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## MUNICIPALITY OF THE DISTRICT OF DIGBY BY-LAW NO. 2007-01 RELATING TO SEWERS
This By-Law is made by the Municipal Council of the Municipality of the District of Digby pursuant to the Municipal Government Act.
RESOLVED by the Municipal Council of the Municipality of the District of Digby that the following be and the same is hereby enacted and the CAO be hereby instructed to forward the same to the Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations.
## 1. DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this By-Law, unless the context indicates otherwise:
- (a) "Building" means any dwelling, house, shop, store, office or any building which would require sewerage services;
- (b) "Inspector" means the Public Works Foreman, or any sanitary inspector, public health inspector, inspector of sanitary conditions, or any other person who is authorized by the Municipality of the District of Digby to carry out inspections or investigations on behalf of the Municipality of the District of Digby as may be required under this By-Law.
- (c) "Municipality" means the Municipality of the District of Digby;
- (d) "Owner means a part owner, joint owner, tenant in common or joint tenant of the whole or any part of any land or building including a trustee, an executor, an administrator, a guardian, an agent, a mortgagee in possession or any other persons having the care or control of any land or building in case of the absence or disability of the person having title hereto;
- (e) "Private Sewage Disposal System" means all types of sewage disposal systems not directly connected to a municipal or approved central sewerage system, including a privy and a septic tank with a disposal field;
- (f) "Public Sewer" means a sewer or drainage system constructed, purchased, or otherwise acquired by the Municipality, the Town of Digby, or Annapolis County and maintained as a public sewer or drain, and includes the trunk main, all laterals to the street/property line and any sewage treatment plant connected thereto;
- (g) "Sanitary Sewer" means a sewer receiving and carrying waterborne wastes from residences, commercial buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, and to which storm, surface or ground waters are not intentionally admitted;
- (h) "Storm Sewer" means a sewer receiving and carrying storm water and surface runoff only;
- (i) "Combined Sewer" means a sewer intended to function simultaneously as a storm sewer and a sanitary sewer;
- () "Council" means the Council of the Municipality of the District of Digby;
- (k) "Sludge" means the accumulated suspended solids of sewage mixed with water, together which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds more than one hundred times the average 24-hour concentration or flow for a period in excess of fifteen minutes;
- "Properly Shredded Garbage" means the wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of
produce that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in sewers, with no particles greater than one-half inch(12.7 millimeters) in dimension;
- (m)"Polluted" means altered physical, chemical, biological or anesthetic properties of the natural waters of the area, including change of the temperature, taste, or odour of the waters, or the addition of any liquid, solid, radio-active, gaseous or other substance to the waters or the removal of such substances from the waters, which will render or is likely to render the waters harmful to the public health, safety or welfare, or harmful or less useful for domestic, municipal, industrial, agricultural, recreational or other lawful uses or for animals, birds or aquatic life;
- (n) "QP1" mean a qualified person approved by the Department of the Environment to design or alter the design of an on-site sewage system;
- (o) "Sanitary Sewage" shall mean water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings or premises, institutions, and industrial establishments, but excluding storm sewage hereinafter defined;
- (p) "Storm Sewage" shall mean ground, surface, and storm water which are unpolluted other than by their contact with natural environment, and industrial cooling water, and unpolluted process water;
- (9) "Building Service Connection" shall mean a sewer which is located on private property and which connects the building drainage system or the building sanitary conveniences to the sanitary sewer, storm sewer or combined sewer or other places of disposal;
## (r) "year" means the fiscal year of the Municipality
## 2. PETITION FOR SEWER SERVICE
a. When the majority of the owners of the property in any designated area of the Municipality shall petition the Municipal Council for the construction of a public sewer, then the Municipal Council may, in due time, and unless of sufficient reason to the contrary, order the same to be constructed, providing however that over fifty per cent of the frontage designated shall be represented by the Petitioners before the petition is considered by the Municipal Council.
- b. Every petition for a public sewer shall be in the form in Appendix A of the By-Law, or to the like effect, and every petition shall clearly state the locality in which the new sewer is required, the points between which the petitioners are desirous of having the same constructed, the distance in feet/meters between such points and the frontage of each property chargeable under the provisions of this By-Law, and all such names and measurements shall be verified by the CAO who shall certify to the satisfaction of the Council the same.
- c. Such petition shall be accompanied by the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) from each owner signing the aforesaid petition.
