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Home My WebLink About#153 Imposing Sewer Penalty Rates STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY ~ VILLAGE OF ARDEN HILLS ORDINANCE NO. 153 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCES NOS. 49 AND ldl, RELATING TO THE MUNICIPAL SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM, BY IMPOSING NEW DELINQUENCY PENALTIES, AND NOTING THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCE NO. 120. The Village Council of the Village of Arden Hilts does hereby ordain as follows: Sectian 1. Repeal of Ordinance No. 120 Noted. The Council notes ihat Ordinance No. 120, which amended Ordinance No. 114, changing the procedure for handling delinquenT charges for the municipal sanitary sewer system, was in effect repealed wiTh the repeal of Or- dinance No. 114, formally accomplished by the passage of Ordinance No. 141. For the record, saitl Ordinance No. 120 is specifically repealed in all respecis, having been superseded by Ordinance No. 141 as of March B, 1971. Sectian 2. AmendmenT of Ordinance Nos. 49 and 141 Re Delinquency Penalties. Ordinance No. 141, amen- ding Ordinance No. 49, both relating to the municipal sanitary sewer sysTem, is hereby amended by striking Paragraph (C) of Section 11 esiablished therein, and substiTUfing therefor the following: (C) (1) A tlelinquency penalty of 8 percent of the unpaid sanitary sewer bill for charges hereunder shall be charged, effective on the date stated, in accordance wiTh the following schedule: For the lst quarter - June 10 For the 2nd quarter - September 10 For the 3rd quarTer - December 10 For the 4ih quarTer - March 10 If ihe delinquency da}e falls on a non-business day for the Village Nall, the penalties shall be imposed on the next business day, butfirsicrediting paymenTS received on ihat day. (2) Except as provided in Par. (C) (5) hereof, the aforesaid delinquency penalty shall be imposed upon and added to all unpaid sanitary sewer bills, including ihose incurred and previously billed in 7977 or in January, 1972. WiTh respect to Those bills, however, the Clerk-AdminisfraTOr shall give written notice of ihis provision To ihose cusTOmers at least ihirTy (30) days before June 10, 1972. Such notice may be mailed wiTh the usual billing in April, 1972, ai the opfion of the Clerk- Atlminisirator. (3) Penalfies provided herein shall be added to the ouTStanding bill by the Clerk-AdministraTOr and mailed in the usual course aT the next regular billing date, showing in the same bill the current billing; e.g., July 5, 1972, after the firsT penalty date. , (4) The Council has noTed that under Paragraph (B) of this Section 11 bills are due aT the end of the billing monih, antl accordingly the delinquency charge hereunder will be imposed more ihan a monih after the tlue daTe of a billing. (5) Any amounis due for sanitary sewer charges hereunder may be collected in a civil action brought for fhat purpose in the name of the Village; or the Village Clerk-AdminisTrator, upon direcTion ihereon by the Council, may certify to the Couniy Auditor the amount due, together with the legal description of the premises served, and the Clerk-Adminisirator, in so certifying, shall add fo such amount as a separate item, in addition to the delinquency penalty hereinbefore provided, an atldiTional delinquency penalty of 8 per cenT of the original unpaid amounT, exclusive of any previous delinquency penalty. The County Auditor shall Thereupon enter such amounT as parT of the Tax levied on said premises To be collected during the ensuing year. No additional delinquency penalties hereunder shall be added To unpaid bills after certification To the County Auditor as provided herein. Section 3. Separability. If any provision of ihis or- dinance or the application }hereof to any person or circumsTances is held imalid, such invalidiry shall noT affecT other provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given etfect withouT the invalid provision or applicaTion, and to ihis end the provisions of ihis ordinance are declared To be severable. Section 4. Effective Date. The penalties and - procedures provided herein shall apply forihwiTh as sfated herein. Sublectfo the foregoing, This ordinanCe shall be in tull force and effect from and after iis passage and publication. Dated this 27fh day of March, 1972. Henry J. Crepeau, Jr., Mayor