§ 53.60  SERVICE CHARGES BASED ON WATER USAGE.
   (A)   Water obtained from the town’s water utility. The charges made for sewerage service rendered to each lot, parcel of real estate or building having any connection with town’s sewerage system, or otherwise discharging sewage into the system, either directly or indirectly, shall be based upon the quantity of water presumed to enter the public sewers after being used in or on the property, as the quantity is measured by the water meter or meters in use by the town’s water utility, except as herein otherwise provided.
(Prior Code, Title V, Ch. II, Art. II, § 25)
   (B)   Water obtained from other sources. Where the property obtains any part or all of the water used from sources other than the town’s water utility, the owner or the tenant many be required by the town to install and maintain, at his or her own expense, a meter or meters acceptable to the town for the quantity of water obtained from these other sources, or the town may determine the quantity of such water by whatever means and methods it may find relevant and practicable.
(Prior Code, Title V, Ch. II, Art. II, § 26)
   (C)   Exempt water, general. Where a significant portion of the metered water does not and cannot enter the sewerage system, either directly or indirectly, the person having charge of the property may request permission from the town to install, at his or her own expense, either an approved meter or meters to determine the quantity of water that cannot enter the sewerage system or an approved sewage- measuring device or devices to determine the volume of sewage that actually enters the sewerage system. The town reserves the right to determine by whatever other means and methods it may find practicable the percentage of the property’s metered water that enters the sewerage system. In any case, the service charge shall be based on the quantity of water that can or actually does enter the public sewers but in no case shall it be less than the minimum charge for the class of user served.
(Prior Code, Title V, Ch. II, Art. II, § 27)
   (D)   Metering of sewage. The town may require a person to install and maintain, at his or her own expense, an approved device to measure directly the volumes of wastes discharged to the sewerage system, if these volumes cannot otherwise be determined from the metered-water consumption records. The town shall inspect and approve such installation and no such service, once installed, shall be removed without the town’s approval.
(Prior Code, Title V, Ch. II, Art. II, § 28)
(Ord. 14, 1992, passed - -1992)