Except as otherwise provided herein, rates for the use of water
and charges for installation of additional meters, discontinuance
of water service, reestablishment of discontinued water services,
penalties and for such other special services shall be as set from
time to time by the Town Board.
Any customer may order discontinuance or reinstitution of water
service by notifying the Water Department. The Town Board shall by
resolution establish fees for discontinuance or reinstitution of water
service. The owner of the property shall be responsible for any charges
for water consumption up to the final meter reading as well as any
charges for discontinuance of service if left unpaid by a customer.
A.
Except as provided in Subsection B, the customer shall be required to pay a separate and full scale of water charges for each separate use of water on his premises. The following services shall be considered separate uses:
(1)
Each one-family residence, occupied or unoccupied, which shall include
all types of living accommodations, including, but not limited to,
studio apartments and mobile homes, and whether in a single structure
or part of a single structure shall be designated as a separate use.
Each two-family house, apartment or multiple dwelling shall consist
of one separate use for each living quarters equipped with separate
toilet facilities and separate kitchen or kitchenette. Each other
type of residential property, including, but not limited to, hotels,
motels, nursing homes, resorts and rooming houses, where each accommodation
does not have separate kitchens and toilet facilities, shall be considered
one separate use.
(2)
Each church, library, fire company, municipal building, organizational
headquarters, museum or funeral parlor shall be designated as a separate
use.
(3)
Each commercial, industrial or warehouse property, including, but
not limited to, retail stores and office buildings, shall be designated
as separate uses. If a structure houses more than one separate business,
commercial, fraternal, governmental, service or other similar use,
each such use shall be designated a separate use, if it maintains
water facilities to the practical exclusion of other occupants of
the premises.
(4)
Every school, including, but not limited to, nursery schools, day-care
centers and public and parochial schools, shall be designated as a
separate use.
B.
The Town Board may, upon written application, by resolution waive
the requirements for separate metering of separate services it the
Board finds such requirement to work unnecessary hardship and unusual
expense. In such case, the customer shall nevertheless pay in addition
to the established gallonage rate the minimum rate for each separate
service multiplied by the number of unmetered separate services. All
existing services shall be deemed to have the privilege hereby accorded,
unless and until the customer or the Water Department shall request
a review of facts and circumstances, whereupon the Board shall by
resolution make a determination for or against the installation of
separate metering.
All water that passes through the meter shall be charged for
whether the water is used or wasted. The property owner shall be responsible
for water charges or other charges relating to water service pertaining
to the property.
A.
Meters will be read and bills rendered quarterly, the quarter days
being approximately the first day of January, April, July and October.
All bills are payable at the office of the Town Clerk or authorized
agent, and checks must be made payable to the Water Department.
B.
In default of payment of any bill within 60 days after it is rendered
the supply may be shut off and the meter removed without notice. The
water service shall not be reestablished, except upon payment of the
delinquent bill, together with any additional amount established by
the Town Board as a service charge for turning on the water.
C.
No deduction in the minimum rate shall be allowed for any time less
than the full quarter during which water service is discontinued.
No allowance in the minimum rate shall be made for more than one quarter.
D.
Water bills shall be due and payable upon presentation, and, if not
paid within 30 days from the date of billing, a penalty of 10% shall
be added. Any unpaid water bill on November 1 of any year shall be
added to the Town taxes and levied each year and collected and enforced
in the same manner and at the same time as provided by law for the
collection and enforcement of Town taxes.
In cases where a reading cannot be obtained, an estimated bill
will be rendered to the customer based upon average usage in a corresponding
period. In the event that a reading cannot be obtained for a period
of nine months, the Water Department reserves the right to suspend
the water service until such time as accurate billing is made possible
through a reading of the meter, and all service charges for suspending
and reinstating the water service have been paid to the Town.
If a customer has requested a final reading of his meter or
a final reading of the meter plus a discontinuance of service and
the Water Department is unable to gain entry to the property for such
purpose, an additional service charge will be made. This charge will
be effected only after notification of the property owner who is obliged
to make the premises available to the Water Department for a final
reading. If this is not done, for each additional service call made
necessary through the inability of the Water Department to gain entry
to a property, a charge will be made as set by the Town Board.
