(A) Permit required. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation (hereinafter referred to as “person”) to make any connection to the town sewer system for usage of the sewer system outside of the town without first obtaining a permit to do so.
(B) Application for permit; fees and penalties.
(1) Application for the permit shall be made to the town through its Town Clerk-Treasurer. The permit shall be granted only after a determination by the Council that the town will have adequate sewer facilities to handle the sewage requirements of its citizens and to meet any prior contractual commitments to provide sewer service, including prior permits to provide sewer service outside of town limits.
(2) The application and permit shall include a specific use and include the amount of sewage that is approved for connection to the system.
(3) The fee for the permit and penalties for violation of this section shall be as set forth from time to time by resolution. The fees for the permit and penalties shall compensate the town for any additional burden upon the existing physical sewer system.
(C) Costs borne by consumer; use restricted; violations.
(1) Any costs incurred in extending any mains or modification of the physical sewer system, including treatment facilities, and increased maintenance shall be borne by the persons desiring to use the sewer outside of town limits.
(2) Any sewer connection approved by a permit pursuant to this section shall only be used by the permitted user and only for the specific amounts of sewage set forth in the permit.
(3) Violations of this section regarding user and amounts shall be a basis for penalty or revocation of the permit.
(D) Modification of town system. Nothing in this section shall require the town to modify the town’s system in order to supply sewer service outside of town limits.
(E) Application of regulations. All sewage use ordinances and regulations for sewer service in town shall be applicable to sewer service outside of town.
(F) Rates.
(1) The rates for sewer service outside town limits shall be set from time to time by resolution of the Town Council.
(2) In the event a resolution is not passed specifically addressing sewer service outside town limits, then the rates shall be the same as for customers inside town limits.
(Prior Code, § 9-2A-7) (Ord. 367, passed 1-10-2013) Penalty, see § 9-2-7