The schedule of charges and rates for water service shall be as adopted annually or at any other time as determined by resolution of the Town Board; except that if no action is taken by the Board, the most recently adopted schedule shall continue in effect.
All water supplied shall be charged for on the basis of the amount registered on the meter or meters installed on the consumer's premises, with a minimum charge as established by the Town Board. Where two or more meters supply the same premises and consumer, the consumer, in addition to the fixed charges for all meters, shall be billed at the schedule of rates for a quantity of water equal to the sum of the readings on all meters on the premises.
A charge shall be made, for construction purposes, during the erection of any dwelling. This charge, which includes temporary service and the setting of the meter, shall be a flat fee established by the rules and regulations of the Town Board. This temporary service terminates before the issuance of an occupancy permit for the dwelling. Termination of the temporary service is a condition of the issuance of the occupancy permit by the Town of Aurora Building Inspector.
The Water Department, with the approval of the Town Board, shall determine the charges and rates in special cases to cover unusual conditions or types of service not contemplated in this chapter or in the charges and rates set by the Town Board for regular service. No consumer will be allowed to supply water to other persons or premises, and no owner or occupant shall use water from another premises, unless specific permission has been obtained in each case from the Water Department. The Department has the right to require, during a temporary period of emergency, that a consumer allow it to connect an adjacent premises to such consumer's piping; but in such case, allowance will be made for excess water registered on his meter.
Checks for payments of water district bills and water charges shall be made payable to the water district. Meters will be read and bills rendered at regular quarterly intervals. Bills for the previous quarter shall be due and payable at the office and on the date designated on the bill. Unpaid water charges in arrears for 30 days or longer shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding 10% of the amount due, and the Water Department may cut off the supply of water if such water charges are not paid within 60 days of the date due. The Town Board may, by rules and regulations, provide for an additional charge for restoring the service of water in addition to the unpaid water bill.
The Water Department, upon the written request of a property owner, will mail the water bills to the tenant or lessee using the water, but the owner shall remain responsible for all charges provided for in this article, together with any penalties.
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The Town Board may enter into a contract or contracts for the sale of water to users not within the water district if such outside use cannot or will not cause a hardship to the water users within the district to which such outside users are connected.
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Rates for such use shall be specified in each such contract, provided that such rates shall not be less than the rates established for users within the district. In fixing such rates, the Town Board may consider whether any such applicant is assessed by the water district as a property owner within said district. Any contract for such service outside the district shall require the party requesting such service to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
All water rents, penalties and interest thereon and all charges for tapping, connecting and disconnecting and any other charges provided by this chapter shall be a lien on the real property upon which the water is used, and such lien shall be prior to every other lien or claim except the lien of an existing tax. The Town Clerk shall annually file, by October 1, with the Town Board and the Supervisor the amount of any such liens which have not been paid at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Town Board and which are more than three months in arrears, with a description of the real property affected thereby. The Supervisor and Board of Assessors may include such amount in the annual tax levy and transmit such statements to the Board of Legislators, which shall levy the same upon the real property in default.