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## CITY OF WEYBURN
## BYLAW NO. 2025-3498
## A BYLAW OF THE CITY OF WEYBURN REGULATING THE USE OF SEWERS WITHIN THE CITY OF WEYBURN AND THE LEVYING OF FEES OR CHARGES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
The Council of the City of Weyburn duly assembled enacts as follows:
## Definitions
For the purpose of this Bylaw, the expressions:
- a) Adverse effect means actual or potential damage or harm to property, the environment or the safety, health or welfare of people;
- b) a temperature of 20 degrees centigrade. The laboratory determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in AStandard Methods@ published by the American Public Health Association;
- C) City means the City of Weyburn;
- d) Clear Water Waste means water originating from sources other than public sewerage works or private sewerage works, that meets applicable law for release into the public drainage system, and may include, but is not limited to:
- i) Water from roof;
6. ii) Remediated groundwater;
7. iii) Impounded storm drainage or impounded groundwater
8. iv) Sump pump discharge;
- e) Concentrated Sewage means sewage having either a higher content of suspended solids or a higher biochemical oxygen demand than standard sewage as determined by tests conducted in the manner set out under Section 27 hereof;
- f) Council means the Municipal Council of the City of Weyburn;
- g) Customer means a property owner, tenant, occupant or person in charge or control of a premise accepting or using any of the customary services provided or supplied by or in connection with the sewerage system;
- h) Director of Engineering means the Director of Engineering of the City of Weyburn or anyone acting under their instructions in carrying out the provisions of this Bylaw;
13. Director of Finance means the Director of Finance of the City of Weyburn or anyone acting under their instructions in carrying out the provisions of this Bylaw;
- j) Grease means an organic substance that can be extracted from aqueous solution or suspension by hexane solvent and includes but is not limited to hydrocarbons, esters, oils, fats, waxes and high molecular fatty acids.
- k) Industrial Waste means any solid, liquid or gaseous substance discharged, permitted to flow or escaping from industrial, manufacturing, commercial or business establishment or process, or from the development, recovery or processing of any natural resource or any liquid discharge, regardless of source of characteristic;
- 1) Infill means the development of new housing, including garden and garage suites, in an established area on a vacant lot or an underused lot on previously developed land;
- m) Interceptor means a receptacle that is installed to prevent oil, grease, sand or other materials from passing into a drainage system;
- n) mg/l is an abbreviation for milligrams per litre;
- 0) Owner means the registered owner of a property or the purchaser thereof who is entitled to occupy and use the property;
- p) Person includes any person, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group owning or occupying any building or place or having the management or supervision or control of any building or place to which this Bylaw applies and includes the owner;
- 9) pH means the measure of the intensity of the acid or alkaline condition of a solution determined by the hydrogen ion concentration of the solution in accordance with the AStandard Methods@;
7. г) Premise means land or buildings or both, or a part thereof, occupied or used for any purpose;
- S) Private Sewage Works means a privately owned plant for the treatment and disposal of sewage (such as a septic tank with an absorption field);
- t) Properly Shredded Garbage means waste from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will flow freely under conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particles greater than 13 millimeters in any dimension;
- u) Property Line means the dividing line between the street and the lot or parcel to be serviced;
- V) Right of way means a public street, road, sidewalk, walkway, lane or other place designed and intended for use or used by the general public for the passage of vehicles or pedestrians, but does not include a parking lot, whether privately or publicly owned;
- W) Sanitary Sewer means a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted;
- x) Sanitary Sewer System means the whole system of sewage collection, pumping, treating and disposal;
14. Sewage means a combination of the water carried wastes from residences industrial establishments, commercial and business buildings and institutions together with such ground, surface and storm water as may be present;
- z) Standard Sewage means sewage having a Biochemical Oxygen Demand content in the sewage effluent of 300 parts per million or less, and having a Suspended Solids content in the sewage effluent of 300 parts per million or less;
16. aa) Storm Sewer means a sewer designed to be used exclusively for storm water drainage;
17. bb) Storm Sewer System means a sewer designed to be used exclusively for storm water drainage;
18. cc) Storm Water means water that is discharged from a surface as a result of rainfall or snowfall;
- dd) Sump Pump Discharge means ground water collected beneath the surface of the ground by a foundation drain, weeping tile, sump pit or other similar means and pumped to the ground surface;
- ee) Suspended Solids means solids that either float on the surface or are in suspension in water, sewage or industrial waste, and which are removable by laboratory filtration devices as set forth in AStandard Methods@;
- ff) Waste means any material discharged into the Sanitary Sewage System.
2. All matters concerning the City's Sanitary and Storm Sewerage Systems including design, construction, maintenance and control of same shall be under the control and management of the Director of Engineering, who is appointed by and subject to the authority and direction of Council.
3. The Director of Engineering shall keep all records of applications for sewer service connections along with full descriptions of all works constructed in connection with the City's Sanitary and Storm Sewerage Systems. Such records shall be integrated with applications for water service connections where both services are requested.
4. The collection of revenue derived from the City's Sanitary and Sewerage Systems, the payment of all disbursements connected therewith, the supervision of all books, accounts and other records in connection therewith shall be under the immediate control and direction of the Director of Finance where all accounts described herein have been certified by the Director of Engineering. Such matters involving collection, payment and supervision shall be integrated with the records for water service connection.
5. The Director of Engineering shall, on or before the fifteenth day of December in each year, present to Council a report on the condition of the City's Sanitary and Storm Sewerage Systems for the same year accompanied by such other statements and suggestions as they may deem necessary.
6. All work in connection with the laying and subsequent operation of sewer mains and sewer service connections from mains to street lines shall be under the sole supervision of the Director of Engineering and shall include all equipment, installation, construction or other work in connection with the City's Sanitary and Storm Sewerage Systems. No person shall interfere with such work or subsequent operation of same.
7. All applications for the laying of sewer service pipes or installation of sewer service connections shall be made by the owner of the property to be served or by their agent at the office of the Director of Engineering.
8. Regarding installations of new sewer service connections and costs thereof:
- No sewer service connection shall be laid into any premise in the City where the fixtures installed therein or to be installed therein concurrently with the laying of City sewer and water service connections are less than one sink and one toilet with the necessary vents, stack, clear outs and connections to the City's Sanitary Sewerage System.
- b) Subject to Section 8.a) hereof, upon receipt of a written application from the owner of any premise, and subject to City approval, the owner may, at their own expense, themself or through their servants, lay down one sewer and/or one water service connection from the street mains to the property line. The owner shall, before commencing said work, submit plans and specifications thereof to the Director of Engineering and obtain their approval thereof and said work shall be completed in accordance with the plans and specifications so approved and on completion every pipe so laid from the street main to the property line on any premise shall be left exposed in the trench until inspected by the Director of Engineering and when they have approved of same, the water service connection shall be properly covered by the owner.
- c) Subject to Section 8.a) hereof, upon receipt of a written application from the
owner of any premise, and subject to City approval, the owner may, themselves or through their servants, lay down at the expense of the owner the sewer (along with water where applicable) service connection from the owner's property line to a point not closer than one meter from the premise foundation and the owner shall, before commencing said work, submit plans and specifications thereof to the Director of Engineering and obtain their approval therefore and said work shall be completed in accordance with the plans and specifications so approved and on completion, every pipe so laid inside the property line or any premise shall be left exposed in the trench until inspected by the Director of Engineering and when they have approved of same, the pipe shall be properly covered by the owner.
- Extensions of the sanitary sewer service connection on the owner's property may be completed at the owner's expense provided that plans and specifications thereof have first been submitted and approved by the Director of Engineering with said work being completed by the owner or through their servants, in accordance with Section 8.c) hereof.
- e) In every case where the owner receives approval from the City under this said Section 8 hereof to construct and install a sanitary sewer service connection on the owner's property, there shall be no liability against the City with respect to the construction, repair, maintenance or replacement to the said service from a date of thirty (30) days after the work has been completed and tested.
- f) For all new water service connections as specified herein; the property owner will be fully responsible for repairing any damages to City infrastructure including but not limited to sidewalk, curbing or asphalt, and all repairs will be at the owner's cost.
9. Regarding responsibility for maintenance or replacement of existing sewer service connections:
a)
- i) For property within City of Weyburn limits, the City shall be responsible for any maintenance or repair required to the sanitary service connection from the center of the street lines or from the main a point not closer than one (1) meter from the premise foundation where the cost of such maintenance or repair shall be paid for from a fund established for this purpose as outlined in Section 10.
2. її) For sewer users from outside City of Weyburn limits, such as the Hamlet of North Weyburn and the Weyburn Co-op bulk service, the City shall be responsible for any maintenance or repair required to the sanitary service from the center of the City street lines or from the main to the City street property line where the cost of such maintenance or repair shall be paid for from a fund established for this purpose as outlined in Section 10.
