TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL 
 
BYLAW NO. 397 
 
 
 
A BYLAW TO REGULATE THE  
PROVISION, OPERATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF  
VIEW ROYAL’S SEWERAGE SYSTEM  
AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPOSITION AND  
COLLECTION OF FEES ANDCHARGES FOR ITS USE 
 
CONSOLIDATED FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY TO NOVEMBER 2024 
 
Amendment Bylaw No. 545, 637, 651, 672, 699, 709, 725, 753, 778, 812, 843, 854, 868, 874, 903, 
919, 931, 941, 949, 955, 958, 1056, 1058, 1079 and 1151 
 
UNDER sections 517.1, 518.1 and 540 of the Local Government Act the Council of the Town may: 
 
(a) 
establish and operate a system of sewerage works for the collection, conveyance and 
disposal of sewage and storm water, respectively, 
(b) 
regulate the design and installation of sewage works provided by persons other than the 
municipality;  
(c) 
require owners of real property to connect their buildings and structures to the appropriate 
sewer. 
 
UNDER section 649 of the Local Government Act the Council, by bylaw, may establish the conditions 
under which the municipality may extend its sewer system when it is part of a specified area service. 
 
UNDER section 360 and 363 of the Local Government Act the Council, by bylaw, may impose parcel 
taxes, and fees and charges in relation to the sewerage system. 
 
THEREFORE, the Council of the Town of View Royal in open meeting assembled enacts as follows: 
 
1. 
TITLE 
 
This Bylaw may be cited as the “Sanitary Sewer Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 397, 
2000”. 
 
 
PART I - INTERPRETATION 
 
2. 
IN THIS BYLAW, 
 
“Annualized Winter Consumption” means the per cubic metre water usage as provided by the 
Capital Regional District Water Services to a Premise for the billing period comprising six 
months ending in April of the billing year multiplied by two. 
 
“Applicant” means an owner or an owner’s agent making application for a Sewer Connection. 
 
“Building Inspector” means the Building Inspector of the Town and includes any person 
appointed or designated to act on his behalf. 
 

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“Building Sewer” means a sewer and all its appurtenances installed, owned and maintained 
by the Owner connecting a Service Connection at the property line to the plumbing system of 
a building or structure on the Parcel. 
 
“Capable of Connection” means that the Parcel abuts a highway, Municipal right-of-way or 
easement, upon or in which there is a Collector Sewer with excess capacity and that the 
Service Connection will have adequate cover at the property line and drain towards the sewer, 
allowing the building or structure on the Parcel to be connected to the Service Connection by 
either a gravity building sewer, or a pump and force main. 
 
“Collector Sewer” means a sewer used to collect sewage from a Parcel and Premises. 
 
“Council” means the Council of the Town. 
 
“Full Year Consumption” means the per cubic metre water usage as provided by the Capital 
Regional District Water Services to a Premise for the billing period comprising twelve months 
ending in April of the billing year. 
 
“Garbage” means solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food or from 
the handling, storage, and sale of produce. 
 
“Household Sewer Grinder Pump System” means a Town-owned device or devices which 
transports sewage from the premises to the sanitary sewer and that are located on the 
properties listed in Schedule “E”. 
Amendment Bylaw No. 651 
 
“Household Sewer Grinder Pump System Property Owner” means any person who in respect 
of a parcel is the registered owner, occupant or the authorized agent for the registered owner 
of any premises which has a household sewer grinder pump system. 
Amendment Bylaw No. 651 
 
“Institutional Premises” means those Premises in the property classes in respect of which the 
BC Assessment Authority assigns actual use codes “Civic, Institutional, and Recreational.” 
 
"Minimum Fee” means the minimum fee per Premise specified in the Fees and Charges 
Bylaw No. 958, 2016. 
 
“Minister” means the Minister of Municipal Affairs. 
“Non-Residential Premises” means any Premise that is not an Institutional Premise or 
Residential Premise. 
 
“Owner” means any person who in respect of a parcel is the owner or the authorized agent for 
the Owner of any premises which are connected or are capable of being connected to the 
sewer system. 
 
 
“Parcel” mean any lot, block or other area in the Town in which land is held or into which it is 
subdivided, but does not include a highway. 
 
 
“Premises” includes land, building and structures. 
 
“Prescribed Rate” means the total rate per cubic metre specified in the Fees and Charges 
Bylaw No. 958, 2016 for sewer usage fees.  

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“Residential Premises” means those Premises in the property classes in respect of which the 
BC Assessment Authority assigns actual use code “Residential”. 
 
 
“Sanitary Sewer” means a sewer owned and operated by the town that carries sanitary 
sewage and permitted industrial waste, and to which storm waters are not intentionally 
admitted. 
 
“Service Connection” means a pipe which may include a valve, an inspection chamber or 
clean-out, and all necessary appurtenances connecting a Sewer Connection to a Building 
Sewer at the property line. 
 
“Sewage” means liquid wastes that contain animal, mineral, or vegetable matter originating in 
a building or through an industrial process. 
 
“Sewer Connection” means a sewer pipe extending from a Sanitary Sewer to the property line 
of a Parcel being served or about to be served by the Sanitary Sewer and includes a Service 
Connection. 
 
“Sewer Extension” means any installation requiring the construction of a Sanitary Sewer on a 
highway or Municipal right of way. 
 
“Sewer Specified Area” means a specified area created under section 646 of the Local 
Government Act for the purpose of undertaking any sewer works or services for the special 
benefit of the specified area of the Town. 
 
“Sewer System” means all of the system of sewer works owned and operated by the Town. 
 
“Superintendent” means the Director of Development Services of the Town or any person 
designated by him to act on his behalf or to carry out his functions under this bylaw. 
Amendment Bylaw No. 651 
 
“Town” means the Town of View Royal. 
 
 
PART II - CONNECTION TO AND USE OF PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM 
 
 
3. 
INDIVIDUAL CONNECTION 
 
Each Parcel Capable of Connection to the Sewer System must have at least one Sewer 
Connection. 
 
4. 
APPLICATION 
 
1) 
A person wishing to connect to the Sewer System must make application to the Town 
in writing in the form shown in Schedule “A” to this Bylaw signed by the Owner of the 
Parcel for which the application is made. 
 
2) 
The application must be accompanied by drawings showing the dimension of all 
Building Sewers and their location in relation to the property line and must include 
locations of clean outs, ground cover over pipe, type of pipe proposed to be used and 
where applicable, location, size and depth of any existing septic tank or sewage 
treatment plant on the Parcel. 
 

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3) 
Each application for a Sewer Connection must be completed in all details prior to 
submission. 
 
4) 
No application is approved until a plumbing permit has been issued. 
 
5. 
CONNECTION LOCATIONS 
 
Where possible, a Sewer Connection will be located where requested by the Applicant. If the 
Applicant’s preferred location is not practicable, the Superintendent may designate the 
location of the Sewer Connection. 
 
6. 
MANDATORY CONNECTION TO SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM 
 
The Owner of any Parcel Capable of Connection, and upon which is situated a building or 
structure occupied for any purpose, must connect or cause the connection of the building or 
structure to the Sewer Connection in accordance with this Bylaw within the time period 
specified in a notice to connect. 
 
7. 
DELIVERY OF THE NOTICE 
 
 
The Town may send a notice to connect by registered mail or deliver it by personal service to 
any Owner of a Parcel Capable of Connection.  The notice must require the Owner to connect 
or cause to be connected the buildings or structures on the Parcel to the Sewer Connection 
within the period specified in the notice.  The period specified must not be less than two 
months and not more than twelve months.  The notice is deemed to have been received three 
days after mailing. 
 
8. 
FAILURE TO COMPLY 
 
1) 
If, after the expiration of the time period specified in the notice to connect, an Owner 
has failed or neglected to construct or install a Building Sewer and Service 
Connection and has failed or neglected to connect his buildings or structures to the 
Sewer Connection as required, the Town, by its employees or contractors, may enter 
upon the property and cause the connection to be made. 
 
2) 
Where a Building Sewer and Service Connection is made by the Town under 
subsection (1), the Owner is liable for the costs and expenses and these may be 
recovered from the Owner by legal action, with interest at the rate of six percent (6%) 
per year, and in the same manner as taxes, as provided in Section 376 of the Local 
Government Act. 
 
9. 
PROHIBITIONS 
 
1) 
No person may tamper with or make any alteration or connection to the Sewer 
System without first obtaining the required permits or written authorization from the 
Superintendent. 
 
2) 
No person may discharge, deposit, or throw, or cause or permit to be discharged, 
deposited, or thrown into the Sewer System or into any manhole or inspection drain 
or other part of the Sewer System, or into any plumbing fixtures connected to the 
System, any substance of any kind that obstructs or tends to obstruct or damage the 
Sewer System or which causes or tends to cause any nuisance, or which interferes or 
tends to interfere in any manner with the proper functioning, maintenance, or repair of 
the Sewer System, and in particular, contrary to the Regulations set out in Schedule 

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“C” to this Bylaw. 
 
3) 
No person may willfully damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or otherwise tamper with 
any part of the Sewer System. 
 
4) 
No person may connect any roof drain or other storm water drain to the Sewer 
System. 
 
5) 
No person may discharge or permit the discharge into the Sewer System any 
substance prohibited by the regulations referred to in Schedule C to this Bylaw. 
 
6) 
No person may connect any Sewer System to any part of a storm drain system or 
connect a storm drain system to any part of a Sewer System. 
 
10. 
ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS 
 
Without the required permits or written authorization from the Superintendent and in 
accordance with the provisions of this bylaw, no person may connect or allow any Premises to 
be connected to the Sewer System. 
 
 
11. 
DISCONNECTION OF ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS 
 
1) 
On thirty (30) days written notice sent to the Owner by registered mail, the 
Superintendent may, order the disconnection, stopping up and closing of a Service 
Connection at the expense of the Owner for: 
 
 
(a) 
a violation of any provision of this bylaw; 
 
 
(b) 
a failure to maintain the Building Sewer that is connected to the Sewer 
System, to the standard of the B.C. Plumbing Code. 
 
2) 
A notice to an Owner under subsection (1) is deemed to have been received three 
days after mailing. 
 
3) 
Despite subsection (1), the Superintendent may order the immediate disconnection, 
stopping up and closing of a Sewer Connection connected to the Sewer System 
which discharges into the Sewer system any sewage, substance or matter prohibited 
by this bylaw. 
 
 
PART III – SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM EXTENTIONS 
 
 
12. 
EXTENSION APPLICATIONS 
 
 
An Owner of a Parcel within the Town who wishes a Sewer Extension must make a written 
application to the Superintendent. 
 
13. 
EXTENSIONS BY COUNCIL DESIGNATION 
 
a) 
The Council may designate Sewer System Extensions to be undertaken by the Town 
by Specified Area bylaw or by development cost charge expenditure bylaw. 
 

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b) 
Sewer Extensions designated by the Town must be financed in accordance with the 
provisions of the bylaw that created the Sewer Specified Area or by Development 
Cost Charges. 
 
14. 
EXTENSIONS OTHER THAN BY COUNCIL DESIGNATION 
 
1) 
If an Owner of a Parcel wishes to proceed with a Sewer Extension which has not been 
designated by the Council, the Superintendent may, with the approval of the Council, 
allow the Sewer Extension subject to the conditions set out in this section. 
 
2) 
Prior to connection to the Sewer System, a Sewer Extension authorized pursuant to 
subsection (1) must be 
 
(a) 
installed by the Owner entirely at the Owner’s expense; 
(b) 
designed and constructed in accordance with the plans and specifications of the 
Town; 
(c) 
approved by the Superintendent. 
 
3) 
The Owner must pay the Sewer Connection fee for each Parcel to be served by the 
Sewer Extension. 
 
15. 
EXTENSION DIMENSIONS AND LIMITS 
 
Where a Sewer Extension, other than one designated by the Council, is constructed: 
 
a) 
the minimum inside diameter must be 200 mm for a Sanitary Sewer; and 
 
b) 
the Sewer Extension must extend from the most convenient existing Sanitary Sewer 
having sufficient surplus capacity and grade to carry the additional sewage resulting 
from the Extension, to a point opposite the furthest boundary of the last Parcel to be 
served by the Sewer Extension. 
 
16. 
COST SHARING FOR OVERSIZED EXTENSIONS 
 
Where a Sewer Extension other than one designated by the Council is to be constructed and 
the Council desires to install a sewer of greater capacity than is required to serve the Parcel 
for which application for a Sewer Extension has been made, and if the excess capacity will be 
available to permit further extension beyond the boundaries of the Parcel to be immediately 
served, the Town must pay the difference in cost of installation between the actual cost of the 
sewer installation with the excess capacity and the estimated cost of installation of a Sanitary 
Sewer of sufficient size to service the Parcel or Parcels 
that the Owner wishes to service. 
 
 
PART IV - BUILDING SEWERS 
 
17. 
BUILDING CODE 
 
1) 
The Building Sewer must be installed in accordance with the Building Bylaw of the 
Town and the British Columbia Building Code. 
 
2) 
The Owner must obtain a plumbing permit prior to the connection of the Building 
Sewer to the Service Connection at the property line. 
 
 

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PART V - CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 
 
18. 
RESPONSIBILITY OF OWNER 
 
 
A Building Sewer must be constructed and maintained by the Owner at the Owner’s expense. 
 
19. 
BLOCKAGES 
 
1) 
If any Sewer Connection or Service Connection becomes stopped or otherwise fails 
to function, the Owner or occupier of the Premises served must first determine that 
the blockage is not located in the Building Sewer and then notify the Superintendent 
forthwith who must arrange to have the Sewer Connection or Service Connection 
unstopped or otherwise restored to serviceable condition, as soon as practical. 
 
2) 
All costs incurred by the Town in restoring service and unstopping a Sewer 
Connection or Service Connection, unless it has been caused by the actions of the 
Town, must be paid by the Owner or occupier of the Parcel upon demand and if the 
costs remain unpaid on the 31st day of December in the year in which the work is 
done, the costs may be recovered in the same manner as ordinary taxes in 
accordance with section 376 of the Local Government Act. 
 
20. 
ABANDONMENT 
 
When any Building Sewer is abandoned, the Owner of the Parcel must notify the 
Superintendent and must effectively block up the Building Sewer at the Service Connection 
with an approved water tight seal. 
 
21. 
SEPTIC TANKS 
 
Each Owner connected to the Sewer System must abandon and remove or fill in any existing 
septic tank or sewage treatment plant on the Premises. 
 
22. 
CONNECTION TO SERVICE CONNECTION 
 
1) 
Every Sewer Connection must be installed prior to installation of the Building Sewer 
and connection of the Building Sewer to the Service Connection by the Owner. 
 
2) 
Where, contrary to subsection 1), the Owner has installed a Building Sewer prior to 
installation of the Sewer Connection, the Town is not responsible for meeting the 
elevation of the Building Sewer or connecting the Sanitary Sewer to the Building 
Sewer. 
 
23. 
DEPTH 
 
The Building Sewer must be installed with sufficient depth to provide natural drainage from the 
lowest floor of any building or structure except where natural drainage is made impractical by 
the relative elevation of the sewer and the lowest floor of the building or structure or by any 
other cause.  Any questions or decisions about the appropriate depth of the Building Sewer 
must be determined by the Superintendent. 
 
24. 
HOUSEHOLD SEWER GRINDER PUMP SYSTEMS 
Amendment Bylaw No. 651 
 
 
24.1 
TOWN RESPONSIBILITIES 
 
 
24.1.1 Where premises were eligible for the installation of a household sewer 

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grinder pump system prior to December 14, 1983 under the provisions of 
section 4. (d) of Bylaw NO. 895 of the Capital Regional District/View Royal 
Electoral Area Sewerage System Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 2, 1981 
and a household sewer grinder pump system was installed under that Bylaw, 
the Town is responsible, except for the provisions of section 24.2 of this 
Bylaw, for the inspection, maintenance, repairs and replacement of the 
household sewer grinder pump system as necessary, at the Town’s 
determination. 
 
 
24.1.2 The Town will conduct an annual inspection of household sewer grinder 
pump system. 
 
24.1.3 The Town may cancel its Household Sewer Grinder Pump System 
Agreement and discontinue its services in connection with the repair or 
replacement of the household sewer grinder pump system upon three 
months’ written notice to the Owner. 
 
 
24.2 
HOUSEHOLD 
SEWER 
GRINDER 
PUMP 
SYSTEM 
PROPERTY 
OWNER 
RESPONSIBILITIES 
 
 
 
24.2.1 The household sewer grinder pump system property owner will enter into an 
agreement with the Town to permit unobstructed Town-authorized access to 
the household sewer grinder pump system for inspections, maintenance, 
repairs, replacement and other works related to the household sewer grinder 
pump system. 
 
 
 
24.2.2 The household sewer grinder pump system property owner is responsible for 
the following operational items: 
 
a) Using the household sewer grinder pump system, properly, including, but 
not limited to, the prevention of grease, oil, cooking fats or other 
obstructing material from entering the household sewer grinder pump 
system; 
b) ensuring unimpeded, illuminated access to the household sewer grinder 
pump system; 
c) contacting the Town immediately in the event of a malfunction of the 
household sewer grinder pump system; 
d) not repairing or directing repairs; or undertaking modifications or 
relocations to the household sewer grinder pump system; 
e) supplying, including the payment for, electricity for the household sewer 
grinder pump system; and\ 
f) 
providing a water source and garden hose to reach the household sewer 
grinder pump system. 
 
 
24.2.3 The household sewer grinder pump system property owner is responsible for 
notifying the Town of changes to household sewer grinder pump system 
property owner contact information within seventy-two (72) hours of the 
contact information change coming into effect. 
 
 
 
24.2.4 The household sewer grinder pump system property owner will reimburse the 
Town for costs incurred by the Town for required repairs or replacement of a 
household sewer grinder pump system as a result of the negligence of the 
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decision for repair or replacement will be at the Town’s determination. 
 
 
24.2.5 If in any six (6) month period the Town receives one (1) repair call attributable 
to household sewer grinder pump system misuse, as determined by the 
Town, the Superintendent will cause a notice in writing to be sent to the 
household sewer grinder pump system property owner advising that the 
Town will continue to repair the household sewer grinder pump system 
though all associated costs for future repairs calls received as a result in 
these costs being billed to the household sewer grinder pump property 
owner.  This billing to the Household sewer grinder pump property owner for 
repair costs will continue until a twelve (12) month period clear of calls 
resulting from misuse of the household sewer grinder pump system, as 
determined by the Town, has passed.   
 
 
24.2.6 The household sewer grinder pump system property owner will reimburse the 
Town for costs incurred by the Town for any modifications to or relocations of 
the household sewer grinder pump system that are undertaken by the Town 
at the request of the household sewer grinder pump property owner. 
 
 
24.2.7 The household sewer grinder pump system property owner will assume 
ownership, including all responsibility for inspections, maintenance, repairs 
and replacement, including costs for these items, of a household sewer 
grinder pump system where premises are the subject of any of the following: 
 
a) an approved change of use under either existing or new zoning; 
b) an approved subdivision; 
c) an approved Development Permit for any project with a value of $20,000 
or greater as determined by the Superintendent; 
d) relocation of or modification to the household sewer grinder pump system 
without prior approval and execution by the Town; 
e) refusal to enter into an agreement with the Town as required by section 
24.2.1; or 
f) 
any change in property ownership. 
 
 
24.2.8 Section 24.2.7. a) does not include the change of use to accommodate one 
secondary suite per parcel where permitted by Land Use Bylaw No. 35, 1990 
and its amendments. 
 
 
24.2.9 Any fees and costs imposed under section 24.2 are due and payable within 
forty-five (45) days of invoice and, if not paid on December 31st of the year in 
which they are imposed, may be added to and form part of the taxes payable 
on the real property as taxes in arrears. 
 
 
PART VI - CHARGES FOR SERVICE 
 
25. 
SERVICE CONNECTION FEE 
 
At the time of making an application for a Sewer Connection, the Applicant must pay the 
Service Connection fee as prescribed in Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 958. 
Bylaw No. 958, 2016 
 
26. SEWER USAGE FEES 
 

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a) 
The Town will impose the greater of the following amounts on each Premise serviced 
by the Sanitary Sewer as an annual sewer usage fee: 
i. the Minimum Fee; 
 
or 
 
ii. for Residential Premises, a fee calculated by multiplying the Annualized 
Winter Consumption by the Prescribed Rate;  
 
iii. for Non-Residential Premises, a graduated fee calculated by adding the 
following amounts determined from the Annualized Winter Consumption:  
 
A. for consumption equal to or less than 1,000 cubic metres, an 
amount calculated by multiplying consumption by the Prescribed 
Rate; 
 
B. for consumption greater than 1,000 cubic metres and equal to or 
less than 11,000 cubic metres, an amount calculated by 
multiplying consumption and the product of multiplying the 
Prescribed Rate by 110 per cent; and 
 
