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<br />WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES <br /> <br />PREFACE <br /> <br />This ordinance is adopted pursuant to Chapter 11. Section 11.01 <br />of the Ramsey City Charter and is intended to satisfy the <br />requirements of said Section 11.01. <br /> <br />GENERAL <br /> <br />Any municipal water system and/or sanitary sewer system which is <br />constructed in the City of Ramsey pursuant to the City of Ramsey <br />Code regulations shall be operated as public utilities and all <br />revenues and operating expenditures of said utilities shall be <br />properly accounted for in a separate municipal fund which shall <br />be a combined water and sewer utility fund. The council shall <br />have authority to establish fees for connection to and use of the <br />municipal water and sanitary sewer systems from time to time by <br />ordinance. <br /> <br />DEFINITIONS <br /> <br />Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. the words. terms <br />and phrases. as used in Section 210.20 et seq. shall have the <br />meanings set forth in the paragraphs of this section which <br />follow: <br /> <br />1. "Municipal Water System" or "City Water" shall mean the <br />municipal water system of the City of Ramsey. <br /> <br />, <br />2. "Sewage" shall mean a combination of the water-carried wastes <br />from residence. business bUildings. institutions and industrial <br />establishments. <br /> <br />3. "Sewer" shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage. <br /> <br />4. "Public Sewer" or "~lunicipal Sewer" shall mean the municipal <br />sewer system of the City of Ramsey. <br /> <br />5. "Industrial Wastes" shall mean the liquid wastes from <br />industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage. <br /> <br />6. "Sanitary Sewer" shall mean a sewer which carries sewage and <br />to which storm. surface and ground waters are not intentionally <br />admitted. <br /> <br />7. "City" shall mean City of Ramsey or its duly appointed agents <br />Or representatives. <br /> <br />8. "Person" shall mean any individual. firm. company. <br />association. society, corporation or group. <br /> <br />9. "Individual Sewage Disposal System" shall mean a sewage <br />disposal system other than a public Or municipal system which <br />