- d. In the event that the Municipal Council orders the construction of any sewer for which a petition has been made and submitted, such amounts shall be credited to the sewer service charge of those owners signing the petition.
e. In the event that the Municipal Council does not order the construction of any sewer for which a petition has been made and submitted, the CAO shall refund to each respective owner whose signature is upon the petition the amount that has been paid to the CAO by or for such owner as required by these By-Laws.
## 3. SEWER SERVICE BY COUNCIL
When the Municipal Council deems it necessary that a sewer or any part of a public sewer system, including treatment facilities, trunk sewers, drains and outfalls and any lands that may be required therefore be acquired and constructed in any area or any portion of the Municipality, the Council may order by resolution and without the authorization of any petition of the owners, such sewer to be constructed and all the provisions of the By-Law relating to and regulating the use of public sewers in force in the Municipality be and are hereby made applicable to any sewer constructed by virtue of such resolutions.
## 4. SEWER REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE
The Municipal Council may by resolution order the repair or improvement of drains or sewers existing in any road, area or portion of the Municipality, wherever the same shall be considered necessary or desirable, and to lay out, excavate and complete a sewer in any area of the Municipality and to perform any other work necessary to be done in connection therewith.
## 6. POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF INSPECTORS
Inspectors of the Municipality shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing, in accordance with the provisions of this By-Law. Inspectors shall have no authority to inquire into any processes beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
## 7. USE OF SEWERS
- a. No person, firm or corporation shall direct or permit surface water, roof water, rain water or water in the ground to enter a Municipal sanitary sewer unless the Municipality has designated it as a "storm" sewer.
- b. No open gutter, cesspool, privy, vault, cellar, underground drain or exhaust pipe from any machine shall be connected with any public sewer.
- c. No person, firm or corporation shall throw, or permit to be thrown or deposited in any public sewer opening or receptacle connected with the public sewer system any garbage, offal, dead animals, bones, ashes, cinders, rags or any other material or thing except feces, urine, the necessary toilet paper, household liquids and properly shredded garbage.
- d. The Inspector shall have the power to stop and prevent any private sewer or drain through which substances are discharged which are liable to injure the public
sewer or obstruct the flow of sewage therein from discharging into the public sewer.
- e. The most northerly, southerly, westerly, and easterly points presently serviced through the existing Town system have to abide by the regulations set out in the By-Law of the Town of Digby as it relates to the types and amounts of effluent allowed to be entered into the system.
- f. The most northerly, southerly, westerly, and easterly points that could conceivably be serviced in the future through the existing Town system have to abide by the regulations set out in the By-Law of the Town of Digby as it relates to the types and amounts of effluent allowed to be entered into the system.
- g. The most northerly, southerly, westerly, and easterly points presently serviced through the existing County of Annapolis system have to abide by the regulations set out in the By-Law of the County of Annapolis as it relates to the types and amounts of effluent allowed to be entered into the system.
- h. The most northerly, southerly, westerly, and easterly points that could conceivably be serviced in the future through the existing County of Annapolis system have to abide by the regulations set out in the By-Law of the County of Annapolis as it relates to the types and amounts of effluent allowed to be entered into the system.
## 8. REQUIREMENT OF CONNECT
- The owner of a building, the nearest part of which is not more than one hundred feet or 30.48 meters from any portion of a municipal sewer shall be
required at the owners expense to construct a building sewer therefrom and connect the same to said municipal sewer, provided; b. The Inspector may exempt from the requirements of Section 8
- a. any building shown, under the stamp of an QP1,
2. (i) to be adequately served with existing storm drainage and on-site sewage disposal system; or
3. (i) would not be adequately served by connection with a sewer line of the Municipality.
- c. Where a property owner is dissatisfied with any decision of the Inspector made pursuant to Section B an appeal shall be made to the Municipal Council and the Council shall either grant the Waiver or uphold the decision of the Inspector.
## 9. INSPECTION BY INSPECTOR
Each building service connection ordered by Council to be constructed under Section 8 shall be constructed subject to the supervision of the Inspector and shall be of such size and at such level and descent and with such mode of piercing or opening into the sewer, and generally in such manner and of such materials, as the Inspector directs and in accordance with Section 16, and no such drain shall be covered in until it has been inspected and approved by the Inspector.
## 10. SERVICE AVAILABILITY
The Council shall not make an order under Section 8 against any person until service from the sewer line has been available for the property of that person for one year.
## 11. REMOVAL OF ON-SITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS
Where on order has been made by the Council under Section 8 or where the building is connected with the sewer line the Council may, by resolution, order the owner of privies, septic tanks to remove such privy and to destroy and fill such septic tanks.
