(A) Until a contract for water service has been executed and a meter has been installed, water will not be turned on at any premises by anyone but a Town Water Utility employee or authorized representative.
(B) There will be a charge of $500 per day or each unauthorized water use either from a service line or fire hydrant.
(C) In order to prevent possible damage from leaks, a representative of the owner must be on hand at the premises before water will be turned on by town personnel. When additional visits must be made to turn on the service due to a leak not the fault of the town, an additional service fee of $35 will be charged.
(D) Conditions for new municipal service water connection. Prior to the closing of the sale of any premises within the town and the title to the premises being transferred (as a result of a sale, gift, inheritance, and the like), and the premises have been, are being or are to be supplied with water service by the town's water utility, any existing water service shall be discontinued and/or any municipal service water connection shall not be connected to the town's public water system, as the case may be, until such time as:
(1) A contract for water service has been executed by each user occupying or intending to occupy each apartment, dwelling or business space within the premises;
(2) Each user has paid the then-applicable water meter deposit to the town's water utility; and
(3) One of the following:
(a) If the premises is a multi-unit dwelling or business space, the number of permitted units within the premises is modified so that each unit complies with the requirement of divisions (b)1. through (b)4. below. For example, a three-unit premises may be converted to a two-unit premises; or
(b) Each apartment, dwelling or business space within the premises shall have:
1. Separate, private water service lines installed at the expense of owner, if, as determined by the Town Water Utility Superintendent, the existing or proposed water service line is not of a size sufficient to adequately serve the multiple units;
2. Shut off valves installed for each unit at the expense of the owner, which shall be located so as to be readily accessible to water utility employees for the purpose of discontinuing or terminating water service;
3. Necessary plumbing is performed at the expense of the owner to accommodate and allow the installation of a separate water meter for each unit; and
4. Separate water meters are provided and installed by the town's water utility at the customers expense.
(Ord. 2021-10-02, passed 11-22-2021)