HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 7974 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; MAILING 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 connections.
(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 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 inter-
preting 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 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.
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 unsubdivided 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 section
shall be Nine Dollars and Eighty Cents ($9.80) 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 Six Dollars and Thirty Cents ($6.30) per front
foot.
(f) The applicable front footage charges required here-
under 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 by 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 October 1, 1979 and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
Adopted by the City Council �� ���
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SMITH DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Proposed Changes in Front Foot PAGE
NUMBER Charges for Water and Sewer Connections 2
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ROBINSON
According to guidelines established on July 20, 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, 1979. These
new charges are to be equal to 80% of the on-eite front foot costs for water and
sanitary sewers constructed by contracts het from September 1, 1978 through
August 31, 1979. These new charges have been computed and compare with current
front foot charges as follows:
Computation of Proposed Front Foot Charge
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)
Water $ 10.10 $2,267,.643 185,650 $ 12.21 $ 9.77 $ 9.80
Sanitary
Sewers $ 6.30 $1,472,014 187,091 7.87 $ 6.29 $ 6.30
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:
Current Charge Proposed Charge
Facility Per Foot Per Foot
Water $ 20.20 $ 19.60
Sanitary Sewer $ 12.60 $ 12.60
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, 1978, through November 30, 1979.
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, 1979.
The following recommendations have been prepared to meet that requirement.
Recommendations:
It is recommended that:
DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Proposed Changes in Front Foot PAGE
NUMBE9/11/79 G-4313 Charges for Water and Sewer Connection3 2 ,f 2
1. An ordinance be approved, effective October 1, 1979, amending Section
37-26.1 of Chapter 37 of the Fort Worth City Code to decrease front foot
charges for water service connections from $10.10 per front foot to $9.80
per front foot and to leave front foot charges for sanitary sewer service
connections at $6.30 per front foot;
2. The Water and Sanitary Sewer Installation Policy be amended to incorporate
these front foot charge changes and decrease the charge per foot of
extensions constructed by City forces from $20.20 per foot to $19.60 per
foot for water facilities and to leave the charge of $12.60 per foot for
sanitary sewer facilities; and
3. Such charges become effective October 1, 1979, 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.
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SUBMITTED FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S DISPOSITION Y COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY
OFFICE BY: O^PPROVED
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DEPARTMENT HEAD: J. L. Robinson ADOPTED BE SECRETARY
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ��/ ��Q
CONTACT: Jim Miller Ext. 8220 D E / i