| The Municipal Council of the City of
Revelstoke in open meeting assembled enacts as follows:
1. TITLE
This bylaw may be cited for all
purposes as "Sewer Bylaw No. 1644, 2000".
2. INTERPRETATION
In this bylaw, unless the context
otherwise requires:
"B.O.D."
(Biochemical Oxygen Demand) means the quantity of oxygen utilized in
the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under a standard
laboratory procedure in 5 days at 20° expressed in parts per million
by weight.
"Building
Inspector" means the Building Inspector, as approved by
the Council of the Corporation of the City of Revelstoke, from time to
time.
"City"
means the City of Revelstoke.
"Combined
sewer" means a public sewer receiving both storm sewer and
sewage.
"Commercial
premise" means a building or self-contained part thereof,
occupied and used for other than a dwelling, including but not
restricted to warehouses, stores, eating places, wholesale or retail
business places and office blocks, packing houses, canneries,
processing plants, manufacturing plants, and apartments or
condominiums where water must be stored and collected from a single
point on the premises.
"Customer"
means the owner or occupier of real property or an agent acting on
behalf of the owner or occupier.
"Residential
Dwelling Premise" means an individual dwelling unit that
is self-contained which would include, but not exclusively, single
family dwellings, suites contained therein (approved or otherwise),
duplexes or triplexes, and strata units.
"Multi-residential
Dwelling Premise" means a premise that contains four or
more individual dwelling units which are self-contained and
non-strata.
"Natural
outlet" means any outlet into a watercourse, pool, ditch,
lake, bay, ocean or other body of surface sewer or into ground sewer.
"P.h."
Means the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions
in grams per litre of solution.
"Properly
ground garbage" means the waste from the preparation,
cooking and dispensing of foods, ground to such a degree that all
particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally
prevailing in public sewers.
"Public
sewer" means a sewer which is controlled by the City and
which is intended for public use.
"Director
of Finance" means the person appointed as such by the
Council of the City and any person delegated to assist him in carrying
out his duties under this bylaw.
"Sanitary
building sewer or sanitary house sewer" means the sewer
extending from the property line of the property concerned to the
building or structure situated thereon and joining the sewer
connection to the plumbing system at the building.
"Sanitary
sewer" means a public sewer to which private storm,
surface and ground sewer connections are strictly prohibited.
"Sanitary
sewer lateral or sanitary building sewer connection" means
a sewer pipe extending from a public sewer to the property line of the
property being served or about to be served.
"Sewage"
means sewer carried wastes from residences, buildings, business
buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with
such ground, surface and storm sewer as may be present, or any
combination of such wastes and shall include:
A) "Industrial
wastes" meaning the wastes from industrial processes;
B) "Storm
waters" meaning sewer resulting from a period of natural
precipitation;
C) "Sanitary
sewage" meaning the portion of sewage exclusive of
industrial waste and storm waters.
"Sewer"
means a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
"Storm
sewer or storm drains" means a public sewer which carries
storm and surface water but excludes sewage and industrial waste.
"Superintendent
of Public Works" means the person appointed as such by the
Council of the City and any person delegated to assist him in carrying
out his duties under this bylaw.
"Suspended
solids" means solids that either float on the surface of,
or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and which are
removable by laboratory filtering.
"Industrial
or commercial premise" means a building or self-contained
part thereof, occupied and used for other than a dwelling, including
but not restricted to warehouses, stores, eating places, wholesale or
retail business places and office blocks, packing houses, canneries,
processing plants, manufacturing plants, and apartments or
condominiums.
"Watercourse"
means a channel, ravine, gully or other similar depression in which a
flow of water naturally occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
"Owner"
means the registered owner, or the person named as the registered
owner on the tax roll by reason of agreement for sale, of any lands
and premises situated within the City boundaries and shall, where
applicable, include the agent, executor or administrator of such owner
or the lessee or occupier of the premises.
"Occupier"
means any person to whom a sewer service is rendered.
"Person"
shall, in addition to its ordinary meaning, include a firm or
partnership, company or corporation. In addition, throughout this
bylaw where the context requires, the singular shall be held to mean
and to include the plural and the masculine, the feminine or body
corporate.
3. SEWER SYSTEM
USAGE
No person within the City shall
utilize the sewer system except in accordance with the provisions of
this bylaw.
