A landlord who is a party to a rental agreement shall pay for the municipal water and sewer services provided by the town’s municipal utilities for the tenant’s dwelling unit unless:
(A) The applicable utility service is provided to the tenant’s dwelling unit through an individual meter or submeter that measures usage only in the tenant’s dwelling unit;
(B) The rental agreement provides that, with respect to the applicable utility service, the tenant shall pay only for the cost of the utility service that is provided through the individual meter or submeter during the tenancy;
(C) The rental agreement provides that the town’s municipal utilities shall have reasonable access at all times to the individual meter or submeter, for the purpose of reading the meter or submeter;
(D) The landlord grants the town’s municipal utilities such access to the individual meter or submeter;
(E) The provisions in the rental agreement that implement this section are stated in clear and unambiguous language; and
(F) The landlord signs an agreement with the town’s municipal utilities providing that the landlord shall be responsible for all unpaid utilities if a notice of disconnect is issued to any individual tenant at any of landlord’s dwelling units that do not have an individual outside meter and the entire billing for unpaid utilities are not paid in full within the seven days after the notice of disconnect is issued.
(Ord. 2016-05, passed 11-15-2016)