Regulation of Waterworks System and Supply Rates

Ucluelet, British Columbia

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: ## THE CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF UCLUELET ## Bylaw No. 660, 1995 4 Bylaw for the regulation of the waterwork system and water supply and rates NHEREAS it is expedient that provision should be made for regulating the rates onditions and terms upon which water may be supplied by the Corporation to it habitants: NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Village of Ucluelet, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows: ## Definitions 1. In this bylaw, unless the context otherwise requires: "Combined Service" or "Combined Service Pipe" respectively means the service or the service pipe that is intended to supply water for fire protection combined with the normal use. "Council" mean the Village Council of the Village of Ucluelet. "Curb Stop" means that Village-owned valve on a service pipe in a Village street or lane or within a statutory right-of-way at or near the customer's property line, or statutory right-of-way line; "Customer" means any person, firm or corporation supplied with water from the waterworks; "Dual Service" means a private service pipe which branches on private property to provide two service connections, one of which is a metered line and the other of which is a fire line; "Dwelling Unit" means a room or suite of two or more rooms: - a) which is used by one family, its boarders and its full-time servants as living quarters, and 2. " in which to posited either fod prevation oy preparation - c) in which is provided a toilet, lavatory, shower or bath or facilities for the installation of same, and for the purposes of charging rates under this bylaw, a self-contained suite is a dwelling unit; "Emergency Service Call" means a service call to turn off a water line located on private property which is leaking and causing or threatening to cause damage to the property; "Engineer" means the Village Engineer or his authorized representative; "Fire Line" means a pipe that is intended solely for the purposes of providing a standby supply of water for fire protection purposes; "Household" means a group of persons who dwell as a family under one roof; rrigation means the sprinkling or pouring ot water by means of any pipe, host rater pot, irrigation ditch or flume upon or under the surface of the ground fror the water supply mains of the Village; "Meter Service" means a service having attached thereto a meter for determining the quantity of water supplied by such service; "Normal Use" means the use of water for normal residential, commercial or industrial purposes, including residential lawn sprinkling, but not including fire protection or other uses which the Superintendent of Public Works deems to be special or extra-ordinary; "Permanent Disconnection" typically means the disconnection of a service pipe that is no longer needed. This disconnection will be made at the water main or on Village property; "Private Service Pipe" means the pipe and appurtenant fittings intended to distribute water within the premises and connected to the service pipe; "Rate" means the price or sum of money to be paid by any owner or any consumer either of the quantity of water supplied to him as measured by a meter or for a service to his premises for a stated period; "Rent" means an additional charge levied for a water meter and appurtenances when such meter is used in connection with a service; "Self-Contained Suite" means an area within a dwelling unit having provision for residential living within such area by the occupants of such area, including equipment for the preservation or preparation of food, and a toilet, lavatory, shower or bath, or facilities for installation of the same; "Service Pipe" means the Village-owned pipe and appurtenant fittings either on a street or within a statutory right-of-way, intended to carry water from the Village's water main to the farthest downstream Village-installed fittings, with Village ownership extending to the downstream face of the Village fittings; "Single Occupant Dwelling" means: - a) any dwelling unit occupied by only one person which person is a registered owner of the said dwelling unit, or - b) in a rental apartment building, excluding those established under the Condominium Act, notwithstanding the actual occupancy, those apartments designed and certified by the Building Department as bachelor units at the time of construction; "Superintendent" means the Superintendent of Public Works or his authorized representative; "Temporary Disconnection" typically means the disconnection of a service pipe at a property line for a short term during which time the premises served are demolished and new ones are constructed; "Temporary Turn-off' means a temporary interruption to service by a shut-off and subsequent turn-on of a service pipe; "Village" mean the Corporation of the Village of Ucluelet; "Waterworks" means the water distribution system, now or hereafter constituted, of the Village. ## ESTABLISHMENT AND DISCONTINUANCE OF WATER