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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 7922 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 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 ail 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 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 easementcontaining 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 19Lne 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-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-unitresidence 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 unsubdivided tract, each such residence shall be charged for a front footage of one hundred (100) feet., with the provision thatif 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 Ten Dollars and Ten Cents ($10.10) 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 Do lars and Thirty Cents ($6.30) per front. foot.. (f) The applicable front footage charges required here- under for water or sanitary sewer service connections shall be paid before plumbing permit can be issued. " -2- UnUTION 2. That this ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance and provision of the Fort Vorth 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 (i964) , 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 ex-' sted 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, senl-.ences, 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 July 1, 1979, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORT,,' AND LEGALITY: City AtTorr0ey Adopted by the City Council: tl 17 9 -3- HERCHERII - City, of Fort Worth, Texas 1 BAILIFF Malior and Council Communication SMITH �y ROBIN50N DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Proposed Changes in Front Foot PAGE NUMBER Charges for Water. and-Sewer Connections 1of 2 BILARDI 6/12/79 G-4196 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 July 1, 1979. 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 June 1, 1.978, through May 31, 1979. These new charges have been computed and compare with current front foot charges as follows: Computation of Proposed Front Foot Charge Current Total Contract Proposed Ne Front Foot Price of No. Front Cost Per 80% Front Charge Facility Charge Facilities Ft. Served Front Ft. Foot Cost (Rounded) Water $ 10.90 $1,999,744 158,279 $ 12.63 $ 10.11 $ 10.10 Sanitary Sewers $ 7.40 $1,281,190 163,411 $ 7.84 $ 6.27 $ 6.30 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 $ 21.80 $ 20.20 Sanitary Sewer $ 14.80 $ 12.60 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 September 1, 1978 through August 31, 1979. 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 July 1, 1979. The following recommendations have been prepared to meet that requirement. Recommendations: It is recommended that: 1. An ordinance be approved, effective July 1 , 1979, amending Section 37-26.1 of Chapter 37 of the Fort Worth City Code to decrease front foot charges for water service connections from $10.90 per front foot to $10.10 per front foot and to decrease front foot charges for sanitary sewer service connections from $7.40 per front foot to $6.30 DATE PAGE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Proposed Changes in Front Foot NUMBER 2 2 6/12/79 G-4196 Charges for Water and Sewer Connections of 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 $21.80 per foot to $20.20 per foot for water facilities and to decrease the charge from $14.80 to $12.60 per foot for sanitary sewer facilities; and 3. Such charges become effective July 1, 1979, 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. WRH:kn SUBMITTED FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S �ISPOSITIOJ BY COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY OFFICE BY: / $ APPROVED Off T ORIGINATING RIBE) r r+ -+T f (� DEPARTMENT HEAD: J. L. Robinson CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATIQN CONTACT: .Tim Miller, Ext. 8220 DATE Y