It shall be unlawful for one user to receive service for a residence and a separate, detached, and independent commercial business, or for two or more families or service users to be supplied from the same service pipe, connection, water outlet, or discharge unless special permission for such combination usage has been granted by the Town Council and the premises served are owned by the same owner. In all such cases, a failure on the part of, and one of, the users to comply with this section shall warrant a withholding of a supply of water through the service connections until compliance or payment has been made, and in any event, the property owner shall be primarily liable to the town for all water services utilized on all such premises. Nothing herein shall be deemed to preclude the power of the town to require separate pipes or connections at a subsequent time. The prohibition herein provided shall not apply in those instances where the joint residential and business use are in existence at the time of the adoption hereof. If, and when, such use is discontinued or there is a change of ownership, or a severance of ownership between the residence and the business, then the “grandfather” protection afforded hereby shall terminate.
(Ord. 2004-29, passed - -2004) Penalty, see § 51.99