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## BEIT ENACTED BY COUNCIL for the Municipality of the Community of Murray Harbour, as follows:
1. This bylaw shall be known as and may be cited as the Community of Murray Harbour Mandatory Sewer Connection Bylaw, Bylaw # 103.
2. In this bylaw:
3. (a "Community" means that area incorporated and known as the Community of Murray Harbour;
4. (b) "Council means the Council of the Community of Murray Harbour;
5. (c) "Inspector" means any person appointed by Council pursuant to this bylaw;
6. (d) "Owner" includes a part owner, joint tenant or tenant - in common of the whole or any part of any land or building and also includes a trustee, an executor, and administrator, a guardian, an agent, or mortgagee in possession or other person having the care or control of any land or building in case of the absence or disability of the person having the title thereto;
7. (e) "Service" means the piping between the plumbing and the Sewer Line and includes the trench in which such piping lies:
- (1) "Sewer Line" means a sewer or drainage system constructed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Community and maintained as a public sewer or drain;
9. (g) "Utility" means the Community of Murray Harbour Sewer Utility as prescribed in Bylaw# 102.
3. This bylaw shall apply to all property in the Community.
4. This bylaw shall be administered by the Utility in accordance with the standards set out herein and their policies governing sewer connections.
5. Every Owner of any dwelling, house, shop, store, office or other building situate on land which abuts a Sewer line shall at his/her expense, construct and maintain a Service therefrom and connect the dame with the Sewer Line in accordance with the standards set out herein ad the policies of the Utility. The said Owner shall construct the Service within six months of substantial completion of the Sewer Line abutting his/her land and, upon connection to the Sewer Line, shall be responsible for the pumping out and the infilling of any private septic tank then situate upon the land serviced by a Sewer Line.
6. The Utility shall appoint an Inspector for the purpose of supervision the construction and maintenance of the Service and for the purpose of ensuring compliance with this bylaw.
## BYLAW # 103 MURRAY HARBOUR MANADATORY SEWER CONNECTION BYLAW page 2 of 2
Every Service shall be constructed under 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 Line, and generally shall be constructed in such manner and of such materials as the Inspector directs, and no such Service shall be covered in until it had been approved by the Inspector.
## 7. The following standards shall apply:
All plastic pipe used n the construction of a Service shall conform to CSA B182.1 - M1977 and shall also be installed in accordance with the following:
- (i) All pipe and fittings shall be minimum of 100 mm, Standard Dimensional Ratio SDR 35, Lock - in gasket and integral bell system.
- (ii) The pipe and fittings shall be bedded n sand and compacted to 95% standard proctor to a minimum of 300 mm above the pipe and 150 mm below the pipe. The pipe shall be installed at a minimum grade of 2%.
8. In case of a building being so located that any plumbing fixture in the building is below street level or so as to be affected by a backflow on the Service connected to the Sewer Line, the plumbing in such a building shall include a suitable check valve. The complete cost of the check valve shall be borne by the owner. Owners shall be notified of the importance of installing a check valve, by the Utility on an annual basis. If after such notice the Owner chooses not to install such a check valve and a backup occurs in the Owners building, the Owner shall be responsible for any damage sustained.
9. The Inspector shall be entitled to enter upon any property for the purpose of inspecting any Service and for the purpose of determining if an Owner had complied with the provisions of this bylaw.
10. The following shall apply:
- (i) Any persons who contravenes any of the provisions of this bylaw is guilty of an offence and upon conviction is liable to a fine of not less than One Hundred ($100.00) dollars and not more than Fifteen Hundred ($ 1,500.00) dollars and in default of payment of such fine the provisions of the Summary Proceedings ct, R. S.P. E. I. 1980, Cap. S - 9 as amended under Section 6.1 shall apply.
First reading of the Village of Murray Harbour Mandatory Sewer Connection Bylaw # 103
First reading November 2, 1994 Second reading November 16, 1994 Filed with the Minister of Community and Cultural Affairs May 5t 1995