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Council Environmental Services, the City may impose a supplemental charge based 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 maybe retained by the City and applied on subsequent quarterly statements. D. Penalty for Late Payment: 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; Md. 1995 Code) E. Action to Collect Charges: Any amount due for sewer charges, including Metropolitan Council Environmental Services sewer charges, in excess of runty 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; Md. 1995 Code) (Ord. 1383, 6-08-2009) F. Utility Rate Discount: The City Council may establish reduced water and sewer rates for owner -occupied homes that meet fimncially 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 or tank 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; Md. 1995 Code) (Ord 1505 07-11-16) 802.15: DISCHARGE OF FATS, OILS AND GREASE: A. Definitions: The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the mearung: 1. Best Management Practice or BMP: Fats, Oils and Grease or FOG BMP's are the most effective and practicable means of controlling, preventing and minimizing the discharge of FOG into the City's sanitary sewer system including the installation of devices, device maintenance, training or any other practice that reduces FOG. 2. Food Service Establishments or ESE means any facility containing an operation that prepares, packages, serves, vends or otherwise provides food or which disposes of