NOTICE OF LOCAL AREA SERVICE
– GREENDALE ROAD AREA
Approval Process for authorizing the establishment of a Local
Area Service Bylaw for the extension of a sanitary sewer
service to the Greendale Road area.
NOTICE IS HERE BY GIVEN
that the Town of Lake Cowichan proposes to extend sanitary
sewer services to the Greendale Road area as is proposed in Bylaw 1095-2023. The
principal cost is estimated $2,200,000. The debt to be incurred for this amount plus
the interest will be paid off in 25 years.
APPROVAL PROCESS AND ELIGIBILITY
The Town of Lake Cowichan may proceed with the establishment of the local area
service for sewer for Greendale unless the owners within the affected properties
in the Town of Lake Cowichan representing at least half of the assessed values in
the benefitting area indicate by letter or petition that they are not in favour of the
establishment of such a service within 30 days of the second notice.
The local area service area that is benefitting from the service would be wholly
responsible for paying the costs of the new service. The owners’ portion of the cost
of a local area service tax is 100% of the actual cost to be levied and recovered over
25 years.
Owners whose parcels benefitfromor abutthe proposed works and who are subject
to being specially charged, may commute, by a one-time payment, the special
charges imposed on them. The commuted value is the unamortized proportionate
share of the owners’ portion of the cost, as determined by the Officer assigned
responsibility for financial administration.
NOTE: Only one property owner may sign and submit a letter per property,
regardless of how many owners there may be.
The letters against may be submitted to the Municipal Office at 39 South Shore
Road, Lake Cowichan, BC, from 8:30 am. to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (except
holidays), between the date of the second publication of this notice and no later
than November 25th, 2023.
This is the 2nd of 2 publications of this notice in a newspaper.
Joseph A. Fernandez
Chief Administrative Officer
Town of Lake Cowichan