Each direct service municipality shall pay an annual fee, in advance, for the use of water from fire hydrants located in the municipality, for a purpose other than the extinguishment of a fire. The annual fee per hydrant shall be calculated as of January 1 of each year by multiplying one-half (1/2) mcf (five hundred (500) cf) by the highest rate then authorized to be charged to a direct service customer located in the service district in which such hydrant is located.
A certified statement of the number of fire hydrants located in each service district in the municipality on January 1 of each year shall be submitted to the Commissioner of the Division of Water by an officer of each municipality on or before January 10 of each year. The total annual fee shall be paid by each direct service municipality on or before January 20 of each year.
(Ord. No. 2457-82. Passed 12-13-82, eff. 12-16-82)