PAYMENT
Payment to SSID may be made by Interac etransfer to administrator@savaryshoreswater.ca or by cheque or bank draft payable to Savary Shores Improvement District, mailed to: SSID, Box 176, Lund BC V0N 2G0, or delivered through the mail slot at 2785 Vancouver Blvd on Savary Island.
Your etransfer confirmation, cheque copy, or bank draft copy, is your receipt.
ISSUE DATE
2025 Tax Notices were issued March 28, and indicate the amount payable for the calendar year January - December 2025.
AMOUNT PAYABLE
The deadline for the early-pay discount is May 1 2025. Your tax notice shows a chart with the full amount payable after the deadline. Additionally, interest on outstanding 2025 taxes will be applied in March 2026, as directed by the provincial government.
TAX CLASSES
Your tax notice shows either Class A tax or Class B tax. Within each Class are 2 or 3 taxes. The Connection Tax is only applicable to Parcels that have an Approved Connection by which water can be supplied from the SSID Waterworks. The District Tax and Asset Renewal Tax are applicable to all taxable Parcels in the Improvement District.
TOLLS
Residents connected to the waterworks are allotted up to 100 cubic metres of water per calendar year. Properties that used in excess of the allotment in 2023 received an Excess Toll invoice in January 2025. Payments after the February 28 2025 deadline were subject to a 20 percent penalty. The Trustees set the 2024 domestic-use rate at $1.50 per cubic metre overage, in accordance with Excess Tolls Bylaw 132. The 2025 rate will be set at the end of 2025, and any excess use will be invoiced in January 2026.
WATER CONNECTION CHARGE
Savary Shores has 42 properties that are not yet connected to the water system. Property owners interested in receiving water may Apply for a Water Connection, by downloading the form on this site, or by contacting the administrator at administrator@savaryshoreswater.ca or 604-414-8448, or by mail to Box 176, Lund BC V0N 2G0.
The charge for a first-time connection is $1,300.
WATER DISCONNECTION
The charge for a disconnection, or a re-connection, is $100.
A disconnection changes that property's assessment from Tax Class A to Tax Class B, so is taxable as Class-B at the next March tax notice. If that property is re-connected in the same tax year that it was disconnected, the re-connection will result in an amount owing equal to the difference that would have been paid as a Tax Class A. This is to prevent disconnections and re-connections intended to avoid Tax Class A.
TRANSFER OF WATER CONNECTION
Water connections may not be transferred from a property owner to a new owner, without consent of SSID trustees. The application for Transfer of Water Connection contract is sent by the administrator to new owners, and becomes effective when the $50 fee and application are received and accepted.
