(A) No connection to the town’s waterworks system shall be allowed until a permit is obtained and payment of distribution system availability and inspection fees and treatment plant availability fees have been made to the town or, if applicable, payments have been arranged in accordance with division (D) below.
(B) DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AVAILABILITY AND INSPECTION FEE is the charge to a user for a new or additional connection to the town’s waterworks system and is charged in return for the town making available to such user the town’s water main distribution system consisting of all facilities and operations necessary to provide water utility service to such user and the inspection of the connection to such water main distribution system. The distribution system availability and inspection fee is hereby established in the amount of $300 per EDU or 300 GPD of estimated average flow. The amount of the distribution system availability and inspection fee may, from time to time, be changed by the Town Council.
(C) TREATMENT PLANT AVAILABILITY FEE is the charge to a user for a new or additional connection to the town’s waterworks system and is charged in return for the town providing capacity in its water treatment plant system to such user. The treatment plant availability fee is hereby established in the amount of $955 per EDU or 300 GPD of estimated average flow. The amount of the treatment plant availability fee may, from time to time, be changed by the Town Council.
(D) Payment of the distribution system availability and inspection fee and the treatment plant availability fee shall be made at the following times:
(1) For new construction, both the distribution system availability and inspection fee and the treatment plant availability fee shall be paid in full before the issuance of a building permit; and
(2) For all new or additional users not qualifying as “new construction”, both the distribution system availability and inspection fee and the treatment plant availability fee shall be paid in full before the new or additional connection is made to the town’s waterworks system.
(Ord. 23-2009, passed 7-27-2009)