(A) Application for connection. Any person desiring to make a connection to a water main of the town is required to file a written application with the Town Clerk-Treasurer to make the connection.
(Prior Code, § 9-2-2)
(B) Contract for water service. The application for water service shall contain a contract on the part of the person making the application:
(1) To pay for the water consumed at the rate prescribed by ordinance at the time the water is consumed;
(2) To recognize the right of the town to change the rate by ordinance at any time;
(3) To recognize the right of the town to temporarily discontinue water service at any time without notice to the consumer to install, repair or remove a water meter or for any other proper cause;
(4) Stating that the contract is subject to all of the ordinances in effect at the time of making the contract, and to those which may be passed and go into effect thereafter;
(5) Stating that the town shall not be responsible for any damage by water or other causes resulting from defective plumbing or appliances, and the fact that an agent of the town has inspected plumbing or appliances shall not be pleaded as a basis for recovery in a case of damage to the premises from defective plumbing or appliances installed by the owner or occupant of such premises;
(6) Providing that the town shall not be liable for damages resulting from the interruption or failure of the supply of water regardless of the cause thereof, and that such failure for any reasonable period of time shall not be held to constitute a breach of contract on the part of the town, nor relieve the consumer from performing the obligations of his or her contract; and
(7) Providing that the water deposit, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be retained by the town and applied by the town on any unpaid water bill of the consumer, and further providing that unless the water deposit is claimed by the consumer after the consumer ceases to use the water or after the water is turned off, the consumer forfeits all right, title or interest in the deposit in accordance with state law.
(Prior Code, § 9-2-4)
Penalty, see § 51.99