Ord 288 Establish Storm Water Drainage UtilityORDINANCE NO. 288
(Codified as Ordinance No. 810)
The City Council of the City of Mendota Heights does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1.
1. Storm Water Drainage Utility, Established.
A storm water ' drainage utility for the City of Mendota Heights is hereby
established. The municipal storm sewer system shall be operated as a public
utility pursuant to Minnesota Statutes §444.075, from which revenue will be
derived subject to the provisions of this Chapter and to Minnesota Statutes. The
storm water drainage utility will be a part of the City of Mendota Heights Public
Works Department and under the administration of the Public Works Director.
2. Purpose of Funds Derived and Allocation of Revenue.
The purpose of all funds derived is to pay for all or part of the construction,
reconstruction, repair, enlargement, improvement or other obtainment and the
maintenance, operation and use of the storm sewer utility as established by the
City of Mendota Heights. All revenues derived from the fee shall be credited to
the appropriate storm sewer fund.
3. Storm Sewer Utility Fee.
A storm sewer utility fee for the use of the storm sewer facilities shall be
determined by resolution of the City Council and shall be just and equitable.
Charges made for the use of the facilities may be fixed by reference to a
reasonable classification of the types of premises to which the service is
furnished, or by reference to the quantity, pollution qualities and difficulty of
disposal of the water, or in any other equitable basis including, but without
limitation, any combination of these referred to above.
Section 2. Credits
The Council may adopt polices recommended by the Public Works Director, by
resolution, for adjustment of the storm water drainage fee for parcels based upon
hydrologic data to be supplied by property owners, which data demonstrates a hydrologic
response substantially different from the standards. Such adjustments of storm water
drainage fees shall not be made retroactively.
Section 3. Exemptions
The following land uses are exempt from storm water drainage fees.
(a) Public Rights of Way, Public Parkland, and other lands owned by the City of
Mendota Heights
(b) Vacant, unimproved land with ground cover.
Section 4. Billings
Bills for charges for the use and service of the storm drainage system shall be made out
by the finance department in accordance with the usual and customary practice. All bills
shall be payable at City Hall. Bills shall be rendered quarterly.
Section 5. Recalculation of Fee
If a property owner or person responsible for paying the storm water drainage fee
questions the correctness of an invoice for such charge, such person may have the
determination of the charge recomputed by written request to the Public Works Director
made within six (6) months of mailing of the invoice in question by the City.
Section 6. Collections
All charges of the storm water drainage utility are due on the quarterly due date specified
by the City for the respective account and shall be delinquent 21 days thereafter. If such
a payment is not made when due, an additional late charge of Two Dollars ($2.00) or
five percent (5 %) whichever is greater, shall be added to the quarterly payment then due.
In the event that such quarterly sewer rental charges are not paid prior to December 1st,
the City Clerk shall certify the same together with the late charge set forth above plus
and additional certification fee of Twenty -Five Dollars ($25.00) to the County Auditor
of Dakota County, and the same shall be collected and the collection thereof enforced in
the same manner, in all respects, as County and State real estate taxes, subject to like
penalty, costs and interest charges.
Section 7. Effectiveness
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its publication according
to law.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this 15th day of December, 1992
COUNCIL CITY
CITY OF D•
Charles E. Mertensotto, Mayor
ATTEST:
athleen M. Swanson, City Clerk