HomeMy WebLinkAbout153 - 11/18/2003 - AMENDING THE CITY CODE RELATING TO FEES AND CHARGES FOR WASTEWATER ORDINANCE NO. 153, 2003
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE IV, DIVISION 4
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RELATING TO FEES AND CHARGES FOR WASTEWATER
WHEREAS, the City Council is empowered and directed by Article XII, Section 6, of the
Charter of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, to by ordinance from time to time 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
the wastewater 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 water utility during each calendar year
and recommend to the City Council the user rate fees or adjustments to be in effect for the following
year; and
WHEREAS,Section 26-277 further requires that the 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 use rates be imposed for the billing year beginning January 1, 2004.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. 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 $17.86 per month
residential user
(flat rate)
Single-family $7.89 per month plus $1.571 per 1,000
residential user gallons of either winter quarter water use
(metered water or 3,000 gallons whichever is greater
use)
B Duplex (two- $28.32 per month
family)
residential users
(flat rate)
Duplex (two- $10.51 per month plus$1.571 per 1,000
family) gallons of either winter quarter water use
residential users or 4,000 gallons whichever is greater
(metered water
use)
C Multi-family $1.571 per 1,000 gallons of winter quarter
residential user water use, plus a base charge of$1.24 per
(more than two month per dwelling unit served
dwelling units
including mobile
home parks) and
winter quarter
based
nonresidential
user
D Minor The greater of$1.571 per 1,000 gallons of
nonresidential water use,measured sewage flow or winter
user quarter water use, whichever is applicable,
plus the following applicable base charge:
Size of water meter Base charge
(inches)
3/4 or smaller $5.30
1 12.11
1'/2 24.53
2 41.06
3 68.23
4 114.57
6 561.75
8 609.99
E and F Intermediate $1.571 per 1,000 gallons of water use,
nonresidential measured wastewater flow or winter
and quarter water use, whichever is applicable;
Significant plus a surcharge of$1.507 per million
industrial user gallons for each milligram per liter of
suspended solids in excess of 250
milligrams per liter; plus a surcharge of
$1.265 per million gallons for each
milligram per liter of BOD in excess of
200 milligrams per liter or a surcharge of
$0.780 per million gallons for each
milligram per liter of COD in excess of
300 milligrams per liter, or a surcharge of
$2.264 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 charge
(inches)
3/4 or smaller $ 5.30
1 12.11
11/2 24.53
2 41.06
3 68.23
4 114.57
6 561.75
8 609.99
G User outside city The rate for users outside the city limits
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 The rate shall be negotiated.
agreement
Section 2. That Section 26-282(a) 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:
Parameter Excess over Rate per
(mg/7) 1,000 gallons
BOD 200 $0.001265
COD 300 $0.000780
TOC 100 $0.002264
TSS 250 $0.001507
Section 3. That Section 26-289 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
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) Connection fees and service
charges Fees shall be as set forth in § 26-
712(b).
(2) Industrial discharge permits:
a. Administration $76.00 annually
b. Surveillance Determined for each user annually,
based on direct cost plus 15%
indirect costs, billed monthly
(3) Laboratory support services Determined on a case-by-case
basis based on direct cost plus
15% indirect costs
(4) Materials and labor provided by Determined on a case-by-case
city basis based on direct cost plus
15% indirect costs
(5) Charges for disposal at the Fort
Collins Regional Sanitary Waste
Transfer Station:
a. Septic tanks, vaults, privies,
portable toilets:
Generated within Larimer
County $0.05 per gallon
Generated outside Larimer
County $0.075 per gallon
b. Recreational vehicle sanitary
waste holding tanks:
Residential customers of the
City of Fort Collins
Wastewater Utility No charge for single disposal
Others $2.00 base fee plus $.05 per gallon
(6) Miscellaneous fees Determined on a case-by-case
basis based on direct costs plus
15% indirect costs
Section 4. That the amendments to Chapter 26 of the City Code contained herein shall
go into effect on January 1, 2004.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 4th day of
November, A.D. 2003, and to be presented for final passage onLthe18th d of November, A.D.
2003.
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A ST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 18th day of November, A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk