82-520 CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
ORDINANCE NO. 82-520
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING WATER, SANITARY SEWER,
AND GARBAGE RATES FOR 1983 AND REPEALING ORDINANCES
82-502 and 81-498
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Hopkins as follows:
That Section 520;05 and 520:20 of the 1977 Code of Ordinances of the
City of Hopkins be and the same are hereby amended as follows:
SECTION 520:05, WATER RATES. The gross rates per water meter shall be
$.080 per each 100 gallons of water plus 5% thereof.
The number of gallons of city water furnished from time to time shall
be determined by water meter readings, and if any such water is used on premises
without a proper water meter or whenever such meter is out of order, the amount
of water used at such interval shall be determined either by averaging previous
water bills at such location with the same or similar use, or by the average amount
of water consumed at other premises during a similar interval with a similar use
or business. Any and all meters may be read by officials of the Hopkins Water
• Department either every month or every quarter, but where such readings are
monthly, the gross rates as above set forth shall be calculated and applied as
though meters were read quarterly.
SECTION 520:20, SANITARY SEWER SERVICE CHARGES AND RATES. Subdivision
1, Sanitary Sewer Service Rates and Charges for Residential Customers. The gross
sanitary sewer service charge for residential customers shall be $.140 per each
100 gallons of water plus 5% thereof, provided that in arriving at such monthly
water consumption for any single family residential customers, such sewer use and
charge shall be determined by using the amount of such water consumed in such single
family dwelling in the annual quarters ending in January, February or March of each
year divided by three; provided further that in cases of new construction or
addition to any residential unit, the average water consumption is to be determined
by the first thirty day period following its completion or occupancy until the
next ensuing quarter ending in January, February or March. Whenever such average
water used in any such single family dwellings during the quarters ending in January,
February or March may be unfairly disproportionate because of the customer's methods
or lack of operation or any other reason, then and in the event the City of Hopkins
shall establish an average water charge and corresponding sanitary sewer charge by
use of suitable methods which will be as fair as possible, such determination by the
City of Hopkins to be final.
• SUBDIVISION 2. Sanitary Service Rates for Commercial Customers. Sanitary
sewer service charges for all commercial customers shall be equal to $.140 per each
100 gallons of water plus 5% thereof.
That in all other respects said Section 520 shall remain in full force and
effect.
II. That Section 1030-35, Subdivision (c) of the 1977 Hopkins Code of Ordinance
as amended by Hopkins Ordinance 80-474 and 80-484, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(c) CHARGES FOR COLLECTION BY CITY: The following charges for the following
services performed by the City shall be charged by and paid to the City upon billing
therefor as follows:
SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS, AND TRAILER COURT
$7.00 per month per unit
$5.75 per month additional for in-yard pick up service
That the existing charge for the above locations and services as contained
in Hopkins Ordinance No. 82-502 which are in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
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III. EFFECTIVE DATE
• The provisions of this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force in
connection with all billing hereunder rendered from and after January 1, 1983.
First read at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Hopkins held
on December 7, 1982, and finally read, approved, adopted and ordered published at
a regular meeting of said Council of said City on December 21, 1982.
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J. SCOTT RENNE ROBERT F. MILLER
City Clerk Mayor
JOSEPH C. VESELY
City Attorney
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