Ordinance 005t
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 5
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING CONNECTION TO THE SANITARY SEWER
SYSTEM OF THE CITY AND ESTABLISHING RATES AND CHARGES THEREFORE
The Chanhassen City Council ordains:
Section 1. Use of Municipal Sewers and Connection Thereto.
1.01 Requirement to Connect with Sanitary Sewer.
1) The owner of each existing building or structure
from which sewage or industrial waste is drained
and which is located on premises adjacent to a
sewer of the City sanitary sewer system, or in a
block through or to which the sanitary sewer
system extends, or is within 150 feet of said
sanitary sewer system, shall cause said premises
to be connected with the sanitary sewer system of
the City within 12 months after such connection
becomes available to any such premises, unless in
the opinion of the City Council after con-
sultation with the City Engineer it is neither
feasible nor practical to make such connection.
is 2) All buildings and structures hereafter
constructed within the City on premises adjacent
to a sewer of the City sanitary sewer system, or
in a block through or to which the sanitary sewer
system extends, or is within 150 feet of said
sanitary sewer system, shall be connected to the
City sanitary sewer system for the disposal of
sewage or industrial waste.
1.02 Failure to Comply, Notice. Any person required by
Section 1.01 hereof to connect premises with the sanitary
sewer system shall cause such connection to be made within
30 days after receipt of written notice from to City Clerk
ordering said connection. Service of said notice shall be
sufficient if served personally upon such person or served
by certified mail addressed to such person at said premises.
1.03 Connection by City. Whenever any owner shall fail to
comply with such written notice, the Council may by resolu-
tion direct that a connection be made with the sanitary
sewer and that the cost of said installation be assessed
against the property benefitted.
1.04 Assessment and Collection. After such installation
and connection is completed by order of the Council, the
City Clerk shall serve a written notice of the assessment
upon the owner directing him to pay said assessment to the
City within ten days after the service of said notice.
If such assessment is not paid within ten days the City
Clerk shall certify the amount thereof to the County
Auditor for collection in the same manner as other special
assessments for such a period and under such terms as the
City Council shall determine.
1.05 Certain Connection Forbidden; Removal Thereof.
1) No owner or other person shall discharge into the
sanitary sewer system any surface or subsurface
waters, water or other fluids used in the air
conditioning or heating equipment, gravel, sand,
dirt or other heavy materials, or any substance
causing obnoxious odors or gases.
2) Any owner or other person who has heretofore
made, or shall hereafter make any connection to
the sanitary sewer system for the purpose of
discharging into said system the substances
described in this section shall immediately
remove such connection. If such connection is
not removed within 15 days after notice of such
violation is served upon such owner or other per-
son, or posted in the premises where such viola-
tion has occurred, the Council may order the
Plumbing Inspector to cause such connection to be
removed, and the expense of such removal shall be
assessed against such premises and certified to
the County Auditor for collection in the same
manner as other special assessments, and the same
shall become a lien on such property until paid.
Violation of this section shall constitute a mis-
demeanor.
3) To insure compliance with this section, all new
construction involving the installation of sump
pumps to be used for drainage purposes shall
include a convenient outside discharge. This
discharge shall be provided whether the pump is
actually being put in place or being plumbed for
future hook-up.
Section 2 Permits.
2.01 Master Plumber. Any work which in any way affects
the City's sewer lines or connections thereto shall be per-
formed only under the direct supervision of a master
plumber licensed by the State of Minnesota, who, prior to
the doing of any work in connection therewith, shall first
obtain a written permit therefore from the City. In the
event that the permitted work includes any direct contact
with the City's sewer system or the alteration of a City
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street, the plumber shall file with the City a corporate
surety bond approved by the City Clerk in the sum of $2,000,
conditioned that he will perform competently all work with
due care and skill, and in accordance with State and City
laws, ordinances, rules and regulations.
Said bond shall provide that the principal and surety shall
• indemnify and save harmless the City and the owner of the
premises for which the work is to be performed against all
damages, costs, expenses, and claims of every nature arising
out of violation of State and City laws, ordinances, rules
and regulations, lack of skill, or negligence on the part
of the principal in connection with the performance of any
work hereunder or the furnishing of materials therefore.
Said bond shall remain in force for a period of one year,
except that on such expiration it shall remain in force as
to all penalties, claims and demands that may have arisen
thereunder prior to such expiration.
2.02 Permits Required. The master plumber shall make
application for a permit on a special form furnished by the
City. The permit application shall be supplemented by any
plans, specifications or other information which the
plumbing inspector may reasonably require.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided
for every building except where a building stands at the
rear of another on an interior lot and no building sewer
can be constructed to the rear building through an
adjoining street, alley, courtyard, or driveway. In such
case, the building sewer from the front building may be
extended to the rear building and the whole considered as
the building sewer. Other exceptions may be allowed only
by special permission granted by the Plumbing Inspector and
City Engineer.
