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THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF WHITE ROCK
BYLAW 1739
A Bylaw to establish drainage utility fees
CONSOLIDATED FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY
Disclaimer: This Bylaw is a consolidation of the bylaws amending "White Rock Drainage
Utility User Fee Bylaw, 2004, No. 1739." Efforts are made to ensure that this consolidation
is current however accuracy and completeness cannot be guaranteed. Original bylaws
should be consulted for all interpretations and applications of the bylaw regarding this
subject.
Consolidated as of January, 2026
TABLE OF CONSOLIDATION
Bylaw No.
Date of Adoption
Amendment No.
Purpose of Amendment
1810
May 7, 2007
1
Amends Schedule "A"
1841
May 5, 2008
2
Amends Schedule "A"
1867
May 4, 2009
3
Amends Schedule "A"
1886
May 3, 2010
4
Amends Schedule "A"
1940
May 9, 2011
5
Amends Schedule "A"
2022
May 13, 2013
6
Amends Schedule "A"
2049
April 28, 2014
7
Amends Schedule "A"
2081
May 11, 2015
8
Amends Schedule "A"
2138
April 25, 2016
9
Replaces Schedule "A"
2194
May 8, 2017
10
Revised definitions and
Replacement Schedule "A"
2244
April 23, 2018
11
Replacement of Schedule "A"
2294
May 13, 2019
12
Replacement of Schedule "A"
2326
March 9, 2020
13
Replacement of Schedule "A"
2381
May 10, 2021
14
Replacement of Schedule "A"
2424
May 12, 2022
15
Replacement of Schedule "A"
2463
May 1,2023
16
Replacement of Schedule "A"
2487
January 15, 2024
17
Replacement of Schedule "A"
2526
January 27, 2025
18
Replacement of Schedule "A"
2560
January 12, 2026
19
Replacement of Schedule "A"
Consolidated Version - White Rock Drainage Utility User Fee Bylaw, 2004, No. 1739
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WHEREAS The Corporation of the City of White Rock (the "City") operates and maintains a
drainage utility; and
WHEREAS the Council of the City wishes to establish fees for various classes of users of the
drainage, and exceptions for others having regard to areas, conditions and circumstances.
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the City, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows:
1.
This bylaw may be cited as "White Rock Drainage Utility User Fee Bylaw, 2004,
No. 1739.
Definitions
2.
For the purpose of this bylaw
(a)
"Annual user fee" means a drainage utility user fee covering the period from
January 1st to December 31st in each calendar year, or any portion thereof;
(b)
"Institutional User" includes a drainage utility user operating a hospital, public
school or church on its property;
(c)
"Owner means:
(i)
the registered owner of a property, and includes each owner of a separate
residential or commercial unit having its own registered title in the Land
Title Office; and
(ii)
in the case of a multi-unit building that has not been stratified, means the
registered owner of the property upon which the multiple units are situate;
and
(d)
"Property" includes a parcel of land that is registered in the Land Title Office and,
for each Land Zoning category of multi-unit residential or commercial property
includes each separate residential or commercial unit on a property.
(e)
"Civic Property" includes properties owned by the City of White Rock.
(added by 2194)
3.
The provisions of this bylaw do not apply to that geographic area of the City outlined in
bold on Schedule "B".
4.
A Civic Property or Institutional User is exempted from the provisions of this bylaw.
An Institutional User is exempted from the provisions of this bylaw.(updated by Bylaw
2194)
5.
For the purposes of this bylaw the classes of users of the drainage utility that are described
in column two of Schedule "A" are hereby created. The "Land Zoning" heading of column
two refers to the short-form description of the zoning of land as determined by "White
Rock Zoning Bylaw, 2012, No. 2000".
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Page 3 of 5
6.
(a) Subject to Sections 3 and 4, each owner of a property within the geographical
boundaries of the City is deemed to be a user of the City's drainage utility.
(b) Each owner using the City's drainage utility must pay an annual user fee that is
calculated by using the formula set out in Schedule "A".
(c) A user fee is payable by the property tax due date for the City in each year. Any user
fee plus applicable interest and penalties that has not been paid by the end of the
calendar year for which it was charged is deemed to be taxes in arrears and may be
collected in accordance with Division 14 of Part 7 of the Community Charter, S.B.C.
2003 c.26.
(d) An annual user fee will not be pro-rated if a person becomes an owner of a newly titled
unit and liable to payment of same if the year in which the fee is payable has
commenced. The whole of the fee must be paid by the owner of that unit.
RECEIVED FIRST READING on the
13th day of
April, 2004
RECEIVED SECOND READING on the
13th day of
April, 2004
RECEIVED THIRD READING on the
13th day of
April, 2004
RECONSIDERED AND FINALLY ADOPTED on the
26th day of
April 2004
___________________________________
MAYOR
___________________________________
CITY CLERK
Consolidated Version - White Rock Drainage Utility User Fee Bylaw, 2004, No. 1739
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1Schedule "A"
Drainage Utility Fees
A fee is based upon parcel size, a runoff factor calculated for each Land Zoning and a city-wide
annual rate.
A fee is calculated as follows:
A x R x rate = drainage utility fee (but subject to the minimum fee)
Where:
A is
- the gross area of a parcel* (square metres) and,
R is
- the runoff factor established for a parcel based on the following land use zoning:
R
Land Zoning**
0.25
RE-1, RE-2, and RS-1 parcels with an area equal to
or greater than 2,000 square metres
0.45
RS-4, RE-3, RT-1, RT-2, CD-7, CD-24, CD-65,
CD-66 and RS-1 parcels with an area less than 2,000
square metres
0.60
RS-2, CD-10, CD-26, CD-51, CD-59
0.65
RS-3, RI-1, RI-2, RM-1, CD-9, CD-25, CD-27,
CD-28, CD-30, CD-31, CD-32, CD-35, CD-39,
CD-40, CD-41, CD-62
0.70
RM-2, CD-11, CD-13, CD-15, CD-21, CD-34
0.75
RM-3, RM-4, CD-4, CD-5
0.80
P-3
0.90
P-1, P-2, P-4, CR-3, CR-4, CD-3, CD-6, CD-8, CD-
14, CD-18, CD-19, CD-20, CD-36, CD-46,CD-48,
CD-54, CD-56, CD-57
0.95
CR-1, CR-2, CR-5, CR-6, CD-2, CD-16, CD-17,
CD-23, CD-29, CD-58, CD-61, CD-64
"Rate" is - the annual charge established by the Council of the City, being $2.0520 per square
meter of parcel area.
The minimum drainage utility fee for any property is $65.80.
* If a parcel has been subdivided into strata units to accommodate residential or commercial uses
each unit created will be charged an equal share of the user fee calculated for that parcel.
e.g. A parcel has been developed to create 10 strata units. Each unit owner pays 1/10 of the
Fee calculated for the parcel.
** Land Zoning for the purposes of drainage runoff factor (R) is based on zoning before the Small
Scale Multi Unit housing changes. E.g. RS-1, RT-1 & RT-2 are now RS-1 SSMUH
Residential Zone.
1 Replaced by Bylaw No. 2194/ 2244/ 2236/ 2381/ 2424/ 2463/ 2487/ 2526/ 2560
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Schedule "B"