Ordinance - 24-04: Amending Chapter 34; Utilities, Rates & Charges CITY OF SPRING PARK
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
STATE OF MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 24-04
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 34: UTILITIES,ARTICLE III, DIVISION 2,
RATES AND CHARGES, OF THE SPRING PARK CITY CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SPRING PARK, MINNESOTA
ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
1. Section 34-192; Charges and methods of payment, of the Spring Park City Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Charges for water service shall be based upon the metered quantity of water which a
property owner or occupant draws from the municipal system. Property owners are
responsible for utility bills whether they occupy the property or not. The
administrator/finance clerk/treasurer shall determine the usage (quarterly) of water for
each individual connection in accordance with the utilities department rate schedule,
adopted by the city council. Uniform billing procedures shall be established by the
administrator/finance clerk/treasurer.
2. Section 34-193; Delinquent accounts, of the Spring Park City Code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
The individual accounts shall become due immediately following billing. A penalty as
prescribed in the utilities rate schedule shall be added to the next quarterly billing for any
account unpaid one month after the date of billing. An additional penalty shall be added
for each subsequent month in which such account is unpaid.
If an unpaid balance remains for more than 90 days,water service will be shut off without
further notice. A service fee will be charged for shut-off and turn-on and shall be paid in
addition to the unpaid balance.
All charges which are delinquent one year or more on September 30 of each year which
have been properly billed to the premises may be certified by the administrator/finance
clerk/treasurer to the county auditor between October 1 and 10 of each year. In certifying
such charges, the amount, the legal description of the premises served,and the name and
owner shall be specified.The amounts so certified, together with the service charges and
interest at the rate of six percent per annum, shall be extended by the county auditor on the tax rolls against such premises in the same manner as taxes and shall be paid to the city
along with the taxes.
3. Section 34-194;Conservation Rates,of the Spring Park City Code is hereby added to this section
and will read as follows:
If a conservation rate is applied to multifamily dwellings, the rate structure must consider
each residential unit as an individual user. For multi-unit dwellings, the rate schedule must
include calculating water rates based on counting each residential unit as an individual user.
4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effective immediately upon its passage
and publication.
ADOPTED by the City Council of Spring Park this 16`h day of September,2024.
CITY OF SPRING PARK
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Jeff Hoffman,Mayor
ATTEST:
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amie Hoffman, City Clerk
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