SERVICES ## 2. Application Procedure All applications for the laying of service pipes or the turning on or shut off of water to or from a parcel of real property shall be make in writing, signed by the persor who appears in the Land Title Office records as registered owner in fee-simple of the real property, or his duly authorized agent, and shall be in the appropriate form as attached hereto as Schedule "A" and forming a part of this bylaw. ## 3. Requirements No person shall permit the connection of a private service pipe to the curb stop until all requirements of this bylaw pertaining to the installation of service pipes upon any property shall be met. ## 4. Size of Service Pipe The Superintendent may determine the size of the service pipe and meters to be used in supplying any premises. ## Village's Capacity Nothing in this bylaw contained, nor any act or undertaking of the Village shall be construed as limiting the Village's capacity as a quasi-private Corporation in connection with the establishment, construction, maintenance, alteration or removal of waterworks or in regard to the provision, limitation or cessation of a supply of water. No such act or undertaking shall be deemed an exercise of a governmental function. ## 6. Location of Meters - When specifying the location for a meter the Superintendent may consult the customer. The Superintendent shall specify the location of any meter, and if the meter is located on private property, the customer shall provide access for maintaining the meter and appurtenances for meter reading. - b) The pipes, valves and other appurtenances to the meter shall be installed in accordance with standards specified by the Superintendent. - c) A meter shall not be located in line with a sidewalk vehicular crossing. ## Inaccessibility of Meters Any customer served by a privately located meter which meter or accessory thereof has become inaccessible for reading or maintenance, shall pay in addition to the amounts set out in Schedule "B" and as part payment of additional work, the charge set our in Schedule "B" hereto, not pro-rated, while the said meter or accessory remains inaccessible provided that there shall be no additional charge if a customer makes the meter or accessory accessible within 96 hours of receipt of notice to do so from the Superintendent. ' ## 8. Remote Meter Register - a) Every person shall, when ordered to do so by the Superintendent install a remote meter register. : - b) Every person who does not install a remote meter register, when ordered to do so shall pay an extra charge as set out in Section 7. - c) The Superintendent may turn-off any service in the event that an owner does not comply with a notice under this Section or Section 7. ## 9. Metering of Industrial-Commercial Strata Developments - a) Where a property is a non-residential strata development, the Village may permit single metered service and will bill the Strata Council for the water so provided. ## 10. Location of Service Pipe and Curb Stop - Every owner shall locate all service pipes and curb stops clear of any structure, driveway, curb or sidewalk. - b) The Superintendent may, upon payment of all cost associated with the installation of a new service pipe and curb stop and the removal of any existing service, move the service to a location requested by the owner. ## 11. Turn On and Shut Off ## Non-Emergency Service Call During Normal Working Hours - a) An owner may, in writing, apply to the Superintendent for the turning on or the shut off of water, such application to be submitted at least 5 days in advance of the requested turn-off. - b) A customer shall be liable for the full amount of the water rates and rents chargeable for the services up to the time the service is turned off. 3. Every person shall pay the charges set out in Schedule "B" hereto for each turn on or turn off. ## Emergency Service Call No person shall be charged a fee for turn offs of an emergency nature, however, every person shall pay the turn on charge set our in Schedule "B" hereto if such turn on is carried out during normal office hours. ## Non-Emergency Service Call During Non-Working Hours Every person requesting non-emergency service calls to turn water off or on during non-working hours shall pay the charge set out in Schedule "B" hereto. ## 12. Pressure, Supply and Quality The Village does not guarantee pressure nor continuous supply of water, nor does it accept responsibility at any time for the maintenance of pressure on its line nor for increases or decreases in pressure. The Village reserves the right at any and all times, without notice, to change operating water service for the purposes of making repairs, extensions, alterations or improvements or for any other reason, and to increase or reduce pressure at any time. Neither the Village, its officers, employees or agents shall incur any liability of any kind whatever by reason of the cessation in whole or in part of water pressure or water supply, or changes in operating pressures, or by reason of the water containing sediments, deposits or other foreign matter. ## 13. Rates and