2.03 Inspections. Inspections of all interior plumbing
and exterior services, including connections to the munici-
pal system, are required. The permit holder is responsible
to arrange for such inspections which are performed between
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on weekdays within 24 hours of
notification.
All direct connections to and tappings of the actual City
main line shall be supervised by the Utility Superintendent.
Depending on the availability of the inspector, trenches
may have to remain open for some period of time and in some
instances overnight. In such cases the permit holder shall
be responsible to enclose the opening to insure pedestrian
and vehicular safety
Section 3. Sewer Specifications.
3.01 Connections. Sanitary
vice installation shall be as
edition of the State Plumbing
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sewer mains, manholes and ser -
specified by the most recent
Code.
Section 4. Rates and Charges for Municipal Sewer Service.
4.01 Rate. A quarterly sewer usage unit rate shall be
established by resolution of the City Council as a part of
the annual budgetary process.
4.02 Billing of Sewer Charges. The Clerk shall prepare
• and mail to the owner, occupant or lessee of each consumer
premise connected with the sanitary sewer system a state-
ment for sewer usage services furnished thereto during the
preceding quarter. Said quarterly billings will be based
on winter quarter water usage unless that consumption proves
inaccurate, then actual quarterly usage measurements shall
be employed. Charges for individuals connected to sewer
but not water shall be billed on an assumed usage rate.
4.03 Payment of Sewer Service Usage Charges. The City
Clerk shall compute the amount due to the City for sewage
charges and render a quarterly statement thereof. All
amounts due as shown on the statement shall be payable at
the Municipal Building on or before the 20th day of the
month in which the statement is presented.
A penalty of 10% shall be added to all accounts that are
not paid in full by said due date. This 10% penalty shall
be computed on the unpaid balance not paid by the
appropriate due date at the time each quarterly statement
is prepared and presented.
4.04 Enforcement of Delinquent Charges. In the event any
sewer usage charge is not paid within three months after
the time it is rendered, the Council may recover said
amount in an action brought in any court of competent juris-
diction, or in the alternative, may certify the amount
due together with penalties to the County Auditor to be
collected with other real estate taxes levied against the
premises served.
Section 5. Connection Charges.
5.01 Certification �y City Clerk. No permit shall be
issued to connect with the sanitary sewer system of the
City either directly or indirectly from any lot or tract of
land unless the City Clerk shall have certified:
a. That said lot or tract of land, or portion of
said lot or tract, to be served by such connec-
tion has been assessed for the cost of construc-
tion of the sanitary sewer lateral with which the
• connection is made, or
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b. If no assessment has been levied for said
construction cost, that proceedings for levying
such assessment have been or will be commenced in
due course, or
C. If no assessment has been levied, and no
assessment proceedings will be completed in due
• course, that a sum equal to the portion of cost
of constructing said sanitary sewer which would
be assessable against said lot or tract has been
paid to the City as outlined in 5.02 below.
5.02. Payment of Connection Fee. The applicant shall pay
a connection fee equal to the proportionate cost of
construction of the sanitary sewer. Said cost is to be
determined by the City Engineer using the same formula as
was used for assessments previously levied against other
property for the main and shall include equivalency charges
as required to arrive at the present day worth of the sewer
service. This equivalency charge shall be equal to simple
interest calculated from the project assessment date to the
connection date at the rate of interest at which the bonds
sold to finance the project were issued minus a depre-
ciation factor of 3% per year. If no assessment has been
levied, the cost shall be determined by the City Council,
and in determining said cost the Council shall take into
consideration the front footage, shape and area of the
benefittd lot or tract of land.
• Upon written request of the owner of the benefitted premises
showing good cause, the City Council may provide that the
connection charge be specially assessed against the benefitted
property payable in semi-annual installments for a term of
eight (8) years at an interest rate equal to that at which
the project bonds were sold. Unless deferred payment is so
authorized, all connection charges shall be payable in
full prior to the issuance of a building permit for new
construction on said property.
Section 6. Hook -Up Charges.
6.01. Charge Establishment. In addition to the connection
charges setforth herein, a hook-up charge, for all lots not
so charged as a part of public improvement assessment,
shall be imposed against each lot or tract of land, or por-
tion thereof, served by the sewer system for usage of sewer
treatment facilities, lift stations, forcemains, and trunk
sewers. The amount of this charge shall be established by
• resolution of the City Council and may periodically be
revised to reflect construction cost changes evidenced by
the Engineering News - Record Construction Cost Index.
6.02. Unit Determination. The number of unit hook-up
charges to be levied against each benefitted lot or tract
of land, or portion thereof, shall be established by using
the following criteria:
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a. Single-family houses, townhouses, condominiums and
duplex units shall each comprise one unit;
b. Apartments shall each comprise eighty percent (80%)
of a unit;
c. Mobile homes shall each comprise one hundred percent
(100%) of a unit;
• d. Other buildings and structures shall be assigned one
unit for each two hundred seventy four (274) gallons
of water usage which it is estimated they will
discharge, and commercial and industrial building
units shall be assigned a minimum of one unit.