3. iii) For private subdivisions within City of Weyburn limits with internal sewer collection systems, the City shall be responsible for any maintenance and
| 103 Pine Street | Schneider, Duane |
|---------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 890 Hill Avenue | Garven, Paul L and Garven, Deanne L |
| 840 5" Street - Irigation | Berkley Villas Condominium Corp. |
| 01 - 104 Townsgate Wa | Townsgate Condominium Corp. 102024064 |
| 05 - 108 Townsgate Wa | Townsgate Condominium Corp. 102024064 |
| 13 - 18 880 5th Street | Condominium Corp. 101241874 |
| 32 - 39 880 5th Street | Condominium Corp. 101241874 |
| 26 - 31 880 5'h Street | Condominium Corp. 101241874 |
| 19 - 25 880 5th Street | Condominium Corp. 101241874 |
| 1 - 6880 5th Street | Condominium Corp. 101241874 |
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 7 - 12 880 5th Street | Condominium Corp. 101241874 |
| 1-7815 5th Street | Condominium Corp. 101217470 |
| 8-14 815 5ih Street | Condominium Corp. 101217470 |
| 14 Fieldstone Drive | /an De Weyer, Anthony John and Leanne Van De Weyer, Margare |
| 21 Fieldstone Drive | Mantei, Jim and Mantei, Rosanne |
| 13 Fieldstone Drive | Matthews, Karen Katherine |
| 11 Fieldstone Drive | Heebner, Helen Elizabeth |
| 8 Fieldstone Drive | Plonka, Gary and Plonka, Grace |
| 12 Fieldstone Drive | Hein, David and Hein, Cherise |
| 9 Fieldstone Drive | Haupstein, Nivay |
| 7 Fieldstone Drive | Barsness, Jeffrey and Barsness, Carolyn |
| 16 Fieldstone Drive | Van Stavern, Elisabeth |
| 2 Fieldstone Drive | Arndt, Troy and Arndt, Connie |
| 4 Fieldstone Drive | Paszkiewicz, Marius |
| 10 Fieldstone Drive | Gaab, Dorothy |
| 18 Fieldstone Drive | Riviere, Yvette |
| 603 Browniee Street | McEachen, Sarah |
| 106 1st Avenue SW | Lane Realty Corp. Weyburn Trailer Court |
| 106 15t Avenue SW | Lane Realty Corp. Weyburn Trailer Court |
- iv) The owner shall be responsible for the cost of any maintenance or replacement of any sanitary service connection, from the center of the City street lines or from the main to a point not closer than one meter from the premise foundation on the owner's property, where a water service connection is used for fire suppression and will not be covered by the Water and Sewer Service Connection Fund. This will apply to the following properties:
| Assiniboia Park Elementary | South East Cornerstone School Division No. 209 |
|------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Main Tracks Café | Kaur, Harwinder Singh |
| 704 5ih Street North | Sun Country Health Region |
| 201 1s' Avenue North | SCHR, Weyburn General Hospital |
| 325 Queen Street | Fido's Doggy Daycare and Training Centre Inc |
| 206 Hill Avenue | Chris Moser Real Estate Professional Corp. |
| 18 Souris Avenue West | Sask Property Management Corp. |
| 1 Government Road North | Barber Motors (1963) Ltd. |
| 467 6th Street North | Saskatchewan Housing Corp. c/o Weyburn Housing Authority |
| 221 Coteau Avenue | Weyburn Credit Union Ltd. |
| 207 Railway Avenue | 101205567 Saskatchewan Ltd. Royal Hotel |
| 215 2nd Street North | Prairie Sky Cooperative Association Ltd. |
| 110 Souris Avenue | Weyburn Mall Ltd. |
| 110 Souris Avenue | FHC Enterprises Ltd. (Below 10) |
| 127 1st Street NE | Dollarama LF |
| St. Michael's School | Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate Schoo Division No. 140 |
| 1135 Park Avenue | OHG Farms Ltd. Crocus Plains Villa |
| 54 Queen Street | Riverview Developments |
| 1770 East Avenue | Nexans Inc. |
| 420 gin Avenue South | OHG Farms Ltd. Parkway Lodge |
| 117 3rd Street NE | Mertz (MJ) Holdings Inc. |
| 356 6'h Avenue South | Hiltop Manor |
| 115 Souris Avenue | Loblaws Inc. Store #6760 c/o Energy Profiles Ltd |
| 1000 Sims Avenue | Wal-Mart |
| 1240 Sims Avenue | Canadian Tire c/o Brendan Burns |
| Tatagwa View | Sun Country Regional Health Authority |
| 104 5th Street NE | Autumn Ridge Condo Association #101064166 |
| Psyche Centre | [ Sun Country Health Region |
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 60 Queen Street | Parrish & Heimbecker Limited |
| Maintenance Building | Sun Country Health Region |
| 424 10M Avenue SE | Cedar And Vine Ltd. |
| 122 Government Road NE | Weyburn Signature Estates |
| 445 Government Road NW | Sunset Estates |
| 206 Hill Avenue | Chris Moser Real Estate Professional Corp. |
| 75 Souris Avenue | Cityview Premier Estates |
| 1860 18' Avenue NE | Color My World Child Care Inc. |
| 35 Riverview Drive | Geno's Pizza Holding Ltd. |
| 344 2nd Avenue NW | Bannerman Pointe Ltd. |
| 505 Bannerman Street | Condominium Corp. 101210469 |
| 53 Government Road | J.H.G. Enterprises Ltd. |
| 140 Sims Avenue | Weyburn Circle 6 Motel Inc. |
| 1665 Ebel Road | |
| 820 5ih Street | 820 5i' Street Condominium Corp. |
| 845 5ih Street | 3XG Holdings Ltd. |
| 215 15 Street | Kasson Manor Condo Cor. |
| 825 5ih Street | Owners Condo Corp. Association 101253850 |
| Weyburn Comprehensive High School | South East Cornerstone School Division No. 209 |
| 88 Grace Street | Masterbuilt Weyburn Lodging Ltd. |
| 71 Riverwood Drive | Riverwood Development Corp. |
| 1 - 433 4th Street | Van Bee Holdings Ltd |
| 88A Grace Street | Leicester Family Restaurant and Lounge |
| Legacy Park School | South East Cornerstone School Division No. 209 |
| Co-op Home Centre | Prairie Sky Co-operative Association Ltd. |
- b) The owner shall be responsible for the cost of any replacement required to the sanitary service connection (when sanitary or water are upgraded to a larger size or as a result of property redevelopment) from the street main to the property line of the premise affected with said work being completed by the owner or through their servants, in accordance with Section 8.c) hereof.
