Sewage Utility Bylaw No. 102 — full text

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· ## VILLAGE OF MURRAY HARBOUR ## MURRAY HARBOUR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND COA IVO ## BYLAW # 102 RECEIVED Hand MAT 3 1995 The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commissior ## A BYLAW IO ESTABLISH THE COMMUNITY OF MURRAY HARBOUR SEWAGE WHEREAS the Council of the Community of Murray Harbour has, pursuant to sub-section 30(g) of the Municipalities Act, determined that it will provide sewage collection and treatment services. THEREFORE, pursuant to sub-section 38(1) of the MUNICIPALITIES ACT: BE IT ENACTED BY COUNCIL for the Municipality of the Community of Murray Harbour, as follows 1. Bylaw #102. This bylaw may be cited as the Community of Murray Harbour Sewer Utility Bylaw, - In this bylaw: 3. (a) "Council" means the Council of the Community of Murray Harbour. 4. (b) "Utility" means the Community of Murray Harbour Sewer Utility. 5. (c) "Customer" means a person, firm or corporation who or which requests or is supplied with sewerage services. 6. (d) : " 'Director" means a director of the Utility and includes its chairman. 7. (e) "Municipality" means the Community of Murray Harbour. 3. This bylaw applies to the establishment and operation of a sewage collection and treatment utility for the Municipality. 4. (1). There is hereby established the Community of Murray Harbour Sewer Utility. - (2) The Utility shall be composed of a Board of Directors comprised of three (3). members appointed by the majority vote of the members of Council. - (3) One of the Directors shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Council as "Chairman" of the Utility. - (4) The Directors of the Utility shall have terms of office the same as their Council term at the time of appointment, but may be removed at any time by the majority vote of the members of Council.   - Chairman of the ciny, of this alience, a Directors conated by in shall pres yo - (6) Decisions of the board of Directors of the Utility shall be determined by majority vote. - (7) In the case of an equal division of opinion among the Directors, the matter shall be referred to the Council, whose decision is binding on the Utility. - (8) The Chairman of the board of Directors of the Utility is the Chief Executive Officer of the Utility and has supervision over and direction of the work and the staff of the Utility. - The Utility shall have the following functions: - (a) Constructing, altering, extending, managing and controlling a system for providing the services of sewerage collection and treatment to the residents of the Municipality and, with the approval of the Council, residents of areas adjacent to the Municipality; - (b) Acquiring, alienating, holding and disposing of real or personal property; - (c) Engaging and paying personnel; - (d) Financing, with the approval of the Council, any of its undertakings, and - (e) Assessing, charging and collecting rates and charges for services provided to any customer. 6. The Utility shall levy such user rates or frontage charges as may be approved by the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission. - The Utility shall maintain its accounts separate from the accounts of the Council of the Municipality. - The Directors of the Utility and any person acting on their instructions or authority are not personally liable for any loss or damage suffered by any person by reason of any act done by any of them in good faith in the exercise or purported exercise of the powers conferred under this bylaw. - The Fiscal Year of the Utility shall be from January 1 to December 31. - 10.: ..This bylaw comes into force on the 1b of Norember - 1994. Read the first time this oz November day of september, 1994. Shairma #roses Administrator ## VILLAGE OF MURRAY HARBOUR ## MURRAY HARBOUR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND COA 1VO A BYLAW TO ESTABLISH THE COMMUNITY OF MURRAY HARBOUR SEWAGE UTILITY, BYLAW #102 Read the Second time this 9 lb day of Septerber, 1994. Maser Chairman Administrator Filed with the Minister of Provincial Affairs and Attorney General this , 1994. day of Minister  ## VILLAGE OF MURRAY HARBOUR ## MURRAY HARBOUR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND COA IVO ## BYLAW #103 ## MANDATORY SEWER CONNECTION BYLAW  BE IT ENACTED BY COUNCIL for the Municipality of the Community of Murray Harbour, as follows: 1. This bylaw shall be known as and may be cited as the Community of Murray Harbour · Mandatory Sewer Connection Bylaw, Bylaw # 103. 2. 2." In this bylaw: 3. (a) "Community" means the area incorporated and known as the Community of Murray Harbour; 4. (b) "Council" means the Council of the Community of Murray Harbour; 5. (c) "Inspector" means any person appointed by Council pursuant to this bylaw; 6. (d) "Owner" includes a part owner, joint tenant or tenant-in-common of the whole or any part of any land or building and also includes a trustee, an executor, and administrator, a guardian, an agent, or mortgagee in possession or other person having the care or control of any land or building in case of the absence or disability of the person having the title thereto; 7. (e) "Service" means the piping between the plumbing and the Sewer Line and includes the trench in which such piping lies; 8. (f) "Sewer Line" means a sewer or drainage system constructed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Community and maintained as a public sewer or drain; 9. (g) "Utility" means the Community of Murray Harbour Sewer Utility as prescribed in Bylaw # 102. 3. This bylaw shall apply to all property in the Community. 4. This bylaw shall be administered by the Utility in accordance with the standards set out herein and their policies governing sewer connections. 5. Every Owner of any dwelling, house, shop, store, office or other building situate on land which abuts a Sewer Line shall, at his/her own expense, construct and maintain a Service therefrom and connect the same with the Sewer Line in accordance with the standards set out herein and the policies of the Utility. The said Owner shall construct the Service within six months of substantial completion of the Sewer Line abutting his/her land and, upon an'ne.t. connection to the Sewer Line, shall be responsible for the pumping out and the infilling of any private septic tank then situate upon the land serviced by a Sewer Line. 6. The Utility shall appoint an Inspector for the purpose of supervising the construction and maintenance of the Service and for the purpose of ensuring compliance with this bylaw. Every Service shall be constructed under the supervision of the Inspector and shall be of such size and at such level and descent and with such mode of piercing or opening into the Sewer Line, and generally shall be constructed in such manner and of such materials as the Inspector directs, and no such Service shall be covered in until it has been approved by the Inspector. 7. The following standards shall apply: All plastic pipe used in the construction of a Service shall conform to CSA B182.1-M1977 and shall also be installed in accordance with the following: - (i) All pipe and fittings shall be a minimum of 100 mm, Standard Dimensional Ratio SDR 35, Lock-in gasket and integral bell system. - (i) The pipe and fittings shall be bedded in sand and compacted to 95% standard proctor to a minimum of 300 mm above the pipe and 150mm below the pipe. The pipe shall be installed at a minimum grade of 2%. 8. In the case of a building being so located that any plumbing fixture in the building is below street level or so as to be affected by a backflow on the Service connected to the Sewer Line, the plumbing in such a building shall include a suitable check valve. The complete cost of the check valve shall be borne by the Owner. Owners shall be notified of the importance of installing a check valve, by the Utility on an annual basis. If after such notice the Owner chooses not to install such a check valve and a backup occurs in the Owners building, the Owner shall be responsible for any damage sustained. - ' 9. The Inspector shall be entitled to enter upon any property for the purpose of inspecting any Service and for the purpose of determining if an Owner has complied with the provisions of this bylaw. 10. The following shall apply: - Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this bylaw is guilty of an offence and upon conviction is liable to a fine of not less than One Hundred ($100.00) dollars and not more than Fifteen Hundred ($1,500.00) dollars and in default of payment of such fine the provisions of the Summary Proceedings Act, R.S.P.E.I. 1980, Cap. S-9 as amended under Section 6.1 shall apply. ## Village of Murray Harbour MURRAY HARBOUR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND COA IVO    First reading of the Village of Murray Harbour Mandatory Sewer Connection Bylaw Bylaw #103 \_, 1994. This bylaw comes into force on the November 02 of Read the first time this 02 day - Of November, 1994 At Traser Chairman Administrator Read the second time this... 16 day of November, 1994 Chairman AD fraser Administrator Filed with the Minister of Community and Cultural Affairs day of -- Minister