Capital Regional District Bylaw No. 3837

BYLAW NO. 3837

A BYLAW TO AMEND BYLAW NO. 3743 BEING "HARBOURS ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT BYLAW NO.1, 2010"

WHEREAS:

A. By Bylaw No. 3743 "Harbours Environmental Action Service Establishment Bylaw No.1, 2010", the Capital Regional District Board did establish a Service for the purpose of coordinating and implementing harbours environmental protection and improvement initiatives within Portage Inlet, Gorge Waterway, Victoria Harbour, Esquimalt Harbours and Esquimalt Lagoon;

B. The consent of the participants was not required for the adoption of Bylaw No. 3743, under Section 24(7) of the Environmental Management Act;

C. The Board of the Capital Regional District wishes to amend Bylaw No. 3743 so that the Bylaw will not expire on December 31, 2012, and by increasing the maximum requisition of the Service, and by broadening the objects of the Service to include harbours environmental protection and improvement initiatives not specifically referred to in the Liquid Waste Management Plan approved by the Board of the Capital Regional District on July 12, 2000;

D. The Capital Regional District Board has obtained the consent of at least two-thirds of the participants in accordance with Section 802(1)(b) of the Local Government Act;

E. The approval of the Inspector of Municipalities has been obtained under Section 802(3) of the Local Government Act.

NOW THEREFORE the Board of the Capital Regional District in open meeting assembled enacts as follows:

1. Bylaw No. 3743 "Harbours Environmental Action Service Establishment Bylaw No.1, 2010" is amended as follows:

   a) By adding in Section 1, immediately after the words "Esquimalt Lagoon", the following:

   ", including matters not specifically referred to in the liquid waste management plan approved by the Board of the Capital Regional District on July 12, 2000, and"

   b) By replacing Section 6 in its entirety with the following:

   "6. Maximum Requisition

   The maximum amount that may be requisitioned under Section 803 for the Service will be the greater of:

   a. Three hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($350,000); or

   b. An amount equal to the amount that could be raised by a property value tax rate of $0.0064 per ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1000.00) which when applied to the net taxable value of the land and improvements within the Service Area, will yield the maximum amount that may be requisitioned for the Service."

   c) By deleting Section 7 and renumbering Section 8 as Section 7.

Citation

2. This Bylaw may be cited as the "Harbours Environmental Action Service Establishment Bylaw No. 1, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 1, 2012".

READ A FIRST TIME THIS 11th day of July 2012

READ A SECOND TIME THIS 11th day of July 2012

READ A THIRD TIME THIS 11th day of July 2012

APPROVED BY THE INSPECTOR OF MUNICIPALITIES THIS day of 2012

ADOPTED THIS day of 2012

CHAIR

CORPORATE OFFICER

FILED WITH THE INSPECTOR OF MUNICIPALITIES THIS day of 2012