HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0124) Crowley Relief M-325 Parts 1 and 2 Ordinance_V2.PDFAN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A PER ACRE CHARGE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 35, ARTICLE III, DIVISION 3,
SEWER PER ACRE CHARGES, SECTIONS 35-81 THROUGH 35-
8E OF THE CITY CODE, FOR THE 22,112.56 ACRES SERVED BY
CITY INITIATED SEWER MAIN PROJECT ("CROWLEY RELIEF
INTERCEPTOR M-325 FOR VILLAGE CREEK BASIN PARTS 1 &
2") LOCATED AT 10525 MCCART AVE; MAKING THIS
ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF OTHER ORDINANCES;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on May 14, 2002, the City Council adopted City of Fort Worth
Ordinance No. 15095 providing for the adoption of per acre charges when certain criteria
are met, codified as Chapter 35, Article III, Division 3, Sewer Per Acre Charges, Sections
35-81 through 35-86 of the City Code; and further amended by City Ordinance No. 23708
on or about June 25, 2019; and
WHEREAS, The City of Fort Worth Water Department is installing sanitary sewer
collector mains (City Project Number 100276, X-24294) "Crowley Relief Interceptor M-
325 for Village Creek Basin Part 1 and 2" located at 10525 McCart Ave.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
The City Council finds, in accordance with Chapter 35, Article III, Division 3,
Sewer Per Acre Charges, Sections 35-81 through 35-86 of the City Code, the Water
Department is installing 9,722 linear feet of 42-inch diameter pipe and 2,745 linear feet of
36-inch diameter pipe sewer collection main to provide wastewater service to the Upper
Village Creek drainage basins. Further, the City Council finds that the Sanitary Sewer
Improvements will serve a calculated sewer basin area of 22,112.56 acres, such sewer basin
being more fully described in the attached Exhibit "A", which is attached hereto and made
a part hereof for all purposes. This sewer main is located in the City's Extraterritorial
Jurisdiction and Council District 6.
SECTION 2.
The City Council finds that the City qualified costs to install the 21-inch sewer
collection mains is $9,362,955.11. In accordance with Chapter 35, Article III, Division 3,
Sewer Per Acre Charges, Sections 35-81 through 35-86 of the City Code, the City Council
hereby establishes the per acre charge within this sewer basin to be $423.42. This sewer
per acre charge will reimburse the City.
SECTION 3.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code
of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance
are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which event
conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed.
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.
This ordinance shall be effective upon adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
Christa R. Lopez -Reynolds
Sr. Assistant City Attorney
ADOPTED: