§ 79-34. Application for extension of main.  


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  • A. 
    Whenever an owner of premises or a developer of land desires water service, and whose premises within the Water District are situate at such a distance from a water main of the Water District distribution system that an extension of the water main will be necessary, such owner shall submit to the Town Board a written application, verified by the owner, which shall state:
    (1) 
    The name and residence address of the owner of the premises and of each person or corporation owning an interest in the said premises upon which water service is desired.
    (2) 
    The location and description by boundaries of the premises to which the extension of the water supply main is desired.
    (3) 
    Whether there is any mortgage, mortgages, judgment or other liens upon said premises and, if so, the amount of each said lien, the date of record and the number of the book of record and page number where each said mortgage, judgment or lien is recorded or docketed in the Suffolk County Clerk's office and the amount of each said mortgage, judgment or lien and the name and address of the present owner of each said mortgage, judgment or lien; and to said application there shall be attached as a part thereof an affidavit of the title of the said premises; and there shall also be attached to said application a map, as a part of the application, and said map shall be signed with the written signature of said applicant.
    B. 
    Said application shall state and said map shall show the distance of said premises from the nearest fire hydrant situate along the highway or road, and if said hydrant and premises in said application described are not upon the same highway or road, said application shall state and the map shall show the distance between said premises and the said fire hydrant measured across intervening private property.
    C. 
    Said application shall state the number of existing houses for which water service is applied for and the number of vacant building lots for which water service is desired for houses to be built thereon and shall request that the Town Board of the Town of Brookhaven, acting for and on behalf of the Water District, enter into a written agreement with the applicant for the construction of such extension of said water main with proper, necessary equipment and appurtenances.
    D. 
    The Town Board shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after each written application is filed, examine the same, and, if the Town Board shall be satisfied that said extension is practicable and reasonably necessary, the Town Board shall enter into a written agreement with said owner, and said agreement shall be and provide as follows:
    EXTENSION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN FOR AND ON BEHALF OF _______ WATER DISTRICT AND ______________________
    THIS INSTRUMENT, executed this _____ day of 19______, by and between _________ of ________, party of the first part, hereinafter called the "owner," and the Town Board of the Town of Brookhaven, for and on behalf of __________ Water District, party of the second part, hereinafter called the "Town Board."
    WITNESSETH, that whereas the owner desires to secure water and water service for the premises hereinafter described and/or is interested in the development and sale of a tract of land situate at _________ in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, and within the _________ Water District, and desires an extension of mains with appurtenances of the __________ Water District as follows: (legal description) and
    WHEREAS, the Town Board, for and on behalf of said Water District, is willing that such extension be made upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
    NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises hereinafter expressed and of the sum of $1 paid by each of said parties to the other, the receipt whereof is hereby mutually acknowledged, the said parties do hereby mutually agree as follows:
    1.
    The owner has applied in writing to the Town Board for the above extension of water mains and appurtenances of and in the
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    2.
    The owner will, simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this agreement, pay to the Town Board, the sum of ______ dollars ($), and the Town Board agrees that the cost of the extension will not exceed the said sum. The said amount so paid shall be retained by the Town Board without interest, but subject to repayment to the owner of the balance not expended for the extension as hereinafter provided.
    3.
    The Town Board will proceed with due diligence to effect the said extension, by contract or otherwise, and if, after completion and the ascertainment of the entire cost thereof, it shall appear that such entire cost is less than the said payment, the Town Board will forthwith cause to be repaid to the owner the difference between the amount paid by the owner and such entire cost of said extension.
    4.
    It is hereby further mutually understood and agreed that water pipes used in the construction of said water main extension shall be six-inch pipe unless the Town Board shall determine that a different size pipe will be more advantageous.
    5.
    It is further mutually understood and agreed that mains laid or to be laid in said streets shall be and remain the property of the Water District, its successors and assigns and that the Town Board retains and shall have the right to extend any main installed by it pursuant to the terms of this agreement in or to other lands, streets or avenues, but the party of the first part hereof shall not by reason thereof be entitled to any repayments.
    6.
    It is further mutually understood and agreed that before any pipes are laid or roads or streets opened to lay pipes under this agreement, the party of the first part shall procure and deliver to the Town Board any and every easement in, over and upon any private property or public highway which the Town Board, in its discretion, shall require for the installation of said water pipes and appurtenances and shall also procure release and consent from any mortgagor and/or lienor.
    7.
    This agreement shall not be assigned by the owner unless the consent of the Town Board expressed by its resolution shall be first obtained, and any attempt by the owner to assign this agreement without said consent of the Town Board having been made shall be a good and sufficient cause for the termination of this agreement by the Town Board, as to any repayment to the owner as provided in Paragraph Number 3 hereof.
    8.
    Any leak occurring in the service pipe between said water main and the premises of the owner and/or upon the premises of the owner shall be promptly stopped and repaired by the owner at his expense. Unless such leak is promptly stopped and repaired by the owner, the Town Board shall stop the supply of water until said leak shall be effectively repaired.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands and seals on the day and year first above written.
    L.S.
    Owner
    TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN
    Supervisor
    Councilmen
    STATE OF NEW YORK,
    COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, SS.:
    On this _______ day of ______, 19_____, before me, the subscribed, personally came ______, to me known and known to me to be the owner described in and who executed the within instrument and he duly acknowledged to me that he executed the same.
    Notary Public,
    Suffolk County, New York
    STATE OF NEW YORK,
    COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, SS.:
    On this _____ day of _____, 19_____, before me, the subscriber, personally came _____,, Supervisor of the Town of Brookhaven, and _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____ and _____, Councilmen of the Town of Brookhaven, together constituting a majority of the members of the Town Board of the Town of Brookhaven, to me known and known to me to be the individuals described in and who executed the within instrument, and severally duly acknowledged to me that they executed the same as such Town Board, as aforesaid, for the purpose therein mentioned.