OK, this makes it clear some people who claim regulatory problems don't have a clue.
Minneapolis does not charge for "storm water" It does charge for sanitary sewer use. In Minneapolis it is illegal to have storm water run-off going into the sanitary sewer. Minneapolis charges for SANITARY sewer use based on the amount of water used in the building in the winter (don't know how that is defined exactly). The theory is that, in the winter, all the water used in a building goes down the sewer. The summer bills are estimated based on the winter bills so you are not charged for SANITARY sewer use for water you put on your garden or your yard or use to wash your car. How this penalizes multifamily buildings is beyond me. Sheldon mains, seward, [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The key issue raising (Frenz's) blood pressure is the way Minneapolis calculates storm-water fees based on the amount of water used within a building. Most cities instead calculate how much runoff storm water a property produces, he said. "Minneapolis' method unfairly penalizes multifamily apartment buildings because those buildings use more water, but that additional water use has nothing to do with storm water, Frenz said." Bill Dooley Kenny _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
