Vanderhoof, British Columbia
· No. 1207
· adopted 2019-07-22
· summary & facts
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DISTRICT OF VANDERHOOF
BYLAW 1207, 2019
CONSOLIDATED VERSION
(Includes amendment as of July 14, 2025)
This is a consolidated copy to be used for convenience only. Users are asked to refer to the Sewer Rates
Regulation Bylaw as amended from time to time to verify accuracy and completeness.
Amending Bylaw
Summary of Amendments
Adoption
1219
Add section 5.2
January 27, 2020
1289
Delete and replace section 5.2
Add section 5.3
July 14, 2025
1303
Delete section 5.1 in its entirety
Renumber the remainder of section 5
June 8, 2026
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Bylaw No. 1207, 2019
Sewer Rates Regulation
A Bylaw to regulate the rates, conditions, and terms in respect of the District of Vanderhoof Sewerage
System.
The Council of the District of Vanderhoof, in open meeting assembled, hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1 - Citation
1.1 This Bylaw may be cited as the District of Vanderhoof Sewer Rates Regulation Bylaw No. 1207, 2019.
Section 2 - Definitions
2.1 In this Bylaw:
Authorized Personnel means the District of Vanderhoof Superintendent of Operations or designate.
Consumer Price Index means a measure that examines the weighted average of prices of a basket of
consumer goods and services. It is calculated by taking price changes for items in the predetermined
basket of goods and averaging them.
District means the District of Vanderhoof.
Sewer System means the entire sewerage works system of the District of Vanderhoof.
Section 3 - Regulations
3.1 No person shall interfere or obstruct in any manner with any sewer main, service pipe or fitting
connected with or pertaining to the sewer system of the District.
3.2 A separate service shall be installed for every establishment situated on or partly on any real
property abutting on a highway and no such establishment shall be supplied by more than one
service pipe.
Section 4 - Fees and Charges
4.1 The owner of each and every parcel of real property upon which there is now or hereafter may be
situated one or more of the establishments described in Schedule "A", shall in respect of each
establishment pay or cause to be paid to the District for the use of water supplied by the District to
or for such establishment or establishments the following sum(s) identified in Schedule "A".
4.2 Any premises housing a multiple use, as identified in Schedule "A", shall be charged for each use.
4.3 The fees imposed are due and payable in full on the date specified by the District.
4.4 The fees imposed for services provided under this bylaw may be collected in the same manner and
with the same remedies as property taxes on the premises in respect of which they are imposed
and, if unpaid on December 31st of the year in which they are imposed, due and payable on that
date, shall be deemed to be taxes in arrears.
4.5 The due date of the annual billing will be noted on the invoice. Any payment received after the
noted due date will be subject to a ten percent (10%) late payment charge.
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4.6 Annual billing will be increased by a minimum of CPI annually.
4.7 Vanderhoof residents, aged 65 years or older, will pay eighty-five percent (85%) of the normal
residential rate as stated in Schedule "A" of this Bylaw.
4.8 There will be no pro-rating of annual fees, except upon opening a new account.
Section 5 amended by Bylaws 1219, 1289, 1303
Section 5 - Sewage Disposal Rate/Third Party Dumping
5.1 The charge for sewage dumping/third party dumping in municipal lagoons shall be $5.50 per cubic
metre.
5.2 The minimum charge for a load of sewage dumping/third party dumping into the municipal lagoons
shall be set at $75.00 per load.
5.1 The charge for sewage dumping/third party dumping into the municipal receiving station shall be set
at $20.00 per cubic metre.
5.2 Where truck-hauled sewage is not metered, the charge will be $20 per cubic metre for the full
capacity of the truck.
Section 6 - Repeal
6.1 The District of Vanderhoof Sewer Rates Regulation Amendment Bylaw No. 1113, 2012 and the
Corporation of the Village of Vanderhoof Sewer Rates Bylaw No. 126, 1953 are repealed in their
entirety.
READ A FIRST TIME THIS
8th DAY OF July, 2019.
READ A SECOND TIME THIS
8th DAY OF July, 2019.
READ A THIRD TIME THIS
8th DAY OF July, 2019.
ADOPTED THIS
22nd DAY OF July, 2019.
Original signed
Original signed
MAYOR
CORPORATE OFFICER
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Schedule "A"
Sewer Services Rates
A) Residential
Each single family residential unit
$186.00 per annum
B) Café, Restaurant, Grocery
Each café, restaurant, beer parlor, pub,
club, lounge, florist, meat or grocery
store, pharmacy or fitness centre
$301.00 per annum
C) Garage
Each garage, service station, tire store
or body shop
$223.00 per annum
D) Hotel or Motel
Each hotel or motel room
$51.00 per annum
E) School
Per classroom
$233.00 per annum
F) Retail Store, Offices
Each theatre, warehouse, welding shop,
bus depot, RCMP detachment, church,
railway station, retail store; however
retail stores and offices not mentioned
in (a) to (e) above that share a common
corridor, shall pay ½ the per annum
rate.
$186.00 per annum
G) Laundry
Each laundromat
$927.00 per annum
H) Recreation, Beauty Shop
Each bowling alley, pool hall, barber
shop or beauty parlour
$278.00 per annum
I) Apartments
Each residential unit
$106.00 per annum
J) Car Washes
Each independent car wash
$927.00 per annum
K) Hospital
Each saw mill and pellet mill
$3,756.00 per annum