This chapter shall apply to all water districts
of the Town of Warwick now or hereafter established and to the customers
thereof. No water service connections or facilities shall be made
or installed except in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
As used in this chapter, unless the context
or subject matter otherwise requires, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
Any property which shall not come within the definition of
"residence property."
CONSUMER
The owner or owners of premises supplied with water from
the system.
DISTRICT
One of the water districts duly established by the Town Board
pursuant to Article 12 of the Town Law.
OPERATOR
The person, company or agency designated by the Town Board
to provide hands-on operation of the district system, inspect and
supervise the installation of connections to the system, provide meter
readings, perform routine maintenance and perform housekeeping and
laboratory work.
RESIDENCE PROPERTY
A house, apartment, cabin, cottage or any other dwelling
unit occupied or capable of being occupied as unrelated eating and
sleeping quarters for one or more persons.
SYSTEM
The wells, pumping apparatus, reservoirs and reservoir sites,
water mains, infiltration galleries, pipes and all appurtenances of
the district water supply and distribution facilities.
No connection to any other source of supply
of water shall be made or maintained to any pipe or plumbing fixtures
that may be connected to the system of the district.
No person except the operator or employee of
the district or any member of a duly organized fire company shall
take water from any fire hydrant or shall operate, use or disturb
any hydrant.
Any new private water main, permitted only by
permission of the Town Board, shall be installed in a manner directed
by the district, and all service pipes, connections and other appliances
from such private water main, from the time of inception, shall become
the property of the district and subject to all provisions hereof.
[Amended 10-11-2018 by L.L. No. 6-2018]
Any person desiring to be supplied with water from the system
shall make application in writing to the operator upon blanks prescribed
and furnished by the district and shall pay all charges applicable
to the service applied for at the time of making said application.
The Town Supervisor is hereby authorized and designated to receive
and collect all charges and other fees payable to the Town pursuant
to this chapter.