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City of Arden Hills Chapter 10 Utilities <br />H. The owner(s) of any premises shall be solely responsible for the payment of any <br />water or sewer usage or service charge, whether or not the water or sewer, <br />usage or service, have been used by the owner(s) or tenants. <br />Subd. 3 Payment of Charges. <br />A. Statements for total water chaxges for the preceding quarterly period shall be <br />mailed by the City Administrator to each property owner on or before the tenth <br />day of the month following the rolling billing area. <br />B. Such statements shall be due on the last day of the month following the <br />quarterly period covered by the statement. Any prepayment or overpayment of <br />charges may be retained by the City and applied to subsequent quarterly <br />statements. <br />Subd. 4 Delinquency Penalties and Collection of Delinquent Charges. <br />A. A delinquency penalty of eight (8%) percent of the unpaid water bill for <br />charges shall be charged, effective thirty (30) days after the rolling billing <br />quarter, in accordance with the following schedule of billing dates: <br />District 1 <br />For the first quarter April 30 <br />For the second quarter July 31 <br />For the third quarter October 31 <br />For the fourth quarter January 31 <br />District 2 District 3 <br />May 31 June 30 <br />August 31 Sept 30 <br />November 30 December 31 <br />February 28 March 31 <br />If the delinquency date falls on a nonbusiness day for the City Hall, the <br />penalties shall be imposed on the next business day, but first crediting <br />payments received on that day. <br />B. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the delinquency penalty shall be <br />imposed upon and added to all unpaid water bills by the City Administrator <br />and mailed in the usual course at the next regular billing date, showing in the <br />same bill the current billing after the first penalty date. <br />C. The Council has noted that, under Subd. 3, section bills are due at the end of <br />the billing month, and accordingly the delinquency charge shall be imposed <br />consistent with the due date of a billing. <br />D. Any amounts due for water charges in excess of 90 days past due, may be <br />collected in a civil action brought for that purpose in the name of the City; or <br />the City Administrator, upon direction by the Council, may certify to the <br />10 -10 <br />Adopted December 17, 2001 <br />