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TOWN OF AMHERST
SANITARY SEWER RATES BYLAW
CONSOLIDATION EFFECTIVE JUNE 19, 2015
I.
In this Bylaw, the expression:
(a)
"Building" means any dwelling, house, shop, store, office, or any structure which
would require sewerage services;
(b)
"Town" means the Town of Amherst;
(c)
"Owner" means a part owner, joint owner, tenant in common or joint tenant of the
whole or any part of any land or building and includes a trustee, an executor, an
administrator, a guardian, an agent, a mortgagee in possession or any land or
building in case of the absence or disability of the person having title thereto,
and includes anyone with any legal interest in a building.
(d)
"Sanitary Sewer" means a pipe, conduit or drain, used for the collection and
transmission of waste water;
(e)
"Sanitary Sewer System" means all pipes, mains, equipment, buildings and
structures for collecting, pumping or treatment of wastewater and operated by
the Town, but does not include a storm sewer;
(f)
"Storm Sewer System" means all pipes, mains and related structures designed
exclusively for the collection and transmission of uncontaminated water,
stormwater, drainage from land or from any watercourse or any of them;
(g)
"Council" means the Town Council of the Town of Amherst;
2.
Every owner of an unmetered mobile home within a land leased community which is
connected to the Town of Amherst sanitary sewer system shall pay to the Town an
annual Uniform Charge for the operation of the sanitary sewer system of the Town.
3.
Council, from time to time, shall, by resolution, set rates, base charges and uniform
charges for sewer services.
4.
For the purposes of this Bylaw, a new sewer has been installed when the Town
Engineer has certified that the system or project of which the sewer forms part is
substantially complete.
5.
(1)
Sewer Service Charges shall be levied on the owners of all properties liable to
pay the same commencing on October 1, 1999.
(2)
The Sewer Service Charge shall be billed quarterly thereafter.
(3)
The Sewer Service Charge shall be due and payable 30 days after billing.
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(4)
The Sewer Service Charge, if not paid by the due date, shall bear interest in the
same manner and at the same rate as charged on unpaid taxes.
6.
The Sewer rates, the sewer base charges and uniform charges are liens on the real
property and may be collected in the same manner as other taxes in accordance with
Section 81(3)(f) of the Municipal Government Act.
7.
The Town of Amherst Sanitary Sewer Rates Bylaw as approved by Council on 13
September, 1999, is hereby repealed.