Water service may be discontinued by the Town
for any of the following reasons:
A.
For misrepresentation, in the application, as to property
or fixtures to be supplied or to the use to be made of the water supply.
B.
For the use of water on any property for a purpose
other than that described in the application.
C.
For willful waste of water through improper or imperfect
pipes, fixtures, meters or otherwise. Use of running water to prevent
freezing is hereby deemed a willful waste of water.
D.
For failure to maintain connections, service lines
or fixtures owned by the Town in good order.
E.
For nonpayment of charges, rates or fees for water
supplied or services rendered by the Town where such nonpayment exceeds
60 days from the date such amounts were due.
F.
For cross-connecting pipes carrying water supplied
by the Town with any other source of supply or with any apparatus
which may endanger the quality of the Town's water supply.
G.
For refusal of reasonable access to the property for
the purpose of reading, repairing, testing or removing meters or observing
water pipes and other fixtures.
H.
For the furnishing or receiving of a supply of water
from another premises.
I.
For damaging any service pipe, curb stopcock or any
other appliance of the Town used in controlling and regulating the
water supply.
J.
For failure to maintain in good order the water meter
and to protect it from freezing.
K.
In case of abandonment of the premises.
L.
In order to make necessary repairs, connections or
the like.
M.
For failure to install water hammer elimination devices pursuant to an order issued under the authority granted in § 400-15B(2) of this chapter.
N.
For violation of any other rule or regulation as prescribed
in this chapter.
P.
For other good cause.
A.
Any customer may discontinue water service by giving
the water billing office a written order to such effect received at
least 10 days prior to the date on which such discontinuance is intended
to take effect.
B.
If such request is for final termination of service
in said customer's name, then the request will be presumed to include
one for sealing the meter at the premises in question. The Town Engineer
or his or her designee will seal the meter in question at the time
of final reading of the meter unless the office receives, in writing,
a request that the meter not be sealed by the next customer requesting
service through such meter. Such written request must be submitted
in conjunction with a new application for service for the premises
in question.
A.
Water service shall not be considered discontinued
unless the meter or service connection is sealed in a manner satisfactory
to the Town.
B.
Where two or more premises have been supplied with
water through one service pipe under the control of one curb stop
and one of the customers violates any of the provisions of this chapter,
the Town reserves the right to shut off the water to the premises
ahead of the meter and remove the meter and/or seal the water service
connection at the meter of the customer in violation. Where neither
meter removal nor line sealing is practicable, water service to the
entire building so serviced is subject to water service shutoff until
such time as the violation(s) is(are) cured.
C.
Water services not to be used in a new structure will
be discontinued at the main and shut off by the owner's licensed plumber
prior to demolition of the existing structure. A permit fee will be
paid to the Town Engineer or his or her designee for such inspection
of disconnection.
No plumber, owner or other person shall turn
the water on or off at any tap or curb stop or disconnect or remove
the meter or otherwise shut off a water supply within the consent
of the Town Engineer or his or her designee.
A.
When service has been discontinued for reasons other than an emergency, the Town will renew services on proper application when conditions under which the service was discontinued are corrected or made immaterial and on the payment of all applicable charges and fees. Where service has been discontinued upon the request of the customer pursuant to § 400-18 of this chapter, such customer shall be required to pay the charge for restoration of service as provided under § 400-36 of this chapter. A customer whose service has been discontinued at one location owned by him may not have service renewed at another location until all the charges of the Town for water service to said customer have been paid and all the applicable rules and regulations of the Town Engineer or his or her designee complied with.
B.
No person shall break or remove a seal placed on a
water service line unless so authorized in writing by the Town Engineer
or his or her designee.
