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A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING
PROCEDURES FOR
SANITARY SEWER BILLING
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Municipal Code Section 3.02, Subd. 1, the City Council
establishes and regulates rates and charges for the collection and treatment of sanitary sewage from
properties connected to the City's sanitary sewer system; and
WHEREAS,it is the intention of the City Council to apportion the cost of operating
and maintaining the City sewage collection system in as fair and equitable a manner as possible
based upon a reasonable determination of each property's actual use of the system.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Orono, as follows:
� 1. Sewer and water "assessment units" are calculated for purposes of determining
potential or ultimate service requirements and hence system design capacity and/or
apportionment of system construction or availability costs. Henceforth, and unless
otherwise directed, determination of "assessment units" shall be based upon the
standard Sewer Availability Charge (SAC) formula of the Metropolitan Council
Environmental Services.
2. Each sewer "billing unit" shall constitute 100,000 gallons of sewage flow per year.
Flows less than 100,000 gallons per year shall be billed a minimum rate of one
"billing unit". Flows in excess of 100,000 gallons per year shall have the number of
� "billing units" rounded up to the next even whole number of"billing units". "Billing
units" shall not be charged except in whole numbers.
3. Residential"billing units" shall be determined according to the Metropolitan Council
Environmental Services SAC formula, as follows:
a. Each separate residential dwelling unit shall constitute one (1) "billing unit".
b. Each duplex dwelling shall constitute two (2) "billing units".
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c. Each multiple residential dwelling with three (3) or more dwelling units in
one building all connected at one service location shall have the total number
of"billing units" determined by multiplying 0.8 times the number of dwelling
units and rounding up to the next whole number.
4. Commercial, industrial and other non-residential sanitary sewer billing shall be
determined as follows:
a. For commercial,industrial,mixed residential and commercial,and other non-
residential properties connected to City water, sanitary sewer billing shall be
based on the amount of inetered water flow. Metered water flow shall be
determined by adding actual gallonage used. No allowance will be given for
outside water use unless such use is metered separately.
b. For properties not connected to City water, the owner may purchase and
install an approved water meter on the private well to have the sewer use
� determined as in(a) above. �
c. For properties not connected to City water,without an approved water meter,
the City shall estimate the number of"billing units" based upon the standard
Sewer Availability Charge (SAC) formula of the Metropolitan Council
Environmental Services. Each SAC unit shall correspond to one "billing
unit". It is the intent of the Council that the number of"billing units" be
adjusted any time there is a change in the occupancy or use of a property.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Orono, Minnesota at a regular meeting
held this 26th day of October, 1998.
ATTEST:
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inda S. Vee, City Clerk Gabriel bbour, Mayor �-,
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