Waterworks Bylaw No. 1972, 2005

Williams Lake, British Columbia · adopted 2005-09-20

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CONSOLIDATED VERSION OF WATERWORKS BYLAW BYLAW NO. 1972, 2005 & SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS THERETO (For convenience only) (CONSOLIDATED FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY) A BYLAW TO PROVIDE FOR REGULATIONS & RATES FOR THE SUPPLY OF WATER WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY BYLAW NUMBER 1972, 2005 CITY OF WILLIAMS LAKE BYLAW NO. 1972 BEING A BYLAW OF THE CITY OF WILLIAMS LAKE TO PROVIDE FOR REGULATIONS GOVERNING RATES AND TERMS UNDER OR UPON WHICH WATER MAY BE SUPPLIED AND USED WITHIN THE CITY OF WILLIAMS LAKE. WHEREAS Section 194 of the Community Charter provides that Council operating and maintaining a municipal utility, may by bylaw, fix the rate and terms which water facilities may be supplied and used; WHEREAS the Council of the City of Williams Lake has passed, on the 20th day of April, 1982, Bylaw No. 854 cited as the "Williams Lake Water Works Management Bylaw No. 854, 1981"; WHEREAS the Council of the City of Williams Lake has passed, on the 1st day of January, 2003, an amendment to Bylaw 854 cited as Bylaw No. 1902; WHEREAS the Council of the City of Williams Lake has passed, on the 27th day of May, 2003, a further amendment to Bylaw 854 cited as Bylaw No. 1915; WHEREAS the Drinking Water Protection Act [S.B.C. 2001, c 9] requires that water utilities assume liability for the provision and supply of potable water; and WHEREAS the Council of the City of Williams Lake now deems it expedient to repeal Bylaw No. 854, 1981 and any amendments thereto; NOW THEREFORE the Council of the City of Williams Lake, in open meeting assembled, hereby enacts as follows: BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 2 PART 1 - Short Title 1. That this Bylaw be cited for all purposes as the City of Williams Lake Waterworks Bylaw No. 1972, 2005 PART 2 - Definitions 1. For the purposes of this Bylaw: "Approved Backflow Prevention Assembly" means an assembly that has been approved in accordance with the current British Columbia Plumbing Code and the City, for preventing backflow; "Authorized Agent" means a Person, Firm or Corporation representing the City of Williams Lake by written consent; "Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester" means an individual who is certified by the Province of British Columbia and approved by the City, to approve backflow prevention assemblies; "Backflow" means the flow of water or other fluids in the direction opposite to normal flow; "Building Inspector" means the person, appointed by Council from time to time, to act in the capacity of the Building Inspector; "Bulk Water" means any large amount of unmetered water being withdrawn from the City's Water Distribution system from a source other than that which is meant as a service to a property or dwelling; "City" means the Municipal Area comprised within the boundaries of the City of Williams Lake, or the City of Williams Lake, as the context may require; "Collector" means the person, appointed by Council from time to time, to act in the capacity of the Collector as provided under Section 154 of the Community Charter; "Commercial User" means any user other than a residential user; "Community Charter" means the Community Charter, S.B.C. 2003; BL2142 (21/2/12) BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 3 "Consumer" means any person who is the owner or agent for the owner of any premises to which water is supplied from the works, and also any person who is the occupier of any such premises, and also any person who is actually a user of water supplied to any premises or by any service from the works; "Contaminant" means any physical, chemical, biological or radiological substance or matter in water which may render the water non-potable, according to regulations of the Province of British Columbia; "Council" means the Council of Williams Lake; "Cross-connection" means any physical piping arrangement where a public water supply is directly or indirectly connected to a secondary water source, fixture or device that may contain contaminants, sewage or other waste liquid capable of contaminating the water supply; "Demand Charges" means charges made by the City based on the size of service required to service the normal quantity of water for a metered rate; "Demand charges" (Fire Protection) means charges made by the City based on the difference between the size of the service required for fire protection purposes and the size of service required to supply the normal quantity of water for a metered rate; "Director" means the person appointed by the Council as Director of Municipal Services, as well as any person designated to assist him or her in the enforcement of municipal bylaws; "Drinking Water Protection Act" means the Drinking Water Protection Act, S.B.C. 2001; "dwelling unit" means one self-contained unit designed for year-round occupancy by one (1) Family, and the principal use of such dwelling is residential, with complete living facilities for one (1) or more persons, and containing only one (1) complete set of cooking facilities; "flat rate" (commercial) means the rate charged for unmetered water use for industrial, commercial, civic and institutional water use; BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 4 "flat rate" (residential) means the rate charged for unmetered residential water use; "Large Industrial Consumer" means an industrial consumer requiring water service in excess of 40 million Imperial gallons of water per year; "Large Industrial Tariff #1 - Water" means a tariff available to any industrial consumer of water within the City, that demonstrates to the satisfaction of the City the probable consumption in excess of 40 million Imperial Gallons, but