{"title":"Kitimat watering restrictions","question":"Are there lawn sprinkling or watering restrictions in Kitimat?","slug":"water-restrictions","place":{"path":"ca/bc/kitimat","name":"Kitimat","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"category":{"slug":"water-roads-and-snow","name":"Water, sewer, roads and snow"},"owner":"municipal","owner_label":"Municipal","owner_body":null,"short_answer":"Kitimat's Code sets no fixed seasonal watering schedule. The Chief Administrative Officer may limit water use to certain hours, which may vary by area, after giving public notice. Check the District for current restrictions. Wilfully wasting water is a $100 bylaw notice.","aliases":["sprinkling restrictions kitimat","kitimat watering schedule","kitimat water conservation","lawn watering kitimat"],"cost":"No cost. Wilfully wasting water: a bylaw notice is $100 ($50 if paid within 14 days; $150 late); a municipal ticket is $1,000 ($500 if paid within 30 days).","how_long":"Not applicable.","where":[{"type":"in_person","label":"Municipal Hall","value":"270 City Centre, Kitimat, BC V8C 2H7","note":"Office hours are not stated in the documents we read."},{"type":"phone","label":"Municipal Hall","value":"250-632-8900"}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Kitimat Municipal Code, consolidated 2026-02 (PDF)","url":"https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/kmc-consolidated-2026-02.pdf"},{"title":"Municipal Enforcement Bylaw No. 2086, 2026, council agenda copy of May 19, 2026 (PDF)","url":"https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/2026-05-19-reg.pdf"}],"related":[{"slug":"garbage-collection","title":"Kitimat garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kitimat/garbage-collection/"},{"slug":"bylaw-fines","title":"Kitimat bylaw fines and how tickets work","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kitimat/bylaw-fines/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/terrace","name":"Terrace","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/terrace/water-restrictions/"},{"place":"ca/bc/prince-rupert","name":"Prince Rupert","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-rupert/water-restrictions/"},{"place":"ca/bc/telkwa","name":"Telkwa","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/telkwa/water-restrictions/"},{"place":"ca/bc/smithers","name":"Smithers","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/water-restrictions/"},{"place":"ca/bc/houston","name":"Houston","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/houston/water-restrictions/"},{"place":"ca/bc/new-hazelton","name":"New Hazelton","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-hazelton/water-restrictions/"}],"topic":{"title":"Watering restrictions in British Columbia, by municipality","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/water-restrictions/"},"facts":{"in_effect":{"label":"When restrictions apply","value":"The Code sets no fixed seasonal watering restrictions. The Chief Administrative Officer may limit or restrict water use to certain designated hours, which may vary by area, after publishing notice in a local newspaper or news sheet or giving notice by sound.","short":"No set season; limits by notice","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/kmc-consolidated-2026-02.pdf","title":"Kitimat Municipal Code, consolidated 2026-02 (PDF)","section":"s. 6.3.8.6","quotes":["may","order the supply of water to be stopped or he may limit or restrict","the use of water to certain designated hours and such hours may"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"schedule":{"label":"Sprinkling schedule","value":null,"status":"none","note":"The Kitimat Municipal Code sets no fixed watering schedule, sprinkling days or hours.","sources":[{"url":"https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/kmc-consolidated-2026-02.pdf","title":"Kitimat Municipal Code, consolidated 2026-02 (PDF)"}]},"exempt_watering":{"label":"Allowed at any time","value":null,"status":"none","note":"The Kitimat Municipal Code lists no sprinkling days, hours or exemptions.","sources":[{"url":"https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/kmc-consolidated-2026-02.pdf","title":"Kitimat Municipal Code, consolidated 2026-02 (PDF)"}]},"new_lawns":{"label":"New lawns","value":null,"status":"none","note":"The Kitimat Municipal Code lists no exemptions such as for new lawns.","sources":[{"url":"https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/kmc-consolidated-2026-02.pdf","title":"Kitimat Municipal Code, consolidated 2026-02 (PDF)"}]},"fine":{"label":"Fine","value":"Wilfully wasting water: bylaw notice $100 ($50 if paid within 14 days; $150 late); municipal ticket $1,000 ($500 within 30 days). No specific amount is listed for using water against a Chief Administrative Officer order; the general penalty is $500 by bylaw notice.","short":"Notice $100 ($50 if paid in 14 days); ticket $1,000","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/part1-div3-municipalticket-20241202.pdf","title":"Municipal Ticket Information System, Part 1 Division 3 of the Kitimat Municipal Code (PDF)","section":"Part 6 table","quotes":["Offence Section Fine Wasting Water 6.3.8.1. $50 Kitimat Municipal Code, CONVENIENCE COPY. The District of Kitimat accepts no responsibility for errors or omissions in this"]},{"url":"https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/2026-05-19-reg.pdf","title":"Municipal Enforcement Bylaw No. 2086, 2026, council agenda copy of May 19, 2026 (PDF)","section":"Schedules A and B, row 90; s. 6.1","quotes":["90 Wilfully Wasting Municipal Water 6.3.8.1 $ 100.00 $ 50.00 $ 150.00","90 Wilfully Wasting Municipal Water 6.3.8.1 $1,000.00 $500.00","$500 for a bylaw contravention enforced by Bylaw Notice;"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Kitimat Municipal Code, Part 6, Division 3 - Water Service Connections (s. 6.3.8)","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/kmc-consolidated-2026-02.pdf","title":"Kitimat Municipal Code, consolidated 2026-02 (PDF)","section":"s. 6.3.8","quotes":["services used for other purposes. Subdivision 8 - Responsibility 6.3.8. 1. No person shall wilfully waste water supplied to any premises from"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":6,"stated":3,"matched":3,"none":3,"unknown":0},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nPart 6, Division 3 of the [Kitimat Municipal Code](https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/kmc-consolidated-2026-02.pdf) does not set a fixed seasonal watering schedule, sprinkling days or hours, and lists no exemptions such as for new lawns. Instead the Chief Administrative Officer may limit or restrict water use to certain designated hours, which may vary by area, after publishing notice in a local newspaper or news sheet or giving notice by sound.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. Check the District's website or call Municipal Hall (250-632-8900) for any restriction now in effect.\n2. Follow the hours in any notice for your area.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- Wilfully wasting water: a bylaw notice is $100 ($50 if paid within 14 days; $150 late); a municipal ticket is $1,000 ($500 if paid within 30 days).\n- No specific amount is listed for using water against a Chief Administrative Officer order; the general penalty is $500 by bylaw notice.","sources":[{"url":"https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/kmc-consolidated-2026-02.pdf","title":"Kitimat Municipal Code, consolidated 2026-02 (PDF)","accessed":"2026-11-06"},{"url":"https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/2026-05-19-reg.pdf","title":"Municipal Enforcement Bylaw No. 2086, 2026, council agenda copy of May 19, 2026 (PDF)","accessed":"2026-11-06"},{"url":"https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/part1-div3-municipalticket-20241202.pdf","title":"Municipal Ticket Information System, Part 1 Division 3 of the Kitimat Municipal Code (PDF)","accessed":"2026-11-06"}],"sources_read":"2026-11-06","review":{"status":"machine_checked","badge":"Checked against official text","label":"Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 3 of 6 facts was matched to the official text; 3 are recorded as not set."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kitimat/water-restrictions/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kitimat/water-restrictions.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kitimat/water-restrictions.json"}}