HomeMy WebLinkAbout147 - 01/15/1991 - AMENDING CITY CODE REGARDING WATER PLANT INVESTMENT FEES ORDINANCE NO. 147, 1990
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 26-128 REGARDING
WATER PLANT INVESTMENT FEES
WHEREAS, on February 20, 1990, the City Council adopted Resolution 90-24
establishing the Water Demand Management Committee; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of said Committee was to review the policies and
practices of the City regarding water demand management and make recommendations
regarding any suggested changes to the City's policies and practices regarding
water demand management; and
WHEREAS, on November 20, 1990, the City Council adopted Resolution 90-
147 endorsing the findings of the Water Demand Management Committee, which
included, among other things, a recommendation that an increase in the water
plant investment fees be presented to the Council for implementation in January
1991 ; and
WHEREAS, the Council has determined that it is in the best interests of
the citizens of the City and the customers of the City's water utility that the
water plant investment fees be adjusted to more equitably allocate water plant
investment fees among the various customer categories of the City's water utility
and to more fully recover to the City's water utility the actual cost of
providing the treatment and distribution system capacity that will be used by
each new customer.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
as follows:
Section 1 . That Section 26-128 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-128. Schedule C, water plant investment fees.
The water plant investment fee prescribed in § 26-120 shall be
payable by users both inside and outside of the city, as follows:
(1) Single-family and two-family residential buildings: For the first
three-fourths (3/4) inch water tap or meter, a fee of four hundred
dollars ($400. ) for a single-family residence and seven hundred
dollars ($700. ) for a two-family residence, plus twenty-four cents
($0.24) for each square foot of lot area. For each additional tap
or meter to serve the premises or for taps or meters larger than
three-fourths (3/4) inch, the nonresidential rate shall apply.
(2) Residential buildings of three (3) or more dwelling units: For each
residential building a base fee of one thousand dollars ($1 ,000. ) ,
plus six hundred dollars ($600. ) for each dwelling unit in the
building. The fee will provide for one (1) tap per residential
building and an adequate number of additional taps to serve common
irrigable areas, if any. The number and size of taps shall be
determined by the Director based upon the criteria established in
the Uniform Plumbing Code as amended pursuant to Chapter 5 of the
Code.
(3) Mobile home parks: For each mobile home park, a fee of nine hundred
sixty—five dollars ($965. ) for each mobile home space in the park.
The fee will provide for one (1) tap per mobile home park. The size
of the tap shall be determined by the Director based upon the
criteria established in the Uniform Plumbing Code as amended
pursuant to Chapter 5 of the Code.
(4) Hotels, roominghouses, sororities, fraternities and similar
uses: The nonresidential rate shall apply.
(5) Nonresidential service.
a. Service to all nonresidential taps, including but
not limited to taps for commercial and industrial
service, shall be charged according to the size
of the meter pursuant to the following schedule:
Meter Size Nonresidential
(inches) plant investment fee
3/4 $ 2,215.
1 5,867.
1 1/2 12,700.
2 20,300.
3 33,100.
b. The fee for all meters larger than three (3)
inches shall be negotiated with the Director.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published
this 18th day of December, A.D. 1990, and to be presented for final passage on
the 15th day of January, A.D. 1991 .
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Mayor V
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
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Passed and adopted on final reading this 15th day of January, A.D. 1991 .
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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