HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0012) ORDINANCE_WMCC_Montrachet Offsite 16-Inch_NS3.PDFORDINANCE No.
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A WATER MAIN
CAPACITY CHARGE PURSUANT TO SECTION 35-90 OF
THE CITY CODE FOR A DEVELOPER INITIATED 16-
INCH WESTSIDE III WATER MAIN TO SERVE
TRADITION AND SURROUNDING AREAS, LOCATED
AT INTERSECTION OF CHAPIN RD AND WEST LOOP
820 SOUTH; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE
OF OTHER ORDINANCES; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING
A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, Chapter 35 of the City Code, "Water and Sewers", Article III,
Division 4 entitled "Water Main Capacity Charges" provides for the adoption of Water
Main Capacity charges by City Council to allow for developers and the City to recover cost
incurred from installing water mains offsite of their development and to set forth the
method and procedures for assessing reimbursements from subsequent developers wishing
to connect to the offsite water mains; and
WHEREAS, Montserrat Hills, LLC, hereinafter referred to as "Developer", has
initiated construction of a o 12-inch offsite public water main to serve Montrachet located
at the intersection of Chapin Rd and West Loop 820 South.; and
WHEREAS, The City of Fort Worth Water Department cost participated to upsize
the approach main to 16-inch diameter pipe to serve surrounding areas.
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 the Code of the City of Fort Worth as
amended (1986), Chapter 35 "Water and Sewers", Article III, Division 4, Sections 35-87
through 35-93, that the Developer has initiated construction an offsite public water main
to serve Montrachet located at the intersection Chapin Rd and West Loop 820 South. The
Water Department cost participated to upsize the Westside III approach water main to 16-
inches in diameter.
SECTION 2.
The City Council finds that $929,868.00 is the cost to construct the Developer
initiated 16-inch diameter Westside III water transmission main. Therefore, $191,330.86
per MGD is the Water Main Capacity charge to be assessed if the plat meets the definition
of "Other Development" as defined in Section 35-88 of the City Code. The City Council
further finds that the Water Main Capacity charge has been calculated in accordance with
the requirements of the Water Main Capacity Charge Policy. The percentage of the water
main capacity charge collected that will be eligible to be reimbursed to the Developer shall
be 72.9% and to the City of Fort Worth Water Department shall be 27.1%.
SECTION 3.
The City Council also hereby directs the City of Fort Water Department to review the plats
that are located in or around the boundary area as described in Exhibit "A" to determine if
a charge for reimbursement will be assessed in accordance with Section 35-93 of the City
Code.
SECTION 4.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code
of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), 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 5.
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 6.
This ordinance shall be effective upon adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
Christa R. Lopez -Reynolds
Sr. Assistant City Attorney
ADOPTED: