St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador
· adopted 2017-03-28
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WATER & SEWER REGULATIONS
Published by Authority
The following regulations have been made by the Town Council of St. Anthony under the
Provisions of the Municipalities Act, 1999 (section 165) and were approved by Council on the 28thdayof March
A.D. 2017. This Policy overrides any previously adopted Water and Sewer Regulations.
Ernest Simms
MAYOR
Judy Patey
TOWN CLERK
R E G U L A T I O N S
1.
These regulations may be cited as the Town of St. Anthony (Water Supply and /or
Sewerage Regulations, 2017.
2.
Interpretations:
In these regulations, unless thecontest otherwise requires.
(a)
"Act"meansThe Municipalities Act;
(b)
"Town"means the Town of St. Anthony as definedby Order-in-Council dated the 16thday of July
1945 or any amendments thereto, made or continued under the Act.
(c)
"Council"means the Town Council of the Townof St. Anthony;
(d)
"System"means the water supply and/or sewagedisposal system of the Town of
St. Anthony.
(e)
"Customer"means the owner of any building orpremises or part thereof
connected to the system;
(f)
"Domestic Service"means any service providedby the system to the owner or
his/her authorized agent or to the occupant or tenant of any building or premises
or part thereof, or any mobile home or trailer, occupied for the distinct purpose of
a dwelling house, rooming house apartment, or flat; and where there are different
occupants or tenants so occupying different parts of any building or premises, the
servicing of each such part by the system shall constitute a separate domestic
service.
(g)
"Commercial Service"means any service provided by the system to the owner
or his/her authorized agent or to the occupant or tenant of any building or
premises or part thereof, other than domestic service herein defined; and where
there are different occupants or tenants occupying different parts of any building
or premises, the servicing of each such part by the system shall constitute a
separate commercial service;
3.
"Application for Service":Council shall, beforerendering service, require a regular
application form (work order) signed by the prospective customer. No person, firm,
corporation, or any other group, shall connect or have connected any building or part
thereof to the system except under authorization in writing from the Council.
4.
"New Connections - Water and Sewer - Residential":Council shall, at the customer's
request, install system service lines from the main to the property line, to maximum
distance of thirty-three (33) feet from the centre of a main road (North, East and West
Streets) or twenty-five (25) (All other Streets) feet from the centre of a secondary road.
The fee payable for any new connection for a domestic or commercial service from the
system shall be as follows:
(a)
For both water and sewer (Minimum Charge).............................. $750.00
(b)
For water only (Minimum Charge).............................................. . $500.00
(c)
For sewer only (Minimum Charge)............................................... $500.00
The customer shall pay the connection fee before the Council makes any such connection
to the system. Fees are the same for privately developedsub-divisions regardless of
who carries out the work.
5.
The connection of any building or part thereof to the system as provided in regulation 4
hereof:
(i)
the Council shall contribute and install 4" Sewer Line and/or 3/4" Water
Line a maximum of 33 feet on (Main Streets (North, East and West)) or
Property Boundary (whichever is the shortest).
(ii)
The Council shall contribute and install 4" Sewer line and/or ¾" Water
Line a maximum of 25 feet on (Side Streets) or boundary of property
(whichever is the shortest)
(iii)
The Council shall install a corporation stop, a curb stop and a service box.
(iv)
The customer will be invoiced for the additional materials used such as
pavement cost.
(v)
The owner shall be invoiced for the additional costs of materials where the
size of pipe exceeds the minimum.
(vi)
The owner shall be responsible for the excavation of all trenchers and the
cost of materials and installation from the Property Boundary to the
structure/building.
(b)
The customer shall use underground materials that conform to minimal standard
of type K copper pipe or Municipex and SDR 30 sewer pipe. The customer shall
also use sand bedding 30 mm (1 ft) below and 30mm (1 ft) above the new pipe
and bury all water pipe to a minimum depth of 1.6m (5'4"). No inspection will be
completed by the Town and owner accepts full responsibility to meet these
requirements.
(c)
The customer shall be responsible to wrap water service line from curb stop to
main building with a heat trace protector. No inspection will be completed by the
Town and owner accepts full responsibility to meet these requirements.
9.
As per Sections 158, 159 and 160 of the Municipalities Act (info on the sections below):
Right of entry
Section 158. (1) Employees or agents of a councilauthorized by that council may enter upon
all real property and at reasonable times into the buildings and structures on real property,
whether publicly or privately owned, to do all things necessary for the purpose of making
surveys or examinations or obtaining information relative to the construction, alteration, repair,
maintenance or inspection of a water supply system, sewage system, storm drainage system or
other works that the council is empowered to undertake or to control in the municipality.
