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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 5101 OFFICIAL RECORD CITY SECRETARY ORDINANCE NO. FT. WORTH TEX. " �'- � ' AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION (g) OF SECTION 2 OF ORDINANCE NO. 4581 AS AMENDED, BEING AN ORDINANCE SETTING RATES FOR WATER AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICE, BY PROVIDING A CHARGE TO ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS FOR EACH CONNECTION MADE TO A SANITARY SEWER MAIN LOCATED IN AN UNIMPROVED STREET WHICH HAS BEEN OR- DERED PAVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL; REPEALING ALL ORDI- NANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES NOT IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Subsection (g) of Section 2 of Ordinance No. 4581, as amended by Ordinance No. 4648, be amended so that hereafter the same shall be and read as follows: (g) The Water Works Department is hereby au- thorized to charge the owner of each abutting lot served by each sanitary sewer tap installed here- under according to the following schedule: Size of Service Lateral 4" 6" Concrete or Cast Concrete or Cast Vitrified Clay Iron Vitrified Clay Iron $60.00 $65.00 $70.00 $85.00 For the purpose of this ordinance, a sanitary sewer tap is hereby defined as a connection to a public sanitary sewer located in a public street and ex- tended to a point approximately three feet behind the curb line adjacent to the property served there- by. SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be and is hereby declared to be cumu- lative of all other ordinances of the City of Fort Worth setting rates for water and sanitary sewer service, and it shall not operate to repeal or affect any such ordinance except insofar as the provisions of any such ordinance are inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance, in which instance such conflicting provisions shall be, and they are hereby, repealed. SECTION 3. A violation of any of the above rules and regulations of the City Water Works as set out herein, or a doing or caus- ing to be done by any person or persons, firm or association, of any of the things or acts forbidden or made unlawful in any of such rules and regulations, shall be deemed to constitute a violation under the terms of this ordinance and an offense, and shall be punishable as such; and for each and every violation of the terms of this ordinance, the person, firm, association or corporation shall, upon conviction thereof in the Corporation Court, be fined not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than one Hundred Dollars ($100.00) , and each violation and each day there is a failure to comply with the terms of this ordinance shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 4. If any section, part of a section or provision of any section of this ordinance shall be held to be void, ineffective or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the holding of such section, part of a section or provision of any section to be void, ineffective or unconstitutional for any -2- cause whatsoever shall in no way affect the validity of the remaining sections and provisions of this ordinance, which shall remain in full force and effect. The City Council would not have passed any section of this ordinance that was un- constitutional, void or ineffective if it had known that it was unconstitutional, void or ineffective at the time of adopt- ing this ordinance. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and publica- tion as required by law. AF<�VED AS TO T�RM AND LEGAJ- . 6�_ S. G. Johndroe, Jr. City Attorney -3- i»r• t pCmn2S$ City of Fort Worth, Texas 1 r• Mayor and Council Communication DATE REFERENCE suBi6cr: Revision of Charges for Sanitary PAGE NUMBER 1-13-64 G-593 Sewer Taps and Services tof 4 A recent review of cost records maintained on the construction of sewer taps and services made by City forces has revealed that the revenue collected in accordance with existing ordinance provisions is insufficient to cover the actual average construction costs of such installations. In order to more nearly reimburse the City f_ : the cost of providing such services, the attached amendments to Ordinances 4648 and 4749 have been prepared. The amendments have the effect of adjusting the established charges to correspond more reasonably with the average cost of making the installations. This communication reviews the provisions of existing ordinances, summarizes the costs of making actual installations, and describes the provisions of the proposed ordinance amend- ments. On June 4, 1962 (M & C W-102) , the City Council approved an amendment to the Water and Sewer Rate Ordinance, Ordinance Number 4648, which provides for the construction of sewer taps and services ahead of assessment paving projects. The charges to be paid by property owners for this service as set forth in Ordinance 4648 are as follows: Roadway width Charge Less than 31 feet $25. 31 feet to 40 feet 33. Over 40 feet to 60 feet 44. Over 60 feet 55• Ordinance 4648 also provides that unless all such charges are paid prior to street improvement an additional charge of $15. will be made and collected at the time the connection is made with the City sewerage system. On October 29, 1962, the City Council adopted an amendment to the City Plumb- ing Code, Ordinance No. 4749, which requires that City forces construct all sewer taps and services instead of allowing individual plumbers to do the work. Ordinance 4749 also requires that services be constructed with water tight joints and requires leakage tests on all new installations. The changes were adopted as a means of reducing infiltration of rain water into the sewer mains, and resultant flooding of homes and overflow of sewage into streets during periods of heavy rainfall . The construction of all new taps and sewer services by City forces was required to secure satisfactory backfill of street cuts, to ensure proper connections to the City sewer mains, and to ponform with the al- ready established practice of the City installing taps and services ahead of assessment paving projects and in new subdivisions. The charges for new taps and services as prescribed by Ordinance 4749 are as follows OFFICIAL RECORD CITY SECRETARY f