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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 80633~; r t. _ ~_ ORDINANCE NO O 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 5EVERABILITY 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 facility for which front footage charges are collected for connection a. ,~~, ,,, ' r. 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 rectangular lots or tracts of land except that the maximum front footage to be used in determining a charge to be made for the connection of a one-unit or a two-unit residence shall be one hundred (100) feet (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, except that in no case shall the charge for a one-unit or a two-unit residence on such property be based on a front footage in excess of one hundred (100) feet A front footage charge will be due each time a connection is made to a different water or sewer facility 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 except as provided under (1) and (2) above (4) Where one or more residences other than single customers are located on an un- subdivided tract, each such residence shall be charged for a front footage of one hundred (100) feet with the provision that if the property is later subdivided into lots each lot requiring additional connection to a sanitary sewer or water facility will be charged for front footage in the usual manner Commercial property will be charged on the basis of actual front footage as defined above under (1) (2) and (3) (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 Nine Dollars and Forty Cents ($9 40) 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 no Cents ($7 00) 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 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 April 1 1980 and it is so ordained APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY ~- ~.~LLt, -__~~ City Attorney Adopted by the City Council //~.lc~-c-~-~ / ~ , ~~ ~ lJ ~~V City of Fort Worth, ~'e.xas FILE ROBIN SON J~/// ~y®~, ~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~®~~IVW~~~./~~~®~, 41ERCHERT HICKS 11'/1 ~y ~IFF SMITH UONl:S PROSECUTING ~R~3E NUMBER CE SUBJECT Proposed Changes in Front Foot PAGE Charges for Water and Sanitary Sewer 3/1.1./8C G-4467 Connections 1of '2 According to guidelines established on Ju~,y 28, 1977 in Informal Report No >~9~r7 new front foot charges for water and' sanitary sewer services are to be revised quarterly The next revision is to be effective April 1, 1980 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 March 1 1979 through February 29 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 Charg e Facilities Ft.Served Front Ft Foot Cost (Rounded) Water $ 9 20 $2 169 167 185,503 $ 11 69 $ 9 35 $ 9 40 Sanitary 'Sewers $ 6 40 $1 577 534 181,082 $ 8 71 .$ 6 97 $ 7 00 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 and sewer .extension charges for facilities constructed by City forces as follows Facility Current Charge Per Foot Proposed Charge Per Foot Water $ 18 40 $ 18 80 Sanitary Sewer $ 12 80 $ 14 00 Similar recomputations and revisions of front foot and extension charges will be made each quarter with the next changes to be based on costs for the period of June 1 1979, through May 31, 1980 It is necessary to provide for an orderly transition from the ol.d front foot charges and the old extension charges to the proposed front foot charges and implementation of he new extension charges to be effective April 1 1980 The following recommendations have been prepared to meet that requirement Recommendations It is recommended that 1 An ordinance be approved, effective April 1 1980 amending Section 37-26 1 of Chapter 37 of the Fort Worth City Code ~`o increase front foot charges for water service conneFc.tions from $9 20 per front foot o $9 40 per front foot and to increase front foot charges for sanitary sewer service connections from $6 40 per front foot to $7 00 per front foot 3 ~' •~.:~ • • DATE CE SUBJECT proposed Changers in Front FOOt PAGE NUMBER Charges for Water and Sanitary Sewer 2 2 3/11/80 G-4467 Connections of 2 The Water and Sanitary Sewer Installation Policy be amended to incorporate these front foot changes and increase the charge per foot of extensions constructed by City forces from $18 40 per foot to $1.8 80 per foot for water facilities and to increase the charge of $12 80 per foot for sanitary sewer facilities to $14 per foot and 3 Such charges become effective April 1 1980 including 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 VS ds aPP~ov~Q~. ~~ ~~~~ ~~~IVG~~ ~~ i:4~--3~eRx CITYMMANEAGER'S THE DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL: V~ ~C~zt ~~~¢ 1) F~SSED BY OFFICE BY: ^ APPROVED ORIGINATING ^ OTHER (DESCRIBE) DEPARTMENT HEAD: J L Robinson ~Q ~~ CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT J L Robinson, Ext 8220 DATE