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the Council relating to utility usage, service charge or for any utility-related work on private property performed by the City or at the direction of the owner. Subd. 7. 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. Subd. 8. 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. Subd. 9. 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 he 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 makingreadings. eadings. Subd. 10. 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 used previously in comparable periods of the year. If no comparable period is available,the City Administrator shall, NN ith the consent of the Council, set an estimated charge on the basis of his or her best judgment. Subd. 11. 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 actuallN could enter the sewer system may be determined. Subd. 12. 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. Subd. 13. The owner(s) of any premises shall be solely responsible for the payment of any utility usage or service charge, whether or not the sewer, usage or service has been used by the owner(s) or by tenants. Subd. 14. The City Administrator may charge the owner the costs and charges established by Ordinance adopted by the Council relating to the repair of water or sewer service lines on private property performed by the City or at the direction of the City. The owner of the premises shall be solely responsible for payment of the costs and charges. 1030.02 Pavment. Statements for total charges for the preceding_quarterly_period shall be mailed to each customer on or before the tenth day of the month following the rollingbilling illing_quarter. The balances shown due shall be due and payable at the office of the City Administrator on or before the last da of the Page 4 of 6