(A) (1) Applications for service shall be made at the Town Utility Billing and Collections Department during normal business hours on forms to be provided by the Town. All required connection fees, deposits, and the like will be made at the time of application.
(2) Each renter for water and sewer service must make a deposit with the Utility Billing and Collections Department, in the amount specified in the Appendix, at the time service is applied for. This deposit is applied to the customer’s account at the end of any 2 year period when no late payment penalties have been assessed against the customer.
(B) The Town may reject an application for service as follows:
(1) Where service is not available;
(2) Where service is to a dwelling that has been declared unfit for human habitation by the Town Building Inspector;
(3) Where service will adversely affect existing users, until the time as corrections can be made to the ;
(4) Where the applicant is delinquent in payment of bills incurred for service previously supplied at any location;
(5) Where application is made by other than a property owner or his or her legally designated agent, residential only. Renters may receive service upon payment of a water and service deposit;
(6) The service location is not within the Town limits;
(7) When there is any potential, however remote, for a cross-connection to the water system from any source which may be pressurized, hazardous materials, or toxic substances, the ORC may require visual confirmation that the cross-connection potential has been eliminated, or that cross-connection control devices, as specified by the Town, are in place and functional before the water can be turned on. Lawn irrigation systems shall be protected against backflow by a reduced pressure principle backflow prevention device (RPZ), which shall conform to ASSE 1013, AWWA C511, or CSA CAN/CSA 864.3, with a relief opening that discharges by air gap above grade; (see § 50.039, Cross-Connection Control) and/or
(8) At a new structure that has not passed the required plumbing inspection or does not adhere to provisions of the Town zoning ordinance.
(1989 Code, § 50.03) (Ord. passed 3-13-1984; Am. Ord. passed 2-9-1993; Am. Ord. 1183, passed 6-14-2005; Am. Ord. 1586, passed 10-13-2015; Am. Ord. 1942, passed 7-13-2021)