Not having water proved a persuasive argument for not meeting the looming sewer connection deadline.
As of Nov. 30, all Sicamous residences on the east side of the narrows capable of being connected to municipal sewer must be, according to the District Sewer Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 194.
Council turned down two requests to extend that deadline, while a third request, not for an extension but an exemption from hooking up to sewer, was difficult to argue. It was submitted by Mervyn Road resident Judith Latosky who, in a letter to the district, explains she doesn’t have water.
“Since I do not have water on this property and it seems that there is no way the district will be installing water access, I find it difficult to understand why I would have to be hooking up to the district sewer line,” writes Latosky, adding she had approached the district in 2012 about putting a water line in at the same time sewer was going in, “but to no avail.”
Mayor Terry Rysz called council’s decision to approve an exemption for Latosky a no-brainer, adding letters would be sent to all who requested an extension.