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STATE OF RIINNESOTA (5) In the eveavt that property ie COUNTY OF RAMSEY connected to the sanitary sewen VILLAGE OF ARDEN HILLS system far the diaposal of in- ORDINANCE NO. 114 dustrial sewagie wastes, or other AN OHDINANCE REPEALING OR- sewage wastes whiGh, by virtue DINANCES NOS. 53 AND 89 AND of their etrength and volume, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 49, ALL are subject to supplemerntary RELATING TO THE MUNICIPAL charges by the City of St, Pau] 8'.NITARY SEWER SYSTEM, BY or the Village of Roseville, the CHANGING THE RATES AND CHARG- Village may impose a supple- ES PRESCAIBED FOR SEWAGE DIS- mental charge, over and above POSAL, AND PYtOVIDING FOR PEN- any charges as determ,ined un- ALTIES AND COLLECTION PROC- der the preceding paragraphe, EDURE. based generally upan and at The `illage Council of the Village of ]east e9ua1 to the amount of the Arden Hills does hereby ordain as fol- afaresaid St. Paul and Roseville lowe : suppletnen2al charges. Section l. Repeal of Ordinancea Noa. (6) All owners and occupanFs of 53 and 89. buildings that are not wnnecEed Orcinances No. 53 and 89 are hereby Co the municipal water syekem, repealed. and are to be chargcd in part on Sectfion 2. Amendment of Ordinance a voluthetric basis under this ~ No. 49 By Adding A New Secti.;n lY, ordinance shall install a meter Rates ani Charges. on their water supply by May 1, Ordinance No. 49, relating to the aFer- 1969, which meter will aecurate- ation of t'.-.e Muniaipal Sanitary Sewer ly measure water consumption. System, is hereby amended by adcL'ng The meter shall be of a type thereto a s-ction to be known as SEC- approved by the Arden Hills . TION 11, RATES AND CHARGES, to Supervisar of PubUic Womks, r:ad as fo'lcws ! shall be maintained in gaod Se=tian 11. Rates and Charges. operating condition without ex- The following sr,hedule of rate; and pense to the Village, and aecess charges shal] apply tro aA proFerty in thereto shall be given to em- Arden Hills containing build;ngs now ployees of the Village at all or tereinafter coanected to and using the reasanable times far the Pur- hrden Hi7s Municipal Sani!ary Sewer pose of testing or making read- Syster>i : ings. (A) (1) A charg- af $7.80 every three If the Supervisor of Public manths sha11 be imposed for sin- Works determines that a portion gle family rea:dential dwellinga, of the water measured by the (2) 'fhe eharge far duplexes oT two- water meter does npt and can- family dwellings shall be $16.60 nat enter the municipal sanitary evory t`,ree manths. sewer syatcm, then the Village (3) The Council has determined that may permit ar require the in- un±il watr:r usa%e ean be accur- stallation of other additional ately established in Ardea Hi113 meters in such a manner that a mixed valuation - volumekrie the quantity of water which ac- basis i3 the best method f(lr tva]]y could enter the sewer sys- computing sewane charges for tem way be determined.. th- balance of buildinga in ~.r_ The awnar or occup~ant in dAn Aills conneatcd to or uEbiz_ charge of any pTemises shall ing the Arden Hills .a.nits.ry supply the Village, upon re- sewcr system. Accoa•dingly, the quest, with such informatian as sewer rates far all propertiea~ in the Villaze may reasonably re- Arden Hills connected to or quire relatEd to the use of a u*ilizing the sanitary sewer private water system. syst^m and nok included wi-,hin (B) Statements for total sewer charges Paragraphs (1) and (2) hereof far the preceding quarterly period shall be the botal of the fallow- shall be mailed to each customer on ing charges: or before the 5th c}ays of January, (a) .00642 of the market calue April, July, and Octaber of each of the subjeet Fro~perty as deter- year. The balances ahawn due there- mined by the Ramsey County on shall be due and payable at the Assessor for taxation Purpases. office of the Glerk-Administrator on In the event the subje3t praper- or before the last day of said ty dces not have a current mar- month. Prepayments or overpay- ket value established by the ments of charges may be retained Ramgey County Assessar, wheth- by the Village and applied on sub- er because the build~in-gs on the sequent quarterly statements. The prapertv are newly-constructed Clerk-Administrator, by direction of or substantia] new additians the Council, may designate another have been inade thereto, thn office to mail notices and reoeive Ch<ir!k-Admirui'stra~Gar of A,rden payments hereun. Hills shall set an estimated In the event that any statement market value thereon after con- is not paid when due as provided sulting with the office of the herein, a penalty chargz of $1.00 Ramsey Qounty Asscssor, which shall be added thereto. In the event value shall be the basis fo.r that it becomea necessary to certi- charges under this orcinance fy any delinquent acc4unts to the until the Rarusey County Asses- Ramsey County Audito~r as herein- sor seks an Gfficial market valuc, after set farth, interest at the rate Tre charges to the subject prop- of 8 percent per annum upon the erty shall then be adjustcd to principal amount due, exeluding any ronform with the basis set by penalties, shall be charged frnm the Ramsey County Assessar, the diae date thereon, which is the e'ther by cred;ting the accaunt last day of the month in which the or by makinQ an additional bill is rendered. charee th'~reon. (C) Any amounts payable hereunder, in- (b) To the aforesai:] valuation cluding penalties and interest as (har^e shall be adde3 a vo1„- provided herein, may be callected in metrie charge of $.&0 per one an action ktraught far that puipOBe 6housand gallons of water nsed in the name of the Village; or the on the subject premises. This Village Cle,rk-Admiruistratom, upan volumetri2 charge shall be bas-d dire,ction therebn by the Council, upon the amount of water used may certify to the County Auditor on th'~ subjeet premises during the amounts due, together with the the ]-ist three manth quarterly legal description of the premisea period including the month of served, and the Caunty Auditor shall January, if that information i_= t'-ereupon include such amount in ava;lable. If that information is the tax levy an said premises, and not available for the subject collect the sam.e with the taxes due r•ro-perty the b:lling shall be far the next ensuing year. ~ based upon the water actually (D) The charges due as provided herein used by the subject premises shall be effective and cammence dcring the quarter far which upon the first day of January, 1969, the charge is es2ablished. If a to be billed Apnil 1, 1969. full quarter af water usage is Section 3. Effective Datt. no5 availabde for the subject This Ordinance shal] be effecbive from property, the charge for th,e and after its passage and publication, last available month shall be but swbject to the effective dates herein- extended to establish a basic before specified. charge. Adapted by the Gouncil of Arden Hills (4) It is antic,ipated that this ardin- this lOba d~ay of March, 1969. ance will be revised in 1970 to R. W. Bjorndahl, Mayor base eharges other than those Attest: Lorraine E. Stramquist, contained in paragraphs (1) and Clerk-Adminiatrator (2) herzof an volumetric water (Bu?letin: March 20, 1969) usage slone. In the event that water rates determined by the formula set farth herein are substantially inequitable as com- pared to the charges established in the revised ordinance based entirely on water usage, then the Council may, in its sound discretion, retraactively adjust the rates far the Pe'riod aovered . by this ordinanee and charge ox credit the subject accounts ac- cordingly.