(A) Neither new water or sewer services shall be furnished or rendered in any area outside the corporate limits unless the customer executes a utility service/annexation agreement. The town shall furnish forms of service and annexation agreement for any service rendered by the town to its customers, which forms are on file and available for use in the town offices, and which forms may from time to time be amended as necessary to meet the requirements of law. The service and annexation agreement, when signed by the grantor(s) and by an authorized representative of the town, shall become a contract under which the town agrees to furnish utility services to the individual consumer, and the consumer agrees to receive and pay for the services in accordance with the rate schedule and the service regulations of the town on file in the office of the town, and as the same may be modified from time to time, which rate schedules and service regulations are hereby made a part of the contract as effectually as if fully set forth therein.
(B) If the requested utility service is not available, and the area or property is annexed into the town pursuant to this section, the entire subdivision or property desiring service must lie wholly within the town after annexation. All utility facilities within the annexed area shall be constructed at the owner's expense to provide services in the entire area annexed. All such construction shall comply with town specifications and shall be subject to supervision by the town. Title to all facilities and proper easements shall be conveyed to the town. All connection and utility charges shall be in accordance with the applicable current in-town rate schedule for the service(s) furnished upon annexation.
(C) If the requested utility service is not available, and the property is not contiguous to the town and cannot be annexed at the time the request for service is made, the extension of the utility services to the property shall be entirely at the owner's expense. All such facilities shall be constructed in accordance with standards and specifications of the town and under the supervision of the town. Title to same, along with all easements, shall be conveyed to the town. All connection and utility charges shall be in accordance with the applicable current out-of-town rate schedule for the service(s) furnished. Since annexation is not immediately available because the property is not contiguous the provisions of subsection (A) require the annexation agreement to be executed.
(D) The Town Council may waive any or all fees for projects if deemed for the public good or if the project is grant eligible.
(Ord. 2019-009, passed 10-21-2019; Ord. 2023-008, passed 7-17-2023)