HomeMy WebLinkAbout120 - 11/19/1991 - AMENDING CITY CODE RELATING TO RATES FOR THE WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY ORDINANCE NO. 120 , 1991
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 26-126 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins
be 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 lot charge (B) :
A = For a building containing only one dwelling unit: Sixteen Dollars
and Sixty-Four Cents ($16.64) ; for a building containing only two
dwelling units: Twenty-Nine Dollars and Eighty-Four Cents ($29.84) .
B = For each lot: Add to the dwelling unit charge Eleven and Seven Tenths
Cents ($0.117) per one hundred (100) square feet of lot area.
Section 3. That Section 26-127 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be 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. Eleven Dollars and Forty-One Cents ($11 .41)
for the first dwelling unit and Six Dollars and Eighty-Eight Cents
($6.88) for each additional dwelling unit.
(2) Nonresidential customers.
Meter Size Monthly
(inches) M i n i m u m
Charges
3/4 $ 11 .41
1 19. 12
1 1/2 38.29
2 61 .37
3 115. 14
4 191 .83
6 383.57
8 613.74
(3) Construction rate: For residential premises, Five Dollars and
Seventy Cents ($5.70) for the first dwelling unit and Three Dollars
and Forty-Five Cents ($3.45) 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 Ninety-four Cents ($0.94) 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.94
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-family residential user $13.55 per
(either flat rate or metered month
water use)
B Duplex (Two-family) residential $22.08 per
users (either flat rate or month
metered water use) .
C Multifamily residential user $1 .27 per 1 ,000
(more than two dwelling units gallons of
including mobile home parks) and winter quarter
wi n t e r quarter based water use, with
nonresidential user. a m i n i m u m
charge of
$5.31 per month
per dwelling
unit served
D Minor nonresidential user $1 .27 per 1,000
gallons of
water use ,
measured sewage
flow, or winter
quarter water
use, whichever
is applicable,
with a minimum
charge as
follows:
Size of water Monthly minimum
meter (inches) charge
3/4 or smaller $ 5.31
1 7.04
1 1/2 12.35
2 21 .20
3 44. 17
4 70.71
6 159. 17
E Intermediate nonresidential user $1.27 per 1,000
and Significant industrial user gallons of
F water use ,
measured
wastewater
flow, or winter
quarter water
use, whichever
is applicable;
p l u s a
surcharge of
$0 . 735 per
million gallons
for each
milligram per
liter of
suspended soils
in excess of
250 milligrams
per liter; plus
a surcharge of
$0 . 592 per
million gallons
for each
milligram per
liter of BOD in
excess of 200
milligrams per
liter or a
surcharge of
$0 . 392 per
million gallons
for each
milligram per
liter of COD in
excess of 300
milligrams per
l i t e r ,
whichever is
applicable. A
minimum charge
would also be
made , if
applicable, as
follows:
Size of water Minimum monthly
meter (inches) charge
3/4 or smaller $ 5.31
1 7.04
1 1/2 12.35
2 21 .20
3 44. 17
4 70.71
6 159. 17
G User outside the city limits The rate shall
be 1 1/2 times
that of 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 follow:
Excess over Rate per
Parameter (mg/1 ) 1,000 gallons
BOD 200 $0.000591
COD 300 0.000392
TSS 250 0.000735
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 $72. annually
b. Surveillance Determined for each user annually, billed
monthly
Introduced, and considered favorably on first reading, and ordered
published this 15th day of October, A. D. 1991, and to be presented for final
passage on the 19th day of November, A.D. 1991.
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Passed and adopted on final reading t is 19th day of November, A.D. 1991 .
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