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determined by the City Council and listed in the Fee Schedule. 802.12 : RATES AND CHARGES: A. Charges for Use: A charge is hereby imposed upon every person whose premises are served, either directly or indirectly, by the sanitary sewer system within the City, for the use ofthe facilities of said sewer system and for connection to the system. Such charges shall be in an amount set by the Council and shall be kept on file in the City Manager's office in the form of a rate schedule. (Ord. 592, 2-17-69; amd. 1990 Code) B. Supplemental Charges for Industrial Sewage Wastes: In respect to property which shall be connected to the City sewer for the disposal of industrial sewage wastes, which shall by virtue of its strength and volume be subject to supplementary charges by the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services , the City may impose a supplemental chargebased generally upon and at least equal to the amount of the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services. C. Payment of Charges: Any prepayment or overpayment of charges may be retained by the City and applied on subsequent quarterly statements. D. Penalty for Late Payrnent: Each quarterly billing for sewer charges not paid when due shall incur a penalty charge of ten percent of the amount past due. (Ord. 592, 2-17-69; amd. 1995 Code) E. Action to Collect Charges: Any ainount due for sewer charges, including Metropolitan Council Environmental Services sewer charges, in excess of ninety 90 days past due shall be certified to the County Auditor for collection with real estate taxes. This certification shall take place regardless of who applied for sewer services, whether it was the owner, tenant or other person. The City shall also have the right to bring a civil action or other remedies to collect unpaid charges. (Ord. 661, 3-13-72; amd. 1995 Code) (Ord. 1383, 6-08-2009) F. Utility Rate Discount: The City Council inay establish reduced water and sewer rates for owner-occupied homes that meet financially need-based criteria as established by the City Council from time to time. 802.13 : INDUSTRIAL USER STRENGTH CHARGES: The Metropolitan Council Environmental Services, a metropolitan commission organized and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, in order to receive and retain grants in compliance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is required to impose industrial user strength charges to recover operation and maintenance cost of treatment works attributable to the strength of discharge of industrial waste. The City shall collect industrial strength charges as dictated by the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services rules and Minnesota State Statutes and adopts the same by reference. (1995 Code) 802.14 : TRANSPORT AND DUMPING OF SEWAGE: The cleaning and/or emptying of the contents of any privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, sink or private drain located in the City shall be done in an inoffensive manner and the contents shall be placed in and be removed from the premises in closed, tight covered barrels, receptacles ortank trucks so as to prevent the scattering, dropping or leaking while being transported and shall be discharged or destroyed so as not to be offensive to surrounding property owners. (Ord. 168, 9- 15-53; amd. 1995 Code) 0