§ 15.4. Authority of city council to require connection with water mains and fix rates for connection with and use of water mains.

The city council may require the owners of improved property abutting upon the streets in which any water mains are located, or within a reasonable distance thereof, to connect such premises with water mains that are part of the city waterworks system, under such rules and regulations and upon such conditions as the city council shall by ordinance fix and establish.

The city council shall have the right to fix reasonable fees to be charged property owners for the privilege of connecting with such water mains and the subsequent use thereof.

(Sess. Laws 1981, Ch. 374, § 1(4))

State law reference

Power to require connections, G.S. § 160A-317.