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( 6 Commercial, industrial, warehouse 5.00 7 Improved vacant as assigned For the purpose of calculating storm water drainage fees, all developed one family and duplex parcels shall be considered to have an acreage of one-third (1/3) acre. 74.040. Credits. The Council may adopt policies recommended by the public works director, by resolution, for adjustment of the storm water drainage fee for parcels based upon hydrologic data to be supplied by property owners, which data demonstrates a hydrologic response substantially different from the standards. Such adjustments of storm water drainage fees shall not be made retroactively. 74.050. Exemptions. The following land uses are exempt from storm water dralnage fees. (a) Public Rights of way. (b) Vacant, unimproved land with ground cover. ( 74.060. Payment of Fee. Statements for storm water drainage fee shall be computed every three (3) months and invoiced by the finance department for each account on or about the fifth (5th) day of the month following the quarter. Such statement shall be due on or before the last day of the month in which the statement is mailed. Any prepayment or overpayment of charges shall be re- tained by the City and applied against subsequent quarterly fees. 74.070. Recalculation of Fee. If a property owner or person responsible for paYlng the storm water drainage fee questions the correctness of an invoice for such charge, such person may have the determination of the charge recomputed by written request to the public works director made within twelve (12) months of mailing of the invoice in question by the City. 74.080. Penalty for Late Payment. Each quarterly billing for storm water drainage fees not paid when due shall incur a penalty charge of ten percent (10%) of the amount past due. .- \ "- 74.090. Certification of Past Due Fees on Taxes. Any past due storm water dralnage fees in excess of ninety (90) days past due on October 1 of any year may be certified to the County Auditor for collection with real estate taxes in the following year pur- suant to Minn. Stat. Section 444.075, Subdivision 3. In addition, the City shall also have the right to bring a civil action or to take other legal remedies to collect unpaid fees. II. This Ordinance shall be In full force and effect from and after its passage and publication.