(A) Each user shall pay a water connection fee at the time of the connection to cover the cost of tapping the main, furnishing and laying service pipe, corporation and stop cocks, service and meter box, and installing the meter. Rates and charges are specified on the town’s utilities fee schedule.
(B) The water availability fee for a five-eighths-inch meter tap inside the corporate limits is set in the town’s utilities fee schedule. The charge for a five-eighths-inch or larger meter tap outside the corporate limits will be the water availability fee, plus cost of labor and materials, as set in the town’s utilities fee schedule.
(C) In addition to any other fees or charges paid to the Waterworks to establish a water connection, any new user requesting a new connection to the town’s Waterworks shall pay a one-time water availability fee, based upon the meter size of the connection in accordance with the rate studies prepared, in amounts as set from time to time by the Town Council. Rates and charges are specified on the town’s utilities fee schedule.
(Ord. 2000-2, passed 2-21-2000; Am. Ord. 2007-1, passed 5-7-2007; Am. Ord. 2009-2, passed 5-4-2009; Am. Ord. 2019-5, passed 10-07-2019)