Surrey Stormwater Drainage Regulation and Charges Bylaw, 2008, No. 16610

Surrey, British Columbia · adopted 2009-03-30

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CITY OF SURREY Surrey Stormwater Drainage Regulation and Charges By-law, 2008, No. 16610 - i - CITY OF SURREY BY-LAW NO. 16610 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PART 1 - CITATION ....................................................................................................................2 PART 2 - DEFINITIONS ..............................................................................................................2 PART 3 - GENERAL PROVISIONS ...........................................................................................7 PART 4 - FLOODPLAIN PROTECTION .................................................................................7 PART 5 - ON-SITE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS .......................8 PART 6 - STORMWATER DRAINAGE EXTENSIONS ........................................................9 General Conditions ......................................................................................................................9 City Funded Extensions ...............................................................................................................9 Application for Stormwater Drainage Extensions .....................................................................10 Upsizing .....................................................................................................................................10 Recovery of City's Costs ............................................................................................................11 PART 7 - SERVICE CONNECTIONS .......................................................................................12 Eligibility for Service Connection .............................................................................................12 Application Process for a Service Connection ...........................................................................13 Payment of Connection Charges by Installments ......................................................................14 Service Connection Location .....................................................................................................14 Pre-Servicing with a Service Connection ..................................................................................14 Rear or Side Yard Service Connections .....................................................................................14 Additional Service Connections .................................................................................................15 Temporary Service Connection .................................................................................................15 Building Drains ..........................................................................................................................17 Failure of Service .......................................................................................................................17 Discontinuation and Re-instatement of Service .........................................................................18 PART 8 - STORMWATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM PROTECTION .......................................19 Prohibited Waste and Hazardous Waste ....................................................................................19 Restricted Waste and Cooling Waste .........................................................................................20 Specific Prohibitions ..................................................................................................................20 Inspection and Monitoring .........................................................................................................22 Accidental Discharge / Spill Reporting .....................................................................................23 - ii - Construction Work .....................................................................................................................23 PART 9 - USER CHARGES ......................................................................................................24 Timing of Payment ....................................................................................................................24 Failure to Pay User Charges ......................................................................................................25 PART 10 - OFFENCES AND PENALTIES .............................................................................25 PART 11 - EFFECTIVE DATE .................................................................................................26 PART 12 - SEVERABILITY .....................................................................................................26 PART 13 - REPEAL ...................................................................................................................27 SCHEDULE "A" - CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE GENERAL MANAGER, ENGINEERING MAY CONSENT TO A STORMWATER DRAINAGE EXTENSION TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY AN APPLICANT WISHING TO FRONT-END THE COSTS ............................... 28 SCHEDULE "B" - APPLICATION FOR SERVICE CONNECTION ............................................ 29 SCHEDULE "C" - RESTRICTED WASTES ..................................................................................... 30 SCHEDULE "D" - CONNECTION CHARGES ................................................................................ 31 h:\clerks\by-laws\bylaw library\regulatory\byl reg 16610.doc SEH 2/10/26 1:51 PM - 1 - CITY OF SURREY BY-LAW NO. 16610 __________________________________________ A by-law to regulate extensions, connections, and use of the stormwater drainage system, to impose connection charges to the stormwater drainage system, and to prohibit the fouling, obstructing, or impeding the flow of any stream, creek waterway, watercourse, ditch, or stormwater drainage system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . As amended by By-laws No. 18646, 02/22/16; 18709, 05 16 16; 19772, 02/25/19; 20883, 04/17/23; 21148, 02/12/24; 21543, 02/24/2025; 21896, 02/09/2026 THIS IS A CONSOLIDATED BYLAW PREPARED BY THE CITY OF SURREY FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY. THE CITY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS CONSOLIDATION IS CURRENT. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PERSON USING THIS CONSOLIDATION TO ENSURE THAT IT ACCURATELY REFLECTS CURRENT BYLAW PROVISIONS. WHEREAS Section 69 of the Community Charter, S.B.C. 2003, c.26 authorizes the City to operate a stormwater drainage system as a municipal service deemed to be necessary or desirable for all or part of the City and to regulate in relation to the drainage service; AND WHEREAS the City has constructed and is operating and maintaining a system of drainage works for the benefit of residents and business property owners of the City; AND WHEREAS it is expedient that all real property within the City which requires the service and is capable of being served, should be so served and connected to the stormwater drainage system and that the cost of connecting such properties should be paid for in whole or in part by the owners of the property requiring connection to or which wholly fronts or abuts the stormwater drainage system; AND WHEREAS it is deemed just that the cost of operating, maintaining and upgrading the stormwater drainage system is paid for by those who directly or indirectly benefit from the system; THEREFORE the Council of City of Surrey, in open meeting assembled, ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: - 2 - PART 1 - CITATION 1. This By-law may be cited for all purposes as "Surrey Stormwater Drainage Regulation and Charges By-law, 2008, No. 16610". PART 2 - DEFINITIONS 2. In the construction and interpretation of this By-law, words and terms will have the following meanings assigned to them: "ACTUAL COST" means all costs incurred to complete the works, including but not limited to engineering services, supply of materials, construction, supervision, administration, right-of-way negotiations, acquisitions and registration, and liaison with, and fulfilling requirements of, other utilities or agencies. "AGENT" means