(A) Except for those persons exempted by this article, persons who seek access to the town’s water distribution or sewerage collection systems shall, in addition to the appropriate tap fee, pay an access charge calculated as set forth herein.
(B) Persons who have petitioned for water or sewer service, and who have paid, or are paying in a timely fashion, any assessments charged to them pursuant to that petition process, shall not pay an access charge as a condition for service from the water or sewer line for which assessments were made.
(C) Persons who petitioned for water or sewer service, and who participated in the payment of construction charges pursuant to § 21-605 of this article, shall not pay an access charge as a condition for service from the water or sewer line for which construction charges were made.
(D) The waiver of obligation to pay access charges, as set forth in subsections (B) and (C) above, shall apply for a period of 15 years from the end of the fiscal year in which the water or sewer line in question was placed in service.
(E) In addition to the waiver of obligation to pay access charges, no person shall be required to pay access charges for service from a portion of a line which was placed in service before July 1, 1979. Nor shall any person be required to pay access charges for service paid for entirely by the current, or a previous, owner of the property for which connection is requested.
(F) (1) Access charges shall be calculated the same as per linear front foot construction charges, as described in § 21-606(H). The gross per linear foot charges shall be deemed to constitute 100% of the cost of construction of a line: one-third of that total cost shall be deemed borne by the town; one-third shall be applied to, or borne by, the property on one side of the line, and one-third applied to, or borne by, the property on the other side of the line.
(2) The Town Manager, with the approval of the Town Council, shall, from time to time, publish detailed cost charts reflecting the various access charges used by the town, together with other applicable charges, and the detailed application thereof.
(Ord. 5-89, passed 6-19-1989)