By-law No. 11 - Regulation of Discharges to Municipal Sewerage Systems
Queens, Nova Scotia
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REGION OF QUEENS MUNICIPALITY
BYLAW NO. 11
A BYLAW RESPECTING THE REGULATION OF DISCHARGES TO
MUNICIPAL SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
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BE IT ENACTED by the Council of the Region of Queens Municipality, under the
authority of the Municipal Government Act, S.N.S. 1998, Chapter 18, as follows:
1.
TITLE
(1)
This bylaw shall be known as Bylaw Number 11 and may be cited as
"The Sewer Bylaw".
2.
DEFINITIONS
(1)
Words used in this Bylaw shall take their meaning from their context
and from dictionaries of the English (Canadian) language, except
those words or phrases specifically defined below:
(a) "Acute Lethality Testing" means a biological toxicity test to
assess whether there has been a violation of the General
Provisions of the Canadian Fisheries Act.
(b) "Betterment Charge" means a fee that is applied to help
support and improve infrastructure growth.
(c) "Biochemical Oxygen Demand" or "BOD5" means the quantity
of oxygen utilized expressed in milligrams per litre (mg/L), in
the biochemical oxidation of matter within a five-day test
period at a temperature of twenty degrees Celsius as
determined by Standard Methods.
(d) "Black Water" means wastewater, wet solids or solids which
may include waste originating from toilets or otherwise
containing pathogens that may spread by the fecal-oral
route. Examples include septic tank sludge, wastes from
marine vessels, vehicles, or sludge from sewage treatment
plants.
(e) "Building Sewer Connection" means a sewer that is located on
private property, and which connects the building drainage
system or the building sanitary conveniences to the sanitary
sewer, storm sewer, combined sewer, or another place of
disposal connected to the public sewer system.
(f) "Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand" or "CBOD"
means BOD5 less the nitrogenous oxygen demand of the
wastewater, according to standard methods.
(g) "Chemical Oxygen Demand" or "COD" means the quantity of
oxygen utilized in the chemical oxidation of organic matter
under standard laboratory procedure, expressed in milligrams
per litre, according to standard methods.
(h) "Combined Sewer" means a sewer that is intended to
conduct wastewater and stormwater.
(i) "Council" means the Council of the Region of Queens
Municipality.
(j) "Customer" means the property owner who contracts to be
supplied with sewer service at a specific location or locations;
(k) "Domestic Waste" means wastewater or sewage.
(l) "Easement" means a legal right to use someone else's land
for a specific purpose.
(m) "Effluent" means treated wastewater flowing out of a
treatment plant.
(n) "Engineer" means the Engineer for the Region of Queens
Municipality or their delegate or designate.
(o) "Equivalent User Unit" means a standardized unit of measure
to calculate demand on public infrastructure.
(p) "Grease" means all oil and grease extracted from aqueous
solution or suspension according to the laboratory
procedures outlined in Standard Methods, and includes, but
is not limited to, hydrocarbons, esters, oils, fats, waxes, and
high molecular fatty acids.
(q) "ICI" or "Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional" means non-
residential waste sources such as factories, businesses,
schools, hospitals, and government buildings, often
producing diverse pollutants.
(r) "Landlocked" means a parcel of land that has no legal or
physical access to public infrastructure because it is
surrounded by privately owned land, shoreline or other
impediments.
(s) "Matter" includes any solid, liquid, or gas.
(t) "Municipality" means The Region of Queens Municipality, its
Council, and any department, officer, employee, contractor,
or agent acting under its authority.
(u) "Municipal Sewer'' means a sewer that is located on public
property, and which is owned and maintained by the Region
of Queens Municipality.
(v) "Natural Outlet'' means any outlet into a ravine, gulch, water
course or bed thereof, whether the same usually contains
water or not, or any stream, river, creek, ditch, lake, or other
body of water.
(w) "NSECC" means Nova Scotia Environment and Climate
Change or its successor provincial department.
(x) "Pathologic Waste" means waste generated in a medical or
similar institution which contains human, or animal tissue
altered or affected by disease, and includes instruments or
other materials which may have encounter such tissue.
(y) "Person" means any individual, firm, company, association,
society, corporation, partnership, or group.
(z) "pH" means the measure of the intensity of the acid or alkaline
condition of a solution determined by the hydrogen ion
concentration of the solution by Standard Methods.