less than 125 million Imperial gallons of water per year; "Large Industrial Tariff #2 - Water" means a tariff available to any industrial consumer of water within the City, that demonstrates to the satisfaction of the City the probable consumption in excess of 125 million Imperial gallons of water per year; "Local Government Act" means the Local Government Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c 323, as amended and the regulations made thereunder; "media" means any publication or periodical that contains items of news and advertising and is distributed at least once weekly in the City, or any radio or television broadcast with coverage in the City; "metered rate" means the rate charged for metered water use; "meters" means meters and all equipment and instruments supplied and used by the City and authorized by the City to be used to calculate the amount of water consumed on the premises upon which such meters are situated; "mobile home" means the same as a dwelling unit; "multiple family dwelling unit" means buildings containing more than one dwelling unit. "outdoor cleaning" means any and all use of running water for the purpose of outdoor cleaning of surfaces and structures, including, without limitation, the washing or rinsing of driveways, vehicles, sidewalks, patios and buildings; BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 5 "Person" means an individual, a corporation, proprietorship, business, society or group maintaining control over a property; "rate" and "rates" means the price or sum of money to be paid by any consumer either for the given quantity of water supplied to him as measured by a meter or to be paid for a service to his premises for a stated period of time; "Sani-station" means a location provided by the City of Williams Lake that is used by recreational users only to discharge their waste material from a recreation vehicle into the City's Sanitary Sewer Collection System and refill their recreational vehicles with potable water; "Secondary Suite" means an owner occupied single family dwelling zoned either R-1 or R-8 with a maximum size of 970 square feet or 40 percent of the total floor area of the building. "service" means and includes the supply of water from the works to any person, and all the taps, valves, meters, connection and other things necessary to and actually used for the purposes of such supply; "water" means water supplied by the City's water distribution system; and "works" means the water works of the City. PART 3 - Water Works Authority 1. Where applicable, the provisions of the "Health Act" and "Drinking Water Protection Act" and any other provincial statute shall apply. 2. The provisions of this Bylaw apply to all areas within the municipal boundaries that are currently connected to the water system, or will be connected to the water system in the future. BL2131 (3/5/11) BL2142 (21/2/12) BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 6 3. The provisions of this Bylaw apply to the areas outside the municipal boundaries for water services which were connected to the water supply system at the time this Bylaw came into force and effect, and further applies to additional areas for water service which may be formed in the future, provided that any agreements covering the capital costs and establishing future areas for water service shall specifically adopt the provisions of this Bylaw. 4. All works and lands which form part of the various water systems of the City, including any valves, meters or other elements of the water system, whether on public streets or roads, or other properties or easements belonging to the City whether enclosed or unenclosed, are the property of the City and any unauthorized person or persons trespassing or tampering in any manner whatsoever are guilty of a breach of this Bylaw. 5. Testing and maintenance of potable water quality shall be done in accordance with the provisions of the Drinking Water Protection Act, and the City shall assume responsibility for the care and upkeep of all works and lands forming part of the water system. PART 3.1 - Authority of the Director 1. Council may from time to time appoint a Director to supervise the water works department of the City of Williams Lake, among whose duties it shall be to see that the provisions of this Bylaw are enforced and carried out. 2. The Director shall have power, subject to the consent of the Council, to employ assistants and inspectors as he shall deem necessary for the purpose of effectually carrying out the provisions of this Bylaw, and whenever the Director is authorized or directed to perform any act or duty under this Bylaw, that act or duty may be performed by any inspector or employee authorized by the Director to perform that act or duty. BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 7 3. The Director is hereby authorized and directed to have a general supervision over the installation, construction and maintenance of all water works in the City, and it shall be his duty to see that all water works are installed, constructed and maintained in a condition that they will not cause damage to life or property. 4. Before any person shall install or construct any water works, or shall commence doing any construction work in relation to or in connection with the same, he shall notify the Director in writing. If required by the Director he shall furnish a plan and specification which shall show: a. the purpose for which the water works are to be used; b. the size of pipes and the number of outlets in connection with the installation or connection; c. a description of the material which the applicant proposes to use in connection with the installation or construction; and d. the street, lot, block and registered plan number of the property or building in which the installation or construction is to be made or carried out. 5. For the purposes of inspecting the water works, the Director shall cause any obstruction, matter or thing which may interfere with the inspection to be removed, and no person shall interfere with or prevent the Director from removing any obstruction, matter or thing which may interfere with or prevent his making a thorough inspection of any water works. 