Bylaw No. 2025-05 - Utility Line Installation Bylaw — full text

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## BYLAW NO. 2025-05 ## A BYLAW TO REGULATE THE INSTALLATION OF UTILITY LINES WITHIN MUNICIPAL ROAD ALLOWANCES The Council of the Rural Municipality of Aberdeen No. 373 in the Province of Saskatchewan enacts as follows: 1. This bylaw may be referred to as The Utility Line Installation Bylaw. 2. This Bylaw is enacted pursuant to Sections 8(1)(g), 8(1)(i), and 12 of The Municipalities Act, Which provide that a municipality may regulate the use and management of municipal roads, and may pass bylaws respecting public utilities and works within municipal boundaries. 3. The purpose of this Bylaw is to regulate the installation, maintenance, and operation of utility lines within municipal road allowances to ensure public safety, protect municipal infrastructure, and provide consistent standards for utility providers and property owners. ## Definitions 4. In this Bylaw: 2. ""Council" means the Council of the Rural Municipality of Aberdeen No. 373. - a. "Access point" means any clean-out, valve, service box, or other device providing access to a utility line. - c. "Customer" means the owner of a parcel of land, or the owner's authorized agent, who requests or receives a utility service. - e. "Road allowance" means land dedicated for public roadway purposes, including ditches, shoulders, and undeveloped road rights-of-way under the jurisdiction of the Municipality. 6. "Municipality" means the Rural Municipality of Aberdeen No. 373, in the Province of Saskatchewan. - f. "Utility" means any system for the transmission or distribution of electricity, natural gas, telecommunications, water, wastewater, or other services. - g. "Utility line" means any pipe, conduit, cable, or related infrastructure installed for the purpose of providing a utility service. ## General Provisions 5. No person or utility provider shall install, alter, or maintain a utility line within a municipal road allowance without first obtaining written approval from the Municipality. 6. All applications for approval shall include: - b. the location of all cleanouts, valves, and access points; and - a. a plan or sketch showing the location, depth, and alignment of the proposed Utility; - c. any other information required sipality.  Certified to be a true copy of Bylaw No. 2025-05 adopted by the council of the R.M. of Aberdeen No. 373 on the\_qua day = ABERDEEN of October 20.25 Bor mB Chief Administrative Officer    ## Placement of Access Points - All cleanouts, service boxes, and other access points shall be installed within two (2) feet of the edge of the adjacent property line, and shall not be located in the traveled portion of the roadway or in a manner that interferes with municipal maintenance operations. 8. Curb stops and shut off valves shall be installed on the customer's private property and not within the municipal road allowance. 9. Access points shall be installed flush with the ground surface and maintained in good working order. ## Restoration and Maintenance 10. Upon completion of installation, the Utility Provider shall restore the Road Allowance to its original condition or better, to the satisfaction of the Municipality. 11. The Utility Provider shall, at its own cost, maintain, repair, or replace any portion of the Utility and associated infrastructure, and shall be responsible for any damage caused to the Road Allowance. ## Conditions and Enforcement ## 12. Conditions of Approval - a. Council may impose conditions on any approval, including but not limited to: - i. Depth of installation - ii. Separation from other utilities - iii. Traffic accommodation measures - v. Indemnification of the Municipality against liability - iv. Time limits for completion - vi. Execution of an Easement Agreement - vii. Provision of as-built drawings upon completion ## 13. Deposit Requirement - b. The deposit shall be held by the Municipality until the installation or alteration is completed and the road allowance has been restored to the satisfaction of the Municipality. - a. As a condition of approval, the Municipality may require the applicant to provide a deposit in an amount determined by Council or its designate - C. Upon satisfactory restoration, the deposit shall be returned in full to the applicant. - d. If restoration is not completed to the satisfaction of the Municipality, the deposit may be forfeited in whole or in part and applied toward the cost of completing or correcting the restoration. 14. The Municipality reserves the right to inspect any installation within the road allowance to ensure compliance with this Bylaw. 15. Any person or utility provider who installs or maintains a utility line in contravention of this Bylaw or the conditions of approval shall be responsible for all costs of removal, relocation, or repair as directed by the Municipality. 16. A person or Utility Provider who contravenes any provision of this Bylaw is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to the penalties imposed by the General Penalty Bylaw of the Municipality.   ## Severability 17. If any section of this Bylaw is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining sections, which shall remain in full force and effect. ## Coming Into Force 18. This bylaw shall come into force upon final approval of Council.     ABERDEEN SASKATCHENL EN Reeve Badett Chief Administrative Officer Read a third time and adopted this 9 day of Detober. 2025. Chief Administrative Officer