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Home My WebLink About131 - 11/07/1995 - AMENDING CITY CODE RELATING TO RATES FOR THE WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY ORDINANCE NO. 131, 1995 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS RELATING TO RATES FOR THE WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY 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: Twenty dollars and no cents ($20.00);for a building containing only two(2)dwelling units: Thirty-one dollars and forty-eight cents ($31.48). B= For each lot: Add to the dwelling unit charge fourteen and no tenths cents ($0.140) per one hundred (100) square feet of lot area if the building includes one dwelling unit. If the building includes two dwelling units, add to the dwelling unit charge twelve and four-tenths cents ($0.124) per one hundred (100) square feet of lot area. Section 2. That Section 26-127 (a), (b), (c) 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 minimum monthly charge for all metered users inside the city limits shall be as follows: (1) Residential customers. Residential customers shall pay a minimum monthly charge of Thirteen dollars and twenty cents ($13.20) for the first dwelling unit. Duplex residential customers shall pay an additional six dollars and nine cents ($6.09) for the second dwelling unit. Multi-family residential customers shall pay six dollars and ninety eight cents ($6.98) for the second and each additional dwelling unit. (2) Non-residential customers. Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this Section,non-residential customers shall pay a minimum monthly charge based on meter size as follows: 1 Meter Size Minimum (inches) Monthly Charges 3/4 $ 9.41 1 23.39 11/z 49.04 2 88.81 3 107.46 4 186.10 6 418.86 8 (negotiated) (3) Construction rate. For residential premises under construction, (single family and duplex) six dollars and sixty cents ($6.60)for the first dwelling unit and three dollars and four cents ($3.04) for the second dwelling unit. For multifamily and nonresidential premises under construction, one-half (1/2) of the nonresidential minimum monthly charge for the applicable meter size. (b) Quantity charge. The minimum monthly 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. The monthly water usage less the volume allowance for the minimum monthly charge shall be billed at the rate of one dollar and eight cents ($1.08)per one thousand (1,000) gallons. For nonresidential customers, monthly water usage in excess of the specified amounts below shall be billed one dollar and fifty-five cents ($1.55) per one thousand (1,000) gallons based on meter size as follows: Meter Size Specified Amount (inches) (gallons per month) 3/4 100,000 1 300,000 11/2 625,000 2 1,200,000 3 1,400,000 4 2,500,000 (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-forty- cents-($1.40)-per one thousand (1,000) gallons-of water- used. Colorado State University shall also pay a monthly meter fee of one thousand one 2 hundred ten dollars ($1,110.) representing the city's costs associated with providing metered water connections to the University's foothills campus. Section s 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) The fire hydrant fees and charges shall be as follows: (4) For water service inside the city, rate per one thousand (1,000) gallons water used.....................1.08 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 CLASS OF CUSTOMER RATE A Single-family residential user $16.17 per month (flat rate) Single-family residential user $7.28 per month plus $1.43 (metered water use). per 1,000 gallons of winter quarter water use B Duplex(Two-family)residential $26.41 per month users (flat rate) Duplex(Two-family)residential $9.38 per month plus $1.43 users (metered water use). per 1,000 gallons of winter quarter water use C Multi-family residential user $1.43 per 1,000 gallons of (more than two dwelling units winter quarter water use, plus a including mobile home parks) minimum charge of $0.96 per and winter quarter based month per dwelling unit served. nonresidential user. 3 CATEGORY CLASS OF CUSTOMER RATE D Minor nonresidential user The greater of$1.43 per 1,000 gallons of water use, measured sewage flow, or winter quarter water use, whichever is applicable, plus the following applicable base charge, or