Use of Sewers By-law — full text

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Be It Resolved that the following be and the same is hereby adopted and enacted as an amendment to a By-Law of the Town of Mahone Bay when and if the same has received approval of the Minister of Municipal Affairs, and the Town Clerk be and he is hereby instructed to forward the same to the Minister and request his approval hereof. By-Law to Amend By-Law # 67 Entitled Use of Sewers By-Law Section 12.1 of By-Law # 67 of the Town of Mahone Bay entitled Use of Sewers ByLaw is hereby amended by adding the words and numbers "effective July 1, 1993, the said fee will be increased to twenty-seven dollars ($27.00); effective April 1, 1994, the said fee will be increased to twenty-nine dollars ($29.00); effective April 1, 1995, the said fee will be increased to thirty-two dollars ($32.00); effective April 1, 1996, the said fee will be increased to thirty-five dollars. ($35.00);" inmediately following the number ($25.00) in the seventh line.  This is to certify that the amendment to a By-Law of which the foregoing is a true copy was duly passed at a duls called meeting of the Town of Mahone Bay held on the 13th day of April A.D. 1993. Given under the hand of the Town Clerk and under the corporate seal of the said Town this 20th day of April A.D. 1993.  Clerk ## TOWN OF MAHONE BAY USE OF SEWERS BY-LAW BY-LAW NUMBER 67 Adopted by Mahone Bay Town Council on January 9, 1990 Recommended for approval with amendments.  Janet Willwerth Departmental Solicitor The Use of Sewers By-law, By-law No. 67, for the Town of Mahone Bay which was adopted at a meeting Town Council held on January 9, 1990, is approved, pursuant to Section 24 of the Municipal Affairs Act, with the following amendment: 1. Section 12.1 is amended by deleting the words and numbers "January 1, 1990" in the fourth line thereof and substituting therefor the words and numbers "March 1, 1990".  Dated at Halifax, Nova Scotia this 13F das = february ,1990. Minister of Municipal Affairs · : BE IT RESOLVED that the following be and the same is hereby adopted and enacted as a by-law of the Town of Mahone Bay when and if the same has received the approval of the Minister of Municipal Affairs and that the Town Clerk be and he is hereby instructed to forward the same to the said Minister and request his approval thereof. ## BY LAW NO. 67 A BY-LAW RESPECTING THE USE OF SEWERS - 1.1 This by-law shall be known as and may be cited as Short title the "Sewer By-law" - 2.1 No person shall injure, break, or remove any portion of the public sewer system or its appurtenances. Prohibition - 3.1 No person shall permit any open gutter, cesspool, Not to be privy, vault, cellar, underground drain or exhaust pipe from connected any machine or engine to be connected with any public sewer. - No person shall throw or deposit, or cause to be Prohibited thrown or deposited, in any sewer opening or receptacle articles connected with the sewer system, any unshredded garbage, offal, dead animal, bones, vegetable matter or thing except faeces, urine, the necessary water closet paper and liquid house slops. - 5.1 No person shall throw or deposit, or cause to be thrown or deposited, in any sewer opening of receptacle connected with the sewer system any animal, vegetable or mineral fat, oil, grease or lubricant whether the same is liquid and solid. Animal fat, etc. - 6.1 Any person shall be permitted to dispose of properly shredded garbage or vegetable partings which are the wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce which garbage and vegetable parings must be shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in sewers, with no particles greater than one-half inch in any dimension. Allowable wastes - 7.1 Whenever the Director of Public Works or Environmental Health Services Conmittee (hereinafter called the "Cormittee") considers it necessary, any person who is the owner of land which is used for industrial or commercial purposes and which is connected to a public sewer may be required to provide grease, oil, and sand interceptors in order to provide for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients. Interceptors - 7.2 All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Director of Public Works or Cormittee and shall be located so as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Approval of - - 7.3 Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of Construction impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature and shall be of substantial construction, watertight and equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place, shall be gastight and watertight. - 8.1 The Director of Public Works or Conmittee shall have Power the power to stop and prevent from discharging into the sewer to stop system any private sewer or drain through which substances are discharged which are likely to injure the sewers or obstruct the flow of the sewage, or through which substances are discharged in contravention to this by-law. - 9.1 No person shall permit any pipe carrying sewage to discharge into any open trench. No discharging into open trench - 10.1 No person shall discharge, or cause to be discharged Septic tanks or permit to be discharged any contents of any septic tank or cesspit into any public sewer. - 11.1 Any person who violates any provisions of this bylaw shall be guilty of an offense and liable upon conviction to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) and in default to imprisonment of not more than one month. Offense & penalty - 12.1 The occupant or tenant of every house, shop or property connected with a public sewer within the Town of Mahone Bay shall pay to the Town every second month a fee of Nineteen Dollars ($19.00) effective January 1, 1990; effective January 1, 1991, the said fee will be increased to Twenty-two Dollars ($22.00); effective January 1, 1992, the said fee will be increased to Iwenty-five Dollars ($25.00). Revenue - 13.1 All former Sewer Use By-laws of the Town are hereby, Repeal repealed and this by-law substituted therefor. THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the by-law of which the foregoing is a true copy was duly passed at a duly called meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Mahone Bay on the 9 day of January 1990. GIVEN under the hand of the Town Clerk and under the corporate seal. of the said Town this Il day of January 1990.