4. SEWER SYSTEM
4.01 The City is authorized to
establish a sewer system, including a piped distribution system, lift
stations, sewage treatment plant and a river discharge system which
shall be under the control of the Superintendent of Public Works.
4.02 The City is authorized to
establish a billing and collection system under the control and
inspection of the Director of Finance.
4.03 All applications for connection
to the sewer system shall be made in writing in the required form by
the owner of the property to which the application refers or by the
owner's duly authorized agent.
4.04 All applications for service
shall state the purpose for which the service is to be used, the size
of pipe and the number of outlets in connection with such installation
together with the legal description and location of the property or
buildings in which the installation is to be made and any other
information deemed necessary by the City to determine the correct
charges to be levied under this bylaw.
4.05 Additional applications for
service shall be made in the same manner as in 4.03 for all extensions
of service to additional buildings and for the installation of
additional outlets in buildings already receiving service.
4.06 Every owner or occupier of a
residential dwelling, multi-residential or commercial premise within
the City and connected, or capable of being connected to the sewer
system under 5.11 shall pay the rates, fees and penalties set out in Schedules
A, B and C, except those who
have applied for and have been granted a discontinuance or suspension
of service for which special provisions apply later in this bylaw.
4.07 Every person who violates any
of the provisions of this bylaw or who neglects to do or refrains from
doing anything required to be done by any of the provisions of this
bylaw, or who does any act which violates any of the provisions of
this bylaw, shall be deemed to be guilty of an infraction thereof, and
liable to the penalties hereby imposed.
4.08 Every person guilty of an
infraction of this bylaw shall be upon summary conviction in a Court
of competent jurisdiction be liable to a fine as set out in Schedule
B.
5. CONDITIONS OF
SERVICE
5.01.1 The owner of lands or
premises to which a sewer service has been provided hereunder shall
install and keep in good repair all pipes, joints, valves and
materials and generally shall comply will all bylaws of the City in
that behalf. If the same or any portion thereof is found to be
defective or inoperative or if sewage is being discharged unlawfully,
the City, by its officer or agent in that behalf, may require
immediate remedy thereof and the owner or occupier shall remedy the
same forthwith. In the event of failure to remedy, as aforesaid, sewer
service may be discontinued until such remedy is effected and no
reduction in user charges shall be applicable. Upon payment of the
required fees as provided for in the attached schedules the sewer
service may be resumed.
5.01.2 It shall be unlawful for a
building sewer or any joint or part thereof to allow leakage or
infiltration at any time at a greater rate that one thousand five
hundred (1,500) gallons per mile of sewer in twenty four (24) hours
under a maximum head of six (6) feet.
5.01.3 Where no appropriate sewer is
available and where it is considered that the proposed discharge would
be injurious to or in any way overload the sewer system, an industrial
premise shall discharge its waste into such natural outlet or
watercourse as may be prescribed, subject to such standards of
quality, quantity and rate of discharge as may be prescribed.
5.01.4 In any event the City may
require any industry to discharge unpolluted cooling water or other
unpolluted waters into a natural outlet or watercourse, rather than
into a public sewer.
5.02.1 No person shall discharge or
cause to be discharged into a sanitary sewer:
A) Any storm water, surface water,
ground water, roof run-off or surface drainage, and no person shall
connect to any sanitary sewer any roof leaders, foundation drains,
field drains, sumps or other collectors of surface or ground water;
B) Any industrial cooling water;
C) Any water from
air-conditioning, cooling or condensing systems
5.02.2 Industrial cooling water
which may be polluted with insoluble oils or grease or insoluble
suspended solids shall be pre-treated for removal of the pollutants
and the resultant clear, unpolluted waters shall be discharged into a
storm sewer or an approved natural outlet or watercourse.
5.02.3 Unpolluted water from
air-conditioning, cooling or condensing systems, or from any swimming
pool, shall be discharged into a storm sewer or any approved natural
outlet or watercourse.
5.03.1 No person shall discharge,
deposit or throw or cause, allow or permit to be discharged, deposited
or thrown into any public sewer system, plumbing fixture connected
thereto, drain, manhole, culvert, or catch basin, or into any building
sewer any substance of any kind whatsoever tending to obstruct or
injure the sewer system or cause a nuisance, or which will in any
manner interfere with the proper repairs or maintenance of the sewer
system or which will in any way render it difficult for any workman to
repair the sewer system.
