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## 1. Short Title
This By-law may be cited as the "Sewer Connection By-law".
## 2. Interpretation
In this By-law, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression:
- a) "Combined Sewer" means a sewer that is intended to conduct wastewater and stormwater;
- b) "Council" means the Town Council of the Town of Stewiacke;
- c) "Engineer" Council; means the Engineer for the Town of Stewiacke as appointed by
- d) Person" shall mean any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group;
- e) "Sanitary Sewer" means a sewer for the collection and transmission of domestic, commercial and industrial wastewater or any of them, and to which uncontaminated ot cooling water, storm, surface, and groundwater are not intentionally admitted;
- f) ) "Sewer" means a pipe, conduit, drain, open channel, or ditch used for the collection and transmission of wastewater, stormwater, or uncontaminated process or cooling water;
- g) "Sewerage System" means all pipes, mains, equipment, buildings and structures for collecting, pumping or treatment of wastewater and operated by the Town of Stewiacke, but does not include a storm sewer;
- h) "Storm Sewer" means a sewer and all related structures designed exclusively for the collection and transmission of uncontaminated water, stormwater, drainage from land or from any watercourse or any of them;
- i) "Town" means the Town of Stewiacke or the area contained within its municipal boundaries, as the context requires;
10. "Town" means the Town's Superintendent of Public Works or a person designated by Superintendent of Public Works.
## TOWN OF STEWIACKE BY-LAW NUMBER 2001 - 10
3. a) No person shall connect any private sewer or building sewer to a municipal sewer without first completing and filing, with the Municipal Town Office, an application form, as prescribed by the Town, and a plan or description of the work to be performed including but not limited to the position, size, kind and weight of all pipe.
- b) No connection to a municipal sewer shall be made except with approval from the Town and under the supervision of the Engineer or Town Representative.
- c) No connection shall be covered until it has been inspected and approved by the Engineer or Town Representative.
4. Every person connecting to a sewerage system shall construct the connection according to requirements of the Canadian Building and Plumbing Codes.
5. No person shall connect any storm sewer to any sanitary sewer.
6. a) The owner of a building, the nearest part of which is not more than three hundred feet from any portion of a municipal sewer shall be required at the owners expense to construct a building sewer therefrom and connect the same to the said municipal sewer; provided, however, Council may exempt therefrom any such building as appears to it:
7. ii) would not be adequately served by connection to the municipal sewerage system.
8. to be adequately served with existing storm drainage and on-site sewage disposal systems;
- b) The Council shall give the owner of an existing building which is located within 300 feet from any portion of a municipal sewer one year, from the passing of this By-law, to establish a sewer connection in accordance with Town by-laws.
- c) The Council may direct the owner of a building that does not have a proper or sufficient outlet for sewage to proceed, within thirty (30) days to cause the sewage disposal from such building to be properly deposited into the sanitary sewer of the Town.
7. Where a building has been connected to the municipal sewerage system or the Council has ordered a building to be so connected, the Council may by resolution order the owners of outhouses and septic tanks to remove such outhouses and to destroy or fill such septic tanks.
8. All costs associated with the installation, connection, maintenance of repair of a building sewer connection to the municipal sewerage system, whether in a street, highway or easement, including the costs of any necessary permits, are the sole responsibilities of the owner.
## 9. Offenses
Except as otherwise provided herein, any person who contravenes any section of this By-law is liable on conviction to a penalty of not less than $200.00 and not more than $1,000.00 and in default of payment to imprisonment for a term of not more than three (3) months
## 10. Repeal
This By-law repeals any and all By-laws regarding sewer connection.
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## Annotations for Official Bylaw Book
Date of first reading: June 23, 2022
Date of advertisement of Notice of Intent to Consider: March 8, 2023
Date of second reading: March 23, 2023
Date of advertisement of Passage of By-law: June 28, 2023
Date of mailing to Minister a certified copy of By-law: June 19, 2023
I certify that this Sewer Connection By-law was adopted by Council and published as indicated above.
Mim
CAO / Clerk
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## Sewer Connection Application
Date:
Name:
Mailing Address:
Phone Number:
Building Permit Number:
Building Location:
Civic Number
Connection Fee: See Fee Policy
Method of Payment:
- [ ] Cash D
Cheque
Please check one
- [ ] Other
Applicant Signature
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Town use only:
- [ ] Approved
Comments:
Date
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- [ ] Not Approved -
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Receipt Number:
Date approval issued for the Engineer:
CAO or Town Clerk
Date
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