- c) The owner shall be responsible for the cost of any replacement required to the sanitary service connection (when sanitary or water are upgraded to a larger size or as a result of property redevelopment) located in or on their property with said work being completed by the owner or through their servants, in accordance with Section 8.c) hereof.
- d) The City shall be responsible for the cost of any replacement required to the sanitary service connection (of the same size) from the center of the street or from a point not closer than one (1) meter from the premise foundation where the cost of such replacement shall be paid for from a fund established for this purpose as outlined in Section 10.
10. Regarding the Water and Sewer Service Connection Fund:
- a) Where the City constructs work under Section 9.a) and 9.d) hereof, the cost for this work shall be paid out of the Water and Sewer Service Connection Fund based on water services up to and including fifty (50) millimeters, excluding all fire suppression lines.
- b) This fund shall cover the following costs:
- i) All repairs and renewals as specified herein; Should the owner place any private infrastructure (including but not limited; structures, obstacles, trees and/or walkways) over the sanitary sewer line that does not allow an open trench repair, the home owner will be fully responsible for the boring or alternative repair costs, or for the removal and replacement of said structure at the owner's cost.
- ii) All plugged sanitary sewers up to one (1) time per year per service unless it can be shown that the plugged sewer resulted from the owner's negligence, in which case the owner shall be responsible for the costs;
- For removing any trees in the boulevard (if required) that are an obstruction to the repair or replacement of the water or sanitary service;
- iv) For backfilling and initial leveling of excavations related to the water or sanitary service repair or replacement. Any settlement and corrective action required because of settlement on the owner's property shall be the owner's responsibility;
- v) In every case where the City shall under this said Section 9 and 10 hereof repair, maintain or replace a water service connection on the owner's property, there shall be no liability against the City with respect to the construction, repair, maintenance, or replacement to the said service from a date of 30 days after the work has been completed and tested.
- vi) Only to sanitary service connections that are connected to the City mains. All other systems are the responsibility of the owner.
- The owner shall be responsible for rectifying (at the owner's expense) all above ground infrastructure, including final landscaping, on the owner's property, and including driveway aprons between the City sidewalk and curb that have been disturbed during the repair or renewal of a water and/or sewer service connection completed under the connection fund.
- d) The Water and Sewer Service Connection Fund shall be funded by a monthly levy charged to every water service connection based on the size of the service as set out in Schedule A of the Waterworks Bylaw No. 2025-3497. The monthly levy charged to every water service connection is not dependent on the size or availability of sewer service connections.
11. The Director of Engineering or any duly appointed officer or employee of the City shall have the right at all reasonable times to enter upon any land or premises which are tied into either the City's Sanitary or Storm Sewerage Systems to inspect the works installed therein and generally for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the provisions of this Bylaw and any other pertinent bylaws are being complied with and in the case of misuse or non-compliance with same, all previous payments on account of sewerage rates shall be forfeited and the City water supply, if existing, to the premise of concern shall be cut off.
12. The Director of Engineering, Public Health Inspector, Chief of Police and other members of the City Police Force or any person specially appointed by Council for the purpose of this Bylaw shall be ex-officio possessed of all powers of Constables as provided for by Statute or Bylaw.
13.
- a) All sewer service connections shall be constructed in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the Director of Engineering in accordance with the requirements set out in the Technical Safety Authority of Saskatchewan (TSASK). and shall include the size of pipes and depth thereof.
- b) All sewer service connections and associated works must be done in accordance with plans and specifications approved of by the Director of Engineering whether said work be within private property or not and whether
14. No two premises shall be dependent upon one sewer service connection on the property side of the street line but each separate and distinct premise shall be supplied with a separate sewer service connection. No branch or branch service pipe shall be taken from that part of the sewer service connection that lies between the street line and the premise foundation.
15. Further to Section 14, no branch sewer pipe or branch sewer service shall be taken from that part of the sewer service connection lying between the street line and premise foundation, but all such branches shall be taken from within the foundation of the premise.