6. Immediately after the completion of any water works or part thereof, and before the work or any part thereof has been covered or concealed, the Director shall be notified that the work is ready for inspection. The notice shall request the Director to inspect such work within two (2) days thereafter (not including Saturdays, Sundays or Public Holidays). BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 8 7. No person shall obstruct or prevent the Director or any person duly authorized by him from carrying out any or all of the provisions of this Bylaw, nor shall any person refuse to grant the Director, or any person duly authorized by him, permission to inspect any water works at any reasonable time. 8. The Director shall have authority to suspend, regulate or stop the supply of water to any or all consumers for purposes of water conservation or whenever, in the opinion of the Director, public interest may require it. If an action is taken, written notice shall be provided forthwith to Council stating the reasons for the action. PART 4 - Prohibitions 1. No person may, without written authorization from the Director and subject to the provisions of this Bylaw: a. make or maintain any connection to, or use water from the waterworks; b. tamper with, alter, remove, destroy, damage, deface or in any way interfere with the waterworks; c. introduce to, or allow to be introduced to the waterworks, any contaminant; d. perform any work whatsoever on any component of the Waterworks, except as an authorized employee, agent or contractor of the City; e. connect to the Waterworks in any manner or in any way access or take water from the water main or any fixture or property of the Water works; f. connect, cause to be connected or allow to remain connected any pump, booster or other device that has the effect of increasing water pressure in service lines to a higher pressure than the normal water pressure in the said service lines; g. connect, cause to be connected or allow to remain connected any piping, fixture, fitting, container, meter, appliance or cross-connection in a manner or in circumstances that could cause or allow any part of the waterworks to become contaminated; BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 9 h. sell or dispose of any water, or permit to be carried away, or use water or allow it to be used on a lot other than that for which the service connection has been provided; or i. open any hydrant, stand-pipe, stop-cock or valve or use any water from it. 2. No person shall interconnect any portion of works on private property which are supplied by the City with an external source of water, such as a well, except with written permission from the Director. Wherever works on private property which are supplied by the City are connected to a body of contaminated water, such as a swimming pool, in such a way that, if a reverse flow were to be induced, a health hazard could result, the owner of the property shall install and maintain a back-flow preventer on every such potentially dangerous cross-connection to the approval of the Director. 3. No device designed to introduce another substance into the water in the connection between the building and the water supply main shall be installed without written permission of the Director who, in consultation with the health inspector, shall ensure that the device is designed and installed so that such substances cannot be introduced into the City's works. 4. No person shall use water for any purpose other than as stipulated in the terms of service, except by written permission of the City, which shall state the purpose, time of use and quantity of water to be used and any additional charges, if any, and any special works required to be altered or installed. PART 5 - Water Supply and Pressure 1. If the water supply fails, whether from natural causes, routine maintenance or accident, the City shall not be liable for damage by reason of that failure, whether the failure arises from the negligence of any person in the employment of the City, or from any other cause whatsoever, nor shall the City be liable in any event for damages to person or property, arising, accruing, or resulting from the use of water supplied as per the terms and conditions of this Bylaw. BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 10 2. The City does not guarantee the pressure of the water supply system, or accept responsibility for the maintenance of pressure in its water mains, or for increases or decreases in pressure. The City reserves the right at any and all times, without notice, to change the operating water pressure and to shut off water for the purposes of making repairs, extensions, alterations, or improvements to the system. 3. Consumers depending upon a continuous and uninterrupted supply or pressure of water, or who have processes or equipment that require particularly clean and/or pure water, shall provide facilities as they consider necessary to ensure a continuous and uninterrupted supply, pressure and/or quality of water required for their use at their own expense. PART 6 - Water Service Connections 1. Applications for water service shall be made in writing upon the form provided for that purpose and no water connection or change in service will be made until the application and agreement contained therein have been completed, executed, and approved and the required deposit has been paid to the Collector. 