(A) There shall be a mandatory water system service buy-in fee for connections being served by any of the town’s water production and distribution systems that are owned, operated, and maintained by the town.
(B) This fee shall be the customer’s equivalent share of the town’s costs for necessary water system improvements, to be computed as follows:
(1) Residential. The water system service buy-in fee shall be set by Council resolution per dwelling unit for a residential connection to the water system. Single-family residences, including manufactured or mobile homes and privately owned condominiums, shall be classified as residential connections.
(2) Commercial/industrial. The water system service buy-in fee for commercial/industrial connections shall be based on water meter size and established by Council resolution. A COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL CONNECTION is hereby defined as any connection other than residential including apartments, hotel/motels, RV parks, senior mobile home parks, schools, churches and the like.
(3) No transferability of fees. All fees paid pursuant to this section shall apply to the real property upon which the fee is initially calculated. Connection fees are not transferable between properties. Structures moved from 1 location to another location shall pay new connection fees for the new location, with a credit to be given for any connection fees previously paid for that location.
(Ord. 04-578, passed 7-22-2004; Am. Ord. 2022-913, passed 2-22-2022)