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COBOURG
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF COBOURG
BY-LAW NUMBER 089-2019
A BY-LAW TO ESTABLISH WATER RATES AND WASTEWATER
RATES UPON THE OWNERS OR OCCUPANTS OF LANDS AND
PREMISES CONNECTED TO MUNICIPAL WATER MAINS AND
SANITARY SEWERS WITHIN THE TOWN OF COBOURG.
WHEREAS the Corporation of the Town of Cobourg (the "Town") owns,
operates and maintains water distribution systems and water treatment
plants, and owns, operates and maintains sanitary sewer system, sewage
pumping stations and water pollution control plants in the Town;
AND WHEREAS the Municipal Act, 2001, Section 11(2) grants the
Corporation of the Town of Cobourg jurisdiction over certain public utilities
within the municipality, including municipal water and wastewater services;
AND WHEREAS Council considers it necessary and advisable to pass a
by-law establishing water rates pursuant to the Municipal Act, 2001, upon
rateable property and sewage service rates upon the owners or occupants
of lands pursuant to the Municipal Act, 2001, in those areas of the
municipality serviced with municipal water mains or sewers;
AND WHEREAS Council desires the monthly charges for water and sewer
to be determined on the basis of a study as updated for Council by Watson
and Associates Economists Limited dated October, 2008; and further
updated by memorandum dated January 20, 2014 and further updated by
Lakefront Utility Services Inc., dated November 18, 2015;
AND WHEREAS the study prepared by Watson and Associates
Economists Limited recommended that the monthly charge be determined
based on the number of users of sewer and water services within the Town
of Cobourg;
AND WHEREAS Council desires to ensure that the monthly charge will be
paid by all users within the Town of Cobourg to ensure that the costs of
maintaining and operating the water system and sewer system is
apportioned equitably among all users in the Town of Cobourg;
NOW THEREFORE the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the Town
of Cobourg hereby enacts as follows:
SECTION 1 - DEFINITIONS
1.1
For the purposes of this By-law, the following definitions shall apply:
(a)
"Apartment Building" shall mean a building or part thereof
consisting of three or more dwelling units which have a
common entrance from the street level, and the occupants of
which have the right to use in common, halls and/or stairs
and/or elevators and yards, but does not include a boarding
or rooming house, bed and breakfast establishment, motel or
hotel.
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(b)
"Base monthly charge for water services" shall mean a
monthly charge apportioned to each property connected to or
having the ability to connect to the Town's water works and
which is designed to recover the capital costs of installing the
water works and for life cycle financing of the water works;
(c)
"Base monthly charge for sewer" shall mean a monthly charge
apportioned to each property connected to or having the
ability to connect to the Town's sewage works and which is
designed to recover the capital costs of installing the sewage
works and for life cycle financing of the sewage works;
(d)
"Base monthly charge" when used without specific to water
or sewer shall mean both the total of the base monthly charge for
water services and the base monthly charge for sewer services.
(e)
"Customer" shall mean any person who enters into a verbal or
written agreement for the supply of water to any property
including but not limited to any dwelling unit located within the
Town of Cobourg.
(f)
"Dwelling Unit" shall mean one or more habitable rooms
occupied or capable of being occupied by an individual,
individuals or family as an independent and separate
housekeeping establishment, with separate kitchen and sanitary
facilities provided for the use of such individual, individuals or
family, with its own private entrance, but does not include a
trailer, single-width mobile home or tent.
(g)
"Fire Protection Charge" shall mean a monthly charge
apportioned to each property connected to the Town's Water
Works and which is designed to recover the capital costs
associated with the oversizing of mains, pumps and
reservoirs and the installation and maintenance of the fire
hydrant system.
(h)
"Fire Protection Suppression System" shall mean a
system to extinguish a fire or substantially reduce the heat
release rate of the fire.
(i)
"Industrial Water Users" shall mean customers whose properties
are classified as an industrial property tax class and whose annual
water consumption is over 6,000 m3/year.
(j)
"Meter" shall mean the water meter owned by the Town to measure
the quantity of water used by the customer.
(k) "Monthly consumption charge" shall mean a charge based on water
consumption during the billing month designed to apportion the
operating costs, administration costs, and maintenance costs of
supplying treated water to customers and of treating sewage.