Professional Engineer or contractor appointed by the General Manager, Engineering to install and construct a stormwater drainage extension on behalf of the City. "APPLICANT" means an owner or authorized representative for the owner who requests the City to: (a) install new or alter existing sewer services; (b) approve the use of an existing sewer connection for a new development; or (c) extend a public sewer or sewers and sewer services. "AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE" means a person, body, entity or company retained by the owner and authorized by the owner to act on the owner's behalf. "BENEFITING LAND" means a parcel fronting, flanking or abutting an extension of the stormwater drainage system or otherwise benefiting from the extension. "BUILDING BY-LAW" means the "Surrey Building By-law, 2012, No. 17850", as may be amended or replaced from time to time. "BUILDING DRAIN" means a pipe, conduits, manholes, and other equipment laid on Property intended or necessary to carry stormwater or groundwater from the property to the service connection. "BUILDING INSPECTOR" means the General Manager, Planning and Development for the City, or his or her duly appointed representatives and assistants. "CITY" as defined in the Surrey Zoning By-law. "COLLECTOR" means the General Manager, Finance or his or her duly appointed representative and assistants. - 3 - "CONNECTION CHARGE" means the amount due and owing to the City for the installation and construction of a service connection as set out in Schedule "D" of this By- law. "COUNCIL" means the City Council of the City of Surrey. "DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS" means the documents related to design and construction standards, referred to and incorporated into Schedule "A" of the "Surrey Subdivision and Development By-law, 1986, No. 8830" as may be amended or replaced from time to time. "DITCH" means an open drainage channel, whether naturally occurring or man-made, to carry stormwater and/or groundwater including streams, creeks, or watercourses. "DRAINAGE DEVELOPER REIMBURSED" OR "DDR" means a previously constructed service connection, installed by a developer under servicing agreement with the City. "DRAINAGE PARCEL TAX" means the amount of money charged annually to Owners whose real property or premises are served directly or indirectly by the stormwater drainage system, and enumerated in Surrey Drainage Parcel Tax By-law, 2001, No. 14593, as may be amended or replaced from time to time. "ENGINEER OF RECORD" means the Professional Engineer, singularly or jointly, responsible for the preparation of proposals, reports, associated documents, design submissions and detailed engineering designs and drawings, and for the execution and the implementation of such designs for infrastructure utilities and services to be incorporated in the City. "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT" means the Environmental Management Act, S.B.C. 2003, c.53, as may be amended or replaced from time to time. "EXTENSION" OR "STORMWATER DRAINAGE EXTENSION" means any installation or construction of pipes, ditches, conduits, storm sewer, outfalls and other equipment and facilities for collecting and transporting stormwater on any highway or City right-of-way from or to the most suitable existing stormwater drainage system, having sufficient surplus capacity to provide service to the Real Properties to be served in accordance with the current Design and Construction Standards. An extension does not include the upgrade or replacement of any existing part of the stormwater drainage system, nor does it include installation or construction of service connections. "FLANKAGE" means the greater measurement of the boundary of the parcel abutting a City road right-of-way where the parcel abuts more than one City road right-of-way. "FLOODPLAIN" means an area of land, whether floodproofed or not, which is susceptible to flooding by a watercourse, ocean or other body of water. "FRONTAGE" means the boundary of the parcel abutting a City road right-of-way. Where the parcel abuts more than one City road right-of-way other than a lane, the frontage shall be that boundary having the least measurement. - 4 - "FRONT-ENDER" is a person who pays the actual costs of an extension and who may enter into a latecomer agreement or development cost charge front-ending agreement or development works agreement with the City, and shall include the assignee of the latecomer agreement or development cost charge front-ending agreement or development works agreement. "GENERAL MANAGER, ENGINEERING" means the General Manager, Engineering for the City and shall include his or her duly appointed assistants and representatives. "GENERAL MANAGER, FINANCE" means the General Manager, Finance for the City and shall include his or her duly appointed assistants and representatives. "GROUNDWATER" means water below the surface of the ground, as defined in Section 1 of the Water Act, as may be amended or replaced from time to time. "HIGHWAY" shall have the meaning assigned to them under the Highway, Traffic and parking Regulation Bylaw (13007). "HYDRAULIC HEAD" means the flow of liquid is operating against resistance and the flow depth is above the crown of the pipe. "INDUSTRIAL WASTE" means the liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade, or business as distinct from sanitary waste. "LANEWAY" means a highway not assigned a name or number which usually provides direct access to a parcel. "LATECOMER" means the owner of the parcel within the benefiting lands and who has not initially participated in the costs of the extension. "LATECOMER AGREEMENT" means a written agreement in the form prescribed by the General Manager, Engineering, under which the City agrees to impose a charge on the benefiting lands and for which there is a front-ender. "LATECOMER CHARGE" means that portion of the actual cost of an extension that the City charges each parcel of land within the benefiting lands. "LOCAL SERVICE TAX" means a tax imposed under Section 216 (local services taxes) of the Community Charter, S.B.C. 2003, c.26, as may be amended or replaced from time to time. "OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN" means the community plan established under the Surrey Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2013, No. 18020, as may be amended or replaced from time to time. "OIL AND GREASE" means an organic substance recoverable by procedures set out in Design and Construction Standards and includes but is not limited to hydrocarbons, esters, fats, oils, waxes and high-molecular-weight carboxylic acids. - 5 - "ON-SITE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES" means structures or features, including but not limited to landscaping features, storage ponds or tanks, and oil and grease interceptors that control quantity or quality of stormwater runoff. "OWNER" means an owner of a parcel of real property including: (a) the registered owner of an estate in fee simple; (b) the tenant for life under a registered life estate; (c) the registered holder of the last registered agreement for sale; and (d) the holder or occupier of land held in the manner referred to in the definition of "Owner" in the Schedule to the Community Charter, S.B.C. 2003, c.26, as may be amended or replaced from time to time. "PARCEL" means any lot, block, or other area in which real property is held or into which real property is subdivided, but does not include a road or highway dedication. "PERSON" shall mean and include the Owner, natural persons of either sex, associations, corporations, bodies politic, co-partnerships whether acting by themselves or by a servant, agent or employee and the heirs, executors, administrators and assigns or other legal representatives of such person to whom the context can apply according to law. "pH" means the logarithm to the base 10 of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions, in moles per litre of solution, as determined by the appropriate procedure described in standard methods. "PLUMBING BY-LAW" means Surrey Plumbing By-law, 1981, No. 6569, as may be amended or replaced from time to time. "PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER" means a person who is registered or licensed and in good standing as a Professional Engineer in the province of British Columbia under the Engineers and Geoscientists Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c.116, as