HomeMy WebLinkAbout112 - 10/16/1990 - AMENDING CITY CODE RELATING TO RATES FOR THE WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY ORDINANCE NO. 112 , 1990
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS RELATING
TO RATES FOR THE WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 26-118 (b) (4) of the Code of the City of Fort
Collins is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-118. Determination of user rates.
(b) (4) Temporary construction rate. After a water service connection permit
has been issued for premises under construction, the permittee will
be billed at the construction rate from the date the permit is
validated until the date on which the building department certifies
the structure(s) for occupancy, or the date the Water Utility installs
the meter, whichever occurs first. The construction rate is one-
half (112) of the applicable flat rate or minimum metered-rate
charge for the size of the metered tap.
Section 2. That Section 26-126 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-126. Schedule A, flat rates for unmetered water use.
When the use of city water is not metered, the monthly rate to be
charged for each flat rate water service shall be the sum of the total charge
for number of dwelling units (A) plus the adjusted lot charge (B plus C, or B
minus D) :
A = For each dwelling unit: Twelve dollars and fifty-four cents
($12.54) .
B = Base lot rate. For each lot having an area between six thousand
(6,000) and nine thousand (9,000) square feet: Ten dollars and
seventy-eight cents ($10.78) .
C = For each lot having an area greater than nine thousand (9,000)
square feet: Add to the base lot rate twenty-one cents ($0.21) per
one hundred (100) square feet of lot area exceeding nine thousand
(9,000) square feet.
D = For each lot having an area less than six thousand (6,000) square
feet: Deduct from the base lot rate twenty-one cents ($0.21) per
one hundred (100) square feet of lot area less than six thousand
(6,000) square feet.
However, no flat rate user shall be charged less than the monthly minimum
charge, which shall be fourteen dollars and fifty-six cents ($14.56) per
dwelling unit. The construction rate for flat rate users shall be six dollars
and twenty-seven cents ($6.27) per dwelling unit.
Section 3. That Section 26-127 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-127. Schedule B, meter rates.
(a) Minimum charge. The monthly minimum charge for all metered users
inside the city limits shall be as follows:
(1) Residential customers. Ten dollars and seventy-six cents ($10.76)
for the first dwelling unit and six dollars and forty-nine cents
($6.49) for each additional dwelling unit.
(2) Nonresidential customers.
Meter Size Monthly
(inches) Minimum
Charges
3/4 $ 10.76
1 18.04
1 1/2 36. 12
2 57.90
3 108.62
4 180.97
6 361.86
8 579.00
(3) Construction rate: For residential premises, five dollars and
thirty-eight cents ($5.38) for the first dwelling unit and three
dollars and twenty-five cents ($3.25) for each additional dwelling
unit. For nonresidential premises, one-half (1/2) of the
applicable monthly minimum charge for the meter size.
(b) Quantity charge. The monthly minimum charge determined pursuant to
this section will entitle any nonresidential user to two thousand (2,000)
gallons of water per month without additional charge and will entitle any
residential customer to two thousand (2,000) gallons of water per dwelling
unit per month. All water taken through the meter after the volume allowance
for the monthly minimum charge shall be billed at the rate of eighty-nine
cents ($0.89) per one thousand (1,000) gallons.
Section 4. That Section 26-129 (b) (4) of the Code of the City of Fort
Collins be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-129. Schedule D, miscellaneous fees and charges.
(b) (4) For water service, rate per one thousand (1,000) gallons water
used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 0.89
Section 5. That Section 26-280 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins
be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-280. Service charges established by category.
The schedule of rates for each category described in 26-279 shall be as
follows:
CATEGORY CLASS OF CUSTOMER RATE
A Single - f a m i 1 y $12.78 per month
residential user
(Either flat rate or
metered water use)
B Duplex (Two-family) $20.83 per month
residential users
(either flat rate or
metered water use) .
C M u l t i f a m i l y $1.20 per 1,000 gallons of winter quarter
residential user (more water use, with a minimum charge of $5.01
than two dwelling per month per dwelling unit served
units including mobile
home parks) and winter
quarter based
nonresidential user.
D Minor nonresidential $1 .20 per 1,000 gallons of water use,
user measured sewage flow, or winter quarter
water use, whichever is applicable, with a
minimum charge as follows:
Size of Monthly
water meter minimum
(inches) charge
3/4 or smaller $ 5.01
1 6.64
1 1/2 11 .65
2 20.00
3 41.67
4 66.71
6 150.16
E I n t e r m e d i a t e $1.20 per 1,000 gallons of water use,
and nonresidential user measured wastewater flow, or winter quarter
F Significant industrial water use, whichever is applicable; plus a
user surcharge of $0.693 per million gallons for
each milligram per liter of suspended
solids in excess of 250 milligrams per
liter; plus a surcharge of $0.558 per
million gallons for each milligram per
liter of BOD in excess of 200 milligrams
per liter or a surcharge of $0.370 per
million gallons for each milligram per
liter of COD in excess of 300 milligrams
per liter, whichever is applicable. A
minimum charge would also be made, if
applicable, as follows:
Size of Monthly
water meter minimum
(inches) charge
3/4 or smaller $ 5.01
1 6.64
1 1/2 11 .65
2 20.00
3 41.67
4 66.71
6 150.16
G User outside the city The rate shall be 1 1/2 times that of
limits similar users inside the city limits
H Special The rate shall be negotiated
Section 6. That Section 26-282 (a) of the Code of the City of Fort
Collins be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-282. Wastewater strength or industrial surcharges and categories
established.
(a) The schedule of wastewater strength surcharge shall be as follows:
Excess over Rate per
Parameter (mg/1 ) 1,000 gallons
BOD 200 $0.000558
COD 300 0.000370
TSS 250 0.000693
Section 7. That Section 26-289 (1) of the Code of the City of Fort
Collins be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-289. Miscellaneous fees and charges.
The following is a schedule of miscellaneous fees and charges:
Description Amount
(1) Industrial discharge permits:
a. Administration $68. annually
b. Surveillance Determined for each user annually,
billed monthly
Introduced, and considered favorably on first reading, and ordered
published this 2nd day of October, A.D. 1990, and to be presented for final
passage on the 16th day of October, A.D. 1990.
Mayor T
ATTEST: y
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 16th day of October, A.D. 1990.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk