Ordinance 515CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 515
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19
OF THE CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
CONCERNING UTILITY BILLING
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 19-29 paragraphs (b) and (c) of the Chanhassen City Code are
amended to read as follows:
(b) A water usage account shall be maintained in the name of each property owner
connected to the City's water system. The city clerk shall prepare and mail to the
owner of each premises connected to the City's water system a statement for
water usage furnished thereto during the preceding quarter. Upon the request of a
property owner the City will bill monthly if the customer provides an automated
deposit into the City's account and agree to receive bills electronically.
(c) The city clerk shall compute the amount due to the city for water charges and
render a quarterly statement thereof. All amounts due as shown on the invoice
shall be payable at the municipal building on or before the 21st day of the
following month in which the invoice is issued. A penalty of ten percent shall be
added to all accounts that are not paid in full by said due date. This 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. The city reserves the
right to shut off water service if the account is delinquent for an unreasonable
length of time as determined by the city.
SECTION 2. Section 19-51 paragraphs (b) and (c) of the Chanhassen City Code are
amended to read as follows:
(b) A sewer usage account shall be maintained in the name of each property owner
connected to the City's sanitary sewer system. The city clerk shall prepare and
mail to the owner of each consumer premises connected with the sanitary sewer
system a statement for sewer usage services furnished thereto during the
preceding quarter. The 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. Upon the request of a
property owner the City will bill monthly if the customer provides an automated
deposit into the City's account and agrees to receive bills electronically.
(c) 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 invoice
shall be payable at the municipal building on or before the 21st day of the
following month in which the invoice is issued. A penalty of ten percent shall be
added to all accounts that are not paid in full by the due date. This 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.
SECTION 3. Section 19-205 of the Chanhassen City Code is amended to read as
follows:
A surface water management account shall be maintained in the name of each property
owner. The city clerk shall prepare and mail to the property owner the City's surface
water management fee statement. Fees shall be involved quarterly. The amount due as
shown on the invoice shall be payable on or before the 21st day of the following month in
which the invoice is issued. A penalty of ten percent per quarter shall be added to all
accounts that are not paid in full by the due date. The penalty shall be computed on the
unpaid balance not paid by the due date at the time each quarterly statement is prepared.
Any prepayment or overpayment of charges shall be retained by the city and applied
against subsequent fees. Upon request of the property owner the City will bill monthly if
the property owner provides an automated deposit into the City's account and agree to
receive bills electronically.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and
publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13"' day of December, 2010, by the City Council of the
City of Chanhassen, Minnesota.
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To Gerh anager Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on December 23, 2010)
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN
COUNTIES, MINNESJTA
ORDINANCE NO. 515
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 19 OF THE
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
CONCERNING UTILITY BILLING
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 19-29
paragraphs (b) and (c) of the
Chanhassen City Code are amended
to read as follows: Affidavit of Publication
(b) A water usage account
shall be maintained in the name
of each property owner Southwest Newspapers
connected to the City's water
system. The city clerk shall prepare
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property owner the City will bill
monthly ifthe customer provides
an d deposit into the Laurie A. Hartmann, being duly sworn, on oath says that she is the publisher or the authorized
City"s account and agree to agent of the publisher of the newspapers known as the Chaska Herald and the Chanhassen Vil-
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bills eleettdmMy. lager and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows:
(c) The city clerk shall
compute the amount due to the city (A) These newspapers have complied with the requirements constituting qualification as a legal
for water charges and render a newspaper, as provided by Minnesota Statute 331 A.02, 331 A.07, and other applicable laws, as
quarterly statement thereof. All amended.
amounts due as shown on the
invoice shall be payable at the (B) The printed public notice that is attached to this Affidavit and identified as No.
municipal building on or before the was published on the date or dates and in the newspaper stated in the attached Notice and said
29t* 21st day of the following Notice is hereby incorporated as art of this Affidavit. Said notice was cut from the columns of
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penalty often percent shall be added inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the kind and size of type used in the composition
to all accounts that are not paid in and publication of the Notice:
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SECTION 2. Section 19-51 Subscribed and sworn before me on
paragraphs (b) and (c) of the
Chanhassen City Code are amended
to read as follows:
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of each property owner»:
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