Ord 506 Amend Code Water Surcharge RateCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 506
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 5, SECTION 6 OF THE CITY CODE OF
THE CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA, DAKOTA COUNTY, CONCERNING A
WATER SURCHARGE RATE
The City Council of the City of Mendota Heights, Minnesota, does hereby ordain:
Title 10-5-6 is hereby amended as follows:
A. Defmitions:
GROSS RECEIPTS: Means and includes all sums received by a water company from the sale of
water to customers within the city limits of the City of Mendota Heights and the sale of water to
customers outside of the city limits who are served by the Mendota Heights system; except, that there
shall be expressly excluded from said "gross receipts" all sums received by a water company for
water supplied to the City of Mendota Heights for municipal services.
WATER COMPANY: Every person, firm, company, joint stock association or corporation engaged
in the business of selling water for public or private use in the City of Mendota Heights. (1981 Code
806 §§ 1, 3; amd. Ord. 495, 4-19-2016)
B. Purpose; Surcharge Imposed: For the purpose of, in part, assisting the city in paying for the
construction, reconstruction, repair, enlargement, improvement or other obtainment, and the
maintenance, operation and use of the city's municipal water system, there is hereby imposed a
surcharge equal to ten percent (10%) five percent (5%) of the charge imposed for water supplied to
properties located within or without the city. The surcharge may be collected under agreement with
water companies, or in such other manner as may be determined by the city council. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the case where properties within the city are billed for water on a fixed monthly
charge rather than on the basis of water actually used, the city council, by resolution, may determine
the surcharge hereunder for such properties on the basis of what the surcharge hereunder would have
been had said properties been charged on the basis of water actually used. (1981 Code 806 § 2; amd.
Ord. 495, 4-19-2016)
This Ordinance shall be in effect from and after the date of its passage and publication.
Adopted and ordained into an Ordinance this sixth day of December, 2016.
CITY COUNCIL
OF 1 NDOTA HEIGHTS
Lorri Smith, City Clerk
Sa dra Krebsbac , ayor