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ORDINANCE NO, 1029
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE S T , LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE
CODE SECTION 1:751 ENTITLED "RENTAL CHARGES FOR USE
OF SEWERS", SECTION 1:752 ENTITLED "SEWER RENTAL
RATES" AS HERETOFORE AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 675
ADOPTED FEB:'_L::RY 9, 1959. AND SECTION 1:753 ENTITLED
"SEWER BILLS" RELATING TO SEWER CHARGES AND COLLECTION
THEREOF AND FURTHER AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 966
ADOPTED MARCH 6, 1966
THE CITY OF ST, LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. That Section 1:751 of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code entitled
"Rental Charges for Use of Sewers" is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1:751 Ren_tal'Charges for Use of Sewers. An annual charge is hereby
imposed upon every person, firm, or corporation whose premises are served
by the sanitary sewer system of the City of St, Louis Park, either directly or
indirectly, for the use of the facilities of the said sewer system and for connection
therewith which charge shall be as hereinafter provided in Section 1:752 of this
ordinance. Said charge shall be payable as hereinafter provided in Section 1:753
• and shall be subject to the penalties set forth in Section 1:752 hereof if not paid
within fifteen days from and after the due date of each billing period. Such
charges for sewer service shall be a charge against the owner, lessee, occupant,
or all of them of the premises .served, any er whom shall be charged and billed
for the said services; and all such charges which have been billed and not paid
within thirty days after the due date stated on said bill shall be certified to the
County Auditor of Hennepin County as an :? :cess=neat against the property served
for collection as other taxe ; are collected,
The obligation to pay the charges herein specified shall be incurred as of the
time of connection of any private sewer r'isposal system to the City sewer, and such
connection shall be deemed to be made i72 a sewer connection is made to the City
sewer at the curb line, whether or not the connecting sewer is then in operation
in connection with the pr=va'te sewer system cn the adjacent premises. Effective
October 1, 1968 every person, firm or corporation whose premises can be
served by the sanitary sewer system of the City of St. Louis Park, either directly
or indirectly, shall pay an annual sewer rental charge as hereinafter provided
in Section's 1:752 and 1:753 of this ordinance.
Section 2. That Section 1:752 of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code, entitled
"Sewer Rental Rates" as heretofore amended by Ordinance No. 675 adopted
February 9, 1959, and Ordinance No, ')! 5 a:.opted March 6, 1966 is hereby
further amended to read as follows:
Section 1:752 Sewer Rental Rates. Charges for sewer service within the
City provided in Section 1:751 hereof shall be at the following rates for the
following classifications:
Class A Single Family dwellings --Rate per year, quarterly in advance,
$21.00 , Penalty, $2.00 per dwelling.
Class B Multiple family dwellings --Rate per year, quarterly in advance,
for each separate family unit for which such structure is designed,
$21.00, Penalty per unit, $2.00.
Class C
Class D
Hotels, motor hotels, motels --Rate per year, quarterly in advance
for each separate living unit such structure is designed to
accommodate, $10.40, Penalty per unit, $1.00.
Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional buildings --Rate per
year, payable monthly, shall be determined by computing the
average monthly water consumption from the combined meter
readings for the preceding months of December, January, and
February. Such new change of rate shall be effective April 1
of each year and shall be billed May 1 and monthly thereafter.
Average Monthly Water Annual
Consumption, Cubic Feet Charge
At Least But Less Than
0 3,333 $ 42.00
3, 333 6, 666 105. 00
6,666 11,666 175.00
11,666 16, 666 210.00
16, 666 25, 000 280.00
25,000 33,333 350.00
33,333 50,000 420.00
50,000 66,666 490.00
66,666 100,000 560.00
100,000 133,333 630.00
133, 333 166, 666 700.00
Over 166, 666 . 035 per 100 cu. ft.
In any case where meter readings for December, January, and February are
not available, in lieu of an annual charge, monthly charges shall be made on
the basis of current water consumption until such readings become available, at
which time the annual charge will be established and an adjustment of such
monthly charges collected will be made.
A penalty of 15 per cent shall be added to the amount due on any monthly sewer
bill if not paid within 15 days after the due date of the bill,
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All owners, lessees, and occupants of Class D Buildings discharging sewerage
into the City sewer while using water from any source other than the City
of St. Louis Park municipal water system, shall install meters or other
measuring devices meeting the City water meter specifications to measure
either the water used or the discharge into the sewer.
Any owner, lessee, or occupant of Class D buildings desiring credit for
water consumed on the premises and which therefore is not discharged
into the sewer, must install meters or other measuring devices meeting
the City water meter specifications and measure accurately the water for
such uses.
Class E Outside Sewer Service Contracts --Charges for sewer service
out of the City limits shall be 25 per cent greater than the
foregoing fees for each class of sewer user.
