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City of Brooklyn Center
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CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on
the 8th day of October, 2001, at 7 p.m. or as soon thereafter
as the matter may be heard at the City Hall, 6301 Shingle
Creek Parkway, to consider an ordinance amending chap-
ters 4 and 16 of the Ordinances and to establish a street
light service district.
Auxiliary aids for persons with disabilities are available
upon request at least 96 hours in advance. Please contact
the City Clerk at 763- 569 -3300 to make arrangements.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 4 AND 16 OF
THE BROOKLYN CENTER ORDINANCES AND ES-
TABLISHING A STREET LIGHT SERVICE DISTRICT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN
CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 4 of the Ordinances is hereby renamed
Chapter 4 Public Utilities and Service Districts.
Section 2. Chapter 4 of the Ordinances is hereby amend-
ed as follows:
Section 4-101 FUNCTION. There shall be in the City of
Brooklyn Center a
water utility,
a sani sewer utility. a storm drainage utility and a
street light service district.
Section 4-102 MANAGEMENT. The city manager shall
be responsible for the management of the public utilities
and service districts
Section 4-103. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND SERVICE DIS-
TRICTS FUNDS. There shall be maintained within the City
accounting system separate funds established for each dis-
tinctutility orservice district. All monies collected by the pub-
lic utilities diisie>a and service di stri cts shall be deposited in
the appropriate fund. Each fund shall be used to meet all the
expenses for operation, maintenance, repair, plant expansion,
and administration of that utility or service district.
Section 4-104. RATES, FEES, AND CHARGES. The city
council shall adopt by resolution schedules of weteread
tiemitekrpeewer utility and service rates, fees and charges
which schedules shall be known as the public utilities rate
schedules.
Section 4 -105 CHARGE PROCEDURES. The city man-
ager shall establish procedures for determining and col-
lecting customer charges consistent with the adopted rate
schedules.
Charges for water service shall be based upon a metered
quantity of water which a property owner or occupant
draws from the municipal system. The property owner or
occupant shall be responsible for reading his own meter,
recording the meter reading on a postal card provided by
the public utilities division, and returning the postal card
to the division within the time limit specified on the card.
Failure to return a meter card to the public utilities divi-
sion within the specified time shall result in a service
charge as prescribed by the adopted rate schedule.
31 Tatorand oowcr Utility and service accounts shall become
due immediately following billing and shall be considered as
an obligation of the respective property. A service charge as
prescribed by the adopted rate schedule shall be added to the
next billing on any account unpaid one month after the date
of billing. An additional service charge shall be added for each
subsequent billing period in which such account, including ac-
cumulated service charges remains delinquent. Any charges
which are delinquent and which have been properly billed to
the premises may be certified by the city clerk to the county
auditor for collection from the property owner. The amounts
so certified, including service charges and interest commenc-
ing from date of initial delinquency, shall be extended by the
county auditor on the tax rolls against premises in the same
manner as special assessments and shall be paid to the City
along with tax revenues. Unpaid themes for ooe ofthe
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Minnesota Statutes. Section 429.101.
Section 3. Chapter 4_ of tke.Ordinances is hereby amend-
ed as follows:
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Section 4 -401 is liereliy renumbered: Section 4-801. Sec-
tion 4-501 is hereby ienuuibered Sedition 4 -901.
Section 4. Chapter 16 of the Ordinances is hereby amend-
ed as follows:
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Section 16- 101, 14. EIZMILIMAZIAUKIall
1M There shall be in the City of Brooklyn Center a Storm
Drainage Utility, which shall be operated as a public util-
ity pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 444.075.
Sections 16- 102,16- 103,16 -203, and 16-204 are hereby deleted
Sections 16 -101, 16 -201, and 16 -202 are hereby renum-
bered 4- 401, 4 -402, and 4 -403 respectively.
Chapter 16 is thus deleted.
Section 5. Chapter 4 of the Ordinances is hereby amend-
ed by adding the following sections:
Section 4-501. STREET LIGHTING SERVICE DISTRICT
ESTABLISHED. Minnesota Statutes Chapter 429 autho-
rizes cities to impose charges for the operation of a street
lighting system. A City street lighting yytem is hereby es- tabl
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hes. whether owned by the City otherwise, for which the
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ing service district hereby established.. The district shall
include all property within the City of Brooklyn Center
Section 4-503. STREET LIGHTING RATES AND FFES
Subdivision 1. The City Council shall adopt by resolution
a „treet liwg services barge ra at„ ct, rh t i. n
in Ln tho- i filiti s Rat Crhn'i l
Section 4 -104
Subdivision 2. Street lighting charges for parcels of land
shall be based on land use. The billing. unit for residential
parcels zoned or used as residential shall be a "dwelling
unit The billing unit for parcels zoned or used as all other
Section 6. This ordinance shall be effective after adoption i
and thirty days following its legal publication.
Adopted this day of 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Date of Publication
Effective Date
(Strikeouts indicate matter to be deleted, underline indi-
cates new matter.)
(Sept. 19, 2001)P1/Street Light