Approved meters to be used within the limits
of the Town of Massena will be furnished by the property owner at
the property owners' expense and shall remain the property of the
town. All connections in the Town of Massena will be metered.
Employees or agents of the Town of Massena may
enter the premises of the consumer at any reasonable time to examine
its connections and to determine the quantity of water used and the
method and manner of its use. The hours between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00
p.m. shall be considered reasonable hours for this purpose.
Damaged meters shall be repaired by the Town
of Massena at the expense of the consumer, except where the damage
is caused by ordinary wear and tear.
[Amended 12-18-2019]
Should it be desired by the consumer to discontinue
the use of water, the Town of Massena shall be notified in writing
as to the desired time and place at which the service is to be discontinued.
The Board shall require the Village Superintendent of Public Works
or his representative to shut off the service at the curb box. When
it is desired to resume service, similar notification shall be given
to the Town of Massena, and, upon payment of all indebtedness, the
Village Superintendent of Public Works or his representative will
turn on or off the water at the curb box. The charge made for turning
on or off the water shall be $25, payable to the Village of Massena.
When bills are desired by the consumer at other
than regularly specified times, a bill will be given after the receipt
of a written request.
The Town of Massena does not assume responsibility
for frozen services, notwithstanding the fact that installation of
any service which may subsequently become frozen had been installed
by the town or its representatives.
Whenever the public health, welfare or order
of the Town of Massena is endangered due to the freezing of water
service or supply pipes of the water consumers of the Town of Massena,
the Town Board of said town is hereby empowered to declare that a
public emergency exists.
Upon the declaration by the Town Board of the
Town of Massena that a public emergency exists due to the freezing
of water service or supply pipes, the Town of Massena, by its agents,
is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into a written agreement
to provide for the continuous flow of water at a minimum charge with
any and all property owners whose water service or supply pipes from
the main to the building are freezing or are in danger of freezing
as determined by the Village Superintendent of Public Works during
the emergency declared to exist, upon written application by said
property owner and upon the following terms and conditions:
A. The property owner agrees to pay and does pay to the
Town of Massena for each month, for the duration of the emergency
period, a sum equal in amount to the average monthly charge for water
based on the last four quarterly meter readings, and said Town of
Massena, upon making such agreement, allows to such water consumer
the amount of water that such average monthly charge will purchase
at the current water rate.
B. Upon the execution of such an agreement by the water
consumer and the duly authorized agency of the Town of Massena, it
shall be mutually agreed that such consumer will pay to said Town
of Massena the sum of $0.25 per 1,000 gallons for all water used in
excess of the allowance hereinbefore provided.
An emergency declared to exist hereunder shall
cease and terminate on the first day of May following its declaration,
and the meters of water consumers making the agreement herein contemplated
shall be read on that day and the water consumption determined.