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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1406 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1978/04/171 APRIL 17, 1978 8c ORDINANCE NO. 1406 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ST. LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE SECTION 9-231 ENTITLED "SEWER RENTAL RATES", SECTION 9-101 ENTITLED "WATER RATES", SECTION 9-102 ENTITLED "SERVICE CHARGES" AND SECTION 9-103 ENTITLED "DELINQUENT WATER ACCOUNTS" THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. That Section 9-231, 9-101, 9-102 and 9-103 of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code entitled "Sewer Rental Rates", "Water Rates", "Service Charges" and"Delinquent Water Accounts" respectively, are hereby amended to read as follows: r 1 1 Section 9-230. Rental 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 9-231 of this ordinance. Said charge shall be payable as hereinafter provided in Section 9-232 and shall be subject to the penalties set forth in Section 9-231 hereof if not paid within twenty days after the billing date. Such charges for sewer service shall be a charge against the owner, 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 property served for collection as other taxes are not 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 connection shall be deemed to be made if 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 private sewer system on 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 9-231 and 9-232 of this ordinance. Section 9-231. Sewer Rental Rates. Charges for sewer service to residential and non-residential users within the City provided in Section 9-230 hereof shall be: forty-five cents ($.45) per 100 cubic feet of water consumption as measured during the winter quarter (or as otherwise determined in Section 9-231(1)) or a minimum of $7.50 per quarter, per living unit. (1) All sewer customer charges, payable monthly/quarterly shall be determined by computing the average monthly/ quarterly water consumption from the combined water meter readings for any three of the months from October through March. Such new change of rate shall be April 17, 1978 140 1 effective January 1st of each year and shall be billed monthly/quarterly thereafter. In any case where winter meter readings are not available or appropriate, monthly/quarterly charges shall be made on the basis of current water consumption at which time the annual charge will be established and an adjustment of such charges collected will be made. (2) A penalty of 10 percent shall be added to the amount due on any sewer bill if not paid within 20 days after the billing date. Payments received by mail postmarked on or'before the twentieth day shall be deemed as paid within said period. (3) All owners, lessees, and occupants of 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 with the City water meter specifications to measure either the water used or the discharge into the sewer. (Sec. 9-231 Amended by Ordinance 1277, March 1, 1975) (Sec. 9-231 Amended by Ordinance 1406, April 17, 1978) Section 9-232. Sewer Bills. It is hereby made the duty of the Director of Finance 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 9-231 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 Section 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 Section 9-230, 9-231 and 9-232 hereof. Section 9-233. Revision of Sewer Rates. The City Council reserves the right to readjust the rates and charges provided in Section 9-231 hereof from time to time. April 17, 1978 141 1 (2) Construction Purposes. When water is desired for construction purposes the owner shall make application in the regular way and on the regular form and the service shall be carried inside the foundation wall, and if for any reason the meter cannot be installed at that time the charges for the water shall be set forth under water rates, and when the building is completed the meter shall be set in the regular way. (3) Water bills shall be mailed to customers for the service periods set forth in Section 9-101(1) and shall specify the water consumed and the charge in accordance with the rates set forth in Section 9-101(1). A penalty of 10 percent shall be added to the amount due on any bill if not paid within 20 days after the billing date. Payments received by mail postmarked on or before the twentieth day shall be deemed as paid within said period. (Sec. 9-101(3) Amended by Ordinance 1277, March 1, 1975) (4) Automatic Sprinkler System. Where a connection is made to an automatic sprinkler system for standby service only, a charge for such service shall be made on an annual basis as follows: 2 inch pipe connection 3 inch pipe connection 4 inch pipe connection 6 inch pipe connection 8 inch pipe connection $15.00 20.00 30.00 40.00 50.00 (5) Rates Beyond Boundaries. Rates due and payable to the City by each water user located beyond the territorial boundaries of the