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A RESOLurICN PROVIDING FOR lVIIITER USE FOR NNlliSIDENrIAL
PRE\1ISES 10 DEIERVlINE SEWER SERVICE aIARGES
WHEREAS, Shorewood City Code Section 904.15, Subdivision 2,
provides for the City Council, by resolution, to require and order the
installat ion of water meters to measure water flow for purposes of
detennining sewer usage in instances where flat charges are impractical or
inequitable; and
\*~, the City Council has detennined that the established
flat charges for nonresidential sewer use are impractical to apply, result
in inequitable charges because of insufficient or excessive use, and are
otherwise unreliable in fairly and properly assessing charges associated
with sanitary sewer usage.
rm, 'lHEREF<Jlli, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Shorewood, Minnesota, as follows:
1. That every nonresidential lot, parcel or land, unit or
premises which has a connection directly or indirectly into the City
sanitary sewer system shall be required to install a water meter at the
owner's expense in such manner that the quantity of water which actually
could enter into the sewer system may be detennined.
2. That the charges or rates for sanitary sewer service shall be
based upon the amount of water which can enter the sanitary sewer system
as measured by the water meter installed on the nonresidential premises.
3. That this requirement of meter use for nonresidential
sanitary sewer usage shall be effective as of April 1, 1988.
ADJPrEJ) BY '!HE CI'lY CDUNCIL of the City of Shorewood this 25th day of
January, 1988.
Robert Rascop, Mayor
AlTEST:
Sandra L. Kennelly, Ci ty Clerk