T. WORTH, TEX, ; DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: PAGE NUMBER Revision of Charges for Sanitary 1-13-64 G-593 Sewer Taps and Services 4 Location Charge Easement $20. Off��+'AL 9��r1 Alley 25. Street CITY SECRET Y Width less than 31 feet 40. " over 31 feet to 40 feet 48. FT. WORTH TO . " over 40 " " 60 feet 59. ' " over 60 feet 70. When existing paving must be cut to install new sewer taps or services, Ordinance 4749 provides for a paving repair charge which is based upon the type of paving material involved and length of the cut as follows : (a) Paved streets: $3.50 per linear foot of standard trench measured from the inside of curb to the center line of the City sewer main, with a minimum charge of $10. per trench. (b) Asphalt treated gravel streets : $2.50 per linear foot of standard trench mealsured from the face of the curb to the center line of the City sewer main, with a minimum charge of $7.50 per trench. (c) Dirt or gravel streets : $1 . per linear foot of standard trench measured from the face of the curb to the center line of the City sewer with a minimum charge of $7.50 per trench. (d) Dirt or gravel alleys : A lump sum of $7.50 per standard trench opening. On December 1 , 1962, the City began constructing all new sewer taps and services in accordance with provisions of the amended ordinance. City's Cost to Install Sewer Taps and Services : The City does not own the sewer service lines, and the charge to the property owner for constructing the sewer tap and service should be sufficient to reim- burse the Water Department for the full cost of the work performed. A review of cost records maintained on the construction of sewer taps and services by City forces indicated that revenue collected for connection charges is not sufficient to cover actual average construction costs, as shown in the following comparison of costs and revenues for sewer tap and service installations made by City forces during June, July, and August, 1963 : Total Avg. Revenue Total Averave Cost per Revenue per Number Type of Services/Taps Cost Services/Taps Received Service/Taps 192 Paved and dirt street $12,396.471 $64.56 $8,470.001 $44.11 service connections 49 Alley Service Connections 2,220.06 44.91 1 ,592.50 32.50 69 Easement/Parkway Tap 2,052.65 29.75 1 ,380.00 20.00 1 Costs and revenues do not lnclude street repair charges or the costs of repairs made by the Public Works Department. DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: PAGE NUMBER Revision of Charges for Sanitary 3 4 1-13-64 G-593 Sewer Taps and Services °f In order to recover the City's cost of constructing new sewer taps and services through connection charges collected from benefiting property owners, the following uniform schedule of charges are proposed in the attached amendments to Section 9, Subsections B and C of Ordinance No. 4749, and Section 1 , Subsection (g) of Ordinance 4648. let b' Concrete or Cast Zoncretb ,or Cast Location Vitrified Clay Iron Vitrified Clay Iron Easeme2t or Parkway2 $30.00 $30.00 $35.00 $35.00 Alleys 45.00 50 M 50.00 60.00 Streets 60.00 65.00 70.00 85.00 2 OFFICIAL RECORD Applicable to Ordinance No. 4749 only. CITY SECRETARY Sewer Taps and Services Installed by Contract for New Develo ment T. WORTH, TEX. The present connection charge of $40 for the installation of sewe a lines, including taps, in 30 foot streets is not sufficient to meet the actual cost of these facilities when constructed by contractors employed by the City. In the last 3 years, for example, the cost quoted for construction of 4 inch taps and services in 30 foot streets has risen from approximately $22 in 1960 to approximately $47 in 1963. However, developers of new additions are required to pay only the $40 charge as prescribed by ordinance. The City, therefore, pays the difference between the actual cost of the work and the amount paid by the developer. The cost to construct the sewer service lines is established as a bid item in construction contracts. A proposed addition to Section 9, Subsection C of Ordinance No. 4749 provides a charge for the installation of sanitary sewer service lines including taps constructed by contract as based upon actual construction cost. City's Cost to Repair Street Paving Cuts : The repair of cuts made in paved and asphalt penetration surfaced streets is the responsibility of the Public Works Department. Payments received by the Water Department for this work are currently transferred to the General Fund. The repair of cuts made in gravel and dirt streets is performed by the Water Depart- ment which retains all payments made for the service. The charges for all street cut repairs are collected ahead of the actual work based upon the estimated length of roadway cut required to reach the design location of the sewer to be tapped. Since the exact location of sewers in road- ways is not always known, the length of a cut may differ from the length used to compute the charge. It is sometimes necessary, therefore, to require additional payments after work has been completed. The use of average charges which are equivalent to the present linear :foot charge for the repair of pavement and asphalt penetration street cuts will eliminate additional payments for street cut repair when a new sewer tap or service has been installed. DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Revision s I on of Charges for Sanitary PAGE NUMBER 1 -13-64 G-593 Sewer Taps and Services —moo+ 4 The proposed amendment to paragraph 6-5 B of Ordinance No. 4749 includes a flat charge which is estimated to be the average cost for the repair of cuts made in street surfaces for the installation of new taps and services as follows: Permanent type, including hot-mix on flexible base $55. Penetration type 40. A separate charge for dirt and gravel street cut repairs is not included since the extra cost for such repairs is included in the proposed tap charge. Recommendation: It is recommended that the charges for installation of sanitary sewer taps and services as contained in the proposed amendments to Ordinances 4648 and 4749 be approved. OFFICIAL RECORD CITY SECRETARY FT. WORTH, TEX. JLB :ew Attach. SUBMITTED BY: DISPOSIT#N BY COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY APPROVED *OTHER (DESCRIBE) i l G '1� Ord. ft. � 1�o CITY SECRETARY 611 DATE CITY MANAGER NOW, 8~ A0