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Bylaw #2193
CITY OF NORTH BATTLEFORD
SASKATCHEWAN
BYLAW NO. 1706
A BYLAW OF THE CITY OF NORTH BATTLEFORD IN THE
PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN RESPECTING THE
MANAGEMENT OF THE WATERWORKS SYSTEM OF THE
CITY AND THE CHARGES TO BE MADE FOR WATER
SERVICES.
WHEREAS pursuant to Section 17 of The Cities Act 2002, Council may provide a public
utility service, and
WHEREAS it is deemed expedient to make provisions for the management of the
Waterworks System of the City and the terms and conditions upon which Water Services
may be provided, and to prescribe a tariff of charges for such services:
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the City of North Battleford in open meeting assembled
enacts as follows:
1.
INTERPRETATION
(a) The Director of Public Works & Engineering shall mean the Director of Public
Works & Engineering, so appointed, and any other person authorized by the
Director of Public Works & Engineering, to act as his assistant, deputy or agent.
(b) The plumber employed and designated by the owner of the premises in the
application for service will be considered the agent of the owner while employed
in installing the water service to the said premises and will not in any sense be
the agent of the City or of the Director of Public Works & Engineering.
(c) All words, either in this Bylaw or in the Schedules thereto, referring to any
person, consumer or applicant, shall be taken to be of such number and gender
as the context and the facts may require, and shall also include a corporation or
a partnership.
(d) Schedule "A" setting out the tariff of deposits to be made by applicants, Schedule
"B" setting out the rates charged to all properties with a service connection to the
City water mains, Schedule "C" being the form of application for water service,
and Schedule "D" being the owner agreement form - tenant occupancy are
incorporated in and form part of this Bylaw in their present form or as the same
may be modified or amended from time to time by Bylaw or Resolution of Council
of the City of North Battleford.
Bylaw No. 1706
Page 2
2.
RESPONSIBILITIES
(a) The Waterworks System of the City of North Battleford including its production,
distribution, measurement, operation and maintenance shall be under the
general direction and supervision of the Director of Public Works & Engineering.
(b) The Director of Public Works & Engineering is authorized to inspect all buildings
and premises supplied with water. The Director of Public Works & Engineering
shall also keep records of applications for services, and full descriptions of all
works constructed.
(c) The collection of the revenue derived from the City's Waterworks System and
the supervision of all records required for billing and collecting accounts shall be
the responsibility of the Director of Finance.
(d) The City shall render accounts with respect to meters which have been read in
terms of this Bylaw, and such accounts shall be payable at City Hall.
(e) All accounts shall be due and payable forthwith upon an account being rendered.
3.
PROHIBITIONS
(a) Water must not be used without application first having been made at City Hall
for such use and such application approved.
(b) Persons taking over premises where water has been previously used by another
applicant must make a new application for such premises.
(c) No person shall turn on water to any premises or open any valve or cock on City
premises, except on the authority of the Director of Public Works & Engineering.
(d) No person other than the City shall tap or make any connection whatsoever with
any of the public or private pipes or mains.
(e) No person or persons, except the Director of Public Works & Engineering or
members of the Fire Department in the course of their duties, shall open, close
or interfere with any hydrant, gate or valve connection nor in any way interfere
with any stop-cock, pipe or other waterworks appliance between the meter, when
there is no stop-cock immediately about such meter, or between such stop-cock
where it is installed immediately above the meter, and the water main, nor with
any water meter.
(f)
No extension of water mains shall be constructed unless such construction is
authorized by City Council.
(g) In cases of any fraudulent misrepresentations on the part of any consumer or
unnecessary waste of water, the water supply shall be cut off.
Bylaw No. 1706
Page 3
(h) No person shall interconnect with the City potable water system any appliance,
device or system which could back flow into the City water system without
installing proper back flow, anti-siphon, air-lock or other system(s) as approved
by the Director of Public Works & Engineering.
4.
OBTAINING A SERVICE CONNECTION
Any person wishing to have his premises connected to the Waterworks System shall
make application to the Building Inspector requesting such water connection and the
owner or authorized agent shall sign the application prescribed by the City for that
purpose. The applicant is required to provide as-built drawings of the service
connection prior to water being supplied.
