Extensions to the water system of the town outside the corporate limits of the town shall be subject to the following terms and conditions.
(A) (1) All requests for water main extensions outside the corporate limits of the town shall be in writing and shall be submitted to the Town Clerk for consideration by the Board of Commissioners.
(2) The Town Clerk shall issue to the applicant of an approved request for water extensions outside the corporate limits of the town, a permit which shall be in writing and signed by the requesting applicant.
(3) This permit shall include and be subject to the applicable terms and conditions and this water main extension policy of the town.
(B) An applicant requesting water main extensions outside the corporate limits shall, at his or her expense, furnish the town with plans, maps or surveys of the area to which extensions are requested as extensions and by him or her conveyed to the town.
(C) Any rights-of-way or easements that may be required by the town shall be obtained by the applicant requesting the water extension and by him or her conveyed to the town.
(D) No extension to the water system of the town shall be made outside the town corporate limits in a street unless it has been opened, graded and meets the requirements of the town.
(E) The town shall determine the size and depth of water mains required and desirable in each locality and on each street where an extension is requested.
(F) Construction of any water main extensions outside the corporate limits of the town shall be in accordance with the town’s specifications and subject to the town’s supervision and inspection.
(1988 Code, § 53.26)
(1) All water main extensions to be looped, when feasible; where not feasible, blow-off valves must be installed.
(2) Single-family dwellings must have a separate water tap with a minimum three-fourths-inch water supply line per lot.
(3) Mobile home park lots must have a minimum of three-fourths separate water taps.
(4) Water service line not smaller than three-fourths inch per apartment.
(5) Triplex apartment building to be served by a separate three-fourths-inch water tap per apartment.
(6) Subdivision and mobile home park tap fees may be wavered to developer when installing such.
(Ord. O-7-5-94, passed - -)
(G) The actual cost of water main extensions outside the corporate limits of the town shall be borne by the applicant as follows.
(1) The applicant requesting water main extensions outside the corporate limits of the town shall bear the entire costs of constructing the water extension.
(2) The town shall refund to the applicant an amount equal to 50% of the town’s water connection charges from connections to the extensions for a period not to exceed five years. The total of these refunds shall not exceed 50% of the amount so deposited by the applicant.
(3) In the event the area in which the water main extensions are provided is incorporated within the town’s limits before the five-year period has elapsed from the date extensions were constructed, the provisions of § 53.25(B)(3) shall apply.
(H) Upon completion of the construction of water extensions to the water system of the town, extensions shall unconditionally become the property of the town.
(1988 Code, § 53.26)