§ 51.15  CONNECTIONS; PERMIT REQUIRED.
   (A)   (1)   No person, firm or corporation shall connect with the water system of the town until they shall have made application for permission to connect to the town.
      (2)   This application shall be made before any part of the drainage system of the house or other connection shall have been laid or constructed and the application shall be accompanied with a plan or drawing showing the location of the building and the entire proposed connection from the public sewerage line through the building to its terminus, showing the location of all the fixtures, traps, ventilating pipes, and the like, and shall state the name of the street and name of the person, firm or corporation.
(Prior Code, § 5-1002)
   (B)   Each individual business or residential building or structure shall install a separate water and sewer connection.
(Prior Code, § 5-1003)
   (C)   (1)   Pursuant to G.S. § 160A-317, all owners of improved property within the town limits located within a reasonable distance of any water line or sewage collection line owned and operated by the town, are hereby required to connect their premises with the water or sewage collection line.
      (2)   The respective property owners will be responsible for any water or sewage service line constructed on their property for the purpose of connecting their premises to the town water or sewage line.
      (3)   The town will connect from its water and sewage lines to the property line of the improved property owner; provided, however, that no water or sewage service line will be connected to the town water or sewage lines until after the town has caused the respective water or sewage service lines, of the improved property owners, to be inspected and approved.
      (4)   Each property owner making the aforementioned connection will be charged a fee to be determined for each sewage connection and for each water connection.
      (5)   After September 1, 1974, an owner of improved property within the corporate limits, upon notification by the town to comply with the provisions of this division, shall have 14 days to comply with these provisions.
(Prior Code, § 5-1022)  Penalty, see § 51.99