Whenever any paving of the street is authorized or ordered by the Town Council its agents or employees, the Town Council may order the owners of the abutting property to connect their premises with the gas, sewer or water main, or with any other utility in the street right-of-way. If connecting to utilities is not feasible, the Town Council may order owners to share in the cost of constructing main line improvements outside of the paved street right-of- way. Upon default of any owner for 20 days after such an order to make the connections, the Town Manager may contract for and make the connections or improvements at the same distance under the regulations and in accordance with the specifications as may be prescribed. The whole cost of each connection or improvement including labor, material, equipment, necessary engineering, legal and publication expenses, shall be ascertained by the town and the cost to each owner shall be determined according to the material used and worked on under the contract in connecting or improving such property to said utilities. The engineering, legal and publication expenses shall be charged in such proportion as each connection or improvement bears to the whole.
(Ord. 14(1988) § 1; Ord. 8(1991) § 14)