2. Upon receipt of an application for a connection, and where the water service is already in place to the consumers property line, the City is entitled to, and demands from the applicant in advance, the fee as set out in Schedule B, attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw. 3. Upon receipt of an application, the City will estimate the costs and upon agreement to bear such costs and advance payment, tap the main and lay a service pipe to the nearest boundary of the applicant's property. For such connection, the City is entitled to demand and receive from the applicant, in advance, the fees as outlined in Schedule A, attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw. BL2409 (27/08/24) BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 11 4. Application for water service that has been made in accordance with this Bylaw may be withdrawn and the applicant shall be entitled to: a. full return of monies paid at the time of service application, if City has not purchased the labour, equipment, and materials and has not started the service connection work; or b. if City has purchased the labour, equipment, and materials and/or has started the service connection work, the monies paid at the time of service application, less the costs and fees as outlined in Schedule A, already incurred prior to application withdrawal and the cost of returning disrupted surfaces, if any, to pre-work condition. 5. The City shall in every case determine the location and size of the service pipe to be used, having first given due consideration to any specific request. 6. Where a specific size of water service has been requested and where the City can not readily supply that service, the applicant shall have the option to: a. Accept the size of water service as determined by the Director: b. Pay in advance the appropriate cost of upgrading the City's mains to meet the requested specifications, according to the fee as set out in Schedule A, attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw; or c. Accept a full return of monies paid at the time of service application. 7. No person, except the duly authorized agent of the City, may tap or make any connections with the City mains unless written authorization is given in advance by the Director. 8. No person may use the water for purposes other than those for which the original application for water was made. 9. When any residential or commercial water service is abandoned, it shall be sealed off by an authorized agent of the City, and for that service the City is BL2409 (27/08/24) BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 12 entitled to demand and receive the fee as outlined in Schedule A, attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw. 10. Unless the Director otherwise approves, there shall not be more than one water service to any one building or one site, however, where there are two or more residential buildings or dwelling units supplied by one water service, each residential building or dwelling unit shall be considered to be a separate service. PART 6.1 - Temporary Service 1. Every person requiring the installation of a Temporary Service Connection from a Parcel to the City Waterworks must first make application for and obtain a building permit, and pay the fee set out in Schedule B, attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw. 2. Every Temporary Service Connection must be approved by the Director and shall be installed by a duly authorized agent of the City subject to the following provisions: a. The pipe must be of a size, type, length and capacity as approved by the Director; b. The Director shall determine the location of the water main and where the service must be connected to the water main; c. The owner shall be responsible for maintenance of the pipe from the point of connection at property line, to the premises which it services; d. The Director may refuse a Temporary Service Connection if, in the opinion of the Director, the connection would have a detrimental effect on the City's waterworks. 3. Prior to use of water for construction purposes the Owner must ensure adequate protection be made to prevent backflow into the City waterworks by installing at minimum an approved double-check valve assembly. The Water service connection shall be turned on only after the City has inspected the service and BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 13 confirmed that the required Backflow Prevention Device has been correctly installed. PART 6.2 - Fire Hydrant Use 1. Fire hydrants may be used in an emergency for fire fighting, and may, with the Director's approval, be used for: a. testing and flushing water mains; b. Emergency potable water supply and c. Pollution or environmental protection activities, including flushing or dilution. 2. No person, except employees or agents of the City in the course of their employment, shall open any hydrant, standpipe or valve or use water there from. PART 6.3 - Water Turn-on and Turn-off 1. There shall be a fee charged for turning a water service on or turning a water service off as set out in Schedule C, attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw. This fee shall be levied and collected by the Collector at the time the application is made in writing on the appropriate form provided for that purpose. 