(a) The town bills bi-monthly for sewer service to the address set forth on the application for service. The person who signs the application for service is responsible for paying the bi-monthly bills in accordance with the schedule of rates and fees. Should bills not be paid, the charges for services remain with the property. If the property's title is transferred, through a sale, foreclosure, bankruptcy, inheritance, or other means; responsibility for unpaid balances for service transfer to the new title owner pursuant to the authority of the town Charter, House Bill 282, ch. 194, ratified May 15, 1987, which provides in article V, section 5.1 that, "in case any charges for water or sewerage service due and owing to the town are not paid, then such charges and any penalties assessed for nonpayment shall become a lien upon the property served or in connection with which service is used."
(b) Where there is not provided a separate service connection for each building situated on any given lot or parcel of land, the owner of such lot or parcel of land shall be responsible for the payment of charges for sewer to all such buildings on the lot or parcel.
(c) Where separate service connections are not provided to every occupancy unit or tenant within a multitenant building, the owner of the building shall be responsible for the payment of all charges for sewer service to the building.
(d) Where more than one dwelling unit, or separate structures are provided service through a single service connection, the charges for service shall be the total number of dwelling units or structures served times the minimum charge as shown in the current sewer rate plus the total volume rate. The number of minimum charges is defined as the same number of separate electrical meters required to serve the dwelling units or structures.
(e) Failure to receive bills mailed or notices shall not prevent the bills from becoming delinquent nor relieve the consumer from payment.
(Code 1989, § 51.13; Ord. of 11-13-2018)