## 12. FAILURE TO COMPLY
- a. Any person who fails to comply with an order made under Section 8 or Section 11 within thirty days after notice thereof has been served upon him either personally or by certified mail addressed to the last address known to the CAO, is guilty of an offense and liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars and in default of payment of imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months.
- b. Every day during which such failure to comply continues shall be deemed a fresh offense.
## 13. PERMIT REQUIRED
No person shall undertake to install or construct or allow to be installed or constructed, a building service connection, without first obtaining a permit therefore from the Municipality in the form set out in Appendix "D", provided however, that notwithstanding the issuance of any such permit, the person to whom any such permit is issued shall be liable for any damage or injury to the public sewer caused by him, his servants agents or workman in making such connection.
## 14. APPLICATION BY OWNER
An application for a permit to carry out work, as required in Section 13, must be made by the property owner or his/her authorized agent. A Sewer Pemit Application Fee, as outlined in the Municipalities Fee Policy (FIN-2500-14) shall be submitted with the application
## 16. CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS
- a) persons or companies approved of by the Nova Scotia Department of Environment as on-site sewage system installers shall be deemed to have the necessary knowledge and experience required by the Municipality to make the connection from the building to the sewer system.
- b) persons or companies not approved by the Nova Scotia Department of Environment may make application to connect to the system once they have shown they possess the knowledge and experience required by the Municipality.
Before any person constructs a building service connection, he shall apply to the Municipality for directions as to the proper lines and grades applicable to his building service connection and the Municipality shall, by the Inspector assign suitable lines and grades for any building service connection in accordance with the National Building Code, 1980.
## 17. COST OF INSTALLATION
Each property or owner thereof is liable for the entire cost of the building service connection from his property to the street line.
## 18. APPEALS
- Where under any provision of this By-Law approval or permission of the Inspector is required before any work or thing may be done, an appeal to the Council, in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Act Section 191(107), from the decision of the Inspector, refusing to grant approval or permission, and the Council, shall either direct that approval or permission be granted, or, uphold the decision refusing approval or permission.
- b. The right of appeal provided for in subsection a. shall expire thirty (30) days after the Inspector gives the decision in writing to the owner with respect to the approval or permission.
## 19. SERVICE CONNECTION SPECIFICATIONS
a. The construction and the installation of any building service connection shall be under the direct supervision of the Inspector, and the specifications for labour and material under which the public sewer was constructed are to be considered as part of the specifications for any such building service connection modified however so as to be applicable to the building or buildings situated on the property to be served by such service connection.
## b. Materials
The installation requirements necessary before a connection to the Municipal Sewer is permitted are as follows:
- (i) Any building service connection shall, from a point three feet (.91 meters) outside of the foundation of the house or building to the street line; must be of the first quality materials, the pipe having a diameter of four to six inches (101.60 - 152.40 millimeters;).
- (iï) Sewer line laterals must be not less than four (4) inches (101.60 millimeters) in diameter and may be ASB cement, Norcorode, ABS plastic, PVC SDR 35, cast iron, or approved equivalent.
## c. Water Line Separation
The sewer line may be laid in a common ditch with the water line but it must be buried at a lower elevation and at a minimum distance of twelve (12) inches (304.80 millimeters) away from the water line;
## d. Backfilling unless otherwise directed,
- (i) The sewer line must be laid on a bed of tamped sand or approved fine gravel of not less than 6 inches (152.40 millimeters) in depth and not
backfilled until inspected and approved by the Inspector.
- (i) When backfilling is permitted a topping of not less than six (6) inches (152.40 millimeters) of sand or approved fine gravel must be laid over the sewer line before previously excavated backfill material is replaced into the ditch to bring it up to grade.
- (iii) Backfilling of ditches must not be undertaken until the installations are inspected and approval in writing is received by the owner.
## e. Cellar Drains
- (i) When drains for cellar and subsoil are laid in the same trench, they shall consist of agricultural drain tile or other tile approved by the Committee of the Inspector;
- The inside of every drain, after it is laid, shall be left smooth and perfectly clean throughout its entire length.
- f. Elevation
- (i) Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below basement floor. In all buildings in which the building sewer connection is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building sewer shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged by the building sewer connection to the public sewer system. In no case shall the average depth of a public sewer main on public property be more than twelve (12) feet below grade for the purpose only of accommodating a gravity flow from a building sewer connection.
