1c. Approve Amendment to Chapter 19 of the Chanhassen City Code Concerning Water Restrictions
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Todd Gerhardt, City Manger
CITY OF
CHANHASSEN
FROM:
Laurie Hokkanen, Assistant City Manager
DATE:
July 23, 2008
7700 Market Boulevard
PO Box 147
Chanhassen, MN 55317
SUBJ:
Adoption of Ordinance, Chapter 19, Chanhassen City Code, Water,
Sewers, Sewage Disposal
Administration
Phone: 952.227.1100
Fax: 952.227.1110
MOTION
Building Inspections
Phone: 952.227.1180
Fax: 952.227.1190
"The Chanhassen City Council approves the attached ordinance amending
Chapter 19 of the Chanhassen City Code."
Engineering
Phone: 952.227.1160
Fax: 952.227.1170
A simple majority vote of City Council members present is required to adopt
the amendment.
Finance
Phone: 952.227.1140
Fax: 952.227.1110
BACKGROUND
Park & Recreation
Phone: 952.227.1120
Fax: 952.227.1110
The attached amendment to Chapter 19 modifies the regulation of the City's
water supply system.
The attached Ordinance would enact the following changes:
Recreation Center
2310 Coulter Boulevard
Phone 952.227.1400
Fax: 952.227.1404
Public Works
1591 Park Road
Phone: 952.227.1300
Fax: 952.227.1310
. The requirement for a written warning is eliminated.
· The consequence of non-compliance would be levied through an
administrative surcharge added to the resident's utility bill rather than
through a misdemeanor citation.
o Surcharge Schedule: 1st violation: $50, 2nd violation: $100, 3rd
violation $150, 4th and subsequent violations $250. Fines not
paid with the water bill could eventually be certified to property
taxes.
. Appeals would be conducted administratively.
· Apartments and townhomes providing common irrigation systems
would be limited to watering every other day.
Planning &
Natural Resources
Phone: 952.227.1130
Fax: 952.227.1110
Senior Center
Phone: 952.227.1125
Fax: 952.227.1110
RECCOMENDA TION
Web Site
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Staff recommends approval of the amendment to Chapter 19
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE, WATER, SEWERS, AND SEW AGE DISPOSAL
THE CITY COUNCil.., OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA ORDAINS:
Chapter 19, Article II, Section 19-28 of the City Code, City ofChanhassen, Minnesota, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
(a) Use of the city water supply system for lawn and garden sprinkling, irrigation, car washing or
other nonpotable uses shall be limited to an odd-even schedule corresponding to property address
effective each year from May 1 to September 30. Whenever the city councilor, on a temporary basis,
the public works director and/or the city manager or city manager's designee, shall determine that
a shortage of the water supply threatens the city, they may further limit the days and hours during
which water may be used from the city water supply system. Special permit consideration will be
given for those property owners with new seed or sod if in the opinion of the public works
director sufficient water for such permits is available.
(b) Homeowners Associations and Apartment Complexes that provide a common irrigation
system may water only every other day.
(c) Property owners installing an automatic or underground irrigation system are required to
install a rain sensor device. Existing irrigation systems are required to retrofit to install a rain
sensor device at such time as improvement or extension of the system valued at or above
$1,000.00 or requiring a plumbing permit are done.
(d) Violations will result in a $50 surcharge, which will be added to the next water bill for the
premises. Subsequent violations in a calendar year will cause the surcharge to increase to $100
for second violation, $150 for third violation, and $250 for subsequent violations. Appeals shall
be made to the City Manager or designee within 10 days of levy of surcharge, in writing. A
decision will be rendered by City Manager, in writing, within 10 days of receipt.
(e) In the event any surcharge is not paid within three months after the time it is rendered, the
City Council 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.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this _ of _ , 2008, by the City Council of the City of
Chanhassen, Minnesota
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on
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