(A) Applicants for connection or reconnection to the waterworks system operated and maintained by the town shall complete an application on forms provided by the water utility at its office and shall, at the time of application, pay a reasonable fee for such connection or reconnection, equal in amount to the direct and indirect labor and material costs incurred by the water utility in completing the connection or reconnection.
(B) The minimum charge for connection of a three-fourths-inch or smaller meter service to the waterworks system shall be the average cost as computed by the Department of Public Works.
(C) The Superintendent of Public Works shall compute the average cost in accordance with the formula prescribed under division (B) above on a semi-annual basis, or more frequently if, in his or her judgment, the costs have changed significantly enough to cause the minimum charge to fluctuate from the last determined average by plus or minus 5% and the average so determined shall be the minimum charge for connection of a three-fourths-inch or smaller meter service to the waterworks system.
(D) Applicants for connection to the waterworks system for meters exceeding three-fourths inch shall, at the time of application, pay the minimum fee for connection; provided, the actual fee shall be the greater of the minimum fee or actual cost computed using the formula prescribed under division (B) above without averaging. In the event the actual cost exceeds the minimum connection charge, the excess cost shall be due and payable not later than the due date of the first billing of water services for water provided through the meter.
(E) Reconnection charges to the waterworks system shall be determined in amount by the same formula and computations as provided above for connection charges and until such average cost is determined, a reasonable reconnection charge is determined to be $40.
(Prior Code, Title V, Ch. I, Art. V) (Ord. passed 4-12-2000; Ord. passed 9-6-2006)