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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 35, WATER AND SEWERS, BY
AMENDING SECTION 35-70.5 RELATED TO THE COLLECTION OF
IMPACT FEES, 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.
SECTION 1.
That Section 35-70.5(a) of Chapter 35, Water and Sewers, of the Code of the City of Fort
Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby amended to be and read as follows
"Sec. 35-70 5 Computation and collection of impact fees.
(a) The impact fees due for the new development shall be collected as
follows.
1) for land located within the city hmrts, at the time that the building
permit is issued, or
2) for property platted outside of the city limits, at the time an
application for an individual meter connection to the to the city's
water or wastewater system is filed."
SECTION 2.
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
m direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinance and such Code, m which event conflicting
provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3.
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 Junsdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not
affect any remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since
the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation m this
ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
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SECTION 4.
This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
Assistant Ci Attorney
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DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG.NAME PAGE
8/28/01 **G-13357 12TIME 1 of 1
SUBJECT ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 35-70 5 OF THE CITY CODE
RELATED TO THE TIME FOR THE COLLECTION OF IMPACT FEES
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance amending Section 35-70 5 of the
City Code relating to the time for the collection of impact fees.
DISCUSSION
Chapter 395 of the Texas Local Government Code was amended in the last legislative session to
require the collection of impact fees as follows.
a) For land located within the City limits, at the time that the building permit is issued, or
b) For property platted outside of the City limits, at the time an application for an individual meter
connection to the City's water or wastewater system is filed
The adoption of this ordinance will conform the City Code to the requirements of the new legislation
FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION
The Finance Director certifies that this action will have no material effect on City funds
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Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY
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