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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 ORDINANCES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
AND PROVISIONS OF THE FORT WORTH CITY CODE IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY 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 connec-
tions .
(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 inter-
preting this section:
( 1 ) Single customer. An existing occupied residential
establishment or an existing commercial establish-
ment .
(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 prop-
erty 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 rectangu-
lar lots or tracts of land except that the
maximum front footage to be used in determin-
ing 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 ( 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 serving 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.
(4) Where one or more residences other than
"single customers" are located on an unsubdi-
vided tract , each such residence shall be
charged for a front footage of one hundred
( 100) feet , with the provision 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 sec-
tion shall be Nine Dollars and Twenty Cents ( $9. 20) 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 Forty Cents ( $6 .40)
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. "
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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
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 (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 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 .
That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after the date of January 1 , 1980, and it is so ordained.
APP 0 E AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attor ey ,
Adopted by the City Council � r,.-Q,-�-r 197 t y -7 1
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DATE REFERENNUMBER CE SUBJECT: Proposed Changes in Front Foot PAGE
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JONES
ROBINSON According to guidelines established on July 28, 1977, in Informal Report No.
2947, new front foot charges for water and sanitary sewer services are to be
revised quarterly. The next revision is to be effective January 1, 1980. 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 December 1, 1978, through
November 30, 1979. These new charges have been computed and compare with current
front foot charges as follows:
Computation of Proposed Front Foot Charges
Current Total Contract Proposed New
Front Foot Price of No. Front Cost Per 80% Front Charge
Facility Char e Facilities Ft.Served Front Ft. Foot Cost (Rounded)
Water $ 9.80 $2,358,978 204,911 $ 11.51 $ 9.21 $ 9.20
Sanitary
Sewers $ 6.30 $1,635,553 203,143 $ 8.05 $ 6.44 $ 6.40
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 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:
Current7-Charge Proposed Charge
Facility Per Foot Per Foot
Water $ 19.60 $ 18.40
Sanitary Sewer $ 12.60 $ 12.80
Similar recomputations and revisions of front foot and extension charges will be
made each quarter, with the next changes to be based on costs for the period of
March 1, 1978, through February 28, 1980.
It is necessary to provide for an orderly transition from the old front foot
charges and the old extension charges to the proposed front foot charges and
implementation of the new extension charges to be effective January 1, 1980. The
following recommendations have been prepared to meet that requirement.
DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: PAGE
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Recommendations
It is recommended that:
1. An Ordinance be approved, effective January 1, 1980, amending Section
37-26.1 of Chapter 37 of the Fort Worth City Code to decrease front foot
charges for water service connections from $9.80 per front foot to $9.20
per front foot and to increase front foot charges for sanitary sewer
service connections from $6.30 per front foot to $6.40 per front foot;
2. The Water and Sanitary Sewer Installation Policy be amended to incorporate
these front foot charge changes and decrease the charge per foot of
extensions constructed by City forces from $19.60 per foot to $18.40 per
foot for water facilities and to increase the charge of $12.60 per foot for
sanitary sewer facilities to $12.80 per foot; and
3. Such charges become effective January 1, 1980, 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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SUBMITTED FOR THE
CITY MANAGER'S DISPOSITION COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY
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ORIGINATING J. L. Robinson ADOPTED ORDI�d�P� R S RI O ' CITY ECRETARY
DEPARTMENT HEAD: ��ii,,
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CONTACT: Jim Miller Ext. 8220 DATE / ��17q