Williams Lake, British Columbia
· adopted 2020-01-14
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CITY OF WILLIAMS LAKE
BYLAW NO. 2323
BEING A BYLAW OF THE CITY OF WILLIAMS LAKE TO IMPOSE A PARCEL TAX ON
OWNERS OF LAND CAPABLE OF BEING CONNECTED TO THE SEWER SYSTEM.
WHEREAS Section 200 of the Community Charter provides Council with the authority to
impose a parcel tax to provide all or part of the funding of a service.
AND WHEREAS the Council of the City of Williams Lake has established
a Sewer System;
ANDWHEREAS the Council of the City of Williams Lake has to pay for the improvements
to the System;
AND WHEREAS the Council ofthe City of Williams Lake deems itnecessary
to recover a
portion of these costs through a parcel tax;
NOW THEREFORE the City of Williams Lake, in open meeting assembled,
hereby enacts
as follows:
Title:
1.
That this Bylaw may be cited as the "Cityof Williams Lake Sewer Parcel Tax Bylaw
No. 2323, 2020";
Repeal:
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Definitions:
3.
(a)
"Parcel"
means any lot, block or other area in which real property is held or
into which it can be subdivided.
(b)
"Group of Parcels"
means two or more parcels which have been assessed
as a group of parcels under the Assessment
Act.
(c)
"Undevelopable
Land" is land that is Certified by a Geotechnical Engineer
to be undevelopable
for any purpose.
(d)
"Regular"
refers to all properties excluding Undevelopable
Land.
Imposition
of Parcel Tax:
4.
There shall be two classes
of property that are assessable
under this Bylaw,
namely:
(a)
Class 1
-- Regular
(b)
Class 2
-- Undevelopable
The annual tax shall be as per Schedule A of this Bylaw.
The parcel tax imposed on each parcel of land shall be shown by the Collector on
the real property tax roll and payment of the Parcel Tax shall be made in the same
manner on or before the same dates as the real property tax. Collection of parcel
taxes shall be subject to the same rights and remedies
as real property taxes.
Should conditions change and a Class 2 (Undevelopable) property be subsequently
certified by a Geotechnical
Engineer to Regular (Class 1) then there shall be a
charge equal to the difference in all payments that would have been made had the
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NO. 2323
8.
No Parcel Tax shall be imposed under this Bylaw after December
31, 2031.
9.
The parcel taxes collected shall be reserved and used to pay for the improvements
to the Water and Sewer Systems only.
10.
This Bylaw shall come into force and take effect on January
1, 2022.
READ A FIRST TIME THIS
17th
DAY OF
December
, 2019.
READ A SECOND TIME THIS
17th
DAY OF
December
, 2019.
READ A THIRD TIME THIS
17th
DAY OF
December
, 2019.
RECONSIDERED AND ADOPTED THIS
14th
DAY OF
January
, 2020.
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AlCORPORATE
OFFICER
I, RENA SCHILL.ACTING CORPORATE
OFFICER FOR THE
CITY OF WILLIAMS LAKE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THIS TO
BE SCHEDULE "A"TO BYLAW NO. 2323.
ACTING CORPORATE OFFICER
BYLAW NO. 2323
CITY OF WILLIAMS LAKE
SEWER PARCEL TAX
SCHEDULE "A"
The annual tax imposed by this Bylaw shall be:
Class 1
- Regular
$40.00
Class 2
-- Undevelopable
$00.00