the following applicable minimum monthly charge: Size of water meter Base (inches) charge 3/4 or smaller $ 2.79 1 7.53 1 15,64_ 2 26.98 3 38.63 4 71.53 6 202.56 Size of Minimum water meter monthly (inches) charge 3/4 or smaller $ 6.76 1 8.96 1'/2 15.64 2 26.98 3 56.22 4 89.99 6 202.56 4 CATEGORY CLASS OF CUSTOMER RATE E- intermediate nonresidential user $1.433 per 1,000 gallons of and water use,measured wastewater F Significant industrial user flow, or winter quarter water use, whichever is applicable; plus a surcharge of $1.336 per million gallons for each milligram per liter of suspended soils in excess of 250 milligrams per liter; plus a surcharge of $1.149 per million gallons for each milligram per liter of BOD in excess of 200 milligrams per liter or a surcharge of $0.713 per million gallons for each milligram per liter of COD in excess of 300 milligrams per liter,or a surcharge of$2.07 per million gallons for each milligram per liter of TOC in excess of 100 milligrams per liter, whichever is applicable. The user shall either pay this calculated amount plus the applicable base charge set forth below, or the applicable minimum monthly charge set forth below, whichever is greater: Size of water meter Base (inches) charge 3/4 or smaller $ 2.79 1 7.53 11/2 15.64 2 26.98 3 38.63 4 71.53 6 202.56 5 CATEGORY CLASS OF CUSTOMER RATE Size of Minimum water meter monthly (inches) charge 3/4 or smaller $ 6.76 1 8.96 1'/z 15.64 2 26.98 3 56.22 4 89.99 6 202.56 G User outside the city limits: $9.51 per month plus $2.145 Single-family residential user per 1,000 gallons of winter (metered water use). quarter water use Duplex (two-family) residential $14.67 per month plus $2.145 users (metered water use). per 1,000 gallons of winter quarter water use Multifamily residential user The greater of$2.145 per 1,000 (more than two dwelling units gallons of winter quarter water including mobile home parks) use or a minimum charge of and winter quarter based $8.96 per month per dwelling nonresidential user. unit served. Minor nonresidential user. The greater of$2.145 per 1,000 gallons of water use, measured sewage flow or winter quarter water use, whichever is applicable, or the following applicable minimum monthly charge: 6 CATEGORY CLASS OF CUSTOMER RATE Size of Minimum water meter monthly (inches)- charge_ 3/4 or smaller $ 8.96 1 11.86 1'/z 20.82 2 35.73 3 74.45 4 119.17 6 268.26 Intermediate nonresidential user $2.145 per 1,000 gallons of and water use,measured wastewater Significant industrial user flow, or winter quarter water use, whichever is applicable; plus a surcharge of $1.336 per million gallons for each milligram per liter of suspended solids in excess of 250 milligrams per liter; plus a surcharge of $1.149 per million gallons for each milligram per liter of BOD in excess of 200 milligrams per liter or a surcharge of $0.713 per million gallons for each milligram per liter of COD in excess of 300 milligrams per liter, or a surcharge of $2.07 per million gallons for each milligram per liter of TOC in excess of 100 milligrams per liter, whichever is applicable. The user shall pay either this calculated amount or the applicable minimum charge set forth below, whichever is greater: 7 CATEGORY CLASS OF CUSTOMER RATE Size of Minimum water meter monthly (inches) charge 3/4 or smaller $ 8.96 1 11.86 1'h 20.82 2 35.73 3 74.45 4 119.17 6 268.26 u- Special with agreement- The rate shall be negotiated I Special without agreement $1.39 per 1,000 gallons of winter quarter use Section 4. That Section 26-282(a) of the City of Fort Collins be amended to read as follows, subparagraph(b) shall be deleted in its entirety and subparagraph (c) shall be renumbered as subparagraph (b): Sec. 26-282. Wastewater strength or industrial surcharges and categories established. (a) The schedule of wastewater strength surcharge for customers located either inside or outside the city shall be as follows: Excess over Rate per Parameter (mg/1) 1,000 gallons BOD- 200 $0.001149 COD 300 0.000713 TOC 100 0.002070 TSS 250 0.001336 8 Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published in summary form this 17th day of October, A.D. 1995, and to be presented for assage on day of November, A.D. 1995. 1 Nf— L ayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading thiZayo;r No� , A.D. 1995. ATTEST: City Clerk 9