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(A) Piping on the applicant’s premises must be so arranged that the connections are conveniently located with respect to the town’s lines.
(B) If the applicant’s piping on the applicant’s premises is so arranged that the town is called upon to provide additional service, each place of service will be considered as a separate and individual account.
(C) The applicant’s piping and apparatus shall be installed and maintained by the applicant at the applicant’s expense, in a safe and efficient manner and in accordance with the town’s rules and regulations and in full compliance with the sanitary regulations of the State Board of Health and all applicable laws, ordinances, and regulations (municipal, county, and state).
(D) The applicant shall guarantee proper protection for the town’s property placed on the applicant’s premises and shall permit access to it only by authorized representatives of the town.
(E) In the event that any loss or damage to the property of the town or any accident or injury to persons or property is caused by or results from the negligence or wrongful act of the applicant, his or her agents or employees, the cost of the necessary repairs or replacements shall be paid by the applicant to the town and any liability otherwise resulting shall be assumed by the applicant.
(F) The amount of such loss or damage or the cost of repairs shall be added to the applicant’s bill, and if not paid, water and sewer service may be discontinued by the town.
(G) Where there is not provided a separate service connection for each building situated on any given lot or parcel of land, the owner of such lot or parcel of land shall be responsible for the payment of charges for service supplied to all such buildings on the lot or parcel. Where separate service connections are not provided to every occupancy unit, or tenant within a multi-tenant building, the owner of the building shall be responsible for the payment of all charges for water and sewer services to such building.
(Prior Code, § 51.07) (Ord. passed - -) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Following the original construction and installation of the town sanitary sewer system, sewer lines may be extended in accordance with policies established from time to time by the Board of Commissioners.
(B) The town shall not be required to permit or to make any extensions of sewer lines except in accordance with policies established by the Board of Commissioners and only in the event the applicant desiring extension shall advance to the town the entire cost of such extension and installation of lines.
(Prior Code, § 51.08) (Ord. passed - -)
(A) Duly authorized agents of the town shall have access, at all reasonable hours, to the premises of the applicant for the purpose of installing or removing town property, inspecting piping, or for any other purpose in connection with the town’s service and facilities.
(B) Each applicant shall grant or convey, or shall cause to be granted or conveyed, to the town a perpetual easement and right-of-way across any property owned or controlled by the applicant whenever such perpetual easement and right-of-way is necessary for the town sewer facilities and lines, so as to be able to furnish sewer service to the applicant.
(Prior Code, § 51.09) (Ord. passed - -)
(A) Not less than three days’ notice must be given to discontinue service or to report a change of occupancy. Such a report shall be made to the Town Clerk:
(1) In person during regular business hours;
(2) By first class mail in a post-paid envelope, properly addressed to the Town Hall;
(3) By facsimile transmission to the town’s facsimile receiving unit; or
(4) By electronic mail to the town’s email address.
(B) The vacating applicant shall be responsible for all water and sewer service used up to the time of departure or the time specified for departure, whichever period is longest.
(C) Charges for water and sewer service shall be made monthly, and each user of metered water service shall be billed for sewer service in accord with this subchapter.
Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Water meters will be read and bills rendered monthly, but the town may vary the dates or length of period covered temporarily or permanently if necessary or desirable.
(B) Bills for water and sewer service will be figured in accord with the town’s published rate schedule then in effect and will be based on the amount of water consumed for the period covered by the meter readings, but the amount payable for each month’s service shall not be less than the minimum charge prescribed in the schedule of rates.
(C) (1) Charges for water and sewer service shall be made monthly.
(2) New applicants for metered water service shall be charged for sewer service when the water service meter and sewer service connection is installed, whether used or not.
(D) Bills for water and sewer service shall be due when rendered. Any bill which shall be due and unpaid by the end of the fifteenth day of the calendar month next following the end of the month for which billed, shall be subject to an additional charge, as established by the Commission, and if not paid by the twenty-fifth of that month, the water and sewer services shall be discontinued, and upon payment of the delinquent bill, there shall be added a reinstatement of service charge in an amount as established by a schedule of fees adopted and amended from time to time by the Town Board, a copy of which schedule shall be maintained and available for review during normal business hours at the Town Hall.
(E) Failure to receive bills or notices shall not prevent such bills from becoming delinquent nor relieve the applicant from payment.
(Prior Code, § 51.11) (Ord. passed - -)
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