Ordinance No. 129 Municipal Water System

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City of Gem Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota Municipal Water System Ordinance No. 129 AN ORDINANCE REGARDING REQUIREMENTS AND FUNDING, FOR MUNICIPAL WATER SERVICES, AND PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTIONS OF CHARGES IN THE CITY OF GEM LAKE The City Council of the City of Gem Lake Ordains: Section 1. Definitions. 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 water piping in a residence or building and the municipal water system. 3. Connection Permit. A permit, issued by the City of Gem Lake, which allows connection to the municipal water system. 4. Extension. An addition to the municipal water system determined to be added by petition, decree, or for health and safety reasons. 5. Inspection Fee. A fee paid to the City of Gem Lake to cover the costs of inspecting the new connection to the municipal water system. 6. MCES. Metropolitan Council Environmental Services, the primary operator of the regional sewer system and its successors and assigns. 7. Municipal Water System. The water system of the city of Gem Lake. Also referred to within this ordinance as "municipal water system." 8. Water Availability Charge (WAC). A charge levied to each new user of the municipal water system to help pay for continued maintenance of the system. 9. Unit. A method for calculating the costs for use of the system. Section 2. Municipal Water. The City's municipal water system consists of water main, meter vaults, service piping, and appurtenances located within the public right-of-way and applicable easements. The municipal water system shall be operated as a public utility from which revenue shall be derived, subject to the provisions of this chapter. 1. Compliance with Regulations. No person, firm, or corporation shall connect any water service to the municipal water system or make use of the system except in the manner provided in this chapter. All connections to or extensions of the systems shall be in accordance with relevant portions of the Minnesota Building Code, Minnesota Plumbing Code, and City of Gem Lake Standard Details for utility construction. 2. Water Fund. The City shall maintain on the official books and records of the City a separate and special fund to be designated as the Water Fund, which shall be held and administered by the City separate and apart from all other funds until the purposes for its creation have been accomplished. Section 3. Connections with Water Required. 1. Existing Structures. Any buildings presently used or capable of being used for human habitation or in which a toilet or other plumbing facilities for disposal of human waste is installed and located on property Ordinance No. 129 Municipal Water System Pagel of S