Ordinance 278CITY OF CHANHASSEN
• CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 278
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19 OF THE
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE CONCERNING
WATER, SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN ORDAINS:
Section 1. Section 19-21 subsections (b), (c), and (d) of the Chanhassen City Code are
amended to read as follows:
(b) The number of unit hook-up charges to be levied against each benefitted lot or
tract of land, portion thereof, shall be established using the following criteria:
(1) Single-family houses, townhouses, condominiums and duplex units shall each
comprise one (1) unit;
• (2) Apartments shall each comprise eighty (80) percent of a unit;
(3) Mobile homes shall each comprise one hundred (100) percent of a unit;
(4) Other buildings and structures shall be assigned one (1) water hook-up charge
(unit) for each sewer availability charge (SAC) as estimated by the Metropolitan
Council Environmental Service.
(c) The number of unit hook-up charges to be levied against the premises may
thereafter be revised conditioned upon the Metropolitan Council Environmental Service reducing
the number of sewer availability charges accordingly.
(d) Upon written request of the owner of the benefitted premises showing good cause,
the water hook-up charge may be specially assessed against the benefitted property payable in
semi-annual installments over a four (4) year period at 8 % interest. Unless preferred 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 the property.
Section 2. Section 19-23, subsections (i), 0), (k) and (1) of the Chanhassen City Code
are amended to read as follows:
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(i) Fees.
• 1. The fees to be paid to the city for plumbing permits and inspections shall
be as established by resolution.
2. Upon return of a plumbing permit to the city by the holder thereof, with
proof satisfactory to the building official that no construction was
undertaken pursuant hereto, he shall refund to the holder the plumbing
permit fee paid by him, except that twenty (20) percent of the fee paid or
twenty-five dollars ($25.00), whichever is greater, shall be retained by the
city. A similar refund shall be made of any plan -checking fee paid except
that no refund shall be made if the city has caused the plans to be
checked.
3. In addition to the permit fee required by subsection (1) above, the
applicant shall pay a surcharge to be remitted to the Minnesota
Department of Administration as required by Minnesota Statute, 1990,
Section 16B.70.
0) Investigation fees; work without a permit. Whenever work for which a permit is
required by this article has been commenced without first obtaining said permit, a special
investigation shall be made before a permit may be issued for such work.
An investigation fee, in addition to the permit fee, shall be collected whether or
not a permit is then or subsequently issued. The investigation fee shall be equal
to the amount of the permit fee that would be required by this article if a permit
were to be issued, the payment of such investigation fee shall not exempt any
person from compliance with all other provisions of this article, nor from any
penalty prescribed by law.
(k) Other Inspections. In addition to the inspections required by this Code, the
building official may require other inspections of any plumbing work to ascertain compliance
with the provisions of this Code and other laws which are enforced by the jurisdiction.
0) Rennspection. A reinspection fee may be assessed for each inspection or
reinspection when such portion of work for which inspection is called is not complete or when
required corrections have not been made.
This provision is not be interpreted as requiring reinspection fees the first time
a job is rejected for failure to comply with the requirements of the Code, but as
controlling the practice of calling for inspections before the job is ready for
inspection or reinspection.
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Reinspection fees may be assessed when the approved plans are not readily
• available to the inspector, for failure to provide access on the date for which the
inspection is requested, or for deviating from plans requiring the approval of the
building official.
To obtain reinspection, the applicant shall file an application therefor in writing
upon a form furnished for that purpose and pay the reinspection fee as established
by resolution.
In instances where reinspection fees have been assessed, no additional inspection
of the work will be performed until the required fees have been paid.
Section 3. Section 19-27, subsection (a) of the Chanhassen City Code is amended as
follows:
(a) Inspections of all interior plumbing and exterior services, including connections
to the municipal sewage disposal system, are required. The permit holder is responsible to
arrange for such inspections which are performed between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on normal
workdays.
Section 4. Section 19-43, subsections (c), (i), 0), (k) and (1) of the Chanhassen City
Code are amended to read as follows:
(c) Plans and Specifications. Plans, engineering calculations, diagrams, and other
data shall be submitted in one (1) or more sets with each application for a permit. The building
official may require plans, computations, and specifications to be prepared by and the plumbing
designed by an engineer or master plumber licensed by the state to practice as such. The
building official may waive the submission of plans, calculations, or other data if the nature of
the permit applied for is such that reviewing of plans is not necessary to ensure compliance with
the plumbing code.
(i) Fees.
1. The fees to be paid to the city for plumbing permits and inspections shall
be as established by resolution.
2. Upon return of a plumbing permit to the city by the holder thereof, with
proof satisfactory to the building official that no construction was
undertaken pursuant hereto, he shall refund to the holder the plumbing
permit fee paid by him, except that twenty (20) percent of the fee paid or
twenty-five dollars ($25.00), whichever is greater, shall be retained by the
city. A similar refund shall be made of any plan -checking fee paid except
that no refund shall be made if the city has caused the plans to be
checked.
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3. In addition to the permit fee required by subsection (1) above, the
• applicant shall pay a surcharge to be remitted to the Minnesota
Department of Administration as required by Minnesota Statute, 1990,
Section 16B.70.
0) Investigation fees; work without a permit. Whenever work for which a permit is
required by this article has ben commenced without first obtaining said permit, a special
investigation shall be made before a permit may be issued for such work.
