HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Ordinance 2007-27CITY OF PLYMOUTH
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 2007-27
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER VII
OF THE PLYMOUTH CITY CODE CONCERNING
THE CITY'S SANITARY SEWER AND WATER CHARGES
THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Subsection 715.07 of the Plymouth City Code is deleted.
SECTION 2. Chapter VII of the Plymouth City code is amended by adding section 715.13
to read as follows:
715.13: SEWER CONNECTION CHARGES:
Connection Charge. Sanitary Sewer Residential Equivalent Connection (REQ charges are
established by the City to finance central system costs: sewer trunks, force mains and pumping
stations, and similar improvements.
A. Before connecting to the City sewer system, City sewer connection charges based upon
the number of units shall be paid. If, after the initial connection charges are paid,
additional building permits or new sewer connections are made, or when an increase of
wastewater flow into the municipal sanitary sewer system is determined by the
Metropolitan Council, charges shall be recalculated and any additional charges shall be
paid. The City connection charges per unit are set forth in section 1015 of the City Code.
B. The number of (REQ units shall be computed as follows:
1. All residential properties shall be assigned one unit per dwelling unit.
2. Reductions.
(a) Apartments and condominiums (4 or more units) shall be computed as
eighty percent (80%) of a unit if there is no plumbing for laundry facilities within
each dwelling unit.
(b) Multi -dwelling public housing units (4 or more units) or publicly
subsidized low income units under any government program shall be computed as
seventy five percent (75%) of a unit equivalent for that type of housing if there is
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no garbage disposal or dishwasher. An additional twenty percent (20%) reduction
applies if there is no plumbing for laundry facilities in each unit.
3. Other buildings and structures shall be assigned one sewer unit as being
equivalent to 72,000 gallons of sewage flow per year. The number of sewer availability
charge (SAC) units determined by the Metropolitan Council will be used to determine the
number of (REQ units for various public, commercial, industrial, and institutional
facilities.
C. The City connection charges shall be paid to the City before a building permit or sewer
connection permit is issued. The Council may assess the City connection charges on any
dwelling or building when the installation of the City utility system is made after the
construction of the dwelling or building. The rate of interest shall be set by the City
Council.
D. In addition to the City connection charge, the user shall also pay the sewer availability
charge as determined by the Metropolitan Council. The Metropolitan Council sewer
availability charge shall be paid to the City before a building permit, or permit for sewer
and water connections is issued.
E. City sanitary sewer connection charges shall be deposited in the Sewer Utility Trunk
System Expansion Fund.
SECTION 3. Chapter VII of the Plymouth City Code is amended by adding section
720.43 to read as follows:
720.43: WATER CONNECTION CHARGES:
Connection Charge. Water residential Equivalent Connection (REQ charges are established by
the City to finance central system costs, representing trunk water mains, reservoirs, wells,
pumping stations, treatment facilities, and similar improvements.
A. Before connecting to the City water system, City water connection charges based upon
the number of units shall be paid. If, after the initial connection charges are paid,
additional building permits or new water connections are made, or when an increase of
waste water flow into the municipal sanitary system is determined by the Metropolitan
Council, and the water source is from the City system, charges shall be recalculated and
any additional charges shall be paid. The City connection charges per unit are set forth in
section 1015 of the City Code.
B. The number of (REQ units shall be computed as follows:
1. All residential properties shall be assigned one unit per dwelling unit.
2. Reductions.
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(a) Apartments and condominiums (4 or more units) shall be computed as
eighty percent (80%) of a unit if there is no plumbing for laundry facilities within
each dwelling unit.
(b) Multi -dwelling public housing units (4 or more units), or publicly
subsidized low income units under any government program shall be computed as
seventy five percent (75%) of a unit equivalent for that type of housing if there is
no garbage disposal and dishwasher. An additional twenty percent (20%)
reduction applies if there is no plumbing for laundry facilities in each unit.
3 Other buildings and structures shall be assigned one water unit as being
equivalent to 72,000 gallons of sewage flow per year. The most recent "Standard
Criteria" published by the Metropolitan Council will be used to determine the number of
(REQ units for various public, commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities.
C. The City connection charges shall be paid to the City before a building permit or water
connection permit is issued. The Council may assess the City connection charges on any
dwelling or building when the installation of the City utility system is made after the
construction of the dwelling or building. The rate of. interest shall be set by the City
Council.
D. City water connection charges shall be deposited in the Water Utility Trunk System
Expansion Fund.
SECTION 4. Section 1015.19 of the City Code is amended by adding subparagraphs (n)
and (o) to provide as follows:
(n) City Sewer Connection Charge (REQ per unit $ 400
(o) City Water Connection Charge (REQ per unit $1,025
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage.
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ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Plymouth, Minnesota this 13'h day of
November, 2007.
Kelli Slavik, Mayor