78-439 Water and Sanitary Sewer rates and charges (Official Publication)
CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
ORDINANCE NO. 78-439
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING WATER AND SANITARY
SEWER RATES AND CHARGES AND REPEALING ORDINANCE
NO. 75-409 AND ALL THE PROVISIONS OF AND CONTAINED
IN SECTIONS 520:05 and 520:20 OF THE 1977 CODE OF
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HOPKINS.
RE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Hopkins as follows:
That Sections 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 $.055
per each 100 gallons of water plus 5% thereof.
• The number of gallons of city water furnished from time to time shall be deter-
mined 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 prises 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 such 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 $.075 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
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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 correspond-
ing sanitary sewer charge by the 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 $.075 per each 100
gallons of water plus 5% thereof.
That in all other respects said Section 520 shall remain in full force and
effect.
That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after March 15,
1978.
First read at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Hopkins held on
February 7, 1978 and finally read, approved and adopted and ordered published at a
regular meeting of said Council on February 21, 1978.
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H. E. RICHARDSON, A. MITTFR ,
City Clerk .; Mayor
JOSEPH C. VESELY,
City Attorney
TO be published in the HOPKINS SUN, March 1, 1978.
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