§ 13-1-60. Water tap requirements and permits.

(a)

Water and sewer tap permits required. It is unlawful for any Person to tap or make any connection with the Town's water or sewer facilities or to take or to use any water from said water facilities without having first obtained a permit from the Town. Any Person desiring to tap the water or sewer mains, or use water from the Town's water system shall make application in writing for a tap permit to the Town Administrator/Clerk. The application shall state the size of the tap to be made with the water or sewer system, the location of the proposed tap, the premises for which the service is sought, the purpose for which the water is to be used and the type and quality of the wastes to be discharged. All plant investment fees and other charges assessed by the Town shall be submitted with the application.

(b)

Issuance of tap permits. If the application complies with the provisions of this Code, the Town Administrator/Clerk shall issue a permit subject to Town Engineer review. Applications for water taps larger than one (1) inch, sewer taps larger than one (1) inch, unusual projected water usage or unusual projected sewer discharge shall be referred to the Board of Trustees for a determination of the amount of the capital investment fees and the water acquisition charge. Permits shall be signed by the Town Administrator/Clerk and shall set forth the name of the Person for whose benefit the permit shall be granted, the date issued, the point on the water or sewer main at which the tapping is to be done, the size of the tap and the stopcock, the premises to be served and the use to be made of the water and any restrictions on the discharge to the sewer facilities. The Town Administrator/Clerk shall keep a duplicate or (c) Time limitation on tapping.

(1)

Each water and sewer tap permit issued by the Town pursuant to this Code shall expire one hundred eighty (180) days after the issuance of the permit unless the tap applied for has been installed during the one-hundred-eighty-day time period and unless the construction of the premises for which the tap has been issued has been commenced.

(2)

The holder of any water or sewer tap permit may apply for an extension of the one-hundred-eighty-day time period. Extensions may be granted only by the Board of Trustees for good cause established by the permit holder. Any extension shall be limited in time to an additional one-hundred-eighty-day period and only one (1) extension shall be granted for any particular tap.

(3)

If a water or sewer tap permit expires, all charges paid to the Town to serve the permit to the applicant shall be forfeited and are nonrefundable.

(4)

The holder of a tap permit may relinquish the permit to the Town at any time prior to its expiration. The Town shall, upon demand, refund seventy-five percent (75%) of the permit fee paid to the owner.

(d)

Transfer of tap permits. Tap permits are for a specific address or location and may not be transferred to any other site or another owner except as specifically authorized by the Board of Trustees. (Prior code 7.01.04; Ord. 11-1987 §1; Ord. 11-2007 §1)

(Ord. No. 1-2016WE , 9-13-16; Ord. No. 6-2017 , 4-25-17)