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(A) Steps for filing lien. Any utility monthly bill, penalty, turn on fee, or connection charge remaining unpaid on or after the one-hundred-twentieth day of the initial billing shall become a lien upon the property benefited by the water services furnished pursuant to said bill upon and only after the following steps have been taken.
(1) The town shall first give ten days’ notice, in writing, to the current occupant (billing party) at their address for utility billing purposes and to the current owner’s address of record for county real property tax purposes in the County Treasurer’s office for the property in question, of its intent to file a lien against the property, such notice to reasonably describe the property and set forth the amount claimed by the town. The street address shall be sufficient to describe the property in the notice and shall be sufficient address for mailing the notice if the property owner has no utility billing or other address on file with the town. For purposes of this chapter, notice shall be sufficient if deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed as hereinabove indicated and shall be complete upon mailing.
(2) No sooner than ten days after the mailing of the notice(s) as provided hereinabove, the town shall file a lien statement properly acknowledged and containing a true legal description of the property and the amount then due to the town in the office of the County Clerk and ex officio register of deeds of the county.
(3) Upon the proper filing of said lien statement, the lien shall be considered a lien on the property for all purposes.
(B) Foreclosure. Any such lien may thereafter be foreclosed by appropriate action in court or in the manner provided by law for the foreclosure of a mortgage by advertisement and sale as set forth in Wyo. Stat. §§ 34-4-102 et seq., as amended from time to time.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-10) (Ord. 342, passed 3-18-2004; Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-4-2024)
(A) Maintenance of water lines. The town shall be responsible for the maintenance and repair of the water mains and lateral service lines to each user’s property line. All maintenance inside the property lines shall be the responsibility of the property owner, except for the water meter and backflow prevention devices which shall be maintained by the town whether located on private property or not.
(B) Installation of lateral service lines and other consumer lines. All lateral service lines and other consumer lines installed after the effective date hereof shall be buried a minimum of six feet below final grade and shall be backfilled in compliance with § 8-2-6.
(C) Curb stops required. The town shall install a curb stop in each service line.
(D) Keys to valves controlling water mains and curb stops.
(1) No person, except an employee or agent acting under the instruction of the town or a member of the Town Council shall be allowed to use, own, or possess a key to any valve controlling water system mains.
(2) No person, except a town approved plumber or contractor, or an employee acting under instructions of the town or a member of the Town Council, shall be allowed to use, own, or possess a key to a curb stop.
(3) The keys herein described shall not be loaned to any person for any purpose, nor shall such key be allowed to remain in the possession of any individual other than as herein provided.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-11) (Ord. 342, passed 3-18-2004; Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-4-2024) Penalty, see § 9-1-22
No person having a water tap on his or her premises and permitted to use water therefrom shall supply water to other families or persons, or allow other persons to take water from the premises except for drinking or domestic purposes.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-12) (Ord. 342, passed 3-18-2004; Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-4-2024) Penalty, see § 9-1-22
No person shall waste water from the town water system. No leaks in service pipes, connecting pipes, or any water fixture shall be permitted, and if not promptly repaired to stop such waste of water, after notice from the Town Council or Public Utilities Commissioner, water shall be shut off and not again turned on until such leak is repaired.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-13) (Ord. 342, passed 3-18-2004) Penalty, see § 9-1-22
(A) Notice when water shut off. Notice to property owners or occupants/tenants, by the town or by any officer or employee thereof, when water is to be turned off for any official reason, shall not be required; however, the town may, at its discretion, notify property owners or occupants/tenants when water is to be shut off to any premises.
(B) Water turned off; consent to turn on. When the water has been turned off from any consumer, they shall not turn it on nor permit it to be turned on without the consent of the town.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-14) (Ord. 342, passed 3-18-2004)
(A) Free access following notice. The Public Utilities Commissioner, employees of the Water Department, Chief of Police, police officers, the Mayor, and all other officers, agents, or inspectors of the town shall have free access at all reasonable hours, upon reasonable notice, to enter any premises where water is used, for the purpose of maintenance and repair of facilities and for the purpose of ascertaining any violations of any of the provision of this chapter, and such right of access is hereby declared to be a condition of water service which is accepted by property owners, occupiers, and tenants by accepting service from the town water system.
(B) Denial of access. If access as herein provided is denied by the owner or other person(s) in rightful possession of property, the town may shut off water service and discontinue any further utility service to the premises.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-15) (Ord. 342, passed 3-18-2004)
During any time that water is in short supply or there is any water emergency whatsoever, the Mayor and the Town Council may establish reasonable rules and regulations for the town. Said reasonable rules and regulations may include, but not by way of limitation, the power to regulate water use on any uniform basis deemed necessary by the Town Council and the power to impose lawn watering and other water use restrictions within and without the town.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-16) (Ord. 342, passed 3-18-2004)
(A) Sprinkling and nonessential purposes; notice.
(1) The use of water from the town water utility for lawn and garden sprinkling or other nonessential purposes may be prohibited or restricted by resolution of the Town Council.
(2) Except as provided in division (C) below, the order shall be effective when notice thereof is published at Town Hall. The town may give notice by other reasonable means to disseminate the restrictions, including mailing notices or distributing notices to the residences. However, the only required notice is publication at Town Hall. Ignorance of the restrictions after the day of the publication is not a defense to a charge of violating this chapter.
(3) Upon the publication of the notice, the sprinkling restrictions or prohibitions so prescribed shall take effect and any violator thereof shall be punished as provided in § 1-4-1. The town shall also post notification of the removal of water restrictions in the same manner as notice is given declaring water restrictions.
(B) Purposes for restricting use enumerated. The town may adopt, amend, enforce, and remove restrictions upon the use of municipal water by resolution for the purpose of protecting the town’s surface and underground water resources and the municipal water system. The restrictions may include but are not limited to:
(1) Regulation of the hours, duration, and days when outdoor watering of vegetation is permitted;
(2) Regulation of the types of outdoor vegetation which may be watered;
(3) Prohibition of watering outdoor vegetation;
(4) Prohibition of washing hard surfaced areas;
(5) Regulating or prohibiting washing vehicles except in businesses open to the public for washing vehicles in self-service or automated bays;
(6) Requiring signage for irrigation from private wells; and
(7) Regulating or prohibiting watering turf, trees, shrubs, and flowers in public parks, cemeteries, and golf courses.
(C) Emergency; immediate curtailment. In the event of a major fire or other emergency that should require the immediate curtailment of the use of water from the water utility, the Mayor or his or her designee shall have the authority to make such restrictions as he or she deems necessary for the protection of the public.
(D) Effect of section. All restrictions adopted by town under this section are effective within the town limits and any property connected to the town’s water utility.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-17) (Ord. 366, passed 8-16-2012)
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