5.
PAYMENT FOR SERVICE CONNECTION
The charge made by the City for tapping the water main and laying a service from the
water main to the property line shall be paid by the applicant for such service upon
such terms as the City may prescribe.
6.
WATER METERS AND WATER ACCOUNTS
(a) All meters shall be furnished and installed by the City and remain the property of
the City, but every owner, tenant or occupant of premises, where a water service
is provided by the City shall be responsible to the City for the costs incurred by
it arising out of any damage to such meters from frost or otherwise during the
period from installation to a time 72 hours after notice is received by the City that
the premises in which such meter is installed are to be vacated or until such
premises are vacated whichever is the later date.
(b) All persons desiring to be supplied with water by the City shall apply to City Hall
and sign an application prescribed by the City for such purposes.
(c) If any owner or tenant neglects or refuses to pay all the charges under this Bylaw
by the twentieth (20) day following the day on which the said account was due
and payable, it shall be lawful for the Director of Finance to cause the supply of
water to be cut off, and when such supply is cut off the water shall not again be
turned on until all the arrears and penalties are fully paid, including:
1)
a reconnect fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for reconnections
during regular business hours; or,
2)
a reconnect fee of Four Hundred Fifty Dollars ($450.00) for reconnections
outside of regular business hours.
(d) Where one water meter service is situated in a two-family dwelling or multi-family
dwelling, the billing shall be in the name of the property owner.
Bylaw No. 1706
Page 4
(e) Single Family dwellings with the availability of having more than one tenant, the
utility account will remain in the owner's name. If the owner takes out a permit
for demolition of the suite and the Building Inspector has inspected the premises,
then the Building Inspector will forward in writing to the Utility Department that
the suite has been removed. Once the suite(s) is removed, the utility account
may be put in the tenant's name.
If the suite is vacant, then the owner may sign a vacant suite declaration for the
removal of the extra refuse charge, however, the utilities will remain in the
owner's name. If the suite is rented, then the owner must notify the Utility
Department within 30 days, or a $100.00 charge will be applied to their utility
account.
(f) Where the said application is for the connection of a newly constructed service,
the said application shall be forwarded to the Medical Health Officer for approval
before the connection to the premises is made.
(g) Upon the connection being made to the premises pursuant to the said
application, the applicant or property owner or tenant, as the case may be, shall
be liable for all rates charged per Schedule "B" and service charges, if applicable,
for water and sewer on, from and after the date of the said connection.
(h) Applications for supplying water are not transferable and applicants or property
owners or tenants, as the case may be, will be charged for water service from
the date of connection.
(i)
Every owner, tenant or occupant of premises where a water service is provided,
or application made for provision of a water service, shall give every facility for
the introduction of water meters and the placing of such meters in an easily
accessible position, and shall at all times provide at their own cost an easy
means of access so that the meter may be examined or read; and shall at all
times at their own risk and expense protect the meter from injury from frost or
otherwise. Water meters installed pursuant to this clause may be equipped with
a remote reading device, the location of which shall be determined by the
Director of Public Works & Engineering.
(j)
Except as to water supplied by tank, all water supplied by the City of North
Battleford shall be measured by meters and the City shall have the right at all
times, by its workers, to enter upon any premises where it has placed a meter
and appliances, for the purpose of inspecting or removing the meter or
appliances, or reading the meter, or connecting or disconnecting the applicant's
installation with the City's water system or for the purpose of determining whether
such water is being carried, distributed or used in a proper manner.
Bylaw No. 1706
Page 5
(k) All charges for water supplied and water services shall be made and paid for in
accordance with Schedule "B" hereto, as the said schedule is authorized, from
time to time, by Resolution or Bylaw of the Council of the City of North Battleford.
The charges shall at all times be based on a flat rate and a volume rate based
on cubic meter of water used with the exception that disconnects be provided a
one-week minimum provision for billing purposes for charges other than water
and sewer calculations appearing on the account.
(l)
The deposit mentioned in subsection (c) hereto shall be held by the City as
security for payment of water services accounts and shall be returned to the
applicant without interest, on such applicant ceasing to require a water service,
and all accounts being paid in full.
(m) All charges for repairs to the water service or to the meter, including charges for
thawing a frozen service, which are the responsibility of the applicant, tenant, or
owner, shall be added to the water bill and collected as provided by this bylaw.
(n) The standard meter installed for a water service is 15.88 mm (5/8"). Larger size
meters will be provided as approved by the Director of Public Works &
Engineering and upon payment of any extra costs involved in such installation.
In any case, the meter shall always be one size smaller than the service pipe
below the meter.
(o) The Director of Public Works and Engineering has the authority to direct the
installation of irrigation meters within the City of North Battleford.
(p) Effective January 1, 2003, irrigation meters shall only be allowed on premises
which provide public access and/or are of a community benefit, in the opinion of
the Director of Public Works & Engineering.
(q) Charges for water measured by these irrigation meters will be in accordance with
subsection (k) hereto.
(r)
All existing irrigation meters within the City of North Battleford shall meet the
criteria within subsection (p) hereto on or before January 1, 2004, or be subject
to removal by the Director of Works & Engineering.
7.
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
(a) The City may limit or discontinue the furnishing of water to any customer or
consumer when in the opinion of the City or the Director of Public Works &
Engineering circumstances so warrant.
(b) If the meter installed in any premises fails to register for any reason, then the
applicant shall be charged for water in proportion to the previous usage over a
similar period, or, where there is no previous comparable usage, the Director of
Finance may fix a reasonable charge.
Bylaw No. 1706
Page 6
(c) If any owner or tenant neglects or refuses to pay all the charges under this Bylaw
by the twentieth (20) day following the day on which the said account was due
and payable, it shall be lawful for the Director of Finance to cause the supply of
water to be cut off, and when such supply is cut off the water shall not again be
turned on until all the arrears and penalties including a reconnect fee of One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00) are fully paid.
(d) If because of failure to give notice of vacating the premises, the water service,
either on private property or on the street, is damaged by frost or otherwise, all
the cost of repair to the said service shall be at the cost of the owner or consumer
of water and may be collected by the City from the said owner or consumer. If
such account remains unpaid at December 31, in any year, the account shall be
added to the property taxes and same shall be collectible in like manner as
property taxes.
(e) If a service to an applicant who is not the owner of the premises, is disconnected
for any cause and an account therefor remains unpaid, the Director of Finance
shall apply the deposit of the applicant in payment of the account outstanding,
including any fee which may be added for turning off the service. If an
outstanding balance remains after application of the deposit, the Director of
Finance is authorized to collect the balance from the owner of the property
including adding the uncollected sum to the property owner's tax roll if deemed
necessary.
(f) If a service to an applicant, who is the owner of the premises, is disconnected
for any cause and an account therefor remains unpaid, the Director of Finance
shall add such unpaid account to the property taxes and same shall be collectible
in like manner as property taxes.
(g) As a further means of enforcing payment of arrears, the Director of Finance shall
demand and receive payment from an applicant for a service, of any outstanding
account for water formerly supplied to the applicant alone or in conjunction with
any other person, before such application is granted.
(h) In all places where water from the City's water system is used in heating, cooling
or other facilities or equipment, proper devices shall be supplied by the owner or
consumer to prevent damage to such facilities or equipment when water is shut
off from the street or variations in pressure of the water occur for any reason.
(i)
Once a water service connection has been established, at minimum the
associated flat rates per Schedule "B" shall apply and be due and payable by
the property owner or tenant as the case may be. Property owners with
established connections to the water and sewer systems are prohibited from
shutting off water service and where it may be deemed desirable or necessary
for the water supply to be shut off, the decision to discontinue the water supply
will be at the sole discretion of the City.
Bylaw No. 1706
Page 7
Notwithstanding, if the water supply is shut off for any reason deemed
desirable or necessary, at minimum the associated flat rates per Schedule "B"
shall apply and be due and payable by the property owner. The City shall have
the right to shut off water service supply to any consumer without notice and
to keep it shut off as long as necessary.
