be backfilled unless and until the said house
sewer
has been accepted and approved by the DOEPW. Failure to replace
materials or workmanship as provided in this Section shall be cause for the
District to proceed with the issuance of a notice that the District will have the
deficiencies corrected at the expense of the property
owner.
5.5 (a) The owner
shall take adequate precautions to protect persons from injury
and
to avoid
property
damage. Adequate barricades,
construction
signs,
torches, red lanterns and guards as required shall be placed and maintained
during progress of the construction
work and until it is safe for traffic to use
the trenched highway.
(b) Surplus materials, tools, and temporary
structures
shall be removed by
the owner,
and all dirt, rubbish and excess earth shall be hauled to a dump
provided by the owner
and the construction
site shall be left clean and to the
satisfaction of the DOEPW.
6. GENERAL REGULATIONS
6.1 Whenever
a connection
is made
to
property
where
a septic tank
was
previously in use, the owner shall discontinue using the septic tank and either
remove
and dispose of all sludge or deposit and dismantle and remove
the
said tanl<;fill the tank with fresh earth, gravel or sand or coal ashes; or do as
directed by the DOEPW.
6.2 The National Building Code of Canada and the British Columbia Building
Code shall apply to all connections
made to the District Sewerage System
together with the conditions
as set forth herein and wherever there may be a
conflict
between
the
National
Building Code
of Canada,
the
British
Columbia Building Code and the conditions
set out herein the conditions
contained herein shall prevail.
7. OFFENCES
7.1 Any person failing to comply with any of the provisions of this Bylaw is
guilty of an offence and is punishable in accordance
with the "Summary
Conviction
Act".
8. REPEALMENT
8.1 Bylaw No. 546-1989 and all amending Bylaws are hereby repealed.
READ A FIRST TIME this 12th day of November, 2018.
READ A SECOND TIME this 12th day of November, 2013.
READ A THIRD TIME this 12th day of November, 2013.
FINALLY CONSIDERED AND ADOPTED this 2531day of November, 2013.
Corporate Officer
District of Stewart
2013 SEWER CONNECTION BYLAWNO. 874,2013
"SCHEDULE A"
APPLICATION FOR SEWER CONNECTION
IANe
being the owners or agent of
who is the owner, of certain premises situated at (civic
address)
in the District of Stewart and being
Lots
Block
District Lot
j
Plan
Hereby apply for a sewer connection to Lot
, pursuant to the following particulars:
Type of Building
Number of Rooms or Suites
Number of Water Closets
Number of Urinals
I herewith tender the sum of $750.00 being the minimum fee for connection to the sewer
system. I understand
that Iwillbe invoiced and responsible for any amount over the minimum
charge.
Dated at
, B.C., this
day of
.
, 20
Signature of Applicant
Address
Vv?ness
Approved this
day of ____g,
20
Signature of Approving Officer