HomeMy WebLinkAbout050 - 05/21/1996 - ADDING DIVISION 5 TO CHAPTER 24 EASTABLISHING A TRANSPORTATION MAINTENANCE FEE (FAILED TO PASS) ORDINANCE NO. 50, 1996
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADDING DIVISION 5 TO CHAPTER 24 ESTABLISHING A
TRANSPORTATION MAINTENANCE FEE
WHEREAS, the maintenance of city streets is a matter of critical import ce to the citizens
of the City; and
WHEREAS, as the governing body of a home rule municipality, th City Council has broad
legislative discretion in determining the appropriate funding mechanisms or maintaining city streets;
and
WHEREAS, on January 17, 1984, the City Council a opted Ordinance No. 6, 1984,
establishing a Transportation Utility Fee for the purpose of fun mg such maintenance; and
WHEREAS, the validity of the Transportation Util' Fee was subsequently upheld by the
Colorado Supreme Court on December 18, 1989; and
WHEREAS, on March 7, 1989, the registered ectors of the city approved, at a regular city
election, the imposition of a one-quarter cent sales nd use tax, the proceeds of which were to be
used for the purpose of street maintenance; and
WHEREAS, in view of the voters' proval of the foregoing sales and use tax, the City
Council repealed the Transportation Utilit Fee by the adoption of Ordinance No. 13, 1992 on
February 4, 1992; and
WHEREAS, it has become in asingly evident that the amount of revenue generated by the
quarter-cent sales and use tax is in fficient to properly maintain city streets; and
WHEREAS, the City uncil believes it to be in the best interests of the city and necessary
for the safety and general we are of the citizens of the city that a street maintenance fee be reenacted
by the City Council to ovide supplemental funding to defray that portion of the city street
maintenance costs that ' not funded by the quarter-cent sales and use tax; and
WHEREA , City staff has recommended reinstating the Transportation Utility Fee, to be
hereinafter kno as the Transportation Maintenance Fee, with certain changes in the method by
which the am nt of the fee is calculated, so as to more closely reflect the actual traffic generated
by the prop ies paying the fee; and
HEREAS, the City Council has determined that the adoption of the Transportation
Mai enance Fee, as recommended by City staff, is in the best interests of the City.
�GZi led f ass
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Council of the City of Fort Collins as follows:
Section 1. That Chapter 24, Article II. of the City Code is hereby amended by the
addition of a new Division 4 which shall read in its entirety as follows:
DIVI9ION'4.nE9TABLISHMENT OF
TRANSPORTAITON NIA=14kNCE.FEE
Sec.24-171.Definitions.
When used in this Division,.the following words, terms and"ph'rases shall have the
meanrng,ascribed to them in-this.section:
Street-oI city street shall mean the.entire wrdt],between Ihe"cedtcateil or deeded
boundary]rues of eery way,whether inside or otitstde die etfy_fimit§ th has bee-
accepted by thet ttyrfor maintenance,twen any part thered{ts open to the use of the
dblic,forthe:` „ " '" ,a y,
P , putplisespf:vita°culat la oyole,grrP4SlpA.kn tra tel
rn •.cMu","•
Sri ,spa. xI, j "Uiie=wa..it?M}vgbtitltttbpf.Ket G } bicycle,Dt;petlest iai� #rave
Tri nerd i nshad e ieA_m' y" :' " ,-
� Q�'�diictton;q '`scaas"d"liry a un
tYi3 � �at� 9Pn 4I2r E.