16. In case a double house or duplex fronting on any street is to be provided with a sewer service connection, a separate sewer service connection to each dwelling from the street line shall be required.
17. Every sewer service connection supplied under the provisions of this Bylaw shall be of a size approved of by the Director of Engineering and shall be located as directed by them. The Director of Engineering may, upon request of the owner, supply a larger sewer service connection than in their opinion is necessary providing that the owner agrees to pay the difference, if any, in cost.
18. Material used by any owner in the construction of a sewer service connection shall correspond in all particulars with that approved and used by the City.
19. Each owner shall keep the sewer service connection and other related fixtures on their own premises and between such premises and the street property line in good order and repair and protected from frost at this own risk and expense.
20. Further to Section 19 hereof, the Director of Engineering shall have the right at all reasonable times to enter upon any premises for the purpose of inspecting same and may, after reasonable notice to the owner to repair, protect or replace any part of said private service or the fixtures in connection therewith, shut off the supply of water and no water shall be again turned on or used from said service until the repairs or alterations so required have been made to the satisfaction of the Director of Engineering and the payment of the sewer as listed in Schedule A attached hereto for turning on the water.
21. No plumbing fixtures shall be installed, altered or substituted other than in accordance with the requirements laid down in the requirements set out in the Technical Safety Authority of Saskatchewan (TSASK).
22. Any person interfering with any portion of the City's Sanitary and/or Storm Sewerage Systems shall be guilty of a breach of this Bylaw.
23. In case of making repairs to the street mains or in connecting or repairing service connections or in constructing new work, the City shall have the right to shut off the sewer service from any consumer without notice and keep it shut off as long as may be necessary.
10. The City or its employees shall not be liable for any damages resulting from the hutting off of a sewer service connection from any premise either with or withou otice. however. it shall be the City's intention where practicable that reasonabl notice of such shutting off of service be given to consumers.
25.
- a) Every person responsible for the payment of a monthly water account to the City of premises connected to the City's Sanitary Sewerage System shall pay to the City a monthly sewer service charge to be calculated in the following manner:
2. In the case of property connected to the City's Sanitary Sewerage System and served by the City's treated water supply system, the charge for standard sewage shall be a percentage of the net monthly water bill as set out in Schedule A attached hereto. Such charge shall be exclusive of any water meter service charge and the minimum charge shall be as set out in Schedule A attached hereto.
3. її) In the case of property connected to the City's Sanitary Sewerage System served in whole or in part from sources other than the City's treated water supply with water, in addition to any charges under the preceding
paragraph i), the charge for standard sewage shall be an amount equal to a percentage, as set out in Schedule A, of the City's charges for an equivalent amount of domestic water with which the property is served from other sources.
- b) Where a substantial portion of the water used by an industrial customer is not returned to the City's Sanitary and/or Storm Sewerage Systems), the user may apply to Council for an appropriate adjustment in the sewer service charge
- C) Where no water meter is installed or where the City has been unable to obtain a reading from an installed water meter, the Director of Finance shall make an estimate of the quantity of water consumed on the premises for the purpose of determining the sewer service charge.
d)
- i) Where a concentrated sewage is discharged into the City's Sanitary Sewerage System from any property, the occupant of the said property shall pay to the City the standard rate for standard sewage as provided for in this Bylaw and, in addition, shall pay to the City a surcharge calculated as
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where:
V= Volume of water consumed x 80% or actual metered sewage quantities in cubic meters;
B = Biochemical Oxygen Demand in mg/l;
S= Suspended Solids in mg/l,
- il) For each consecutive month that a surcharge is applied, the calculated surcharge for the second month shall be increased by a factor of 1.20; for a third consecutive month, the calculated surcharge shall be increased by a factor of 1.50; a fourth consecutive month shall be cause for the City not to accept sewage being discharged into the Sanitary Sewage System.
- A bonus will be given where on-site treatment provides sewage characteristics providing effluent discharge having a biochemical oxygen lemand and suspended solids less than 200 mg/1. The bonus would b calculated as follows:
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V = Volume of water consumed x 80% or actual metered sewage quantities in cubic meters;
B = Biochemical Oxygen Demand in mg/l;
S= Suspended Solids in mg/l,
Both criteria would have to be met to receive a bonus.
26. To defray the capital costs of expansion to primary sewage cells servicing dustrial/commercial developments, the City may elect to designate such specif dustries having a monthly consumption in excess of 2829 cubic meters. Thes designated industrial/commercial developments shall cause to be paid a pro rata share of sewage disposal system on any one of the following three methods: The
- a) A one-time contribution towards the capital cost of constructing a primary sewage treatment facility by the City on a pro rata basis;
where:
27.
- b) A partial one time contribution (say 50%) towards the capital cost of constructing a primary sewage treatment facility by the City on a pro rata basis with the balance of the amortized costs paid for by the monthly user's charge;
- c) No capital cost contribution; however, the pro rata amortized cost shall apply to the monthly sewerage rates.
