(A) Any property owner seeking a service connection to a water or sanitary sewer main shall make application to the town staff for the services. In the event the service is available and mains of adequate size are in place to service the property, the applicant shall pay to the town monthly water and/or sewer use fees in an amount as established from time to time by the Town Council and published in the town schedule of fees and charges.
(B) Any owner of property within the town who, when requiring water or sewer/septic service to the property, does not seek a service connection to a water or sanitary sewer main, or having such connection already made, does not make use of such connection, where the service is available and mains of adequate size are in place to service the property, shall pay to the town monthly water and/or sewer availability fees, in an amount as established from time to time by the Town Council and published in the town schedule of fees and charges; provided, however, that availability fees due hereunder shall not be charged for any residence relying upon water from a private well located on the residence's property as its primary source of domestic water as of January 19, 2011, until the individuals residing in the residence on January 19, 2011, cease to reside in the residence.
(C) More than one person or entity may serve as co-applicants for a utility account. All applicants approved by the town shall be jointly and severally liable for fees due on the account.
(D) An applicant for utility service shall pay the utility deposit stated in the town schedule of fees and charges. An account holder may designate on the account application that the account holder wishes for the deposit, in the event of the account holder's death, to be transferred to the account holder's heirs who receive the real property where the utility service is furnished.
(E) In the event of the death of a utility account holder, or on the death of the last living co-account holder in cases where accounts are in two or more names, a new account applicant, who was a resident of the real property where the utility service is furnished at the time of the death of the former account holder, shall be allowed a period of up to 120 days from the death of the former account holder to pay the utility deposit for that same real property.
(Ord. passed - -2007; Am. Ord. 2010-07, passed 12-16-2010; Am. Ord. 2011-02, passed 7-21-2011; Am. Ord. 2012-1, passed 1-19-2012; Am. Ord. 2016-01, passed 1-21-2016)