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(F) Statements for sewer charges for the preceding quarterly period shall be mailed to each customer on or before the 15th day of January, April, July, and October of each year. Any account which remains unpaid thirty (30) or more days after the bill is mailed is a delinquent account. A penalty in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the unpaid balance shall be added to each delinquent account. Any pre - payment or overpayment of charges may be retained by the City and applied on subsequent quarterly statements. (G) Once annually, notice shall be provided to all account holders and owners with a delinquent balance notifying them of the delinquency. If the delinquent accounts remain unpaid after the payment date specified in the notice, an administrative charge as established by City Council resolution shall be assessed on these delinquent accounts, and this fee along with the delinquent sewer charges, including penalties, shall be certified by the City Council to the Ramsey County Department of Property Taxes for collection with taxes due against said premises. In the event that the administrative charge is to be certified for unpaid water charges, pursuant to Section 1601.300(G), the administrative charge for unpaid sewer charges shall be waived. (H) Exceptions to the sewer rates set forth above and the water service charge set forth in Section 1601.300(A) shall apply to senior citizens and disabled citizens who otherwise would be subject to sewer use charges. Any such senior citizen or disabled citizen, as hereinafter defined, shall become eligible for reduced sewer and water service charge rates as established by City Council resolution by signing an application provided by the City affirming that he or she is owner and head of household at his or her address and is receiving Retirement Survivors Insurance or Disability Insurance under the Social Security Act. The applicant must also verify that their annual household income is below the low income level established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. For the purpose of this subsection, a senior citizen shall be a person sixty -five (65) years of age or older, the owner and head of a household, and entitled to benefits under the Social Security Act. A disabled person is defined as one who is sufficiently disabled as to qualify for Disability Insurance benefits under the Social Security Act and is also the owner and head of his or her household. 205.150. PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT. (A) Any person violating any provisions of this Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine as established by City Council resolution or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days, or by both. (B) Whenever any building has not been connected to the municipal sanitary sewer system as required in Section 205.020 hereof, the Health Officer of the City shall serve a written notice upon the owner or occupant to install plumbing and make such connection as required by this Code within thirty (30) days after service of said notice, and if the owner or occupant fails to install plumbing and make a sewer connection to the City sanitary sewer system within thirty (30) days after such written notice is given and proof of such service of notice has been filed 205 -9