The Board of Sewer and Water Commissioners may
declare that any sewer in any land or private, opened or proposed
to be opened for public travel, shall be a common sewer. No such sewer
shall be laid or connected with any existing common sewer except by
the Board of Sewer and Water Commissioners. This bylaw shall apply
to existing sewers as well as those hereafter laid in any such land
or way.
No appropriation for a sewer extension shall
be made unless a signed petition of at least two-thirds of all abutters
of such proposed extension shall have been submitted to the Board
of Sewer and Water Commissioners requesting said extension, expressing
support for assessment of betterments or other available methods of
financial contribution by abutters to such extension, and setting
forth a commitment by said abutters to connect buildings on their
land to said extended sewer, unless such land would qualify for a
waiver granted by the Board of Health from said commitment based upon
the conditions set forth in Article X, Section 1 (a) through (d) of
these bylaws.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an appropriation
for a sewer extension may be made upon the recommendation of the Board
of Sewer and Water Commissioners or Board of Health that such extension
is in the best interests of the Town or if necessary to comply with
a state or federal law or an order of state or federal agency or court.