(A) Commercial Service is a connection which serves an apartment house where there are three or more families residing or a store, factory or institution which requires large quantities of water. The sizes of these services shall be determined by consultation with the Water Department. The Water Department may require, at its discretion, that separate customers in apartment houses or commercial buildings with three or less consumer quarters or family units, and in double houses, duplex flats or trailer camps be metered separately in cases where the one meter is presently installed and consumption is less than combined minimums for all customers. Until such time as customer and/or property owner re-alights piping at his or her expense to facilitate installation of separate meters, the monthly billing shall be not less than combined minimums of all separate customer units served.
(B) Residence Service is a connection, which serves a residence wherein not more than two families reside. The size of these services shall be not smaller than 5/8 inch nor larger than one 1 inch inside diameter of pipe.
(C) A service shall consist of : One corporation cock, 3/4 inch in size for single-family residences and of a size as specified by Utility Superintendent for apartments or commercial consumers, threaded into the water main. Copper pipe or plastic P.V.C. Spec. PE 3306 connected to the corporation cock, and extending to not less than one foot inside the property line.
(D) Water shall be turned off (or on) at meter only by a Water Department employee. All service pipes installed after February 30, 2002, must have a shutoff within the consumer premises for emergency shut-off’s and making of repairs.
(E) In no case shall service pipes be allowed to run across from one lot to another, but each lot shall be served by a service directly from the distribution main serving said premises.
(F) All persons are forbidden to cover up or in any way interfere with any curb-box, valve pit, valve box or hydrant. In the case of any automobile or vehicular accident involving the breaking or disconnection of a fire hydrant, the car owner involved shall pay for the repair of same.
(G) Any consumers who have an existing line shall pay only costs associated with the Town Water Utility inspection of said line as determined by the Waterworks Superintendent.
(H) All old water lines shall be closed and properly capped after service has been discontinued by the Superintendent of the Waterworks. Upon closure or discontinued use, the consumer shall repay all existing fees associated with any retapping into existing lines.