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Home My WebLink AboutOrd. 203 - Sewer Service Availability & Connection Charges CITY OF ANDOVER COUNTY OF ANOKA STATE OF MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 203 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING SEWER SERVICE AVAILABILITY AND CONNECTION CHARGE TO PAY RESERVE CAPACITY COSTS OF THE METROPOLITAN WASTE CONTROL COMMISSION. The City Council of the City of Andover does hereby ordain: Section 1. Recitals. The Metropolitan Waste Control Commission has determined to reserve unused capacity in the metropolitan disposal system each year commencing in 1973 for local govermnent units in which new buildings to be connected to the system and new connections to the system are connected during such year; and to allocate the debt service costs of such unused capacity for the year among such local govermnent units as provided in Metropolitan Sewer Board Resolution 72-225 and Metropolitan Waste Control Commission Resolution 77-193. In order for the City to pay such costs allocated to it each year, it will be necessary to establish sewer service availability and connection charges for all buildings to be constructed or connected to the metropolitan disposal system on or after January 1, 1973. Section 2. Establishment of Charge~. For the purposes of paying costs of reserve capacity allocated to the City each year by the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission, there is hereby established a charge for: a. The availability of treatment works and. interceptors comprising the metropolitan disposal system, and b. Connections, direct and indirect, to the metropolitan disposal system. The charge is imposed on each building or structure in that portion of the City of Andover lying within Metropolitan Waste Control Commission District Number 2 and each connection to the metropolitan disposal system directly or through the City's system, construction of which is commenced on or after January 1, 1973. The charge shall be payable upon the issuance of a building permit or a connection permit, whichever shall come first. The charge for each building or structure shall be equal to the number of units of sewage volume which it shall discharge multiplied by $275 for 1973, $300 for 1974, $325 for 1975, $350 for 1976, $375 for 1977, $400 for 1978 and $425 for 1979. The charge for future years will be set by council resolution per the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission's directive (Ordinance No. 13 - 13A, 12-20-77; 13B, 2-2-88). A unit of sewage volume shall be 100,000 gallons per year and shall be assigned as follows: a. Single family houses, townhouses and duplex units shall each comprise one unit; b. Condominiums and apartments shall each comprise 80% of a unit; c. Mobile homes shall each comprise 80% of a unit; d. Other buildings and structures shall be assigned one unit for each 100,000 gallons for flow or part thereof which it is estimated they will discharge; e. Public housing units and housing units subsidized under any federal program for low and moderate income housing shall be counted at 75% of the unit equivalent for that type of housing; f. Units existing or for which building permits were issued prior to January 1, 1973, shall be counted as one-half the unit equivalent for that type of housing, if connected to the Metropolitan Disposal System prior to January 1, 1974, and shall be counted at the full rate thereafter. Section 3. Administration. The City Building Official or their designee shall prepare or revise building permit or sewage connection permit application forms to provide information necessary for the computation of the number of units assignable to the building or structure in question, and shall collect the applicable charge before issuance of a permit. The Building Official shall make such information available to the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission upon request. Of upon filing a report covering such permit with the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission, the Commission determines that a greater number of units is assignable to the building or structure in question, any additional amount of cost allocated to the City as a result shall be paid by the person or company to whom the permit was granted. Section 4. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to applicable fines and imprisonment defined by State law. Adopted by the City Council of the City of Andover on this 18th day of February, 1997. ATTEST: CITY OF ANDOVER L;t;-M/ J~ Victoria V olk, City Clerk , r,P/v . E. McKelvey, May; r CITY OF ANDOVER COUNTY OF ANOKA STATE OF MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 203(A) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 203 SEWER SERVICE AVAILABILITY AND CONNECTION CHARGE TO PAY RESERVE CAPACITY COSTS OF THE METROPOLITAN WASTE CONTROL COMMISSION. The City Council of the City of Andover does hereby ordain: Section 2. Establishment of Charges. For the purposes of paying costs of reserve capacity allocated to the City each year by the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission, there is hereby established a charge for: a. The availability of treatment works and interceptors comprising the metropolitan disposal system, and b. Connections, direct and indirect, to the metropolitan disposal system. The charge is imposed on each building or structure in that portion of the City of Andover lying within Metropolitan Waste Control Commission District Number 2 and each connection to the metropolitan disposal system directly or through the City's system, construction of which is commenced on or after January 1, 1973. The charge shall be payable upon the issuance of a building permit or a connection permit, whichever shall come first. The charge for each building or structure shall be equal to the number of units of sewage volume which it shall discharge multiplied by $275 for 1973, $300 for 1974, $325 for 1975, $350 for 1976, $375 for 1977, $400 for 1978 and $425 for 1979. The charge for future years will be set by council resolution per the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission's directive (Ordinance No. 13 - 13A, 12-20-77; 13B,2-2-88). A unit of sewage volume shall be 100,000 gallons per year and shall be assigned as follows: a. Single family houses, townhouses and duplex units shall each comprise one unit; b. Condominiums and apartments shall each comprise 80% of a unit; c. Mobile homes shall each comprise 80% of a unit; ) d. Other buildings and structures shall be assigned one unit for each 100,000 gallons for flow or part thereof which it is estimated they will discharge; e. Public housing units and housing units subsidized under any federal program for low and moderate income housing shall be counted at 75% of the unit equivalent for that type of housing; f. Units existing or for which building permits were issued prior to January 1, 1973, shall be counted as one-half the unit equivalent for that type of housing, if connected to the Metropolitan Disposal System prior to January 1, 1974, and shall be counted at the full rate thereafter. g. Senior Citizens. those 62 vears of age or older. may be eligible for a 50% reduction on sewer rates based on annual income guidelines as determined bv the Citv Council. Adopted by the City Council of the City of Andover this 16th day of December, 1997. ;jAL~/ !J~ Victoria V olk, City Clerk CITY OF ANDOVER , ~ J1!e.. t,. ATTEST: )