An investigation fee, in addition to the permit fee, shall be collected whether or
not a permit is then or subsequently issued. The investigation fee shall be equal
to the amount of the permit fee that would be required by this article if a permit
were to be issued, the payment of such investigation fee shall not exempt any
person from compliance with all other provisions of this article, nor from any
penalty prescribed by law.
(k) Other Inspections. In addition to the inspections required by this Code, the
building official may require other inspections of any plumbing work to ascertain compliance
with the provisions of this Code and other laws which are enforced by the jurisdiction.
0) Reinspection. A reinspection fee may be assessed for each inspection or
reinspection when such portion of work for which inspection is called is not complete or when
required corrections have not been made.
• This provision is not be interpreted as requiring reinspection fees the first time
a job is rejected for failure to comply with the requirements of the Code, but as
controlling the practice of calling for inspections before the job is ready for
inspection or reinspection.
Reinspection fees may be assessed when the approved plans are not readily
available to the inspector, for failure to provide access on the date for which the
inspection is requested, or for deviating from plans requiring the approval of the
building official.
To obtain reinspection, the applicant shall file an application therefor in writing
upon a form furnished for that purpose and pay the reinspection fee as established
by resolution.
In instances where reinspection fees have been assessed, no additional inspection
of the work will be performed until the required fees have been paid.
Section 5. Section 19-46, subsections (b), (c), and (d) of the Chanhassen City Code are
amended to read as follows:
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(b) The number of unit hook-up charges to be levied against each benefitted lot or
• tract of land, portion thereof, shall be established using the following criteria:
(1) Single-family houses, townhouses, condominiums and duplex units shall each
comprise one (1) unit;
(2) Apartments shall each comprise eighty (80) percent of a unit;
(3) Mobile homes shall each comprise one hundred (100) percent of a unit;
(4) Other buildings and structures shall be assigned one (1) sewer hook-up charge
(unit) for each sewer availability charge (SAC) as estimated by the Metropolitan
Council Environmental Service.
(c) The number of sewer hook-up charges imposed against the premises may be
revised conditioned upon the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services reducing the number
of sewer availability charges accordingly.
(d) Upon written request of the owner of the benefitted premises showing good cause,
the sewer hook-up charge may be specially assessed against the benefitted property payable in
semi-annual installments over a four (4) year period at 8 % interest. 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 the property.
• Section 6. Section 19-49, subsection (a) of the Chanhassen City Code is amended as
follows:
(a) Sanitary sewer mains, manholes and service installation shall be as specified by
the most recent edition of the state plumbing code, and/or City of Chanhassen standard
specifications and detail plates.
Section 7. Section 19-50, subsection (a) of the Chanhassen City Code is amended as
follows:
(a) Inspections of all interior plumbing and exterior services, including connections
to the municipal sewage disposal system, are required. The permit holder is responsible to
arrange for such inspections which are performed between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on normal
workdays.
Section 8. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and
publication.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of , 1998, by the City Council
• of the City of Chanhassen.
ATTEST:
By: G
Don Ashworth, erk/Manager
By:
Nancy K. ancino, Mayor
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on )1998).
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Affidavit of Publication
Southwest Suburban Publishing
State of Minnesota)
)SS.
County of Carver )
Stan Rolfsrud, being duly sworn, on oath says that he is the publisher or the authorized agent of
the publisher of the newspapers known as the Chaska Herald and the Chanhassen Villager and
has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows:
CITY OF CHANHASSEN (A) These newspapers have complied with the requirements constituting qualification as a legal
CARVER AND HENNEPIN newspaper, as provided by Minnesota Statute 331A.02, 331A.07, and other applicable laws, as
COUNTIES, MINNESOTA amended.
ORDINANCE NO. 278
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING (B) The printed public notice that is attached to this Affidavit and identified as No.
CHAPTER 19 OF THE
published on the date or dates and in the newspaper stated in the attached Notice and said
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE Notice is hereby incorporated as part of this Affidavit. Said notice was cut from the columns of
CONCERNING WATER, SEWERS the newspaper specified. Printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both
AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the kind and size of type used in the composition
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE and publication of the Notice:
CITY OF CHANHASSEN ORDAINS: abcdefghijklmnopgrstuv x
THIS ORDINANCE amended the
Chanhassen City Code including the fol-
lowing: Defining the number of sewer and
water hook-up charges and criteria for By:
establishing hook-up charges; establishing Stan Rolfsrud, General Manager
criteria for plumbing inspections, estab- or his designated agent
lishing plumbing inspection fees, refunds
of inspection fees, andfees and criteriafor Subscribed and sworn before me on
reinspection; and, requiring sanitary sewer
mains, manholes and service installation
be as specified by the most recent edition ,
of the state plumbing code, and/or City of this � day of , 1998
Chanhassen standard specifications and GWEN M. RaDUENZ detail plates.
Anita Benson, P.E. j NOTARY PUBLIC-MINNESOTA
City�g MY COMMISSION EXPIRES 1-31-00
('u�ed in the ChanY �n
9 � IT4=dY; April 9, 198� No. 3127)
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Notary Public
RATE INFORMATION
Lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space.... $11.50 per column inch
Maximum rate allowed by law for the above matter ................................. $11.50 per column inch
Rate actually charged for the above matter ................................................. $8.37 per column inch