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20 <br /> <br />they are attributable under this Ordinance. The City Council may then charge all or any portion of <br />such charges plus an additional administrative fee of fifty ($50.00) Dollars against the real <br />property involved as a special assessment under applicable Minnesota Statutes for certification to <br />the County Auditor for collection in the following year with that year's current taxes payable. <br />6. Transfer of Properties. <br />1. Whenever a conveyance of land including a structure that is required to have a SSTS occurs, <br />which includes property foreclosures and tax forfeited transfers, the following requirements shall <br />be met: <br />1. A compliance inspection shall have been performed and a Certificate of Compliance <br />shall have been submitted to the Department within three (3) years for SSTS older <br />than five (5) years of within five (5) years if they system is less than five (5) years old, <br />prior to the intended sale or transfer of the property, unless evidence is found <br />identifying the SSTS as an Imminent Threat to Public Health and Safety or Failing to <br />Protect Groundwater. <br />2. The compliance inspection must have been performed by the licensed SSTS business <br />following procedures described in Section 26. <br />3. The seller of the property must disclose in writing information about the status and <br />location of all known SSTS on the property to the buyer on a form acceptable to the <br />Department. <br />4. If the seller fails to provide a Certificate of Compliance, the seller shall provide the buyer <br />sufficient security in the form of an escrow agreement to assure the installation of a <br />compliant SSTS. The security shall be placed in an escrow with a licensed real estate <br />closer, licensed attorney-at-law, or Federal or State chartered financial institution. The <br />amount escrowed shall be equal to one hundred fifty percent (150%) of a written <br />estimate to install a compliant SSTS as provided by a licensed SSTS installer, or the <br />amount escrowed shall be equal to one hundred ten percent (110%) of the written <br />contract price for the installation of a compliant SSTS provided by a licensed SSTS <br />installer. After a compliant SSTS has been installed and a Certificate of Compliance <br />issued, the Department shall provide the escrow agent a copy of the Certificate of <br />Compliance. The escrow may also be used to connect to a municipal sanitary sewer <br />collection system permitted by the MPCA if the Department determines that an <br />extension of the municipal sanitary sewer collection system to serve the property is <br />feasible. <br />2. A Certificate of Compliance is not required if the sale or transfer involves the following <br />circumstances: <br />1. The affected tract of land is without buildings or contains no dwellings or other <br />building with plumbing fixtures. <br />2. The transfer does not require the filing of a Certificate of Real Estate Value, as <br />described in Minnesota Statutes, Section 272.115, Subdivision 1. <br />3. The sale or transfer completes a contract for deed or purchase agreement entered into <br />prior to the effective date of this Ordinance. This subsection applied to the original <br />vendor and vendee on such contract. <br />4. All dwellings or other building are served by a municipal sanitary sewer <br />collection system permitted by the MPCA. <br />3. All property conveyances subject to this ordinance occurring during the period between