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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 8952;, ~ ~. .. ~ •_ ;, _ ORDINANCE NO. ~ ~ 95,E AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 37-26.1 OF CHAPTER 37 OF THE FORT WORTH CITY CODE (1964), AS AMENDED, BY REVISING CERTAIN CHARGES; 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; ENGROSSING AND ENROLLING THIS ORDINANCE; 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 Fort Worth City Code (1964), as amended, be and the same is hereby amended and, after having been so amended, shall hereafter read and be as follows: "Sec. 37-26.1, Front footage charges for service connections. "(a) Tn 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 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. s 9 ,a i ~rl ,. ee•. ~ ~ ~i- a "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 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 lo.t 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 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 ten dollars and seventy cents ($10.70) 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 ten dollars and ten cents ($10.10) per front foot. "(f) The front footage charges prescribed herein shall become effective on October 18, 1983, 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." J - v ` A~Y r 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 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 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 its passage, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorney Adopted by the City Council /~ ~~~'(~~ m:ord NASfER FILE 1, CITY MANAGER 1 AccounTlno z TRANSp0RTATION~~UDLIC WORKS•M LAvV-1 KATER AOMIN 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 quarterly The next revision will take effect October 18, 1983 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 September 1, 1982, through August 31, 1983 These new charges have been computed, and they 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 $ 9.60 $ 585,041 $ 43,642 $ 13 41 $ 10 72 $ 10 70 Sanitary Sewer $ 9 90 $ 680,348 $ 54,124 $ 12 57 $ 10 O6 $ 10 10 When City forces are utilized 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 applicable front foot charge On this basis, the Community Facilities Policy should be amended to provide water and sewer line extension charges for facilities constructed by City forces as follows Facility Water Sanitary Sewer Current Charge Per Foot $19 20 $19 8U Proposed Charge Per Foot $21 40 $20 20 Similar recomputations and revisions of front foot and extension charges will be made each quarter, with the next charges to be based on costs for the period of December 1, 1982, through November 30, 1983 It is necessary to provide for an orderly transition from the old front foot charges and the old extension charges to be effective October 18, 1983 The following recommendations have been prepared to meet that requirement Recommendations It is recommended that 1. The attached ordinance be approved, effective October 18, 1983, amending Sec- tion 37-26.1 of Chapter 37 of the Fort Worth City Code to increase front foot charges for water service connections from $9 60 per front foot to $10 70 ~~~ .r .~~~®~° DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT Proposed Changes In Front FOOL ~ PAGE 10/18/83 NUMBER Char es For Water And Sanitar 2 TRATI0N:4 **G-5792 g y 1 of Sewer Connections _-.Y_ ~ ~~ DATE ~ REFERENCE ' SUBJECT Proposed Changes In Front Foot :PAGE NUMBER Charges For -dater end ,Sanitary 2 2 10/18/83 **G-5792 Sewer Connections °f _ ,e _. .. - --- ~~- ...,_ per front foot and to increase .front foot charges for <sanitary sewer , service connections from $9.90 :per .front foot to $10.10 .per front foot, 2. The Water and Sanitary Sewer Installation Policy Abe mnended to incorporate these front foot charges .and increase the charge .per , foot .of .,extensions constructed by City forces :from $19.20 ,per .foot to $21.40 ;per foot for ' water facilities and to .increase the charge of :$19.fs0 ;per Moot to $20.20 per front foot f:or sanitary sewer facilities; and, 3. Such charges shall become effective October ;18, 1983,r and shall :be incorporated into all developer ,projects on which bids have sot •been received by that date and .all City forces extension. .projects not authorized for construction by that date. <. , •RH mord a- .. ,_ ..,. :w APPROVED BY ~' C1TY~ COUNCIL ,~._~~ + OCT 18 1983 t: ~~ ~~~~~ ~~ -~r Cite Ssctstnry ~f the Cftg of host 3Na{t~.,xexs~i f f S v '~ '. 2 ' .w SUBMITTED FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S DISPOSITION BV COUNCIL: PROCESSED BV OFFICE BV ~ [] APPROVED ORIGINATING Richard Sawe DEPARTMENT HEAD y ^ OTHER (DESCRIBE) . : Cm SECRETARY CONTACDITIONAL INFORMAeTe"Bradley Ext..-$ -~ TE O~DlNANCE ~~~ ' Q DATE