- a) The Director of Engineering shall, from time to time, determine or cause to be determined by sampling and analysis, the characteristics of the sewage being discharged into the City's Sanitary Sewerage System from each premise in the City which by reason of the type of industry or business being conducted or operated therein, or for any other reason, which in their opinion is likely to produce concentrated sewage and shall maintain a record of each analysis.
- b) The Director of Engineering shall take such samples and make all analyses over a period which in their opinion will give sufficient time to determine the quality of the average effluent from the premises operating under normal conditions.
28. Tests to determine the concentration of sewage stall be performed in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes published by the American Public Health Association or by procedures acceptable to the City.
6. The City may prohibit or control the discharge of any sewage before the same is discharged into the City's Sanitary Sewerage System, either by requiring the preliminary treatment of such sewage or other deleterious matter, substance or thing whether liquid or solid, before the same is discharged into any sewer, and the City shall have the right to prevent such discharge where works ordered to be constructed have not been constructed or maintained.
30.
- Such surcharge payable under Section 25.d) shall be calculated and paid on the basis of the latest series of tests made by the Director of Engineering pursuant to the provisions of Section 43 hereof, and such surcharge shall not be changed until a subsequent series of tests indicates that the effluent from the premises contains a concentration to which a different surcharge is applicable.
- b) If the occupant of premises to which a sewage surcharge is applicable is of the opinion that the degree of concentration in the sewage discharged from the premises has been reduced from that shown in the prior test for any reason, including the installation of sewage treatment equipment, they may request that the Director of Engineering make further tests at the expense of the occupier.
- C) If in the opinion of the Director of Engineering further tests made subsequent to Section 30.b) indicated less sewage concentration that prior tests and represent the average effluent from the premises operating under normal conditions, the surcharge thereafter shall be calculated and said on the basis of such test until changed as a result of a subsequent test.
31. Notwithstanding anything elsewhere in this Bylaw contained, no person shall release or discharge into any of the City's Sanitary or Storm Sewerage Systems any of the following:
- a) Animal grease or oil;
- b) Horse, cattle, sheep or swine manure;
- c) Solids in particles larger than will go through a 6.4 millimeter screen;
- e) Any acid or alkali waste which may injure or damage any such sewer or the City's Sanitary or Storm Sewerage Systems;
- d) Oil, grease or petroleum or wastes therefrom;
- f) Any other deleterious matter, substance or thing, whether liquid or solid, which
will injure, damage or pollute any such sewer, or the City's Sanitary or Storm Sewerage Systems;
- g) Any storm water or run-off water either from the roof or surface drainage;
- h) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature greater than 65 degrees Celsius;
- i) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas;
- j) Any garbage other than properly shredded garbage, provided however that shredded garbage shall not be discharged from a garbage disposal unit operated by a motor having a power rating greater than one-quarter kilowatt unless a permit has been obtained from the Director of Engineering;
- k) Any ashes, cinders, sand, stone or any other solid or viscous substance which may cause difficulty in the City's Sanitary Sewerage System;
- 1) Any paunch manure, bones or animal waste particles, pigs hooves or toenails, bones, hog bristles, hides or parts of hides, animal or fish fat or flesh, poultry entrails, heads, feet, feathers, eggshells and fleshing and hair resulting from tanning operations.
7. Any water or waste having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.5 or having any corrosive, damaging or hazardous property capable of damaging structures, equipment, biological sewage treatment processes or personnel;
- n) Any water or waste containing a toxic or poisonous substance or a waste which when combined with another waste may cause toxic or poisonous substances to be liberated;
- 0) Any noxious or malodorous substance capable of creating a public nuisance;
- p) Any pesticides or herbicides;
- 9) Water containing the following materials in excess of the following concentrations:
- Biochemical Oxygen Demand and Suspended Solids - 500 mg/l maximum
- Cyanide - 3 mg/l
- Copper - 4 mg/l
- Chromium - 5 mg/l
- Nickel - 5 mg/l
- Lead - 5 mg/l
- Cadmium - 4 mg/l
- Zinc - 5 mg/|
- Phenol Compounds - 1 mg/l
- r) Sewage containing a radioactive substance;
- S) Grit removed from commercial, industrial or residential premises including, but not limited to, grit removed from car washing establishments, automobile garages and restaurant sumps or from interceptors.
- t) Non Biodegradable Miscellaneous - any product which gives cause to obstruction of flows or interference in collection and treatment as determined by the Director of Engineering.
32. Notwithstanding Section 31.j) hereof, the Director of Engineering may prohibit the use of a garbage disposal unit within those parts of the City where in his opinion the discharge from a garbage disposal unit would impede the proper functioning of the City's Sanitary Sewage System and no person shall use a garbage disposal unit where the Director of Engineering has prohibited such use.
