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## BY-LAW NO. 24
## A BY-LAW OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF PERTH-ANDOVER
## RESPECTING WATER RATES AND CHARGES, METER RENTALS
## AND CHARGES AND SEWERAGE RATES AND CHARGES
The Council of the Municipality of Perth-Andover,
duly assembled, hereby enacts as follows:
1. In this by-law
2. (a) "consumer" means a person using water supplied
3. Dy the municipality;
4. (b) "owner" means the person in whose name a property is assessed under the Assessment Act;
5. "public works superintendent" means the public works superintendent appointed by the council of the municipality of Perth-Andover;
6. (d) "water" and "water supply" means the water supplied by the water system to the consumer for the purposes specified in this by-law;
7. (e) "water service pipe" means a water pipe leading
8. from a water main; and
9. (f) "water system" includes a system of wells, tanks, reservoirs, dams, watercourses, lakes, streams, rivers, bulldings, machinery, filtration plants, cribs, basins, hydrants, water mains, water service pipes, fittings, motors, apparatus, water works and all other things useful for the drawing, collecting and storing of water and treating, distribution and selling water to consumers.
## LIABILITY
2. The owner of a property is liable for all water rates and charges, meter rentals and charges and sewerage rates and charges imposed by this by-law on that property whether it is occupied by himself or his tenants and shall pay all those rates, rentals and charges to the clerk at the times prescribed by this by-law.
3. The owner of a property shall pay all costs and expenses incident to the installation, maintenance, and/or repair of a sewer lateral and/or water service pipes from the point such sewer lateral or water service pipe extends onto the owner's property.
## WATER RATES
- Where the water supply to a property is not metered, the water rate for that property shall be such amount as council may determine by resolution.
- Water rates shall be determined annually by council
- on or before the Ist. day of March in each year.
- Where the water supply to a property is metered, the water rate for that property and the date such water is due and payable shall be determined by council.
7. Where the municipality installs a water meter, the owner of the property shall pay all installation costs upon demand.
## SPRINKLER SYSTEM & FIRE HYDRANT
8. Where a sprinkler system is installed in a building, the water rate for the sprinkler system shall be such amount as council may determine annually on or before the lst. of March in each year.
2. The owner of any building which has a sprinkler any property on which the fire hydrant is located shall pay on
3. system installed therein and the owner of demand the cost of any repairs made or service provided thereto at his request by the municipality.
## SEWERAGE RATE
9. The sewerage rate for a property shall be such or bet ae coe ist not determine cheolution annually on
## REFUNDS
10. Upon application by the owner of a property, the public works superintendent may, with the approval of council grant a refund of rates, rentals or charges or a reductior in rates, rentals or charges for a cause he deems proper.
## INTEREST
11. All rates, rentals and charges remaining unpaid for sixty days after they become due and payable under this by-law including delinquent rates and charges from the date they become due and payable bear interest at the rate of i & 1/2% per month or part of a month until paid.
## DISCONTINUANCE OF WATER SUPPLY
12. (1) The public works superintendent may shut off the water supply to a property with respect to which any rates, rentals or charges payable under this by-law remain unpaid for more than sixty days after
- (2) Where a water supply is discontinued under subsection (1) the charge for reconnecting the water supply is ten dollars ($10.00) payable on demand.
13. All user charge rates, fees, rentals, and penalties payable for water or sewer service, supplied to or with respect to any land within the municipality that is liable to taxation under the Assessment Act and are due and payable for a period of sixty days, constitutes a special lien and charge on such land in priority to every claim, privilege, or encumbrance of every person except the Crown, and such lien is not lost or impaired by any neglect or omission of the municipality or of any officer or employee of the municipality or by want of registration, but such special lien and charge shall not apply to land that is subject to a valid and subsisting lien in effect prior to April 2nd., 1968.
14. This by-law comes into force on the date of the final passing thereof.
READ A FIRST TIME BY TITLE this 5th day of March, 1979.
READ A SECOND TIME BY TITLE this 16th day of May , 1979.
READ IN ITS ENTIRETY IN COUNCIL this 16th day of May, 1979.
READ A THIRD TIME BY TITLE AND ENACTED THIS 7th day of January, 1980.
Mayor
15, Clatte
Clerk
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