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ORDINANCE NO. 2026-001
CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10-UTILITIES
OF THE ARDEN HILLS CITY CODE CONCERNING FEES AND CHARGES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA, ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 10 —Utilities, Section 1000— Water, Subsection 1000.20 —Rates
and Charges is hereby amended by deleting the stfikethr-ough.language and adding the underlined
language to read as follows:
1000.20 Water Accounts.
. All water accounts shall be kept by the City Administrator
by house and street number and under the account number assigned thereto, and also by the name
of the owner. Bills and notices sent out by the City Administrator shall be sent to the house or
street number of the party. If nonresident owners or agents wish notice sent to a different address
they shall file an application therefor with the City Administrator. Any error in address shall be
promptly reported to the City Administrator.
-u a2Wrter-Rates.
A. The mW due and payable by eaeh wa4er-user-within the City fer-water-taken fieffl the watef
system shall be as established by Or-dinanee adopted by the Getineil.
B. 1"ease the ffleteF is found to have stopped,or-to be opefating in.,fault.,manner-,theamou
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of weAer- used will be estimated in aeeer-danee with the affieunt used previous!), in eempafable
per-iods of the year-. if ne raempar-able period is available the City Adfninistr-eAer- shall, vvith the
o.t !''f the ouneil, .ti...of . est: 4ed ,.haf:g n the basis of his or-her-best :.,.1gmenC. Wher-e sen,iee is for-less than a quai4edy period,the quat4er-ly ehar-ge shall be pr-er-ated en
City shall be detefmined by speeial eefitr-aet.
9. in ease a so , - . . 68fifieetOd tE) thO StOp bA-*- -A-A-d- 1-Aid- into the building, but the
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rates shall be ehar-ged as pr-evided in SubpaAA above.
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9. in addition to the above ehar-ges for- wmef wasumption, earsh wa4ef usef A'AAA-h-in- uh-e- City
the r-elling billing afea,
B. Sueh steAements shall be due an the last day of the menth following the Eftlaftefly per-iOd
eever-ed by the statement.Any prepayment or wvefpayment of rahaFges may be retained by the City
and applied to subsequent EjtiaAer-b, sta*fnefAs,
by the awner-(s) of tenaws.
charged,e9arative thifty(30)days afler-the felling billing e
in arseer-danee with the&Ilewiag
sehedule of billing dettes:
For-the first quafter- April 30
on the ne*t business day, but first er-editing payments feeeived en that da�-.
B. 9*raept as otherwise pfavided in this seetion, the delinqueney penalty shall be imposed
upen and added to all u"aid water bills by the City Admifiistfa4ef and mailed in the usual eour-se
at the fie*t r-egulaf: billing date, shewing in the same bill the eiffivifent billing after-the first penalty
date—
G. The !`,.,,neil has notedthat, seetion bills are due at the end of the billing
billing.
sib=il _;vtien br-ought fvr that pu pose-n=rthe fiame of-the-City;-or- the Gity Admini&tFkAei
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deser-iptien of the pr-emises ser-ved, and the City Admiaistr-ater-, in se eeAi64ag, shall add to t
ametint as a separate--it the delinqueney penalty her-einbefer-e provided,_
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afly pr-evieus delifiquefle), Penalty. The raeunty auditor- shall enter- the ametiat as p-R1-4- P-1-f the t.-A*-
shall be added to unpaid bills after- eei4ifieatfiAen tw��-Iwe rVeHfItt' allditOf as PFON'ided ifl thiS
StIbdiVi&ieII-.
SECTION 2. Chapter 10 —Utilities, Section 1010— Sewer, Subsection 10 10.11 —Rates
and Charges is hereby deleted in its entirety. This subsection shall be reserved in the City Code.
SECTION 3. Chapter 10—Utilities, Section 1010—Sewer, Subsection 1010.14- Surface
Water Management Utility is hereby amended to delete Subd. 10 and Subd. 11. Subdivisions not
expressly amended herein shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 34. Chapter 10—Utilities, Section 1030—Rates and Charges is hereby enacted
to read as follows:
1030—Rates and Charges
1030.01 Established.
Subd. 1. Rates and charges to be imposed on the users of the utility systems in Chapter 10 of
the City shall be established by Ordinance adopted by the Council. In establishing the rates and
charges, the Council shall employ any one or a combination of the methods and bases set forth in
M.S. & 444.075 (3),as now constituted and as hereafter amended. Rates due and payable by each
water user located beyond the territorial boundaries of the City shall be determined by pecial
contract.
Subd. 2. Where service is for less than a quarterly period, the quarterly charge shall be
prorated on a monthly basis.
Subd. 3. In case a service pipe is connected to the stop box and laid into the building,but the
property owner does not wish to connect immediately to the building piping for use,the minimum
rates shall be chargedprovided in Subd. 1 above.
Subd. 4. In the event the water customer elects to discontinue use of municipal water the
minimum charge shall continue until such date as the service pipe is excavated and disconnected
at the stop box. The disconnection shall be inspected by an appropriate City official before
backfilling occurs.
Subd. 5. In addition to the above charges for water consumption,each water user within the
City shall pay an additional quarterly demand charge for the purpose of covering certain fixed
costs of the City in maintaining the municipal water system,which charges shall be as established
in resolutions adopted from time to time by the City Council.
Subd. 6. The owner(s) of any premises shall be solely responsible for the payment of any
utility usage, service charge or utility-related work, including but not limited to water shut-off/turn
on or after hours call-out, performed by the City or at the direction of the owner. The City
Administrator may charge the owner the costs and charges established by Ordinance adopted by
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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
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month. Prepayments or overpayments of charges may be retained by the City and applied to
subsequent quarterly statements. The City Administrator, by direction of the Council, may
designate another office to mail notices and receive payments under this subsection. The City
Administrator may include in the statements the costs and charges authorized in Subd. 14 above.
1030.03 Delinquencies.
Subd. 1. A delinquencypenally of eight(8%)percent of the unpaid bill for charges effective
on the date stated shall be charged, effective (30) days after the rolling billing in
accordance with the following schedule of billing dates:
For the first quarter April 30
For the seconcl quarter July 31
For the third quarter October 31
For the fourth quarter January 31
If the delinquency date falls on a nonbusiness day for the City Hall,the penalties shall be imposed
on the next business day,but first crediting payments received on that day.
Subd. 2. Except as provided in Section 1030.03, the delinquency penalty shall be imposed
upon and added to all unpaid bills by the City Administrator and mailed in the usual course at the
next regular billing date, showing in the same bill the current billing.
Subd. 3. Utility bills are due at the end of the billing month,and accordingly,the delinquency
charge hereunder will be imposed more than a month after the due date of a billing.
1030.03 Collection.
Any unpaid amounts due for utility charges and any utility-related work performed by the City or
at the direction of the owner in excess of 90 days past due may be collected in a civil action brought
for that purpose in the name of the City: or the City Administrator, upon direction by the Council,
may certify to the county auditor the amount due, together with the legal description of the
premises served and the City Administrator in so certifying, shall add to the amount as a separate
item in addition to the delinquency penalty an additional delinquency penalty of eight (8%)
percent of the original unpaid amount, inclusive of any previous delinquency penalty. The county
auditor shall enter the amount as part of the tax levied on the premises to be collected during the
ensuing year.No additional delinquency penalties shall be added to unpaid bills after certification
to the county auditor.
SECTION 4. Pursuant to Minn. Stat. §412.191, in the case of a lengthy ordinance, a
summary may be published. While a copy of the entire ordinance is available without cost at the
office of the City Clerk, the following summary is approved by the City Council and shall be
published in lieu of publishing the entire ordinance:
Section 1030—Rates and Charges is added to the City Code to combine the regulations relating
to rates and charges for utility systems and add authority to impose costs and charges on owner
for City utility-related work performed by the City or at the direction of the owner on private
property.
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A printed copy of the whole ordinance is available for inspection by any person during the City's
regular office hours at the City of Arden Hills, 1245 West Highway 96, Arden Hills, MN 55112.
The Ordinance is also available on the City's website at http://www.cityofardenhills.com.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
publication according to law. A Summary of this Ordinance will be published in accordance with
state statute.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 9th day of March 2026, by the City Council of the City of
Arden Hills, Minnesota.
CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
By
avid Grant, Mayor
ATTEST:
J lie Hanson, City Clerk
To view the final document, access adopted Ordinances via Arden Hills Public Laserfiche Weblink by visiting
cityofardenhills.org and clicking on Archived Documents under Helpful Links on our main webpage
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