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COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
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ESTABLISHING AN INDUSTRIAL USER STRENGTH CHARGF. IN ADDITION
TO THE CHARGE BASED UPON THE VOLUMr.: OF DISCHARGE BY AN
INDUSTRIAL USER AND ESTABLISHING AN INDUSTRIAL USER S'fRENGTH
CHARGE FOro-tUI,A FOR THE CDt-1PUTATION THEREOF TO RECOVER OPERATION
AND MAINTBNANCE COSTS OF WASTE TREATMENT SERVICES ATTRIBUTABLE
TO THE STRENGTH OF THE DISCHARGE OF INDUSTRIAL t'lASTE INTO THE
SEWEF SYSTEM ~ND ESTABLISHING TAX L1EN AGAINST PROPERTY
SERVED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH STRENGTH CHAR(;E
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'l'he Counc i1 of the Ci tv of Huunds View
that Chapter 71.11 "Municipal Sanitary
shall be amended by adding SubdiVision
follows:
does hereby ordain
Sewer System, Charg.'s"
3 Industrial Waste ab
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Subd.i.vi~ion ],
Industri~l Waste.
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(1) Recitals. 'rhp. ~letropol.itdt1 ~vdst(~ Contl:01 Commission,
a metropol i ':an corrunission organ ized and exi st ing under the laws
of the State of Minnesota (the ItCommission"), in order to receive
and retain grants in compliance with the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act Amendments of 1972 and n::gulations thereunder
(the "Act"), has detsrmined to impose an industrial user sewer
strength charge Upon use~s of the Metropolitan Disposal System
(as defined in Minnesota Statutes. Spction 473.121, Subdivision 24)
to recover operatIonand maint~ndJ1Ce ~osts of treatment works
attributable to the strength ot the discharge of industrial
waste, such sewer strength charge being in addition to the charge
based upon the volume of discharge'. Tll ord2r for the City to
pay such costs based upon str~n~th of industrial discharge and
allocated to it each ye~r by the Commission, it is hereby found,
determined and declared to oe necessary to establish sewer strength
charges and a formula for thp computation thereof for all industrial
users receivina waste t.IL'cltllll'nt ser'iic'ps within or served bv the
City. Furt hGr~on', ~l.i nn<:'soLI S t <l t t., t,:'~., Sr'c t ion 444.075 , Subdivision
3, empO't'K~rs the City"t'o' m<lk(~~Hi'dl--"~:;r;WI:':- c'b'lrc/e a charge against
the owner, lessee, oC~'L1I'dTlt. or .lll of them and certify unpaid
charges t.o the county il11dJtnl' .h d tin: 1 ien aGainst the property
served.
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(3) ESlai..J!ishmcnt of Strenqth Char<le Formula. For the
pu rpose (, f corrijJli t-:;- t.f()n-'-r.)f---dle -S-treng th ~ Cha rge establ i shed by
p<1r,lqrilph (2.) ,11)()V(', 1:11('1'(' is h,~reby established, approved and
adopted in ('.'impl idTW(' wi f~h the ^r.t the same strength charge formula
c!0siqfldtf'd in I~('s(llllti()n ~n. 76-172 adopted by the governing body
of the ('ornml:-;.'ljOjj iiii ,j,jilt' J~), 19th, su~h formula being based
upon pollution qu,llitif's ;lncJ difficulty of disposal of the
sewaqC' I'roducpd t1lrollqh all evaluati.on of pollution qualities
(Ind qUdnt I tips i fl exc<,ss of an unnual averaqc base and the
propor t. i OIl.! t (> cost's of opc'rd t ior: and Ii'lu in U~nancc of waste trei'lt-
l,]f"ll. ~~"r\!i,'t.s pl'pvided by the Commission.
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, (4) Strength Charge Payment. It is hereby approved, adopted
and established that the Strength Charge established by. paraqraph,
(2) above shall be paid by each industrial uaerreceivinq waste' '
treatment services and subject thereto before the twentieth' (20th)
day next succe~ding the date of billing thereof to such user by
or on behalf of tne City, and such payment thereof shall be de~med
to be delinquent if not so paid to the billing entity before' -"
such date. Furthermore, it is hereby established, ~approved and
adopted that if such payment is not paid before such date an
industrial user shall pay interest compounded monthly at the,
rate of two-thirds of one percent (2/3%) per month on the unpaid
balance due.
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(S) Establishment of Tax Lien. As provided by Minnesota
Statutes, Section 444.075, Subdiv5"sion 3, it is hereby approved,
adopted and established that if payment of the Strength Charge
established by paragraph (2) above is not paid before the
sixtieth (60th) day next succeeding the date of billing,'tl1ereof
to the indus~rial user by or on b43half of the.City, said d~linquent
sewer strength charge, plus accrued interest established pursuant
to paragraph (4) above, shall be deemed to be a charge against
the owner, lessee and occupant of the property served, and the
City or its agent shall certify such unpaid delinquent la1ance
to the county auditor with taxes against the property served
for collection as other taxes are, collected: provided, however,
that such certification shall not' preclude the City or its
agent from recovery of such delinquent sewpr strength charge
and interest thereon under any other available remedy.'
This ordinance shall Lake effect from and after the date of it~,
,c' publication. Passed by the Counel1 of the' "City",of': f.1ounds View
this 10th day of 'July, 1978. ,., ,~.., ..-.... ~:M..
ATTEST:
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