(aa) "Phenolic Compounds" means hydroxyl derivatives of benzene
and its condensed nuclei, concentrations of which shall be
determined by Standard Methods.
(bb) "Polluted" means altered physically, chemically, or biologically
from the properties of the natural waters of the area, including
by change of the temperature, taste, or odour of the waters, or
by the addition of any liquid, solid, radioactive, gaseous or
other substance to the waters or by 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,
agricultural, recreational or other lawful use or for animals, birds
or aquatic life.
(cc) "Private Sewage Disposal System" or "On-site Disposal System"
means any private septic system for sewage disposal serving
one or more lots of real property.
(dd) "Private" means any property not owned by the Region of
Queens Municipality in Queens County, or by federal or
provincial governments or entities.
(ee) "Professional Engineer'' means a registered member in good
standing of Engineers Nova Scotia.
(ff) "Provincial Regulations" means the requirements and
provisions of the Province of Nova Scotia contained in any
Provincial Statute or any lawful Regulation or Order made
under the authority of any Statute of Nova Scotia.
(gg) "Sanitary Sewer" means a sewer for the collection and
transmission of domestic, commercial, and industrial
wastewater or any combination of them, and to which
uncontaminated or cooling water, stormwater, surface water,
or groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
(hh) "Serviceable boundary" means the areas serviced by the
Region of Queen's Municipality's sewerage system.
(ii) "Sewer" means a pipe, conduit, drain, manhole or pump used
for the collection and transmission of wastewater, stormwater,
or uncontaminated process or cooling water.
(jj) "Standard Methods" means the analytical and examination
procedures provided in the edition current at the time of
testing of "Standard Methods For The Examination Of Water
And Wastewater", published by the American Water Works
Association or any publication by or under the authority of
the Canadian Standards Association deemed appropriate by
the Engineer.
(kk) "Storm Sewer" means a sewer and all related structures
designed exclusively for the collection and transmission of
uncontaminated water, stormwater, or drainage from land or
any watercourse or any combination of them.
(ll) "Storm Water'' means runoff water from rainfall or other natural
precipitation, groundwater, or water from the melting of snow
or ice and includes roof drainage or footing drainage.
(mm) "Suspended Solids" means insoluble matter that can be
removed by filtration through a standard glass fibre filter as
provided by Standard Methods.
(nn) "True Colour Units" means the measure of the colour of the
water from which turbidity has been removed.
(oo) "Uncontaminated Water" means any water, including water
from a Municipal or private waterworks, to which no matter has
been added as a consequence of its use, or to modify its use,
by any person, and may include cooling water.
(pp) "Wastewater" means any liquid waste containing animal,
vegetable, mineral, or chemical matter in solution or
suspension carried from any premises.
(qq) "Watercourse" means the bed and shore of every river, stream,
lake, creek, pond, spring, lagoon, swamp, marsh, wetland,
ravine, ditch or other natural body of water and the water
therein, and any channel, ditch, reservoir, drain, land drainage
works or other man-made surface feature, whether it contains
or conveys water or not.
3.
GENERAL
(1)
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the
Municipality or in any area under the jurisdiction of the said Council
any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable
treatment has been provided under the provisions of this Bylaw or
under Provincial legislation governing on-site sewage disposal.
(2)
No person shall discharge matter of any type, temperature or
quantity into a Municipal Sewerage System which may:
(a) Become a health or safety hazard to any person, animal,
property, vegetation, or employee of the Municipality.
(b) Become harmful to a sewerage system.
(c) Cause the sewerage system effluent to contravene any
requirements of any applicable Federal or Provincial
legislation.
(d) Interfere with the proper operation of a sewerage system.
(e) Impair or interfere with any sewage treatment process.
(3)
Compliance with any limit in this Bylaw may not lawfully be
achieved simply by dilution.
(4)
No person, firm or corporation shall damage, break, or remove any
portion of the Municipal Sewerage System, or its appurtenances.
(5)
The Municipality is not responsible for any part of a building sewer
connection that is not in a public street right-of-way, highway right-
of-way, or sewer easement of which the Municipality is a
beneficiary.
(6)
It is the responsibility of the property owner to ensure that adequate
plumbing is in place outside of the public right-of-way, highway
right-of-way, or sewer easement of which the Municipality is a
beneficiary.