The number of hook-up charges imposed against said premises
may thereafter be revised by resolution of the City Council
to more accurately establish the usage of the system, and
the Council in making said redetermination may take into
account the estimated strength and quantity of sewage to be
discharged into the sanitary sewer system.
Upon written request of the owner of the benefitted premises
showing good cause, the City Council may provide that the
hook-up charge be specially assessed against the benefitted
property payable in semi-annual installments for such
period and on such terms as the Council may determine.
Unless deferred payment is so authorized, all hook-up
charges shall be payable in full prior to the issuance of a
building permit for new construction on said property.
Section 7. Service Availability Charges.
7.01. Purpose. In order for the City to meet reserve
capacity costs assessed by the Metropolitan Waste Control
Commission to local government units for the metropolitan
sewer disposal system, it is necessary to impose sewer ser-
vice availability charges (SAC) for all buildings
constructed or connected through the City sanitary sewer
system to the metropolitan disposal system on and after
January 1, 1973.
7.02. Service Availability Charges. In addition to, and
not in lieu of, all other charges imposed from time to time
by the City for building permits, sewer connection permits,
sewer usage rates, and sewer hook-up charges, the then pre-
vailing Metropolitan Waste Control Commission Service
Availability Charge (SAC) shall be paid to the City at the
time a building permit for new construction is issued, or
at the time a sewer connection permit is issued for the
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connection of an existing building to the City sanitary
sewer system. The amount of said service availability
charge shall be established from time to time by the
Metropolitan Waste Control Commission.
Section 8. Penalties. Any person, firm or corporation
violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in
an amount not to exceed $500.00 or imprisoned for a period not to
exceed 90 days. Each 30 day period that a violation is allowed
to continue shall constitute a separate offense.
• Section 9. Repeal. Ordinance No. 5 adopted on July 24,
1967; Ordinance No. 5-A adopted on September 25, 1967;
Ordinance No. 5-B adopted on May 19, 1969; Ordinance No. 5-C
adopted on July 19, 1971; Ordinance No. 5-D adopted on
December 26, 1972; Ordinance No. 5-E adopted on March 7,
1983; Ordinance No. 53 adopted on June 18, 1973; and
Ordinance No. 5 adopted on May 21, 1984 are hereby repealed.
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Section 10. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon its passage and publication.
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Chanhassen this 11th day of March , 1985.
ATTEST:
Don Ashworth, City Clerk/Manager T omas L. Hamilton, Mayor
(Publish in the Carver County Herald on March 20 1985).
(Summary Ordinance)
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
• CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 5
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING CONNECTION TO THE SANITARY SEWER
SYSTEM OF THE CITY AND ESTABLISHING RATES AND CHARGES THEREFORE
On March 4, 1985 the Chanhassen City Council adopted a revised
Sanitary Sewer Connection Ordinance. This ordinance represents a
codification of many existing ordinances and this summary is
being published in lieu of publication of the entire ordinance.
A printed copy of the ordinance is available for inspection by
any person during regular office hours at the office of the city
clerk at the Chanhassen City Hall, 690 Coulter Drive, Chanhassen,
Minnesota.
The ordinance details the connection and permit requirements
relating to the City's sanitary sewer system. Fees for service
as well as a description of applicable connection, hook-up and
SAC charges are also outlined. The revised section deals with
. the formula used for calculation of connection charges.
The penalty section of the ordinance provides that violations
are a misdemeanor and subject to a $500 penalty or 90 days in
jail. The ordinance is in full force commencing on the date of
the publication of this summary.
Don Ashworth
City Manager
(Publish in the Carver County Herald on March 20 , 1985).
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City of Chanhassen
Official Publication
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN
COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 5
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING CONNECTION
TO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM OF THE
CITY AND ESTABLISHING RATES AND
CHARGES THEREFORE
On March 4, 1985 the Chanhassen City Council
adopted a revised Sanitary Sewer Connection Or-
dinance. This ordinance represents a codification of
many existing ordinances and this summary is being
published in lieu of publication of the entire or-
dinance. A printed copy of the ordinance is available
for inspection by any person during regular office
hours at the office of the city clerk at the Chanhassen
City Hall, 690 Coulter Drive, Chanhassen, Minnesota.
The ordinance details the connection and permit
requirements relating to the City's sanitary sewer
system. Fees for service as well as a description of
applicable connection, hook-up and SAC charges are
also outlined. The revised section deals with the for-
mula used for calculation of connection charges.
The penalty section of the ordinance provides that
violations are a misdemeanor and subject to a $500
penalty or 90 days in jail. The ordinance is in full
force commencing on the date of the publication of
this summary.
Don Ashworth
City Manager
Pub. Carver County Herald March 20,1985) ( 777 )
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