HomeMy WebLinkAbout110 - 11/17/1992 - AMENDING CITY CODE RELATING TO WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY RATES ORDINANCE NO. 110, 1992
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 the dwelling units (A) plus the lot charge (B) :
A = For a building containing only one (1) dwelling unit:
Seventeen dollars and forty-seven cents ($17.47) ; for a
building containing only two (2) dwelling units: Thirty-one
dollars and thirty-three cents ($31 .33) .
B = For each lot: Add to the dwelling unit charge Twelve and three
tenths cents ($0. 123) per one hundred (100) square feet of lot area.
Section 2. That Section 26-127 (a) and (b) 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 ninety-eight cents
($11 .98) for the first dwelling unit and Seven dollars and
twenty-two cents ($7.22) for each additional dwelling unit.
(2) Nonresidentia] customers.
Meter Size Monthly
(inches) Minimum
Charges
3/4 $ 11 .98
1 20.08
1 1/2 40.20
2 64.44
3 120.90
4 201 .42
6 402. 75
8 644.43
(3) Construction rate: For residential premises, five dollars and
ninety-nine cents ($5.99) for the first dwelling unit and three
dollars and sixty-two cents ($3.62) 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-nine cents
($0.99) per one thousand (1 ,000) gallons.
Section 3. That Section 26-129 (a) (1-3) and (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.
(a) Service charges shall be as follows:
(1) For processing a request for water service during normal business
hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15.00
(2) For repair service calls per trip during normal business hours
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 7.50
(3) All after-hour service calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$20.00
(b) (4) For water service, rate per one thousand (1 ,000) gallons water
used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.99
Section 4. 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 :LASS OF CUSTOMER RATE
A Single-family residential user $14.36 per month
(Either flat rate or metered
water use)
B Duplex (two-family) residential $23.40 per month
users (either flat rate or
metered water use) .
C Multifamily residential user $1 .35 per 1,000 gallons of
(more than two dwelling units winter quarter water use, with
including mobile home parks) a minimum charge of $5.63 per
and winter quarter based month per dwelling unit served
nonresidential user.
D Minor nonresidential user $1 .35 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
meter (inches) minimum charge
3/4 or smaller $ 5.63
1 7.46
1 1/2 13.09
2 22.47
3 46.82
4 74.95
6 168.72
E Intermediate nonresidential user $1 .35 per 1 ,000 gallons of
and Significant industrial user water use, measured wastewater
F flow, or winter quarter water
use, whichever is applicable;
plus a surcharge of $0.779 per
million gallons for each
milligram per liter of
suspended soils in excess of
250 milligrams per liter; plus
a surcharge of $0.628 per
million gallons for each
milligram per liter of BOD in
excess of 200 milligrams per
liter or a surcharge of
$0.416 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
follow:
Size of water Monthly
meter (inches) minimum charge
3/4 or smaller $ 5.63
1 7.46
1 1/2 13.09
2 22.47
3 46.82
4 74.95
6 168.72
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 5. 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 $0.000626
COD 300 0.000416
TSS 250 0.000779
Section 6. 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 $76. annually
b. Surveillance Determined for each user
annually, billed monthly
The amended rates and charges recited herein shall be imposed on all
billings rendered on January 1, 1993, or thereafter.
Introduced, and considered favorably on first reading, and ordered
published this 20th day of October, A. D. 1992, and to be presented for final
passage on the 17th day of November, A.D. 1992.
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Passed and adopted on final reading this 17th day of November, A.D. 1992.
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