2. The water turn-on/turn-off fee shall not apply to a water service being turned on at the time of service connection, except that, if a request or application is made to leave the water service turned off at the time of connection, then the fee shall be charged when application is made for turning the water service on. 3. Turn-on/turn-off fees may be temporarily or fully waived by order of the Director in emergencies or in cases where it is impractical, or would create undue delay or hardship. If waived temporarily, an application must be submitted as soon as possible and no later than fifteen (15) days after the order of the Director. BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 14 4. No person, except the duly authorized agent of the City, is permitted to turn on or turn off any service pipe stopcock or valve. PART 6.4 - Discontinuation of Service 1. Water service may be discontinued by the City, in accordance with the enabling provisions of the Community Charter, for any of the following reasons: a. By application in writing by the consumer stating the purpose for the disconnection, and the length of time of disconnection. b. By order of the Director or the Building Inspector for repairs or replacement. c. By order of Council for non-payment of fees for water supplied to any consumer provided that the order shall not be made until fifteen (15) days after December 31st of that year. d. By order of Council for any other infractions of the provisions of this bylaw. 2. Where water service is discontinued for non-payment of charges, the service shall not be turned on until payment of all arrears has been made. PART 6.5 - Obligation of Service 1. Nothing in the Bylaw shall obligate the City to supply water to any Parcel where, in the opinion of the Director, the cost of laying Water Mains or Water Service Connections to the property would be prohibitive or create an excessive burden upon the resources of the system. 2. Where the City determines not to provide the supply of water to a Parcel due to cost alone, and sufficient capacity exists to provide service to the property, the owner of the property may, subject to approval by the Director, pay the City for the cost of the installation as per Schedule A, attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw. BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 15 PART 7 - Plumbing Requirements 1. All plumbing connecting the water works system with land and buildings or structures which shall mean all pipes, valves, and other materials extending from the property line to the land to be supplied with water shall: a. be installed and maintained by the owners of the lands or by their agents at their own expenses; b. be installed in accordance with the Williams Lake Building and Plumbing Bylaw; and c. be kept in good repair at all times. 2. The property owner or consumer shall be responsible for the costs of thawing services from the service valve near the property line should the service become frozen. 3. Should the City thaw the service, then the consumer will be billed for the actual costs of` labour, equipment and material incurred by the City for thawing the line. 4. In any case where a boiler, or equipment similar to a boiler, is supplied directly from a service, such boiler or other equipment shall be equipped with at least one safety valve, vacuum valve or other device sufficient to prevent the collapse or explosion thereof in the event the water supply thereto is shut off. PART 7.1 - Cross-Connection and Backflow Prevention 1. No person may 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, gas or substance to enter the City's waterworks. 2. Where the Director determines that there exists an existing connection or cross- connection prohibited by this Bylaw, he may give written notice to the consumer to correct the connection or cross-connection at the expense of the consumer within the time specified in the notice. BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 16 3. A person to whom notice has been given under this section shall correct the connection or cross-connection by installing an approved backflow prevention assembly in accordance with the Accepted Procedures and Practices in Cross Connection Control Manual, most recent edition. 4. Where the Director determines that a connection or cross-connection prohibited by this section places a consumer or any other person at immediate risk, or if the consumer fails to correct the connection or cross-connection as required by this Bylaw, Council may order the disconnection of the supply of water without notice until the connection or cross-connection is corrected. 5. Every consumer shall, upon the installation of an approved backflow prevention assembly and annually thereafter, or more often as required by the Director, arrange for the inspection and testing of the assembly by a certified backflow prevention assembly tester. The results of all inspections and testing shall be submitted to the Director within thirty (30) days of that inspection and testing. 6. All consumers shall permit the Director or appointed officer to enter their premises at all reasonable times in order to carry out inspections and surveys of the premises to determine the existence of connections or cross-connections prohibited by this section. 7. A new Service Connection shall not be turned on at the curb stop until the consumer's water service has been inspected by the Building Inspector for connections and cross-connections prohibited by this section. This shall not prohibit the use of a water service for construction purposes for a limited time, provided the Director is satisfied that adequate provision is made to prevent backflow into the City water system. BL2409 (27/08/24) BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 17 PART 7.2 - Water Meters 1. The City may (whenever it shall be deemed advisable) compel the use of water meters by any person using or consuming water supplied by the City, and may refuse to supply water to any premises whatsoever unless the person requiring water shall first sign an agreement to take, use and pay for that water according to the terms of this Bylaw. 2. When the use of an un-metered water service changes, the City may request, in writing, that the consumer install the appropriate sized meter for the amount of water consumed. 