[Adopted 8-11-2008; amended in its entirety 1-27-2020]
Pursuant to the provisions of § 15.2-2111, Code of Virginia 1950, as amended, the entire area of Carroll County, Virginia, as the same presently exists or may be hereafter modified, excluding the corporate limits of the Town of Hillsville and any other incorporated town within Carroll County, is hereby established as the exclusive service area of the Public Service Authority for potable water services and systems, and other entities are hereby prohibited from providing water services and systems within Carroll County, Virginia, without the express written permission of the Public Service Authority and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Public Service Authority.
A. 
The owner of any house, building, or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated within the service area of the Carroll County Public Service Authority and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way in which there currently exists or is hereafter constructed or acquired a publicly owned waterline, is hereafter required, at his expense, to install suitable drinking water and toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public waterline in accordance with the provisions of this article, within 90 days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that the public waterline is within a distance of not more than 200 feet from the house, building, or property to be served and provided that such house, building or property is not served by a private water system meeting applicable standards by the State Department of Health. No person so situated shall be required under this article to discontinue the use of such system.
B. 
Pursuant to § 15.2-5137, Code of Virginia 1950, as amended, the Board of Supervisors of Carroll County, Virginia, hereby concurs, approves, and authorizes the Public Service Authority to, in addition to any authority previously specifically granted by the Board, require connections to any water system owned or operated by the Public Service Authority as permitted and limited by such code provision and under the other applicable provisions of Chapter 51, Title 15.2, Code of Virginia, as amended.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, those persons having a private well or domestic water supply meeting applicable standards established by the State Department of Health shall not be required under this article to discontinue the use of such system. However, such persons may be required to pay a monthly nonuser service charge, which charge shall not be more than a) 45% of the minimum monthly user charge for users connected to the public water system, imposed by the Carroll County Board of Supervisors or the Carroll County Public Service Authority, or b) the percentage of such minimum monthly user charge equal to the ratio of debt service compared with the total operating and debt service costs of the public system, whichever is less. All fees charged will be in accordance with the rules and regulations as adopted from time to time by the Carroll County Board of Supervisors or the Carroll County Public Service Authority. The Public Service Authority shall evaluate the applicable ratio of debt service to operating costs on an annual basis, and shall adjust the nonuser charge accordingly.
Those persons having a private water system meeting the requirements of the State Department of Health, and situated as described in § 235-21 must either connect to the publicly owned water system, or expand or replace such private system once that system ceases to function or ceases to serve its purpose. For the purpose of this section, "ceasing to function" and "ceasing to serve its purpose" shall mean that the private system is no longer in operation or no longer meets the applicable standards set by the State Department of Health and that complete replacement, addition, or expansion is required to repair the system to function properly or to meet the applicable State Department of Health standards.