Bylaw No. 2020-01 Utility and Waste Management Bylaw — full text

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BYLAW NO. 2020-01 THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF KELLROSS NO. 247 UTILITY AND WASTE MANAGEMENT BYLAW BYLAW OF THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF KELLROSS NO. 247 TO FIX THE RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR THE CONNECTION , RE-CONNECTION, USE, AND CONSUMPTION OF WATER, TO FIX THE RATES TO BE CHARGED BY WAY OR RENT OR SERVICE CHARGE FOR THE USE OF SANITARY SERVICE AND WASTE MANAGEMENT / ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES The Council of the Rural Municipality of Kellross No. 247, in the Province of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows: 1. All persons desiring to be supplied with water from the Municipality's water supply shall make application to the municipality. Application forms to be supplied to applicant by RM Administrator. Each application shall be accompanied by the payment of one hundred eighty dollars, ($180.00) the sum equivalent to three (3) months residential water and sanitary sewer services. One hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be a refundable deposit at which time the user no longer requires services, or no longer resides in The Special Service Area; eighty ($80.00) shall be a non-refundable connection fee/ meter deposit. 2. All persons who no longer require water and sanitation sewer services shall notify the municipality in writing. The municipality will only issue one hundred dollars ($100.00) deposit refund if all charges and fees from prior use are paid in full and only if the user has notified the municipality in writing and has provided updated postal service information in which case they will no longer reside in the municipality. 3. The charges to be paid by the water consumer whose water service has been turned on shall be those set forth in schedule "A" attached to and forming part of this by-law, or as amended, and that the minimum monthly charge shall be payable in every case whether or not water is consumed 4. Persons who own or occupy premises draining or that are by by-law required to drain into the Municipality's sanitary sewer system shall pay for such services a rental rate or service charge in accordance with Schedule "B", attached to and forming part of this by-law or as amended. 5. The municipality may by by-law, ration or limit the amount of water furnished to any and all consumers should circumstances deem to warrant such action 6. The municipality has the authority to disconnect water supply to a user for the infringement of the provisions in this by-law, which shall include arrears of utility and waste management payments 7. Accounts for water and or sanitary sewer service and or household waste and recycling collection shall cover a period of three (3) consecutive months or be pro-rated for the period within the three (3) month period, and shall be payable on or before the thirtieth (30th) day of the last month of the three (3) month period. If the account is not paid within that period, the water service may be disconnected. Should water service be disconnected due to lack of payment, it shall not be re-connected until all arrears are paid in full and a re-connect fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) is made to cover expenses related to re- connection. 8. The municipality has the authority to charge a ten percent (10%) penalty per year to a user whose account that has not been paid in full within the month following the three (3) month billing cycle. That the Penalty be applied to the account at the beginning of the next billing cycle. That the utility bills be sent to the owner of the property. 9. Bulk water sold from coin operated dispenser at the water treatment plant shall not be greater than five- hundred (500) gallons per fill. Dispensed water shall not be for the purpose of agricultural use such as spraying, as the water is treated and not suitable for crops. 1 10. The charges to be paid by persons who own or occupy residential premises within the Special Service Area that require regular household waste and recycling collection shall be those set forth in schedule "C" attached to and forming part of this by-law, and that the minimum monthly charges shall be payable on a quarterly basis as an attached fee to water and sewer bills. Residents who receive waste collection bin (s) from approved waste collection company are responsible to maintain bin. Waste collection bins are the property of the municipality, and are to remain at the property to which it was assigned. Mistreatment of waste collection bin (s) causing damages that are not repairable, and a replacement bin is required will result in a one hundred twenty dollar ($120.00) replacement charge to the property owner or tenant. Replacement fee shall be paid in full prior to new bin being delivered. 11. That an Infrastructure Levy be imposed on a monthly basis described in Schedule 'D' and forming part of this Bylaw. 12 That Bylaw No. 2017-03 and Bylaw No. 2019-06 is hereby repealed. 13 The rates and charges contained in this bylaw shall come into effect upon approval by the Saskatchewan Municipal Board, Local Government Committee. SEAL ______________________________ Reeve ______________________________ Administrator Section 23 The Municipalities Act First Reading: ____________________________ Second Reading: __________________________ Read a Third Time and adopted This___________Day of _______________, 20___. 2