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ORDINANCE NO+~ ~ ~ ~~ 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 ~ -. • .~, 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 Ten Dollars and Eighty Cents ($10 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 Twenty Cents ($7 20) per front foot (f) The app]_icable 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 insof ar 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 •:s 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 October 1 1980 and it is so ordained APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY 4~~%~~~ City At orney Adopted by the City Council ~Laj~/~~~il y, ~9~(~ `~' ~: ~at~ ®f ~®v°t ~®~°th, ~l'~.~~~ DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT Proposed Changes in Front FOOL PAGE NUMBER Charges for Water and Sanitary 2 80 **G-4683 Sewer Connections iof According to guidelines established on July 28 1977 in Informal.Report No 2947 new front foot charges for water and sanitary sewer services are. to be revised quarterly The next revision is to be effective October 1 198.0 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 September 1 1979 through August 31 1980 These new charges have been computed and compare with current front foot charges as follows Computatti.®ri of Proposed Front Foot Charges Current Total Contract Propose Front Foot Price of No Front Cost Per 80%Frt New Chg Facility Charge Facilities Ft Charged Front Ft Ft Cost(Rounde Water $10 20 $841,543 Sanitary Sewers 7 50 517 366 62 563 $13 45 $10 76 $10 80 57 376 9 02 7 21 7 20 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 Sanitary Sewer $20 40 15 00 $21 60 14 40 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 December 1 1979 through November 30 1980 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 October 1 1980 following recommendations have been prepared to meet that requirement Recommendations It is recommended that 1 An ordinance be approved effective October 1 1980 amending Section 37-26 of Chapter 37 of the Fort Worth City Code to increase front foot charges for water service connections from $10 ZO per front foot to $10 80 per front foot and to decrease front foot charges for sanitary sewer service connections from $7 50 per front foot to $7 20 per front foot DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT PrOpOSed Changes In FYOnt OOt PAGE NUMBER C.har.ges for Water and Sanitary 2 2 80 ~~C-4683 Sewer Connections °( 2 TY~e WateL. and Sanitary Sewer Tnst:allation Policy be amended to. irscorporate ~:,hese front foot charge change s and increase. the charge per foot of e~terisions constructed by City .forces from $20 40 per foot to $21 60 pq~° foot for water facilities. and •to~ decrease. the charge of $15 per foot fo sanitary sewer facil~.ties to $14 40 per foot and 3 Such chs.rges become effective Oci.ober 1 1980 including all developer projects en which bids have no t been received by that date and all City forces e~tensiori projects not aui.horized for construction by that date VS plg APPROVE® ~Y( CITY COUNT sEP ~ ~~~~ ,~ ~ r'ri. SUBMITTED FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S j DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY OFFICE BY: i ~ ApPROYED ~ p OTHER (DESCRIBE) ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT HEAD: ,j L Rcbinscn A ^~' ~ b~ ' CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT .} ,~ Robinson EXt 82.20 DATE