(A) Billing unit. Service charges for parcels of land shall be based on land use. The billing unit for residential parcels zoned or used as residential shall be a dwelling unit; single-family residential unit or townhouse/two family residential unit or multi-family residential unit. The billing unit for parcels zoned or used as other zoning classifications shall be street front lineal foot.
(B) Calculation of fees. The service charge to be billed each billing unit shall be a fair and equitable share of the total costs of the system. Further, service charges shall be apportioned to similar classes of property similarly. From time to time the City Council shall adopt a resolution establishing a class charge rate calculation table for all billing units. These quarterly charges shall be listed in the City Code Appendix fee resolution table.
(C) Billings and collections. Street/signal lighting service charges shall be placed on the utility accounts of all property and are payable quarterly in accordance with usual and customary practices in rendering of water and sanitary sewer bills.
(D) Adjustment of charges. If an owner or person responsible for paying the street/signal lighting service charge questions the correctness of such a charge, such person may have the determination of the charge reviewed by written request to the City Manager. Such request shall be made within 30 days of the mailing of the bill in question. The City Manager shall have the authority to recompute the charge.
(E) Penalties and remedies for delinquency or default in paying billings. Any street/signal lighting service charges in excess of 90 days past due on October 1 of any year may be certified to the Hennepin County Taxpayer Services Manager for collection with real estate taxes as a special assessment. An administrative charge of $25 shall be added to each street/signal lighting service charge so certified. In addition, the city may bring a civil action or to take other legal remedies to collect unpaid charges.
(Ord. 2002-983, passed 11-25-02)
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