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<br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA
<br /> COUNTY OF RAMSEY
<br /> CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
<br /> ORDINANCE NO. 185
<br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORD. NO. 103, AS
<br /> AMENDED, RELATING TO THE MUNICIPAL
<br /> WATER SYSTEM, BY CHANGING THE PROVISIONS
<br /> THEREIN REIATING TO WATER METERS, SUB-
<br /> STITUTING "CITV" FOR "VILLAGE"
<br /> THROUGHOUT, AND INCREASING PENALTIES
<br /> PROVIDED THEREIN
<br /> The City Council of Arden Hills ordains:
<br /> Section 1. Amendment of Section 4.1(a) of Ord. No.
<br /> IOJ, as Amended. Section 4.1(a) of Ord. No. 103, as
<br /> ~ previously amended by Ord. No. 111, Ord. No. 119, and
<br /> Ord. No. 142, is hereby amended in its entirety To read as
<br /> f0llows:
<br /> (a) Each waTer customer of the City shall make a
<br /> security deposiT for a water meter before installation of
<br /> such meTer, which deposiT shall be in ihe amount of one
<br /> hundred iwenty percent (120, percent) of the acTual cost
<br /> of such meter rounded to the nearest Five Dollars
<br /> ($5.00) over such actual cost. At the time said security
<br /> deposit is made on a water meTer, an additional fee of
<br /> FifTeen Dollars ($15.00) shall be paid by the customer To
<br /> the City to cover the expense of insTallationof the meter,
<br /> such charge To be made only upon installation of ineTers
<br /> Two (2) inches or smaller in size.
<br /> The securiTy deposiT shall be kept tiy the Clerk-
<br /> Atlministrator as a credit against the property upon
<br /> which the meter has been instal led, without reference To
<br /> the ownership of the property. The deposit shall be
<br /> refunded to the property owner only on request in the
<br /> evenT municipal water service to the properTy is
<br /> discontinued and the service pipe is disconnected at the
<br /> sTop box and the meter is removed; provided, however,
<br /> ihaT charges a9ainst the property under the provisions
<br /> of This Ordinance may first be deducted from such
<br /> deposiT. The refund of the deposiT, less any deductions,
<br /> shall be made by the Clerk-Adminisirator to the
<br /> wstomer within forty-five (45) days after discon-
<br /> Tinuance of municipal waTer service to the properTy,
<br /> disconnection of the service pipe at the siop box, and
<br /> removal of the meter.
<br /> AT the time such securiTy deposit is made, the Clerk-
<br /> Adminisirator shall provide the customer with a wriTTen
<br /> receipT Therefor which shall also specify ihat any
<br /> charges due and unpaid against the properTy pursuant
<br /> to the provisions of fhis Ordinance ai the time of
<br /> disconTinuance of municipal water service Thereto, as
<br /> aforesaid, may be deducTed from the deposiT prior to its
<br /> return To the customer.
<br /> A meter on a service line larger ihan iwo (2) inches is
<br /> to be furnished and installed at the expense of the
<br /> property owner, and accordingly no security deposit
<br /> shall be required iherefor.
<br /> Sectian 2. Amendment of Section 4.7(d) of Ord. Na.
<br /> 103, as Amended. Section 4.1(d) of Ord. No. 103, as
<br /> amended, is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
<br /> f0llows:
<br /> (d) AIl the meters, excepT those on a service line
<br /> larger ihan iwo (2) inches which have been furnished
<br /> and installed at the expense of the property owner and
<br /> for which no security deposiT has been made pursuanT to
<br /> the last sentence of Section 4.1(a) hereinabove, shal I be
<br /> the property of the City. A rental fee equal To six percent
<br /> (6 percent) per annum of the amount of the security
<br /> deposit on each such water meter which is the properTy
<br /> of the City shal I be charged to the customer for the use
<br /> of the City's water meter. With respect to each such
<br /> water meter, for which a security deposit has been
<br /> made, installed and in place on or before AugusT 1, 1974,
<br /> ihis renTalfee shall be charged to the customer using
<br /> the same from August 1, 1974. For each such water
<br /> meter, for which a security deposit has been made,
<br /> insTalled afTer August 1, 1974, This rental fee shall be
<br /> charged to the customer using the same from the daTe
<br /> on which the securiTy deposit was made. This rental fee
<br /> may be sei off or credited against any interest due each
<br /> customer on the security deposiT he has made.
<br /> Section 3. Amendment of Ord. Na. 103, as Amended,
<br /> by SubstiTUting "City" for "Village" Wherever the
<br /> Same Appears. Wherever the word "Village" appears
<br /> in Ord. No. 103, as amended, said word shall be deleted
<br /> and the word "City" shall be substitufed therefor.
<br /> SecTion 4. AmendmenT oT Section 5.1 of Ord. Na. 103, as
<br /> Amended. Section 5.1 of Ord. No. 103, as amended, is
<br /> hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
<br /> 5.1. Any person(s) or entiTy guilty of violating any
<br /> provision of ihis Ordinance shall be guilty of a
<br /> misdemeanor and upon conviction ihereof shall be
<br /> punished by a fine not To exceed Three Hundred and no.
<br /> 100 Dollars ($300.00) or by imprisonment in the counTy
<br /> ~ iail for a period not to exceed nineTy (90) days, or by
<br /> boTh. Each and every day or portion Thereof during
<br /> which any such violaTion of the provisions of ihis Or-
<br /> dinance is commiTted, continued or permitted shall be
<br /> deemed a separate offense.
<br /> Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take
<br /> effect and be in force from and afTer iTS passage and
<br /> publication wiTh the exception of SecTion 2 hereof
<br /> relating To the chargeof a rental fee on al I water meters
<br /> owned by the City, which Section shall be effective as of
<br /> August l, 1974.
<br /> Passed by the Council of the City of Arden Hills this
<br /> 24ih day of February, 1975.
<br /> Henry J. Crepeau, Jr.
<br /> Mayor
<br /> ATtest: CharlotTe McNiesh
<br /> Clerk-AdminisTrator
<br /> (BulleTin: March 6, 1975)
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