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AN ORDIP~ANCE 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 ORDINANCE 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 ENGROSSME(VT ANU 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 o ort Wort as amen e e an the
same is 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 developer 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, a
front 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
sewers 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 Any type of new customer other than a 'single'
(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
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containing a sanitary sewer or water main for which front
footage charges are collected for connection
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
center 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 customer 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 twenty-five cents ($10 25) 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
dollars and fifty cents ($9 50) per front foot
(f) The front footage charges prescribed herein shall become effective
January 1, 1989, and shall apply to all developer projects on which
construction bids have not been opened by that date
(g) The applicable front footage charges required hereunder for water or
sanitary sewer service connections shall be paid before plumbing
permit can be issued "
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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
5ECTION 3
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed to engross
and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption in the minutes of the City
Council and by filing the ordinance 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 tY~is
ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of
any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect
any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs 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, sentence, paragraph or section
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SECTION 5
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the 1st day
of January, 1989, and it is so ordained.
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DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT PROPOSED CHANGES IN FRONT PAGE
NUMBER FOOT CHARGES FOR WATER AND 2
12-13-88 **G-7849 SANITARY SEWER CONNECTIONS 1°r_
Recommendat ion
It i_s recommended that
The attached ordinance be adopted, to be effective January 1, 1989,
amending Section 35-58 of Chapter 35 of the Fort Worth City Code
(1986( irrcreasir~g front foot charges for water service connections from
$9 75 per front foot to $10 25 per front foot arrd descreasirrg front foot
charges for sanitary sewer service connections from $9 60 per front foot
to $9 50 per front foot, and
The Water arrd Sanitary Sewer Installation Policy be amended to
incorporate these front foot charges arrd increase the charge per foot of
exter~siorrs constructed by City forces from $19.50 per foot to $20 50 per
foot for water facilities and to decrease the charge for sanitary sewer
facilities from $19 20 per foot for to $19 00 per foot, such charges to
become effective January 1, 1989, arrd to be incorporated into all
developer projects on which bids have not been received by that date,,
arrd al 1 City forces extension projects rrot authorized for construct ion
by that date
Discussion
The proposed exterrsiorr charges are the average contract cost per 1 inear foot
of six arrd eight inch off-site and on-site water arrd sanitary sewer
facilities completed from December 1, 1987, through November 30, 1988
Proposed front foot charges are orre-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
~~Extension
~ Extension Foot Charge Proposed
` Charge Charge Front Foot
Facilit.' Per Foot Per Foot Char e
Water 19 50 20 50 9 75 10 25
Sanitary Sewer $1'9 ?_0 $19 00 $9 60 $ 9 50
Where City forces are used to construct extensions, the charge per foot of
water and/or sewer extensions has beer- set as stated above under thee.
"propose: ex~tens`ion charge Where connections are made to existing mains,'
the f~rbrrt foot char~g.e is calculated as orre-half of the extension charge. On
this basis, the Community Facilities Policy should be amended to provide
water arrd sewer exterrsiorr charges for facilities constructed by City forces
as stated above
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DATE REFERENCE
NUMBER SUBJECT PROPOSED CHANGES IN FRONT PAGE
12-13-88
**G-7849 FOOT CHARGES FOR WATER AND tot _2
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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 ar)d extension charges will
be made each six months, with the next charges to be based on completed
contract costs for the period of Jurie 1, 1988, through May 31, 1989 The
next revision will take effect July 1, 1989
It is necessary to provide for ari orderly transition from the old front foot
charges and the old extension charges to be effective January 1, 1989. The
above recommendations have beer) prepared to meet that requirement
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APPROVED BY
CITY Cp~IYCIL
DEC I3 18~g
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SUBMITTED FOR THE
CITY MANAGER'S
OFFICE BY__ R A MCKInney
DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL.
^ APPROVED
PROCESSED BY
ORIGINATING ^ OTHER (DESCRIBE)
DEPARTMENT HEAD Richard SdWe CITY SECRETARY
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION p
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