Where any subdivision is to be supplied water
by means of a communal water system as defined herein, the owner or
owners of such system, before final approval of such a subdivision
by the Planning Board, shall irrevocably offer to the Town of Monroe
title to the realty or interest therein upon which said system and
its appurtenances are to be located, together with title to all those
pipes, pumps, mains, valves and any other related equipment or machinery
necessary for its operation.
For the purposes of this article, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
COMMUNAL WATER SYSTEM
Any water system or waterworks which is designed to, intended
to or will, in fact, furnish water to five or more lots along an existing
or proposed street, highway, easement or right-of-way, whether or
not the source for such system is or will be a surface or subsurface
source or a combination of both, whether or not such a system is or
will be owned individually, by a corporation or an association and
whether or not such a system or any of its appurtenances are wholly
or partly located outside the Town of Monroe.
Any such communal water system shall be constructed
in accordance with any rules and specifications adopted by the Town
of Monroe for the construction of such systems.
These requirements are subject to the waiver provisions of Section 277 (3) of the Town Law and Article
X of the Subdivision Regulations of the Town of Monroe.