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8-1-6: STATEMENT OF CHARGES; DELINQUENCY:
   A.   Statement: The town clerk or superintendent shall furnish to each user, or mail to, or leave at his place of residence or usual place of business, a written or printed statement stating thereon the amount of water service charges assessed against him once each month or at such other regular intervals as the town council shall direct.
   B.   Notice Of Intent To Discontinue: The statement shall specify the amount of the bill for the water service and the place of payment and date due. If any person fails to pay the water charges within thirty (30) days from the date due, the clerk or superintendent shall give the consumer notice in writing of intention to discontinue the service to the consumer unless the consumer pays the bill in full within five (5) days from the date of notice. (Ord. 1992-1, 11-7-1992)
   C.   Discontinuance Of Service: If the culinary water service is thereafter discontinued for failure to make payment, then before the water service to the premises shall again be provided, all delinquent water charges must have been paid to the town treasurer or arrangements made for their payment in a manner satisfactory to the town. In the event water is turned off for nonpayment of water charges then before the water service to the premises shall again be provided, the consumer shall pay, in addition to all delinquent water charges, such extra charge for turning the water on or off as the town council may have established by resolution. Until such a resolution has been adopted, there shall be added an extra charge, in such amount as established by resolution of the town council, for turning on the water. Furthermore, in addition to such payments and penalties, a delinquent consumer may be required to make and file a new application and deposit if the previous deposit has theretofore been applied to the payment of delinquent bills. The town clerk is hereby authorized and empowered to enforce the payment of all delinquent water charges by an action at law in the name of the town. (Ord. 1992-1, 11-7-1992; amd. 2001 Code)
   D.   Delinquencies:
      1.   Delinquencies associated with the payment of the initial hookup fee shall bear interest at the rate of one and five- tenths percent (1.5%) per month on the unpaid amount, and the town may commence, at its option, an action against the delinquent property owner of record at any time to recover the amount due plus court costs. In the event the owner of any of the premises, or the tenant or occupant of the premises, shall fail to pay any fee or charge, the town may cause the water to be shut off from such premises, and the town shall not be required to turn the same on again until all arrearages for water furnished shall be paid in full. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to require the town to connect any premises until the full connection fee and any security deposit imposed are both and all paid in full.
      2.   Delinquency in the payment of monthly user fees shall bear interest at the rate of one and five-tenths percent (1.5%) per month against the amount thirty (30) days past due, and delinquencies following notice of intent to discontinue service shall result in the termination of all culinary water service until the delinquent amount, plus interest accrued, shall be paid to the town. (Ord. 1992-1, 11-7-1992)
8-1-7: USE WITHOUT PAYMENT PROHIBITED:
It shall be unlawful for any person by himself, family, servants or agents to utilize the culinary water system without paying therefor, as herein provided, or without authority, to open any pipe, line, connection, stopcock, valve or other fixtures attached to the system of culinary water supply unless it is done pursuant to proper application, agreement or resolution. It shall be unlawful to injure, deface or impair any part or appurtenance of the water system or to cast anything into any reservoir or facilities appurtenant or contributing to the culinary water system. It shall be a criminal offense in any way to pollute any water source, watershed, drainage area, or any part of or contributing to the culinary water system. (Ord. 1992-1, 11-7-1992)
8-1-8: USE WITHOUT AUTHORITY; RESTRICTIONS:
   A.   Turning On Water After Being Turned Off Prohibited: It shall be unlawful for any person, after the water has been turned off from the premises for nonpayment of culinary water charges or other violations of the ordinances, rules, regulations or resolutions pertaining to the water supply, to turn on or to allow the water to be turned on or used without authority from the superintendent or town clerk.
   B.   Separate Connections: It shall be unlawful for two (2) 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 any one of the users to comply with this section shall warrant a withholding of the 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.
   C.   Unauthorized Users: It shall be unlawful for any water service user to permit any person from other premises or any unauthorized person to use or obtain water service regularly from his premises or water facilities, either outside or inside his premises.
   D.   Unauthorized Connection: No consumer shall be permitted to conduct water pipes across lots or buildings to adjoining premises without permission from the water superintendent and subject to such requirements relating to controls as may be imposed by him. (Ord. 1992-1, 11-7-1992)
8-1-9: PIPE REQUIREMENTS:
   A.   Good Repair: All users of water service shall keep their service pipes, connections and other apparatus in good repair and protected from frost at their own expense. No person, except under the direction of the superintendent, shall be allowed to dig into the street for the purpose of laying, removing or repairing any service pipe.
   B.   Quality Of Service Pipe: All service and other pipe used in conjunction with the water services of the town shall be of such material, quality and specifications as the town council may, from time to time by resolution, provide and shall be installed at such distances below ground as may be specified by regulations relating to the water department. All work, alterations or extensions affecting water pipes shall be subject to the acceptance of the water superintendent and no connections with any water mains shall be made without first obtaining a permit therefor from the town clerk. (Ord. 1992-1, 11-7-1992)
8-1-10: INSTALLATION PERMIT REQUIRED:
It shall be unlawful for any person to lay, repair, alter or connect any water line to the town culinary water system without first having obtained a construction permit from the town clerk, or from the superintendent. (Ord. 1992-1, 11-7-1992; amd. 2001 Code)
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