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<br />CITY OF HUGO
<br />WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA
<br />ORDINANCE NO. 2002- 360
<br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUGO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA,
<br />ESTABLISHING CERTAIN UNIFORM TRUNK AND STORM WATER PONDING
<br />CHARGES FOR STORM WATER TRUNK AND PONDING IMPROVEMENTS TO BE
<br />IMPOSED ON DEVELOPING PROPERTY WITHIN THE MUSA AREA IN THE CITY OF
<br />HUGO.
<br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUGO, WASHINGTON COUNTY,
<br />MINNESOTA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
<br />WHEREAS, the City of Hugo has extensive water resources which include ponds, ditches,
<br />wetlands and other low-lying areas which are not suitable for residential or commercial
<br />development; and,
<br />WHEREAS, the City has experienced significant increases in residential and commercial
<br />development which has resulted in the need to construct roads, utilities, trails, parking lots, and
<br />other infrastructure necessary to serve these areas; and,
<br />WHEREAS, this development creates a direct and obvious need for additional storm water
<br />management improvements, such as trunk lines and ponding facilities, and the City's
<br />Comprehensive Storm Water Management Plan incorporates regional conveyance systems as a
<br />necessary component; and,
<br />WHEREAS, it is not necessarily desirable that ponding improvements be constructed
<br />exclusively on a particular development site since that causes an inefficient use of land, minimizes
<br />the availability of commercial land for construction, and complicates efforts to manage and
<br />maintain existing trunk and ponding areas which proliferate when no regional ponding exists; and,
<br />WHEREAS, the City, therefore, needs to pay for the acquisition, construction,
<br />reconstruction, repair, enlargement, improvement, maintenance, operation and use of storm sewer
<br />systems for the collection, treatment and disposal of storm water; and,
<br />WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 444.075, et. seq., gives the City authority to
<br />impose just and equitable charges to pay for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, repair,
<br />enlargement, improvement, maintenance, operation, use availability or connection with storm sewer
<br />systems for the collection and disposal of storm water; and,
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