(I) "Process Water" shall mean municipally supplied water consumed
in an industrial activity that is not discharged to the Municipality's
sewage system.
(m) "Property" shall mean any parcel of land including individual
dwelling units located within the Town.
(n) "Sewage works" shall mean any public works for the collection,
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transmission, treatment or disposal of sewage, or any part of such
works.
(o) "Town" shall mean the Corporation of the Town of Cobourg.
(p) "Water" shall mean potable water supplied by the Town.
(q) "Water works" shall mean any public works for the collection,
production, treatment, storage, supply or distribution of water and
any part of such works.
SECTION 2- MONTHLY WATER RATES AND WASTEWATER RATES
2.1
It is and always has been the intention of Council that the base
monthly charge for sewer rates and water rates shall be based upon
the number of properties in the Town that are connected to the
Town's sewer system and water system.
2.2 The owner or occupant of property connected to the water works
through which water is supplied by the Town shall pay a Water
Works Rate and a Wastewater Rate.
2.3
The Water Rate and Wastewater Rate shall consist of four parts as
follows:
(a) The base monthly charge for water services;
(b) The base monthly charge for fire protection;
(c) The base monthly charge for sewer services; and
(d) The monthly consumption charge(s).
2.5 Any fees or charges imposed by this By-law are due and payable
upon the receipt of any invoice issued by the Lakefront Utility
Services Incorporated (LUSI) to any person or party in connection
with a fee or charge imposed by this By-law.
SECTION 3 - BASE MONTHLY CHARGES FOR WATER SERVICES
AND SEWAGE SERVICES
3.1
Base monthly charges for water and sewer services shall be applied
to all properties in the Town in accordance with Schedule A which is
attached to and forms part of this By-law.
3.2
Despite Section 3.1, dwelling units not possessing an individual
water meter for that dwelling unit alone, shall be assessed for the
base monthly charges at the rate corresponding to a 5/8", 3/4" meter
in Schedule "A".
3.3
The base monthly charges for apartment buildings containing three
or more dwelling units that are not equipped with individual water
meters shall be calculated by:
a) multiplying the number or dwelling units by the base monthly charge
corresponding to the 5/8", 3/4" meter in Schedule "A", and
b) adding a single base monthly charge corresponding to the 5/8", 3/4"
meter in Schedule "A" representing the apartment building's common
services.
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This calculation shall apply despite the fact that the apartment building
may have a single water meter measuring the total quantity of water
consumed by all occupants of the building.
3.4
(a)
The monthly fire protection charge shall be set at the same
rate for all residential accounts and shall include those as defined in
3.3(a) and (b), as per Schedule 'A'.
(b)
The monthly fire protection charge shall be set at the same rate for
all non-residential accounts, as per Schedule 'A'.
(c)
Despite Section 3.4(a) and (b) any residential or non-residential
service incorporating a fire protection suppression system shall pay
a separate fixed monthly fire protection charge as per Schedule 'A'.
SECTION 4- MONTHLY CONSUMPTION CHARGES FOR WATER SERVICES
AND SEWAGE SERVICES
4.1
The charge for water consumption and sewage treatment for all properties
in the Town shall be charged on a per cubic metre of water consumed
basis for each respective customer at the rates as indicated in Schedule
"B" which is attached to and forms part of this By-law.
4.2
Non-metered dwelling units or dwelling units where meter access is not
provided will be billed estimated consumption charges for water of $48.00
per month and sewer of $72.00 per month.
SECTION 4B - REDUCED SEWAGE TREATMENT RATE
4.3
Industrial Water Users may apply to the Town for a reduced Sewage
Treatment Rate based on a portion of water used being consumed in the
process and not entering the sanitary sewer system.
4.4
To qualify for a Reduced Sewage Treatment Rate, an Industrial Water
User must:
(i)
submit an annual application to the Town's Environmental Services
Department containing:
(ii)
submit calculations showing the analysis and quantification of
industrial process water which does not enter the sewage collection
system;
(iii)
submit a description of the means used to measure or otherwise
determine the process water including estimates of any
uncertainties in the measurement or analysis;
(iv)
submit the application fee stipulated in Schedule "D";
(v)
satisfy the Town's Environmental Services Department that the
measurements, calculations and analyses submitted are justified
based on sound engineering principles and statistics and that
process water exceeds 20% of the water supplied by the Town.
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4.5
Should an Industrial Water User be successful in its
application for a Reduced Sewage Treatment Rate, the
Sewage Treatment Rate shall be calculated as follows:
(a)
where a sewage meter exists, on the basis of the
measured flow entering the sewer times the Sewage
Treatment Rate defined in Schedule "B";
(b)
where no sewage meter exists, on the basis of the
measured water supplied to the user multiplied by the
Sewage Treatment Rate defined in Schedule "B"
multiplied by a reduction factor. The reduction factor
shall be the volume of water entering the property
minus the process water as calculated per
Section 4.4 all divided by the volume of water entering
the property.
4.6
Each application for a Reduced Sewage Treatment Rate shall
apply for one year only. If an application is not submitted or
renewed each year, the full sewer rates shall apply.
SECTION 5 - MISCELLANEOUS WATER RATES AND CHARGES
5.1
Miscellaneous charges shall be applied in accordance with
Schedule "C" which is attached to and forms part of this By-
law.
5.2
Other water charges and capital contributions shall be applied
in accordance with Schedule "D" which is attached to and
forms part of this By-law.
5.3
Billing adjustment shall be applied in accordance with
Schedule "E" which is attached to and forms part of this by-
law.
SECTION 6 - NON-PAYMENT & LATE PAYMENT
6.1
Fees and charges imposed under this By-law on a person
constitute a debt of the person to the Town. The Town's
Treasurer may add fees and charges imposed by this By-law
to the tax roll for the property to which the services were
supplied and may collect them in the same manner as
municipal taxes.
6.2
Late payment charges of 1.50% per month, compounded
monthly shall be applied to any fees or charges remaining
unpaid following the due date on the invoice sent to the
customer.
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SECTION 7 - SEVERABILITY
7.1
If any section, clause or provision of this By-law, including
anything contained in the Schedules attached hereto, is for
any reason declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of this By-law as
a whole or any part thereof other than the section, clause or
provision so declared to be invalid; and it is hereby declared
to be the intention of Council for the Town that all remaining
sections, clauses or provisions of this By-law shall remain in
full force and effect until repealed, notwithstanding that one or
more provisions thereof may have been declared invalid.
SECTION 8 - SHORT TITLE
8.1
The short title of this By-law shall be the "Water and Sewer
Rates and
Charges By-law."
SECTION 9 - EFFECTIVE DATE
9.1
This By-law comes into force and effect on January 1, 2020.
THAT By-law Number 007-2019 be hereby repealed.
READ a first, second, third time and finally passed in Open Council
on this 2nd day of December, 2019.
MUNIC AL CLERK
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SCHEDULE "A"
BASE MONTHLY CHARGES FOR WATER SERVICES AND SEWAGE SERVICES
(Effective January 1, 2020)
Water Meter Size
Base Charge for Water
Services
Base Charge for
Sewage Services
5/8", 3/4"
$13.75
$15.01
1"
$52.72
$57.57
1 1/2"
$75.63
$82.60
2"
$98.55
$107.63
3"
$152.24
$166.27
4"
$212.33
$231.89
6"
$331.55
$362.10
8"
$451.61
$493.24
BASE CHARGE FOR FIRE PROTECTION:
Residential service
$
.54
Non-residential service
$
1.07
Residential or non-residential
Service with fire protection suppression
system
$26.78
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SCHEDULE "B"
NTHLY CONSUMPTION CHARGES FOR WATER SERVICES AND SEWAGE
SERVICES
(Effective January 1, 2020)
Water Consumption
Water Rate
($/m3)
Sewage Treatment
Rate ($/m3 of water)
- irst 22.73 m3 (5000
lallons) water
ionsumed
$1.37
$1.54
I i.econd Block
I onsumption beyond
!2.73 m3 to 35m3 water
I onsumed
$1.71
$1.92
Third Block over 35 m3
ater consumed
$2.15
$1.92
Note: *The increase for the third block rate will apply to residential water rates
only.
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SCHEDULE C
MISCELLANEOUS WATER RATES AND CHARGES
(Effective January 1, 2020)
CUSTOMER ADMINISTRATION
Returned/Non-Sufficient Payment
$15
Arrears certificate
$15
Statement of account
$15
Change of occupancy
$30
Pulling post-dated cheques
$15
Request for other billing information
$15
Easement letter
$15
Income tax letter
$15
Credit reference/credit check (plus credit
agency costs
$15
Legal letter charge
$15
Special meter reads
$300
Locate -- remark (< 60days)
$35
Locate -- request for locate (>60 days)
$65
Data Logging Report
$30
Lead testing services -- customer requested
$90
Note:
1. Special meter reads are for meters checked for accuracy at a customer's
request and found to be accurate.
2. A Data Logging Report can be requested for meter read verifications, daily
usage review, and leak detections for radio frequency meters only.
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NON-PAYMENT OF ACCOUNT
Late payment -- per month
1.50%
Late payment -- per annum
19.56%
Collection of account charge -- no disconnection
$30
Collection of account charge -- no disconnection
-- after regular hours
$165
Disconnect/Reconnect -- during regular hours
(charged once, upon reconnection)
$65
Disconnect/Reconnect -- after regular hours
(charged once, upon reconnection)
$185
CONNECTION CHARGES
Turning Water off/on at shut-off valve -- with 48
hours' notice -- regulatory hours
$65
Turning Water off/on at shut-off valve -- without
48 hours' notice -- regulatory hours
$130
Turning Water off/on at shut-off valve --
emergency -- after hours
$185
Temporary Water Meter Removal -- resident's
request -- regular work hours
$135
Temporary Water Meter Removal -- resident's
request -- after regular work hours
$185
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TOWN OF COBOURG
WATER DEPARTMENT
WATER CHARGES/CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020
SCHEDULE D
ENERAL
ater services are not installed in the winter due to the frost in the ground, except by
ecial arrangement with Lakefront Utility Services. The charge for the service is
sed on time and material with the Minimum Charge as set out in the rates below.
charge of $65 will be made during regular working hours (with 48 hours' notice)
f r turning the water off or on at the shut off valve. If 48 hours' notice is not provided,
tIf e charge will be $130 to turn the water off or on at the shut off valve. Furthermore, if
tijie water is turned off or on at the shut off valve in an emergency and after regular
urs, then the charge will be $185. The situations above are for any other purpose
tijian commencing or terminating contract or for maintenance of our system.
Temporary water meter removal at resident's request, remove and reconnect during
regular work hours $135.00.
mporary water meter removal at resident's request, remove and reconnect after
r gular work hours $185.00.
mporary water usage during construction etc. is based on estimated usage at
r gular rates.
amilton Township Residential and General Service Water Rate Charge same as
own of Cobourg plus:
Residential
- monthly surcharge: 2015 - $8.10; 2016 - $8.30; 2017 - $8.50; 2018 -
$J8.70; 2019 - $9.00; 2020 - $9.20
oC ieneral Service - monthly surcharge: 2016 -$13.10; 2017 - $13.40; 2018 - $13.70;
-$14.00; 2020 -$13.73
Iridustrial rates: first 22.73 cubic meters $0.92 balance at $1.13 per cubic meter, plus
rronthly surcharge.
ater from hydrant, with special approval, or from pump house/fire department shall
2011 -$1.60; 2012 -$1.65; 2013 -$1.70; 2014 -$1.75; 2015 -$1.80; 2016 -$1.85;
17 -$1.90; 2018 -$1.95; 2019 -$2.00; 2020 -$2.05 per cubic meter. Key holders
service charge $7.00 per month plus usage.
ulk metered residential customers, as approved, for using water conservation
ethodologies first rate up to 11.35 cubic meters per month, 2nd rate up to 35 cubic
eters and balance at 3rd rate.
Tie annual application fee for reduced industrial sewer rates will be the actual cost to
te municipality to a maximum of $260.00.
Hamilton Township Fire Protection per hydrant charge: 2011 -$15.63; 2012 -$15.75;
013 - $15.90; 2014 - $16.07; 2015 - $16.23; 2016 - $16.40; 2017 - $16.57; 2018 -
6.74; 2019 -$16.91; 2020 -$17.08
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