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1st Reading: August 9, 2021 Publication: 2nd Reading: August 23, 2021 Effective: Council Member ________________ moved for adoption of the following ordinance: CITY OF LINO LAKES ORDINANCE NO. 07- 21 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A STORMWATER UTILITY IN THE CITY OF LINO LAKES AND AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 07-20 (THE 2021 FEE SCHEDULE) TO INCLUDE STORM WATER UTILITY FEE RATES The City Council of Lino Lakes ordains: Section 1. Chapter 404 of the City Code is hereby established as follows: § 404.01 FINDINGS The City Council of the City of Lino Lakes recognizes that the control and regulation of storm water drainage is necessary to protect the environment and the public health safety and welfare. The Council hereby finds that: (1) In the exercise of its governmental authority the City has constructed, operated, and maintained a storm water system; and (2) It is necessary and desirable to provide a method of recovering the future costs of improving, maintaining, and operating the system by establishing a program of user charges; and (3) In imposing charges, it is necessary to establish a methodology that undertakes to make them just and equitable to assign responsibility for some or all of the future costs of operating, maintaining, and improving the system on the basis of the expected storm water runoff from the various parcels of land with the City; and (4) Assigning costs and making charges based upon impervious coverage can only be accomplished within reasonable and practical limits. The provisions of this section establishes a reasonable and practical methodology from making such charges § 404.02 GENERAL OPERATION (1) The City of Lino Lakes storm water system shall be operated as a public utility (hereinafter called the “Storm Water Utility” or “Utility”), pursuant to Minnesota Statute Section 444.075,