Rents - (a) Every customer shall pay the applicable rates and rents enumerated ir Schedule "B" of this bylaw. - (b) Every customer shall pay the rates set out in Schedule "B" three times yearly; provided that in case of a new application for water service other than metered service, or an application for resumption of service, the applicant shall be allowed a reduction in rates for the then current year based on the part of such billing period which has expired at the date of application. ## 14. Right to Substitute a Meter Service The Superintendent of Public Works shall have the right at any time to substitute a meter service in lieu of an ordinary service to any premises; and when this is done, meter rates will be payable from the time such meter is installed notwithstanding that the customer may have paid in advance for the current year which has not expired, but a rebate of part of such advance payment proportionate to the unexpired part of the current year shall be credited and allowed to the customer on his meter rate account for such meter service. ## 15. Applications Voided - (a) No person shall request a hook-up after a period of one year after the date of an application for a water connection. - (b) The Superintendent of Public Works may, upon receipt of a written request, extend the deadline in Subsection (a) of this Section. ## 16 Service Pipes Shut Off for Five Years Deemed to be Discontinued Where a service pipe remains shut off for a period of five years, the service pipe shall be deemed to be discontinued. ## RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CUSTOMER ## 17. Works to be Supervised No person shall do any work connected with the water service, including the laying of new services and the repair of old services, upon or under any street, lane or statutory Right-of-Way without the consent and supervision of the appropriate officers and employees of the Village. ## 18. Installation and Maintenance Criteria - (a) All persons shall install all underground pipes not less than 450 mm (18 inches) below the surface of the ground, pipes and fittings where so fitted as to be exposed to frost shall be properly protected. - (b) It shall be the duty of every customer to provide and install a stop and waste cock on each separate branch of his private service pipe. - Every customer shall install only pipes, taps, fittings, fire hydrants, other things connected with his private service pipe that are good and sufficient. ## 19. Services to Water-Operated Machinery - (a) It shall be unlawful for any customer to use any service as motive power for the purpose of operating machinery or domestic apparatus without having the written consent of the Superintendent of Public Works. - (b) The Superintendent of Public Works may withdraw his consent at any time. ## 20. Services to be Metered - (a) No person shall obtain water from a water main by means other than a metered connection for the purpose of serving any commercial or industrial establishment, provided however, that nothing in this Section shall apply to the fighting of fires. - (b) Customers who, by virtue of Subsection (a) hereof, or Subsection (a) of Section 9, were required after January 1, 1995 to install a water meter, shall use a meter supplied by the Village and shall pay the rental rates set out in Schedule "B" hereof. ## 21. Services to be Protected from Frost - (a) All customers shall keep their private service pipes, stop cocks, fire hydrants and other fixtures on their own premises in good order and repair and protected from frost and injury at their own expense. - (b) Every person shall turn off the stop and waste cock on the inside of the property line and leave a tap opened for a vent when a house is vacated. ## 22. Inspection of Premises Every customer under the bylaw shall at all reasonable times allow, suffer and permit the Superintendent of Public Works or any person authorized by him for such purpose, (either generally or in any particular instance), to enter into and upon the premises in respect of which such water is supplied for the purpose of inspecting the same, and the water pipes, connections, fixtures, taps, meters, fire hydrants and any other apparatus used in connection with such water supply. ## 23. No Deduction for Waste Every customer having a meter service shall pay for the full amount of water as registered by each meter, according to the rates applicable to the service, and no deduction shall be allowed on account of any waste of water ## 24. Testing of Meters - (a) The Superintendent of Public Works will, upon written request and the payment of a deposit as set out in Schedule "B" hereto by a customer, test a - The Superintendent of Public Works shall refund the customer the deposit along with any over-charge relating to the period 1 year prior to the test if the test indicates an over-charge in excess of 2%. - (c) In no other circumstance than as set out in Subsection (b) of this Section will the deposit be refunded. - (d) A customer shall be liable for any under-charges for a 1 year period prior to the test if a test reveals an under-charge