may be amended or replaced from time to time. "PROPERTY" OR "REAL PROPERTY" means land, with or without improvements so affixed to the land as to make them in fact and in law a part of it. "REAR OR SIDE YARD SERVICE CONNECTION" means a service connection that connects the building drain with the stormwater drainage system where the stormwater drainage system does not front the parcel and includes the inspection chamber and the portion of the service connection located within any statutory right-of-way or private easement registered on title to the adjacent parcel. "REDEVELOP" means changes on or to a parcel proposed and described in an application for any one or more of the following in relation to the parcel: (a) building permit for non-residential roof replacement, façade, or building envelope where the total building value, as defined in the Building By-law, is greater than $250,000; (b) subdivision; or - 6 - (c) rezoning. "SANITARY SEWERAGE SYSTEM" shall have the same meaning as assigned in the City's Sanitary Sewer Regulations and Charges Bylaw No. 16611. "SANITARY WASTE" shall have the meaning assigned in the City's Sanitary Sewer Regulations and Charges Bylaw No. 16611. "SERVICE CONNECTION" means a service pipe from the stormwater drainage system to the property line of a parcel which includes the inspection chamber, valves, and all other devices. "SERVICING AGREEMENT" has the meaning set out in Part VI of the Surrey Subdivision and Development By-law, 1986, No. 8830, as may be amended or replaced from time to time. "SEWAGE" shall have the meaning assigned in the City's Sanitary Sewer Regulations and Charges Bylaw No. 16611. "STANDARD METHODS" means the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" jointly prepared and published from time to time by the American Water Works Association, American Public Health Association and the Water Environment Federation or any successor published standards. "STORM SEWER" means a pipe, conduit, manhole and other equipment which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial waste other than unpolluted cooling water. "STORM DRAIN OR DRAIN" deleted by Bylaw 21543 "STORMWATER " means water resulting from natural precipitation from the atmosphere and which is intended to be transported in a stormwater drainage system. "STORMWATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM" means all stormwater drainage works and appurtenances thereto owned, controlled, maintained and operated by the City, including storm sewers, storm service connections, drains, pipes, conduits, ditches, streams, detention facilities, pumping stations, outfalls, and the equipment laid within any highway or road dedication, City right-of-way or easement or City property. "STREAM" shall have the meaning assigned to them under the Zoning By-law. "TEMPORARY SERVICE CONNECTION" means a connection to the stormwater drainage system, granted conditionally by the General Manager, Engineering for a parcel that is not eligible for a service connection. "UNPOLLUTED COOLING WATER" means water used for an industrial process and does not contain any substance that may constitute a hazard to the health of humans, animals, birds, fish or other aquatic life or that may be detrimental to the environment. - 7 - "USER CHARGE" means the amount of money charged to owners, whose parcels or premises are served directly or indirectly by the stormwater drainage system and calculated pursuant to this by-law. "WASTE" shall have the meaning assigned in the City's Sanitary Sewer Regulations and Charges Bylaw No. 16611. "ZONING BY-LAW" means the Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000, as may be amended or replaced from time to time. 3. The provisions of this By-law apply to all extensions and connections and direct or indirect discharges to any part of the stormwater drainage system under the control of the City. 4. The General Manager, Engineering shall administer this By-law except Part 9 and the associated Schedules, which shall be administered by the Collector. PART 3 - GENERAL PROVISIONS 5. No person shall connect or attempt to connect or allow to be connected or allow to remain connected to the stormwater drainage system any property or premises otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this By-law. PART 4 - FLOODPLAIN PROTECTION 6. The deposit of soil on any property must comply with the Surrey Conservation and Protection By-law, 2007, No. 16389, as may be amended or replaced from time to time. 7. Fill placement or movement of soils for any purpose on a property shall not in any way interfere with the established above or below ground drainage patterns so as to cause flooding unless authorized in writing by the General Manager, Engineering. This provision applies to the deposit of soil or other material, the re-grade of on-site soil whether native or previously imported, and the construction of ring-dykes. - 8 - 8. In the event that the stormwater from a parcel within the floodplain cannot be drained to the stormwater drainage system by gravity continuously, the owner of the parcel may be granted a temporarily pumped service connection at the discretion of the General Manager, Engineering provided the pump discharge in the receiving stormwater drainage system does not cause flooding to other properties or interfere with established drainage patterns, and as a condition of the service the owner agrees: (a) to register a restrictive covenant on title to the parcel in a form acceptable to the City stipulating that no pumped service connection will be allowed unless it meets the terms and conditions of this By-law, The Building By-law, The Plumbing By- law and/or any other applicable by-law; (b) to pump the stormwater by means of a stormwater pump unit designed by a professional engineer and located on the owner's parcel; (c) that the service connection will operate by gravity from the property line to the City stormwater drainage system, and (d) to install the stormwater pump unit and the associated discharge piping in accordance with the engineered design, and to operate, maintain, repair and replace the pump unit, and all appurtenances, all at the owner's expense. PART 5 - ON-SITE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS 9. Newly created parcels shall be constructed with on-site stormwater management facilities when these are prescribed through Council approved neighbourhood concept or land-use plans, or as required in a Servicing Agreement. 10. The owner of real property where an on-site stormwater management facility has been installed must ensure that the facility is accessible and is maintained in good condition and functioning as designed at all times. 11. For properties with commercial and industrial uses as detailed in Section 51, proof of maintenance or operation reports for on-site stormwater management facilities shall be submitted to the City prior to the renewal or issuance of a business license. - 9 - PART 6 - STORMWATER DRAINAGE EXTENSIONS General Conditions 12. All extensions to the stormwater drainage system shall be undertaken, installed, constructed, operated, maintained, upgraded and replaced in accordance with this By-law. 13. The cost of all extensions shall be paid for in accordance with the provisions and subject to the limitations of this By-law. 14. All installing, constructing, operating, maintaining, upgrading and replacing of extensions of the stormwater drainage system and service connections must be in accordance with and in conformity to the City's Design and Construction Standards. 15. The City shall not permit an extension to the stormwater drainage system: (a) if any part of the downstream stormwater drainage system has inadequate capacity to meet the additional service proposed or will suffer negative impacts with respect to health and stability as a result of the additional service proposed; or (b) the proposed extension would cause the City to expend an inordinate amount of time, effort or money, as determined by the General Manager, Engineering, to operate and maintain the extension, in comparison to the revenue that it would generate for the City. City Funded Extensions 16. Stormwater drainage extensions for which the City bears any portion of the cost, shall only proceed provided such costs are: (a) recoverable in whole or in part from each of the existing as well as future parcels of land that will be served by the extension; (b) within the limit of the funds so allocated for such purposes within the current annual budget of the City; and (c) not excessive as determined by Council. - 10 - Application for Stormwater Drainage Extensions 17. All applications for stormwater drainage extensions must be made to the General Manager, Engineering. The General Manager, Engineering shall review the application, determine the practicality and feasibility of such an extension, and notify the applicant whether the application has been approved or denied. 