4.
USE OF SANITARY AND COMBINED SEWERS
(1)
The owner of a sewer-producing structure, the nearest part of which
is not more than thirty and a half (30.5) metres from any portion of a
Municipal sewer shall be required, at the owner's expense, to
construct a sewer connection therefrom and connect the same to
the said Municipal sewer under the provisions of this Bylaw. The
construction of the required building sewer and the connecting of
the same to the Municipal sewer must be fully completed within one
hundred and twenty (120) days after the date of the receipt of
written notice from the Municipality to do so.
(a) Notwithstanding the above, an appeal for exemption may be
made by the Property Owner to the Engineer where:
(i)
The structure is deemed to be adequately served with
existing storm drainage and on-site sewage disposal
systems; or
(ii)
The structure would not be adequately served by
connection to the Municipal Sewerage System; or
(iii)
The structure cannot be connected in a practical manner.
(b) The appeal for exemption will provide the following information:
(i)
Copy of existing NSECC on-site sewage application
(including supporting documentation) approval;
(ii)
Stamped Declaration by a Professional Engineer who is
also in good standing with "Waste Water Nova Scotia
Society" (or its successor agency) that the existing on-site
sewage system:
(A)
Is in good working condition;
(B)
Has a defined minimum remaining service life; and
(C)
Is being maintained as necessary to ensure the
defined minimum service life is achieved;
(iii)
Property owner will provide confirmation to the
Municipality on an ongoing basis of any maintenance
prescribed in the above.
(iv)
The Engineer reserves the right to terminate this exemption
at any point should they determine it is in the best interest
of the Municipality and/or the neighbouring properties to
mandate connection to the Municipal system at which
point the terms outlined in paragraph 4.1 will be in effect
immediately.
(2)
Except as otherwise provided in this Bylaw, no person shall
discharge, release, permit, or cause to be discharged into any
sanitary sewer, combined sewer, or public or private connections
to any sanitary sewer or combined sewer any of the following:
(c) Matter of a type or quantity that has emitted or may emit a
toxic or poisonous liquid, vapour or a chemical odour that may
interfere with the proper operation of the sewerage system,
constitute a hazard to humans, animals, or property, or create
any hazards or become harmful in the receiving waters or the
sewerage system;
(d) Ashes, cinders, sand, potter clay, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, wet wipes (including
those marked 'flushable'), or other solid or viscous substances
capable of obstructing the flow of sewers or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewerage system;
(e) Paunch manure or intestinal contents from horses, cattle,
sheep or swine, hog bristles, pig hooves or toenails, animal
Intestines or stomach casings, bones, hides or parts thereof,
animal manure of any kind, poultry entrails, heads, feet or
feathers, eggshells, fleshing, and hair resulting from tanning
operations;
(f) Animal fat or flesh;
(g) Wastewater containing fish offal or pathologic wastes;
(h) Noxious or malodorous gases or substances capable of
creating a public nuisance except human wastes, including,
but not limited to, hydrogen sulphide, mercaptans, carbon
disulphide, other reduced sulphur compounds, amines, and
ammonia;
(i)
Gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or
explosive matter or wastewater containing any of these in any
quantity;
(j)
Wastes containing herbicides, pesticides, or xenobiotics
including, but not limited to, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs);
(k) Atomic wastes and radioactive materials except as may be
permitted under the Atomic Energy Control Act (Canada)
currently in force and regulations thereunder;
(l)
Wastewater having a pH less than 5.5 or greater than 9.5 or
having any other corrosive or scale-forming properties capable
of causing damage or hazards to the sewerage system or
personnel of the Municipality;
(m) Wastewater or uncontaminated water having a temperature
in excess of sixty (60) degrees Celsius;
(n) Wastewater of which the BOD exceeds three hundred (300)
milligrams per litre;
(o) Wastewater containing more than three hundred fifty (350)
milligrams per litre of suspended solids;
(p) Wastewater of which the COD exceeds one thousand (1000)
milligrams per litre;
(q) Wastewater containing more than one hundred (100)
milligrams per litre of non-petroleum-derived fat, grease, or oil,
or, in the case of petroleum-derived mineral oils, in
concentrations exceeding fifteen (15) milligrams per litre;
(r)
Wastewater which consists of two or more separate liquid
layers;
(s) Waste which, either by itself or upon the reaction with other
material, becomes highly coloured;
(t)
Matter of any type or at any temperature or in any quantity
which may cause the sludge from the sewerage system to fail
to meet the criteria relating to contaminants for spreading the
sludge on agricultural lands, under Nova Scotia guidelines for
sewage sludge utilization on agricultural lands;
(u) Wastewater containing any elements in excess of those listed in
Schedule "B";
(v) Any waters or wastes containing substances for which special
treatment or disposal practices are required by applicable
Provincial or Federal legislation;
(w) No person shall discharge stormwater to a Municipal sanitary
sewer. This shall include but not be limited to the following:
(i)
Connection of a sump pump.