3. An owner of an apartment building containing more than four suites may choose to have the building metered and pay the rates according to Schedule E. Once an apartment building has been metered it cannot be reverted to flat rate. 4. All water meters will be available from the City and the cost and installation of the meter shall be borne by the consumer. 5. The property owner shall be responsible for upkeep and maintenance of all frost- proof chambers for meters within their respective properties. 6. All meters shall be maintained and repaired or replaced by the City, provided however: a. That when the repair or replacement becomes necessary through no fault of the consumer, the repair or replacement will be carried out at the expense of the City. b. When the repair or replacement becomes necessary through the fault of or by negligence of the consumer, such repair or replacement will be carried out at the expense of the owner or consumer. BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 18 7. A consumer, with the approval in writing of the Director, may install at their own risk and expense an additional water meter or meters to register subdivision of the main incoming water supply. Additional meters shall be considered to be private meters and shall be installed on the downstream side of the water meter supplied and installed by the City. The owner shall maintain the additional meters and the readings of the amount of water passing through the meters will not be recognized by the City for billing purposes and no accounts will be rendered by the City in connection therewith. 8. The consumer shall make provisions for the installation of a water meter and remote readout to the satisfaction of the Building Inspector. All valve bypasses shall remain as sealed by the Building Inspector, or other designated municipal employee. 9. The Director or any other authorized person may enter, at any reasonable time, the consumer's premises for the purposes of reading and inspecting water meters, inspecting and ascertaining whether the provisions of this bylaw or any other regulations made hereunder are being duly observed by a consumer entitled to use City water. 10. The Director, with sole discretion, may determine that an existing meter requires a remote reader. The consumer shall, upon receipt of written notice, and within thirty days connect the remote reader in a location approved by the Director. 11. If a meter reading is disputed by either the City or the consumer, written notice shall be given to the other. Following written notice, a meter situated on the premises of the consumer shall be tested or calibrated by a proper official designated by the City. If the meter is found to be accurate within +/- 1.5% of the volume of water passing through it, the expense of the tests or calibrations shall be borne by the party giving such notice. If the meter is inaccurate within the aforesaid limits the meter shall be repaired or replaced by another meter and the expense of doing so shall be borne by the City. BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 19 12. If a meter is inaccurate within the limits of +/- 1.5% of the water passing through it, the accounts based upon the meter readings for the past three (3) consecutive readings immediately preceding the date of the tests or calibrations shall be corrected in proportion to the error. The consumer shall pay or be refunded the amount so determined. The payment or refund shall be accepted by both the City and the consumer as settlement in full, to the date thereof, for all claims on account of the inaccuracy of the meter. 13. If a meter cannot be read, the Collector shall estimate the flow based upon the average of the last three consecutive readings and render an account owing. 14. Where the consumer wants a separately installed metered irrigation system, the line feeding the irrigation system must be a separate service from the municipal main or a branch line from the building service pipe connected in front of the building meter. The meter for the irrigation service must be installed in a separate meter vault. PART 8 - Water Works Charges 1. All rates and charges shall be paid to the City on or before the due date as shown on the invoice. 2. Payments for utilities shall be credited by the Collector in the following order against: a. Utility arrears including penalties; b. Current period water charges; and c. Current period sewer charges. 3. All water supplied or services provided shall be paid for according to the amount set out in Schedules A to K inclusive, attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw. BL2142 (21/2/12) BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 20 4. A consumer who requests the City to read a meter on any day other than the normal meter reading day shall pay in advance the fee as set out in Schedule D, attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw. 5. Failure to receive a water service invoice by mail will not be recognized as a valid excuse for failure to pay rates when due, or make the necessary alterations or repairs as may be required. 6. All invoices for water connections shall commence on the first day of the month following the date of the connection to the water main or when any approved change in service has been affected, provided that a written application has not been made to have the water turned off at the time that the connection is made. 7. When an application to turn-on a water connection is made, invoices shall commence on the first day of the month following the turn-on of water. 8. The amount set out in Schedule H, attached hereto and forming part of this bylaw, shall be paid in addition to the other rates and charges for all water supplied to consumers who have an increased size of service for fire protection purposes. PART 8.1 - Metered Rate Accounts 1. Except for large industrial customers, all water supplied to metered rate accounts shall be paid for according to the amount set out in Schedule E, attached hereto and forming part of this bylaw. 