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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 10326a ORDINANCE N0. /D.~ ~lJ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 35-58, OF CHAPTER 35 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1986) AS AMENDED, BY REVISING CERTAIN WATER CHARGES; MAKING THIS ORDI- NANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PROVISIONS OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Section 35-58, Front Footage Charges for Service Connections of Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, be and the same i s hereby amended and, after having been so amended, shall hereinafter read and be as follows. "Sec. 35-58 Front Footage Charges for Service Connections. (a) In addition to other connection charges provided in this chapter, a front footage charge shall be paid for all service connections made from and after the effective date hereof to all water mains constructed or purchased after October 1, 1961, except connections to on-site mains for which the City has previously received payment from a devel- oper and except for reconnection of single customers to a water main enlarged to provide adequate water service. (b) In addition to other connection charges provided in this chapter, front a footage charge shall be paid for all sewer connections made from and after the effective date hereof to sanitary sewers authorized for construction after October 1, 1964, except service connections to sanitary sew- ers for which the City has previously received payment from a developer. (c) The following definitions shall be used in interpreting this section: (1) Single Customer. An existing occupied residential establishment or an existing commercial establishment. (2) Developer. 'single'. Any type of new customer other than 1 >. ,~,: (3) Commercial establishment. Any establishment other than a one or two-unit residence. (4) Front footage. The number of linear feet in that portion of a property boundary abutting a street, alley or easement containing a sanitary sewer or water main for which front footage charges are collected for con- nection. In the case of an easement containing a sanitary sewer for which footage charges are collected for connection, which sewer crosses through the property served, the "boundary" on which the front footage charge is to be based shall be the length of the sewer within the limits of such property measured along the cen- ter line of such sewer. Front footage to be used in application of front footage charges shall be determined as follows: (a) The front footage charge shall apply directly to property platted into the usual rectangular lots or tracts of land. (b) Where the property served is irregular in shape, the front footage shall be computed as one-- sixth (1/6) of the perimeter of such property. The payment of front footage charges by the cus- tomer shall be the lesser amount as calculated above, or as calculated by the number of linear feet of property abutting sewer or water facility. A front footage charge will be due each time a connection is made to a different water or sewer main from such irregular shaped lot or tract. (c) On property which is rectangular in shape and has more than one boundary abutting a street, alley or easement containing a sanitary sewer or water facility serving the property, only that boundary across which a connection is effected will be used in determining front footage. (d) The amount of the front footage charge to be made for each service connection to a water main under this section shall be ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50) per front foot. (e) The amount of the front footage charge to be made for each service connection to a sanitary sewer main under this section shall be nine dol- lars and no cents ($9.00) per front foot. 2 d` • 1 h ~. I ~ T fi (f) The front footage charges prescribed herein shall become effective July 1, 1989, and shall apply to all developer projects on which construc- tion bids have not been opened by that date. (g) The applicable front footage charges required hereunder for water or sanitary sewer service con- nections shall be paid before plumbing permit can be issued." SECTION 2. That this ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance and provision of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended, in conflict herewith but only insofar as any portion of such prior ordinance or provision shall be in conflict, and as to all other ordinances or provisions of the Code of the City of Fort Worth not in direct conflict herewith, this ordinance shall be and is hereby made cumulative. SECTION 3. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby di- rected to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the cap- tion in the minutes of the City Council and by filing the ordi- nance in the ordinance records of the City. SECTION 4. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall 3 r ~ ~ ~ ,.r .F ., .r"~ ~ ~ . • {." i not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, para- graphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sen- tence, paragraph or section. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: ~~~ ~'~ CITY ATTORNEY DATE: ~..~ ~ r9~`~ ADOPTED: EFFECTIVE: ~ ~ ~0 4 MASf£K NLE ~1 1/ ~.- ~ ~` pity of Fort Vb~®~-th, ~exa~ ACGOU NT:NG • 2 N8VORTATION~PU6LIC W KS HATER ApMIN15TRATlt)fl ~~'`' DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT PROPOSED CHANGES IN FRONT FOOT PAGE NUMBER CHARGES FOR WATER AND SANITARY SEWER 2 DEYELgFMEN .~ CONNECTIONS 1°f - MANhGEMENT ERVICES.1' RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that. 1. The attached ordinance be adopted, effective July 1, 1989, amending Section 35-58 of Chapter 35 of the Fort Worth City Code increasing front foot charges for water service connections from $10.25 per front foot to $10.50 per front foot and decreasing front foot charges for sanitary sewer service connections from $9.50 per front foot to $9.00 per front foot, and 2. The Water and Sanitary Sewer Installation Policy be amended to incorpo- rate these front foot charges and increase the charge per foot of exten- sions constructed by City forces from $20.50 per foot to $21.00 per foot for water facilities and to decrease the charge of $19.00 per foot for sanitary sewer facilities to $18.00 per foot, such charges to become effective July 1, 1989, and to be incorporated into all developer pro- jects on which bids have not been received by that date, and all City forces extension projects not authorized for construction by that date. DISCUSSION. The proposed extension charges are the average contract cost per linear foot of six (6) and eight (8) inch off-site and on-site water and sanitary sewer facilities completed from June 1, 1988, through May 31, 1989. Proposed front foot charges are one-half of the proposed extension charges. These proposed charges have been compared with the current extension and front foot charges as follows Computation of Proposed Charges Current Proposed Current Front Proposed Extension Extension Front Charge Front Charge Charge Foot Facility Per Foot Per Foot Charge Water $20.50 $21.00 $10.25 Sanitary Sewer $19.00 $18.00 $ 9.50 $10.50 $ 9.00 Where City forces are used to construct extensions, the charge per foot of water and/or sewer extensions has been set as stated above under the "pro- posed extension charge." Where connections are made to existing mains, the front foot charge is calculated as one-half of the extension charge. On this basis, the~Community Facilities Policy should be amended to provide water and sewer extension charges for facilities constructed by City forces as stated above. ,~ ~ s- ~, ~.,~ z,.. DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT PROPOSED CHANGES IN FRONT FOOT PAGE NUMBER CHARGES FOR WATER AND SANITARY SEWER 2 2 6/20/89 G-8085 C --- °f _.__-- The City participation, approximately 20 percent, is in the added costs for pipe sizes larger than eight inches. These added costs are not included in the above computation. Similar recomputations and revisions of front foot and extension charges will be made each six months, with the next charges to be based on completed contract costs for the period of December 1, 1988, through November 30, 1989. The next revision will take effect January 1, 1990. It is necessary to provide for an orderly transition from the old front foot charges and the old extension charges to be effective July 1, 1989. The a- bove recommendations have been prepared to meet that requirement. PP.j APPROVED 8Y CITY COUNCIL J U N 20 1989 ~~ Cite secretary of mo City of Fort Worh, Texas SUBMITTED FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE BY Davi d Ivory DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL. ^ APPROVED PROCESSED BY ORIGINATING ^ OTHER (DESCRIBE) DEPARTMENT HEAD: Richard SdWey CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Ad CONTACT p, Petersen 8264 pt@d OrdiflanC@ No. DATE