2154                                Municipal Charters

and after reasonable advance notice to the owner, tenant, or person in
possession, upon any premises and into any building in the Town or in the
county served by the Town's water or sewage disposal system. Any re-
straint or hindrance offered to such entry by any owner, tenant, or person
in possession, or the agent of any of them, may, by ordinance, be made a
misdemeanor.

81.    (Pollution of Water Supply): No person shall do anything
which will discolor, pollute, or tend to pollute any water used or to be used
in the Town water supply system. Any violation of the provisions of this
section shall be a misdemeanor.

82.    (Contracts for Water): 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.

83.    (Charges): The Town shall have the power to charge and col-
lect 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. These charges are to be billed and collected by the Treasurer,
and if bills are unpaid within thirty days, the service may be discontinued.
All charges shall be a lien on the property, collectible in the same manner
as Town taxes or by suit at law.

SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS

84.     (Power: Special Assessments): The Town shall have the power
to levy and collect taxes in the form of special assessments upon property
in a limited and determinable area for special benefits conferred upon
such property by the installation or construction, of water mains, sanitary
sewer main, storm water sewers, curbs, and gutters and by the construc-
tion and paving of public ways and sidewalks or parts thereof, and to pro-
vide for the payment of all or any part of the above projects out of the
proceeds of such special assessment. The cost of any project to be paid in
whole or in part by special assessments may include the direct cost thereof,
the cost of any land acquired for the project, the interest on bonds, notes,
or other evidences of indebtedness issued in anticipation of the collection
of special assessments, a reasonable charge for the services of the admin-
istrative staff of the Town, and any other item of cost which may reason-
ably be attributed to the project.

85.    (Procedure):

(a)    The procedure for special assessments, wherever authorized in
this Charter, shall be as follows:

(b)    The cost of the project being charged for shall be assessed ac-
cording to the front foot rule of apportionment or some other equitable
basis determined by the Council.

(c)    The amount assessed against any property for any project or
improvement shall not exceed the value of the benefits accruing to the
property therefrom, nor shall any special assessment be levied which shall
cause the total amount of special assessments levied by the Town and
outstanding against any property at any time, exclusive of delinquent
installments, to exceed twenty-five per centum (25%) of the assessed value
of the property after giving effect to the benefit accruing thereto from the
project or improvement for which assessed.