Section 3. That Section 1:753 of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code, entitled
"Sewer Bills" is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1:753. Sewer Bills. It is hereby made the duty of the City Clerk to
render to the owners, lessees, or occupants of all Class A, Class B, and
Class C property on the first day of each quarter, and to the owners, lessees,
or occupants of all Class D property on the first day of each month bills for
the amount of sewer rental charge as provided in Section 1:752 hereof. Class
E users shall be billed at the same time and manner as the users in the City.
Said bills may be a surcharge upon the water bills rendered to said persons.
All such charges, when collected, shall be placed in a separate fund. These
funds shall be used only for the purpose authorized by Sec. 444. 075,
Minnesota Statutes, and such charges if unpaid may be collected on direction
of the City Council as authorized by Sec. 444. 075, Minnesota Statutes, as set
forth in Sections 1:751, 1:752 and 1:753 hereof.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect April 1, 1968.
Adopted by the Cit ,- ouncil Apri 2g.,:
Attest:
City Clerk
Mayo
Reviewed fyaf administration: Approved as to form and legality:
City Manager
3
City Attorney
SUN -NEWSPAPERS
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
St. Louis Park Sun
12 Suburban Square Hopkins, Minnesota
State of Minnesota
County of Hennepin
SS.
W. JOHN BERTRAM, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated
has been the vice president and printer of the newspaper known as The St. Louis Park Sun
and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows: (1) Said newspaper
is printed in the English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form
equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches. (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and
is distributed at least once each week. (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its news columns devoted
to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly
duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and
'ertisements. (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports
serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of
least 75% of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears
and has entry as second-class matter in its local post -office. (5) Said newspaper purports to
'rye the City of SL Louis Park in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of
e in the City of Hopkins in said county, established and open during its regular business
„.2 irs for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and main-
tained by the managing officer or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and con-
trol during all such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regular
business hours to the business of the newspaper and business related thereto. (6) Said news-
paper files a copyof each issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said news-
paper has complied with all the foregoing conditions for at least two years preceding the day
or dates of publication mentioned below. (8) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of
State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1966 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the
form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the publisher of said newspaper and '
sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper.
He further states on oath that the printed029
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hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed
and published therein in the English language, once each week, for successive weeks;
that it was first so published on Thur 'the day of 1968
and was thereafter printed and published on every }lhur" to and including
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the .. day of i J 19 and that the following is a printed copy
f the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being
"gym size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to wit:
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Subscribed_ and sworn to _before me this ay of .........
(Notarial Seal)
L _ rbara Samuelson, Notary Public, Ramsey County, Minn.
oz./Commission Expires November 8, 1971
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(Official Publication)
ORDINANCE NO. 1029
AN ORDINANCEAMENDING
THE ST. ''LOUIS ' PARK ORDI-'
NANCE CODE SECTION 1:751
ENTITLED "RENTAL CHARGES'
FOR USE OF SEWERS", SEC-,
TION -1:752 ENTITLED- "SEWER;
RENTAL RATES" AS HERETO -1
FORE AMENDED BY ORDI-
NANCE NO. 675 ADOPTED FEB
RUARY 9, 1959, AND SECTION'
1:735 ENTITLED "SEWER
BILLS" RELATING TO SEWER
CHARGES AND COLLECTION
THEREOF AND `' FURTHER
AMENDED BY ORDINANCE
NO. 966 ADOPTED
MARCH' 6, 1966
THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK
DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. That Section 1:751 of
the St. Louis Park Ordinance
Code entitled "Rental Charges
for Use of Sewers" is hereby'
amended to read as follows:
Section 1:751 Rental Charges!
for Use of, Sewers. An annual;.
charge is hereby imposed upon l',
every person, firm, or corporation '!
whose premises are served by the
sanitary sewer system of the City
of St. Louis Park, either directly
or ` indirectly, for the use of the I
facilities of the said sewer system
and for connection therewith which
charge shall be as ;hereinafter
provided in Section 1:752 of this
ordinance. Said charge shall be
payable as hereinafter provided in
Section 1:753 and shall be subiect
to the penalties set forth in 'Sec-
tion 1:752 hereof it not paid within
fifteen days from and after the
due date of each billing period.
'Such charges for sewer service j
shall be a charge against the own-
er, lessee, occupant, or all of them
of the ' premises served, any of !;
whom shall be charged and billed
for the said services, and all such,'
charges which have been billed
and not paid within thirty days
after the due date stated on said,,
bill shall be certified to the County
Auditor of Hennepin County as an
assessment against the propertyi'•
served for collection as other taxes'.
are collected.
The obligation to pay the charges
herein specified shall be incurred,
as of the . time of -:connection of
any private sewer disposal system
to the City sewer, and such con-
nection shall he deemed to be
made if a sewer connection is
made to the City sewer at the
curb line, whether or not the con -
fleeting sewer is then in operation
In ennnectinn' with the nrivnte
sewer system on the adjacent:
premises: Effective October 1,
1968 every person, firm or corpo.
ration ! whose premises can be
served by the sanitary sewer sys.
tem of the City of St. Louis Park:
either directly or indirectly. shall
pay an annual sewer rental charge
as hereinafter provided in Sea
tion's 1:752 and 1:753 of this ordi.
nance.
Section 2. That Section 1:752 of l
the St. Louis Park Ordinance
Code, entitled "Sewer - Rental
Rates" asheretofore amended I
by Ordinance No. " 675 adopted
February 9, 1959, and Ordinance
No. 966 adopted March '6; 1966
is hereby further amended to
read as follows:
Section 1:752 Sewer Rental
Rates. Charges for sewer service
within the City provided in Section j
1:751 hereof shall be at the follow-[
ing, rates for the following.= -class='
(fications:
Class A Single .Family dwellings—
Rate per year, ' quarterly in
advance, $21.00, Penalty, $2.00
aer dwelling. ; �'
Class B Multiple family dwellings ;
—Rate per year, quarterly in
advance, for each separate
family unit for which such
structure is designed, $21.00,
Penalty per unit, $2.00.
i Class C Hotels, motor hotels, mo-
tels—Rate per year, quarterly
in advance for each separate
living unit such structure is
designed to `-accommodate,
$10.40, Penalty per unit, $1.00.
Class D Commercial, Industrial,
and Institutional 'buildings—<'
Rate per year, payable month-
ly, shall be determined by
computing the average month-
ly water consumption; from the;,
combined meter readings for
the preceding months of De-
cember, January, and "Feb.
ruary. Such new change of
rate shall be effective April 1
of each year and shall be
billed May 1 ' and monthly
thereafter.
Average Monthly Water
Consumption, Cubic Feet Annual
At Least But Less Than Charge
0 3,333 ' $ 42.00
3,333 _ 161:666665
1, 6,666666 105.001
6,666 175.00;,
11,666 16.666 210,00
16,666 25,000 "280.00-
25,000 33,333 350.00-
33,333 50,000 420.00
50,000 66,666 490.00
66,666 100,000 560.00
100,000 133,333 630.00
133,333 166,666 700.00;
Over 166,666 .035 per 100
cu. ft. 1
In any case where meter read-
ings for, December, January, and,
February are not available, in lieu,
of an annual charge, "monthly
charges shall be made on the basis!
of current water consumption until
such readings become available,,
at whichtime the annual charge,
will be established and an adjust-,
ment of such monthly charges col-
lected will be made.
A penalty of 15 per cent shall
be added to the amount due on
any monthly sewer bill if not paid
within 15 days after the due date
of the bill.
All owners, lessees, and occu-',
pants- of Class D Buildings dis-
charging ' sewerage into ` the City f
sewer while using water from any
source other than the City of St.
Louis Park municipal water sys-
tem, shall install meters or other
measuring devices meeting the'
City water meter specifications to
measure either the water used or'
the discharge into the sewer.
Any owner, ' lessee, or occupant
of Class D buildings desiring cred-
it for water consumed-- on._the
premises and which tnerefore : is
not discharged into the sewer,
must installmeters or other meas
uring de-ices meeting the City
water meter specifications and
measure accurately the water for
such uses:
Class E Outside Sewer Service
Contracts -Charges for sewer
service out of the City limits
shall be 25 per cent greater
than the foregoing fees for
each class of sewer user.
; Section 3. That Section 1:753 of
the St. Louis Park Ordinance
Code, entitled "Sewer Bills" is
hereby amended to read as fol-
lows:
Section 1:753. Sewer Bills. It is
hereby made the duty of the City
Clerk to render to the owners,
(lessees, or occupants of all Class
;A, Class B, and Class C property
on the first day of each quarter,
l and to -the owners, lessees, or oc
Icupants of all Class D property
on the first ` day of each month
bills for the amount of sewer ren-
tal charge as provided in'SectionJ
1:752- hereof. Class E - users shall
be billed at the same time and
manner as the users in the City.
Said bills may be a surcharge
upon the water billsrenderedto
said persons. All such charges,
when collected, shall be placed in
a separate fund. These funds shall
be used only for the purpose au-
thorized by Sec. 444.075, Minnesota
Statutes, and such charges if un-
paid may be collected on direction
of the City Council as authorized
by Sec. 444.075, ,Minnesota' Stat.l
utes, as set forth in Sections 1:751, I,
1:752 and 1:753 hereof.
Section 4. This ordinance shall!
take effect April 1, 1968.
Adopted by the City Council
April 29, 1968. -
(s)LEONARD J. THIEL, i'
Mayor
Attest:
(s)EARL E. HANSON,''
City Clerk
Approved as to
form and legality:
(s)H. H. BURRY,
City Attorney
Reviewed for administration:
(s)C. D. ANDRE,
City Manager
(May 2, 1968)—D -2A,