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1010.11 Rates and Charges. Attachment B 00I11TEi=M@IMTTI A. Rates and charges to be imposed on the various categories of structures connected to the municipal sanitary sewer system shall be established by Ordinance adopted by the Council. In establishing the rates and charges, the Council shall employ any one or a combination of the methods and bases set forth in M.S. § 444.075 (3), as now constituted and as hereafter amended. B. Charges for mobile homes and apartments shall be billed to the owner or management of the mobile home court, park or apartment building in which the same are respectively located. Charges will be based on the number of units. C. Certain premises, because of their discharge of industrial sewage wastes or voluminous or strong sewage wastes, may be subject to supplementary charges imposed by governmental agencies or subdivisions other than the City. In such event, the City may impose, as established by Ordinance and adopted by the Council, a supplementary charge based generally upon and at least equal to the amount of the supplemental charge imposed by the other governmental agency or subdivision. D. All owners of properties other than single family dwellings, duplexes or two-family dwellings, mobile homes or trailers and apartments which are not connected to the municipal water system and are not excepted, shall install a meter on their water supply as part of any building program on the premises, and in any event within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice to do so from the City Administrator. Such meter shall be designed in such manner as to accurately measure water consumption, shall be of a type approved by the director of public works, shall be maintained in good operating condition without expense to the City, and access thereto shall be given to employees of the City at all reasonable times for the purpose of testing or making readings. E. If the director of public works determines that a portion of the water measured by the water meter does not and cannot enter the municipal sanitary sewer system, then the City may permit or require the installation of other additional meters in such a manner that the quantity of water which actually could enter the sewer system may be determined. F. The owner of the property shall supply the City, upon request, with such information as the City may reasonably require related to the use of a private water system. G. The owner(s) of any premises shall be solely responsible for the payment of any sewer usage or service charge, whether or not the sewer, usage or service has been used by the owner(s) or by tenants. Subd. 2 Payment. Statements for total sewer charges for the preceding quarterly period shall be mailed to each customer on or before the tenth day of the month following the rolling billing quarter. The balances shown due shall be due and payable at the office of the City Administrator on or before the last day of the month. Prepayments or overpayments of charges may be retained by the City and applied to subsequent quarterly statements. The City Administrator by direction of the Council, may designate another office to mail notices and receive payments under this subsection. Subd.3 Delinquencies. A. A delinquency penalty of eight (8%) percent of the unpaid sanitary sewer bill for charges effective on the date stated shall be charged, in accordance with the following schedule of billing for specific districts: For the first quarter April 30 For the second quarter July 31 For the third quarter October 31