`f igr,'eWEEai;ia„ ;est'bli -T.-Mtatt�R,�f�#�.!l�a° a gm_nn�"
r r a .�ne . n R x�nwepx ,
owners or oceitpartts ofTo
alb develop I pr0Per`WNw4 Gaw', rp rate iiutg, i tQ city;
5ucti fee shall lle established ut antoiifi 9 tyi,�'p4014igh9ftmoitt WWA
properly operate;adniiitisteri. 3timamtaiicatystreetssse$§mentagatds,'t
individual properties shall be basetipon4 estimated tripti�ronprani], ectipazro6l
Of pioperiy, ' olladtioniyfltl fe ° `atnstc `rc3
I?a
lsr . 1 rS all Ue ma8e b ,a tittintli, y
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charge to,be'added,to the.Cltye7@c;tic,utii fybtll fofstich pfopoty. Th Clty nuq��l
p Tr. .f, Yam' i'1....r. EIRR t„
may; froin time to tune, by ordinance, change the arnbunf of the'ee based `upon
revised estimates �of the, cost"of"properly,maintaining=wily streets,;ieyi ed trip
getieration factdrs or otmr f actors:
Sec:.24-173:Monies to be;paid.into�Transpo>•tation,Servxces:Fund;-T�se,ol�,ieg. ro�eeds
All revenues generated_by,, e;collection of the Transportation;Maintenance Fee
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shall be paid into the Transportation Maintenance 1 ee division of the Tiansp:_,,o .rtatiori
Fund ("Fund"). Such revenues shall be used for the purposes of the operation,
administration and maintenance of the street network of the city. It shah not be
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necessary that the operation, administration and maintenance.expenditures.from the
Fund specifically relate to any particular property from which the fees for said
purposes were collected. To the extent that the fees collected are insufficient to
properly maintain city streets, the cost of the same may be paid from such other city
funds as may be determined by the City Council,but the City Council may order the
reimbursement of such funds if additional fees are thereafter collected. All amounts
on hand in the Transportation Maintenance Fee division of the Fund shall be invested
by the Financial Officer in investments proper for city"funds. All funds collected
pursuant to the provisions of this Division for operation, administration and
maintenance shall be separately designated as such and shall be used solely for those
purposes.
Sec.24-174.A;dniinistrat p ;off0t,designated;
the transportation Sgntices DuecxoL:r I7iieetar; shall,k�_:fesponsible.for tha
admimstzahoq of this Division .Te,I?�reetor sliallbe irspdnsrble for ev
loping
administrative'procedures for the Fund,`adtnmi$txalron of fees, constderation'of
variances,, developing maintenance .programs, estallLshmg,.standaids for the
maintenance;of-'streets and" all other:..acttvit�es telatcd..to°'the ;p;ovrsrops;qi this
,Ll1V1S'),f�Il3
Sge�;iaXss�.,etermu,ato � s4x
mai�tt anc �cest or d]L s reetgt g,lr , un ` h�e n egumatu pl�,tb
adeg �ttip.generattgn`if ei,de �opt cfai tif"ptertY 17, �a estimates gall
be based upon the most cu�ent North prn #Rapg ii bouseili� sa �Siuey fpicry
residen#s ,The fee shall hezestaUished t'urv�aciY,pafcel_uf deggecl pertyi
t Jj Vii imd' nia n�tenenc 4 _.t. psi' n a i7t4
shl1 � ._ �r� t1�1�C dc�vepp"ec pieesithinithacly
represents that pq#ttii"ofthe City's streetaintenance GQsts,tq bq„funded by
the, tanspoi'tatiail' in n
(27 Ttcsiileiiti v:Not Resileiitial' .T i Q,ia1"es i ate n d
Zf bas +"i s t1 P..
within the city perpear s iallbe"a11"dcated on the basis Bt`"d�; to e x�endid
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properties and 58 4% tgnop.residential"properties,.whrclt"peicehtages are
based upon the estimated number of trips to and"from residential properties
in the city as compared to the number of trips ao and fropi non-residential
properties.
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(3) Trip Generation Factor. Each parcel of developed property in the city shall
be placed by the Director in one of the following categories, depending upon
the developed use of the property and the estimated.trip generation of such
property:
a. Single Family„'Residential.
b `.,Ivlult farnily`Reside itiaL
�...