5.03.2 No person shall discharge or
cause to be discharged into any public sewer any of the following
sewage or wastes:
A) Any liquid or vapour having a
temperature higher than 150° Fahrenheit;
B) Without limiting the generality
of this section, the concentration of the following toxic substances
at the point of discharge to a public sewer shall not exceed:
I) Arsenic 1.0 milligram per
litre
II) Cadmium 1.0 milligram per litre
III) Chromium (Total) 5.0 milligrams per litre
IV) Copper 2.0 milligrams per litre
V) Cyanide 1.0 milligrams per litre
VI) Iron 10.0 milligrams per litre
VII) Lead 2.0 milligrams per litre
VIII) Nickel 3.0 milligrams per litre
IX) Phenols & Cresols 1.0 milligram per litre
X) Zinc 4.0 milligrams per litre
C) Any gasoline, benzene, naplitho,
fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquids, solids or gases.
D) Any garbage except properly
ground garbage.
E) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud,
straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, coal tar
asphalt, cement, plastics, wood, paunch manure, or other solids or
viscous substances capable of causing obstruction to the flow in
sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewer
system.
F) Any waters, sewage or wastes
having a p.h. factor lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.5 or having any
other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to
structures, equipment or personnel engaged in the operation or
maintenance of the sewer system.
G) Any sewage, waters or wastes
containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to
injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, or
constitutes a hazard to humans or animals, or creates any hazard in
the receiving waters of the effluent from the sewer system or sewage
treatment plant.
H) Any waters, sewage or wastes
containing dissolved or suspended solids of such character and
quantity that any abnormal attention or expense would be required in
the testing of such sewage.
I) Any waters, sewage or wastes
having a B.O.D. greater than five hundred (500) parts per million by
weight.
J) Any waters, sewage or wastes
containing more than six hundred (600) parts per million by weight
of suspended solids except properly ground garbage in accordance
with the provisions of this bylaw.
K) Any radioactive wastes or
sewage.
L) Any water or waste that will by
itself or with other water or waste in the sewer system, release
obnoxious gases, or develop colour of undesirable intensity, or form
suspended solids in objectionable concentration, or contains
substances in such concentration that they are not amenable to
treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed,
or are amenable to treatment only to such a degree that the sewage
treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of any other
agency having jurisdiction over discharges to the receiving waters.
5.04.1 Where there exists the
possibility that there may be discharged into a public sewer from any
premise any of the wastes, sewage or substances described in Section
5.3 hereof, the City may issue a permit for the connection of such
premises to a public sewer if protective devices satisfactory to the
Superintendent of Public Works have been installed by the owner or
occupier of said premise to prevent the discharge of such wastes,
sewage or substances into a public sewer or to neutralize same.
5.04.2 Any building sewer connected
to a public sewer or sewer connection without a permit therefore, or
any building sewer depositing into a public sewer or into a sewer
connection thence to a public sewer any sewage, substance or matter
prohibited by this bylaw may be disconnected, stopped up and closed by
the authority of the Superintendent of Public Works.
5.05 The owner or occupier of any
industrial enterprise or premise connected to a public sewer shall
provide suitable means of inspection to facilitate observation,
sampling and measurement of wastes or sewage emanating therefrom.
5.06 Where possible, every existing
building sanitary sewer shall include within its building or structure
or in an approved location outside the building the installation of a
standard sump and backwater valve installed and designed to the
specifications and satisfaction of the Building Inspector. The
Superintendent of Public Works may dispense with the necessity of a
backwater valve where he is of the opinion that the property lies at
such an elevation that there would be no danger of flooding of the
property as a result of surcharge or back-up in the sanitary sewer.
5.07 No person other than the City,
its servants, employees, agents contractors or licenses shall install
or cause to be installed any part of the sewer connection or in any
way break, interfere or tamper with any public sewer.
5.08 No person shall give, sell,
permit or allow any person not legally entitled to sewer service under
this bylaw use of the sewer system provided to his lands or premises.
5.09 No person shall cause any
sanitary building sewer to be connected to the public sewer system
without first having received permission from the City and paying the
required fees under this bylaw.
5.10 If the City disapproves of a
proposed connection, the applicant shall be so informed, the reasons
for such disapproval given, and any fees deposited by the applicant
shall be refunded.
5.11 The City shall require any
owner of real property upon which is situated a building or structure
to connect to the public sewer providing if it is available in the
manner prescribed herein, by mailed notice to the owner or occupier at
the address shown on the last available tax roll requiring connection
within sixty (60) days of receipt of such notice or further period as
may be allowed by the Council:
1) If after the expiration of the
sixty (60) day period or other period specified, the owner or
occupier served with such notice has failed to or neglected to
construct and install a building sewer and to connect his building
or structure to the public sewer system as required, the City may
enter upon the subject property and cause the connection to be made.
2) The costs and expenses incurred
by the City of installing the building sewer, including any costs
and expenses incidental thereto, shall be charged against the owner
or occupier of the subject property and they shall be jointly and
severally liable to pay such costs and expenses upon demand.
3) Any such costs or expenses
remaining unpaid as outlined in 2) above shall form a lien or charge
upon the subject property, and in the event said lien or charge is
not paid by December 31 of the year in which it is due and payable,
the amount of such lien or charge shall be entered on the tax roll
as taxes in arrears by the City.
5.12 If an application for an
additional service pipe to any one site is allowed by the
Superintendent of Public Works in accordance with Section 4.05 he may
require that the sewer piping within a building served by two service
pipes be interconnected.
5.13 The location of a service pipe
shall be at the discretion of the Superintendent of Public Works. If
an owner or occupier requests that a service pipe be installed at a
location other than that proposed by the Superintendent of Public
Works, and if the Superintendent of Public Works approves such
location, the owner or occupier shall pay the connection fee as
provided in Schedule C, plus any
costs in excess of the connection fee attributable to the alternative
location.
5.13.1 No person shall connect,
cause to be connected, or allow to remain connected, any piping,
apparatus, fitting or fixture, container or other appliance in a
manner which causes noise or pressure surges, or allows sewage from a
source other than the City's system, or waste water, or any other
harmful material to enter the City's system or creates any other
disturbance that, in the opinion of the Superintendent of Public
Works, may result in annoyance to other customers or damage to the
sewer system.
5.13.2 Where any such conditions
exist, the Superintendent of Public Works may give notice to the
customer to correct the fault within 96 hours (4 days) or such lesser
period as may be specified in the notice.
5.13.3 If a customer fails to comply
with such notice within the time specified, the Superintendent of
Public Works may either:
A) have the sewer service shut off
until the fault has been corrected, or
B) take such other action, either
on or off the customer's property, as he deems appropriate to
correct the fault or to reduce the possibility of further annoyance
to other customers or damage to the sewer system, or
C) have any necessary remedial
work carried out,
And any costs incurred may be
recovered as a charge under this bylaw. Any shut off of sewer service
under this section shall not constitute a discontinuance of service
for the purposes of determining user charges.
5.14 The City does not guarantee
continuous availability of sewer service, nor does it accept
responsibility at any time for the maintenance of its lines. The City
reserves the right at any and all times and without notice to change
the sewer operating conditions, to shut off sewer service, or
otherwise interrupt the sewer service for the purposes of making
repairs, extensions, alterations or improvements or for any other
reason at any time. Neither the City, its officers, employees or
agents shall incur any liability of any kind whatsoever by reason of
the cessation in whole or in part of sewer service, or by reason of
the sewer containing prohibited substances or material of any
kind.
5.15 The City shall have the right
to limit or discontinue sewer service to any customer or to limit the
hours during which sewer may be used should circumstances deem such
action to be warranted in the public interest by the Superintendent of
Public Works.
5.16 All sewer pipes, connections,
appurtenances or facilities carrying sewer to the customer's property
line, which are constructed whether at the customer's expense or at
the City's expense in present or future public highways or within the
City's right-of-way or City property, shall be the property of the
City.
5.17 No interruption of service of
any kind to lands and premises shall entitle the owner or occupier of
such lands and premises a reduction in user charges unless otherwise
specifically provided for in this bylaw.
5.18 The Superintendent of Public
Works and any person under his authority is hereby authorized an
empowered to enter at all reasonable times upon any property in order
to ascertain whether the provisions of this bylaw are being carried
out and for such purpose to enter onto such property in order to:
1) determine the size, depth,
location and condition of any sewer, building sewer and all
connections made and utilized therewith;
2) determine the location and
method and place of discharge of roof and surface drains and
plumbing fixtures;
3) inspect, observe, measure,
sample and test the quantity and nature of sewage being discharged
into any public sewer, natural outlet or watercourse.
5.19 The issuance of a permit to
connect to a sanitary building sewer in excess of six (6) inches in
diameter to the public sewer, shall be conditional upon the
determination of the capacity of the public sewer. No such connection
shall be permitted if, in the opinion of the Superintendent of Public
Works, the sanitary sewer is incapable of carrying away the wastes
emanating from the owner's premises, or the quality of the effluent
does not meet the standards set out in this bylaw.
5.20 No septic tanks shall be
connected to the City sanitary sewer system.
6. SEWER
EXTENSION
6.01 Applications for extensions of
sewer mains and sewer laterals shall be in writing.
6.02 The Superintendent of Public
Works shall, in all cases, decide what size of sewer main and service
laterals are to be installed, but shall not prescribe a sewer main of
a size smaller than six (6) inches, unless there are circumstances
which clearly justify a smaller size for specific reasons.
6.03 The customer, as referred to
hereinafter, shall be a customer of permanent and established type
(exclusive of Real Estate Developer or Builder) who receives sewer
services at a premise improved by structures of a permanent nature.
6.04 Any sewer main and/or service
lateral extension installed hereunder shall become and remain the sole
property of the City.
6.05 The size, type, quality of
materials and their location will be specified by the City and the
actual construction will be done by the City or its contractor.
6.06 The applicant or applicants for
an extension to the sewer system shall pay the actual cost of the
extension to the City prior to the extension being made by the City.
The cost of the extension will be estimated and any monies due after
the extension is completed shall be paid to the City prior to the
service connection(s) being made, and if there are any surplus funds
after the extension has been completed, they will be refunded to the
applicant or applicants.
6.07.1 Where an applicant or
applicants for an extension to the sewer system pays for the entire
cost of the extension they shall be eligible for a refund based on the
actual frontage charge to each property that fronts on the new line
and that connects to the line, within the extension distance.
6.07.2 Where more than one applicant
is involved in the original extension any refunds shall be divided
proportionately according to each applicant's original investment in
the extension.
6.08.3 At no time will the applicant
or applicants receive refunds greater than their original cost of the
line fronting their property.
6.07.4 No refunds shall be made
after five (5) years of completion of the extension.
6.08 Where an applicant or
applicants so desire they may apply to the City in writing to pay the
cost of such extension over not more than five (5) years. The
installments shall be equal annual installments that shall be added to
the annual tax notice of the subject property and shall include
interest at 1% over the City's bank's prime rate at the date of
approval of such installment plan.
7. FEES AND CHARGES
General
7.01 Any person being the owner or
occupier of lands and premises to which sewer service hereunder is
provided, shall pay to the City the rates established under this bylaw
in accordance with the attached Schedules and each owner and occupier
of such lands and premises shall be jointly and severally liable for
such charges.
7.02 The fees applicable under this
bylaw for residential dwelling premises shall be added to the tax
notices for the applicable calendar year.
7.03 The Director of Finance is
hereby authorized, following the appropriate resolution from Council,
to change the frequency of fee collection for residential dwellings
and establish an invoicing system to accommodate such change.
7.04 The fees applicable under this
bylaw for multi-residential dwelling premises and commercial premises
shall be invoiced quarterly in advance. The invoices will be sent to
the last known address of the owner or occupier of the property on
December 1, March 1, May 1 and August 1, or as soon thereafter as
possible, and will be due for payment not more than thirty days
thereafter, except that when a property becomes vacant all sewer
charges outstanding become due and payable immediately.
7.05 The owner of lands or premises
situated in whole or in part outside of the corporate limits of the
City to which sewer services is supplied from time to time shall pay
to the City for the use thereof at the rate shown in Schedule
A.
7.06 Where in any lands or premises
there are contained more than one rate classification, the rate
applicable for each separate classification shall be charged in
accordance with Schedule A.
7.07 The connection fees set out in Schedule
C shall be inclusive of all inspection fees and are in addition to
costs set out in Section 6 for sewer main extensions and service
lateral installation.
Notification of Charges
7.08 The owner or occupier of
property shall be deemed to have received notification of sewer
charges if said notification was mailed or otherwise delivered to the
address contained in the City's utility invoicing system, and no
person shall be discharged or relieved from liability in respect of
such fees and charges or from penalties attached to non-payment hereby
imposed by reason of non-receipt of any statement of account thereof.
The date of notification of charges shall be the invoice date in
accordance with section 7.04.