(ii)
Connection of downspouts or rain gutters.
(iii)
Connection of foundation drains.
(iv)
Connection of any other stormwater drain or stormwater
collection device.
5.
USE OF STORM SEWERS
(1)
No person shall discharge, release, place, or cause to be placed, any
substance other than stormwater or uncontaminated water into a
storm sewer.
6.
SEWER CONNECTIONS
(1)
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with
or opening into, use, alter or disturb any Municipal sewer or
appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a permit from the
Engineer. The property owner seeking such a permit shall make an
application on form WW-1 of this Bylaw or such updated form as
may be promulgated on the Municipality's website. The permit
application shall be supplemented by plans, specifications, and
other information as deemed necessary by the Engineer.
(2)
Connections:
(a)
No connection to a Municipal Sewer shall be made except
under the supervision of the Engineer.
(b)
No connection or repair to a Municipal Sewer shall be
covered until it has been inspected and approved by the
Engineer.
(c)
No connection of a mobile structure or vehicle which utilizes
appliances that operate in absence of a substantial volume
of water and/or have holding tanks separating wastewater
streams unless all equipment has been removed or replaced
with conventional appliances intended for connection to a
Municipal Sewerage System as determined by the Engineer.
(d)
Each structure serviced must be connected by an individual,
dedicated service lateral to the Municipal Sewerage System
except in the case of a sub-system designed by a Professional
Engineer and permitted by NSECC or the Engineer, in which
case the property owner will be liable for any additional cost
incurred by the Municipality for this accommodation.
(e)
Each lot of property will be serviced by one (1) sanitary sewer
service lateral, one hundred (100 mm) millimetres in nominal
diameter. Where the owner of a property makes request to
the Engineer for any additional quantity of service laterals or
an adjustment to the diameter of the proposed service
lateral, the property owner will be liable for any additional
cost incurred by the Municipality for this accommodation.
Notwithstanding the above, the Engineer reserves the right to
approve, modify or deny any requests they deem to not meet
the necessary standard to serve the best interests of the
Municipality.
(f)
A landlocked property owner may make an application for
connection to the Municipal Sewerage System but will be
required to provide copy of a certified easement across the
property of another landowner when the subject property is
deemed landlocked.
(i)
The easement must grant the right to install, access,
operate, and maintain utility infrastructure for sewer
service purposes.
(ii)
The easement must be registered with the Provincial
Land Registry System on both the dominant tenement
and servient tenement.
(iii)
Failure to provide such documentation may result in
denial or delay of the requested connection.
(3)
Every person connecting to a Municipal Sewerage System shall
construct the connection according to the requirements of the latest
version of the Region of Queens Municipal Services Specification
Manual and the satisfaction of the Engineer.
(4)
Where a building has been connected to the Municipal Sewerage
System or the Engineer has ordered, in writing, a building to be so
connected, the Engineer may order the owners of outhouses or
private sewage disposal systems to remove such outhouses and to
destroy or fill such private sewage disposal systems within ninety (90)
days of the giving of such order.
(5)
Where the Council has approved an expansion to the serviceable
area, the Municipality shall provide (1) sanitary sewer service lateral,
one hundred (100 mm) millimetres in nominal diameter to each
property as registered at that time at the cost of the Municipality.
Where the owner of a property makes request to the Engineer for any
additional quantity of service laterals or an adjustment to the
diameter of the proposed service lateral, the property owner will be
liable for any additional cost incurred by the Municipality for this
accommodation. Notwithstanding the above, the Engineer reserves
the right to approve, modify or deny any requests they deem to not
meet the necessary standard to serve the best interests of the
Municipality.
