#154 Imposing Water Penalty Rates

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~ STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY VILLAGE OF ARDEN HILLS ORDINANCE NO. 154 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NOS. 103 APJD 719, RELATING TO THE MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM, BY IMPOSING NEW DELINQUENCY PENALTIES. The V illage Council of the Village of Arden Hills does hereby ordain as follows: SecTion 1. Revision of Delinquency Charges. Section 3.n of Ordinance No. 103, relating to the municipal water system of Arden Hills and particularly to collection of delinquenT charges in connecTion therewith, previously amended by Ord. No. 119, is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: 3.4 (a) Delinquency Penalties and Collection of Delinquent Charges. A delinquency penalty of 8 per cent of the unpaid water bill for charges hereunder shall be char9ed, effective on the date staTed, in accordance with the following schedule: For the lst quarter - June 10 For the 2nd quarTer - September 10 For the 3rd quarter - December 10 For the 4fh quarTer - March 10 If ihe delinquency daTe falls on a non-business day for the Village Hall, the penalTies shall be imposed on the next business day, but firsT crediTin9 payments received on That day. (b) Except as provided in SeC. 3.4 (e) hereof, the aforesaid delinquency penalty shall be imposed upon and added to all unpaid water bills, including those incurred and previously billed in 1971 or in January, 1972. With respect To Those bills, however, the Clerk- AdminisTrator shal I give wrilTen noTice of ihis provision to ihose cusiomers at least thirTy (30) days before June 10, 1972. Such notice may be mailed with the usual billing in April, 1972, at the option of the Clerk- AdminisTrator. (c) PenalTies provided herein shall be added to the outsTanding bill by the Clerk-Adminisirator and mailed in the usual course at the nexT regular billing tlate, showing in ihe same bill the current billing; e.g., July 5, 1972, after the firsT penalty daTe. (d) The Council has noTed ihat under Section 3.3 hereof bills are due at the end of the billing monih, and accordingly the delinquency charge hereunder will be imposed more than a monTh after the due date of a billing. (e) Any amounts due for waTer charges hereunder may be collected in a civil acTion brought for That purpose in the name of the Village; or the Village Clerk- AdminisTrator, upon direcTion thereon by the Council, may certify to the CounTy Auditor the amount due, together with the legal descripiion of the premises served, and the Clerk-AdminisTrator, in so certifying, shal I add to such amount as a separate item, in addition to the delinquency penalty hereinbefore provided, an addifional delinquency penalty of 8 per cent of the original unpaid amount, exclusive of any previous tlelinquency penalfy. The CounTy AudiTOr shall thereupon enter such amount as part of the tax levied on said premises to be collected during the ensuing year. No additional delinquency penalTies hereunder shall be added to unpaid bills afTer certification To the County AudiTor as provided herein. Section 2. Separability. If any provision of This or- dinance or the applicafion ihereof To any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall noT affect other provisions or applications ot the ordinance which can be given effecT without the inValid provision or application, and To this end the provisions of ihis ordinance are dedared to be severable. Section 3. EffecTive Date. The penalties and procedures provided herein shall apply forthwiTh as sTated herein. Subject To the foregoing, This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publicafion. Dated ihis 27Th day of March, 1972. Henry J. Crepeau, Jr., Mayor A11esT: Lorraine E. STromquist, Clerk-AdminisMaTor (Bulletin: Mar. 30, 1972) ~