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CI TY OF CHAl\HASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COJNTIES, MII\I\ESOTA
FtSCLUTICN
Date: December 9. 1991
Resolution No.__91-116
Motion By: Richard Winq
Seconded By:__Tom Workman
FE3CLUTICN ESTAELI9-IIN:; M.J\IICIM-
!:E.W:R IN) ~TER RATES
WHEREAS, this municipality maintains a public sanitary
sewer system and public water system; and
WHEREAS, Chanhassen City Code Chapter 19 provides that
the City Council may from time to time establish revised rate
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schedules for usage of the public sanitary sewer system and
the public water system.
N:W, 1l-B-ctl-LH:::., EE IT FE3CLVED, by the Chanhassen City
Council:
1. The following water use rates are hereby established:
A. Connec ted Struc tures
The following quarterly charge is imposed on each
structure connected to the municipal water system:
(1) A minimum charge of $5.50 per dwelling unit
or per billing statement generated for
quarterly water usage not exceeding 5,000
gallons.
(2) A charge of $1.10 per 1,000 gallons, or
fraction thereof. for all quarterly water
usage up to 25,000 gallons and,
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(3) A charge of $1.30 per 1.000 gallons. or
fraction thereof, for all quarterly water
usage ~n excess of 25.000 gallons.
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B.
Unconnected Structures
A quarterly charge of $10.00 ~s hereby imposed on
each single family attached dwelling~ each single
family detached dwelling~ each commercial structure
and each industrial structure which is not
connected to the municipal water system when
municipal water service is available.
2. The following sewer usage rates are hereby established:
A. Structures Connected to Both Sewer and Water
A quarterly charge~ based on winter quarter
municipal water usage~ is hereby imposed on each
single family dwelling~ each commercial structure
and each industrial structure~ which is connected
to both the municipal water system and the
municipal sewer system as follows:
(1) A separate billing statement shall be
generated for each water meter~ and
( 2)
A charge of $2.40 per 1~000 gallons or
fraction thereof for all quarterly water usage
provided however~ tha~ the minimum quarterly
charge shall be $12.00.
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Alternate System of Billinq Computation
If water consumption during the winter billing
quarter does not accurately approximate actual
sewer usage throughout the entire billing
year~ the quarterly sewer charge shall be
based upon water consumption during such other
billing quarter as most accurately reflects
actual sewer usage during the entire billing
year. If water consumption during any
particular billing quarter does not accurately
approximate actual sewer usage~ the quarterly
sewer charge shall be based upon average
quarterly water consumption during the entire
billing year~ or such other method as in the
opinion of the City Engineer which most
closely approximates actual sewer usage.
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B. Structures Connected to Sewer But Not to Water
(1) Reqular Residential Rate
A quarterly charge is hereby imposed on each
single family attached dwelling and each
single family detached dwelling which is
connected to the municipal sewer system but
not to the municipal water system as follows:
$48.00 per dwelling unit.
(a) Senior Citizen Discount. Provided~
however~ that the quarterly charge shall
be $24.00 per quarter if said dwelling
unit is occupied by no more that two
persons:
i) at least one of whom ~s at least
65 vears of age~ and
i i) at least one of whom is the owner
of said dwelling unit.
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Alternate Svstem of Billinq Computation
The quarterly sewer charge shall be based
upon actual private source water consump-
tion and upon the rates set forth in
Section A. above~ if a water metering
system acceptable to the City has been
installed. through which accurate water
consumption records can be established.
(2) Non-Residential Rates
A quarterly charge is hereby imposed on each
commercial structure and each industrial
structure. which is connected to the municipal
sewer system but not to the municipal water
system. at rates set forth in Section A~
above. and on the basis of deemed sewer usage
as estimated by the Citv Engineer on a
case-by-case basis approximating as closely as
possible actual sewer usage of similar land
uses actuallv connected to the municipal sewer
and water systems.
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C. Structures Not Connected to Sewer
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A quarterly charge is hereby imposed on each
single family attached dwelling and each
single family detached dwelling, which is not
connected to the municipal sewer system
though connection is required by City
ordinance as follows:
$96.00 per dwelling unit, provided,
however, that the quarterly charge shall
be $48.00 per dwelling unit if said
dwelling unit is occupied by no more than
two persons, at least one of whom is at
least 65 years of age, and at least one
of whom is the owner of said dwelling
unit.
A quarterly charge is hereby imposed on each
commercial structure and each industrial
structure~ which is not connected to the
municipal sewer system though connection is
required by City ordinances, at the rates set
forth in Section A, above, on the basis of
deemed sewer usage as estimated by the City
Engineer on a case-by-case basis approximating
as closely as possible two times actual sewer
usage of similar land uses actually connected
to the municipal sewer and water systems.
D. Effective Date
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that these rates shall be
effective in entirety commencing with billings
after January 1, 1992.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Chanhassen City Council this
day of _December
1991.
ATTEST:
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Don Ashwort , CI~rk/Manager
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Do aId J. mie, Mayor
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