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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 8241~~~dd ia`r`~ ORDINANCE NO aC:T _I 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 water service connections made from and after the effec- tive 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 inter- preting this section (1) Single customer An existing occupied residential establishment or an existing commercial establish- ment (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 lineal 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 _~ ,r; 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 (1) The front footage charge shall apply directly to property platted into the usual rec- tangular 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 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 contain- ing 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 (3) 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 sec- tion shall be Twelve Dollars and Ten Cents ($12 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 Seven Dollars and Forty Cents ($7 40) 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 ~' ~A 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 1981 and it is so ordained APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY V~~~c.-"""'`- City At orney Adopted by the City Council ~_3,r ~~ ~~ y DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT Proposed Changes in Front FOOL PAGE NUMBER CChar es,for Water and Sanitary Sewer 12/23/80 **G-4804 Connections lof 2. 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 established quarterly The next revision is to be effective January 1 1981 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 December 1 19'79 through November 30 1980 These new charges have been computed and compare with current front foot charges as follows Computation of Proposed Front Foot Charges Current Total Contract Proposed New Front Foot Price of No Front Cost Per 80% Front Charge Facility Charge Facilities Ft Served Front Ft Foot Cost (Rounded) dater $ 10 80 $ 1 375 018 90 715 $ 15 15 $ 12 13 $ 12 10 ianitary sewers $ 7 20 $ 785 347 84 558 $ 9 29 $ 7 43 $ 7 40 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 double. the applicable front foot charge On this basis the Community Facilities Policy should be amended to provide water ands sewer extension charges for facilities constructed by City forces as follows Facility Water Sanitary Sewer Current Charge Per Foot $ 21 60 $ 14 40 Proposet~ Charge Per Foot $ 24 20 $ 14 80 Similar recomputations and revisions of front foot and extension charges will b~e made each quarter with the next changes to be based 'on costs for the period of March 1 1980 through February 29 1981 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 1981 The following recommendations have been prepared to meet that requirement Recommendations It is recommended .that 1 An ordinance effective January 1 1981 be approved 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 80 per front foot to $12 10 per front foot and to increase front foot charges for sanitary sewer service connections from $7 20 per front foot to $7 40 per front foot .~1I~~®~r ~~~ c~®~~~a~ c~®~.~,~c~.a~c~~t~®~ ~ T~. tI DATE REFERENCE suB.lECT:Proposecl Changes lri Front FOOL PAGE NUMBER Charges for Water and Sanitary Sewer 2 2 12/23/80 **G-4804 Connections of 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 $21 60 per foot to $24 20 per foot for water facilities and to increase the charge of $14 40 per foot for sanitary sewer facilities to $14 80 per foot and 3 Such charges become effective January 1 1981 incl.udin.g. 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 RH dz APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL D~~ 23 1980 ~~ ~ Ci. , eoXetary o! t1~~ i C of Foxt Woxth~ Sax4q SUBMITTED FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY OFFICE BY ^ APPROVED ORIGINATING ~ J L ~~R~®CRIB ) / ~ ~, R T 1 DEPARTMENT HEAD: • Robinson ~~ ~ ~~ CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT J, Le. Robinson exta 8220 DATE