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Subd. 5 Adjustment of Fees. The City Council may adopt an Ordinance for the adjustment of the surface water management fees. Information to justify a fee adjustment shall be supplied by the property owner. Surface water management fees shall be adjusted under the following conditions: A. The estimated expenditures for the management of surface water shall be revised at a frequency specified in this code. The fees shall be adjusted accordingly and will follow established City procedures for this adjustment of utility (water and sewer)rates. B. Changes in developed conditions of parcels. C. If it can be demonstrated that an individual parcel retains all or a portion of the rainfall that it receives, the surface water management fee shall be reduced by a percentage equal to that percent of the parcel which produces no external runoff. A fee reduction of 20 percent or greater must be demonstrated. Subd. 6 Undeveloped Land. Undeveloped properties, without regard to zoning classification, shall be assessed at one-half the rate,charged to developed property zoned as R-1. Subd. 7 Exemptions. The following land uses shall be exempt from the surface water management fee: A. Public Rights-of-Way; B. Lakes; and C. Parks. Subd. 8 Mailing Statements of Charges. Statements for the preceding quarterly surface water management service shall be mailed to each customer pursuant to the same procedures as listed under Subsection 1010.11. Subd. 9 Fee Appeal. If a property owner or person responsible for paying the surface water management fee believes that a particular assigned fee is incorrect, such a person may request that the fee be recomputed. Appeals shall be heard by the Council once a year in accordance with the schedule established for credit applications, in established City policy. Subd. 10 Penalties for Delinquent Payments of Fees. A penalty equal to eight percent (8%) of the amount due shall be added to accounts not paid in full on or before the first day of the second month following the billing periods and to each quarterly billing thereafter until the amount of the delinquent account plus accrued penalty is paid in full or otherwise certified to the county auditor as a delinquent account. Subd.l 1 Collection. Any amounts due for sanitary sewer charges in excess of 90 days past due may be collected in a civil action brought for that purpose in the name of the City; or the City Administrator, upon direction by the Council, may certify to the county auditor the amount due, together with the legal description of the premises served, and the City Administrator in so certifying, shall add to the amount as a separate item, in addition to the delinquency penalty an additional delinquency penalty of eight (8%) percent of the original unpaid amount, inclusive of any previous delinquency penalty. The county auditor shall enter the amount as part of the tax