(ii) In cases where there is a possibility of flooding from the sewage system, every owner shall install and maintain, at his/her own expense, in good repair, in each connection a suitable back-water valve to safeguard against any possible flooding from the sewage system.
## 20. PUBLIC HIGHWAYS ACT
All sewer and drains shall be constructed in accordance with the provisions of the Public Highways Act, R.D.N.S., Ch 248, 1967 and amendments and regulations thereto and shall cause as little obstruction as possible for pedestrians and vehicular traffic during installation.
## 21. GRADES
The sewer line shall have a uniform grade, when laid, in compliance with the National Plumbing Code, 1980.
## 22. JOINTS
- a. All junctions shall be made by curved pipe.
- b. No right angle junction shall be installed.
- c. Curved pipes shall be used in every deflection from a straight line of more than six (6) inches (152.40 millimeters) in three (3) feet (.91 meters).
## 23. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERICAL WASTE
- a. When the Committee of the Inspector considers it necessary, they shall require any person who is the owner of land which is used for industrial or commercial purposes and which is connected to a public sewer to provide grease, oil and sand interceptors in order to provide for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, or any inflammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients. All owners of garages, service stations, car wash operations, food service operators and similar business establishments shall provide approved types of interceptors for oil, grease, soap and similar products.
## b. Interceptors
All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Committee of the Inspector and shall be located so as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
- C. Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature and shall be of substantial construction, water-tight and equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place, shall be gas-tight and water-tight.
## 24. CONNECTION ABANDONMENT
- a. Whenever any building service connection is abandoned, the owner shall effectively block up the connection at the property line so as to prevent sewage from backing up into the soil, or dirt being washed into the sewer.
- b. Where the owner does not effectively block up a building service connection as required under the provisions of subsection (a) within thirty days from receipt of a
notice from the Inspector, requiring him to do so, the Inspector may cause the same to be done and the cost of such work caused to be done by the Inspector may be recovered as a debt by the Municipality from the owner in an action in any court of competent jurisdiction.
## 25. SEPTIC TANK AND FIELD SYSTEMS
- a. No person shall construct a private sewage disposal system without first obtaining a written private sewage disposal permit from the Nova Scotia Department of Environment;
- b. No person shall use, cause to be used or permit to be used any private sewage disposal system until installation has been completed to the satisfaction of the Nova Scotia Department of Environment;
3. No person shall discharge, or cause to be discharged or permit to be discharged any contents of any septic tank or cess-pit into any public sewer.
## 26. SERVING ADJACENT PROPERTIES
The Inspector may, where a public sewer has been constructed on the opposite side of the highway, street or land from property abutting thereon, provide a single public connector to the public sewer to service not more than two properties abutting on such highway or street or land, which said single public connector shall extend to the property line between the two properties to be so served.
## 27. SEWER SERVICE CHARGE
- (a) Every owner of land:
- (i) on which any building is connected to a public sewer system;
- (ii) that fronts on any street or highway in which a public sewer is situate;
- (iii) that fronts on any right of way which connects to a street or highway in which a public sewer is situate; or
- (iv) on which a building is situate that Council has ordered connected to a sewage system;
shall pay to the Municipality an annual "Sewer Service Charge" for the construction, operation and maintenance of the sewerage system.
(b) The Municipality shall annually calculate the Sewer Service Charge by dividing the total cost of the sewer system by the total number of equivalent user units within the system. Equivalent user units are set out in Appendix "B" of this By-law. charge based on the same percentage change as the Municipality's gross sewer
- (c) Each year, the sewer service charge shall be adjusted over the previous years operating and maintenance budget for that system (excluding capital expenditures) in the previous year over that budget for the prior year.
## 28. TERMINATION OF LINE
The owner of a property situated within one hundred (100) feet of the upper end or termination of a sewer shall pay the same rate as if the sewer was to pass in front of such property.
## 29. FRONTING ON SERVICED ROAD
All properties situated on either side of the highway, street or lane through which a public sewer is to pass, where the sewer passes across the entire frontage of the property shall pay the service charges herein set forth.
## 30. CHARGE AS A LIEN ON PROPERTY
Every sewer charge or tax imposed under the provisions of this By-Law shall constitute a lien upon the real property in the same manner and with the same effect as rates and taxes under the Assessment Act.
## 31. DUE DATE
Sewer service charges shall be due from the date when the sewer in respect to which it is charged has been laid and ready for connection, which date shall be determined by the Municipal Council.
