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Copyright © 1997: City of St. John's,
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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Pursuant to the powers vested in it under the City of St. John’s Act, R.S.N. 1990, c. C-17, as amended and all other powers enabling it, the City of St. John’s enacts the following By-Law relating to the regulation of private sewage disposal systems and private water supply systems.
BY-LAW
1. This By-Law may be cited as the St. John’s Rural Sanitation By-Law.
2. In this By-Law, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) “City” means City of St. John’s;
(b) “Building Department” means the City of St. John’s Department of Building and Property Management;
(c) “Permit” means a permit issued by the City of St. John’s Department of Building and Property Management allowing the installation or construction of a private sewage disposal system or a private water supply system;
(d) “Person” includes natural persons, firms, partnerships, companies or corporations;
(e) “Private Sewage Disposal System” means a septic tank with an absorption field or other privately owned plant or any other equipment, means or methods of or for the treatment and disposal of sewage;
(f) “Private Water Supply System” means an artesian well or a drilled well other than a shallow well or the supply of water directly by the City of St. John’s;
(g) “Province” means the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador or the appropriate department thereof as may be designated by the Province from time to time.
3. Prior to undertaking the installation or replacement of a Private Sewage Disposal System or a Private Water Supply System for either a new or existing residence or building in the City, a person shall make application to the Building Department for a Permit allowing the said installation or replacement.
4. After receiving the Permit application the Building Department shall cause the Permit application to be forwarded to the Province.
5. (1) The Building Department shall not issue a Permit to an applicant without first receiving written approval from the Province in respect of the Permit application.
(2) Where a Private Water Supply System may be situate at more than one location on a building site, the Director of Engineering and Planning may direct that it be situated in the acceptable location furthest from a street or other driving surface.
6. Upon receipt of the written approval of a Permit application from the Province, the Building Department may issue a Permit to the applicant upon receipt of a $500.00 deposit. The deposit shall be refunded to the applicant by the Building Department upon receipt from the Province that the Private Water Supply System and/or the Private Sewage Disposal System has been properly sited and installed.
7. A Final Occupancy Permit may not be issued by the Building Department until such time as the Private Water Supply System and/or the Private Sewage Disposal System, referred to in the Permit application, as replaced or installed, has been inspected and approved in writing by the Province.
8. No installation or replacement of a Private Sewage Disposal System or a Private Water Supply System for a new or existing residence or building in the City shall be carried out unless a Permit has first been issued by the Building Department.
9. No person shall backfill a Private Sewage Disposal System until the System has been inspected by the Province and the written approval of the installation of the System has been received by the Building Department.
10. Any person who contravenes the provisions of this By-Law shall be guilty of an offence and liable upon summary conviction to a fine as provided for in section 403 of the City of St. John’s Act, as amended.
11. The St. John’s Rural Sanitation Regulations enacted by the City of St. John’s on May 25, 1993 and all amendments thereto are hereby repealed. |
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