TITLE 8
PUBLIC WAYS, PROPERTY AND UTILITIES
PUBLIC WAYS, PROPERTY AND UTILITIES
CHAPTER 1
MUNICIPAL UTILITIES GENERALLY
MUNICIPAL UTILITIES GENERALLY
SECTION:
8-1-1: Purposes And Establishment Of Utilities
8-1-2: Definitions
8-1-3: Mandatory Connection To Public Systems
8-1-4: Establishing Rates And Charges; Utility Rate Schedule
8-1-5: Water Utility Charges
8-1-6: Sewer Utility Charges
8-1-7: User Accounts
8-1-8: Bills For Service; Late Payments
8-1-9: Delinquent Accounts
8-1-10: Misdemeanor Violation; Penalties
A. Purposes: The City Council has determined that in order to pay for the cost of construction, reconstruction, repair, enlargement, improvement, maintenance, operation, and use of the City water, sanitary sewer and stormwater systems; the cost of State and Federal regulations; and the principal and interest to become due on obligations issued or to be issued, it is necessary to impose just and equitable charges for the use and availability of the City municipal water and sanitary sewer systems pursuant to Minnesota Statutes chapter 444. (Prior Code § 6-2-1)
B. Establishment Of Utilities: There is hereby established a Utilities Department. The water, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer and drainage systems as they are now constituted or shall be hereafter enlarged or extended shall be operated and maintained under the provisions of this title subject to the authority of the City Council at any time to amend, alter, change and repeal the same. The City Clerk shall have charged and management of the water, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer and drainage systems subject to the direction of the City Council. The City Clerk may designate other City employees to carry out duties and responsibilities under this title. (Prior Code § 6-1-1)
As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:
COMPANY, GRANTEE, AND FRANCHISEE: Any public utility system to which a franchise has been granted by the City.
CONSUMER AND CUSTOMER: Any user of a utility.
DOMESTIC USE: Water systems used for potable water or irrigation purposes but not including wells drilled for such purposes as dewatering, groundwater monitoring, elevator borings or environmental boring holes.
HOOKUP: The original connection to the utility for that property.
MUNICIPAL UTILITY: Any City owned utility system, including, but not by way of limitation, water service, sanitary sewer service, and stormwater sewer and/or drainage service.
PRIVATE SYSTEM: Any water, sewer or storm sewer utility system not owned, operated and maintained by the City of Otsego.
SERVICE: Providing a particular utility to a customer or consumer.
UTILITY: All utility services, whether the same be public City owned facilities or furnished by public utility companies. (Prior Code § 6-1-2)
A. The City shall regulate connection to public water, sanitary sewer and stormwater utility systems pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 412.221.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to install or hook up to a private water system to provide water for human consumption, irrigation or other domestic use, install or hook up to a private sanitary sewer system, or to hook up to private stormwater sewer and/or drainage system in the City, except in cases where the public water, sanitary sewer, or stormwater sewer and/or drainage systems are not accessible to the premises requesting installation or hookup.
C. The City Engineer shall determine if the public water, sanitary sewer, or stormwater sewer and/or drainage systems are accessible to the premises requesting installation or hookup to public systems.
D. Capacity for sanitary sewer and water service shall be reserved upon payment of utility availability charges for a period of five (5) years. If, after five (5) years, a user having paid utility availability charges has not paid the required utility connection charges applicable to the use and connected to the Municipal utility system, there shall be no guarantee of adequate sanitary sewer or water utility capacity to serve a development of the property. (Prior Code § 6-1-3)
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