(A) The rates and charges for sewer service are as set out in
the annual fee schedule.
(B) (1) The number of unit determination of property is based on the future use of the building. In the case of a shell building that will be occupied by multiple tenants, with the use of each space not known, the number of initial units is determined and collected based on the speculative use of the shell building. The number of units shall be an estimate determined by using the Metropolitan Council’s SAC unit determination. As uses for the building are defined and/or additional building permits are applied for in relation to the building, the city shall, based upon the use, determine the appropriate number of city ERUs to apply and the appropriate charges shall be paid accordingly.
(2) The same one-half unit charges computed on said amounts shall also apply. Furthermore, any such unit charges shall be in addition to and exclusive of any other applicable assessments or charges which may be imposed.
(C) The City Council reserves the right to impose a supplemental sewage charge, in addition to any and all other rates and charges stated herein, on any user discharging waste into the sewer system which is unusual in character and/or amount. The determination of such charge by the Council shall be done in a reasonable manner warranted by all relevant factors.
(D) The City Council may provide by resolution that any charge for sewer connection as provided and required herein be transferred to the county’s Auditor for collection of such payment by placement on the tax rolls. Payment shall not be made in more than 15 annual installments of principal, plus interest, not to exceed 8% per annum on the unpaid balance. All such charges and interest collected by the county’s Auditor shall be paid over to the City Treasurer in the same manner as other municipal taxes.
(E) Any application for connection permit shall state whether the subject premises has paid an assessment. If so, the amount so assessed and the legal description of the premises as originally assessed shall be also be stated.
(H) The charges established herein shall be a lien on the real estate benefitted thereby and shall be of equal rank with liens or taxes levied under the general statutes of the state. Such charges shall become due and payable as fixed by the resolution establishing such charges. Due charges shall, at the option of the city and by order of the Council, be enforced against the owner, lessee or occupant of the benefitted property or against all of them in a civil action without waiver of other remedies.
(I) Sewer rental charge statements for the preceding monthly period shall be mailed to each customer at such dates as shall be prescribed by the Council. Statements shall become due and payable to the City Treasurer on or before the fifteenth day of the month following the date of the statement. A 2% late charge shall be added to all bills not paid by the fifteenth day of the month following the date of the statement.
(J) All accounts shall be carried in the name of the owner of the premises and any unpaid and delinquent sewer charges may be recovered from the owner of the premises billed therefor in a civil action by the city in any court of competent jurisdiction or may, in the discretion of the City Council, be certified to the county’s Auditor as taxes against such property to be collected and paid over to the city along with other taxes. Either or both of such methods of collection thereof may be pursued by the city until payment in full has been made, and the initiation of one such method of collection shall not be deemed to be an election preventing the city from thereafter using the other method of collection until paid in full.
(1994 Code, § 7-2.7) (Ord. 6, passed 2-9-1995; Ord. 16, passed 6-13-1996; Ord. 100, passed 11-9-2007; Ord. 101, passed 11-14-2007; Ord. 101A, passed 12-5-2012; Ord. 101B, passed 3-5-2014)