HomeMy WebLinkAbout2636-21 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 2021/11/01Ordinance No. 2636-21
City of St. Louis Park
Hennepin County, Minnesota
An ordinance amending St. Louis Park city code sections
relating to the setting of fees
The City of St. Louis Park does ordain:
Section 1. St. Louis Park City Code Section 3-59(a) is hereby amended by adding the
underlined language and deleting the strikethrough language as follows:
Sec. 3-59. Retail license fees.
(a) Annual fees. The annual fee for all licenses shall be set by the city council, by
resolution ordinance, in amounts no greater than those set forth in M.S.A. Ch. 340A.
Section 2. St. Louis Park City Code Section 32-31(a) is hereby amended by adding the
underlined language and deleting the strikethrough language as follows:
Sec. 32-31. Water rates.
(a) Rates. The rate due and payable to the city by each water user with the city for
billings on or after February 26, 2001, for water taken from the city water supply system shall
be set by city council resolution ordinance. All charges for single-family 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 service charge to each water user for
each quarter year period during which water service is furnished as set by city council
resolution. 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 previously used for
the comparable period of the last previous year.
Section 3. St. Louis Park City Code Section 32-31(c) is hereby amended by adding the
underlined language and deleting the strikethrough language as follows:
Sec. 32-31. Water rates.
(c) Water bills. Water bills shall be mailed to customers for the service periods set
forth in subsection (a) of this section, and shall specify the water consumed and the charges in
accordance with rates set forth by city council resolution ordinance.
Section 4. St. Louis Park City Code Section 32-32 is hereby amended by adding the
underlined language and deleting the strikethrough language as follows:
Sec. 32-32. Service connection fee.
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The state-mandated service connection fee listed in this section for testing water supplies
will be collected by the city and remitted to the state department of revenue. The service
connection fee due and payable to the city by each water user within the city for water taken
from the city water supply system shall be an amount set by city council resolution ordinance.
Section 5. St. Louis Park City Code Section 32-98 is hereby amended by adding the
underlined language and deleting the strikethrough language as follows:
Sec. 32-98. Sewer rental rates.
Charges for sewer service to residential and nonresidential users within the city provided
in section 32-97 for billings on or after February 26, 2001, shall be: an amount per 100 cubic
feet of water consumption set by city council resolution, as measured during the winter
consumption (or otherwise determined in subsection (1) of this section), and a monthly service
charge of an amount set by city council resolution ordinance, or an amount quarterly per
dwelling or account set by city council resolution ordinance.
(1) All residential sewer customer charges shall be determined by computing the
winter water consumption as determined by the city billing cycle for each
district. Commercial sewer charges shall be determined by computing the water
consumption each month throughout the year. In any case where winter meter
readings are not available or appropriate, charges shall be made on the basis of
current water consumption.
(2) A penalty of ten percent shall be added to the amount due on any sewer bill if
not paid within three weeks after the billing date. Payments received within
three working days following the due date shall be deemed as paid within such
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 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.
Section 6. St. Louis Park City Code Section 32-142 is hereby amended by adding the
underlined language and deleting the strikethrough language as follows:
Sec. 32-142. Rates and charges.
Fees for the use and availability of the storm sewer system shall be determined through
the use of a residential equivalent factory (REF). A residential equivalent factory is the ratio of
the volume of runoff generated by one acre of a particular land use to the volume of runoff
generated by one acre of single-family and two-family residential land use based upon average
annual rainfall.
Section 7. St. Louis Park City Code Section 32-203(e) is hereby amended by adding the
underlined language and deleting the strikethrough language as follows:
Sec. 32-203. Water meters.
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(e) Whenever any meter shall become obstructed or out of order, the director of public
works shall cause it to be repaired. The director of public works shall direct the cost of such
repairs to be paid out of the funds of the water department unless the meter has been
damaged by freezing or willful neglect by someone outside of the city employ. On request of
any customer and payment to the city clerk of a fee set by city council resolution ordinance, the
director of public works will test such water meter. All water meters obtained from the city
shall remain the property of the city and may be replaced at any time by the director of public
works if found to be worn or defective beyond repair. Such replacement shall be paid for from
water department funds.
Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect November 26, 2021.
Reviewed for administration: Adopted by the City Council November 1, 2021
Kim Keller, city manager Jake Spano, mayor
Attest: Approved as to form and execution:
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk Soren Mattick, city attorney
First reading 10/18/2021
Second reading 11/1/2021
Date of publication 11/11/2021
Date ordinance takes effect 11/26/2021
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