HomeMy WebLinkAbout166 - 11/16/1999 - AMENDING CITY CODE RELATING TO USER FEES AND CHARGES FOR WATER ORDINANCE NO. 166. 1999
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE III, DIVISION 4 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
RELATING TO USER FEES AND C14ARGES FOR WATER
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Section 26-126 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby 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-three dollars
and forty-three cents ($23.43); for a building containing only two (2)
dwelling units Thirty-three dollars and seventeen cents ($33.17).
B = For each lot: Add to the dwelling unit charge fourteen and eight-tenths
cents ($0.148)per one hundred(100)square feet of lot area if the building
includes one (1) dwelling unit. If the building includes two (2) dwelling
units, add to the dwelling unit charge thirteen and one-tenths cents
($0.131) per one hundred (100) square feet of lot area.
Section 2. That Section 26-127,paragraphs (a). (b), and (c), of the Code of the City of
Fort Collins are hereby 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 eight cents ($13.08) for the first
dwelling unit. Duplex residential customers shall pay an additional two
dollars and thirty-four cents ($2.34) for the second dwelling unit.
Multifamily residential customers shall pay four dollars and fifty cents
($4.50) for the second and each additional dwelling unit.
(2) Nonresidential customers. Nonresidential customers shall pay a minimum
monthly charge based on meter size as follows:
Meter Size Monthly
(inches) Minimum Charges
3/4 $ 11.55
1 3 2.2 3
1% 71.68
2 127.30
3 161.78
4 271.33
6 720.85
8 1,087.17
(3) Construction rate. For residential premises under construction (single
family and duplex), seven dollars and forty-two cents ($7.42)for the first
dwelling unit and three dollars and forty-one cents ($3.41)for the second
dwelling unit. For multifamily and nonresidential premises under
construction,one-half('h)of the nonresidential minimum monthly charge
for the applicable meter size.
(b) Quantity charge. The monthly water usage shall be billed at the rate of one
dollar and sixteen and six-tenths cents ($1.166)per one thousand (1,000) gallons.
For nonresidential customers, monthly water usage in excess of the specified
amounts below shall be billed at one dollar and sixty-seven and five-tenths cents
($1.675) 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
1'/z 625,000
2 1,200,000
3 1,400.000
4 2,500,000
(c) Colorado State University. In addition to the charges described in
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section, 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.
Section 3. That Section 26-129(b) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
(b) The fire hydrant fees and charges shall be as follows:
(1) For installation of meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
(2) For removal of meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
(3) For daily rental for meter and fittings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.50
(4) For water service inside the city,
rate per one thousand(1,000) gallons
water used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.236
(5) For water service outside the city,
rate per one thousand (1.000) gallons water used . . . . . . . . . . . 1.485
(6) A deposit may be required in the amount of the charges for the anticipated
water usage and rental.
Section 4. That the amendments to Chapter 26 of the City Code contained herein shall go
into effect with respect to all City utility bills issued after January 1, 2000.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 2nd day of
November, A.D. 1999. and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of November, A.D.
1999.
Mayor
AT TEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 16th day of November, A.D. 1999.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk