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1. In these rules and regulations, unless the context
otherwise requires, the
expression:
“Council” means the council of the Corporation of the Township
of North Dundas.
“Township” means The Corporation of the Township of North
Dundas.
“Customer” means each person, firm or corporation who or which
contracts to be supplied with water and/or sewer services at a
specific location or locations.
“Domestic Service” means the type of service supplied to the
owner or his authorized agent or to the occupant for residential
purpose including, without limitations, a duplex, apartment house,
rooming house, apartment and flat.
“Commercial Service” means any services other than a domestic
service as herein defined.
2. This By-Law shall apply wherever municipal operated
water service is available from the Winchester Drinking Water
System.
3. The management of the water works system shall be the
responsibility of the Council and shall be carried out by such
persons or representatives as it may from time to time designate.
4. Application: Any prospective customer desiring
a water supply from the Township must first make written
application at the Township Office on standard forms and no water
service shall be given until the application form has been signed
by the owner of the premises to be supplied and payment of the
prescribed fee has been received.
5. Deposit: Each prospective customer for service
shall, upon request, deposit with the Township a sum equal to the
estimated charges for such service for a period of three months.
This deposit shall be held by the Township as collateral security
for the payment of its bills, but is not to be considered as a
payment on account thereof. When such customers ceases to use the
service and discharges all his liability to the Township in
respect to such service, the deposit shall be returned to him with
interest thereon at the rate set annually by Council, not
compounded.
6. Water
to be supplied only by meter: Except
when water is used for construction purposes from a hydrant, under
the supervision of the Township, and except as in these rules and
regulations otherwise provided, all services other than those used
exclusively for fire protection shall be metered. The Township
shall determine the size and type of meter to be installed in each
case. All meters shall be the property of the Township.
7.
Cost of Meter: A 5/8” water meter will be supplied at
no charge to the customer for each new water connection. For
customers requiring a larger meter, the meter will be purchased by
the Township and the cost of the meter billed to the property
owner.
8.
Installation and removal of meters: Meters shall be installed
and removed only by the representatives of the Township, and no
other person shall install, alter, change or remove a meter
without the written permission of the Township. All connections
for such meters shall be installed to the satisfaction of the
Township.
9.
Meter reader: Each meter reader shall be provided
with an official identification, which he shall exhibit on
request.
10.
Meter reading: In the event that the reading on the
water remote differs from the reading on the water meter, the
water meter will be assumed to be the true and correct reading.
11. Access to customer’s premises: The township may
appoint an inspector from time to time to enter in and upon all
parts of every building or property to which the municipality
supplies water, for the purpose of determining whether water
supplied by the municipality is being used for a purpose
prohibited by this by-law and for the purpose of inspecting any
water pipes or fittings or appliances, or for inspecting meters.
All inspections shall occur between the hour of 8a.m. and 9 p.m.
upon 48 hours notice to the owner or occupant of the building or
premises.
12. Location of meters: Each customer shall provide
a place, which is suitable for the meter, and such location shall
be approved by the Township. It should be in the building served
at or near the point of entry of the service pipe in a place where
it can be easily read and where it will not be exposed to freezing
temperatures. Where the premises of a customer are of such a
nature that a meter cannot be properly installed in a building or
if the building is not sufficiently frost-proof as to guarantee
the safety of the meter, the Township may order the construction
of a suitable frost-proof box in which the meter can be
installed. Service to such premise may be refused or suspended
until such frost-free box approved by the township, is
installed.
13. Damage to water meters: Each customer shall be
responsible for the water meter and remote installed on his
service and shall protect it. He shall be liable for any damage
to the meter or remote resulting from carelessness, hot water or
steam, or the action of frost, disconnection or cutting of wires,
or from any other cause not the fault of the Township or its
employees or representatives. The cost to the Township occasioned
by such damage to the meter or remote shall be paid by the
customer. If after the rendering of a bill by the Township to the
customer for such cost, the same is not paid within thirty days
from the date rendered, the supply of water to the customer
concerned may be suspended until all such costs are paid.
14. (1) Meter Testing: A meter may be removed
and tested upon request. If it is found to register correctly or
not in excess of three per cent in favour of the Township,
the expense of removing, shipping and testing of the meter will be
paid by the person requesting such test.
(2) If a meter, when tested, is found to register in excess
of three per cent in favour of the Township, a refund will be made
to the customer of an amount equal to such excess percentage of
the water rates paid for the three months prior to the testing of
said meter. Provided, however, that no reduction shall be made
which will reduce the water rates for the three months prior to
the testing of such meter below the minimum water rates fixed by
Council.
15. Water Service Charges: Every water service shall
be metered and the cost shall be borne by the customer as
previously set forth herein and water supplied shall be charged
for at the rate per cubic meter based on the consumption period,
the time factor and the size of meter used for each individual
service as set annually by by-law.
16. Sewer Service Charges: Sewer charges, shall be
in addition to the water service charge, and such charge shall be
set annually by by-law.
17. Fire Protection Service: All customers having or
requesting additional service for the purpose of fire protection
shall pay to the Township a rate set annually by by-law for each
such service.
18. Private Fire Protection: Fire protection lines
within buildings shall be so installed that all pipes will be open
and readily accessible for inspection at any time, and no
connection for any purpose other than fire protection shall be
made thereto. Unless approved by the Township in writing, no fire
protection line shall be connected in any way to a metered
service.
19. (a) Payment of Accounts: Accounts shall
be charged out and appear on the quarterly water and sewer bill
for each residential and commercial user. The charge shall be due
and payable in accordance with the water and sewer bill and shall
be subject to a 5% penalty for non payment by due date.
(b) Adjustment of Accounts: If the seal
of a meter is broken or if a meter does not register correctly or
if a meter is bypassed the account for that service shall be
estimated in accordance with the best data available.
20. Suspension of Service for Non-Payment of Accounts:
The Township shall have the right to suspend service to
customers whose account remains unpaid for more than forty days
after the date rendered. Service shall not be reconnected until
such time as all unpaid balances and additional charges are paid
in full.
21. Plumbing to be Satisfactory: All plumbing, pipes
and fittings, fixtures, and other devices for conveying,
distributing, controlling, or utilizing water, which are used by a
customer and are not the property of the Township, shall be
installed in accordance with the National Building Code of
Canada. The water shall not be turned on (except for construction
or testing purposes) until the applicant for service has satisfied
the Township that these requirements have been met. The supply of
water may be discontinued to any customer at any time, if, in the
opinion of the Township, the plumbing, pipes, fittings, fixtures,
or other devices as hereinbefore mentioned, fail to comply with
the above requirements, or if any part of the water system of such
customer or the meter is in any way unsuitable, dirty or
unsanitary. Service shall not be reestablished until such
condition is corrected to the satisfaction of the Township.
22. Prohibited Appliances
(a) No person shall use water supplied by the municipal
waterworks as a source of heat or cold in any heat pump, air
conditioning or similar system but nothing prohibits the use of
water from the municipal waterworks as a conductor of heat or cold
in closed heating or cooling systems.
(b) In the event of conviction of an offence under this
section the Township may upon 24 hours notice to the person
convicted terminate the water supply to the building or property
upon which the offence was committed and same shall not be
restored until the Inspector certifies that the contravention no
longer continues.
23. Cross Connections Prohibited: Connection of any
customer’s installation served by the Township to any other source
of water supply is prohibited. Failure to comply with this
regulation shall entitle the Township to suspend the service.
24. Dangerous Connections: No Connection shall be
permitted to any installation, equipment or source in such a
manner as may allow any contamination to pass from such
installation, equipment or source into the Township water supply
system. If any such connection exists the Township may
discontinue the supply of water to such customer.
25.
Improper use or Waste of Water: No customer shall
permit the improper use or waste of water nor shall he sell or
give water to any person except upon such conditions and for such
purpose as may be approved in writing by the township. It is
the customer’s responsibility to ensure that they do not have
leaks or faulty plumbing that wastes water. All water passing
through a meter will be charged to the customer whether it is used
or wasted.
26. Service Pipes: Upon receipt of an application
for water and/or sewer service to any premises located on any
portion of a street through which a main water or sewer pipe is
laid and which premises are not already provided with water and
sewer service, the Township shall install a service pipe or pipes
which it considers to be of suitable size and capacity. No water
pipe smaller than ¾” in diameter shall be laid for any service.
The cost of supplying and laying water and/or sewer
pipes and fittings between the main water and/or sewer pipes and
the street line shall be paid by the customer.
This work is to be carried out by Township Workmen, or
such other people or firms which the Township from time to time
may appoint.
All water and sewer pipes and fittings, which are
installed on Township property shall be deemed part of the
Township water and sewer system and only people appointed or
authorized by the Township to do so, may under take repairs or
alterations to same.
The installing of water and sewer pipes from the
street line to the premises shall be the responsibility of the
customer and ownership of such lines shall be retained by the
customer.
Should any person make application for more than one
service to his premise the decision as to the necessity of the
additional service shall be made by the Township, and if the
additional service is installed the total cost thereof from the
main to the customer’s premises shall be paid by such applicant.
All services must be installed in accordance with
these rules and regulations and to the satisfaction of the
Township.
When
a service has been installed without objection from the customer
as to the location of the same, no subsequent removal of or
alteration to the position of the pipe shall be made except at the
expense of the customer requesting such removal or alteration.
New subdivisions, commercial and industrial properties
shall be required to submit plans (building location and
driveways, roadways and parking areas) to ensure that shut-off
valves and hydrants are located in “free areas”
27. Repairs to Services: If a leak or other trouble
occurs in a service pipe it shall be repaired as soon as
possible. If the leak or trouble occurs between the main and the
street line it shall be repaired by the Township at its expense.
If the leak or trouble occurs elsewhere on the service it shall be
repaired by the customer at his expense. The Township may make
such repairs for any customer provided the customer agrees to pay
the cost of same. When required, each customer desiring the
Township to do such work shall deposit with the Township a sum
equal to the estimated cost of the work.
If a leak occurs on the customer’s portion of his
service pipe and after being notified of same refuses or unduly
delays to have repairs made, the Township may discontinue the
supply of water to such service pipe if in its opinion such action
is necessary in order to prevent wastage of water. The Township
shall notify the customer affected of its intention to discontinue
such supply.
28. Unauthorized Extensions Additions, or Connections:
No person shall without the written consent of the Township make
or cause to be made any connections to any pipe or main or any
part of the water system or in any way obtain or use water
therefrom in any manner other than as set out in these rules and
regulations.
29. Season for Laying Pipes: The Township shall not
be required to lay any pipe at any season of the year or at any
time which in its opinion is not suitable.
30. Additional Services: The Township, in its
discretion and subject to the rules and regulations of this by-law
may supply water and sewer services to customers outside the
Township limits. The charges for such services shall be equal to
twice the charges for such services hereinbefore set forth.
31. Liability of Township: The Township shall be
deemed not to warrant, convenant or guarantee the purity of any
water supplied or an uninterrupted supply or a sufficient or
uniform pressure and shall not be liable for any damage or injury
caused or done by reason of any deficiency in the purity of the
water or the interruption of supply, variation of pressure or on
account of the turning off or turning on of the water for any
cause.
32. Suspending Service for Violation: The rules and
regulations stated in this By-Law shall be considered a part of
the contract with any person, firm or corporation that uses water
or sewer services supplied by the Township and every such user
shall be considered to have consented to be bound thereby and
whenever in the opinion of the Township violation of any of these
rules and regulations is existing or has occurred, the Township
may cause the water service to be suspended from the premises
where such violation has occurred or is existing and may keep the
same so suspended until satisfied that the cause for such action
has been removed.
33. Interference with Township Property: No Person,
unless authorized by the Township in writing, shall draw water
from, open, close, cut, break, or in any way damage or interfere
with any fire hydrant, water main, water pipe, or any thing that
is the property of the Township or obstruct the free access to any
hydrant, water main, water pipe, or any property of the Township
or obstruct the free access to any hydrant, stop cock, meter,
remote, or building which is used in connection with the water
works system.
Provided however, that nothing in this paragraph
contained shall be deemed to prevent an officer or member of the
Fire Department engaged in the work of such department, from using
any hydrant or other source of water supply of the Township for
such purpose.
34. Discontinuance of Service: All customers wishing
to have their water service temporarily discontinued, may do so by
requesting same in writing and by paying a fee as set annually by
by-law . The same fee is to be paid when the customer requests
that their service be re-instated. The minimum water billing rate
will still apply to the account. The same are to be applicable
where the Township deems it necessary to suspend service for
violation of its water and sewer By-Laws.
35. Any person knowingly in contravention of this by-law is
guilty of an offence and on conviction is guilty of an offence and
on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $500.00 or may
be imprisoned without the option of a fine for a term of not more
than one month.
The Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, P33 as
amended, applies to prosecutions under this by-law.
36.
All former by-laws or resolutions contrary to and
inconsistent with any part of this ByLaw (#19-2004) are hereby
repealed including By-Law #93-14 of the former Village of
Winchester.
READ FOR A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS 13th DAY OF April, 2004
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Mayor
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READ FOR A THIRD AND FINAL TIME AND PASSED ON THIS 13th DAY OF
April, 2004
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Mayor
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