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Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on the 9th day of June
1997, 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 amendment to Chapter 4 of the City Ordinances Relating to the
Collection of Water and Sewer Charges.
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ORDINANCE NO. 97-0�3
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4 OF THE CITY ORDINANCES
RELATING TO THE COLLECTION OF WATER AND SEWER CHARGES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 4-105 of the City Ordinances of the City of Brooklyn Center
is hereby amended in the following manner:
Section 4-105. CHARGE PROCEDURES. The City Manager shall establish
procedures for determining and collecting on customer charges consistent with the adopted rate
schedules.
Charges for water service sha11 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
I schedule.
Water and sewer 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.
�Anv 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 �r 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 ta�c revenues.
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ORDINANCE NO. 97-08
Section 2. This ordinance shall be effective after adoption and upon (30) thirty
days following its legal publication.
Adopted this 9th day of .Tune 1997.
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Mayor
ATTEST: O�:f�7�/G�YI
City Clerk
Date of Publication Ji�ne 1� 19�7
Effective Date July 1�, 1997
(Strikeout indicates matter to be deleted, underline indicates new matter.)