(A) The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, commercial, recreation or other similar purposes is hereby required, at his or her expense, to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to be connected to the public sewer system of the town. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge to or be connected to the public sewer system of the town for domestic, industrial, commercial or other purposes without having previously contracted for such service. All privately held parcels shall pay a monthly sewer basic facility charge whether connected or not, unless the public sewer system is not available at a location on or adjacent to the parcel.
(B) Notwithstanding anything else in this chapter, the town shall have no obligation to pay for and extend the public sewer system of the town to undeveloped lots that do not currently have such sewer lines adjacent to them. Any such extension shall require an agreement between the town and the requesting property owner as to payment of the cost of the extension in addition to the town’s approval of the specifications for construction as well as the final installation.
(C) As part of an agreement for the property owner to extend sewer lines to an undeveloped lot that does not currently have adjacent sewer lines, the town reserves the right to require such property owner to construct sewer lines to accommodate service to other adjacent properties along the same service line, at the property owner’s cost and expense, subject to reimbursement from other adjacent property owners as provided in division (D) below.
(D) If the town requires a property owner to construct sewer lines to accommodate sewer service to adjacent parcels, the town shall require the owner of each such adjacent parcel to compensate the constructing property owner for a pro rata cost of construction of the sewer line at the time the adjoining property owner submits an application to the town for water or sewer service. The pro rata cost of construction shall be determined by Town Council by dividing the final cost of constructing the sewer line extension by the number of buildable lots in which sewer service has been provided pursuant to division (C) above. To the extent water service is also extended pursuant to § 50.01, the construction of the sewer and water line extensions may be performed under the same construction contract. Assessment of a monthly sewer basic facility charge shall not relieve any property owner from the obligation to pay the pro rata cost of construction as provided herein.
(Prior Code, § 18-6) (Ord. passed 12-3-1969; Ord. passed 7-15-2008; Ord. passed 9-16-2008; Ord. passed 4-17-2012)