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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 8661 ORDINANCE NO ,~ f~ 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 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 connec- tions (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 ser- vice (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 cus- tomer 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 ease- ment containing a sanitary sewer or water main for which front footage charges are collected for connection i' 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 applica- tion of front footage charges shall be determined as follows (1) The front footage charge shall apply directly to property platted into the usual rectangular lots or tracts of land (2) Where the property served is irregular in shape the front footage shall be computed as one-sixth (1/6) of the peri- meter 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 ease- ment containing a sanitary sewer or water facility A front footage charge will be due each time a connection is made to a differ- ent water or sewer main from such irregular shaped lot or tract (3) On property which is rectangular in shape and has more than one boundary abutting a street alley or easement con- taining 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 charg- ~° e s (d) The amount of the front footage charge to be made for each service connection to a water main under this section shall be eleven dollars and ten cents ($11 10) 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 eight dollars and ninety cents ($8 90) per front foot (f) 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 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 provi- sions of the Fort Worth City Code not in direct conflict here- with 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 3 7 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 viola- tions 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 Coun- cil that the sections paragraphs sentences clauses and phras- es 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 October 1 1982 and it is so ordained AP ROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY City Attorney ~ - 2 y - ~' 2 Adopted by the City Council /b -'.~ ! Z- 3 ' MA8PER F14!•1 Katy ®, f' ~t 1'~r~th, texas C1TY IriA,~Nt~ER 1 ACCOUNTINQ•2 ~/11~~/®~ ~I/IL~/ ~~9~I1~/Y,/Q/~ ~®~~IL~/Y~/`~l/W~fL®UIV TRANBppRTATION(PVI941C WORKS•~ //J VrAl'ER DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT Proposed Changes In Front FOOL PAGE INISTRATiON-4 NUMBER 10/5/82 **G-5442 Charges for Water and Sanitary 2 ___ Sewer Connections i or 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 1 1982 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 1981 through August 31 1982 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 $10 50 $246 734 17 796 $13 86 $11 09 $11 10 Sanitary Sewer $ 9 00 $391 483 35 028 $11 18 $ 8 94 $ 8 90 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 $2.l 00 $18 00 Proposed Charge Per Foot $22 20 $17 80 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 1981 through November 30 1982 It is necessary to provide for an orderly transition from the old front foot charges and the old extension charges to be effective October 1 1982 The following recommendations have been prepared to meet that requirement ~~, "~.~- DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT proposed Changes In Front FOOL PAGE 10/5/82 NUMBER **G-5442 Charges for Water and Sanitary __ 2of 2 Recommendations It is recommended that 1 An ordinance be approved effective October 1 1982 amending Section 37-.26 1 of Chapter 37 of the Fort Worth City Code to increase front foot charges for water service connections from $10 50 per front foot to $11 10 per front foot and to decrease front foot charges for sanitary sewer ser- vice connections from $9 00 per front foot to $8 90 per front foot 2 The Water and Sanitary Sewer Installation Policy be amended to incorporate these front foot charges and increase the charge per foot of extensions constructed by City forces from $21 00 per foot to $22 20 per foot for water facilities and to decrease the charge of $18 00 per foot for sanitary sewer facilities to $17 80 per foot and 3 Such charges shall become effective October 1 1982 and shall be incorporated into all developer projects on which bids have not been recarived by that date and all City forces extension projects not authorized for construction by that date R.H b i '~ I ~_ ~~ ~~ acr ~ 7~8~ ~ ~/ : AD~PTEp aR~IN~NCE NO ~ c~~~° ea;e tar o! ~o;t FToxth. SUBMITTED FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S ~ ~ DISPOSITION BV COUNCIL. APPROVED PROCESSED BY '~~(~ ~ OFFICE BY ^ ORIGINATING ^ OTHER (DESCRIBE) DEPARTMENT HEAD• Richard Sawey CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT Richard Sawe E'Xt $220 DATE