The Town shall have the power:
a.
To construct, operate and maintain a water system and water plant.
b.
To construct, operate and maintain a sanitary sewerage system and
a sewage treatment plant.
c.
To construct, operate, and maintain a storm water drainage system
and storm water sewers.
d.
To construct, operate, and maintain, reconstruct, enlarge, alter,
repair, improve or dispose of all parts, installations and structures
of the above plants and systems.
e.
To have surveys, plans, specifications and estimates made for any
of the above plants and systems or parts thereof or the extension
thereof.
f.
To do things it deems necessary for the efficient operation and maintenance
of the above plants and systems.
Any public service corporation, company, or individual, before
beginning any construction, placing or relocation of any main, conduit,
pipe, or other structure in the public ways of the Town, shall submit
plans to the Town and obtain written approval upon such conditions
and subject to such limitations as may be imposed by the Town. If
any unauthorized main, conduit, pipe, or other structure interferes
with the operation of the water, sewerage, or storm water systems,
the Town may order it removed.
All individuals, firms, or corporations having mains, pipes,
conduits, or other structures, in, on, or over any public way in the
Town or in the county which impede the establishment, construction,
or operation of any Town sewer or water main shall, upon reasonable
notice, remove or adjust the obstructions at their own expense to
the satisfaction of the Town. If necessary to carry out the provisions
of this section, the Town may use its condemnation powers provided
in Section 1202.
The Town may enter upon or do construction in, on, or over any
county public way for the purpose of installing or repairing any equipment
or doing any other things necessary to establish, operate, and maintain
the water system, water plant, sanitary sewerage system, sewage treatment
plant, or storm water sewers provided for in this Charter. Unless
required by the state or county, the Town need not obtain any permit
or pay any charge for these operations, but it must notify the county
of its intent to enter on the public way and must leave the public
way in a condition not inferior to that existing before.
The Town shall provide a connection with water and sanitary
sewer mains for all property abutting on any public way in which a
sanitary sewer or water main is laid. When any water main or sanitary
sewer is declared ready for operation by the Town, all abutting property
owners after reasonable notice shall connect all fixtures with the
water or sewer main. All wells found to be polluted or a menace to
health may be ordered abandoned and closed.
The Town may make a charge, the amount to be determined by the
Town Commission for each connection made to the Town's water
or sewer mains. This charge shall be uniform throughout the Town,
but may be changed from year to year. Arrangements for the payment
of this charge shall be made before the connection is made.
In order to prevent any leakage or waste of water or other improper
use of the Town's water system or sewage disposal system the
Town may require such changes in plumbing, fixtures, or connections
as its deems necessary to prevent such waste or improper use.
The Town may by ordinance provide that no water supply, sewerage,
or storm water drainage system, and no water mains, sewers, drains,
or connections therewith, shall be constructed or operated by any
person or persons, firm, corporation, institution, or community, whether
upon private premises or otherwise, and may provide that cesspools
or other private methods of sewage disposal shall be operated and
maintained in such a manner that they do not and will not be likely
to affect adversely the public comfort and health may be deemed a
nuisance and may be abated by the Town. (Thus in original.)
The Town shall have the power to extend its water or sewerage
systems beyond the Town limits.
Any employee or agent of the Town, while in the necessary pursuit
of his official duties with regard to the water or sewage disposal
systems operated by the Town, shall have the right of entry, for access
to water or sewer installations, at all reasonable hours, and after
reasonable advance notice to the owner, tenant, or person in possession,
upon any premises and into any premises and into any building in the
Town or in the county served by the Town's water or sewage disposal
system.
No person shall do anything which will discolor, pollute, or
tend to pollute any water used in the Town water supply system.
The Town, if it deems it advisable, may contract with any party
or parties, inside or outside the Town, to obtain water or to provide
for the removal of sewage.
The Town shall have the power to charge and collect such service
rates, water rents, ready-to-serve charges, or other charges as it
deems necessary for water supplied and for the removal of sewage.
All charges shall be a lien on the property, collectively in the same
manner as Town taxes or by suit at law.
Any violation of the provisions of this article, or failure
to comply with the requirements thereof, shall be shall be seemed
a misdemeanor and subject to penalties as set forth in Section 1304
of this Charter.
