Table A2.2: Requirements to Maintain Private Sewer Laterals and Remedy Defects When Identified Jurisdiction
By-law provisions
Kingston
By-law No. 2008-192 – A By-law to Provide the Regulation of Waste Water Services and Discharges to Municipal Sewers for the City of Kingston • 3.2 Maintenance of sewer lateral – Owner Every Owner of a property to which sewer service is provided shall be responsible for the maintenance, repair, and replacement of the sewer lateral from the building to the property line. Any and all structural defects of a sewer lateral shall be repaired by the Owner of the property being serviced. Should the City become aware of any such structural defect, and upon written notification to the Owner, the said structural defect is not repaired within thirty (30) days of the date of the notification or within such time as the Operating Authority may deem necessary, then the City may turn off the municipal water supply to the property. If the City is ordered to restore the water supply, then the City may repair the structural defect in the sewer lateral pipe at the Owner’s expense. In so doing the City of Kingston shall only reinstate the property to a safe condition and all final restoration shall be the Owner’s responsibility. The City of Kingston shall not be held responsible for any damages to the Owner’s property arising from such work such as damage to root systems or other landscaping features located along the sewer lateral. If flushing or rodding of a sewer lateral is required to remove an obstruction located anywhere between the building and the sewer lateral stub, the Owner or occupier shall be solely responsible for the cost of removing the obstruction.
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