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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-17 10-08 CCOTHE CITY FOLLOWS: Utilities and 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 chapters 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. 2001 -17 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 4 AND 16 OF THE BROOKLYN CENTER ORDINANCES AND ESTABLISHING A STREET LIGHT SERVICE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS Section 1. Chapter 4 of the Ordinances is hereby renamed Chapter 4 Public Service Districts. Section 2. Chapter 4 of the Ordinances is hereby amended as follows: Section 4 -101. FUNCTION. There shall be in the City of Brooklyn Center a public utilities a i v i io of partment which shall maintain and-operate the -sewer ai water utility, a sanitary 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 division. Operations shall-be--super- public utilities supervisor, who shall Elirector. and service districts. Section. 4 -103. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND SERVICE DISTRICTS FUNDS. There shall be maintained within the City accounting system separate funds established for each distinct utility or service district. All monies collected by the public utilities division and service districts 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 water and sanitary sewer utility and service rates, fees, and charges which schedules shall be known as the public utilities rate schedules. ORDINANCE NO. 2001 -17 Section 4 -105. CHARGE PROCEDURES. The city manager shall establish procedures for determining and collecting 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 division within the specified time shall result in a service charge as prescribed by the adopted rate schedule. Watef and sewer 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 accumulated 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 commencing 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 charges for operation of the street li hg t system shall be certified for collection as special assessments in accordance with the procedures specified in Minnesota Statutes, Section 429.101. Section 3. Chapter 4 of the Ordinances is hereby amended as follows: Section 4 -401 is hereby renumbered Section 4 -801. Section 4 -501 is hereby renumbered Section 4 -901. Section 4. Chapter 16 of the Ordinances is hereby amended as follows: Section 16 -101. FUNCTION. STORM DRAINAGE UTILITY. There shall be in the City of Brooklyn Center a Storm. Drainage Utility, which shall be operated as a public utility 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 renumbered 4-401, 4 -402, and 4 -403 respectively. Chapter 16 is thus deleted. ORDINANCE NO. 2001 -17 Section 5. Chapter 4 of the Ordinances is hereby amended by adding the following sections: Section 4 -501. STREET LIGHTING SERVICE DISTRICT ESTABLISHED. Minnesota Statutes Chapter 429 authorizes cities to impose charges for the operation of a street lighting system. A City street lighting system is hereby established. The system consists of all street lighting facilities, whether owned by the City or otherwise, for which the City purchases and supplies electrical energy. A street lighting service district is hereby established. The district shall include all property within the City of Brooklyn Center. Section 4 -503. STREET LIGHTING RATES AND FEES. Subdivision 1. The City Council shall adopt by resolution a street lighting service charge rate structure that shall be included in the Public Utilities Rate Schedule, pursuant to 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 zoning classifications shall be an "acre". Section 6. This ordinance shall be effective after adoption and thirty days following its legal publication. Adopted this 8th day of October, 2001. ATTEST: City Clerk Date of Publication October 17. 2001 Effective Date November 16, 2001 (Strikeouts indicate matter to be deleted, underline indicates new matter.)