City shall be on the same basis as specified in sub -paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4) above. (Sec. 9-101(5) Amended by Ordinance 1406, April 17, 1928) Section 9-102. Service Charges. Charges shall be made and collected for the following water services: tapping and making connections with the city water mains; for turning on and off water as requested or for non-payment of water bills, or failure to repair leaks; for raising or lowering stop -box taps and for other services related to water department operations. Service charges for the above services shall be fixed by the City Manager. (Sec. 9-102 Amended by Ordinance 1406 , April 17, 1978) April 17, 1978 122 Section 9-103. Delinquent Water Accounts. All charges for water shall be due and payable within 20 days of the billing date specified by the Director of Finance; accounts shall be considered delinquent and subject to penalty of 10 percent if not paid within 20 days of the billing date. Payments received by mail postmarked on or before the twentieth day after billing date shall be deemed as paid within said period. It shall be the duty of the Director of Finance to endeavor to promptly collect delinquent accounts, and in all cases where satisfactory arrangements for payment have not then been made, the Superintendent shall be instructed to discontinue water service at the stop box. All delinquent accounts shall be certified by the City Clerk to the City Assessor who shall prepare an assessment roll each year providing for assessment of the delinquent amounts against the respective properties served, which assessment roll shall be delivered to the City Council for adoption on or before October 1st of each year. (Sec. 9-103 Amended by Ordinance 1406, ApriZ 17, 1978) Section 9-104. Discontinuance of Service for Ordinance Violations. The Superintendent is authorized to shut off water service at any stop box connection at any time he shall be satisfied that: (1) The owner or occupant of the premises served, or any person working on any pipes or equipment thereon which are connected with the City water supply system has intentionally violated any of the requirements of the ordinances of the City relative to the water supply system or connections therewith. (2) The owner or occupant of the premises served threatens to violate, or cause to be violated, any of the provisions of this Code. (3) Any charge for water, service, meter, meter parts or any other financial obligations imposed on the present or former owner or occupant of the premises served, by the provisions of this Code, is unpaid. (4) Fraud or misrepresentation by the owner or occupant in connection with an application for service. Provided that water shall not be turned off from any service pipe between the hours of 9:00 a.m. on Saturday and 9:00 a.m. on the following Monday. April 17, 1978 123 1 Sec. 2. Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300 or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed 90 days or both. Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take effective fifteen days after its publication. Adopted by the City Council A 17, 1978. R -view for nistration: Manager May Appro� ed%as to m and legality: �t/ City Attorne SUN NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION Si'. LouIsPK SUN 6601 W. 78th St. Bloomington, Minnesota State of Minnesota ss. County of Hennepin J R RITCHAY, 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 at 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 advertisements (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports to serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at 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 serve the City of St Louis Park, Golden Valley School District No 275 and Robbinsdale School District No 281 in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of issue in the City of Bloomington in said county, established and open during its regular business hours for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and maintained by the managing officer of said newspaper or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and control during all such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regular business hours and at •vhich said newspaper is printed (6) Said newspaper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society (7) Said newspaper is made available at single or subscription prices to any person, corporation, partnership or other unincorporated association requesting the newspaper and making the applicable payment (8) Said newspaper has complied with all foregoing conditions for at least one year preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below (9) 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 Secretaiy of State and signed by the managing officer 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 printed Ordinance No. 1 406 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 