(j)
Neither the City nor its employees or agents shall be liable for any damage
resulting from suddenly shutting off the supply of water from any premises, either
with or without notice; but the City will give reasonable notice of such shutting
off, where practicable.
(k) Every main building shall have its own service connection and the water from
each service connection shall be measured by one water meter only.
(l)
No branch pipe shall be taken from any part of the service pipe between the
main stop cock and the water meter.
(m) Each owner of premises shall be responsible for the repair and maintenance of
all pipes and fixtures between the main and his premises, except for that portion
lying in the street.
(n) Every service connection shall be provided by the owner with one stop cock of
a design approved by the Director of Public Works & Engineering, which will be
placed in the pipe immediately where the water service enters the premises.
(o) No exterior buried pipe of a service connection shall be less than nine feet below
the surface of the ground, other than in exceptional circumstances approved by
the Director of Public Works & Engineering.
(p) The City will place a main cock at the water main and a curb cock between the
street gutter and the street line for the purpose of turning a service off and on.
(q) In case any water service line becomes frozen between the premises and the
watermain, then such water service line may be thawed out upon application at
the office of the Director of Public Works & Engineering, and the actual cost of
thawing out such service line or connection shall be paid by the consumer.
(r) The Director of Public Works & Engineering may shut the water off at the
premises of any owner or consumer who contravenes any of the provisions of
this Bylaw or any regulations made by the City Council and in cases where the
water has been shut off for waste or leaks or defects in pipes or cocks, the water
shall not be turned on again until the necessary repairs have been made to the
satisfaction of the Director of Public Works & Engineering.
Bylaw No. 1706
Page 8
8.
PENALTIES
Any person or persons tampering with or interfering with or in any way injuring any
part of the City's Waterworks System, or disconnecting or reconnecting any service
or doing anything to break, suspend, divert, obtain the unlawful use of or waste water
supplied by the City or interfering in any manner with the operation and distribution
thereof, except under and with the permission in writing of the Director of Public Works
& Engineering, is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction, to a fine
not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and in default of payment of the fine,
to imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty (30) days, unless the fine is sooner
paid.
9.
REPEAL OF FORMER BYLAW
Bylaw No. 1655 and all amendments thereto are hereby repealed.
10. This Bylaw shall come into force and take effect on the 1st day of May A.D., 2003.
INTRODUCED AND READ A FIRST TIME THIS 14th DAY OF APRIL A.D., 2003.
READ A SECOND TIME THIS 14 DAY OF APRIL A.D., 2003.
READ A THIRD TIME AND ADOPTED THIS 28 DAY OF APRIL A. D., 2003.
Wayne Ray
Elaine Kostiuk
MAYOR
CITY CLERK
SCHEDULE "A" TO BYLAW NO. 1706
CITY OF NORTH BATTLEFORD
WATER SERVICES DEPOSITS
All applicants for the supply of water, UNLESS THEY ARE THE OWNER OF THE
PREMISES, shall be required to deposit with the Director of Finance the amount set forth
in the Deposit Fee Schedule below. The deposit shall be returned to the applicant's utility
account upon discontinuance of the supply of water. Once all charges have been applied
to said account any credit balance will be refunded.
REDUCED DEPOSIT UNDER WIPPS
The City will accept a lower deposit amount if the applicants register themselves at the
time of application under the Water Installment Payment Plan Service (WIPPS). WIPPS
allows utility customers to pay their bills, on a monthly basis, automatically through direct
debit.
DEPOSIT FEE SCHEDULE
User Type
Meter Size
Consumption
Base on
Quarterly
Cubic Metres
Deposit
Deposit
under
WIPPS
Residential
15mm-25mm
50
$200
$100
Commercial /Industry 15mm-18mm
100
$450
$150
Commercial /Industry 25mm
150
$900
$300
All
40 mm & larger
1,500
$1,800
$600
NON-PAYMENT UNDER WIPPS
Should an applicant's service under the WIPPS program become uncollectible the City
shall serve a four-day notice to the applicant requesting full payment. Service charges as
prescribed by the City's policy on NSF fees will be applied to the account. Failure to make
payment in the four-day period may result, at the discretion of the Director of Finance, in
the service being disconnected.