Non-payment Provisions
7.09 Residential dwelling premise
sewer fees added to property tax notices that remain unpaid at the due
date of payment for such notices will suffer the same penalty as
property taxes.
7.10 Quarterly sewer charges
remaining outstanding after the due date will have a penalty added
thereto in accordance with Schedule B.
7.11 The fees and charges imposed
and payable under the provisions of this bylaw and which remain unpaid
after December 31 shall be deemed to be taxes in arrears in respect of
the property and shall be forthwith entered on the real property tax
roll by the Director of Finance as taxes in arrears.
7.12 All accounts for fees and
charges under this bylaw shall be rendered to the owner or occupier of
lands and premises to which sewer service or connection is being
provided on the basis that every occupier of said lands or premises
shall be jointly and severally liable with the owner for the same.
Discontinuance, Alteration and
Reinstatement of Service
7.13 Where any person shall refuse,
omit or neglect to pay the rate or rates shown in Schedule
A after the expiration of any billing period, the City, by its
proper officer or employee in that behalf, may discontinue the service
to that person and such service shall not be reinstated until such
time as all outstanding amounts have been paid in full to the City.
7.14 Applications for new or
reinstatement of sewer service must be made in writing in the
prescribed form and submitted to City Hall and the applicable fees
shall be prorated to the end of the year or the current billing
period, whichever is appropriate.
7.15.1 Applications for
discontinuance of or alteration in sewer service from commercial
customers must be made in writing in the prescribed form and submitted
to City Hall. All such applications for discontinuance of or
alterations in sewer service must be received by the City within 30
days of notification of sewer charges. Applications for retroactive
changes are not permitted. No application for a discontinuance of
service from an owner or occupier will be considered if the lands and
premises to which the service is provided remains occupied by a
tenant.
7.15.2 Where a commercial customer
has applied for a discontinuance or suspension of service due to a
vacancy in their premise there shall be, nonetheless, a minimum charge
imposed in accordance with Schedule A.
7.15.3 Applications for
discontinuance or suspension of service charges with respect to
individual units under the Tourist Rental Accommodation category in Schedule
A are not admissible regardless of occupancy.
7.16 If a residential dwelling
premise becomes vacant, an owner of such property may request a
suspension of sewer charges by applying to the City for a
discontinuance of service on the required form. The discontinuance of
service must be for a minimum, continuous period of six months. If the
property becomes occupied within the six month period the suspended
sewer charges become due and payable immediately. If the property
becomes occupied after the initial six month period sewer charges
shall be applied from the date of reoccupation. No adjustment shall be
made for a period less than six months and no adjustment under this
section shall apply retroactively.
Miscellaneous
7.17 No monies received by the City
in payment of fees and charges under this bylaw shall be applied to
the payment of charges for the then current quarter, unless all
charges which have become due in previous quarters have been fully
paid.
7.18 Where any lands or premises or
other classification is not specifically mentioned in Schedule
A, the Director of Finance may establish and set user rates for
the same and such rate or rates shall be valid and binding as if
included in said schedule.
7.19 Where it is questionable which
category lands or premises fall into for the purposes of establishing
an applicable fee under Schedule A,
the highest appropriate fee rate determined by the Director of Finance
shall apply.
7.20 In the event that the City has
made an error in its calculation of fees to a property owner or
occupier, it may, upon written application providing full details and
the amount claimed, refund the overcharge to that owner or occupier
for a period up to but not exceeding six years.
7.21 Where sewer service hereunder
has been or is to be maintained for a period less than one month, the
charge therefore shall be calculated on the basis of one month.
7.22 Where the owner or occupier of
lands and premises shall refuse, omit or neglect to pay the rate or
rates herein contained after the expiry date of the quarterly billing
period of the City, by its proper officer or employee in that behalf,
may turn off and discontinue the sewer service to said lands or
premises and such service shall not be renewed or turned on until all
outstanding rates and fees are paid in full.
7.23 Nothing herein contained shall
derogate from any legislation, law or bylaw or the remedies therein
contained for the collection of the said rates or invalidate or
derogate from the lien of the City upon lands and premises in respect
of which said rates may be due; provided that under this section the
sewer service to any of the said lands or premises shall not be turned
off and discontinued until ten (10) days notice of the fact has been
given.
8. REPEAL OF PREVIOUS
BYLAWS
Bylaw #'s 1221,1222,1223,1225 and
#1634 are hereby repealed in their entirety.
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