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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 9892iQ r .~~ . . ORDINANCE No. ~~•~~ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 37'2.6.1, OF CHAPTER 37 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 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 37-26.1, Front Footage Charges for Service Connections of Chapter 37 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, be and the same is hereby amended and, after having been so amended, shall hereinafter read and be as follows: "Sec. 37-26.1 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 construc- tion after October 1, 1964, except service connections to sanitary sewers for which the City has previously re- ceived 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. ~~ '~~C a ~~ ~ (2) Developer. Any type of new customer other than a 'single customer'. (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 connection. In the case of an easement containing a sanitary sewer for which footage charges are collected for connec- tion, 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 di- rectly 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 a street, alley or easement containing a sanitary 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 boun- dary across which a connection is effected will be used in determining front footage charges. (d) The amount of the front footage charge to be made for each service connection to a water main under this section shall be twelve dollars and twenty cents ($12.20) per front foot. -2- ;'~ :r .^~^ ^~ (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 eleven dollars and twenty cents ($11.20) per front foot. (f) The front footage charges prescribed herein shall become effective on July 1, 1987, 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." 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 insof ar 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 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 this ordinance shall be declared unconstitu- tional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent -3- i. ~ ti ,e .. Sari., ~.. r a •t ?'•1. 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. 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 : ~ - t S - ~ '1 ADOPTED: ~ ~L EFFECTIV : _ _~ ord6 -4- ~- nroASr~R FILe<u~ Jw ~it~ of 1Fort ~61o~°th, ~e~a~ AGCOUNTING 2 TRANSPORTATtOdV~PUBLIfSY.~STa~~ //®~ ~^'~~ ~®~° ~"`~'~`~ ~®~~~~~~~~~®~ 1~AT'ER AU MI DATE REFERENCE NUMBER 6-16-87 **G- 7110 Recommendation• It is recommended that sue~ECT PROPOSED CHANGES IN FRONT FOOT CHARGES FOR WATER AND PAGE 1 of 2 1 The attached ordinance be adopted, effective July 1, 1987, amending Sec- tion 37-26.1 of Chapter 37 of the Fort Worth City Code, decreasing front foot charges for water service connections from $13.00 per front foot to $12.20 per front foot and to decrease front foot charges for sanitary sew- er service connections from $11.70 per front foot to $11.20 per front foot, 2. The Water and Sanitary Sewer Installation Policy be amended to incorporate these front foot charges and decrease the charge per foot of extensions constructed by city forces from $26.00 per foot to $24.40 per foot for water facilities and to decrease the charge of $23.40 per foot for sani- tary sewer facilities to $22.40 per foot, such charges to. become effective July 1, 1987, and to be incorporated into all developer projects on which bids have not been received by that date and all City forces extension projects not authorized for construction by that date. flitcussinn According to guidelines established on July 28, 1977 (Informal Report No. 2947), new front foot charges for water and sanitary sewer services are to be revised semi-annually. These new charges are equal to 80% of the on-site front foot costs for water and sanitary sewer facilities constructed under contracts let from June 1, 1986, through May 31, 1987. These new charges have been computed, and compare with the current front foot charges as follows• Computation of Proposed Front Foot Charges Current Total No. Cost 80% Proposed Front Contract Front Per Front New Foot Price of Feet Front Foot Charge Facility Charge Facilities Served Foot Cost (Rounded) Water $13.00 $ 993,749 Sanitary Sewer $11.70 $1,120,618 64,940 80,145 $15.30 $12.24 $12.20 $13.98 $11.19 $11.20 .~ ~_. i DATE REFERENCE sue~~IOPOSED CHANGES IN FRONT PAGE NUMBER FOOT CHARGES FOR WATER AND 2 ~t 6-16-87 **G-7110 CANTTApV CGIJFQ rntiNFf TTf1NC Where City forces are used to construct extensions to serve new developments or to serve single customers, the charge per foot of water or sewer extensions has been set at double the developer installed front foot 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 follows• IFacilit Current Charge Per Foot Proposed Charge Per Foot (Water Sanitary Sewer $26.00 $23.40 $24.40 $22.40 Similar recomputations and revisions of front foot and extension charges will be made each six months, with the next charges to be based on costs for the period of October 1, 1986, through November 31, 1987. The next revision will take effect January 1, 1988. 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, 1987. The above recommendations have been prepared to meet that requirement. TRAM c APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL JUl'J 16 1g~' ~ ~~~~~ Cite Secretary of the ,City of Foxt Worth, Texan SUBMITTED FORT E CITY MANAGER'S ~ C DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL. PROCESSED BY OFFICE BY _ ~ ~ C.~ ^ APPROVED ORIGINATING ^ OTHER (DESCRIBE) DEPARTMENT HEAD Richard Sawey CITY SECRETARY L CONTACTTIONAL INFORMATIONR Sawey 8220 I Adopted Ordinance No. I I ~.~.,.,.6, DATE