Town of Bethany Beach, DE
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2024-01-16
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Volume II
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Part VI: General Legislation — Land and Infrastructure
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Chapter 516 Water and Sewers
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Part 1 Water
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Article I Unmetered Use
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 9 Assessments
- Ch 21 Drug and Alcohol Policy
- Ch 26 Elections
- Ch 32 Indemnification of Officers and Employees
- Ch 40 Manager
- Ch 45 Ordinances, Adoption of
- Ch 51 Pension Program for Town Employees
- Ch 56 Personnel Policies
- Ch 60 Planning and Zoning Commission
- Ch 72 Town Bandstand and Plaza
- Part II: General Legislation — Commercial
- Ch 85 (Reserved)
- Ch 102 Business Licensing
- Ch 110 Circuses, Carnivals and Exhibitions
- Ch 116 Coin-Operated Amusement Devices
- Ch 123 Commercial Activities and Concessionaires
- Ch 144 Geothermal Closed-Loop Heat Exchange Well Systems
- Part III: General Legislation — Public Conduct and Safety
- Ch 212 Aircraft
- Ch 217 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 223 Beach
- Ch 227 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 229 Boardwalk
- Ch 231 Boats, Personal Watercraft and Boat Trailers; Recreational Vehicles; Portable On-Demand Storage Units
- Ch 240 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 247 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 251 Fires, Open and Recreational; Outdoor Cooking
- Ch 256 Fireworks
- Ch 260 Gambling and Games of Chance
- Ch 275 Noise
- Ch 272 Marijuana
- Ch 282 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 298 Skateboards, Roller Skates and In-Line Skates
- Ch 301 Smoking, Outdoor
- Ch 309 Trailers and Camping
- Ch 316 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Part IV: General Legislation — Government Access
- Ch 349 Public Access to Records
- Ch 364 Taxation
- Ch 370 Tort Claims
- Ch 378 Voting and Voter Registration
- Volume II
- Part V: General Legislation — Building and Zoning
- Ch 395 Building Construction
- Ch 410 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 425 Zoning
- Part VI: General Legislation — Land and Infrastructure
- Ch 440 Brush and Grass
- Ch 448 Erosion Control
- Ch 453 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 461 Houses, Numbering of
- Ch 475 Property Maintenance
- Ch 484 Solar Energy Systems
- Ch 486 Littering, Solid Waste, Recyclables and Yard Waste
- Ch 493 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 500 Swimming Pools and Spas
- Ch 507 Trees
- Ch 516 Water and Sewers
- Ch 516 Pt 1 Art I Unmetered Use
- § 516-1 Transportation of unmetered water unlawful.
- § 516-2 Violations and penalties.
- § 516-3 Exceptions.
- Ch 525 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
- Ch 530 Signs
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 3-19-1976 by Ord. No. 45; amended
in its entirety 9-16-1988 by Ord. No. 207 (Ch. 238, Art. I, of the
1992 Code)]
It shall be an offense for anyone to take unmetered
water from the distribution system of the Town of Bethany Beach for
the purpose of transporting said water beyond and for use beyond the
corporate limits of the Town of Bethany Beach for whatever purpose
without the consent of the Town Council having been previously obtained.
[Amended 9-18-1992 by Ord. No. 279; 2-17-2006 by Ord. No.
407]
Any person, firm or corporation so obtaining said unmetered water from the Town system for the purpose of transporting the same beyond and for use beyond the Town of Bethany Beach, without the consent of the Town Council or from persons delegated by it to give its consent, shall, upon conviction thereof, pay such fines as set out in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I, Penalties; and such persons who unlawfully supply water from the Town system shall be subject to a like fine and penalty for each offense.
This article shall not apply to the Volunteer
Fire Department of the Town of Bethany Beach in its use of the Town's
water in its fire protection activities within the Town of Bethany
Beach or beyond the corporate limits of said Town; to the corporate
limits of Bethany Beach in the use of the water produced by said Town
in their normal business activities; nor to the supplying of the Town's
water to the adjacent National Guard of Delaware Camp; nor to the
Sussex Shore Development Company during times of emergency.
