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DATE: June 21, 2016
CONSENT
ITEM #: 24
MOTION
AGENDA ITEM: Amending Wastewater Treatment Systems Ordinance to Extend Time for
Connection
SUBMITTED BY: Kristina Handt, City Administrator
BACKGROUND:
Current City Code 51.022 (A) requires a building to connect to municipal sewer within one year from the
time a connection is available to the building.
Met Council Rules allow for 24 months for the connection to happen from the time a connection is
available.
ISSUE BEFORE COUNCIL:
Should the Council amend City Code to be consistent with Met Council Rules and allow 24 months for a
building to connect to municipal sewer from the time a connection is available?
PROPOSAL DETAILS/ANALYSIS:
The proposal would simple change the connection time from 1 year to 2 years.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This change would impact the sewer fund balance by possibly delaying the $1,000 connection fee by an
additional year. Net result over time would have no impact.
OPTIONS:
1) Approve Ordinance No. 08-139
2) Amend and then Approve Ordinance No. 08-139
3) Do not adopt Ordinance No. 08-139
RECOMMENDATION:
Motion to adopt Ordinance No. 08-139
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CITY OF LAKE ELMO
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
STATE OF MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 08-139
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 51: WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS
The City Council of the City of Lake Elmo hereby ordains that Chapter 51, Section 51.022 (A) is hereby
amended to read as follows:
51.022 CONNECTIONS WITH SEWER REQUIRED.
(A) Any building used for human habitation or in which a toilet or other plumbing facility for the
disposal of human waste is installed and located on property adjacent to a sewer main, or in a platted
block through which the system extends, shall be connected to the municipal sanitary sewer system
within 1 year2 years from the date on which a connection is available to the building.
Effective Date
This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon adoptin and publication in the official
newspaper of the City of Lake Elmo.
Adoption Date
This Ordinance No. 08-139 was adopted on this 21st day of May, 2016 by a vote of ____ Ayes and
____Nays.
________________________________________________
Mayor Mike Pearson
ATTEST:
_________________________________
Julie Johnson
City Clerk
This Ordinance No. 08-139 was published on the ___ day of ____, 2016.