• c. Noirresidetitial. Estimated Daijy Trins
1. I ow 6^to,1d0
2: IW-'Medium 1017to 2p0
3. Medium �O��to�50t)
The.__UI.ula�t-tnp generation` adlo}`,td us an�.c u a �pg;i�9-a itftt4 f
the°�e���PP�deye�aPe��roPe '� i�'�iase�.ripi#i1:�? '�, a rase
Catgo, ie ,fig; ra a to
i � x TOO
qutliily rsi
No��side}i�iaC
:1 LbV(� 5Q
Lai= arum ;s
3; 3vlec�iuin �5
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4. Medium-Righ 750
5. High %500,
(b) Feecalculation. The foregoing fact6rs"shall"b''e"-u"ti'lized'-i
in the following
fashion to determine themonthly fee for each.parcel ofdeveloped.pro'perty:
(1) Sin i Residential- "" ' - , , ""' - —
Single- .Family Re. sidenti- Monthly Fee #`�o,' annulal- single-family
resic6itial trips ("nj-a'vera'g'e'of 10 dail'y',tlrlpi-s"P"6t's'i'p'k-t'e'��'fimily residence)
x 0.2267 #of,single-fan iiy,,reside-ntiiil',f-66 ......
months
(2j M@iF ,y, eside;itialMout ly,Fee=.#of;.ann,ui4-tSiJlf -family residential
trips' using average o multi- =6 :'6 6 daily,trips per' f yr60ence) i .2267' -
#of,multi-? li."re'sid'ent'ial"fe epayqs,.:. , month
WNon dsidentiW o aniival;non-resideh�ial trips,(using
average of"SO'daily',iri' "'b"' f enilfli�T x'0.2267��', of low non
trips, of o -3
e i a al,
s ti ..,,feg p4yerA,+j gllth
N
low;medium "VIAE N
QMIN'�
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_(u,s 2
n-
76dium.1iT
tr nXII,
L
in ��Ithigk
averageZEY36(f&alff 'J7
non,
or
parceis'utdiiing the city electric utiffify-, Irt'tihie id'as"e...of those"lots or parcels whjch are
not occupied by the owner^ihe'reofi- the feeishall bb',,bjAp'd wi
th 0,monthly`City
electric utility bill;which is'billed-to the reside' rit-of the .properly. Allsuch i i --
isshil
be rendered monthly by the Utility Billing Office and shad become due ahid-payable
in accordance with the rule's and regulations of the' btili billi ' Offi ""'i "
ty lig ce pertaining
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to the collection of utility fees, and the Financial Office r..shall place all such fees.so
collected into the Fund to be deposited and separately kept to be used only for the
purposes,provided:herein.
Sec. - -ery ofu._n pp aaid.i-]a.r"g',e_.s,;�-.un..p.ai.d7c h_.,_...._.
argesm_
to bealien.
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(a)Any charge due hereuttdet which is not paid when due.maybi.recovered in an
action at law by the city. Additionally,all fees imposed pursuant to this chapter shall
be a lien upon-the property against which such fee is assessed froui'the:date`said fee
becomes due until:paid.- The owner of every subject lbtor parcel'shall be obligated
to pay.the fee for.his.or her property, which obligation maybe enforced:by the city
by action at law or suit to enforce the lien. In the event that a tenant in possession of
any premises shall pay said fee, such payment,shall relieve the owner Tffori such
obligation sand hen, but the•city shall not be,Jequired; to look -to;any person
whoatgoeyer otlie than the awnap f br"tbe;'.paymen ;of suc} $ es
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�(l�Nocltan a bf�",i ..:2�,.n• ..,.. �. •-„••.... ._.
