HomeMy WebLinkAbout167 - 11/19/2002 - AMENDING CITY CODE RELATING TO WASTEWATER FEES ORDINANCE NO. 167, 2002
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE VII, DIVISION 4
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RELATING TO WASTEWATER FEES
WHEREAS, the City Council is empowered and directed by Article XII, Section 6 of the
Charter of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, to fix, establish, maintain and provide for the
collection of such rates, fees, or charges for utility services furnished by the City as will produce
revenues sufficient to pay the costs, expenses and other obligations of such utility, as set forth
therein; and
WHEREAS, Section 26-277 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins requires that the City
Manager analyze the operating and financial records of the wastewater utility during each calendar
year and recommend to the City Council user rates or adjustments to be in effect for the following
year; and
WHEREAS, Section 26-277 further provides that user rates shall be revised as necessary to
assure equity of the rate system established and to assure that sufficient funds are obtained to
adequately operate and maintain the wastewater system; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended to the City Council that the following
wastewater user rates be imposed for the billing year beginning January 1, 2003.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Subsection(c)of Section 26-279 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins
be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-279. Service charges; categories.
(c) The rate determination by category is as follows:
(1) The rate for categories A and B shall be a flat rate representative of the
actual cost of serving a typical user in each of these categories.
(2) The rate for category C shall be based on winter quarter water use in
accordance with the following formula:
Cu = VuC
Where:
Cu = Users charge per billing period.
Vu = Volume of winter quarter water use.
C = A charge per unit volume of water used based upon the cost of
service per unit volume of normal, domestic-strength wastewater.
The user shall be charged the greater of this calculated amount or the
applicable base charge as set forth in § 26-280.If any metered water service
customer connects to the wastewater utility or makes a change in the use of
the premises or substantially expands such premises,the Director shall make
an estimate of the water consumption on such premises during an average
winter month based upon a count of plumbing fixtures, consumption of
similar customers or other information relevant to such determination and
such estimate when made shall be the basis for the wastewater service
charge until the actual winter use for the premises can be determined.
(3) The rate for category D shall be based upon the user's consumption of water
in accordance with the following formula:
Cu = VuC
Where:
Cu = Users charge per billing period.
Vu = Volume of water used per billing period.
C = A charge per unit volume of water used based upon the cost of
service per unit volume of normal, domestic-strength wastewater.
Users in category D are subject to a base monthly charge based on the size
of the water meter.
(4) The users in categories D, E and F shall be billed upon the basis of metered
water consumption except where they can show to the satisfaction of the
Director that not all of the water going through the water meter is returned to the
wastewater system but is instead consumed in the process or otherwise diverted.
In such cases,and with the approval of the Director,the wastewater charges may
be based upon one(1)of the following methods: (a)a metering device of a type
and installed in a manner approved by the Director may be used to measure the
quantity of wastewater returned to the public sewer and the actual volume of
wastewater discharged will be substituted in the formula for billing purposes;
or (b) when the user discharges only wastes reasonably and regularly
corresponding to winter quarter water use,said winter quarter water use may be
substituted in the formula for billing purposes. Any metering device used to
measure wastewater shall be installed and maintained at the user's expense.
(5) The rate for users in category G shall be as set forth in § 26-280.
(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.
Section 2. That Section 26-280 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby 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 $17.01 per month
user(flat rate)
Single-family residential $7.51 per month plus $1.496 per 1,000
user(metered water use) gallons of winter quarter water use
B Duplex (two-family) $26.97 per month
residential users (flat
rate)
Duplex (two-family) $10.01 per month plus $1.496 per 1,000
residential users gallons of winter quarter water use
(metered water use)
C Multifamily residential $1.496 per 1,000 gallons of winter quarter
user (more than two water use, plus a base charge of $1.18 per
dwelling units including month per dwelling unit served
mobile home parks)and
winter quarter based
nonresidential user
D Minor nonresidential The greater of$1.496 per 1,000 gallons of
user water use, measured sewage t1ow or winter
quarter water use, whichever is applicable,
plus the following applicable base charge:
Size of
water meter Base
(inches) Charge
3/4 or $ 5.05
smaller
1 11.53
11/2 23.36
2 39.10
3 64.98
4 109.11
6 535.00
8 580.94
E Intermediate $1.496 per 1,000 gallons of water use,
and nonresidential user measured wastewater flow or winter quarter
F Significant industrial water use, whichever is applicable; plus a
user surcharge of$1.435 per million gallons for
each milligram per liter of suspended solids
in excess of 250 milligrams per liter; plus a
surcharge of$1.205 per million gallons for
each milligram per liter of BOD in excess of
200 milligrams per liter or a surcharge of
$0.743 per million gallons for each milligram
per liter of COD in excess of 300 milligrams
per liter, or a surcharge of $2.156 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:
Size of
water meter Base
(inches) Charge
3/4 or $ 5.05
smaller
1 11.53
11/2 23.36
2 39.10
3 64.98
4 109.11
6 535.00
8 580.94
G User outside city limits: The rate for users outside the city limits shall
be the same as for like service inside the city
limits as is specified in categories A-F and H
in this Section.
H Special with agreement The rate shall be negotiated
Section 3. That Subsection(a)of Section 26-281 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins
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 and H
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 forth in 26-282.
Section 4. That Subsection(a)of Section 26-282 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins
is hereby amended to read as follows:
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 limits shall be as follows:
Excess over Rate per
Parameter (mg/1) 1,000 gallons
BOD 200 $0.001205
COD 300 0.000743
TOC 100 0.002156
TSS 250 0.001435
Section 5. That Subsections (a), (b) and (d) of Section 26-284 of the Code of the City
of Fort Collins are hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-284. Sewer plant investment fees and surcharges established.
(a) The schedule of sewer plant investment fees (not including surcharges) for
users who are not subject to a monthly surcharge as set forth in § 26-281 of this
Article,or who are not expected to generate greater than the average daily flow in the
month of maximum discharge for the applicable category, is as follows:
Category SPIF
A $1,030.
B and C $830 for each dwelling unit or mobile home space
Water
meter size
Category (inches) Fee
D,E,F 3/4 $2,500.
1 6,500.
1'/z 12,900.
2 18,900.
3 39,600.
4 and above Calculated based on
estimated average
wastewater flow
G Same as equivalent category,plus any special sanitation district fees.
H Determined pursuant to paragraph(d)of this Section.
(b) Industrial and intermediate nonresidential users in categories E, F, G and H
which are subject to a monthly surcharge as set forth in § 26-281 of this Article shall
also be subject to a plant investment fee 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 category H 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:
Section 6. That the amendments to Chapter 26 of the City Code contained in herein shall
go into effect with respect to all city utility bills issued on or after January 1, 2003, if said billings
are calculated based on flat rates or based on winter quarter water use.
Section 7. That the amendments to Chapter 26 of the City Code contained in herein shall go
into effect with respect to all city utility bills issued for meter readings taken on or after January 1,
2003, if said billings are calculated based on metered water use or measured sewage flow.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 5th day of
November, A.D. 2002, and to be presented for final passage on the 19th day of November, A.D.
2002.
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Mayor
TEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 19th day of November, A.D. 2002.
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ATTEST:
City Clerk