2. Large industrial consumers shall pay a Large Industrial Tariff metered rate amount as set out in Schedule J, attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw. 3. The City shall send invoices covering all metered rate accounts for water used. BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 21 4. The City shall have the option of discontinuing meter readings at any time and charging the consumer at the flat rate as set forth in Schedules F and G, attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw. PART 8.2 - Unmetered Rate Accounts 1. The Director shall have the authority to estimate the service size for billing purposes and to charge the rates assigned in Schedule F and G attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw, where the consumer has not allowed for the installation of a water meter. 2. The City shall send invoices covering all flat rate (commercial) accounts for water used, for the amount set out in Schedule F attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw. 3. The City shall send invoices covering all flat rate (residential) accounts for water used, for the amount set out in Schedule G attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw. PART 8.3 - Bulk Water 1. The Automated Bulk Water Station will be located at the Stampede Grounds, 850 Mackenzie Avenue, next to the City's Sani-station for all bulk water sales. All bulk water sales will be paid for in advance at City Hall when using the Automated Bulk Water Dispensing system. The amount of monies collected for Bulk Water sales will be as per Schedule K of this Bylaw. 2. Where the consumer may require bulk water that they cannot receive from the Bulk Water Station, it is up to the discretion of the Director of Municipal Services to allow the use from another source in the Water Distribution System. All appropriate backflow control measures and flow recording equipment must be in place before doing so. A record of the start and end number of the flow metering device will be the responsibility of the City staff and the consumer will be charged BL2278 (15/05/18) BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 22 after the recording device has been removed at the rates as described in Schedule K of this Bylaw. 3. Any material or equipment required to operate the Bulk Water Station or water withdrawn from a fire hydrant that is given to the consumer by the City of Williams Lake will become the responsibility of the consumer. The consumer is responsible for the care and safe keeping of the backflow/metering device and any costs due to damage to the equipment or surrounding area in the event the device is lost, stolen or vandalized while being used for their purpose. PART 8.4 - Penalties 1. A penalty of ten percent (10%) will be added to the rates as set out in Schedules A to J inclusive, of this Bylaw, if an invoice is not paid on or before the due date as shown on the invoice. 2. Any consumer paying a rate for the use of municipal water shall be liable for water charges unless a notice of discontinuation has been given to the City. Any service supplied for a portion of a month shall be charged as if it were a full month. 3. Any rate or charge as specified in this bylaw that is due and payable by December 31st and unpaid on that date shall be deemed to be taxes in arrears and shall be so entered on the tax roll by the Collector. 4. Where water works are operated and maintained for consumers or localities adjacent to the City, those rates, charges, fees and penalties which remain unpaid after December 31st in any year will be deemed to be taxes in arrears on the property concerned. If unpaid after March 31st of the following year, interest will be applied at eight percent (8%) per annum, accruing as from the first day of January of that year, and the Collector shall promptly forward to the Surveyor of Taxes in whose jurisdiction the real property lies a statement showing the amount of the arrears. The Surveyor shall add the amount to the taxes payable BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 23 on the property, and after that the amount subsequently added according to this section shall be deemed to be provincial taxes, and shall be dealt with in the same manner as taxes against the property under the Taxation (Rural Area) Act. PART 9 - Bylaw Infractions 1. Every person who violates any of the provisions of this Bylaw or who suffers or permits any act or thing to be done in contravention or in violation of any of the provisions of this Bylaw, who neglects to do or refrains from doing anything required to be done by way of the provisions of this Bylaw or does any act which violates any of the provisions of this Bylaw, is guilty of an offence against this bylaw and liable to the penalties hereby imposed. Each day that a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offence. 