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3 SECTION 5. The City Council of the City of Mounds View hereby amends Title 900, Section 907.06, Subdivisions 5-7 of the Mounds View Municipal Code by deleting the stricken language and adding the underlined material as follows: Subd. 5. Incentive: There are a number of methods to dispose of sump effluent. These include pumping the water into a cistern or discharging it within the property. Any property which has an existing illegal connection may apply for City financial assistance by requesting a City Inspector to verify the illegal connection, have the repair completion verified and submit a receipt(s) for labor and/or materials (self-help labor rate valued at one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the complete job). Upon verification of the corrective action and costs, the City will remit to the property owner one- half (1/2) of the cost to correct the illegal connection to a maximum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) per installation. The property owner may petition the City to abate the illegal connection and assess the property owners the cost for the corrective work over a three (3) year period. This incentive program is in effect until November 1, 2004. Subd. 6. Surcharge: A surcharge of seventy five dollars ($75.00) per quarter shall be imposed and added to every sewer billing mailed on and after January 1, 2005 to property owners that are not in compliance with this Section. The surcharge shall be added for the entire quarter until the property is in compliance. Subd. 6 7. Penalties: Any violation of this Section is a misdemeanor and is subject to penalties provided for such violations under provision of Chapter 702 of this Code. SECTION 6. The City Council of the City of Mounds View hereby amends Title 900, Section 907.10 of the Mounds View Municipal Code by adding the underlined material as follows: 907.10 RIGHT OF ENTRY: The Building Inspector and other duly authorized employees of Mounds View, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall, at reasonable times, be permitted to enter upon all properties connected to the Municipal sanitary sewer system for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in connection with the operation of the Municipal sanitary sewer system. Individual property owners may request the opportunity to hire a private licensed plumber to inspect, observe, measure, sample and test as required by the Municipality. Any property owner requesting this option must do so in writing to the Clerk-Administrator at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled Municipal inspection. The private plumber must be duly licensed. The licensed private plumber must submit a report to the Municipality detailing all work performed and demonstrating compliance with all applicable codes. In an emergency the Municipality may require immediate entry onto the property by Municipal designees.