(6)
All costs associated with the installation, connection, maintenance,
or repair of a building sewer connection to the Municipal Sewer
System, including the costs of any necessary permits, are the sole
responsibility of the owner. The owner shall further indemnify the
Municipality from any loss or damage that may be directly or
indirectly occasioned by the installation, connection, maintenance,
or repair of the building sewer connection.
(7)
Whenever any building sewer connection is abandoned, it shall be
the responsibility of the owner to terminate the connection to the
satisfaction of the Engineer.
7.
POWER AND AUTHORITY OF THE ENGINEER
(1)
The Engineer 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 the Bylaw. This includes the power to inspect plumbing
for compliance with this Bylaw.
(2)
Where a sample is required to determine the characteristics or
contents of the wastewater, uncontaminated water or stormwater
to which reference is made in this Bylaw:
(a) One sample alone is sufficient and the sample or a composite
sample, may contain additives for its preservation and may be
collected manually or by using an automatic sampling device.
(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Bylaw, all tests,
measurements, analyses and examinations of wastewater,
uncontaminated water, and stormwater, shall be carried out
following Standard Methods of Sampling and Analysis.
(3)
Methods of Sampling and Analysis
(a) A minimum of seven (7) grab samples shall be taken, one (1)
each day on different days in any thirty (30) day period.
(b) Analyses shall be conducted separately on each day's grab
sample.
(c) The results of these tests shall be averaged for this period to
determine the characteristics and concentration of the
effluent being discharged into the sewerage system.
(4)
If any waters or wastes are proposed to be discharged to the
Municipal Sewerage System, which waters or wastes contain or
possess prohibited or deleterious characteristics identified in this
Bylaw, the Engineer may do any or all the following:
(a) Reject the wastes.
(b) Require pre-treatment to an acceptable condition before
discharge to the Municipal Sewerage System.
(c) Grease, oil, sediment and sand traps:
(i)
Grease, oil, sediment and sand traps or interceptors shall
be installed in all food service establishments or
operations, vehicle service facilities, and car or truck
washes when, in the opinion of the Engineer, such a
device is necessary for the proper handling and control of
wastewater being discharged to the Municipal
Wastewater Facilities.
(ii)
Traps or interceptors shall be installed such that they are
easily accessible for all aspects of cleaning and
inspection.
(iii)
Traps or interceptors shall be maintained by the owner or
operator in a condition of continuous efficient operation
at the owner's expense.
(iv)
No retained or trapped oil, grease, sediment, sand, silt or
other matter in any form shall be allowed to pass from the
installed trap or interceptor into the wastewater facilities.
Removal of retained or trapped materials shall be
achieved by pumping or other physical means and shall
be hauled away and disposed of as required by law.
(v)
Whenever an inspection of an installed trap or interceptor
results in a written notice for action on the part of the
person(s) responsible for the installed device, such action
shall be completed within the compliance period granted
by the written notice.
(vi)
The owner or operator of an establishment shall provide
the Municipality, upon request, with the frequency of
inspection and maintenance of any installed grease, oil,
sediment and sand traps or interceptors as well as
information as to the disposal method employed and
location of hauled waste material.
(vii)
Any reasonable request for inspection by the Municipality
shall be granted by the owner or operator of the
establishment.
(d) Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge.
(e) Require payment from the party responsible for the discharge
to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes.
(5)
If the Engineer requires the pre-treatment or equalization of waste
flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall
be subject to the review and approval of the Engineer as well as
subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances,
laws, and regulations.
(6)
Where preliminary treatment or flow equalizing facilities are
provided for any waters or wastes all facilities shall be maintained
continuously to assure their effective operation. All costs associated
with such facilities and their maintenance shall be the sole
responsibility of the operator.
8.
REPORTING
(1)
Any person who deposits, intends to deposit, permits, or intends to
permit the deposit of any substance except domestic wastes into a
Municipal sanitary or combined sewer shall, upon request of the
Engineer, file Form WW-2 or such updated form as may be
promulgated on the Municipality's website providing details of such
substances as outlined by the form. The Engineer may require the
filing of Form WW-2 whenever there is reason to believe that wastes
other than domestic sewage are being introduced into the sewer
system in an area. The information provided shall be used by the
Municipality to ensure compliance with this Bylaw and to protect
the Municipal Sewerage System. Failure to file Form WW-2 when
requested shall constitute a contravention of this Bylaw.
