HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 7851 ORDINANCE NO. 2,1?S
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBPARAGRAPHS (d) and (e)
OF SECTION 37-26 .1 OF CHAPTER 37 OF THE FORT
WORTH CITY CODE (1964) , AS AMENDED, BY INCREASING
THE FRONT FOOTAGE CHARGES FOR WATER AND SANITARY
SEWER CONNECTIONS ; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE
CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES ; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES AND PROVISIONS OF THE FORT WORTH CITY
CODE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PRO-
VIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS :
SECTION 1.
That subparagraphs (d) and (e) of Section 37-26 .1, Front
FootageChargesfor Service Connections of chapter 37 of the
Fort Worth City Code (1964) , as amended, be and the same are
hereby amended and, after having been so amended, shall hereafter
read and be respectively, as follows :
" (d) The amount of the front footage charge to be
made for each service connection to a water main under
this section shall be Nine Dollars and Eighty Cents ($9.80)
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 Seven Dollars and Ten Cents
($7.10) per front foot. "
SECTION 2 .
That this ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance and
provision of the Fort Worth 'City Code 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 Fort Worth City Code not in direct conflict herewith, this
ordinance shall be and is hereby made Cumulative.
SECTION 3 .
That all rights or remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
are expressly saved as to any and all violations of Chapter 37
or of any amendments -thereto, of the Fort Worth city Code (1964) ,
as amended, which have accrued at the time of the effective date
of this ordinance ; and as to such accrued violations, the Court
shall have all of the powers that existed prior to the effective
date of this ordinance .
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 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 .
That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after the date of January 1, 1979 and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and Council communication
DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Pr.o'pos;ed Changes, in Front Foot' PACE
NUMBER
11/30/78 G-3Charges; f'or. Water and Sanitary 1 of 2
Sewer, Connections
According to guidelines established in I.R. No. 2947 on July 28, 1977, new front
foot charges for water and sanitary sewer services are to be revised quarterly.
The next revision is to be effective January 1 , 1979. These new charges are to
be equal to 80% of the on—site front foot costs for water and sanitary sewers
constructed by contracts let from December 1, 1977, through November 30, 1978.
These new charges have been computed and compare with current front foot charges
as follows:
Computation of Proposed FrontFootCharge
Current Total Contract Proposed New
Front Foot Price of No. Front Cost Per 80% Front Charge
Facility Charge - Facilities — Ft. -Served Front-Ft. FootCost. (Rounded
Water $9.00 $2,676,272- 218,187 $12.27 $9.82 $9.80
Sanitary $6.8o $1,940,005 217,228 $ 8.95 $7.14 $7.10
Sewers
-Exclusive of the cost of Water Transmission Main E-15 constructed as an on—site
main in North Beach Street.
Where City forces are utilized to construct extensions to serve new developments
or to serve single customers, the charge per foot of water or sewer extension
constructed has been set as equal to double the applicable 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:
Current Charge Proposed Charge
Facility -Per Foot - . . -Per-Foot .
Water $18 .00 $19.60
Sanitary Sewer $13.60 $14.20
Similar recomputations and revisions of front foot and extension charges will be
made each quarter, with the next changes to be effective based on costs for the
period of March 1, 1978, through February 28, 1979 .
It is necessary to provide for an orderly transition from the old front foot
charges and the old extension charges to the proposed front foot charges and
implementation of the new extension charges to be effective January 1, 1979. The
following recommendations are made to meet that requirement.
Recommendations
It is recommended that:
1. An ordinance be approved, effective January 1, 1979, amending Section
37-26.1 of Chapter 37 of the Fort Worth City Code to increase front_ foot
DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Proposed Changes in Front Foot PAGE
NUMBER Charges for Water and Sanitary
11/30/78 G-3997 Sewer Connections -2 2
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charges for water service connections from $9.00 per front foot to $9.80
per front foot and to increase front foot charges for sanitary sewer
service connections from $6.80 per front foot to $7.10 per front foot;
2. The Water and Sanitary Sewer Installation Policy be amended to incorporate
these front foot charge changes and increase the charge per foot of
extensions constructed by City forces from $18.00 per foot to $19.60 per
foot for water facilities and to increase the charge from $13.60 to $14.20
per foot for sanitary sewer facilities; and
3. Such charges become effective January 1, 1979, including all developer
projects for which bids have not been received by that date and all City
forces extension projects not authorized for construction by that date.
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