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Editor's Note: For state law as to water supply systems generally,
see Title 15.2, Ch. 21, Code of Virginia. As to power of Town Council with
respect to utilities, see § 15.2-2109, Code of Virginia. For the
State Water Control Law, see § 62.1-44.2 et seq., Code of Virginia.
As to conservation of water resources, see § 62.1-44.36 et seq.,
Code of Virginia.
The Town Manager shall have supervision over the water system and all
pipes, plugs and other properties in any way connected therewith. The Town
Manager shall keep all parts of the machinery and equipment in connection
with the water system in good order and repair. He shall keep a map showing
the location of the main pipes and length and size of each of them. When there
is an extension of any main pipe, he shall mark on the map the place of the
extension, size of pipe used and other related information and shall keep
an account of the cost of material and labor used in making such extension.
He shall keep a record of all branch pipes, hydrants and other connections
with the water system.
All premises intended for human habitation or occupancy shall be provided
with a supply of pure and wholesome water, neither connected with unsafe water
supplied nor cross-connected through plumbing fixtures to the drainage system.
Whenever any person owning property in the Town along the line of any
water main shall desire the introduction of water into such premises, he shall
make written application therefor to the Town Treasurer. Such application
shall set forth the name of the applicant, the location of the property into
which the water is to be introduced, the purposes for which the water is to
be used and the name of the plumber who is to do the work incident to the
introduction of water into the premises. Such application shall also contain
a provision which, upon acceptance of the application by the Town Treasurer
and subsequent connection of the service pipe with the main, will obligate
the owner of the premises to pay for all water furnished pursuant to such
application until the filing with the Town Clerk of a written request for
discontinuance of service. The Town Treasurer shall not cause water to be
furnished at any water connection until the owner of the premises has agreed
to pay for all water furnished.
No water shall be supplied by the Town to any person outside of the
Town, except upon express permission granted by the Town Council.
Any person applying for Town water service for property in the Town
shall make a meter deposit of double the minimum charge for the billing period.
A.
Where, within the Town, an existing water main lies adjacent
to the property to be connected thereto, the connection fee for the connection
of such property to the main shall be at the rate established by the Council,
to be shown on a schedule maintained in the office of the Clerk, with the
rate established to be for a meter up to and including 3/4 of an inch in size
and thereafter to be increased by the difference in the cost of the meter
for a larger meter in size than 3/4 of an inch.
B.
When it is necessary to secure a highway permit, the
person desiring the connection shall also pay the cost thereof.
A.
Where, outside the Town, water from the Town is available
from existing waterlines, the connection fee for connection of such property
to the Town line shall be at the rate established by the Council, to be shown
on a schedule maintained in the office of the Clerk, with the rate established
to be for a meter up to and including 3/4 of an inch in size and thereafter
to be increased by the difference in the cost of the meter for a larger meter
in size than 3/4 of an inch. However, the party applying for such water connection
shall be responsible for all labor, materials and expense in installing such
waterline, except for the actual installation of the meter.
B.
Where it is necessary to secure a highway permit, the
person desiring the connection shall also pay the cost thereof.
Any other provision of this article to the contrary notwithstanding,
any person making a connection to a Town water main for a sprinkler system
or other fire protection system shall pay the entire cost of the service main,
valves, meters and meter vault.
Where the water has been turned off for nonpayment of a bill by the
person responsible therefor or for any other valid reason, it shall not be
turned on again until the charges or tariff fixed in this chapter for the
use of water and a reconnection fee as set by the Town Council shall have
been paid and the requisite deposit made, if no such deposit has previously
been made.
A charge as set by the Town Council shall be made for having water service
to particular premises turned off at the request of a water service customer.
Water cutoffs shall be made by the Town Manager.
Each person whose property is connected to the Town water system shall
provide a check valve between the Town's meter and any hot-water heater installed
or the property and a cutoff valve on the service line on such person's property.
No person shall damage any property which pertains to or is a part of
the Town's water system.
The Mayor may, if at any time he is of the opinion that there is a shortage
in the Town water supply and that an emergency exists with respect thereto,
at such time, give due and adequate notice of the existence of such emergency
and prescribe the extent to which the use of water shall be curtailed. Any
person found guilty of using water other than as permitted by the terms of
the order of the Mayor after due publication of the notice shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor.
The Town Council reserves the right to reserve a sufficient supply of
water at all times in its reservoirs to provide for fires and other emergencies
and to restrict or regulate the quantity or quality of water used by consumers
in the case of scarcity or whenever the public welfare may require it.
The Town Council reserves the right to cut off, for any cause, the water
supply of any or all consumers, upon 60 days' written notice from the Town
Council to the consumer or consumers in question.
When the supply of water to the consumer is discontinued or suspended
by the Town Council for any cause, it may be renewed upon a proper written
application, on blanks supplied by the Town Council, when conditions under
which the supply of water to the consumer was discontinued or suspended are
corrected and on the payment of all charges provided in the schedule of rates
or tariff of the use of water by the consumer.
The Town Council shall be the sole judge whether it is feasible to correct
the conditions under which the supply of water to the consumer is discontinued
or suspended.
