HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 7621 ORDINANCE NO. .Z
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 ORDINANCES;
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 Navin,g 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 pro-
vided in thi..s 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.
(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) '1.'he front footage charge shall apply
directly to property platted into the
usual rectangular lots or tracts of ]_and
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 (116) 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 pro-
vided under (1) and (2) above.
(�k) 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, 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 fifty cents
($9. 50) 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 fifty-
one cents ($6.51) per front 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 here-
with but 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 (19614) , 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 remain-
ing 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 S.
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 exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) , and each viola-
tion, 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 October 1, 1977, and it is so
ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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City Attorney
Adopted by the City Council 13 I q ? ?
City of Fort Worth, Texas
LINE Mayor and Council Communication
BANFF
Gimmm DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Proposed Increases in Frcnt Foot
NUMB PAGE
smmi 9113/77 C-3567 hargea Yx Water and Sanitary Sewer Ser-1, a A_
of Coununity Facilities Policy
J- A_' Following guidelines recommended by the Development Volicy Committee and
described in 1 ,R. 2947 (dated July 28, 1977), new front foot charges for
water and sanitary sever services are tc be made effective October 1,
1977, These new charges are to be equal to 80% of the on-aire front
foot costs for Water and sanitary sewers constructed by contracts let
from September 1, 1976 through August 31, 1977. These new charges have
been computed and are compared with current front foot charges as
follows:
t
Current: Total Contract 80% Front
Front Foot Price of No, Froat Cost Per Foot Cost
Facillly __QjrgS FacIlItive Ft. Served Fignt, Ecat (New Charge)
Water $6,50 $2,293,577 193,265 $11.87 $9,50
Sanitary
Sewers 0. 50 1,531,011 187,979 8.14 6,51
Where City forces are utilized to construct extensions to serve new
developments or tc serve single customers, the Marge per foot of water
or sewer extension constructed has been set as equal to double the ap-
plicable 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
Faciliry ---Per—Foot ----Per-Foot
Water $13,00 $19,00
Sanitary Sewer 9100 1302
Similar recomputations and revisions of front foot and,extension charges
will be made each quarter, witb the next changes to be effective January 1,
1978, based on costs for the period of December 1, 1976, through
November 30, 1977,
As pointed out In YR, 2947, it is necessary to provide for an orderly
transition from the old front foot charges and the old extension poli-
cies to the proposed front foot charges and implementation of the new
extensions policies to be effective October 1, 1977, The following
recommendations have been prepared wfth that need in view.
DATE REFERENCE �suwEcT: Proposed Incteases in Front Foot PAGE
UMBER
N hargEs for Water and Sanitary Sewer Ser- 2 , 2
913177 G 3567 ices-and Amendment gi Related Provision�
of Community Facilities Policy
Recommeadzt ns
It a .rrmmEnded rhata
1) An ordinazice be approved, effective Octcber 1, 1977, amending
37-26,1 �,.J Chaptrir 37 of the Forz Worth City Code to
fncreaac, front, foct charges water service connections from
$6, 50 per front feet tc, $9,50 per irM.rtnt fcot and to increase
front foot charge.:a for sanir.ary sieweT Sk.-,rV'Lce C-ti,.annei,,,-,tions from
$4,50 per front, fcot ir $6,51 per fron,t, fect; and
2) The Water and Sanitary Sewer Installation Policy be amended LG
in..crporate these front fooc z,.bat'ge, changes and inr,,r,,e&,Pe the,
",-,h,arge Per ioot zf e"Xten6ic,,s6 C,0118tIUCted 'by Ciry forces from
$13",00 per toot $19,00 per icot for water faci-.it—ea and
fr,'.nvi $9,00 to $13 02 per f�r sami~,ary sewer faciliries;
an d
3) Su,,.-,,h uA,,arges bef,,,,wv�e effec,cive Octotoer 1, 1977, including all
developer priojects on w1n t.ch bide ha e nz,t been, received by
tb&7, dare and all City fz,xrcee extenalon projects not author-
ized icr by T-har. date,
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SUBMITTED BY: DISPOSITION,BY COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY
R'IPPROVED ❑ OTHER (DESCRIBE)
CITY SECRETARY
DATE
CITY MANAGER