Require Building Owners to Connect to Sewage Works By-law No. 1978-083
Owen Sound, Ontario
· adopted 1978-06-26
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By-law No. 1978-083
"A By-law to Require the Owners of Buildings to
Connect the said Buildings to the Sewage Works"
Originally Passed and Enacted June 26, 1978
Amended By By-law:
Passed On:
Not Amended
Consolidated Version
Revised and Verified April 9, 2014
Consolidated for Convenience Only
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information. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracies of this by-law, it is
not the official version or a legal document. The original by-law should be consulted
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BY-LAW NO. 1978 - 083
A BY-LAW TO REQUIRE THE OWNERS OF BUILDINGS TO
CONNECT THE SAID BUILDINGS TO THE SEWAGE
WORKS
THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF OWEN SOUND
WHEREAS The Municipal Act R.S.O. 1970 c. 284 s. 362a. provides that
Councils of local municipalities may pass by-laws requiring owners of buildings or
any class or classes of buildings in the municipality or in any defined area thereof to
connect the said buildings or class or classes of buildings to the Sewage Works or
Water Works of the municipality; and
WHEREAS it is deemed expedient and desirable to enact such a by-
law.
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY
OF OWEN SOUND ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1.
The owner of all houses, buildings, properties used for human
occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated within the
Corporation of the City of Owen Sound is hereby required at his expense to install
suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the
proper public sewer, provided that the said public sewer is located adjacent to said
property.
2.
If the owner of a building affected by this By-law fails to make a
connection required by the By-law within nine months after the municipality has
sent notice to him by registered mail to his last known address requiring the
connection to be made, the municipality may make the connection at the expense
of the owner, and for this purpose may enter in and upon the property of the
owner.
3
A notice under Section 2 shall advise the owner that if he fails to make
the connection as required, the municipality has the right to make it at his expense
and to recover the expense by action or in like manner as municipal taxes.
4.
Upon the application of the owner, the Council may grant an extension
of not more than two years from the end of the nine month period provided for in
Section 2 within which the connection is to be made, provided that not more than
two extensions may be granted in respect of any building.
5.
Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this by-law shall
upon conviction therefore be subject to a penalty of not more than One Thousand
Dollars, exclusive of costs, and every such penalty shall be recoverable under The
Summary Convictions Act all of the provisions of which apply, except that the
imprisonment may be for any term not exceeding six months.
6 . This By-law shall come into full force and effect upon the final passing thereof.
PASSED this 26th day of June, 1978.
1st reading June 26, 1978.
2nd reading June 26, 1978.
3rd reading June 26, 1978.
Signature on File
Mayor
Signature on File
Clerk