18. The cost payable by an applicant shall be the actual cost to extend the storm drain on a legally designated highway or right-of-way acceptable to the General Manager, Engineering, from the most convenient existing storm drain, to a point opposite the farthest boundary of the last parcel of land to be served or to such point as the General Manager, Engineering determines is appropriate. In addition, the actual costs of service connection(s) to the applicant's property, and the costs of right-of-way acquisitions shall be added to and form part of the costs in providing such extension. 19. Only after an applicant has deposited with the City an amount of money equal to the estimated cost of the proposed extension may the applicant or City proceed to install and construct the extension. 20. The General Manager, Engineering may appoint an applicant as an agent of the City to carry out the installation and construction of an extension subject to the applicant agreeing: (a) to have the extension designed, installed and constructed in accordance with the City's Design and Construction Standards respecting size, depth, and grades; and (b) to satisfy the conditions listed in Schedule "A" of this By-law. 21. An applicant wishing to construct an extension at the applicant's own expense must: (a) enter into an agreement with the City containing conditions listed in Schedule "A" of this By-law; and (b) pay to the City all fees in accordance with Schedule "A" of this By-law. Upsizing of Storm Sewers 22. Where the City determines that a storm sewer of greater capacity should be installed than is required to provide service to the parcels (including their upstream catchments) for which an application for an extension has been made, the applicant will upsize the storm sewer and such - 11 - excess capacity shall be provided. The City shall pay the cost of providing such excess capacity, up to an upset maximum of the City's cost esimtate. Recovery of City's Costs 23. Where the City has incurred capital costs for an extension, the owner of the benefiting land shall pay the local service tax or latecomer charge prescribed under the relevant by-law or agreement. 24. The local service tax must: (a) be based either on the number of service connections which could be made within the extension or on the actual cost of unit length of storm sewer or ditch installation chargeable to the parcel that would abut the storm sewer or ditch installation and benefit; (b) include the connection charge where the service connection has already been installed during installation and construction of the extension; (c) be reduced by the amount of the connection charge where the owner of the parcel pays the actual cost of an additional service connection or for a service connection larger than 150 mm diameter for other than a single family dwelling unit; (d) include an annual financing charge calculated at the rate established within the relevant local area service by-law or under a supplementary by-law, whichever is applicable; and (e) meet all the terms and conditions stipulated within the relevant local area service by-law or within a supplementary by-law. 25. No provision of this By-law limits or restricts in any way Council from exercising full jurisdiction and control over the operation of the stormwater drainage system, and the fact that any extension may have been installed and constructed without cost to the City will not in any way exempt the person receiving service thereby from any regulations, rates, order or by-law of the City, nor shall the payment of part or all of the installation and construction costs by any applicant for an extension be construed as a guarantee by the City with respect to continuity or adequacy of service. - 12 - PART 7 - SERVICE CONNECTIONS Eligibility for Service Connection 26. Subject to approval by the General Manager, Engineering, owners of real property are entitled to a service connection if the parcel to be serviced abuts on the stormwater drainage system for the entire frontage or flankage of the parcel, there are no downstream concerns, and the stormwater generated thereon is permissible to be discharged into the stormwater drainage system. The owner shall apply to the City for a connection in accordance with the requirements of this By-law. 27. Where a parcel partially abuts the stormwater drainage system, the entitlement to a service connection will only be considered if the length of the storm sewer abutting the parcel exceeds the minimum lot width permissible under the Zoning By-law for the current zone of the parcel. 28. Where a parcel partially abuts the stormwater drainage system, but the length of the abutting storm sewer does not meet the criteria of Section 27 above, connection to the stormwater drainage system may be permitted by the General Manager, Engineering on a temporary basis pursuant to Sections 46 through 48 of this By-law. 29. In the event that the stormwater generated on a parcel outside the floodplain cannot be drained to the stormwater drainage system by gravity, or in the event that the drain on the street is operating under a hydraulic head, the owner of the parcel may be granted a pumped service connection and the owner agrees: (a) to register a restrictive covenant on title to the land in a form acceptable to the City stipulating that no pumped service connection will be allowed unless it meets this By-law, the Building By-law, the Plumbing By-law and/or any other applicable by- law; (b) to pump the stormwater by means of a stormwater pump unit designed by a professional engineer and located on the owner's parcel; and (c) to install the stormwater pump unit and the discharge piping in accordance with the engineered design, and to operate, maintain, repair and replace the pump unit and all appurtenances, all at the owner's expense. - 13 - 30. In the event that the stormwater generated on a parcel within the floodplain cannot be drained to the stormwater drainage system by gravity, the owner of the parcel may be granted a service connection at the discretion of the General Manager, Engineering provided as a pre-condition of the service, the owner agrees to the conditions of Section 8 and the service connection does not negatively impact adjoining properties or other properties within the floodplain including public land. 31. Every parcel that fronts or abuts a stormwater drainage system must have a separate service connection installed by City employees, contractors or agents. Only with a written, conditional permission of the General Manager, Engineering may any other person install or construct a service connection. Application Process for a Service Connection 32. An application for a service connection must be made to the General Manager, Engineering by the applicant in the form prescribed in Schedule "B" of this By-law. 33. Every application for a service connection must be accompanied by the applicable Connection Charge as prescribed in Schedule "D" of this By-law. 34. The General Manager, Engineering will direct that the installation and construction of a service connection be commenced within ninety (90) days of approval of the application, provided that a gravity connection is practicable. 35. If a service connection, temporary or permanent, is not practicable the General Manager, Engineering will notify the applicant within sixty (60) days and the City will refund any charges paid by the applicant. 