One ,successive weeks. that it was first so published on filed the 19 day of April 19- 78 and was thereafter printed and published on every to and including the day of , 19._ and that the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z. both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to -wit abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz Subscribed and sworn to before me thio 1 9 day of / 4.,,,,,i;;;,44 PHYLLIS S BARTON ��"� ,mit``" NOTARY PUBLIC - MINNESOTA HENNEPIN COUNTY My Commission Fxpirrs Aug 18 1984 XVVVVVVVVVVVVVI WYVWVVVVyW April 19_18 li (Official Publication) ORDINANCE -NO. 1409"-\ AN ORDiNANCIK AMENDING -THE ST LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CORE SECTION 9-231 ENTITLED "SEWER RENTAL RATES", SEC- TION 11-101 EGTiON'9-101 ENTITLED "WATER RATES", SECTION 9-102 ENTI- i TLED "SERVICE CHARGES" AND SECTION 9-103 ENTITLED "DE- LINQUENT WATER ACCOUNTS" THE CITY OF ST 'LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN Section 1' That Section 9-231; 9-101(5), 9-102' and 9-103 of the St Lows Park Ordinance Code entitled 5, ti"Sewer Rental Rates", "Water ;Rates", t'Service Charges"'and "De- ,-iinquent Water Accounts" respec- lively, are hereby amended to read as follows Section 9-231 Sewer Rental Rates • Charges for sewer service to residen- tial and" non-residential users within the City provided in Section 9-230 hereof shall be forty-five cents (i$ 45) per 100 cubic feet of water consump- tion as measured during the winter 'quarter (or as otherwise determined in Section 9-231(1)) or a minimum of $7 50 per quarter (1) All, , sewer customer charges, -, payable monthly/quarterly shall be de- termined by computing the aver- age monthly/quarterly water consumption from the combined water meter readings for any three of the months from October through March Such new change of rate shall be effective January 1st of each year and shall be bil- led monthly/quarterly thereafter In any case where winter meter readings are not available or ap- propriate, monthly/quarterly charges shall be made on the basis of current water consump- tion at which time the annual charge will be established and an adjustment of such charges col- lected will be made i (2) A penalty of 10 percent shall be added to the amount due on any sewer bill if not paid within 20 days after the billing date Pay- ments received by mail post- marked on Or before the twen teeth day shall be deemed as paid within said period (3) All owners, lessees, and oc- cupants of buildings discharging sewerage into the City sewer while using water from any source other than the City of St Louis Park municipal water sys- tem shall install meters or other measurmg devices meeting with the City water meter speciftca- ' tions to measure either the water used or the discharge into the sewer (Sec' 9-231 Amended by Ordinance ' 1277, March 1, 1975) 9.101 Water Rates (5) Rates Beyond Boundaries Rates due and payable to the City 1 by each water user located beyond the territorial boundaries fof the City shall be on the same ' basis as specified in sub - Q: paragraphs (1), (2) and (3)i above Section 9-102 Service Charges ''''Charges shall be made and collected ,,.dor the following water services tap - L --ping and making connections with the L._ city. water mains, for turning on and , G off water as requested or for non- ,' payment of water bills, or failure to repair leaks, for raising or lowering l,op-box taps and for other services llataed,to water department opera-- j tions, Service charges for the above ser-y""tees shall be\fixed by the City Manager i Section 9-103 Dehnquent Water Ac- counts All charges for water shall be due on the date specified by the Di- reetor•:sf:-Finance for the respective accounts, and -shall be delinquent 20 days thereafter It shall be the duty of the Director of Finance to endeavor to promptly collect delinquent ac- counts, and in all cases where satis- factory arrangements for payment have not then been, made, the Superintendent shall be instructed to .discontinue water service at the stop box All delinquent accounts shall be certified by the City Clerk to the City Assessor who shall prepare an as- sessment roll each year providing for assessment of the delinquent amounts against the respective prop- erties served, which assessment roll shall be delivered to the City Council for adoption on or before October 1st of each year Sec 2 Penalty Any person violat- ing the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by im- prisonment for a period not to exceed 90 days or both Sec 3 This ordinance shall take ef- fect fifteen days after its publication 17, Adopted1978 by the City Council April (s) IRVING M STERN Mayor Attest (s) EARL E HANSON City Clerk Reviewed for administration (s) JOHN W ELWELL City Manager Approved as to form and legality (s) WAYNE G POPHAM B GA13001:I pUB File No Affidavit of Publication ST. 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