HomeMy WebLinkAbout082 - 08/03/1993 - AMENDING CITY CODE RELATING TO PARKLAND FEES ORDINANCE NO. 82, 1993
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS,
AMENDING SECTION 23-227 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS RELATING TO PARKLAND FEES, INCREASING THE
AMOUNT OF SAID FEE TO $779 AND PROVIDING FOR THE
ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT OF THE FEE ACCORDING TO
THE DENVER-BOULDER CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
WHEREAS, the City has imposed a Parkland Fee on new dwelling units for the
acquisition and development of parks; and
WHEREAS, from time to time, it is necessary to increase the Parkland Fee
so as to provide sufficient funds to acquire and develop new neighborhood parks;
and
WHEREAS, rising costs and decreasing residential densities in areas in need
of parks have reduced the revenues available to fund the acquisition and
development of said parks; and
WHEREAS, an increase in the Parkland Fee from $625 to $926 will provide
sufficient revenues to acquire and develop needed neighborhood parks, while still
fairly apportioning the costs of said parks among the new dwelling units
generating the need for the same; and
WHEREAS, additional study is needed to determine whether changes should be
made to the policies underlying the Parkland Fee.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 23-227 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 23-227. Collection of fee for utility services.
Hereafter, no original permanent connection for utility service
shall be permitted by the city for any dwelling unit outside or
inside the limits of the city until a fee of Seven Hundred Seventy-
Nine Dollars ($779.) per dwelling unit connected is paid to the
Financial Officer. All such payments shall be deposited by the
Financial Officer in the fund created in §8-80. Only one (1) fee of
Seven Hundred Seventy-Nine Dollars ($779. ) shall be charged for any
dwelling unit. No additional fee for acquisition and development of
parklands shall be charged for additional utility connections to the
same dwelling unit. If any structure already connected to a city
utility is remodeled so that the number of dwelling units within
such structure is increased, an additional fee of Seven Hundred
Seventy-Nine Dollars ($779.) for each additional unit added in the
structure shall be payable by the property owner and collected
before the building permit for such remodeling is issued.
Section 2. That the increase in Parkland Fees set forth above shall become
effective on August 13, 1993.
Section 3. That the City Manager is hereby directed to review possible
changes in the Parkland Fee structure and the City policies for funding the
acquisition and development of new neighborhood parks and to present alternative
proposals regarding this subject to Council for its consideration on or before
December 7, 1993.
Section 4. That, absent any such change in policy, the City Manager is
further directed to annually review the amount of the Parkland Fee in relation
to the Denver-Boulder Consumer Price Index and to submit for Council 's
consideration any future increases to the amount of said fee which may be
warranted by such review.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published
this 20th day of July, A.D. 1993, and to be presented -final pass the
3rd day of August, A.D. 1993. /
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 3rd day of ugust, A.D. 1993.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk