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Bylaw No. 1066
A bylaw to establish a water supply service operated by the Town of Oliver
WHEREAS:
A. The Town of Oliver owns and operates water supply and distribution facilities within its
municipal boundaries and within Electoral Area C of the Regional District of Okanagan-
Similkameen;
B. By Order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council number 1870 (“OIC 1870”), dated
December 15, 1989 and validated by section 1 of the Municipal Enabling and Validating
Act (No. 2) [SBC 1990] Chapter 61, the Town of Oliver was granted the authority to
operate a public water system outside its municipal boundaries including the right to
enforce, amend or repeal bylaws of the former South Okanagan Lands Irrigation District
(“SOLID”) in the same manner as if they were enacted by the municipality; and
C. Council desires to consolidate its water supply operations into a single service for the
purpose of establishing a simplified set of regulations to apply throughout its water
service area;
NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Town of Oliver, in open meeting assembled,
ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
Citation
1. This bylaw may be cited for all purposes as “Water Service Establishment Bylaw No.
1066, 2003”.
Establishment of service
2. Council hereby establishes the supply of water as a service pursuant to section 517.1 of the
Local Government Act.
Operation outside municipal boundaries
3. The supply of water herein established as a service shall operate:
(1) inside the municipal boundaries of the Town of Oliver; and
(2) outside municipal boundaries, in Electoral Area C of the Regional District of
Okanagan-Similkameen.
Water Service Establishment Bylaw No. 1066, 2003 Page 2
Order in Council provisions remain in force
4. For clarity, establishment of a single water service under this bylaw shall not be interpreted
as diminishing or canceling any of the rights granted to the Town by OIC 1870.
Read a first, second and third time on the 14th day of October, 2003
Approved by the Inspector of Municipalities on the 18th day of December, 2003.
Pursuant section 518(1)(b) of the Local Government Act, consent to this bylaw was granted by
resolution of the board of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, on the 20th day of
November, 2003.
Adopted on the 12th day of January, 2004.
“original signed by Mayor” “original signed by Director of Corporate Services/Clerk”
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Mayor Director of Corporate Services/Clerk