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Home My WebLink About1614 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1983/12/05• December 5, 1983 _- , 8a ORDINANCE NO. 1614 AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO WATER, SEWER AND GARBAGE/REFUSE RATES: AMENDING THE ST. LOUIS PARK MUNICIPAL CODE, SECTIONS 9-101(1)(4), 9-231 & 9-307; ADDING SECTION 9-101(6) THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. The St. Louis Park Municipal Code, Section 9-101(1), is amended to read: Section 9-101. Water Rates (1) Rates. The rate due and payable to the City by each water user within the City for water taken from the City water supply system shall be: First 100,000 cubic feet $.443 per 100 cu. ft. Next 300,000 cubic feet $.430 per 100 cu. ft. Over 400,000 cubic feet $.417 per 100 cu. ft. 111 r- All charges for single and multiple family dwelling users shall be determined and payable on a quarterly basis, and all charges for commercial, industrial and institutional users shall be determined and payable on a monthly or quarterly basis, provided; however, that there shall be a minimum charge to each water user for each quarter year period during which water service is furnished as follows: Meter Size 5/8 inch 3/4 inch 1 inch 1-1/2 inch 2 inch 3 inch 4 inch 6 inch 8 inch Quarterly Minimum Charge $ 4.43 6.20 10.63 20.82 33.23 66.45 103.66 208.21 332.25 In case the meter is found to have stopped, or to be operating in a faulty manner, the amount of water used will be estimated in accordance with the amount used previously for the comparable period. Where single and multiple family dwelling service is for less than a quarterly period, the quarterly minimum charge will be prorated. Sec. 2. The St. Louis Park Municipal Code, Section 9-101(4), is amended to read: (4) Automatic Sprinkler System. Where a connection is made to an automatic sprinkler system for a standby service only, a charge for such service shall be made on an annual basis as follows 2 inch pipe connection $17.25 3 inch pipe connection 23.00 4 inch pipe connection 34.50 6 inch pipe connection 46.00 8 inch pipe connection 57.50 10 inch pipe connection 69.00 12 inch pipe connection 77.50 Sec. 3. The St. Louis Park Municipal Code, Section 9-101(6), is added to read: (6) Revision of Water Rates. The City Council reserves the right to adjust the rates provided in the foregoing section from time to time. Sec. 4. The St. Louis Park Municipal Code, Section 9-231 first paragraph, is amended to read: Section 9-231. Sewer Rental Rates. Charges for sewer service to residential and nonresidential users within the City provided in Section 9-230 hereof shall be: $.935 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 $15.17 quarterly per dwelling unit or account). Sec. 5. The St. Louis Park Municipal Code, Section 9-307, is amended to read: Section 9-307. Garbage/Refuse Service Rates and Bills. A service charge for garbage/refuse collection and recycling service provided to residential dwelling units within the City shall be $18.38 per living unit for each quarter year. A dwelling unit shall include all residential dwellings with one through four living units except condominiums. Charges for garbage/refuse 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. Garbage/refuse bills will be mailed to customers for each quarter year service period at the rate shown above. The proceeds from collection of these bills shall be placed in a separate fund. 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 after billing shall be deemed as paid within said period. Delinquent Garbage/Refuse Accounts. All charges for garbage/refuse service shall be due and payable within 20 days after the billing date; accounts shall be considered delinquent when not paid within this 20 day period and 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 submitted to the City Council for adoption on or before October 1st of each year and for certification to the Hennepin County Auditor for collection as other taxes are collected. Revision of Garbage/Refuse Rates. The City Council reserves the right to adjust the rates provided above from time to time. Sec. 6. This ordinance shall take effect January 1, 1984. Adopted by the City Council December 5, 1983 Attest: 161:11111.4 i y Reviewed for administration: ity Manager kiAAtteA or Approved as to form and legality: 0 SUN NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION ST. LOUIS PARK SUN 924 Excelsior Avenue West Hopkins, Minnnesota State of Minnesota County of Hennepin (Official Publication) ORDINANCE NO 1614 AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO WATER, SEWER, AND GARBAGE/REFUSE RATES AMENDING THE ST LOUIS PARK MUNICIPAL CODE, SECTIONS 9-101(1)(4), 9-231 & 9-307, ADDING Summary SECTION Thisrdinance adjusts the water, sewer, and garbage/refuse service rates for 1984 and provides for a change in billing method for gar- bage/refuse service from a special assessment to a service charge to be included on water, sewer bills Effective Date This ordinance shall take effect January 1, 1984 Adopted by the City Council De- cember 5, 198.3 (s) LYLE W HANKS Mr A copy of the full text of thisa or- dinance is available for Inspection with the City Clerk (Dec l4, 1984) -SLP D K MORTENSON, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been the vice president and general manager of the newspaper know 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 every 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 advertisement (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipalities 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 Hopkins 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 regula, business hours and at which 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 and affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary 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. 1614 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_ClII.S_successive weeks, that it was first so published on Wed the 1 4 day of Dec 19 83 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 abcdefghijkimnopgrstuvwxyz Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15 MERIDEL M. HEDBLOM tiOTARY PUBLIC -MINNESOTA HENNEPIN COUNTY My commission expires July 2, 1986 / ,t, 127,4, day of Dec 19 83