(A) The town reserves the right to negotiate any and all water service outside the town at its own discretion.
(B) For residential and commercial water line extensions outside the town, when feasible the town shall furnish, construct and install a service line (a water line which can serve only one customer) to the customer’s property line nearest the town’s water main (a water line which is capable of serving more than one customer). the town shall furnish the tap, meter, meter box from the main to the meter. The town shall maintain the service line up to and including the meter; provided, it is located on a public right-of-way or easement. In cases where further development is anticipated the town may elect to extend a distribution main sized to meet the future demands of the area.
(C) Any extension of service outside the town limits must be located on a public right-of-way or easement. In cases where service lines must be extended across private property, the customer shall be responsible for obtaining the required easement(s).
(D) It shall be the policy of the town to require that the owner of any property located outside of the town (a “subject property”) requesting either a new connection, upgraded connection or a change in use of the property, which would require a change to allocation, to the town's water utility system be required to annex into the town at such time as the subject property is contiguous to the corporate boundaries of the town.
(E) If the subject property is contiguous to the town at the time such request is made, the owner of such property shall be required to submit an annexation petition to the town prior to the connection to the utility system being made.
(F) If the subject property is not contiguous to the corporate boundaries of the town at the time such request is made, the owner of the subject property shall be required to execute a declaration of annexation covenant prior to any connection to the utility system being made, requiring the owner of the subject property, or any subsequent owner, its heirs, assigns and successors, to take such action necessary to annex the subject property, any portion thereof, or any larger property to which the subject property was added, into the town at such time as the subject property, any portion thereof, or any larger property to which the subject property was added becomes contiguous to the corporate boundaries of the town. The declaration of annexation covenant shall be in a form to be approved by the Council.
(G) The annexation declaration will be properly processed and recorded.
(H) The town may connect or allow continued service to other political subdivisions of the state, industrial properties and developments to the municipal water system without annexation agreements when the economic benefit is found to be in the best interest of the community. The Town Council shall approve such on a case-by-case basis by resolution.
(I) The extension of any water distribution main outside the town limits shall first have the approval of Town Council.
(Ord. 11-01, passed 1-3-11; Am. Ord. 14-09, passed 12- 1-14; Am. Ord. 17-09, passed 8-7-17; Am. Ord. 19-04, passed 5-6-19; Am. Ord. 20-01, passed 2-10-20; Am. Ord. 22-07, passed 5-2-22; Am. Ord. 23-06, passed 4-4-23)