## 32. NOTIFICATION
The Municipal Council shall notify the owner by certified first class mail of the basis of the sewer service charge assessment to him and account payable.
## 33. PAYABLE
Sewer service charges and gallonage charges under Section 27 and Section 36 of the By-Law shall be due and payable on the date for payment of general rates in each year or at such other time as determined by the Municipal Council by resolution.
## 34. COLLECTION
Sewer service charges and gallonage charges under Section 27 and Section 36 of this By-Law, and interest thereon, if remaining unpaid when due, may be used for and collected in the same manner as ordinary rates and taxes payable to the Municipality.
## 35. NONPAYMENT
In the event that any property liable for sewer service charges or gallonage charges be sold for non payment of property taxes, the Municipal CAO may deduct from the proceeds of such sale the full amount for which such property is then liable for sewer charges or gallonage charges although the whole may not have been then payable.
## 36. GALLONAGE CHARGE
- In addition to the sewer service charge, the owner of every building, other than a single unit family dwelling discharging into the public sewer system an amount of sewage exceeding the volume of 40,000 gallons per year, shall be charged unless otherwise specifically provided for herein, the following rates for each building:
- (i) Twenty-five (.25) cents for each and every 1000 gallons (4,546 liters) or fraction thereof exceeding the volume of 40,000 gallons (181,840 liters)
per year up to and including 100,000 gallons (454,600 liters) per year and
- (i) Fifty (.50) cents for each and every 1,000 gallons (4,456 liters) or fraction thereof exceeding 100,000 gallons (454,600 liters) per year up to and including 200,000 gallons (909,200 liters) per year and
- (il) One dollar ($1.00) for each and every 1,000 gallons (4,546 liters) or fraction thereof exceeding 200,000 gallons (909,200 liters) per year.
- b. For the purpose of determining the number of gallons in Subsection (a), the amount of sewage discharged shall be according to a meter where one is installed and where there is no meter installed it shall be determined in accordance with Appendix "C".
- In making the calculation referred to in Subsections (a) and (b) the total volume of sewage for each individual building shall be calculated and charged for separately from any other buildings belonging to the same owner, excepting from this provision the owner of a mobile home park.
## 37. REPEALS
All By-Laws of the Municipality of the District of Digby in relation to sewer heretofore passed by the Council are hereby repealed.
## 38. LIABILITY
The owner shall indemnify the Municipality from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the sewer service connection.
## APPENDIX "A"
## PETITION
## TO THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE DISTRICT OF DIGBY
## IN THE COUNTY OF DIGBY
The undersigned the majority of the ratepayers residing in the area of in the Municipality of the District of Digby, in the County of Digby, to construct a sewer within the said area.
Also the description of the public road or portion of the public road upon which the sewer is requested to be constructed is as follows:
Also each of the owners of property fronting on this said portion of the public highway at in the District of Digby, and subscribing their names on this Petition, respectively tender the sum of twentyfive dollars ($25.00) as required by Section 2 (c) of the capital cost of the ByLaw relating to sewers of the District of Digby.
## NAMES OF PROPERTY OWNERS
| 1. | |
|------|-----|
| 2 | |
| 3. | 9 |
| 4. | 10. |
| | 11. |
| 6. | |
12.