33. No person shall discharge or release the following clear water waste directly into the City's sanitary sewerage system:
6. Storm water from roofs, remediated ground water, impounding storm drainage, impounded ground water, sump pump discharge or residential garage floor drains;
- b) Sump pump discharge from all new development and infill development where a building permit is required or has been issued after April 30, 2025;
- c) Sump pump discharge from all existing premises where a building permit is required or has been issued for all renovation involving the repair or replacement of a weeping tile collection system after April 30, 2025.
34. The owner of a property shall direct that property's clear water waste that is directed to the surface or from a downspout:
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- a) To either the front or rear yard of the property;
- b) A minimum of 1.0 meters away from any structure or building on the property;
- c) A minimum of 2.0 meters inset on the lot from the rear lot property line.
- a) Where a storm sewer is accessible, the roof area of an industrial, commercial, institutional or residential building occupied by more than three families and having ground area over 280 square meters, shall be drained by every person into the City's Storm Sewerage System.
- b) Where a storm sewer main is not accessible and any of the buildings referred to in excess of 75% of the lot area, the person shall, at all times of construction of the building, make provision for drainage of the roof area to the City's Storm Sewerage System and shall connect the building at such time a storm sewer main becomes accessible. Until such time, the roof area shall be drained overland to City streets.
6. A parking area over 1,400 square meters in area shall be drained by the person into a storm sewer main unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Director of Engineering.
36. No person shall discharge or release any clear water waste from their property that is directed to the surface or from a downspout directly into a location that causes or is likely to cause an adverse effect to a right of way, park or any other adjacent property.
37. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into any City Sanitary or Storm Sewer sewage or industrial waste, including cooling water, in a volume greater than 4.5 cubic meters per day above that purchased from the City without obtaining a permit to do so from the City. Where such permit has been obtained, such person shall not discharge into any sewer in one day a volume greater than the volume stated in the permit.
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- a) A person owning, operating or being in charge of a public garage, automobile wash floor, dry cleaning establishment, milk plant, creamery, laboratory, vehicle and equipment washing establishment, concrete plant and aggregate washing plant or such other place where the Director of Engineering may require and shall provide on the waste outlet of the establishment a gasoline, oil, grease, chemical or grit interceptor in conformity with the requirements of The Public Health Act and regulations made thereunder.
2. Interceptors shall at all times be maintained in an efficient working condition at the expense of the person or owner of same.
- a) No person shall discharge septic tank sludge or effluent into the City's Sanitary Sewerage System without first obtaining a permit to do so from the Director of Eighed her paying te fee therefore in accordance with Schedule A
- b) No person shall discharge septic tank sludge into any of the City's Sanitary or Storm Sewerage System in contravention to the permit obtained for sucl discharge
- a) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Bylaw, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any industrial waste into any sewer unless they applies to the Director of Engineering for a permit allowing such person to discharge such waste.
- b) The Director of Engineering shall not issue a permit to any applicant to discharge industrial waste into the City's Sanitary Sewage System until:
7. The applicant has supplied the Director of Engineering with the chemical
and physical analyses, quantity and discharge rate of industrial waste and sewage proposed to be discharged and with all such other pertinent data that the Director of Engineering may require.
- If ordered by the Director of Engineering to do so, the applicant has, at their own expense, installed a suitable control manhole with monitoring equipment in the sewer service connection to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the waste or to deposit with the City a sufficient amount of monies to cover the cost of constructing such a test manhole with monitoring equipment.
41. Owners or occupants of property outside the corporate limits of the City who desire to be connected to the City's Sanitary Sewerage System may apply to Council for a connection with the City's Sanitary Sewerage System. Where the application of such person is granted, such person shall be charged a sewer service charge at such rate as may be determined by Council.
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- a) Where an owner or occupier wishes to commence or expand an industrial or commercial activity, he shall, prior to applying for the plumbing permit in accordance with the Building Bylaw, supply to the Director of Engineering the following:
- i) Plans and reports certified by a Professional Engineer indicating the proposed activity, expansion or addition, the daily volumes and peak discharges, the anticipated biochemical oxygen demand and the amount of suspended solids or grease, the type of waste to be processed or discharged, the pH factor and temperature of the sewage, the proposed pre-treatment interceptors, flow equalizing or mixing facilities, the location of sampling manhole, the monitoring equipment and any other information deemed necessary by the Director of Engineering. The Director of Engineering may deal with the application and make a decision thereon without the above information if in their opinion the nature of the application is such that a decision can be properly made without such information.
- b) Before the said facilities described in this Section are connected to the City's Sanitary Sewerage System, the owner shall:
- i) Construct and install, at their expense, a suitable test manhole with monitoring equipment at a location satisfactory to the Director of Engineering.
5. ii) Direct the City to construct and install said test manhole with monitoring equipment at his expense.
- a) Where sewage is discharged into the City's Sanitary Sewerage System ir volumes which in the opinion of the Director of Engineering are highly variable the Director of engineering to realize alone are needy sand by
- b) Such flow equalization equipment shall be maintained continuously by the owner or occupier of such premise in a manner satisfactory to the Director of Engineering.