(2)
Where a change occurs in any information described in form WW-2,
the owner or operator of the premises shall submit a new form WW-2
setting out the changes.
(3)
No person shall deposit any wastes other than domestic waste in
any sanitary or combined sewer until:
(a)
Form WW-2 has been filed with the Engineer; and
(b)
The Engineer has confirmed, in writing, that the wastes will
comply with the requirements of this Bylaw.
(4)
As and when the Engineer deems it necessary any user of the
Municipal Sewerage System may be required to enter into a
compliance program and thereafter submit a letter of compliance
as referred to in form WW-3 or such updated form as may be
promulgated on the Municipality's website.
(5)
A person to whom a compliance program has been issued shall not
be prosecuted under this Bylaw so long as the compliance program
is being fully complied with.
(6)
Spills
(a)
Every person who discharges or deposits or causes or permits
the discharge or deposit of any matter in any Municipal sewer
that in nature or quantity is unusual or extraordinary shall
immediately notify the Engineer.
(b)
Within five days following a spill, the person responsible for the
spill shall submit to the Municipality a detailed written report
describing the cause of the spill and the actions taken or to
be taken to prevent a recurrence.
9.
SEWER FEES
(1)
Every owner of land on which any building is connected to a
Municipal Sewerage System, or on which a building is situated that
the Engineer has ordered connected to a Municipal Sewerage
System, and the time allocated for such connection has expired
shall pay to the Municipality an annual Sewer Service Charge.
(2)
The Municipality shall forward a notice to each person who is to be
liable for the payment of a sewer service charge, that a sewer
system has been installed, and is available to service their property.
(3)
The Municipality reserves the right to complete work on behalf of an
owner who has not connected within a deadline stipulated for
doing so and charge the owner accordingly based on the actual
cost of the work incurred by the Municipality, with such charge
being a first lien against the property collectable in the same
manner as property taxes.
(4)
Sewer Fees may be updated from time to time in Administrative
Policy 59 - Sewer Fees and include:
(a)
A Sewer Service Charge based on the Equivalent User Units
set out in Schedule "A" of this Bylaw. Each user property
connected to the Municipal Sewerage System shall be
assigned an Equivalent User Unit by the Municipality and it
shall be the responsibility of the property owner to ensure that
the Municipality is notified of any changes that affect the
Equivalent User Unit.
(b)
A Sewer Connection Fee will be charged that is equal to the
actual cost of the work incurred by the Municipality to make
the connection plus an administration fee. The connection will
only be made once a deposit in the amount of the estimated
cost of the connection has been received. Once the
connection is complete the Municipality will reimburse or
charge for the outstanding balance of the actual cost of the
connection.
(c)
A Wastewater Betterment Charge will be charged to each
connection of the Municipal Sewerage System as a one-time
fee to all new developments, including but not limited to
residential, institutional, industrial, or commercial in the
serviceable area.
(d)
An Account Creation fee for the creation of a sewer account,
notwithstanding the fact that no physical connection of the
system may have occurred.
(e)
A special service charge shall be made to each customer
receiving a necessary or requested service.
(f)
Where an appointment has been made by a customer for an
inspection, or other visits to the property for the inception or
maintenance of the service to the property, and the
customer fails to keep the appointment or the plumbing is not
completed to allow for inspection and the Municipality's staff
have to return to the property, a Missed Appointment Charge
will be levied.
(5)
The "Sewer Fees" listed in this section is a lien on the whole of the
property subject to the sewer charge and may be collected in the
same manner and with the same effect as unpaid rates and taxes
under the Assessment Act and the Municipal Government Act.
(6)
Liability for payment: Without limiting other remedies available to
the Municipality by statute, regulation or Bylaw, an
agreement/contract is deemed to exist between a customer and
the Region of Queens for the supply of sewer service at such rates
and in accordance with this Bylaw by virtue of:
(a)
The customer applying for and receiving approval for sewer
service.
(b)
The customer using the sewer service from the date that the
customer who is a party to an agreement pursuant to clause
(a) (the customer of record) moves out of the premises, in
which case the customer of record shall remain jointly and
severally liable for the sewer service account up to the date
the Municipality is notified that the customer of record wishes
to terminate the sewer service. A property owner who rents or
leases a property or self-contained unit to a tenant or lessee
shall be required to open an account for the provision of
water at the property rented or leased.
(c)
Any person, business or corporation that receives service
without the consent of the Municipality shall be liable for the
cost of such sewer service which cost shall be determined in
the sole discretion of the Municipality based upon its
reasonable estimate of the amount of service utilized.
(d)
Where service is supplied to a condominium unit, the
Condominium Corporation in which the unit is situated shall
be deemed to be the customer of record and shall be liable
for payment of the service bill for the condominium unit.
10.
OFFENCES
(1)
Any person who contravenes any section of this Bylaw is liable on
conviction to a penalty of not less than $100.00 and up to
$1,000.00 in addition to the cost of actual damages incurred by
the Municipality as determined by the Engineer.
(2)
Each parameter of wastewater that exceeds the limits prescribed
by this Bylaw constitutes a separate offence.
11.
REPEAL
(1)
The Bylaw Respecting the Regulation of Discharges to the
Municipal Sewerage System of the Region of Queens
Municipality adopted by the Council of the Region of Queens
Municipality on the 15th day of January 2007, is hereby
repealed.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT this Bylaw was passed by the Council of the Region of
Queens Municipality at a duly constituted meeting of said Council held on
the 10th day of March 2026.
SIGNED by the Mayor and Municipal Clerk this 13th day of April 2026
___________________________
Mayor
__________________________
Municipal Clerk
First Reading: February 10, 2026
Public Notice: February 11, 2026
Second Reading: March 10, 2026
Notice of Passing: March 18, 2026
Filed/Approved: Municipal Affairs: April 13, 2026
REGION OF QUEENS MUNICIPALITY BYLAW 11 - SEWER BYLAW
SCHEDULE 'A' EQUIVALENT USER UNITS
TYPE OF USER
EQUIVALENT USER UNITS
Residential
Residential Unit
1.00
For each additional unit, add
1.00
For each doctor or dentist in a private home,
add
1.00
For each beauty or barber shop in a private
home, add
1.00
Industrial
Senior Citizens Home, per unit
0.60
Hospitals and Homes with Medical Care Facilities
Without laundry facilities, per bed
0.50
With laundry facilities, per bed
0.75
Schools, per classroom
With cafeteria and gym
2.0
Without a cafeteria and gym
1.0
Other industries, including manufacturing &
processing
Determined by results of Form WW-1
Commercial
Medical Office, per physician
1.0
Beauty or Barber Shop
1.0
RV Park, per serviced lot
0.75
For each RV dump station, add
1.0
For each bathroom, add
0.3
Hotels, Motels, and Tourist Cottages, per room
0.5
With a swimming pool, add
1.0
Stores, Banks, Clubs, Recreation Facilities, and
Places of Business - First washroom facility
1.7
Each additional washroom facility, add
1.2
Churches, Church Halls, Fraternal Organizations,
Club Halls, Community Halls
0.3
Fire Halls and Fire Stations
1.0
Laundromat, per washing machine
1.0
Service Stations
1.0
With RV dump station, add
1.0
Car Wash Facilities, per wash-station
1.0
Food & Beverage Establishments
2.0
Other
Situations which fit multiple types of users, or none of the above types of users will be
determined at the discretion of the Engineer.
REGION OF QUEENS MUNICIPALITY BYLAW 11 - SEWER BYLAW
SCHEDULE 'B' ACCEPTABLE CONCENTRATIONS
Element
Concentration
(mg/L)
Aluminum (Al)
50
Antimony (Sb)
5
Arsenic (As)
1
Barium (Ba)
5
Beryllium (Be)
5
Bismuth (Bi)
5
Cadmium (Cd)
0.1
Chlorides (expressed as Cl)
1500
Chromium (Cr)
4
Cobalt (Co)
5
Copper (Cu)
1
Cyanide (expressed as
HCN)
2
Fluorides (expressed as F)
10
Iron (Fe)
50
Lead (Pb)
2
Manganese (Mn)
5
Mercury (Hg)
0.1
Molybdenum (Mo)
5
Nickel (Ni)
2
Phenolic Compounds
1
Phosphorus (P)
30
Sulphates (expressed as
SO4)
1500
Sulphide (expressed as H2S)
2
Selenium (Se)
5
Silver (Ag)
2
Tin (Sn)
5
Zinc (Zn)
3