C. for consumption greater than 11,000 cubic metres, an amount 
calculated by multiplying consumption and the product of 
multiplying the Prescribed Rate by 125 per cent; or 
 
iv. for Institutional Premises, a graduated fee calculated by adding the 
following amounts determined from the Full Year Consumption:  
 
A. for consumption equal to or less than 1,000 cubic metres, an 
amount calculated by multiplying consumption by the Prescribed 
Rate; 
 
B. for consumption greater than 1,000 cubic metres and equal to or 
less than 11,000 cubic metres, an amount calculated by 
multiplying consumption and the product of multiplying the 
Prescribed Rate by 110 per cent; and 
 
C. for consumption greater than 11,000 cubic metres, an amount 
calculated by multiplying consumption and the product of 
multiplying the Prescribed Rate by 125 per cent. 
 
b) 
Despite paragraph (a), the Town will not impose a sewer usage fee under this section 
on quantities of water supplied to municipal parks, green spaces or community 
gardens for irrigation purposes. 
 
c) 
Every owner of a Premise must pay the Town the fee due under this section no 
earlier than 45 days from the date of invoice and no later than December 31 of the 
year in which the Town issued the invoice. 
 
d) 
If a parcel of land is subdivided under the Strata Property Act, and all strata lots 
shown on the strata plan are serviced through a common Sewer Connection, then the 
Town will treat all of the strata plan as a single Premise and impose fees under this 
section on the applicable strata corporation. 
 
e) 
Subject to paragraph (f), if an amount due under this section for a Premise is unpaid 
on December 31 of each year, that amount is deemed to be taxes in arrear in respect 
of the Premise and may be collected in respect of the Premise in the same manner 
and with the same remedies as property taxes. 
 
f) 
If: 

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i. 
a Premise’s charges under this section for 2020 are equal to or greater than 150 
per cent of all of the Premise’s sewer usage fees and sewer related taxes paid in 
2019; or 
 
ii. 
A Premise is a strata plan contemplated in paragraph (d) 
 
then paragraph (e) will not apply to that Premise for the 2020 year. 
 
 
PART VII - INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT 
 
27. 
RIGHT OF ENTRY FOR INSPECTION 
 
At all reasonable times, the Superintendent or Bylaw Enforcement Officer of the Town may 
enter on any property subject to this bylaw to ascertain whether the regulations of this bylaw 
or the directions of the Superintendent or Town are being observed. 
 
28. 
OFFENSE 
 
1) 
Any person who does any act or thing or who suffers or permits any act or thing to be 
done in contravention of this bylaw commits an offence. 
 
2) 
Where this bylaw requires any person to perform any act or do any thing pursuant to 
this bylaw, if the person fails to take the required action, the matter or thing may be 
done at the expense of the person in default and the Council may recover the 
expense from the person together with costs and interest at the rate of six percent 
(6%) per year in the same manner as municipal taxes. 
 
29. 
PENALTY 
 
1) 
A person who commits an offence contrary to this bylaw is liable on summary 
conviction to a penalty of not less than $100.00 and not more than $1,000.00 for a 
first offence and for each subsequent offence to a fine of not less than $200.00 and 
not more than $2,000.00.  A separate offence is deemed to be committed on each 
day during which the contravention occurs or continues. 
 
2) 
The penalties imposed under this bylaw are in addition to and not in substitution for 
any other penalty or remedy imposed by this bylaw or any other stature, law or 
regulation. 
 
30. 
The Sewer Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 270, 1995 is repealed. 
 
 
READ A FIRST TIME THIS 
07 
DAY OF 
NOVEMBER, 2000. 
 
READ A SECOND TIME THIS 
07 
DAY OF 
NOVEMBER, 2000. 
 
PUBLIC HEARING HELD THIS  
DAY OF 
 
 
        ,2000. 
 
READ A THIRD TIME THIS 
07 
DAY OF 
NOVEMBER, 2000 
 
SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CLERK AND SEALED WITH THE SEAL OF THE TOWN OF 
VIEW ROYAL THIS 
05 
DAY OF 
DECEMBER, 2000. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MAYOR 
 
 
 
 
 
CLERK/ADMINISTRATOR 
 

 
SCHEDULE “A” 
[Section 4(1)] 
 
APPLICATION FOR SEWER CONNECTION 
TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL 
 
SEWER APPLICATION NO.______________________ 
 
DATE RECEIVED ______________________________ 
 
Pursuant to the regulations applicable to the Sewer System indicated below 
 
I, (Owner) 
 
 
Address 
 
 
Lot: 
Block: 
Section: 
Plan: 
 
 
being the Owner or acting with the Owner’s attached written permission make application to install a 
sewer connection to the property indicated above. 
 
