[Amended 6-18-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-1; 12-19-2006; 8-16-2016]
A. The Town Council shall, from time to time, fix a connection fee for
making connections to the public water within the Town. A copy of
the schedule of such connection fees shall be maintained on file in
the office of the Town Manager, and such fee shall be payable before
such connection to the public water.
B. Except as hereinafter specifically provided, the amounts of the water
connection fee are based upon the connection fees in effect on the
date of issuance of a valid building permit (from the County of Louisa)
or where no new construction is contemplated the date of issuance
of a valid zoning certificate (from the Town of Louisa) for new or
altered service.
C. Upon payment of the connection fee, the Town Manager, subject to
the provisions of this chapter, shall issue a connection permit.
D. A "connection" is defined as the physical connection of the structure
interior plumbing to the utility main line that has been inspected
and approved by the Louisa County Building Official and the Town of
Louisa Town Manager or his representative.
E. This §
160-37, as amended, shall not be applicable to applications for connection to the public water system made, or connection permits issued prior to, the date of adoption of this §
160-37, as amended.
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.
[Amended 6-18-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-1]
Should application be made for a connection
to property in the Town where there is no water main in an adjoining
street or right-of-way, such application shall not be acted on by
the Town Manager but shall be postponed until the next meeting of
the Town Council, which shall determine whether such water main should
be constructed and the amount to be charged to the applicant for such
construction, provided that such charges shall be in addition to the
connection fee and the rates for the use of water provided for herein.
[Amended 6-18-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-1]
Each application for a connection to property
outside the corporate limits which involves the construction of a
water main or involves the construction of a branch pipe of such length
and in such a location that there is a possibility of future connections
to such branch pipe shall be referred by the Town Manager to the Town
Council, which shall consider the project and determine whether such
project should be undertaken and shall determine the cost to be charged
to the applicant for such project, provided that such charge shall
be in addition to the connection fee and the rates for the use of
water provided for herein, and provided, further, that no such extensions
to the Town water system outside of the Town limits shall be undertaken
until the statutory notice has been given to the appropriate governing
body of the county in which the extension is contemplated.
[Amended 6-18-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-1]
The Town Council shall, from time to time, fix
the rates to be paid for the use of water supplied from the Town's
waterworks, a copy of a schedule of such rates to be maintained on
file in the office of the Town Manager.