[Adopted 12-18-1952 as
Art. 18, Part A, of the 1952 General Bylaws; amended 1956]
[Amended 1962; 1970; 6-25-1996; 5-21-2001 by Art.
8; 6-22-2020 by Art. 11]
Whenever water and/or sewer lines are laid in accordance with
a vote of the Town, the cost of installing such water and sewer lines,
including cost of pipes, materials, labor and incidental expenses,
shall be paid 1/3 by the Town and 2/3 by the owners of the land benefitting.
If, however, the water and/or sewer line is necessary for the proper
maintenance of the Water and Sewer Department, the cost shall be paid
by the Town with abutter tieing into the line at this or any other
future date to be assessed on the basis of a uniform rate per equivalent
residential unit (ERU) in the area served by each project, whereby
the construction costs are divided among the total existing and potential
sewer units to be served. A unit is equal to a single-family residence,
with nonresidential units put on an equivalent basis. Notice of this
assessment shall be filed in the Registry of Deeds in accordance with
Chapter 332, Acts of 1955.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See MGL c. 40, § 42I.
[Amended 1959; 1962; 1966; 6-25-1996; 6-22-2020 by Art.
11]
No article for water or sewer line extension shall be submitted
to a Town warrant unless the Water and Sewer Department shall have
contacted and notified all abutters of the proposed water or sewer
line and the said Water and Sewer Department shall have obtained agreement
thereto in writing from the owners of 66 2/3% of the assessable frontage,
said agreements to be certified by the Board of Assessors and filed
with the Town Clerk. If however, the water line or sewer line is necessary
for the health, safety or comfort of the Town or for the proper maintenance
of the Water and Sewer Department, then the article may be submitted
without obtaining written agreement from the abutters.
[Added 5-18-1998; 6-22-2020 by Art. 11]
No land or property shall be connected to the Town of Dudley
sewer system unless said connection has been approved by the Dudley
Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners. Any landowner or property
owner whose land or property is connected to the Dudley sewer system
and who is not charged for the use of the system must report said
connection to the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners forthwith.
"Connection" as used herein includes, but is not limited to, connections
of normal household plumbing, gutters, perimeter drains, sump pumps,
downspouts, garage drains, driveway drains and storm drains.
[Added 11-3-2003 by Art.
16]
All new construction in need of wastewater disposal must connect
to the Town of Dudley sewer system at time of construction if within
300 feet of an existing sewer line.