in excess of 2%. ## 25. Non-Registering Meters : If a meter fails to register or to properly indicate the flow of water, the Superintendent of Public Works shall estimate the consumption and render a bill based on the average previous consumption adjusted to take into account seasonal variations, changes in occupancy, or other factors which, in the opinion of the Superintendent of Public Works, may affect the consumption of water. ## 26. Abatement of Noises and Pressure Surges - (a) No person shall connect or allow to remain connected, or operate an apparatus, fitting, or fixture which will cause noises, pressure surges or other disturbances which may, in the opinion of the Superintendent of Public Works, result in annoyance to other customers, damage to their water system or damage to the Village's water system. - (b) The Superintendent of Public Works may, if any such condition exists, give notice to the customer to correct the fault within 96 hours or such lesser period as may be specified in the notice. - (c) The Superintendent of Public Works may, if the customer fails to comply with such notice within the time specified: - (i) Have the service shut off until the fault has been corrected, or - (iii) have the work done, and any cost incurred may be recovered as a charge under this bylaw. - (ii) take such other action, either on or off the customer's property as he deems appropriate to correct the fault or to reduce the possibility or severity of annoyance or damage, or ## 27. Prevention of Contamination - (a) No customer or person shall connect, cause to be connected, or allow to remain connected, any piping, fixture, fitting, container or appliance in a manner which, under any circumstances, may allow water, waste water, or any harmful liquid or substance to enter the Village's water system. - (b) If a condition is found to exist which, in the opinion of the Superintendent of Public Works is contrary to the provisions of Subsection (a), the Superintendent of Public Works may either: - (i) shut off the service or services, or - (ii) give notice to the customer to correct the fault within 96 hours, or a specified lesser period, and if the customer fails to comply with such notice, the Superintendent of Public Works shall proceed in accordance with Sub-section (i) of this Section. Without prejudicing the aforesaid, the Superintendent of Public Works may allow crossconnection control devices to be installed on the service pipe on Village property. The device and installation is to be approved by the Superintendent of Public Works and installed "at cost", in accordance with Section 36 hereof. The water service pipe shall not be turned on at the curb stop for occupancy use until the private plumbing system has been approved by the Building Inspector and has been inspected for cross-connections. This shall not prohibit the use of a water service for construction purposes for a limited time, provided the Superintendent of Public Works is satisfied that adequate provision is made to prevent backflow into the Village's water system. No new water service for any building, irrigation system, sprinkling system, will be given to a customer unless the Superintendent of Public Works is satisfied that cross-connections do not exist, or unless a permit is obtained at the Village Office for the installation of an approved cross-connection control device. The said device installation must then be inspected and approved the Building Inspector. Where a cross connection control device is required the said device shall be approved by the Superintendent of Public Works. The approval shall be based on the devices conforming to American Water Works Association C506 - 78 and Canadian Standards Association B64 - 1976 or latest revisions thereof, and the successful completion of an Engineer approved one year field evaluation program. All cross-connection control devices are the responsibility of the customer, who must ensure that the devices are in the proper working order. These devices are to be tested by a Certified Tester of Cross-Connection Control Devices, and the test results, including repairs performed, submitted to the Village at regular intervals as directed by the Village. ## 28. Interconnected Service Pipes - (a) The Superintendent of Public Works may require that the water piping within premises served by two or more service pipes for similar uses shall be interconnected. - (b) The customer shall, if the premises are supplied by two or more services and these services are interconnected within the premises, install and maintain check valves of a type approved by the Superintendent of Public Works on all private service pipes in such locations so as to prevent backflow from any private service into the Village's water system. ## 29. Provision for Special Requirements Customers depending on a continuous and uninterrupted supply of water or having processes or equipment that require particularly clear or pure water shall provide such emergency storage, over-size piping, pumps, tanks, filters, pressure regulators, check valves, additional service pipes