By-Law 029 — Capital Cost of Sewer Construction (with Amendments) — full text

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MUNICIPALITY OF THE COUNTY OF RICHMOND BY-LAW # 29 CAPITAL COST OF SEWER CONSTUCTION BY LAW WITH AMENDMENTS BY-LAW ______________________________________________________________________ BE IT ENACTED by the Council for the Municipality of the County of Richmond, pursuant to the Municipal Government Act, S.N.S. 1998, C.18, as am.: Municipality of the County of Richmond By-Law #29 Page 1 PART "A" - DEFINITIONS 1. In this By-Law, unless the context otherwise requires: a. "Building By-Law" means the Building By-Law of the Municipality. b. "Building Inspector" means the Building Inspector of the Municipality. c. "Building service connection" means any piping system that conveys a sewage or liquid waste from any property to a public sewer. d. "Central sewage disposal system" means a private sewage disposal system serving two or more properties. e. "Combined sewer" means a sewer receiving and carrying storm water, surface run-off and sewage. f. "Committee" means the Public Works Committee of the Municipality. g. "Council" means the Municipal Council of the County of Richmond. h. "Department of Highways" means the Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. i. "Department of Health" means the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness. j. "Director of Public Works" means the Director of Public Works of the Municipality. k. "Financing costs" means cost to the Municipality of the County of Richmond of interest on interim borrowings and interest on long term debt for a particular sewer area. Municipality of the County of Richmond By-Law #29 Page 2 l. "Garbage" means solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from handling, storage or sale of produce. m. "Highway" included: i. all allowances for the highways made by surveyors for the Crown; ii. all highways laid out or established under the authority of any statute; iii. all roads on which public money has been expended or on which statute labour has heretofore been performed; iv. all roads passing through First Nations lands; v. all roads dedicated by the owners of the land to public use; vi. every road now opened and used as a public road or highway; and vii. all alterations and deviations of, and all bridges on or along any road or highway. n. "Improve" means to lay out, construct, repair, improve and maintain streets, curbs, gutters, bridges, culverts and retaining walls. o. "Municipal Engineer" means the Municipal Engineer of the Municipality. p. "Municipality" means the Municipality of the County of Richmond. q. "Owner" includes a part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, or joint tenant of the whole or of any part of any land or building, and includes a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, agent, a mortgagee in possession or any other person having the care or control of any land or building in case of the absence or disability of the person having title thereto. r. "Private sewage disposal system" means any private system for sewage disposal serving one lot of real property. s. "Properly shredded garbage" means the waste from the preparations, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce, that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing to sewers, with no particles greater than one half inch in any dimension. t. "Public sewer" means a sewer controlled by the Municipality. u. "Registry of Deeds" means the Registry of Deeds for the County of Richmond. Municipality of the County of Richmond By-Law #29 Page 3 v. "Sanitary sewer" means a sewer receiving and carrying waterborne wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, and to which storm, surface or ground waters are not intentionally admitted. w. "Serviceable frontage" means any land which is fronting on a public sewer and which is capable of draining into a public sewer. x. "Sewage" means the combination of water carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments containing animal, vegetable or mineral matter in suspension of solution, together with such ground, surface or storm water as may be present. y. "sewer" means a pipe or conduct for carrying sewage, storm water or surface runoff, or sewage and storm water and surface runoff, and includes all sewer drains and combined sewer services of every description vested in or under the control of the Municipality. z. "Sewer area" means an area in which a sewer has been installed. aa. "Sewerage" means the structures, devices, equipment and appurtenances intended for the collection, transportation and carrying, pumping and treatment of sewage. bb. "Storm sewer" or "storm drain" means a sewer receiving and carrying storm water and surface runoff only. cc. "Street" means highway. dd. "Subdivision regulations" means the subdivision regulations prescribed by the Minister of Municipal Affairs for the Province of Nova Scotia for the municipality and in force at the time. ee. "Trunk works" means all intercepting sewers, pumping solutions, treatment plants and outfalls involved in the conveyance and disposal of sewage from any part of the Municipality to the final disposal thereof. ff. "Watercourse" means any channel in which a flow of water occurs either continuously or intermittently. PART "B" - ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL 2. a. The Council may appoint a Municipal Engineer. b. The Municipal Engineer shall hold office from the time of his appointment until the appointment of his successor becomes effective, unless he first resigns, or is suspended or dismissed, or otherwise relieved of duty. Municipality of the County of Richmond By-Law #29 Page 4 c. The provisions of Sections 122 and 132 of the Municipal Act, being Chapter 192, R.S.N.S., 1967, and amendments thereto, shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the Municipal Engineer. d. Where no Municipal Engineer has been appointed, or where the position becomes vacant at any time, all references to the Municipal Engineer herein shall be deemed to refer to the Director of Public Works. 3. a. The Council may, by resolution, appoint one or more assistants to the Municipal Engineer. b. An assistant to the Municipal Engineer shall have authority to act on behalf of the Municipal Engineer when so authorized by the Municipal Engineer. 4. The Municipal Engineer shall have control of sewers and drains of the Municipality and shall take charge of their construction and repair, and of all matters in connection with the sewerage of the Municipality pertaining to its construction, maintenance, repair and use. 5. The Municipal Engineer or his assistants may enter upon all properties in the Municipality for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, testing or work, in accordance with the provisions of this By-Law at any reasonable hour. 6. a. Whenever the majority of the owners of property or any designated portion thereof shall petition of the council for the construction of a public or common sewer or drain and shall leave with the Municipal Clerk the amount chargeable according to the provisions of this By- Law to each owner whose signature is on the petition, then the Council may order the same to be constructed. b. Every petition for a public or common sewer shall be in the form in Appendix "A" to this By- Law, or to the like effect and every petition shall clearly state the locality in which the new sewer is required, the points between which the petitioners are desirous of having the same constructed, the distance in feet between such points, the names of the street and the frontage of each property chargeable under the provisions of this By-Law, and all such names and measurements shall be properly taken by some competent person who shall certify to the correctness of the same. c. Such petition shall be accompanied by the sum of $25.00 from each owner signing the aforesaid petition. d. In the event that the Council orders the construction of any sewer for which a petition has been made and submitted, such deposits shall be applied in discharge of the respective Municipality of the County of Richmond By-Law #29 Page 5 frontage charges or part thereof as hereinafter mentioned and as such charges shall respectively apply to those owners signing the petition. e. In the event that the Council does not order the construction of any sewer for which a petition has been made and submitted, the Municipal Clerk shall refund to each respective owner whose signature is upon the petition the amount that has been paid to the Municipal Clerk by or for such owner as required by these By-Laws. 7. The Council may by resolution order the repair or improvement of drains or sewers existing in any street whenever the same shall be considered necessary or desirable, and to lay out, excavate, and complete new drains or sewers in any street of the Municipality and perform any other work necessary to be done in connection therewith. 8. The cost incurred in installing, laying, or constructing any sewer and the building service connection laterals to the boundary sideline of the right-of-way and financing costs of such sewer shall be paid by the owners of the properties fronting on the street in proportion to the length of serviceable frontage of each property as set in Section 9. 9. When it is determined that the cost or a portion of the cost of installing, laying or constructing any sewer in any street shall be paid by the owners of the properties fronting on such street the cost of constructing any such sewer shall be borne and paid in the following manner: a. Each owner or real estate situated on either side of such street shall pay the Municipality of the County of Richmond a maximum of $40.00 for each and every lineal foot of serviceable property fronting thereon. The cost per lineal foot shall be equal to the cost to the Municipality of the project as determined in Section 10 divided by the total lineal serviceable frontage and shall be set by Municipal Council for each sewer area by By-Law. b. For the purpose of this By-Law, each individual property capable of being serviced will be deemed to have a minimum frontage of sixty (60) feet. The following properties shall be chargeable as above and assessed for the construction of sewers: FIRST: All properties lying on either side of such street, through which a new sewer is to pass and opposite to the sewer; SECOND: All properties situated at or near the upper end or termination of such proposed sewer shall pay the same price as if the sewer were to pass in front of such properties for their entire length provided that in no case shall any such property be assessed for a greater length of frontage than seventy-five feet beyond the termination of the sewer, measured along the side line of the street from a point directly opposite to the end of the sewer. THIRD: Any property which is situated at the intersection or junction of two or more streets where a sewer is to be constructed in both streets shall be entitled to a deduction equal to one-half the total frontage on both streets provided that the frontage on either street does not exceed one hundred Municipality of the County of Richmond By-Law #29 Page 6 (100) feet. In cases where this length is exceeded the property shall be chargeable for the actual remaining frontage on each street. 10. The Municipal Engineer shall keep an account of the cost of such work and on its completion shall file in the office of the Municipal Clerk: a. a certificate of the cost of the work, the amount to be paid by the Municipality pursuant to the total lineal frontage; b. a statement of the lineal frontage of each property with the name of the owner thereof; c. a statement of the serviceable frontage on each property with the name of the owner thereof; 11. a. Upon receipt of the Engineer's Certificate provided for in Section 10, the Municipal Clerk shall prepare a sewer tax roll which shall contain: i. every lot to be specially assessed in respect of the owner's portion of the cost; ii. the name of the owner; iii. the lineal frontage of each property; iv. the number of feet of serviceable frontage of each property; b. Upon completion of the sewer tax roll, the Municipal Clerk shall, by ordinary mail, notify the owner of every lot which is to be specially assessed, of the number of feet of lineal frontage and the number of feet of serviceable frontage; c. The owner shall have 30 days from the date of the notice to file an appeal respecting serviceable frontage. The appeal shall be in writing and addressed to the Council; d. The Council upon receiving an appeal, may revise, correct, amend or confirm any such sewer tax assessment, if it is satisfied that the serviceable frontage is incorrect. 12. The Municipal Clerk from the certificate and the statement filed by the Engineer and considering any revisions, corrections or amendments under Section 11(d) shall determine the amount of charge or tax to be assessed and levied upon and paid by the respective owners of properties fronting on the street upon which the sewer has been constructed. 13. a. Such charge or tax shall be due and payable within 30 days when the bill therefore is mailed by ordinary mail to the person liable and at the option of the respective persons liable may be paid in either the following ways: Municipality of the County of Richmond By-Law #29 Page 7 i. a lump sum payment in the year in which the charge or tax is assessed or; ii. by equal annual payments, each payable on the anniversary of the date on which the amount becomes due and payable, extended over the period of 15 years, with interest payable thereon annually at the rate of ten (10%) percent per annum with power however to prepay the whole or any part of the amount remaining at any time without notice and provided that if default is made in the payment of any annual payment or interest or both when it falls due then the whole balance immediately becomes due and payable without notice or demand; b. The owner shall within 30 days of the date of the bill notify the Municipal Clerk in writing which option he has selected under provision 13(a) and in the event of his failure to do so shall be deemed to have selected that provided by clause (ii) thereof; c. Notwithstanding Section 11(c), within two years from the completion of a sewer tax roll, pursuant to Section 11(a) and upon petition of an owner supported by Affidavit, the Municipal Council may relieve an owner from payment of all or any portion of the tax levied, who by reason of any gross or manifest error has been wrongly charged. 14. Where a sewer tax assessment has not been levied on all or a portion of the property, under the provisions of this By-Law and the Municipal Engineer later determines that the property can be properly drained by a public sewer by means of pumping or by some other means, the property may, with the approval of the Council, be connected to the public sewer upon payment of a connection charge equal to the amount of serviceable frontage not previously rated for times the rate per foot determined for that sewer area. 15. No person shall injure and no person not being an employee or agent of the Municipality acting in the course of his duty as such shall remove any part or portion of any catchpit, receiving basin, grating, covering, or any manhole, vent-shaft or any other part of any sewer or drain. PART "C" - BUILDING SERVICE CONNECTIONS 16. a. Applications for connections to a sewer system after the original sewer system has been installed shall be made in writing to the Municipal Engineer and shall be accompanied by a fee of four hundred dollars ($400) to cover the Municipality's cost incurred in installing the sewer lateral from the public sewer to the applicant's property line. i. Notwithstanding Section 16(a) applications for the connections to the sewer in the Louisdale sewer area - Phase 4 and Phase 5 shall be made in writing to the Municipal Engineer and shall be accompanied in addition to the fee mentioned in Section 16(a) by a fee of $1,600.00 as a contribution to capital costs. Municipality of the County of Richmond By-Law #29 Page 8 b. The application shall be in a form prescribed by the Committee, and shall be accompanied by any plans, specifications or other information which, in the opinion of the Committee, may be required. c. No connection shall be made to any sewer or drain without the written approval of the Municipal Engineer. 17. a. That part of every building service connection on private property and up to the street line or boundary line of a sewer right-of-way shall be constructed and maintained at the expense of the owner, subject to the supervision of the Municipal Engineer, and shall be of such size and at such level and angle of decent as the Municipal Engineer directs, and no such building service connection shall be covered in until it has been inspected and approved by the Municipal Engineer. The cost of constructing the building service connection from the public sewer to the street line or boundary line of a sewer right-of-way shall be the responsibility of the Municipality. b. If the owner or his agent covers in any building service connection before it has been inspected and a certificate of approval issued therefore, the owner shall open the same for the purpose of inspection, and the cost of so doing shall be the responsibility of the owner. c. The responsibility for maintaining the sewer main and building service connections shall be as follows: i. The Municipality shall be responsible for maintenance of the sewer main. ii. The Owner shall be responsible for maintenance of the building service connection from the property boundary or Municipally-owned easement to the building, as well as all interior sewer piping and fixtures. iii. The Municipality shall be responsible for maintenance of the portion of the building service connection located within the road right-of-way or Municipally-owned easement, save and except for the removal of blockages preventing wastewater from a property from flowing into the sewer main, the responsibility for which remains with the owner of such property, unless the blockage is caused by a structural failure of the sewer lateral (broken, sheared, sagged or collapsed pipe or other structural cause). d. In the event a building service connection is obstructed, the following procedure shall be followed in removing the obstruction: i. At the Owner's expense, the Owner shall be responsible for the initial investigation and clearing of the obstruction with the services of a licensed plumber to identify the cause and the location of the obstruction and take all necessary measures to clear the Municipality of the County of Richmond By-Law #29 Page 9 obstruction from the building to the main sewer line before requesting assistance from the Municipality. ii. If the obstruction is located in the portion of the building service connection on private property, the Owner shall be responsible for the removal of the obstruction as well as any and all associated costs. iii. If the obstruction is located in the portion of the building service connection within the road right-of-way or Municipally-owned easement, and a plumber is unable to remove it, the customer may request assistance from the Municipality. The Municipality will investigate and take appropriate action to ensure the sewer main is clear. When the cause of the problem is not apparent and the blockage is between the property boundary and the main sewer line, then the Municipality will rectify the problem in the most timely and cost-effective manner available. At no time will Municipal staff enter the Owner's building or dwelling unit in an effort to clear a blockage. If the investigation shows that the obstruction was: i. Non-structural, the Municipality shall advise the Owner of its determination and the Owner shall be responsible for all or a portion of the cost of repairs as determined by the Municipal Engineer. Costs may include but not be limited to heavy equipment costs, traffic control, materials (piping, gravels), labour, permitting costs and reinstatement. ii. Structural (caused by broken, sheared, sagged, collapsed pipe, or some other structural cause), the Municipality shall rectify the deficiency and reimburse the Owner for the cost of licensed plumbing services in an amount not to exceed $350 including HST, subject to proof of payment. e. Should the Owner call the Municipality directly without first contacting a plumber, the Owner will be advised that a callout fee may apply. The Municipality may respond to the situation and assess the problem. If, based on the Municipality's assessment, the problem is: i. With the sewer main Municipal staff will take the appropriate action to rectify the problem at the expense of the Municipality. ii. With the building service connection or caused by the activities of the Owner The Owner may be billed a minimum call-out fee of $100. In such cases Municipal staff will attempt to assist the customer, if reasonably possible, with the tools and equipment readily available, but at no time will Municipal staff enter the customer's premises in an effort to clear the obstruction. If the blockage cannot be cleared by Municipal staff, the customer will be advised as follows: if the blockage appear to be on the Owner's property then he/she will be fully responsible for repairs; if the blockage is within the Municipality of the County of Richmond By-Law #29 Page 10 portion of the building service connection in the road right-of-way or Municipally- owned easement, then the provisions of clause 17(c.iii) apply. f. The Owner may request that the Municipality carry out a video camera inspection to assess the condition of the building service connection. The Owner shall be responsible for having the building service connection cleared prior to the inspection and for providing open access to the building service connection for inspection purposes. If the inspection does not identify structural issues within the Municipally-owned portion of the building service connection the Owner will be billed a video camera inspection fee of $150, except that the fee shall be $300 if the inspection is performed outside of regular working hours. If the inspection identifies structural issues within the Municipally-owned portion of the building service connection the Municipality shall rectify the deficiency and reimburse the owner for the cost of licensed plumbing services in an amount not to exceed $350 including HST, subject to proof of payment. 18. a. Where the Council and the Department of Highways have agreed to improve a street or to lay a permanent sidewalk, the Council may cause to be constructed that portion of a sewer lateral from the public sewer to the street line or boundary of a sewer right-of-way before the construction has begun or during the progress of the construction. b. Where a property abutting on a street or highway has more than fifty feet of frontage on the street, the Council may require two or more building service connections to be constructed, provided that these building service connections shall not be less than fifty feet apart. 19. a. The owner of a property shall not construct a building service connection between his property and a sewer situated elsewhere than in the portion of the street on which the property immediately abuts unless he first obtains a permit from the Municipal Engineer. b. Where a sewer has been constructed in a street on which a property served by a building service connection abuts, the Committee may require the owner to connect any building so served who is within one hundred feet of the public sewer to the public sewer and to remove the special sewer connection. 20. a. When a building service connection is abandoned the owner shall effectively block up the connection at the property line so as to prevent the sewage from backing up into the soil, or dirt being washed into the public sewer. b. When the owner does not effectively block up a connection as required by this Section within thirty days of the service of a notice from the Committee requiring him to do so, the Municipality of the County of Richmond By-Law #29 Page 11 Committee may cause the same to be done and the costs of doing so are the responsibility of the owner. PART "D" - USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS 21. a. Where a public sewer has been or is being constructed in a street, the Committee may give notice to the owner of any property abutting on the street, requiring him within thirty days of the service of the notice to connect any building on the property which is located within one hundred feet of the sewer to the public sewer in the manner required by this By-Law. b. If: (i) Any such building service connection is not constructed and connected with the public sewer; or (ii) Any other work required in respect of the building service connection is not done as required; the Committee may notify in writing the owner of the property served or to be served by the building service connection to that effect, specifying in what respect the work is undone or unsatisfactory, and if the owner fails to perform the work within thirty days of the service of the notice, the Committee may cause the work to be done. 22. No person shall discharge, cause to be discharged, or continue to discharge or cause to be discharged after the coming into force of this By-Law, any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, sub- surface drainage, cooling water or any unpolluted industrial process waters into any sanitary sewer. 23. Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge, cause to be discharged, or continue to discharge or cause to be discharged after the coming into force of this By-Law, any of the following into any drain or sewer or building service connection of the Municipality or into any drain or sewer or building service connecting with the drainage or sewer system of the Municipality: a. Any liquor or vapour having a temperature higher than 150°F; b. Any gasoline, benzene, naptha, fuel oil or other inflammable or explosive liquor, solid or gas; c. Any garbage other than "properly shredded garbage" as defined in Section 1 of this By-Law; d. Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injury or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or create any hazard in the receiving body of water; or e. Any noxious or malodorous gas or other substance that creates a public nuisance. 24. Municipality of the County of Richmond By-Law #29 Page 12 a. Whenever the Committee considers it necessary it may require any person who is the owner of land which is used for industrial or commercial purposes and which is connected to a public sewer to provide grease, oil and sand interceptors in order to provide for the proper handling of liquid waste containing grease in excessive amounts, or inflammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients. All owners of garages, service stations, car wash operations and similar business establishments shall provide approved types of interceptors for oil, grease, soap and similar products. b. All interceptors shall be of a type or types and of a capacity approved by the Municipal Engineer, and shall be located so as to be readily accessible for inspection and cleaning. c. Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme charges of temperature and shall be of substantial construction, water-tight, and equipped with easily removable covers which when bolted in place shall be gas-tight and water-tight. 25. a. The Committee may require the owner of any industrial or commercial property served by a building service connection to install a suitable manhole in the building service connection to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. b. The manhole shall be accessible and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Municipal Engineer. c. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his own expense, and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times. PART "F" - PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL 26. When a public sewer becomes available to property served by a private sewage system, the owner of the property shall, upon service of a notice from the Committee requiring him to do so connect any building thereon which are within one hundred feet of the public sewer to the public sewer within thirty days of the service of the notice, connect such buildings to the public sewer by a building service connection in accordance with this By-Law, and he shall cause any septic tank, cesspool, privy or other private sewage system on the property to be abandoned and to be filled in with suitable material. 27. a. Where the owner of a property has been notified in accordance with Section 27 to remove or close up or fill in any septic tank, cesspool, privy or other private sewage disposal system on his property, and fails or neglects to comply with the notice the Committee may cause the necessary work to be done. Municipality of the County of Richmond By-Law #29 Page 13 b. The Committee may require as part of the work necessary for compliance with the Notice, the installation of a suitable water closet and its connection to a public sewer. 28. No person shall discharge sewage anywhere except into a public sewer, private sewage system or central sewage disposal system. 29. No person shall construct a private sewage disposal system or cause the same to be constructed in any district or area of the County, without a permit in writing therefore from Nova Scotia Environment. 30. No person shall use, cause to be used or permit to be used any private sewage disposal system on his property until its installation has been completed in compliance with applicable Provincial regulations. 31. No person shall discharge, cause to be discharged or permit to be discharged, any contents of any septic tank, cesspool privy or other private sewage disposal system into any public sewer or watercourse. PART "G" - CENTRAL SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS 32. a. No person shall construct or cause to be constructed or installed a central sewage disposal system without first obtaining a written permit therefore from the Committee. b. An application for a permit shall be on a form furnished by the Municipal Engineer or the Committee and shall be accompanied by the plans and specifications for the system. c. The Committee may require such further information as it deems necessary. 33. No person shall cover in any portion of a central sewage disposal system before it has been inspected and approved by the Municipal Engineer. 34. No person shall use, cause to be used, or permit to be used, any central sewage disposal system until its installation has been completed to the satisfaction of the Committee. 35. A person who owns, operates or maintains a central sewage disposal system or who owns or occupied land on or under which there is a central sewage disposal system shall operate and maintain the system in such a manner that: a. a danger to public health is not created by the system; b. sewage or effluent from the system does not appear on the surface of the ground, or in any ditch, excavation or building basement; c. sewage or effluent from the system does not appear in any well or in any body of water from which water is used for drinking purposes by human beings; d. sewage of effluent from the system does not leak from any part of the system; and Municipality of the County of Richmond By-Law #29 Page 14 e. offensive odours are not emitted from the system. 36. a. Where under any provision of this By-Law approval or permission of the sewer committee or any engineer or inspector appointed by the committee is required before any work or thing may be done, an appeal shall lie to the Public Works Committee from the decision of the engineer or inspector, refusing to grant approval or permission, and the Committee shall either direct the Director of Public Works, or engineer or inspector to grant the approval or permission or uphold the decision of the Director of Public Works, engineer or inspector. b. The right of appeal provided in subsection (a) shall expire thirty (30) days after the Director of Public Works or engineer or inspector gives his decision in writing to the owner with respect to the approval or permission. Any person who violates any section of this By-Law shall be guilty of an offence and liable upon conviction to a penalty not exceeding $500 nor less than $25 and in default of payment thereof, to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding thirty (30) days. I, YVONNE BOUDREAU, Municipal Clerk of the Municipality of Richmond County, hereby certify that the above noted by-law was passed at a meeting of the Richmond County Municipal Council on __________. YVONNE BOUDREAU Municipal Clerk Municipality of the County of Richmond By-Law #29 Page 15 By-Law Adoption First Reading: March 22, 2021 Notice of Publication: March 8, 2021 Second Reading and Enactment: April 26, 2021 Final Publication: Notice to Service Nova Scotia & Municipal Relations: Version Number Amendment Description Council Approval Date 5 Amendment 4 Amendment April 14, 1986 3 Amendment June 13, 1985 2 Amendment February 16, 1983 1 Amendment July 24, 1980 Municipality of the County of Richmond By-Law #29 Page 16 APPENDIX "A" PETITION TO MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE COUNTY OF RICHMOND THE UNDERSIGNED, being persons owning more than fifty percent of the frontage of the real property fronting on the public road or the portion of the public road in the County of Richmond as hereinafter described do hereby petition the Municipal Council of the Municipality of the County of Richmond to construct a sewer within the said area. ALSO the description of the public road or portion of the public road upon which the sewer is requested to be constructed is as follows: ALSO each of the owners of property fronting on this said portion of the public highway at _____________________________ in the County of Richmond, and subscribing their names on this petition respectively tender the sum of TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($25.00) as required by Section 6(3) of the Capital Cost of Sewer Construction By-Law of the Municipality of the County of Richmond. NAMES OF PROPERTY OWNERS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.