A. The intent and purpose of this title is to promote the health, safety, order and general welfare of the present and future utility customers of the town, and specifically to:
1. Provide safe and reliable service to utility customers of the town;
2. Provide for the financial integrity of the town utilities;
3. Manage the water resources of the town to protect the utility customers of the town and to facilitate the economic development of the town;
4. Develop water resources for the benefit of current and future residents and utility customers of the town;
5. Provide for the expansion and improvement of the town’s water and wastewater utilities; and
6. Provide adequate water and wastewater system capacity in a fiscally responsible manner.
A. In this title, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Applicant” means a person requesting the town to provide utility service.
2. “Application” means a request to the town for utility service.
3. “Commodity charge” means the unit cost of billed usage as set forth in the adopted utility rates and charges.
4. “Contributions in aid of construction” means funds provided to the town by the applicant under the terms of a utilities extension agreement or service connection agreement.
5. “Customer” means the person or entity in whose name service is rendered, as evidenced by the name on the application, the contract for service, or utility bills, regardless of the identity of the actual user of the utility service. Customer includes the customer’s agent or contractor.
6. “Meter” means the instrument for measuring and indicating or recording the volume of water that has passed through it.
7. “Non-potable water” means water not suitable for human consumption.
8. “Point of delivery” means the point where facilities owned, leased or under license by a customer connect to the town water utility’s pipes at the outlet side of the meter.
9. “Potable water” means water suitable for human consumption.
10. “Premises” means all of the real property and apparatus employed by a single enterprise on an integral parcel of land undivided by public streets, alleys or other rights-of-way or easements.
11. “Service line” means a water line that transports water from a common source (normally a distribution main) of supply to the customer’s point of delivery.
12. “Wastewater facilities” means infrastructure used for the collection or treatment of wastewater.
13. “Water facilities” means infrastructure used for the extraction, storage, or delivery of potable water or non-potable water but not for the delivery of wastewater or stormwater.