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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 ORDINANCE;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PROVISIONS OF THE
FORT WORTH CITY CODE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVER-
ABILITY 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
interpreting 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.
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-uni.t 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 service 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.
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 pro-
vision that if the property is later
subdivided into lots, e0ch 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).
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(d) The amount of the front footage charge to be
made for each service connection to a water main under
this section shall be Eight Dollars and Sixty Cents ($8.60)
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 Eighty
Cents ($6.80) per 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 by
only insofar as any portion of such prior ordinance or provision
shall be in conflict, and as to all other ordinances or pro-
visions 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 judgement 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 have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation
in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph or section.
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SECTION 5.
That the violation of any provision of this ordinance or
of the Fort Worth City Code relating to water and sewer service
shall be deemed an offense and punishable by a fine not ex-
ceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) , and each violation,
thereof, and each day on which there is a failure to comply
with the terms of this ordinance shall be and is hereby declared
to be a distinct and separate offense and punishable as such.
SECTION 6.
That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after the date of April 1, 1978, and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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City Attorney
Adopted by the City Council
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ROBINsop DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Proposed Changes in Front Foot PAGE
Charges for Water and Sanitary Sewer 2
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Following guidelines described in I.R. 2947 (dated July 28, 1977), new
front foot charges for water and sanitary sewer services are to be
revised quarterly. The next revision is to be effective April 1, 1978.
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,
1977, through February 28, 1978. These new charges have been computed
and are compared 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 $8.25 $2,475,074 230,548 $10.74 $8.59 $8.60
Sanitary
Sewers 7.00 1,932,613 227,263 8.50 6.80 6.80
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 equal to 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 $16.50 $17.20
Sanitary Sewer 14.00 13.60
Similar recomputations and revisions of front foot and extension charges
will be made each quarter, with the next changes to be effective based on
costs for the period of June 1, 1977, through May 31, 1978.
It is necessary to provide for an orderly transition from the old front
foot charges and the old extension policies to the proposed front foot
charges and implementation of the new extensions policies to be effective
April 1, 1978. The following recommendationt have been prepared with
that need in view.
DATE REFERENCE suwm- Proposed Changes in Front Foot PAGE
NUMBER Charges for Water and Sanitary Sewer 2 2
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Recommendations
It is recommended that:
1. An ordinance be approved, effective April 1, 1978, amending section
37-26.1 of Chapter 37 of the Fort Worth City Code to increase front
foot charges for water service connections from $8.25 per front
foot to $8.60 per front foot and to reduce front foot charges for
sanitary sewer service connections from $7.00 per front foot to
$6.80 per front foot; and
2. The Water and Sanitary Sewer Installation Policy be amended to
incorporate these front foot changes and increase the charge per
foot of extentions constructed by City forces from $16.50 per foot
to $17.20 per foot for water facilities and to reduce the charge
from $14.00 to $13.60 per foot for sanitary sewer facilities; and
3. Such charges become effective April 1, 1978, 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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