36. When there is an application to redevelop a parcel, the following shall apply to the service connection and the building drain: (a) If the service connection or building drain is constructed with non-standard materials (e.g. no-corrode, asbestos cement, clay, etc.) or conditions that do not conform with the City's Design and Construction Standards, all non-conforming works shall be replaced; (b) If the service connection or building drain is constructed with standard materials and practices, the owner must provide a video inspection and recommendation from within the last two years for the City to review. The owner shall repair or replace the service connection or building drain, or both, if the City determines that it contains defects or - 14 - deficiencies, including excessive damage, is not in adequate condition for service, or does not meet the City's Design and Construction Standards; (c) Any shared service connection or building drain shall be replaced with separate service connections or building drains, or both, complete with inspection chambers, for each connection; and (d) All costs associated with the above are the responsibility of the owner. 36.1 The General Manager, Engineering may waive any of the requirements of Section 36 of this By-law if the General Manager, Engineering deems the cost of the replacement excessive. Payment of Connection Charges by Installments 37. Deleted by Bylaw 21543. 38. Deleted by Bylaw 21543. 39. Deleted by Bylaw 21543. 40. Deleted by Bylaw 21543. 41. Deleted by Bylaw 21543. 42. Deleted by Bylaw 21543. Service Connection Location 43. Where practical the service connection will be located where requested by the applicant. In the event the applicant's preferred location is not practicable due to the existence of installed or proposed surface improvements or is in conflict with installed underground utilities or impractical owing to topographic or vegetative features, the General Manager, Engineering will designate the location of the service connection to each parcel of land or premises. 43.1 If any parts of the service connection are damaged or destroyed by the owner or the owner's tenants, guests or invitees, the owner is responsible for any costs to repair the service connection or any parts of it following the City's Design and Construction Standards. Pre-Servicing with a Service Connection 44. Deleted. - 15 - Rear or Side Yard Service Connections 44.1 Every owner of a parcel that installs a new or replacement rear or side yard service connection is responsible for the operation, maintenance, repair and replacement of the rear or side yard service connection from the building on the parcel to the point where it connects to the storm sewer, provided the rear or side yard service connection is permitted by the General Manager, Engineering. The owner must obtain a City road and right-of way permit, a plumbing permit, and comply with all requirements of the "Highway and Traffic By-law, 1997, No. 13007", as may be amended or replaced from time to time, for off-site works on the City's highway. The owner shall register a restrictive covenant on the title to the parcel in a form satisfactory to the City setting out the limit of City responsibility and the owner's maintenance requirements. 44.2 Where rear or side yard service connections exist, a replacement with the new service connection to the parcel frontage will be required when there is an application to redevelop a parcel if a fronting storm drainage system exists. If there is no existing fronting storm drainage system, at the discretion of the General Manager, Engineering, the replacement of the service connection may be made to any other existing storm drainage system, and it may be considered a temporary service connection, and the provisions of Sections 46 to 48 of this By-law shall apply to the parcel, the owner and the service connection. 44.3 Despite Section 44.2, if the rear or side yard service connection is connected to a storm sewer that is located in a City-owned highway, the rear or side yard service connection can remain in the existing location provided that other requirements in this By-law are met. 44.4 Sections 44.1, 44.2, 44.3 and 52.1 of this By-law apply to rear or side yard connections installed after the date of final adoption of "Surrey Stormwater Drainage Regulation and Charges By-law, 2008, No. 16610, Amendment Bylaw, 2019, No. 19772". Additional Service Connections 45. Deleted by Bylaw 21543. Temporary Service Connection 46. An owner of a parcel which does not front the stormwater drainage system and upon which the current method of drainage can no longer function due to safety or other - 16 - concerns may apply for a temporary service connection and may be approved for a temporary service connection by the General Manager, Engineering, at a location determined by the General Manager, Engineering, provided that all of the following requirements are met: (a) The quality and quantity of stormwater runoff generated on the parcel and its rate of discharge must not detrimentally affect the downstream stormwater drainage system. (b) Such a temporary service connection will serve only one parcel for which the temporary service connection is granted. (c) The applicant must pay the actual cost with respect to the design, installation, and inspection of all of the works necessary to effect a connection to the stormwater drainage system at the location determined by the General Manager, Engineering. (d) By accepting a temporary service connection the applicant acknowledges the commitment to support and pay the applicant's respective share for a local area service storm sewer installation or latecomer charge as may be applicable in the future to serve the parcel. (e) The applicant agrees to connect the premises for which the temporary service connection is provided by installing all necessary works, including any off-site works within the City's highway or right-of-way or easement. The applicant must comply will all requirements of the "Highway and Traffic By-law, 1997, No. 13007", as may be amended from time to time, for off-site works on the City's highway or right-of-way or easement. Where a building drain is permitted by the General Manager, Engineering to be installed through lands not owned by the applicant, an easement to which the City is a party must be executed and registered in the land title office before any temporary service connection is permitted by the City. (f) The applicant agrees to remain responsible for all maintenance and upkeep of the works from the point where the works connect to the City's stormwater drainage system to the building or structure for which temporary service connection is provided, including all off-site works on the City's highway or right-of-way or easement, or on lands not owned by the applicant. (g) The temporary service connection is acknowledged to be for a temporary duration and the City may discontinue service in any of the following circumstances: (i) an application is made by another person for an extension along the highway upon which the parcel served by a temporary service connection fronts; (ii) the City or others decide to proceed with the construction of a storm sewer on the highway upon which the parcel has frontage or flankage; - 17 - (iii) if the building drain or service connection is improperly maintained; (iv) if stormwater runoff generated on properties other than the parcel allowed the temporary service connection is being discharged through the temporary service connection; or (v) if the owner of the parcel with the temporary service connection contravenes any of the provisions of this By-law. 47. Where a temporary service connection is discontinued, the owner of the parcel must pay: (a) the costs incurred by the City to disconnect and remove the temporary service connection; (b) the connection charge with respect to the new storm sewer main; and (c) any local service taxes and latecomer charges applicable. 48. Every owner of a parcel to be granted a temporary service connection must register a restrictive covenant on title stipulating that the temporary service connection is governed by the terms of this By-law. Building Drains 49. Every owner shall construct building drains in strict compliance with the Plumbing By-law and shall operate and maintain the building drains, unless otherwise provided for this in this By-law. 50. Deleted by Bylaw 21543. 51. Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided on the building drain for all industrial, commercial and multi-family sites. Interceptors will be required for other types of businesses when in the opinion of the General Manager, Engineering they are necessary for the proper handling of soil and grease and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Where installed, all interceptors shall be maintained in operable and functional state at all times by the owner at the owner's expense. Failure of Service 52. The owner is responsible for failures of the building drain. Where any service connection becomes stopped or otherwise fails to function, the owner or occupier of the premises served shall notify the General Manager, Engineering, and the General Manager, Engineering, shall, as soon as practicable, arrange to have the service - 18 - connection unstopped or otherwise restored to serviceable condition if the blockage exists within the service connection downstream of the property line as ascertained at the inspection chamber installed at the property line. 52.1 Where the parcel is serviced by a rear or side yard service connection, the owner is responsible for failures in both the building drain and the rear yard or side yard service connection. Where a failure of the building drain or the rear or side yard service connection is proved to be caused by flow obstructions in the City's storm sewer, the owner shall notify the City, and the City shall, as soon as reasonably possible, arrange to have the storm sewer restored to serviceable condition. 53. Where there is no inspection chamber installed on the service connection at the property line, or the inspection chamber is not visible, has been buried, covered, or obstructed, the owner is responsible to determine and expose the location of the blockage. The owner shall hire a certified plumber to go through an access point on the private side to locate and mark the blockage, using a video camera with a locator. The City's supervisor shall be on site to witness the location work. If assistance is provided to the owner to locate and expose the service connection or inspection chamber, actual cost of the work shall be the responsibility of the owner. The cost and effort required to remove and replace material, structures, and improvements covering or obstructing the inspection chamber and the reinstatement of the area to its previous state shall be the responsibility of the owner. An inspection chamber must be installed at the property line as part of the restoration works at the owner's cost. 54. Alternatively, where any stoppage is found to exist in the building drain within the property or where any stoppage or other failure in the building drain or service connection is found to have been caused by the act or neglect of the owner or occupier of the property, all costs incurred by the City in restoring the service and unstopping the building drain or service connection shall be paid by the owner upon demand and if unpaid on the due date shall be deemed to be taxes in arrears on the real property concerned and will be recoverable by the City as such. Discontinuation and Re-instatement of Service 55. In the event that a building or structure is removed from its site, or is destroyed or is damaged to the extent that it can no longer be put to any legally permitted use, the owner shall, at the owner's expense, effectively cap the downstream side of the building drain, a minimum of 2 m from the property line, for the interim period during which the service connection is not in use. - 19 - 56. If the intention is to not ever use the service connection, the owner shall notify the City in writing of that intention. Upon receipt of written approval from the City, the owner shall, at the owner's expense, effectively have the inspection chamber removed, and the service connection capped and grouted internally at the main and the connection interface location, or by an alternate method approved by the City. 57. The General Manager, Engineering may authorize that a service connection be unstopped or reconnected if: (a) the owner of the real property applies in writing to the General Manager, Engineering; (b) a new building or structure is constructed or located on the same parcel where a service connection was previously provided; (c) the existing building drain and service connection are of sufficient capacity and grade to serve the new building or structure by gravity flow; (d) the conditions set out in Section 36 above are met; (e) the connection charge set out in Schedule "D" has been paid in full; and (f) the pro-rated user charge for the remaining whole months of the year has been paid in full. PART 8 - STORMWATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM PROTECTION Prohibited Waste and Hazardous Waste 58. No person may discharge or allow or cause to be discharged into any stormwater drainage system: (a) prohibited or hazardous wastes as defined in the Environmental Management Act; (b) sediment or sediment-laden water above threshold as defined in the Erosion and Sediment Control Bylaw, 2024, No. 21181 as may be amended or replaced from time to time; (c) anything in a concentration or quantity which may be or may become a health or safety hazard to personnel operating or maintaining the stormwater drainage system or which may cause damage or interfere with the proper operation of the stormwater drainage system or which may injure or is capable of injuring any property, or health of any person or any life form; and (d) anything which contravenes the Fisheries Act of Canada. - 20 - Restricted Waste and Cooling Waste 59. No person, unless prior authorization in writing from the General Manager, Engineering has been granted, shall discharge or allow or cause to be discharged into the Stormwater Drainage System any: (a) sewage or sanitary waste; (b) restricted waste listed in Schedule "C" of this By-law; (c) untreated wash water from foundry processes. Treatment of wash-water from the reclamation of foundry sand shall include the removal of the insoluble pollutants so as to result in unpolluted wash-water; (d) processed water from groundwater remediation; (e) cooling waste water at temperatures or which has had additives harmful to the receiving environment; (f) industrial cooling water which may be polluted with insoluble oils, grease, or insoluble suspended solids; or (g) swimming pool or hot tub water. Specific Prohibitions 60. An owner or person must not suffer or permit any water to be discharged directly or indirectly from any real property that does not continuously and at all times meet or exceed the requirements of this By-law. 61. No person shall foul, obstruct or impede the flow of any stream, creek, waterway, watercourse, ditch, storm sewer, or drain, whether or not the same are situated on private property. 62. No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, mar or tamper with any component of the stormwater drainage system. 63. No person shall connect any roof drains, tile or conduit collecting surface drainage or rainwater runoff in any way to the sanitary sewerage system, or permit any stormwater or surface water to be drained into the sanitary sewerage system. 64. No person may uncover, connect or attempt to connect or be allowed to be connected or be allowed to remain connected to a service connection or to the stormwater drainage system, any parcel or premises otherwise than in accordance with this By-law. - 21 - 65. Any person who connects to a service connection or to the stormwater drainage system without first making appropriate application to and obtaining written approval from the General Manager, Engineering or without paying the applicable charges, or commences the use of the service prior to having been granted formal occupancy permit for the use of the premises, is in contravention of this By-law and in addition to any penalty that may be applicable, the service connection at the time of the discovery may be disconnected and the service pipe stopped up or closed. The General Manager, Engineering may set down conditions and requirements which the owner must fulfill before the service can be reinstated. 66. No person shall bury, cover or obstruct, at any time, or in any manner, the access to any manhole, ditch, watercourse, inspection chamber, or other fixture connected with the stormwater drainage system, by placing thereon or in the vicinity thereof, any fencing or other impediments, garbage, landscaping, lumber, timber, wood, brick, stone, gravel, sand or other materials or things and the General Manager, Engineering or any other employee or agent of the City may order the removal of the obstruction and the expense of such removal will be charged to and paid by the person so offending in addition to any other penalty or fees imposed by this By-law. 67. No person being an owner, occupant, tenant, or inmate of real property serviced by the stormwater drainage system will accept or emit any stormwater or other material or substances, or permit them to be brought in or discharged from properties, places or persons other than the stormwater generated within the property to which the service is provided. 68. Except as provided under Sections 20 and 46, no work of any kind connected with the stormwater drainage system, either for the installing of new, or repairing of old pipes, or modifying ditches and other watercourses is permitted to be done by any person other than an employee or agent of the City. 69. The General Manager, Engineering may expressly appoint an applicant as an agent of the City to carry out the installation and construction of a service connection subject to the applicant agreeing to install and construct the service connection in accordance with the specifications respecting size, depth, grades as well as other specifications and conditions that the General Manager, Engineering stipulates. - 22 - Inspection and Monitoring 70. Every owner of real property and every occupier of premises to which a service connection has been provided must allow, suffer and permit, the General Manager, Engineering and all associated inspection equipment to enter into or upon the real property and premises for the purpose of inspecting the premises including building drain, inspection chamber, fixtures and any other apparatus used with the service connection or plumbing system, as well as to observe, measure, sample and test the quantity and nature of water being discharged into the stormwater drainage system, and to ascertain compliance with the terms of this By-law. 71. The owner of real property where an on-site stormwater management facility has been installed must ensure that the facility is accessible and is maintained in good condition and functioning as designed at all times. 72. The General Manager, Engineering may require that a person who is discharging any material or substance into the stormwater drainage system undertake at the owner's expense measuring, sampling and analysis of the material or substance discharged. 73. All measuring, sampling and analysis required by the General Manager, Engineering must be in accordance with methods and procedures specified in Standard Methods, unless otherwise authorized by the General Manager, Engineering. 74. Samples which have been collected as the result of a requirement of the General Manager, Engineering by City forces or qualified independent agencies, must be analyzed by a qualified, independent agency, unless other prior arrangements have been authorized in writing by the General Manager, Engineering. 75. If there is no inspection chamber for the real property, the point of discharge into the stormwater drainage system for the purposes of enforcing this By-law will be designated by the General Manager, Engineering as that location where access to the discharge for the purpose of measuring, observing or sampling is possible. 76. No person other than authorized person from the City shall remove or tamper with the stormwater drainage system. - 23 - Accidental Discharge / Spill Reporting 77. Owners and persons shall notify the City and appropriate senior government agencies immediately of any accidental discharges or any other discharges or highway spills of wastes in violation of this By-law. Countermeasures to minimize damage to the stormwater drainage system and/or the receiving waters, including clean-up, are the responsibility of the owner of the property where the contaminated discharge originates or the persons responsible for the spill. Incurred costs of countermeasures are the responsibility of the owner or persons instigating the discharge or spill. 78. Where the owner does not take immediate action to provide appropriate countermeasures, the City may take appropriate action to minimize damage to the stormwater drainage system and/or the receiving waters. All costs incurred by the City in mitigating damage shall be paid by the owner or persons instigating or contributing to the discharge or spill. 79. The notification in Section 77 shall be followed within five (5) calendar days of the date of occurrence, by a submission of a detailed written statement from the owner or person to the General Manager, Engineering describing the causes of the discharge and the measures being taken to prevent its future occurrence. The owners and persons shall identify the type of chemical or substance, volume of spill, location, time and date of occurrence and the countermeasures taken to control the damage. 80. The notification in Section 77 will not relieve the owner or person of liability for any consequential expense, loss or damage to the stormwater drainage system or for any fines and/or penalties imposed by the City or the Provincial and Federal governments which may result from a violating discharge. Construction Work 81. An owner or other person undertaking any construction work must not place, store, or dispose of any prohibited material in such a manner that prohibited materials enter the stormwater drainage system. 82. An owner undertaking construction must comply with the Erosion and Sediment Control Bylaw, 2024, No. 21181, as may be applicable and as may be amended or replaced from time to time. - 24 - 83. A person must not suffer or permit the discharge or washing of cement or concrete during the construction of exposed aggregate driveways, patios, walls, other surfaces, or from concrete vehicles or concrete equipment, to the stormwater drainage system or any part of it as specified in Section 58 above. 84. Deleted by Bylaw 21543. PART 9 - USER CHARGES 85. The connection charges enumerated in Schedule "D" of this By-law are hereby imposed and levied by the City to every owner of property which is provided a new service connection. 86. The charges enumerated in the Surrey Drainage Parcel Tax By-law, 2001, No. 14593 as may be amended or replaced from time to time are hereby imposed and levied by the City to every owner of real property which is directly or indirectly served by the City's stormwater drainage system. Every owner of real property which is directly or indirectly served by the City's stormwater drainage system must pay an appropriate drainage parcel tax. 87. Each parcel of land or property to which a service connection has been made shall be classified by the Collector in accordance with the categories set out in the Surrey Drainage Parcel Tax By-law, 2001, No. 14593 as may be amended or replaced from time to time. Any parcel of land which contains more than one of the categories enumerated in the Surrey Drainage Parcel Tax By-law, 2001, No. 14593 shall be classified in respect to each such category contained within the said parcel. 88. The drainage parcel tax levied on a parcel in no way legalizes the use for which it is being charged, which may or may not be in contravention of other City by-laws. In charging the drainage parcel tax, no determination of compliance with other City by-laws has been made and should the use of land and premises contravene any of the by-laws now or in the future, the City reserves the right to enforce those by-laws in accordance with their conditions. Timing of Payment 89. All drainage parcel tax levied must be paid at the office of the Collector on or before the day stipulated as the due date for payment. - 25 - 90. Where a pro-rated drainage parcel tax for the use of the stormwater drainage system is levied, such charge must be paid within thirty (30) days of billing. Failure to Pay User Charges 91. The User Charge levied by the City will form a charge on the lands and improvements to or upon which the service connection is provided and if unpaid on the due date will be deemed to be taxes in arrears on the parcel concerned and will be recoverable by the City as such. PART 10 - OFFENCES AND PENALTIES 92. The General Manager, Engineering, an authorized designate, or any City By-law Enforcement Officer may enter upon any land or premises to conduct inspections as are reasonably necessary to ascertain whether there is compliance with the provisions of this By-law. If the property owner or occupant is present during the inspection, they must identify themselves when requested by the General Manager, Engineering, an authorized designate, or any City By-law Enforcement Officer. 