2. Every person who commits an offence against this Bylaw is liable to a fine and penalty of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each offence, and in default of payment thereof, forthwith or within such time as the presiding provincial court judge or justice of the Peace shall direct, the fine imposed shall be recoverable under the provisions of the Offence Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, Chapter 305 and all amendments hereto. PART 10 - Severability 1. If any portion of this Bylaw is held invalid by a Court of competent jurisdiction, then that invalid portion must be severed and the remainder of this Bylaw must be deemed to have been adopted without the severed portion. BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 24 PART 11 - Adoption 1. This Bylaw shall come into force and take effect upon the date of final adoption by the Council of the City of Williams Lake. READ A FIRST TIME THIS 23rd DAY OF August , 2005 READ A SECOND TIME THIS 23rd DAY OF August , 2005 READ A THIRD TIME THIS 23rd DAY OF August , 2005 RECONSIDERED & ADOPTED THIS 20th DAY OF September , 2005 "original signed by" ___________________________________ MAYOR "original signed by" ____________________________________ CORPORATE OFFICER BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 25 Schedule A Actual cost of labour including all benefits related thereto, equipment and materials and an administration fee of ten percent (10%) of the labour, equipment, and materials, with the estimated cost being deposited with the Collector on application. Where the work involves the disruption of asphalt or other hard road or sidewalk surface, the costs shall include the removal and replacement of that surface. BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 26 Schedule B Connection fee for pre-serviced lot: Size of Service Without Meter 3/4 " 20 mm $402.94 1 " 25 mm $441.84 1 1/2 " 37 mm $546.05 2 " 50 mm $596.08 Water meters may be purchased through the City at City cost plus 10% administration fee. BL2409 (27/08/24) BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 27 Schedule C Water turn-on or water turn-off fee: 1) $50.85 for each water turn-on or turn-off during office hours. 2) All costs associated with water turn-on and turn-offs requested after hours and weekends, will be charged to the consumer. BL2409 (27/08/24) BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 28 Schedule D Special meter reading: $41.29 per meter read. BL2409 (27/08/24) BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 29 Schedule E BL2113 (6/4/10) Metered Rates The monthly metered rates shall be either the sum of the Demand Charge as referred to in Section E.1 and the Commodity Charge as referred to in Section E.2 or the Minimum Charge as referred to in Section E.3, whichever is the greater. E.1 Demand Charge: Commencing January 1, 2025 Size of Service Amount 3/4 " 20 mm $4.62 1 " 25 mm $8.17 1 1/4 " 32 mm $13.27 1 1/2 " 37 mm $18.34 2 " 50 mm $32.62 3 " 75 mm $73.38 4 " 100 mm $130.46 6 " 150 mm $293.52 8 " 200 mm $521.75 10 " 254 mm $815.24 12 " 356 mm $1,173.93 E.2 Commodity Charge: Commencing January 1, 2025 Quantity $/1,000 Igal $/m3 First 10,000 gallons (45.46 m3) $2.58 $0.60 Next 10,000 gallons (45.46 m3) $2.79 $0.62 Next 10,000 gallons (45.46 m3) $3.10 $0.68 All additional gallons $3.30 $0.72 BL2409 (27/08/24) BL2409 (27/08/24) BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 30 E.3 Minimum Charge: Commencing January 1, 2025 Size of Service Amount 3/4 " 20 mm $19.57 1 " 25 mm $35.54 1 1/4 " 32 mm $55.60 1 1/2 " 37 mm $80.12 2 " 50 mm $142.52 3 " 75 mm $320.52 4 " 100 mm $569.97 6 " 150 mm $1,282.48 8 " 200 mm $2,279.94 10 " 254 mm $3,562.42 12 " 356 mm $5,129.86 E.4 Properties with identified Secondary Suites will pay, in addition to regular service fees, a surcharge of 20 percent. This surcharge will commence January 1 of each calendar year. BL2131 (3/5/11) BL2409 (27/08/24) BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 31 Schedule F BL2113 (6/4/10) Flat Rate (Commercial) F.1 The monthly flat rate (commercial) excluding lumber mills shall be: Commencing January 1, 2025 Size of Service Amount 3/4 " 20 mm $19.57 1 " 25 mm $35.54 1 1/4 " 32 mm $55.60 1 1/2 " 37 mm $80.12 2 " 50 mm $142.52 3 " 75 mm $320.52 4 " 100 mm $569.97 6 " 150 mm $1,282.48 8 " 200 mm $2,279.94 10 " 254 mm $3,562.42 12 " 356 mm $5,129.86 F.2 The monthly flat rate (commercial) for all lumber mills located within the City boundaries, and not charged as a metered rate under Schedule E, shall be: Commencing January 1, 2025 Lumber mills without plywood facilities $2,537.49 Lumber mills with plywood facilities $5,074.97 BL2409 (27/08/24) BL2409 (27/08/24) BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 32 Schedule G BL2113 (6/4/10) Flat Rate (Residential) The monthly flat rate (residential) for each individual dwelling unit commencing January 1, 2025 shall be $26.77. The monthly flat rate (residential) for each individual dwelling unit outside the City Boundaries shall be double the rate of any residential dwelling units within the City Boundaries. Properties with identified "Secondary Suites" will pay, in addition to regular service fees, a surcharge of 20 percent. This surcharge will commence January 1 of each calendar year. BL2131 (3/5/11) BL2409 (27/08/24) BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 33 Schedule H BL2113 (6/4/10) Demand Charges (Fire Protection Purposes) The monthly demand charges for fire protection purposes shall be: Commencing January 1, 2025 Difference in Size of Service Amount 1 " 25 mm $4.92 2 " 50 mm $19.66 3 " 75 mm $43.99 4 " 100 mm $78.40 5 " 127 mm $122.15 6 " 150 mm $175.99 7 " 178 mm $239.64 8 " 200 mm $313.11 9 " 229 mm $396.45 10 " 254 mm $489.10 11 " 279 mm $592.06 12 " 356 mm $704.41 BL2409 (27/08/24) BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 34 Schedule I BL2409 (27/08/24) SCHEDULE REPEALED BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 35 Schedule J BL2113 (6/5/10) Large Industrial Tariff #1 Commencing January 1, 2025 Demand Charge $3,379.41 Consumption Charge $1.32 per 1,000 IGAL ($0.28 /m3) Large Industrial Tariff #2 Commencing January 1, 2025 Demand Charge $11,570.50 Consumption Charge $1.32 per 1,000 IGAL ($0.28 /m3) BL2409 (27/08/24) BL2409 (27/08/24) BYLAW NO. 1972 PAGE 36 Schedule K BL2142 (21/2/12) BL2278 (15/05/18) K.1 Bulk Water Rate That a rate of $.01 (one cent) per liter be charged for any persons collecting water from the Bulk Water Station at the Stampede Grounds. Any persons wishing to use bulk water from the City's water distribution system shall pay the rate of $.01 (one cent) per liter for all water used or a minimum $100, whichever is greater.