HomeMy WebLinkAbout088 - 06/21/1994 - AMENDING CITY CODE PERTAINING TO THE IMPOSITION OF FEES AND CHARGES FOR THE CITYS WATER SERVICES TO ORDINANCE NO. 88, 1994
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS PERTAINING TO THE IMPOSITION OF FEES AND CHARGES
FOR THE CITY'S WATER SERVICES TO COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY AND FOR
THE CITY'S WASTEWATER SERVICES TO COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
AND OTHER LARGE USERS HAVING NO NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT
FOR SUCH SERVICES
WHEREAS, on June 15, 1993, the City Council adopted Resolution 93-87
authorizing the City Manager to notify the Colorado State Board of Agriculture
("the Board") of the City's intent to terminate, effective June 30, 1994, the
Agreement dated June 26, 1974, between the City of Fort Collins and the Board
("the Agreement") ; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement sets forth the terms and rates pursuant to which the
City has been providing Colorado State University ("CSU") with water and
wastewater services; and
WHEREAS, since the Agreement will terminate effective June 30, 1994, and
since the City and the Board have not entered into a new agreement concerning the
terms and rates for future water and wastewater services to CSU, it is necessary
that the imposition of fees and charges for the City's future water and
wastewater services to CSU be established by ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
as follows:
Section 1 . That Section 26-127 of the Code of the City is hereby amended
by amending paragraph (a) (2) of the Section, by amending paragraph (b) , by the
addition of a new paragraph (c) , and by amending the new paragraph (d)
(previously paragraph [c]) , to read as follows:
Sec. 26-127. Schedule B, meter rates.
(a) (2) Nonresidential customers. Except as provided in
paragraph (c) of this Section, nonresidential customers
shall pay a monthly minimum charge based on meter size
as follows:
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
(b) Quantity charge. The monthly minimum charge determined
pursuant to paragraph (a) of 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.
(c) Colorado State University. The monthly charge for water
taken through a meter by Colorado State University, whether the
water is being delivered to a University facility located within or
without the city limits, shall be at the rate of one dollar and
seventeen cents ($1 .17) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water
used. Colorado State University shall also pay a monthly meter fee
of one thousand one hundred ten dollars ($1,110) representing the
city's costs associated with providing metered water connections to
the University's foothills campus.
(d) Service outside the city. Except as otherwise provided in
paragraph (c) of this Section, the monthly charge for water taken
through a meter by a user outside the city limits shall be one and
one-half (1 1/2) times the charge which would be made for the
equivalent service inside the city limits. When two (2) or more
taps are served from one (1) master meter, the monthly charge for
the city water passed through the master meter shall be computed as
follows: The average volume of water used per tap is determined by
dividing the amount of water metered through the master meter by the
number of taps. The charge for each tap is then determined by
applying to the average volume of water used per tap the rate
applicable to each tap for like service inside the city limits. The
amount to be billed to the master meter user is the sum of the
charges for each tap times one and one-half (1 1/2) .
Section 2. That Section 26-278 of the Code of the City is hereby amended
by amending the title only of subparagraph (8) and by the addition of a new
subparagraph (9) to read as follows:
Sec. 26-278. Classification of users.
(8) Category H. Special with Agreement.
(9) Category I. Special without Agreement. Users in this
category shall include quasi-municipal sanitation
districts, major industries, large institutions, and
dischargers authorized pursuant to § 26-336(a) , whether
such users are within or without the city limits, that
have not negotiated an agreement with the City
concerning rates, charges, and fees for the provision of
wastewater collection and/or treatment. Users in this
category may be required to obtain an industrial
discharge permit.
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Section 3. That Section 26-279 of the Code of the City is hereby amended
by amending subparagraph (6) and by the addition of a new subparagraph (7) to
read as follows:
Sec. 26-279. Service charges; categories.
(6) The rate for users in category H shall be determined by
negotiation with the party concerned. However, the rate
shall be based upon cost of service and shall not be
less than that of in-city users and shall include any
wastewater strength surcharges.
(7) The rate for users in category I shall be determined
annually by the City Manager and the City Council in
accordance with § 26-277.
Section 4. That the schedule of rates listed in Section 26-280 of the Code
of the City is hereby amended by amending Category H and by the addition of a new
Category I to read as follows:
Category Class of customer Rate
H Special with The rate shall be
Agreement negotiated
I Special without $1 .39 per 1,000
Agreement gallons of winter
quarter water use
Section 5. That Section 26-281(a) of the Code of the City is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-281. Wastewater strength or industrial surcharge;
categories.
(a) Industrial and intermediate nonresidential users in
categories E, F, G, H, and I shall also be subject to a monthly
surcharge for excessive strength of BOD, COD, TOC and TSS in their
discharged wastewater in addition to the base monthly service rate
per volume of water consumed or volume of wastewater discharged.
The surcharge rates shall be based on the extra costs incurred by
the city in surveillance, sampling and testing of the discharges,
for additional operating and maintenance expenses and for any other
action required to identify, handle, process or supplement normal
activities due to the excessive strength, plus overhead charges, and
once established the rates shall be set for in § 26-282.
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Section 6. That Section 26-284 of the Code of the City is hereby amended
by the addition of a new Category I to the table listed in subparagraph (a) and
by amending subparagraph (b) and (d) to read as follows:
Sec. 26-284. Sewer plant investment fees and surcharges established.
(a) Category SPIF
H anrti Determined pursua-nt to
paragraph (d) of this Section.
(b) Industrial and intermediate nonresidential users in
categories E, F, G, H, and I which are subject to a monthly
surcharge as set forth in § 26-281 of this Article shall also be
subject to a plant investment reL- surcharge for any average
concentrations of BOD and/or TSS in their discharged wastewater
which exceed those average concentrations set forth in § 26-282(b)
under Category E-34.
(d) The amount of the plant investment fee and surcharge for
each nonresidential surcharged user, users in categories H and I and
those users who are expected to generate greater than the average
daily flow in the month of maximum discharge for the applicable
category, shall be calculated utilizing the following formula: . . .
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published
this 7th day of June, A.D. 1994, and to be presented for final passage on the
21st day of June, A.D. 1994. ?
ayor �
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 21st o June, A.D.
—mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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