SCHEDULE "B" REFERRED TO IN BYLAW NO. 1706
CITY OF NORTH BATTLEFORD
WATER CHARGES - A
FLAT RATE MONTHLY
Meter Size
15-25 mm (5/8" - 1") Residential
$ 21.25
40 mm (1.5") Residential
$ 88.63
15-18 mm (5/8" - 3/4") Commercial/Industrial/Other
$ 21.25
25 mm (1") Commercial/Industrial/Other
$ 66.45
40 mm (1.5") Commercial/Industrial/Other
$ 88.63
50 mm (2") Commercial/Industrial/Other
$ 132.94
75 mm (3") Commercial/Industrial/Other
$ 531.22
100 mm (4") Commercial/Industrial/Other
$ 663.74
150 mm (6") Commercial/Industrial/Other
$1,491.34
WATER CHARGES - B
FLAT RATE MONTHLY
(Underground Infrastructure)
Meter Size
15-25 mm (5/8" - 1") Residential
$ 10.67
40 mm (1.5") Residential
$ 55.41
15-18 mm (5/8" - 3/4") Commercial/Industrial/Other
$ 12.37
25 mm (1") Commercial/Industrial/Other
$ 39.29
40 mm (1.5") Commercial/Industrial/Other
$ 52.30
50 mm (2") Commercial/Industrial/Other
$ 78.60
75 mm (3") Commercial/Industrial/Other
$ 313.79
100 mm (4") Commercial/Industrial/Other
$ 392.38
150 mm (6") Commercial/Industrial/Other
$ 864.27
WATER CHARGES - C
FLAT RATE MONTHLY
Rates Per Cubic Metre
Volume Rate (per cubic metre)
$ 2.00
Bulk Water Rate (per cubic metre)
$ 7.30
MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES - D
Paper Utility Bills
-
Postage and administrative fee per month for mailed
paper bills
$ 2.00
Residential AMI Smart Meter Accommodation Rate:
-
Monthly Accommodation Meter Read Fee
$ 24.27
Per Installation Rates:
-
Radio Removal and Touchpad Installation Fee
$ 134.84
-
Water Crane - 1% charge calculated from the total volume
consumed
-
Water meter and radio replacement - Based on market rates,
approved meter and City specifications.
-
Water meter/ratio installation - Based on market rates established by
City employees.
-
Frozen/damaged meter - Hourly market rates established by City
employees and cost of materials and supplies.
SCHEDULE "C" REFERRED TO IN BYLAW NO. 1706
CITY OF NORTH BATTLEFORD
UB#.______________
UTILITY SERVICE
CUSTOMER ORDER FORM
COUNTER
LETTER
PHONE
MANUALLY
NAME: __________________________________ EFFECTIVE DATE: ________________________
_________________________________
METER TYPE: _____________________________
SERVICE ADDRESS: _____________________
METER READING: _________________________
MAILING ADDRESS: _____________________
BUSINESS PHONE #: _______________________
CITY: ___________________________________ RESIDENTIAL PHONE #: ____________________
POSTAL CODE: __________________________
IDENTIFICATION: __________________________
EMPLOYER: _____________________________ DATE OF BIRTH: __________________________
CONNECT:
OWNER
RESIDENTIAL
WATER ON
DISCONNECT:
TENANT
COMMERCIAL
OFF AT CURB
OFF UNDER METER
DEPOSIT: _______________
RECEIPT #: ___________
DATE: ______________
DEPOSIT TRANSFERRED FROM: ______________________________________________________
PREVIOUS ADDRESS: ________________________________________________________________
I hereby make application for water and sewer services at the above service address and hereby agree to comply
with all Bylaws, Policies and Regulations governing same as may now or hereafter be in force.
DATE:______________________
SIGNATURE: __________________________________________
(Customer)
VERIFIED BY: ________________________________
(Utility Department)
(OFFICE USE ONLY:)
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: __________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
DATE: _______________________
SERVICE MAN: ________________________
*** SCHEDULE "D" - BYLAW NO. 1706 - Owner Agreement Form - Tenant
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