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testing, and an adjustment on the water bill will be made for testing and an adjustment on the water bill will be made for the period of time that the meter is assumed to be inaccurate as determined by the Municipality. (1988 Code §70.17) SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Mounds View hereby amends Title 900, Chapter 907, Munieipal SaHittal'' Sewer—Seem, Section 907.06 of the Mounds View Municipal Code by adding the double -underlined material and deleting the stricken material as follows: 907.06: STORM WATER: It shall be unlawful to discharge or cause to be discharged into the City sewer system, either directly or indirectly, any roof, surface, ground, sump pump, footing tile, or other natural precipitation, or water discharged from any air conditioning unit or system. ; Subd. 1. Definition and Method: Dwellings and other buildings and structures which require, because of the infiltration of water into basements, crawl spaces and the like, a sump pump system to discharge excess water, shall have a permanently installed discharge line which shall not at any time discharge water into the sanitary sewer system. A permanent installation shall be one which provides for year-round discharge capability to either the outside of the dwelling, building or structure, or is connected to the City storm sewer or discharges on the surface within the property or drainage easement. It shall consist of a rigid discharge line, without valving or quick connections for altering the path of discharge. Discharge directly into the street or street guttering system is prohibited. `" Subd. 2. Disconnection: Any person, firm or corporation having a roof, surface, ground, sump pump, footing, or air conditioning unit or system now connected and/or discharging into the sanitary sewer system shall disconnect and/or remove same by November 1, 2004. Any disconnects or openings in the sanitary sewer shall require a plumbing permit and must be closed or repaired in an effective manner as approved by the City Building Inspector.— Added, Ord. 740, 6 29 04;; Subd. 3. Inspection: Every person owning improved real estate that discharges into the City's sanitary sewer system shall allow for inspections of the building(s) located on said property to confirm that there is no sump pump or other prohibited discharge into the sanitary sewer system. Said inspections may be conducted by employees or designated representatives of the City of Mounds View, or, if the property owner so chooses, by a licensed plumber hired by the property owner. Any person refusing to allow their property to be inspected within fourteen (14) days of the date City employee(s) or their designated representative(s) are denied admittance to the property must either hire a licensed plumber to inspect the property and submit the licensed plumber's report within thirty (30) days of the date the City employee's or their designated representative(s) were denied admittance to the property, or, shall become subject to the surcharge hereinafter 624354v42MU2 ] 0-54