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Revised 12/08/00 the payment date specified in the notice, a Twenty five Dollar (525.00) 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. Future changes to the administrative charge shall be made by Council resolution. (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 the reduced rate of 50% off the quarterly 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. The reduced rate established by this ordinance shall be subject to change by resolution f the City Council. 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 of n t to exceed Five Hundred D liars (5500.00) 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 with the City Administrator, the Council may by resolution direct that sanitary plumbing and sewer connection be made and the cost of the installation shall be paid in the first instance by the City out of the general fund of the City and the actual cost thereof shall thereafter be assessed against the property benefited. After such installation and connection is completed there shall be served a written notice of such assessment and an order directing the owner of the property, or his representative, to pay the assessment within ten (10) days after service of the written notice, to the Page 102