44. The City may, by its officers, employees or agents, enter upon such premise served or to be served with a sewer service connection to inspect the equipment installed and for all purposes of inspection, installation and tests for the purpose of this Bylaw.
45. The rates for sewer services shall be as set out in Schedule A attached hereto.
46. Further to Section 42, the accounts for such rates and services (including surcharges, if any) shall be made out and incorporated into the same billing for water service and
sent monthly or at such other intervals as may be determined from time to time by Resolution of Council and shall be due and payable at the office of the Director of Finance when rendered. Where accounts are not paid within fifteen (15) days from the date on which the said accounts are rendered, the Director of Engineering may disconnect the water service and the water shall not be again turned on until the arrears have been paid, together with an additional charge as so listed in Schedule A attached hereto for re-connection.
47. All sewage rates hereby established constitute a lien on real property and may be collected in any manner provided by law from the owner if not paid by a tenant or occupant.
48. An additional charge or penalty as set out in Schedule A attached hereto shall be made on all sewage rates and charges unpaid on and after the last day of the month in which they become due.
49. The provisions and regulations embodied in this Bylaw shall be a part of the Contract with every person who uses water supplied by the City or is connected to the City's Sanitary Sewerage System.
50. Any person or persons guilty of an infraction of this Bylaw shall be liable to the penalties imposed by City of Weyburn General Penalty Bylaw No. 2005-3051 and to such further fine, order or penalty as the convicting Magistrate may impose under Section 338 of the Cities Act or as the same may be from time to time amended.
51. A decision of a court that one or more of the provisions of this Bylaw are invalid in whole or in part shall not affect the validity, effectiveness or enforceability of the other provisions or parts of the provisions of this Bylaw.
52. That Bylaw No. 2024-3486) of the City of Weyburn is hereby repealed.
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MAYO
May
CITY CLERK
READ a first time this 28' day of April, A.D., 2025. READ a second time this 12th day of May, A.D., 2025. READ a third time this 12th day of May A.D., 2025 and passed.
## CITY OF WEYBURN SCHEDULE "A" TO BYLAW NO. 2025-3498
| ITEM NO. | SERVICE | RATE FEE OR CHARGE | RATE FEE OR CHARGE | RATE FEE OR CHARGE |
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | Sewer Rates | | | |
| | | 2025 | 2026 | Jan. 1, Jan. 1, Jan. 1, 2027 |
| a) | Per Cubic Metre - City of Weyburn Rates | $0.98 | $1.05 | $1.12 |
| | Rural Customer Usage Rates - $1.75 x City $1.715 $1.8375 Rates | | | $1.96 |
| b) | | Service charge rates per month where the following Meters are installed: | | |
| | METER SIZE 15 millimeter | $14.70 | $15.40 | $16.10 |
| | 19 millimeter | $14.70 | $15.40 | $16.10 |
| | 25 millimeter | $16.80 | $17.50 | $18.20 |
| | 38 millimeter | $26.88 | $27.58 | $28.28 |
| | 50 millimeter | $41.20 | $41.90 | $42.60 |
| | 75 millimeter | | $88.41 | $89.11 |
| | 100 millimeter | $87.71 | | |
| | | | $108.64 $109.34 $110.04 | |
| | | Rural Customer Service Charge Rates = 1.00 x Weyburn Rates | Rural Customer Service Charge Rates = 1.00 x Weyburn Rates | Rural Customer Service Charge Rates = 1.00 x Weyburn Rates |
| | c) | Connection Fee for rural additions to City of Weyburn treated sewer - Residential $10,000.00 | Connection Fee for rural additions to City of Weyburn treated sewer - Residential $10,000.00 | Connection Fee for rural additions to City of Weyburn treated sewer - Residential $10,000.00 |
| | For service re-connections as a result of disconnection for non- payment or bylaw infraction (to turn | $70.00 | $70.00 | $70.00 |
| 2. | A person discharging septic tank sludge and effluent into the City's Sanitary Sewer System shall obtain 'ermit based on a fee of the carryin capacity of the vehicle at a rate per one thousand (1,000) litres of the capacity of the vehicle and shall, at all times, maintain a permit in the vehicle for inspection by City officials. | $60.00 | $60.00 | $60.00 |
| 3. a) | An additional charge or penalty may be made on all sewer rates and other charges unpaid thirty (30) days following the date of the invoice. | 1.5% per month compounded (19.56% annually) | 1.5% per month compounded (19.56% annually) | 1.5% per month compounded (19.56% annually) |
| | b) | $150.00 | $150.00 | $150.00 |
| 4. Monthly Infrastructure Fee | 4. Monthly Infrastructure Fee | 4. Monthly Infrastructure Fee | 4. Monthly Infrastructure Fee | 4. Monthly Infrastructure Fee |
| | (applicable to all City water service connections) | $10.00 | | |