INTENDED USE OF PROPERTY: 
 
 
In consideration of the granting of this permit I agree to abide by all bylaws, rules and regulations of the 
Town in relation to its Sewer System and to pay the rates, fees, charges specified by bylaw. 
 
Date: 
Applicant Signature: 
 
 
 
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY 
Your application to install a sewer connection has been approved as detailed below. 
The refundable damage deposit for this connection is: $ 
; receipt no. 
 
 
Details of Connection: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approved By:  
  Date: 
 
 
Plumbing Permit Issued: Date:  
Number:  
 
 
Drawings received: Yes  
 
 No 
 
 
 
 
Application reviewed by: 
 
 
Date installation complete:  
 
 

 
 
SCHEDULE “B” 
[Section 25] 
SERVICE CONNECTION FEE 
TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL 
 
The following service connection fees to defray the cost of inspecting the installation of a Sewer Service 
Connection must be paid in accordance with section 25 of the Bylaw. 
 
 
APPLICATION FOR SANITARY SERVICE CONNECTION 
 
 
I, ______________________________________, being the owner, or acting with the owners attached 
written consent, make application for permission to install a sanitary sewer service connection to the 
property indicated below. 
 
I agree to abide by all applicable bylaws and regulations and to pay the charges specified by bylaw. 
 
Name of Owner  
Name of Contractor 
 
Address  
Address 
 
Telephone  
Telephone 
 
 
 
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY TO WHICH A SERVICE CONNECTION IS REQUESTED 
 
Street Address (if applicable): 
Legal Description: Lot No. _____ Section _____ Plan No. _____ 
Tax Assessment Folio No. 
Intended Use of Property: 
Preferred Location of Service( if not already existing) _____ metres N W E W of N S E W property line 
 
 
Signature of Applicant: ___________________________ Date: 
 
 
 
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY 
 
Your application for a sanitary sewer service connection has been approved as detailed below. 
 
This service connection may be installed upon receipt of the estimated security deposit and necessary 
approvals. The estimated security deposit for this connection is: $ 
Details of connection: 
 
 
Date application received: 
 
 
Application fee ($250) paid? yes         no 
Application reviewed by: 
Date installation complete: 
Security Deposit Refund of $___________ Approved by:  
 
For Release Date:__________ 
 
 
 

 
SCHEDULE “C” 
 
 
[Section 9] 
 
 
REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE ADMISSION OF WASTES INTO SEWERS 
 
 
 
1. No person must directly or indirectly discharge or allow or cause to be discharged into a sewer any 
waste, sewage, uncontaminated water, or storm water except in compliance with “Capital Regional 
District Sewer Use Bylaw.” 

 
SCHEDULE “D” 
[Section 261] 
ANNUAL SEWER USER CHARGES 
VIEW ROYAL SEWER SYSTEM 
 
 
Deleted by Amendment Bylaw No. 1058 

 
SCHEDULE “E” 
HOUSEHOLD SEWER GRINDER PUMP SYSTEM LOCATIONS 
Amendment Bylaw No.651, 699, 709,  812, 854, 874, 919, 941, 949, 1056, 1079 and 1151 
 
 
 
 
1. 
223 ABINGER PLACE 
2. 
308 BESSBOROUGH AVENUE 
3. 
314 BESSBOROUGH AVENUE 
4. 
281 KERWOOD STREET 
5. 
289 KERWOOD STREET 
6. 
291 KERWOOD STREET 
7. 
35 KNOLLWOOD ROAD 
8. 
125 VIEW ROYAL AVENUE 
9. 
195 VIEW ROYAL AVENUE 
10. 
199 VIEW ROYAL AVENUE 
11. 
547 VIEW ROYAL AVENUE 
12. 
555 VIEW ROYAL AVENUE 
13. 
559 VIEW ROYAL AVENUE 
14. 
565 VIEW ROYAL AVENUE