(a) The owner of every property or premises within the town shall be responsible for the payment of the prescribed rates and charges
for water and sewer services on an annual basis as set forth in the ordinances and regulations of the town, and any transfer
or conveyance of ownership of said property or premises shall, in the absence of other agreement between the new owner and
the town, carry with it all rights, responsibilities and obligations of the former owner with respect to water or sewer service
and charges therefor.
(b) The authorized rates and charges for water or sewer service furnished by the town to any property or premises within the town
shall constitute a valid lien on said property or premises, and upon any nonpayment of said rates or charges said lien may
be enforced and the property or premises sold to enforce said lien.
(c) Properties in foreclosure. Any property owner who is in arrears in the payment of water, sewer, recycle fee, stormwater fee
and residential garbage fee, and whose property has gone into foreclosure proceeding by notifying the town or by publication
in a newspaper with general circulation, the water shall be turned off and the charges above shall cease to accumulate until
the property is transferred to a new owner at the foreclosure sale.
(Code 1973, § 25-29; Ord. of 2-16-10)
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