Attest: Lorraine E. STromquist Clerk-Adm inisTraTOr (BulleTin: Mar. 30, 1972) ~ ~ STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY VILLAGE OF ARDEN HILLS ORDINANCE NO. 153 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCES NOS. 49 AND 141, RELATING TO THE MUNICIPAL SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM, BY IMPOSING NEW DELINQUENCY PENALTIES, AND NOTING THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCE NO. 120. The Village Council of the Village of Arden Hills does hereby ordain as follows: Section 1. Repeal of Ordinance No. 120 Noted. The Council noTes fhaT Ordinance No. 120, wMich amended Ordinance No. 114, changing the procedure for handling delinquent charges for the municipal saniTary sewer system, was in effec} repealed with the repeal of Or- dinance No. 114, formally accomplished by the passage of Ordinance No. 747. For the record, said Ordinance No. 120 is specifically repealed in all respecTS, having been superseded by Ordinance No. 141 as of March 8, 1971. Section 2. Amendment of Ordinance Nos. 49 and 147 Re Delinquency Penalties. Ordinance No. 141, amen- ding Ordinance No. 49, boih relafing to the municipal sanitary sewer system, is hereby amentled by sTriking Paragraph (C) of Section 11 established Therein, and subsTiTuting therefor the following: (C) (7) A delinquency penalTy of 8 percent W the unpaid sanitary sewer bill for charges hereunder shall be charged, effecTive on the daTe staTed, in accordance wiTh the following schedule: For the lst quarter - June 10 For the 2nd quarter - September 10 For the 3rd quarTer - December 10 For the 41h quarter - March 10 If The delinquency tlate falls on a non-business day for the Village Hall, the penalTies shall be imposed on the next business day, butfirst crediTing paymenis received on that day. (2) Except as provided in Par. (C) (5) hereof, the aforesaid delinquency penalty shall be imposed upon and adtled to all unpaid sanitary sewer bills, including ihose incurred and previously billed in 1971 or in January, 1972. With respect to Those bills, however, the Clerk-AdminisTraTOr shall give written noiice of This provision to Those cusTOmers at IeasT ihirty (30) days before June 10, 1972. Such notice may be mailed with the usual billing in April, 1972, aT the opTion of the Clerk. Administrator. (3) Penalties provided herein shall be added To the ouTStanding bill by the Clerk-AdminisTrator and mailed in the usual course aT the next regular billing daTe, showing in Thesame bill ihe current billing; e.g., July 5, 1972, afTer the first penalty daTe. . (4) The Council has noted ihat under Paragraph (B) of ihis Section 11 bills are due at the end of the billing monih, and accortlingly the tlelinquency charge hereuntler will be imposed more than a monTh afTer the due date of a billing. (S) Any amounTS due for sanitary sewer charges hereunder may be collected in a civil acTion brought for }hat purpose in the name of the Viilage; or the Village Clerk-Administrator, upon direction ihereon by the Council, may cerTify to the County Auditor the amounf due, together with the legal description of the premises served, and the Clerk-Adminisirator, in so certifying, shall add to such amounT as a separaTe item, in addition to the delinquency penalTy hereinbefore provitled, an addiTional delinquency penalTy of 8 per cenT of the originalunpaid amount, exclusive of any previous delinquency penalTy. The CounTy Auditor shall fhereupon enter such amounf as part of the Tax levied on saitl premises to be collecTed during the ensuing year. No additional delinquency penalTies hereunder shall be added to unpaid bills after cerTification to the CounTy AudiTor as provided herein. SecTion 3. Separability. If any provision of this or- dinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall noT affect other provisions or applications of the ortlinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to ihis end the provisions of fhis ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 4. EffecTive Date. The penalties and procedures provided herein shall apply forihwiTh as stated herein. Subject To the foregoing, ihis ortlinance shall be in full force and effeci from and affer its passage and publication. Datetl ihis 271h day of March, 1972. Henry J. Crepeau, Jr., Mayor ATtest: Lorraine E. SiromquisT C I erk-Adm i n'rsirator ~ (Bulletin: Mar. 30, 1972)