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STATE OF MINNESOTA ' COUNTV OF RAMSEY CITY OF ARQEM HILLS ORDINANCE NO. 287 AN ORDINANCE IMPOSINfi A RESIDENTIAC RECYCLIM(i FEE. The Arden Hi1Fs City Council hereby ord8ins that At: ticle IY, Sections 11-30 to 11-35 are heteby adtled to Chapter 11 of the Arden HiNs City Code to read as tollows: . IV. Rssldentlal Raeyclln9 Ssrvlee Fee. 11-30. Purpose and Intent. Consiatent with thd policies expressed in the Minnesota Waste Manage- ment Act (MS 115A), the City ot Arden Hills hes im- plemeMed a curbside recyclin9 Pro9ram for aN reaiden- tial dwelling units within the Ciry. Although other sources ot funding will be used when available, the Giry Council hes determined that tha economic viabflity of the City's residential cwbside rpcycling program ati'& the uttimate benefits resuMing tlierefrom require the irta position of a resideMiel recycling service fee. 11-31. Impositbn ol Fae. Except as herein provi4 ed, a residential recycling service tee is hereby imposed on the owners of all residentiaUy xcupied property within the Ctty. The owners of muRiple lemily dwellit,% and the owner ol the manufactured home park may be ekempt from guoh fee upon furnishing proof, in a min- ner satisfactory to the City Administrator, that sUch owners have coMrected for a collection o1 recyclabk materials by a collector other Man the City designaied cWlector. Proof ot such alternate service shell be suk- mitted nv later than July 15, 7982, and shall indicate that a contract has been entered iMO for the succeeding calentlar year. The total number of resiilentiel dweU- ing units less the totel number of exempt residential tlwelling units, shall hereinatter be referred to as Jhe totaV number of assessable residentigl dwelling units. 71-32. Computatbn of Fee. Before August 31,1992, ' the City Administrator shall defermine the succeediftg years estimated budget for the collection of recyclaqlP materials for residential dwellings and the total numbdr of assessable residentiel dxrelling units within the-Gi- ty. The proposed residential recyciing service fee foS each assesseble resitlential dwelling unit shall not eX ceed an amount equal to the unfunded porlbn of flke estimated recycling budget divided by the lotal numbqr of assessaWe resideMial dwelling units within the Ci- ry. Unles.s otherwise exempted, owners of multlple tami- lydwelllingsaliall be charged a recycling tee tor each dweNing unA within a multiple family structure_ UnIe5~5 . otberwlse exempted, the Owner of the manufactured . . home park shall be charged a recycling fee for eac,h lot within.the manufactured home park. 11-33. /lnnual Revlew. The residential recycling ser- - vice ige shall be reviewed end approved annually by ths City CounciL a 1134. Collectfon ol Fse. The City may facilhate t11e collection of the residential recycting service fee by ; agreement with Ramsey County to include such fee on the real estate tax statement for individual or multipfe ; family dwAlling units. In the aRernatWe, residential ; recyeling service fee statements shall be mailed to pro- ' ; pertyowners on or before April 15th, and shall bg~ ;payaWe no leler than July 15th of eaCh year.-A penalpy ~ ec{ual to 10Wo of the amount due shall be added to-doGA- ! quent accounts. 11-35. CertNicatlon of Dellnqueqt Accounts. EaCh year, the City Administratorshall prepare a.list of def(h- quent resitlential recycling service fee accounts, ih- cluding accrued penaHfes thereon, in the form ot an assessmeM roll. On or before OMOber 1stof each y@ar, the City Council shall review the delinquent residen- . tial recycling fee assessment roll arW adopt an ap- j propriate resolution certi(ying the delinqueM accouMs to the Counry Audiror es a lien 9gainst the real proper- ty served and further direcGng that the County AuditQr . collect theassessment"as part ol the ensuing yeaf`s' tax levy. All delinqueM residentiel recyding service fee assessmeMS shall bear interest, at a rate determined by Couocil resolutiorY, from the date on which 1hB resolution Is adqpted until DeCember 31 of the fWlow- ing year. EHeciive Date. This ordinance shall become effea tive on the 10th day of June, 1992. Adoption Dete. Passetl by the City Council of t11ia City of Arden Hills the 26(h day of May; 1992. /g/ Thomas Sathqr , MayloT. ATTEST: /s/ Catherine lago Actirtg Clerk (Bulletin: June 10, 1892)