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Session Laws, 1973
Volume 709, Page 2130   View pdf image
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2130                                 MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

SHALL CONNECT ALL FIXTURES WITH THE WATER OR SEWER
MAIN. THE TOWN MAY REQUIRE THAT, IF IT CONSIDERS EXISTING
FIXTURES UNSATISFACTORY, SATISFACTORY ONES BE INSTALLED
AND MAY REQUIRE THAT ALL CESSPOOLS, SINKDRAINS, AND
PRIVIES BE ABANDONED, FILLED, REMOVED OR LEFT, IN SUCH A
WAY AS NOT TO INJURE PUBLIC HEALTH. ALL WELLS FOUND TO
BE POLLUTED OR A MENACE TO HEALTH MAY BE ORDERED TO
BE ABANDONED AND CLOSED. ANY VIOLATION OF ANY
ORDINANCE PASSED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
MAY BE MADE A MISDEMEANOR.

70-0. CHARGE FOR CONNECTIONS. THE TOWN MAY MAKE A
CHARGE, THE AMOUNT TO BE DETERMINED BY THE MAYOR AND
COUNCIL, FOR EACH CONNECTION MADE TO THE TOWN'S WATER
AND SEWER MAINS. THIS CHARGE SHALL BE UNIFORM
THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, BUT MAY BE CHANGED FROM YEAR TO
YEAR. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PAYMENT OF THIS CHARGE
SHALL BE MADE BEFORE THE CONNECTION IS MADE.

71-1. IMPROPER USE. IN ORDER TO PREVENT ANY LEAKAGE OR
WASTE OF WATER OR OTHER IMPROPER USE OF THE TOWN'S
WATER SYSTEM OR SEWERAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM, THE TOWN
MAY REQUIRE SUCH CHANGES IN PLUMBING, FIXTURES, OR
CONNECTIONS AS IT DEEMS NECESSARY TO PREVENT SUCH
WASTE OR IMPROPER USE.

72-0. PRIVATE SYSTEMS. THE TOWN MAY, BY ORDINANCE,
PROVIDE THAT NO WATER SUPPLY, SEWERAGE, OR STORM WATER
DRAINAGE SYSTEM, AND NO WATER MAINS SEWERS, DRAINS, OR
CONNECTIONS THEREWITH, SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED OR
OPERATED BY ANY PERSON OR PERSONS, FIRM, CORPORATION,
INSTITUTION OR COMMUNITY, WHETHER UPON PRIVATE
PREMISES OR OTHERWISE, AND MAY PROVIDE THAT CESSPOOLS
OR OTHER PRIVATE METHODS OF SEWERAGE DISPOSAL SHALL BE
OPERATED AND MAINTAINED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THEY DO
NOT AND WILL NOT BE LIKELY TO AFFECT ADVERSELY THE
PUBLIC COMFORT AND HEALTH MAY BE DEEMED A NUISANCE
AND MAY BE ABATED BY THE TOWN. ANY VIOLATION OF AN
ORDINANCE PASSED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
MAY BE MADE A MISDEMEANOR.

73-0. EXTENSIONS BEYOND. BOUNDARIES. THE TOWN SHALL HAVE
THE POWER TO EXTEND ITS WATER OR SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
BEYOND THE TOWN LIMITS.

74-0. RIGHTS OF ENTRY. ANY EMPLOYEE OR AGENT OF THE TOWN,
WHILE IN THE NECESSARY PURSUIT OF HIS OFFICIAL DUTIES
WITH REGARD TO THE WATER OR SEWERAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS
OPERATED BY THE TOWN, SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT OF ENTRY,
FOR ACCESS TO WATER OR SEWER INSTALLATIONS, AT ALL
REASONABLE HOURS, 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 RESTRAINT 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.

 

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