93. No person shall supply false information or make inaccurate or untrue statements in a document or information required to be supplied to the City pursuant to this By-law. 94. Any person who contravenes any provision of this By-law is liable to the City for and must indemnify the City from all costs, expenses, damages and injuries resulting from the contravention. This does not in any way limit any other provision or any other remedy the City may have under this By-law or otherwise at law. 95. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this By-law, or who suffers or permits any act or thing to be done in contravention of this By-law, or who refuses, omits or neglects to fulfill, observe, carry out, or perform any duty or obligation imposed by this By-law is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of not less than the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), but not exceeding the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). 96. Where there is an offence that continues for more than one (1) day, separate fines may be issued for each day or part thereof in respect of which the offence occurs or continues. 97. The City may enforce compliance with the stipulations within this By-law or non- payment of fines by shutting off the provision of stormwater drainage services being - 26 - supplied to the user or discontinuing the service thereof. This may be done without notice on an emergency basis if deemed necessary by the General Manager, Engineering. 97.1 Any charges pursuant to this By-law placed on the assessment roll of a parcel and remaining unpaid after December 31 in any year shall be deemed to be taxes in arrears in respect of the parcel and will be recoverable by the City as such. 98. Nothing in this By-law limits the City from utilizing any other remedy that is otherwise available to the City at law. 98.1 If any person fails to carry out the work required by any provision of this By-law, the City may enter the parcel to undertake the required work and bill the owner for the actual cost incurred by the City in carrying out the work. The costs shall be paid by the owner upon demand, and if remaining unpaid after the 31st day of December of the year in which the work is done, shall be deemed to be taxes in arrears on the parcel and will be dealt with in the same manner as City taxes. PART 11 - EFFECTIVE DATE 99. This By-law shall come into effect on the 30th day of March, 2009. PART 12 - SEVERABILITY 100. Each provision of this By-law is severable from each other provision, and, if any provision is determined to be void or unenforceable in whole or in part, such determination shall not be deemed to affect or impair the validity of any other provision, unless a Court otherwise determines. - 27 - PART 13 - REPEAL 101. Surrey Sewer Rates and Extension Regulations By-law, 1964, No. 2240 as amended, is hereby repealed. 102. Surrey Waterways Protection By-law, 1967, No. 2659 as amended, is hereby repealed. READ A FIRST TIME on the 16th day of June, 2008. READ A SECOND TIME on the 16th day of June, 2008. READ A THIRD TIME on the 16th day of June, 2008. RECONSIDERED AND ADOPTED on the 30th day of March, 2009. Mayor Clerk h:\clerks\by-laws\bylaw library\regulatory\byl reg 16610.doc SEH 2/10/26 1:51 PM - 28 - SCHEDULE "A" By-law No. 16610, 2008 STORMWATER DRAINAGE EXTENSION BY AN APPLICANT WISHING TO FRONT-END THE COSTS 1. Where an applicant wishes to front-end the costs to provide a Stormwater Drainage Extension (hereinafter called "Works"), this Schedule shall apply. 2. The applicant shall execute a Servicing Agreement with the City, indicating the description and the location of the stormwater drainage extension, and agreeing to the terms and conditions in the Servicing Agreement. 3. No provision of this Schedule shall be deemed to exempt any land from payment of taxes, charges or fees imposed by any by-law of the City. 4. The General Manager, Engineering is authorized to execute the Servicing Agreement. 5. The Servicing Agreement processing fee payable by the applicant prior to the pre-design meeting is set out in the "Subdivision and Development By-law, 1986, No. 8830", as may be amended or replaced from time to time. - 29 - SCHEDULE "B" By-law No. 16610, 2008 APPLICATION FOR SERVICE CONNECTION TO : The General Manager, Engineering Department THE CITY OF SURREY DATE: I/We being the registered owner(s) of the certain property described as: Lot Block Qtr. Sec. TP Range Plan in the City of Surrey, apply for a service connection to the said property. I/We agree to comply with the Stormwater Drainage Regulations and Charges By-law, 2008, No. 16610, and: - to duly pay all the charges and taxes prescribed by the By-law or By-laws of the City, pertaining to the stormwater drainage system; - to protect and save harmless the City of Surrey from all claims and damages caused by stoppages of any pipes for stormwater service connection under this application; - that only stormwater will be discharged to the stormwater drainage system. Roof drains from single family homes will not be connected to stormwater drainage systems; and - that the General Manager, Engineering will determine the acceptability of the application subject to the conditions of the Stormwater Drainage Regulations and Charges By-law, 2008, No. 16610. I/We hereby agree to the above and this agreement shall be binding upon my/our heir, executors and assigns. Signature: FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Civic Address: ____ __________ Service Category: ____________ Connection Size: _______ Connection Charge: $_________ Receipt No. _________________ Other Charges : $_________ Receipt No. _________________ Plumbing Permit No.: _______________________________ Date of Final Inspection: _______________________________ Date of Notification to Taxes: _______________________________ - 30 - SCHEDULE "C" By-law No. 16610, 2008 RESTRICTED WASTES Restricted Waste means: 1. FOOD WASTE Any waste from cooking and/or handling of food that, at the point of discharge into a drain, contains particles larger than 0.5 centimetres in any dimension. 2. RADIOACTIVE WASTE Any waste that, at the point of discharge into a drain, exceeds radioactivity limitations established by the Atomic Energy Board of Canada. 3. pH WASTE Any waste which, at the point of discharge into a drain, has a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.5. 4. TOXIC AND POISONOUS WASTE Any waste containing a toxic and/or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to interfere with or create any hazard to the stormwater drainage system, or to constitute a hazard to humans or animals. 5. SPECIFIED WASTE Any waste which, at the point of discharge into a drain, contains any substance at a concentration in excess of the levels set out in "Hazardous Waste" as defined in the Environmental Management Act. - 31 - SCHEDULE "D" By-law No. 16610, 2008 CONNECTION CHARGES 1. The following one-time connection charge shall be payable for provision of a service connection to serve a parcel: 1.1. For a parcel connecting to a 150mm (6 in.) diameter gravity service connection: Connection Charge: 100% of Actual Cost. 1.2. For a parcel connecting to a service connection larger than 150m (6 in.) diameter, connecting to a pumped service connection, or additional connections so as to result in more than one service connection to the parcel: Connection Charge: 100% of actual cost. If the City has front-ended the cost of the additional service connection, the connection charge shall equal the actual cost plus a financing charge calculated at an annual rate determined by the City which shall be added annually on each anniversary of the installation date until the sum is paid or for a maximum period of five years, whichever event occurs first, after which no further financing charge shall be added. 1.3. For the first service connection included as a part of works chargeable to the owner under a local service tax by-law or for connections constructed by a developer at no cost to the City: Connection Charge: Nil. 2. Where, for the stormwater drainage service, a local service tax or latecomer charge is established under a separate by-law, that charge shall take precedence over the aforementioned connection charges. 3. Each existing connection or drainage developer reimbursed (DDR) connection: Connection Charge: As set out in Surrey Fee Setting By-law, 2001, No. 14577, as may be amended or replaced from time to time.