## APPENDIX "B"
## APPENDIX OF SEWER SERVICE CHARGES SANITARY SEWAGE SYSTEM
## MUNICIPALITY OF THE DISTRICT OF DIGBY
| TYPE OF CONSUMER | UNIT VALUE |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
| Single Family Dwelling | 1.0 |
| Mobile home | 1.0 |
| for each Doctor or Dentist office in private home add | |
| for each beauty shop or barber shop in private home add | 1.05 |
| Individual Apartment | 1.0 |
| Senior Citizens Home, per unit | 1.0 |
| Rooming house, boarding house, convent, institutional dormitory up to five beds | 1.0 |
| each additional bed | 0.2 |
| Hospitals and homes with medical care facilities without laundry per bed | 0.5 |
| with laundry facilities per bed | 0.75 |
| Schools per classroom without cafeteria or gym per classroom | 1.0 |
| with cafeteria or gym per classroom | 1.5 |
| with both cafeteria and gym per classroom | 2.0 |
| Doctor, Dentist office, Beauty Shop | 1.0 |
| Tourist Home with one bathroom | 1.2 |
| for each additional bathroom | 0.3 |
## APPENDIX "B"
| TYPE OF CONSUMER | UNIT VAULE |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
| Hotels, Motels and Tourist Cottages | |
| with housekeeping facilities; each room or unit | 0.5 |
| without housekeeping facilities; each room or unit | 0.3 |
| Restaurants, etc. are additional to above listing and are rated in accordance with this schedule | |
| Seasonal Tourist Trailer Park/Campground per every site | 0.125 |
| Stores, banks, clubs, recreational facilities, barber shops and places of business including industrial premises | |
| first washroom facility | 1.0 |
| each additional washroom facility | 0.5 |
| Cafeterias etc. are in addition to above listing and are rated in accordance with this schedule | |
| Churches, church halls, each washroom facility | 0.3 |
| Buildings owned by fraternal organizations | 0.3 |
| Fire Halls and Fire Stations with facilities | 0.0 |
| without facilities | 0.0 |
| Public Laundromat | |
| for each machine | 1.0 |
| Service Station | 2.0 |
| for each car wash bay connected to sanitary sewer add | 2.0 |
| Restaurants, Lounges, Dining Rooms or Club | 1.0 |
| for each five seats add | 0.25 |
| Drive-In Restaurant or Theatre with canteen | 1.0 |
| for first washroom facility add | 1.0 |
| for each additional washroom facility | 0.5 |
| Vacant Land for each lot with street or highway frontage | 0.5 |
## APPENDIX "C"
Boarding houses (number of boarders X 50 gallons (227.3 liters) per day).
Hospitals (patients + staff X 100 gallons (30.48 liters) per day).
Institutions other than hospitals (patients + staff X 50 gallons (227.3 liters) per day).
Offices (per employee X 8 gallons (36.37 liters) per day).
Picnic park (no. of patrons X 5 gallons (22.73 liters) per day X days of operation).
Resort or trailer camps (no. of patrons X days of operation X30 gallons (136.38 liters) per day).
Restaurants (per meal served X 2 gallons (9.10 liters) per day.
Additional for bars, etc. (no. of patrons X days of operation X 1 gallon (4.546 liters) per day ).
Rooming houses (no. of roomers X 20 gallons (90.92 liters) per day).
Car wash (per vehicle served X 50 gallons (227.3 liters)
Self-service laundry (no. of customers X 25 gallons (113.65 liters).
Apartment houses (per apartment X 90 gallons (409.14 liters) per day).
Mobile home parks (75 gallons (340.95 liters) per day) X no. of units)
Motels (per bed space X 25 gallons (113.65 liters) per day).
Service stations (same as single family residence).
Retail or wholesale outlet containing sink or toilet facility shall be charged as if it were a single family dwelling.
Note: Levy to be calculated at time of connection.
## THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE DISTRICT OF DIGBY
## APPENDIX "D" APPLICATION TO FOR PERMIT TO
INSTALL water and/or sewer line laterals from main trunk line(s) on (street/road/highway).
INVE
ADDRESS
Digby County, Nova Scotia, hereby
request permission to connect water and/or sewer lateral line(s) from the main(s) and extending to the existing structure, owned by the applicants) and erected on mylour property, defined as follows: STRUCTURE erected on the parcel of land X feet, having feet frontage on
(street/road/highway) listed as Roll No.
on the evaluation roll of the Municipality of the District of Digby, in the County of Digby and Province of Nova Scotia, for the years
Installation and connection will be made by
at my/our personal expense and in accordance with specifications and regulations stipulated by the Municipality.
APPLICATION made this
day of
Signed by
20
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Address
## APPLICATION APPROVED BY
Inspection of connections and installations made and certificate of approval given this day of 20.
SIGNED BY
FIRST READING "NOTICE OF INTENT" PUBLICATION SECOND READING MINISTERIAL APPROVAL FORWARDED TO MINISTER DATE OF PUBLISHING
## AMENDMENT #1
FIRST READING "NOTICE OF INTENT" PUBLICATION SECOND READING MINISTERIAL APPROVAL FORWARDED TO MINISTER DATE OF PUBLISHING
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
MARCH 3, 2022
MARCH 22, 2022
NOT REQUIRED
APRIL 4, 2022
FEBRUARY 24, 2026
NOT REQUIRED
This is to certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a By-Law passed at a duly convened meeting of the Council of the Municipality of the District of Digby, held the 24th day of March, 2026 Given under the hands of the Warden and the Chief Administrative Officer and the
seal of the Municipality of the District of Digby this 24th day of March, 2026
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Linda Gregory, Warden
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Tyler Pulley, Chief Administrative Officer