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Home My WebLink About#195 Sewer Rates STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY ~ CITY OF ARDEN HILLS ORDINANCE NO, 195 ORDINANCE AMENDING ORD. NO. 49, AS AMEN- DED, BY REMOVING SPECIFIC RATES AND CHARGES PRESCRIBED THEREIN AND BY PROVIDING FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF RATES AND CHARGES HEREAFTER BY RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY COUNCIL The City Council of Arden Hills ordains: Section 1. Amentlment of SecTion 11, Subdivision A of , Ord. No. 49, as Amended. Section 11, Subdivision A of Ord. No. 49, as amended by Section 2 of Ord. No. 141 and Section 1 of Ord. No. 165, is hereby amended in its en- tirety to read as follows: Subdivision A. (1) Quarterly raTes and charges to be imposed on the various categories of structures connecTed to the Arden Hills municipal sanitary sewer system shall be as established in Resolutions adopTed from Time to time by theArden Hills CiTy Council. In establishing such rates and charges, the Council shall employ any one or a combination of the meThods antl bases seT forih in SecTion 444.075, Subd. 3, of MinnesoTa Statutes, as now constituted and as hereafter amended. (2) Charges for mobile homes, Trailers and apart- menis shal I be bi Iled to the owner or managemenT af the mobile home court, irailer park and aparTmenT building in which the Same are respectively located. (3) Certain premises, because of Their discharge of indusirial sewage wastes or voluminous or strong sewage wasTes, may be subjecT To supplementary charges imposed by governmental agencies or sub- divisions oTher Than the CiTy. In such evenT, the Cify may impose, by Resolution adopted by its Council, a supplementary charge based generally upon and at least equal to the amounT of the supplemenTal charge imposed by said other governmenTal agency or sub. division. (4) The Council has noted That certain properties in Arden Hills use waTer basically in the summer months and are noT presently connected to the municipal water sysTem and probably will not be connecTed in the future thereto. With respect to ihese properties and others similarly siTuated, it is not equitable to require in- stal lation of a water meter nor is it equitable to base the sewer charge upon water usage, which cannot be metered or reasonably calculated, WiTh respecT To cases which may be called to the attention of the Council in the future, and upon recommendation of the Clerk- Administrator and the Supervisor of Public Works, such properTies shall be charged for municipal sewage upon a flat quarterly rate to be determined by Resolution of the Council. In the event the staTed circumstances change with respect to any properTy so exempted, upon written notice To the properTy owner, the Council may . review the situaTion and, if circumstances warrant such acTion, the exemption shall be lifted, and the owner of the property shall be required to install a meter as provided in the next paragraph hereof. (5) All owners of properTies other than single family dwellings, duplexes or iwo family dwellings, mobile homes or trailers and aparTments which are not con- nected to the municipal waTer system and are noT ex- ceptetl untler the previous paragraph hereof, shallin- sTall 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 Clerk-Adminisirator. Such meter shall be designed in such manner as To accurateiy measure water consumption, shall be of a type approved by the Arden Hills Supervisor of Public Works, shall be maintained in good operaTing condiTion withouT expense To the City, and access ihereto shall be given to em- ployees of the CiTy at all reasonable times for the pur- pose of tesTing or making readings. If the Supervisor 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 in- stallaTion of other additional meters in such a manner ihat ihequantiTy of water which actually could enter the sewer sysTem may be determined. 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. Section 2. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be - effecTive from and afTer its passage and publication. Passed by the CiTy Council of Arden Hills This 271h tlay of December, 1976. Henry J. Crepeau, Jr. Mayor ATTEST: Charlotte McNiesh ~ Clerk-Adminisirator (Bulletin: Dec. 30, 1976.) STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITY OF ARDEN HILLS ORDINANCE N0.195 ORDINANCE AMENDING ORD. NO. 49, AS AMEN- DED, BY REMOVING SPECIFIC RATES AND CHARGES PRESCRIBED THEREIN AND BY PROVIDING FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF RATES AND CHARGES HEREAFTER BY RESOLUTION ~ ADOPTED BY COUNCIL The CiTy Council of Arden Hills ordains: SecTion 1. Amendment of Section 11, Subdivision A of Ord. No. 49, as Amended. Section 11, Subdivision A of Ord. No. 49, as amended by Section 2 of Ord. No. 141 and SecTion 1 of Ord. No. 765, is hereby amended in its en- tirety to read as follows: Subdivisian A. (1) Quarterly raTes and charges to be imposed on the various categories of strucTures connected to the Arden Hills municipal sanitary sewer system shall be as established in ResoluTions adopted from time to time by the Arden Hills City Council. In establishing such rafes and charges, the Council shall employ any one or a combinaTion of the meThods and bases set forih in Section 444.075, Subd. 3, of Minnesota Statutes, as now constituTed and as hereafTer amended. (2) Charges for mobile homes, Trailers and aparT- menis shall be billed To the owner or management of the mobile home court, irailer park and aparTment bullding. in which the same are respecTively located. (3) CerTain premises, because of iheir discharge of indusirial sewage wastes or voluminous or sTrong sewage wastes, may be subjecT to supplemenTary charges imposed by governmental agencies or sub- . divisions other Than the City. In such evenT, the City may impose, by ResoluTion adopTed by its Council, a supplementary charge based generally upon and aT least equal to the amounT of the supplemental charge imposed by said other governmental agency or sub- division. (4) The Council has noted That cerTain properties in Arden Hills use water basically in the summer monihs and are noT presenTly connecTed to the municipal waTer sysTem and probably will not be connecTed in the future Thereto. With respect To ihese properties and others similarly situated, it is not equitable to require irn stallation of a water meter nor is iT equitable to base the sewer charge upon water usage, which cannoT be meTered or reasonably calculated. Wifh respect To cases -which may be called tothe aTTention of the Council in the fuTure, and upon recommendation of the Clerk- Administrator and the Supervisor of Publ ic Works, such properties shall be charged for municipal sewage upon a flat quarTerly rate to be determined by Resolution of the Councii. In the event the sTaTed circumstances change wiTh respect To any properTy so exempted, upon wriTTen notice To the property owner, the Council may review the situaTion and, if circumstances warrant such acTion, the exempTion shall be lifted, and the owner of the property shall be required to insTall a meter as provided in the next paragraph hereof. (5) All owners of properties other ihan single family dwellings, duplexes or Two family dwellings, mobile homes or Trailers and apariments which are noT corn nected to the municipal water sysTem and are not ex- ceptetl untler the previous paragraph hereof, shallin- stall a meTer on their water supply as parT of any building program on the premises, and in any event within ten (70) days afTer receipt of written noTice to do so from the Clerk-Administrator. Such meter shall be designed in such manner as to accurately measure water consumpTion, shal I be of a type approved by the Arden Hills Supervisor of Public Works, shall be mainTained in good operaTing condition without expense to the City, and access ihereto shall be given to em- ployees of the CiTy at all reasonable times for the pur- pose ot testing or making readings. If the Supervisor of Public Works determines ihat 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 in- sTallaTion of other addiTional meters in such a manner ihaTihequantityof waterwhich actually could enter the sewer system may be deTermined. 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. Section 2. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be ~ effecTive from and after iTS passage and publicaTion. Passed by the City Council of Arden Hills This 27ih day of December, 1976. Henry J. Crepeau, Jr. Mayor ATTEST: Charlotte McNiesh Clerk-AdminisTraTor (BUlletin: Dec. 30, 1976.)