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2. The conditions set forth in Article IX of these rules must be satisfied in the case of <br /> an application for service to undeveloped land. <br /> 3. Any former user may again become a user by fulfilling the application requirements <br /> set forth in this article and by paying any applicable availability or other fees. In <br /> addition, any such former user applying again to be a user must pay any outstanding <br /> account plus interest thereon at the legal rate as it is established in North Carolina <br /> General Statutes Section 24-1, its successor, and as the same is amended from time <br /> to time, compounded annually. Any person who has actually used and benefited <br /> from sewer service which has been supplied to premises owned or directly occupied <br /> or used by that person, for which service there is an outstanding indebtedness <br /> remaining due the County, may become a user by completing the application <br /> requirements in this article, by paying any availability fee or other applicable fee <br /> and by paying the outstanding indebtedness for the service which was supplied to <br /> the premises owned or directly occupied or used by such person. <br /> V. DEPOSIT <br /> A. A minimum cash deposit is required of all users. It shall be equal to the equivalent <br /> sewer bill for two months at 3000 alg lons per month. The deposit shall be paid <br /> either in full at the time an application for service is made or in a maximum of three <br /> equal consecutive monthly installments, the first of which must be paid when an <br /> application for service is made. Deposits will not draw interest. <br /> B. A separate deposit will be required for each connection. <br /> C. Each deposit may be redeemed by the user upon disconnection from the system and <br /> upon payment in full of all charges for service. <br /> VI. INITIAL OR MINIMUM CHARGE <br /> A. There will be a separate account established for each sewer connection to the <br /> system. Each such account will be in the name of the user. The monthly charge as <br /> provided in the rate schedule (see Attachment A) will be assessed for each account. <br /> B. In those cases where the connection is to property which receives its water by well, <br /> the monthly charge will be that established in the rate schedule for a usage of 3000 <br /> gallons per month, unless water consumption exceeds this amount. The County <br /> reserves the right to meter the well of any user to determine that user's water usage. <br /> The cost of the meter and the cost to connect the meter to the user's system will be <br /> paid for by the user. Once the meter is installed,the customer's monthly bill will be <br /> determined based on the usage shown by the meter. <br /> C. In those cases where the connection is to property which is in a residential <br /> development which has received substantial funding from Orange County as an <br /> affordable housing project consistent with the Orange County Long Term <br /> Affordability Policy,there will be a monthly charge established in the rate schedule <br /> for a fund for the perpetual inspection and maintenance of any pump station serving <br /> the development. <br /> VII. COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY <br /> A. The County will run a service line from its collection line to the property line, <br /> except as provided in Article IX, relating to extensions of the system. <br /> 3 <br />