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STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY VILLAGE OF ARDEN MILLS ORDINANCE N0.167 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING SEWER SER- VICE AVAILABILITY AND CONNECTION CHARGES TO PAY RESERVE CAPACITY COSTS OF METROPOLITAN SEWER BOARD. The Viilage Council of the Villa9e of Arden Hills does hereby ordain as follows: Seciion 1. Recitals. The Metropolifan Sewer 8oard has deTermineq to reserve unused capacity in the metropolitan disposal sysTem each year commencing in ~ 1973 for local government units in which new buildings are fo be connected to the System and new connections to the system are commenced dyring such yeer, and To allocate the tlebt service cosis W such uhused capecity for the year among such local government units. In . order for the local government units to pay such cosis allocated to Them each year, it will be necessary to establish appropriate sewer service availability and connecfion charges. Section 2. Establishment of Charges. For the purpose of paying costs ot reserve capacity allocaTed to Arden Hills each year by the Metropolitan Sewer Board, fhere is hereby established a charge for: (a) the availabiliTy of ireatmenf works and im terceptors comprising the mefropolitan disposal system; and (b) connecTions, dired antl indirect, to the me}ropOlitan dispOSal system. The charge shall be collected on the basis of building . permits issued after January l, 1973, or connection permits issued for connections to be made after January 1, 1973, on the following basis: (c) The charge shall be payable on the issuanCe M each building permit for new consiruction issued afTer January t, 1973. - (d) A charge shall be payable on the issuance of a building permit for alferations or addifions To existing buildings if the alteration or addition will require ad- diTional reserve capacity, and the Service Availability Charge (SAC) unit shall be determined on the Same - basis as for new builtlings, (e) The charge shall be imposed on sewer connection permifs issuetl after January 1, 1979, except: e-1 Wfiere a SAC unit charge was matle when the building permit for the sublect building was issuetl. e-2 Where a buitdingpermit for the subject building - was issued prior fo January 7, 1973, and the building wa5 not served by an on-lot disposal sy5lem. e-3 Where the sewer connection permit was issued betore January 1, 1973, and the sewer tu which the 4onnecti0n was to be made existed prior to January 1, - 1973. The charge for each building or siructure shall be equal fo the numberof units of 5ewage volume which it , will discharge, multiplietl by $275 for 1973, 5300 for 1974, $325 for 1975, 8350 for 1976 and $375 for 1977. A unit of sewage volume shall be 100,000 gallons per year and shall be assigned as follows: - (a) Singie tamily houses, townhouses and duplex units shall each comprise one uniT; (b) Condominiums and apariments shall each comprise 80 percent of a unit; (c) Mobile homes shall eacfi comprise 80 percenY of a unit; (d) Oiher buildings and strucfures shall be assigned one uniT for each 100,000 gallons of flow or parf ihereof which it is estimated iheY Will discharge;(e) Public housing uniTS antl housing units Subsitlized under any federal pro9ram for low and moderate in- come housinq shall be counfed as 75 percent of the unit equivalent for ihaT type of hausing: (f) During 1973 oNy connection permiTs for building units which exisfed prior to January 1, 1973, and were- served by on-loi disposal sysiems Shall be counted as one-halfiheuni}equivalenTforihattypeofhausing. , Sr.ction J. The Adminisiration. The Clerk • Ad- ministrator shall prepare or revise building permit or sewage connection permit appli[ati0n forms to provide lnformafion necessary for the computation of the number of uniTs assignable to the building or siructure in question, and shall collect the applicable-charge before issuance of a permit. The Clerk - Administralor shall make,such information available To the Sewer Boartl upon request. If upon filing a report covering such permit with the Mefropolitan Sewer Board, the Board defermines fhet a greater number Of uniTs is assignable to the building or siructure in question, any atlditiOnal aTOUnt Of c051 BIlOC81@tl f0 the VillBgB a5 B result shall be paid by the person or company fo whOm the permit was granted. Section 0. Purpose. It is the intention M the Council To impose herein charges equivalent to ihose adopted by the Metropolitan Sewer Board by its Re5oluTion No. 72- 225, adopted December 6, 1972, but inclutling ad. minisirafive or service charges as allowed by the Sewer Board. Section S. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full torce and effect from and after its pa5sage and publ iwtion. " Adopted by the Council of Arden Fiills this 29ih day of January, 1973. . . Henry J. Crepeau, Jr., Mayor Attest: 40 , CharloTte McN'resh , Acting Clerk - Administrator . Village of Artlen Hills (BUlletin: Feb. 1, 1473)