gsmP ?ec�patol> E t�e�applatr , tlri
chapter, and ttie farinre;rti,liny b}yne fi `ieat tiiatrefruncasecl pi4petty
against}�hrclialreh#bYisporta[tb �ntntenaiice fee exi?fs sl? ,ttedlus or
her reSponsrlrility for such payment �,n ,flelingup'ti{$rrto tnt"rzla 11eEntlldb`d'b
assessment upon. the ptoperty so sew n}td bert�catrori tlier�ot„p�,�'C'i�rµrty
Treasurerfot.c� lctron undefaud*tj pdrsnce..dthe aubfilt}; ntlgfgce_dure
prvidetin 0
F073 � 2' faltto
0 ts'... . P
.v.:(a) , .icy°a�neifA'W„'b rlisp _ sttlie.,a ounto.'th'�.'Jkeiitadg�'a�st;'�uc�o"wne*.s
property or cLs "any'tietermiriatrbn"inaeby or oiee cirsiiank"fo
and%b the authbnt of thi chi te�lna
Y ��_ R ` .y j�etrtfih tie �� r atang n
revision or'tnod{figatron o> such fee ofdet ;mrliaho� s 11� u,. 1 Gaeta iuj5
generahori of,the blvner'
s pr9perty;_Tie I7�reetorriayoldu�l7 heat ins himseorev'sP'n %
at his of her,
ien sole disctefroni may .iie�rgn�te o�'ficer<�'rir�ernpld}te�,q�,t�ie
Transportation Services Area,as a hearing officer wthutto{ity"'to hold saaki tieafaiig,
( Y:petit pp Flg l itl! ? flti :1 Fpvigiari,oi tt(►is 5+et.Strr?aY:tia Fled Ij'b ceft
:. "� -: �� :�W cr
in connection with any 'such bhargb of determmarx ci upona s [6wri�g:of
changed.cucumstances sgfficient to justifp`the filing'of,aq'40 tion6 peat oni
(c) All'suclrpetitions shall be;in;vtYtng, ilei 'itti_the, ]irbctbr;ancl.tt)ects,nd
figures shall be subinitted under bath, erfher m- svrttitig or orally at;ai. caring
scheduled by the Director or the designated hearing officdf,.,The hearing,if any;s6,all
take place in the City of Fort Collins, and notice' heteof and the proceedin'gs'sltall
otherwise be in accordance with the rules and regulations issued by the Director. The
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petifloper shall have,the burden of proving,by suhstahtia,eompetent.gY,iden....... Iat
the actual trip generation of the progertyvaries, by a factor of"inore than ken,percent
(10%), different from the;average"trip-generation.f�ctor"uscd in calculating the
Transportation Maintenance Fee"fof the:property.
(d) Wd ihin.thirty'(30),'dayS of:filing of the petition, the Director`bf,"�edsignated;tieai ng
officer shall :make findings of fact based-"upon aif relevant inforriiat
ffi oil; shalfmake .a
determination based upon,such findings and,ifappropriaie modify sucb*" e' or:determination
accordingly. Every decision or deterrri�natioq,.of the.Diire-'cior or the pated.hearing
officer shall be xn venting,and notc@ thereof shall.be mazled.to or served nponahe petitioner
within a reasonable_time from',th _.
e late.of such action.' Service by certified -iaii,"return
receipt requested,shall be conclusive'evidence of service farthe purpose;of this dhapter. The
decision or determination of the Director or designated hearing officer`shall.be'final.
Se ;`.24 ?9 ;RftldD4tfg ?>iYah1d:
'alsFl}+igt�e app�c nis d�d�t�t�gt vlston�o��f}apte s 2�turd 2tii pi•the;rf�4�e sii�il
`DTI vex "f •?:8+fY sirs x
o`be eltgtble foi<"refuirtl the{�'ranspdrta"t>i'gn"Iyl�ntenance_�ee urtder the dame
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PrF..1is 1PPs:?!s}.tb e3&fnPk al3kgr
Section 2. That the Transportation Maintenance Fee shall be imposed as provided in this
Ordinance as of July 1, 1996.
Section 3. That in the event that any sentence, section, clause, part or provision of this
Ordinance is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the same shall not affect the
validity of the Ordinance as a whole, or any part thereof, other than the part declared to be invalid.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 16th day of
April, A.D. 1996, and to be presented for final passage on the 21st day of May, A.D. 1996.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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Passed and adopted on final reading this 21 st day of May, A.D. 1996.
Mayor
ATTEST:
•• City Clerk
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