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Upon conviction thereof, the violator shall be punished by a $ne not exceeding a value established by Cily Council resolution or by imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days or both, in addition to the costs of prosecution. 1601.300. WATER RATES AND COLI,LiCTION OP CI-IARGES. ' (A) There shall be a quarterly charge for water taken from the municipal water system. In addition, there shall be a quarterly water service charge assessed to each proporty that has water available for connection. The quarterly water service charge shall he a flat fee per quarter as set by Council resolution multiplied by the number of SAC waits as determined by the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services. In the case of properties assigned more than four (4) SAC units, but not yet connected to city water, the number of water service charges is determined by the water main linear footage abutting the property and dividing that number by 75 to gerrerate a residential equivalency unit. That residential equivalency unit shall then be multiplied by the water service charges flat fee in effect at the time to determine the quarterly water service charge. 'T'hese charges and Che penalty in (C) below shall be set forth and are subject to change by resolution of the City Council of Little Canada and shall at all times be subject to provisions of pertinent contracts with the St. T'aul Water Department. (B) All accounts shall be kept by the street number and under the account number assigned thereto, and by the name of the owner. All bills and notices shall be scut to the owner's address. If anon-residing owner desires bills and notices be sent to a different address, they shall notify the Utility Billing Department. If the property owner has requested bills and notices be sent to the propeaty's tenant, and should the tenant be delinquent in payment of account balances, the property owner shall be ultimately responsible for payment of the water and water service charges. (C) Tn case the meter is found to have stopped, or to be operating in a faulty manner, the amount of water used will be estimated in accordance with Che amount used previously incomparable periods of past years. (D) Where service is for less than a quarterly period, the quarterly charges will be pro-rated on a monthly basis. (E) Where a separate connection is made to the Municipal water system for an irrigation system, the water and 4vater service charge rates due and payable by the user shall he equal to the rates charged iu (A) above. Should the irrigation system be supplied from the primary service connection, water service charges shall not apply. On automatic sprinkler accounts, the water and water service charge as delineated in (A) above shall apply regardless of the method of 1601-9 10