(A) The “Huntertown Water Service Area” is hereby defined and established as the area generally described as bounded on the north by the Allen County line beginning at its intersection with the centerline of Coldwater Road, thence west to a point in Section 3 of Eel River Township established by the extension of the centerline of the Johnson Road in Eel River Township to its intersection with the Allen County line, thence south through Sections 3, 10, 15, 22, and 27 of Eel River Township along the line so established to the point where it meets the intersection the centerline of Carroll Road in Eel River Township, thence east along the centerline of the Carroll Road to a point at which the centerline intersects the east line of Section 29 in Perry Township, thence north on and along said east line of Section 29 in Perry Township and the centerline of Denton Road to the south right-of-way of Gump Road in Section 16 in Perry Township, thence east along said south right- of-way to the east boundary line of the Timber Ridge Group, LLC property (Parcel ID No. 02-02-16-451-001.000-057) platted as Timber Ridge Subdivision, thence south on and along said property line to the south property line of said Timber Ridge Group, LLC, thence east along the south boundary line of Cedar Canyons Elementary School to the centerline of Coldwater Road, thence north on and along the center line of Coldwater Road to the beginning, all as depicted on the schematic which is attached to Ordinance 16-002 as Exhibit “A”, which shall control over the foregoing general description.
(B) As of October 7, 2013, the town shall hold an exclusive license to furnish potable water service within the Huntertown Water Service Area, and the Huntertown Water Utility shall be the exclusive provider of potable water to the public within the Huntertown Water Service Area, except only those end service users (“customers”) which are served by the City of Fort Wayne Water Utility with potable water as of October 7, 2013.
(C) As of October 7, 2013, no other utilities are permitted to provide potable water service within the town, or within the Huntertown Water Service Area, and all other utilities are expressly prohibited from furnishing potable water service to customers within the town or within the Huntertown Water Service Area, except as provided in division (B) above.
(D) No end service user shall permit a connection to potable water service within the Huntertown Water Service Area by any other water service provider except as permitted in division (B) of this section.
(E) The town's existing rules and regulations for water service, as amended from time to time, shall apply to and within the Huntertown Water Service Area.
(F) No residences with property working wells for potable drinking water will be compelled to connect to the town’s water system.
(G) The town shall not charge water rates to out-of-town customers that are different from those rates charged to in-town potable water customers.
(Ord. 13-004, passed 10-7-13; Am. Ord. 13-008, passed 11-18-13; Am. Ord. 15-002, passed 5-29-15; Am. Ord. 16-002, passed --2016)