HomeMy WebLinkAbout164 - 11/19/2024 - AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS TO REVISE STORMWATER RATES, FEES, AND CHORDINANCE NO. 164, 2024
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS TO REVISE STORMWATER RATES, FEES, AND
CHARGES
A.The City Council is empowered and directed by City Charter Article XII,
Section 6, by ordinance from time to time, 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 as set forth
therein.
B.The rates, fees or charges for utility services set forth herein are necessary
to produce sufficient revenues to provide the utility services described herein.
C.The revenue from the rates, fees or charges for utility services set forth
herein shall be used to defray the costs of providing such utility services as required by
the Charter and the City Code.
D.Article VII, Chapter 26 of the City Code establishes the stormwater utility as
a utility service furnished by and as an enterprise of the City.
E.City Council has adopted stormwater basin and citywide master plans
recommending stormwater facilities necessary to provide for proper drainage and control
of flood and surface waters within Fort Collins.
F.In 1998, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 168, 1998, determining that
all lands within the city benefit by the installation of such stormwater facilities.
G.City Code Section 26-513 imposes stormwater utility fees on all parcels of
land within the city to pay for the operation, maintenance, administration and routine
functions of the existing and future City stormwater fa cilities established within the City.
H.City Code Section 26-514 sets forth the manner in which stormwater utility
fees are to be determined.
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(6.0%).
This Ordinance increases the subject stormwater utility rates by six percent
J.Pursuant to City Code Section 26-511, the City Manager recommends the
proposed stormwater utility fee for 2024.
K.Based on the foregoing, City Council desires to amend Chapter 26 of the
City Code to adjust the scope and rate of the stormwater utility fee as set forth herein.
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In light of the foregoing recitals, which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. Section 26-514(a)(3) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-514. -Determination of stormwater utility fee.
(a)The stormwater utility fee shall be determined as set forth in this Section
and shall be based upon the area of each lot or parcel of land and the runoff coefficient
of the lot or parcel. For the purposes of this Section, the total lot or parcel area shall
include both the actual square footage of the lot or parcel and the square footage of open
space and common areas allocated to such lot as provided in Paragraph (4) of this
Subsection. The stormwater utility fee shall recover the costs of both operations and
maintenance and a portion of capital improvements. The Utilities Executive Director shall
determine the rates that shall apply to each specific lot or parcel of land within the
guidelines herein set forth and shall establish the utility fee in accordance with the rate
together with the other factors set forth as follows:
(3)The base rate for the stormwater utility fee shall be $0.00510 per square
foot per month for all areas of the City.
Section 2. The modifications set forth above shall be effective for all fees
accruing on or after January 1, 2025.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading on November 4, 2024, and
approved on second reading for final passage on November 19,
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Effective Date: November 29, 2024
Approving Attorney: Eric Potyondy
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, Sr. Deputy