(2) Employees or agents of a council may at reasonable times enter upon all real property,
whether publicly or privately owned, and enter into the buildings or structures on real property
for the purpose of carrying into effect the work and system of water supply, sewage and storm
drainage or other works that the council is empowered to undertake or control in the
municipality.
Right to construct
Section 159. (1) A council may
(a) break up, dig, excavate and open up highways, or real property, whether publicly or
privately owned, that may be necessary to operate, construct, maintain, repair or
improve a system described in section 156;
(b) pass and repass and carry material over highways or real property described in
paragraph (a); and
(c) lay down pipes, drains and other components of systems described in section 156 upon
or in the lands described in paragraph (a).
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a council shall not enter upon, break up or otherwise
interfere with a highway vested in the Crown under section 5 of theWorks, Services and
Transportation Actwithout the written consent ofthe minister responsible for that Act under the
Executive Council Act.
Council to give notice
Section 160. Before engaging in an activity authorizedby section 157, 158 or 159 on private
property a council shall give the owner of the property reasonable notice that it intends to engage
in that activity.
10.
If a leak or other trouble occurs in a water or sewer service line/pipe located on the
owner's property, regardless of curb stop location, it shall be repaired as soon as possible
by the customer at his/her expense, under the supervision of the Council. Council accepts
responsibility for malfunction of the curb stop, corporation stop, standpipe and rod. Any
other problem on the service lines is the responsibility of the owner. If a leak occurs in
the water service pipe of any customer, Council may discontinue the supply of water to
such service pipe if, in the opinion of the Council, such action is necessary in order to
prevent wastage of water. The Council shall write the customer to inform him/her of the
Council's intention to discontinue the supply of water; and to require him/her to repair the
leak within twenty-one (21) days from the date of the letter. If the customer fails to carry
out such repair within the 21-day period, the Council shall have the repairs done with its
own forces, and require the customer to pay all costs incurred by the Council in making
the repairs, before the water supply is restored to the customer. (Fees are established
annually)
11.
Should a leak occur where the origin cannot be determined, Council will proceed with
repairs. However, once it is determined the leak/damage is the responsibility of the
customer, that customer will be given the option of having Council complete the job of
carrying out the remainder of the work with their own forces. The customer will be billed
at the appropriate rates for all work performed by Council forces. Replacement of
asphalt, grass, trees, etc.. will be the responsibility of the property owner.
12.
No person shall indiscriminately use water nor shall he/she sell or give water to any
person except under such conditions and for such purposes as may be approved by the
Council in writing.
13.
No person shall dispose of chemicals or other such material not normally used by a
household into a service line for sewage disposal.
14.
No person, unless authorized by the Council in writing, shall draw water from, open,
close, cut, break, obstruct from free access to, or in any way injure or interfere with any
hydrant, water main, stop cock, water meter, or other part of the system; provided,
however, that nothing in these regulations shall be deemed to prevent an officer or
member of the Fire Department, when engaged in the work of such Department, from
using any hydrant or other part of the system.
15.
Without limiting anything contained in Regulation 16, no person, unless authorized by
the Council in writing, shall connect or have connected any building basement floor drain
or any exterior drainage system to a sewer main (or a service pipe therefrom); and every
such connection made without such authorization before the enactment of these
regulations shall be deemed to be in contravention of the regulations.
16.
These regulations were adopted and passed by the Council at a meeting held on 28thday
of March, 2017 and shall come into effect on the 29thday of March, 2017.
17.
All other policies titled "Water/Sewer policies" for the Town of St. Anthony are herby
rescinded.
Notes:Orange - Street Reserve - Town's Responsibility- Curb Stop Only Town's responsibility
Blue - Private Property - Owners Responsibility - regardless of location of Curb Stop
Amendment #1 - 2019 - Water and Sewer Regulations - March 12, 2019
Moved by Councillor Payne, Second by Councillor Pilgrim, that the
St. Anthony Town Council amend its Water and Sewer Regulations dated 28thof March
2017 to add the following condition:
All commercial water/sewer work on service lines or changes to Town lines is to be
completed by owner at owner's cost. Owners are to restore all properties to its
original condition at their cost. The Town would only be responsible to tie in the
new water/sewer line after the pipes are exposed by owner. A valve would be placed
on the line for the Town to control water. Size of lines are to be determined by
owner based on its engineered drawings and direction. Any deficiencies and all
future repairs would be the responsibility of owner.
Ex: Main line on opposite side of a street. Owner of business would dig and expose
the main line, the Town would make connection and place valve on exposed line,
owner would then carry the service line across the street to the building. Owner
replaces all pavement, sidewalk, etc. All costs plus connection fees are the
responsibility of the owner.
Mayor Desmond McDonald
Judy Patey (Town Clerk)
7 In Favour