or other means for a continuous and adequate supply of water suitable to their requirements. ## OPERATION &amp; INSPECTION ## 30. Supervision by Village - (a) No work shall be done by the Village upon the premises of any customer. - (b) The Village shall have the right, by its employees and officers, to supervise all work to be done by the customer in connection with water services; provided, however, that the Village shall not be liable for the manner in which any work is done privately on such premises. ## 31. Turn-off for Illegal Operations - (a) The Superintendent of Public Works shall turn-off service to any parcel of real property being in contravention of any law, bylaw or regulations of: - (i) Canada - (iii) The Corporation of the Village of Ucluelet - (ii) The Province of British Columbia, and regarding safety, health and the use of land, buildings and structures; provided, however, that no such a service shall be turned off until two (2) weeks after the mailing of a notice of the impending turn-off to every person who appears in the Land Titles Office records as registered owner in fee- simple of, or as owner of a registered charge on the real property and such notice, if not given or served personally, shall be sent by certified mail to such person or persons in accordance with Section 466 of the Municipal Act. - (b) Should any person continue to occupy real property after water has been turned off pursuant to Section (a) of this Section, and should any unsanitary condition arise as a result thereof, the person so occupying the real property shall be deemed solely responsible for the creation of such unsanitary condition. ## 32. Sprinkling Restrictions - (a) The Superintendent of Public Works may from time to time impose restrictions on sprinkling or change or revoke such restrictions, and in so doing may make the restrictions applicable at specified times or on specified days and may differentiate between classes of customers or areas of the Village. - (b) The Superintendent of Public Works shall cause to be published notice of such restrictions in a newspaper having circulation in the Village. ## 33. Inspection of Water Pipes and Taps - (a) The Superintendent of Public Works or any other person appointed by Council may make personal inspection of all pipes and taps used for distributing water in any building or premises to check for leaks or defects in such tap or pipes. - (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to make any alterations, additions, extensions or new branches to the existing water service on any premises without first making application to the Village and obtaining a permit - (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to cover up any alteration, addition, extensions or new branches to the existing water service on any premises until same has been inspected by the Superintendent of Public Works ## 34. Operation of Village Waterworks Fittings No person, except the duly authorized agent of the Village shall: - (i) in any way interfere with any hydrant, valve, curb stop or main stop cock, pipe or other waterworks appliances outside of his own premises; nor, - (iii) make any addition or alteration to the water service in the street or road; nor - (ii) interfere in any way with any meter or pipe leading to such meter, whether inside or outside of his premises; nor, - (iv) make any connection with the water mains; nor - (v) turn off or turn on any Village curb stop or main stop cock. ## 35. Use of Fire Hydrants - (a) The Superintendent of Public Works may, upon written application, permit the use of a fire hydrant as a temporary source of water. - (b) The Superintendent of Public Works may, in his discretion, require a water meter to be attached to any fire hydrant being used as a temporary source of water. - (c) An applicant who is required to have a water meter shall pay a $340.00 refundable deposit for the water meter, and further, shall pay the rates set out for metered rates in Schedule "B" of this bylaw; provided however, no : meter rental rate will be charged. - (d) An applicant who is not required to have a water meter shall pay the fee set in Schedule "B". ## 36. Work Done "At Cost" - (a) Any person or customer having work done at cost shall make an advance payment, prior to commencement of the work, the amount of such payment to be estimated by the Superintendent of Public Works. - (b) The Superintendent of Public Works shall, in calculating the cost, include the amount expended by the Village for gross wages and salaries, employee fringe benefits, materials, equipment rentals at rates paid by the Village or set by the Village for its own equipment, or any other expenditures incurred in doing the work, plus administration charges. - (c) The Village shall refund to the customer an amount equal to the amount the estimated cost exceeds the actual cost. - (d) The customer shall be liable for an amount by which the actual cost exceeds the estimated cost. ## 37. Unpaid Billings - (a) Any charges authorized by this By-law, which remain unpaid on December 31st in the year in which they were imposed, shall form a charge or lien upon the land or real property upon or in respect of which the same is imposed, and the provisions of Sections 435 and 436 of the Municipal Act shall apply to the collection of such charges. - Each provision of this bylaw 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. 39. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this bylaw shall be guilty of an offence punishable as provided in the Offence Act. ## ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 40. "The Corporation of the Village of Ucluelet Water Regulation Bylaw No. 85, 1957" and all amendments thereto is hereby repealed. 41. This bylaw shall take effect in force from the date of its registration with the Inspector of Municipalities. 42. This bylaw may be cited as "cluelet Waterworks and Water Rates Bylaw No. 660, READ A FIRST TIME this 11th day of January, 1995. READ A SECOND TIME this 11th day of January, 1995. READ A THIRD TIME this 26th day of January, 1995. RECONSIDERED AND FINALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED this 9th day of February, 1995. A CERTIFIED A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY of the "Ucluelet Waterworks and Water Rates Bylaw No. 660, 1995" <!-- image --> <!-- image --> allace Mah, B.Sc., P.Admin. Clerk Administrator THE CORPORATE SEAL of the Village of Ucluelet wás hereto affixed in the presence of: Wallace Mah, B.Sc., P.Admin. Clerk Administrator i true copy of By-Law No. 660 registered in the office of the Inspection of Municipalies this 30 las Deputy Inspector of Municipalities <!-- image --> <!-- image --> ## BYLAW No. 660, 1995 ## SCHEDULE "A" ## WATER APPLICATION following water service for my property located at \_ Lot Block District Lot\_ hereby make application for the Street Address \_ Plan → Clayoquot District Date 1. inch Connection 2. Permanent disconnection ## Service Requested - Temporary disconnection - (anticipated dates of disconnection \_19\_ to \_ 19\_ I enclose water connection fee in the amount of $ \_ for the above service I hereby agree to abide by all applicable by-laws and amendments thereto as may be in effect from time to time relating to the water facility, services and user fees. I hereby agree that I will complete the water service connection on my property subject to the regulations in force as mentioned in the "Ucluelet Waterworks and Water Rates Bylaw No. 660, 1995". Personal information collected on this form is collected for the purpose of processing this application and for administration and enforcement. The personal information is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act and the Village's bylaws. If you have any questions about this collection, contact the Clerk Administrator, Village of Ucluelet, Box 999, Ucluelet, B.C. VOR 3A0, phone 726-7744. ( Personal information or business information submitted on this from are not considered to be supplied in confidence. Signature of owner/agent Approved by: Superintendent of Public Works ## BYLAW No. 660, 1995 SCHEDULE "B" ## WATER CHARGES AND FEES ## I. CONNECTION FEES 3/4'- 2" 21/2"+ - $550 plus cost of meter, pavement and sidewalk cut repair - $700 plus cost cost of meter, pavement and sidewalk cu - repairs. ## II. USER FEES - MONTHLY | Description | Jan1/95 | Jan1/96 | |--------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------| | Bed & Breakfast, Boarding, Lodging & Rooming Houses | 8.20 | 8.60 | | plus, per room over 2 while operating | 2.25 | 2.35 | | Clubs | 11.30 | 11.90 | | Dwelling Unit (single family, duplex unit apartment, suites) | 8.20 | 8.60 | | Garages & Service Stations | 12.60 | 13.25 | | Hotels, Motels | 8.20 | 8.60 | | plus, per room for let | 4.00 | 4.20 | | plus, per month with pool | 30.00 | 31.50 | | Marine Service Stations & Laundromats | 30.70 | 32.25 | | Mobile Home Park, per pad (occupied or not) | 8.20 | 8.60 | | Restaurants, Cafes, Dining Rooms, | | | | Lounges, Beer Parlours, Pubs, up to 60 seats | 25.50 | 26.75 | | over 60 seats | 30.70 | 32.25 | | Retail Bothers not asined herfices | | | | | 12.60 | 13.25 | | Schools | 8.20 | 8.60 | | plus, per classroom | 8.20 | 8.60 | · ## III. METERED RATES Jan 1/95 | NM | |------| | mm | | MM | Jan 1/96 | Service Size | Minimum Monthly Rate | Water Volume Allotment | |----------------|------------------------|--------------------------| | 1.9 cm (¾") | 11.50 | 10m? | | 2.54 cm (1") | 16.75 | 10 m | | 3.81 cm (1½") | 32.50 | 10 m° | | 5.08 cm (2'") | 43.00 | 10m° | | 7.62 cm (3") | 53.50 | 10m° | | 10.16 cm (4") | 90.25 | 10 m | When monthly allotment is exceeded charges shall be: 33 per m? ## IV. MISCELLANEOUS FEES | Inaccessibility of Meters (section 7) | $50.00 per month | |---------------------------------------------|--------------------| | Non - Emergency Service Call, after hours | $200.00 | | Disconnection, temporary (at property line) | $150.00 | | Disconnection, permanent (at water main) | $300.00 | | For each turn on of water service | $50.00 | | Deposit for testing a meter (section 24) | $150.00 | | Fire Hydrant Use (Nonmetered), First day | $200.00 | | additional day or part | $ 70.00 |