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Ordinance No. 129 64F Municipal Water and Sanitary Sewer System Page 5 of 11 1. Should the applicant not be approved by the City Council, he may file a second application for subsequent consideration by the City Council, with such examination as to qualifications as the City Council may require, but no applicant shall file more than two (2) applications with a period of one (1) year. 6. Fees 1. The annual license fee shall be that set annually by the City Council at its first meeting in January. Any person allowing his license to expire shall not be permitted to do any of the work authorized under said license during the time between expiration and the issuance of a new license. 7. License Not Transferable 1. A Sewer Contractor's license shall not be transferable. No person holding a license shall allow his name to be used by any other person for the purpose of obtaining permits or to do any of the work for which said license is issued. 8. Revocation Of License 1. The City Council shall have the power to revoke any license upon satisfactory proof that the holder of said license has willfully violated any of the provisions of this Ordinance. A revoked license shall not be re-instated in any manner for a period of six (6) months. The failure to pay, within sixty (60) days, any legitimate claim the City of Gem Lake may have against a sewer contractor shall constitute cause for revocation of a license. 9. Connection To The Municipal Sanitary Sewer System 1. License Required. Only contractors who are licensed as Sewer Contractors by the City of Gem Lake may install sewer pipe materials for commercial/industrial structures and make final connections to the municipal sanitary sewer systemmunicipal sewer system for all types of structures. 1.2. No License Required. No license shall be required of contractors or homeowners installing the sewer pipe materials from residential structures to the connection point. Section 14. Statements for Sanitary Sewer Use Charges 1. Charges. The City Clerk shall compute the amount due to the City for sewer charges and render a statement thereof quarterly. All amounts due as shown on the statement shall be payable at the Municipal Building City Hall? on or before the fifth (5th) day of the month following the month the statement is presented. Where service is for less than a quarterly period, the quarterly charge shall be pro -rated on a monthly basis. If a water meter is found to have been 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. 2. Penalties for Delinquent Payments. A penalty of ten (10%) percent shall be added to all accounts that are not paid in full by said due date. This penalty shall be computed on the unpaid balance of the last billing not paid by the appropriate date at the time each quarterly statement is pre pared and presented. The City reserves the right to shut off service if the account is delinquent for an unreasonable length of time as determined by the City Council. 3. Collection of Delinquent Accounts. Each charge levied by and pursuant to this chapter is hereby made a lien upon the corresponding lot, land or premises served by a connection to the sewer system of the City and all such charges which are on July Thirty -First (3lst) of each year more than thirty (30) days past due and having been properly billed to the occupant of the premises served, shall be certified by the City Clerk to the Auditor of Ramsey County before the tenth (10th) day of October of each year. An administrative fee of fifty ($50.00) dollars shall be added to the delinquent amount. The City Clerk in so certifying such charges to the County Auditor shall specify the amount the reof, the descriptions of the premises served and the name of the owner thereof. The amount so certified shall be extended by the Auditor on the tax rolls against such premises in the same manner as other taxes, collected by the County Treasurer and paid t o the City Clerk, along with other taxes. 2. Section 15. Need for Changeover Permit 1. When a request is made for a residential sewer Connection Permit, where an Individual Sewage Treatment System (IST S) is now being used, a Changeover Permit shall also be required. Both the Connection Permit