By-Law No. 2025-04 Mining and Transportation of Aggregate — full text

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## By-law No. 2025-04 BEING A BY-LAW OF THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF RIDING MOUNTAIN WEST MINING AND TRANSPORTATION OF AGGREGATE BYLAW Adopted October 29, 2025 ## BY-LAW NO. 2025-04 ## MINING AND TRANSPORTATION OF AGGREGATE BY-LAW THE COUNCIL OF THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF RIDING MOUNTAIN WEST ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: ## TITLE 1. This by-law may be referred to as "the R.M. of Riding Mountain West Mining and Transportation of Aggregate By-law". ## DEFINITIONS: 2. In this by-law: - a) "Aggregate" means a quarry mineral that is used solely for construction purposes or as a constituent of concrete other than in the manufacture of cement and includes sand, gravel, crushed stone and rock; - b) "Aggregate Mining License" means a license issued under clause 5 of this by-law; - c) "Aggregate Transportation License" means a license issued under clause 8 of this by-law. - d) "Highway" means any prepared roadway, regardless of how surfaced, maintained by the Municipality. - e) "Municipality" means the R.M. of Riding Mountain West; ## AUTHORITY 3. Sections 232(1) and (2) of The Municipal Act provides in part as follows: 232(1) A Council may pass by-laws for municipal purposes respecting the following matters:. - (m) local transportation system; - (n) businesses, business activities and persons engaged in business; - (o) the enforcement of by-laws; - 232(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a Council may in a by-law passed under this Division... - (e) subject to the regulations, provide for a system of licenses, permits or approvals including any or all of the following: ... - (i) establishing fees and terms of payment of fees, for inspectors, licenses, permits and approvals, including fees related to recovering the costs of regulation, Manitoba Regulation 48/97 governs the licensing of persons mining and transporting aggregate within a municipality. ## APPLICATION - MINING 4. Within the Municipality, any person, firm or corporation mining aggregate from land, except in respect of aggregate owned by the Crown or a Crown Agency, whether or not mined by a third party under a quarry permit, quarry lease or otherwise, shall be required to obtain an Aggregate Mining License in the form and substance hereto attached as Schedule "A". 2. The Municipality requires the payment of annual fees for Aggregate Mining Licenses in the amount of $100.00 for each mining location. A new license will not be issued until the previous year's aggregate mining report and applicable payment are submitted. If no mining occurred a "nil" report is required. 6. The Municipality requires the payment of fees by the holder of an Aggregate Mining License based on the quantity of aggregate removed from the municipality by the holder, which amount shall be: - a. 29.46 cents per tonne; or - b. 52.45 cents per cubic metre ## APPLICATION-TRANSPORTATION 7. Any person, firm or corporation transporting aggregate on a Highway within the Municipality shall be required to obtain an Aggregate Transport License in the form and substance hereto attached as Schedule "B" 2. The Municipality requires the payment of annual fees for Aggregate Transport Licenses in the amount of $100.00 annually for each license. A new license will not be issued until the previous year's aggregate mining report and applicable payment are submitted. If no mining occurred a "nil" report is required. 9. The Municipality requires the payment of fees by the holder on an Aggregate Transport License for the maintenance, repair, restoration and for the shortening of the lifetime of any Highway used by the holder to transport aggregate which shall be: - a. Where the aggregate is transported during the period commencing March 1 and ending on November 30 of the year, the product obtained by multiplying the number of kilometers of Highway over which the aggregate is transported by the lesser of 6.69 cents per tonne or 11.71 cents per cubic metre, or - b. Where the aggregate is transported during the period commencing December 1 of one year and ending the last day of February of the following year, the product obtained by multiplying the number of kilometers of Highway over which the aggregate is transported by the lesser of 3.34 cents per tonne or 5.87 cents per cubic metre. 10. The fees listed in Clause 6 and 9 shall be reported on an annual basis for the period of January 1 to December 31, on or before January 15 of the next following year. Failure to do so, shall result in interest charges of 1.25% per month commencing on February 1. 11. Any person, firm or corporation transporting aggregate within the Municipality, regardless of the origin of the aggregate, is subject to the requirements of clauses 8, 13, and 14 of this by-law. 12. Any person, firm or corporation transporting aggregate within the Municipality in fulfillment of a contract awarded by the Municipality for road maintenance or reconstruction, or related purposes, is exempt from the payment of the fees detailed in clause 9. ## PENALTY 13. Any person, firm or corporation who mines aggregate from land in the Municipality without first obtaining an Aggregate Mining License is guilty of an offense. The offender is liable to a fine not exceeding more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). 14. Any person, firm or corporation who transports aggregate on a highway in the Municipality without first obtaining an Aggregate Transport License is guilty of an offense. The offender is liable to a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). 15. Any person, firm or corporation who contravenes, refuses, neglects, omits or fails to obey or observe any provision of this by-law is guilty of an offense and where no other penalty is provided, is liable to a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Where this contravention, refusal, neglect, omission, or failure continues for more than one day, the person, firm or corporation is guilty of a separate offence for each day it continues. ## NEW QUARRIES 16. New quarries are required to obtain a conditional use permit from the Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West. The conditional use permit may regulate any or all of the following subjects: - a. Hours of operation; 3. Noise abatement measures; - C. Dust abatement measures; - d. Enforcement of environmental regulations; - e. Payment of licensing costs, mining and transportation fees; - f. Reclamation of lands when pit is depleted; and - g. Any other subjects which Council may wish to regulate. REPEAL 17. This By-law repeals By-Law No. 2024-03. AND THAT this By-Law shall come into full force and effect on the 1st day of January, 2026. DONE AND PASSED in Council assembled in Inglis, Manitoba this 29 October 2025.   Reeve Chief Administrative Officer Read a first time this 08 day of October 2025. Read a second time this 29 day of October 2025. Read a third and final time this 29 day of October 2025.  ## BY-LAW 2025-04 MINING AND TRANSPORTATION OF AGGREGATE SCHEDULE "A" ## AGGREGATE MINING LICENSE NAME: ADDRESS: TELEPHONE: E-MAIL: MINE LOCATION: IS HEREBY LICENSED, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF BY-LAW NO. 2025-04 OF THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF RIDING MOUNTAIN WEST, FOR THE PURPOSES OF MINING AGGREGATE WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY. YEAR: LICENSE FEE: $100.00 DATED AT THE VILLAGE OF INGLIS, IN THE PROVINCE OF MANITOBA THIS DAY OF 20 AUTHORIZED FOR THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF RIDING MOUNTAIN WEST BY ## BY-LAW 2025-04 MINING AND TRANSPORTATION OF AGGREGATE SCHEDULE "B" ## AGGREGATE TRANSPORT LICENSE NAME: ADDRESS: TELEPHONE: EMAIL: IS HEREBY LICENSED, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF BY-LAW NO. 2025-04 OF THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF RIDING MOUNTAIN WEST, FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRANSPORTING AGGREGATE WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY. YEAR: LICENSE FEE: $100.00 DATED AT THE VILLAGE OF INGLIS, IN THE PROVINCE OF MANITOBA THIS DAY OF 20 AUTHORIZED FOR THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF RIDING MOUNTAIN WEST BY