[HISTORY: Adopted by The Commissioners of
St. Michaels as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 7-10-1979 by Ord. No. 120; amended
in its entirety 7-23-2014 by Ord. No. 453]
The installation of private wells, whether for potable or nonpotable
purposes, is prohibited in the St. Michaels Water Service Area.
Any person, corporation, association, partnership, landowner
or prospective user of the water system of the Town of St. Michaels
shall now be required to pay a charge to The Commissioners of St.
Michaels for hooking up to the Town's water system, which charge
shall be a one-time fee paid by each customer of the Town's water
system before any waterline of the Town's system may be connected
to the plumbing system of a private user or before any water service
is newly established. The charge for hooking up shall be known as
a "capital charge." This capital charge shall be separate from the
charges for labor and materials involved in the actual physical connection
to the Town's water system.
The Commissioners of St. Michaels shall establish the amount
of the capital charge from time to time as they deem necessary by
means of a resolution passed by a majority of them.
All of the moneys collected from capital charges shall be deposited
in a separate bank account, which shall be interest-bearing, and which
shall be labeled "Water System - Capital Charge Fund."
Moneys in the "Water System - Capital Fund" bank account shall
be used by The Commissioners of St. Michaels only for capital expenditures
for the improvement and maintenance of the Town's water system,
and for no other purpose.
[Adopted 6-27-1980 by Ord. No. 123; amended
in its entirety 7-23-2014 by Ord. No. 453]
The Commissioners of St. Michaels are hereby authorized to set
tariff rates and schedules to be charged users of the St. Michaels
water system by resolution, and to change those tariff rates from
time to time by resolution as The Commissioners of St. Michaels deem
necessary, just or proper.
The water tariff rates as passed by resolution, from time to
time, may be based upon either a flat charge or be based upon the
amount of water used based upon metered readings; the water tariff
rates may include different rates or rate structures for residential,
business, and other types of users; and the water tariff rates may
further differentiate between uses located within the Town boundaries
of St. Michaels and those located outside of the Town boundaries of
St. Michaels.
All resolutions by The Commissioners of St. Michaels for the
establishment of water tariff rates shall be by written resolution
of the Commissioners, with a recorded vote of each Commissioner. Said
resolution shall require at least three yea votes and shall become
effective, unless otherwise provided, immediately upon its passage
by The Commissioners of St. Michaels.
