A. The Town shall be responsible only for the repair and maintenance of main trunk sewer lines. The responsibility for and the expense and cost of maintaining and repairing and replacing any lateral sewer line from the point where such lateral taps the main trunk line to the boundary of the user’s property, and the sewer line within the user’s property, shall be borne and paid for by the property owner served by any such lateral. Except as required by law, the Town shall not be responsible to any person, firm, or corporation for any damage caused by blockage of either a sewer main or sewer lateral. The fact that blockage has occurred shall not create any presumption of negligence on the part of the Town or Town employees.

B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Town Manager may, without acknowledging responsibility or liability, and in cases where the cleanup is estimated to be less than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), authorize the cleanup of any sewage backup which, in his opinion, may have been caused by blockage of the sewer main. This provision is intended to alleviate the problems caused by sewage backup in cases where it is difficult to determine the responsibility therefor. In no case shall the agreement by the Town to provide this service constitute an admission of liability of any kind. (Ord. 500 §1, 2004; Amended Ord. 685 §15, 2015)