§ 56.04 SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT UTILITY.

   (A)   Surface water management shall be operated as a public utility pursuant to M.S. §444.075, as it may be amended from time to time.

(`89 Code, § 15.010)

   (B)   Surface water management fees. The City Council shall have the authority to prescribe by ordinance the rates to be charged to all properties within the city who contribute surface water to the storm sewer system and to exempt property from such fees and to prescribe the date of billing and payment, a discount for payment with a prescribed period and/or penalty for failure to pay within such period and such further rules and regulations relative to the use and operation of such storm sewer system as it may deem necessary from time to time.

('89 Code, § 15.020)

   (C)   Surface Water Management Fund. A separate fund shall be maintained for surface water management fees and expenditures.

('89 Code, § 15.030) (Ord. 657, passed 12-20-2005)

§ 56.05 BILLING.

   All sanitary sewer and surface water management fee charges shall be collected with and as a part of the city utility bills, but shall be separately stated thereon.

(`89 Code, § 160.020)

§ 56.06 COLLECTION.

   The water service to any premises may be disconnected upon failure to pay the sanitary sewer and surface water management charges for the premises. Water service shall not be resumed until all due sanitary sewer and water bills plus a connection charge are paid. The sanitary sewer and surface water management charges shall constitute an indebtedness of the owner of said premises as well as the occupant thereof who receives sanitary sewer service, and any claim for unpaid rates or charges which have been properly billed to the occupant of the premises as part of the utility bill for water services may be thereafter collected in a civil action brought against the occupant or the owner of said premises, or both.

(`89 Code, § 160.030)

PERMITS

§ 56.15 PERMIT REQUIRED TO CONNECT SEWERS OR DRAINS.

   No person shall build, repair or extend any sanitary or storm sewer or drain or connect any sanitary sewer or storm sewer or drain to any public sanitary or storm sewer or drain without obtaining a permit. Permits shall be issued only to persons licensed under Chapter 110.

(`89 Code, § 160.050) Penalty, see § 10.99

Cross reference:

   General licensing and regulations, see Chapter 110

§ 56.16 SEWER ASSESSMENTS MUST BE PAID.

   No permit shall be issued unless all assessments or connection charges for sanitary sewer construction or such installments thereof as shall be due at the time such connection is made against the property to be drained shall be paid.

(`89 Code, § 160.060)

§ 56.17 APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE.

   (A)   Application for a permit shall be filed with the City Manager or designee by the person who shall perform the work. The form of the application shall be determined by the Manager. A plan shall be submitted with the application showing the proposed drain from its connection to the public sanitary sewer to its terminus within the building involved. The location of all branches, traps and fixtures connected therewith shall be shown. Such drawings shall be kept by the city as a permanent record.

   (B)   If the proposed sewer complies with the provisions of the code and is satisfactory to the Manager, the Manager shall issue a permit.

(`89 Code, § 160.070)

§ 56.18 PERMIT FEE.

   Permit fees issued under this chapter shall be as established by Council ordinance.

(`89 Code, § 160.080)