HomeMy WebLinkAbout134 - 11/17/2020 - AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF CITY CODE TO REVISE THE WATER SUPPLY REQUIREMENTS FEES ORDINANCE NO. 134, 2020
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS TO REVISE THE WATER SUPPLY REQUIREMENTS FEES
WHEREAS, the City Council is empowered and directed by Article XII, Section 6, of the
City Charter to fix,establish,maintain,and provide for the collection of such rates, fees,or charges
for utility services furnished by the City as will produce revenues sufficient to pay the costs,
expenses, and other obligations of the water utility, as set forth therein; and
WHEREAS, the City owns and operates a water utility that provides treated water service
to customers with its service area; and
WHEREAS, through various water supply furnishing or development programs, the City
has historically required that persons desiring new or increased water service from the water utility,
among other things,furnish or otherwise provide to the City certain rights to use water or payments
of cash-in-lieu thereof in order to offset the impacts of the requested water service, which
requirements are currently set forth in Sections 26-129 and 26-146 through 26-150 of the Code of
the City of Fort Collins as the water supply requirements ("WSR"); and
WHEREAS, the Water Board considered the proposed WSR inflation-only-based
adjustments for at its meeting on September 17, 2020, and recommended approval of the proposed
adjustments; and
WHEREAS, City staff has completed a review of the WSR and has determined that an
increase in the cash--in-lieu related excess water use surcharge rate is necessary to ensure that,
among other things, the impacts of new and increased water service are offset and that the water
utility has sufficient water supplies and infrastructure to serve customers of the water utility with
an adequate level of service.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CO[1NCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That Section 26-129 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-1129. - Schedule D,miscellaneous fees and charges.
The following fees and service charges shall be paid by water users, whether inside or outside
the City limits:
(a) Connection fees and service charges shall be as set forth in Subsection 26-712(b).
(b) The fire hydrant fees and charges shall be as follows:
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(1) For installation of meter Per meter $43.00
(2) For removal of meter Per meter $43.00
(3) For daily rental for meter and fittings Per meter $8.60
(4) For water service Per 1,000 $13.76
gallons
A deposit may be required in the amount of the charges for the
anticipated water usage and rental.
(c) The fees and requirements for water supply shall be as follows:
(1)To satisfy Water Supply Requirement (WSR) with cash Per acre- $22,145.00
payments foot of
WSR
(2) Excess water use surcharge assessed on commercial and Per 1,000 $10.39
irrigation taps when water use is in excess of the applicable gallons
annual allotment
(3) The annual water allotment, based on the minimum WSR shall be as
follows:
Meter Size (inches) Annual
Allotment
(gallonsi year)
3/4 293,270
1 739,680
1'/z 1,538,020
2 2,577,480
Above 2 325,851 gallons
per acre foot of
WSR
Section 3. That the modifications set forth above shall be effective for all fees paid on
or after January 1, 2021.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 4th day of
November, A.D. 2020, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of November, A.D.
2020.
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