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Ordinance No. 129 64F Municipal Water and Sanitary Sewer System Page 1 of 11 City of Gem Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota Municipal Water and Sanitary Sewer Systems Ordinance No. 12964F AN ORDINANCE REGARDING REQUIREMENTS AND FUNDING, FOR MUNICIPAL SEWER SERVICES, AND PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTIONS OF CHARGES IN THE CITY OF GEM LAKE Section 1. Rules and Definitions. 1. Definitions Of Terms: The following words and terms, whenever they occur in this Ordinance, are defined as follows: 1. Assessment. A charge made to affected property owners for improvements that increases or maintains their property’s value or enhances the health and safety of their neighborhood. 2. Connection. The physical connection between the sewer piping in a residence or building and the Municipal sanitary sewer systemmunicipal sewer system. 3. Connection Permit. A permit, issued by the City of Gem Lake, which allows connection to the Municipal sanitary sewer systemmunicipal sewer system. 4. Extension. An addition to the Municipal Sanitary Sewer Systemmunicipal sewer system determined to be added by petition, decree or for health and safety reasons. 5. Industrial Strength Charge. An additional charge levied to the City of Gem Lake by the MCES to treat certain industrial wastes. 6. Inspection Fee. A fee paid to the City of Gem Lake to cover the costs of inspecting the new connection to the Municipal Sanitary Sewer Systemmunicipal sewer system. 7. ISTS. An Individual Sewage Treatment System. 8. MCES. Metropolitan Council Environmental Services, the primary owner and operator of the regional wastewater sewer system and its successors and assigns. 9. Municipal Sanitary Sewer System (MSSS). The sanitary sewer system owned and operated by the City of Gem Lake as a public utility and convenience from which revenues will be derived. Also referred to within this ordinance as the “municipal sewer system”. 10. Permit, Changeover. A permit that allows changing from an on-site individual sewage treatment system (ISTS) to the municipal sewer systemMunicipal Sanitary Sewer System. This permit requires that the on-site system be properly disconnected and sealed. 11. Replacement. Replacing or rebuilding of sections of the sanitary sewer system, that may be found necessary due to age, damage or changing surface conditions. 12. Sewer Access Charge (SAC) Charge, Gem Lake. A charge levied to each new user of the Municipal Sanitary Sewer Systemmunicipal sewer system to help pay for continued maintenance of the system. 13. Sewer Access Charge (SAC) Charge, MCES. A charge levied to the City of Gem Lake by MCES to reserve unused capacity in the sewage treatment and metro collection system. 14. Sewer Contractor. A person engaged in the business of Contractor building or repairing that portion of the house or building sewer extending from the house or building to the main sewer or other outlet. 15. Surface Water. Roof, storm, surface, ground water or water discharged from an air conditioning unit or system. 16. Unit. A method of measuring the sewage put into the sanitary sewer system as well as a method for calculating the costs for use of the system. Section 2. Municipal Sanitary Sewer System. The City's municipal sanitary sewer systems, consisting of lift stations, manholes, collection piping, service piping, force main, and associated appurtenances located within the public right-of-way and applicable easements, shall be operated as a public utility and convenience from which revenue shall be derived, subject to the provisions of this chapter.This chapter shall be referred to as the City's Utility Regulations. Compliance with Regulations. No person, firm or corporation shall connect any water or sanitary sewer service to the municipal systems or make use of the systems except in the manner provided in this chapter.