HomeMy WebLinkAbout113 - 10/21/2008 - AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CITY CODE TO REVISE ELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT FEES AND CHARGES ORDINANCE NO. 113, 2008
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 26
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
TO REVISE ELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT FEES AND CHARGES
WHEREAS, the City Council is empowered and directed by Article XII, Section 6, of the
City Charter 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 the electric utility, as set forth therein; and
WHEREAS,the City Council has determined that it is appropriate for new development to
contribute its proportionate share of providing capital improvements; and
WHEREAS, Section 26-471 of the City Code requires that the electric development fees be
reviewed annually by the City Manager and that the fees be presented to the City Council for
approval no less than annually; and
WHEREAS,the City Manager and staff have recommended to the City Council the following
adjustments to the electric development fees and charges for all billings issued on or after January
1, 2009; and
WHEREAS, based on the foregoing, it is the desire of the City Council to amend Chapter
26 of the City Code to revise electric development fees and charges.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Sections 26-472 (b) and (c) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is
hereby amended to read as follows:
(b) The ECF shall be the total of the site footage charge, dwelling charge and
systems modification charge, to be determined as follows:
(1) The site footage charge shall be the combined total of:
a. Four and nine hundred nineteen thousandths cents ($0.04919) per
square foot of developed site square footage, including all applicable
tracts but excluding the area dedicated public rights-of-way; and
b. Nine dollars and seventy-seven cents ($9.77) per lineal foot of the
developed site abutting a dedicated street or roadway.
(2) The dwelling unit charge shall be as follows:
a. For single-family panel size with one-hundred-fifty-amp service
(nonelectric heat), one thousand two hundred sixty-two dollars
($1,262) per dwelling unit;
b. For single-family panel size with two-hundred-amp service
(nonelectric heat or electric heat), two thousand one hundred forty-
three dollars ($2,143) per dwelling unit;
C. For multi-family panel size with one-hundred-fifty-amp service
(nonelectric heat), eight hundred forty-two dollars ($842) per
dwelling unit;
d. For multi-family panel size with two-hundred-amp service
(nonelectric heat or electric heat), one thousand five hundred five
dollars ($1,505) per dwelling unit.
(3) A system modifications charge will apply when a new or modified service
will require infrastructure in addition to or different from the standard base
electrical system model. The differential costs associated with such system
modifications will be included in the calculated ECF.
(c) A Building Site Charge("BSC)for any new or modified residential service
shall be paid prior to issuance of a building permit for the related construction or
modification. The BSC shall be based upon the current rates as of the time of
issuance of the building permit. The BSC shall be the total of the secondary service
charges, and any additional charges, determined as follows:
(1) The secondary service charge shall be as follows:
Secondary Charge(up to 65 feet) Plus Per-Foot Charge For Each Foot Over 65
Service Size
1/0 service $658.00 $4.80/Foot
4/0 service 817.00 5.76/Foot
350 kCM service 903.00 7.26/Foot
1/0 mobile home 514.00 N/A
service
4/0 mobile home 644.00 N/A
service
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(2) Actual special costs to the utility of installation of secondary service resulting
from site conditions shall be included in the BSC as additional charges. Such
conditions may include, but are not limited to,frozen or rocky soil, concrete
cutting and asphalt replacement.
Section 2. That Section 26-473 (b) and (c) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is
hereby amended to read as follows:
(b) The ECF shall be the total of the site footage charge,service entrance charge
and systems modification charge, to be determined as follows:
(1) The site footage charge shall be the combined total of:
a. Four and nine hundred nineteen thousandths cents ($0.04919) per
square foot of developed site square footage, including all applicable
tracts but excluding the area of dedicated public rights-of-way; and
b. Thirty-seven dollars and sixty-four cents ($37.64) per lineal foot of
the developed site abutting a dedicated street or roadway.
(2) The service entrance charge shall be fifty-seven dollars and seventy-seven
cents($57.77)per kilovolt-amp(kVA)of service entrance rating for Utility-
owned transformers and forty-eight dollars and forty-four cents($48.44)per
kVA of service entrance rating for customer-owned transformers.
(3) A system modifications charge will apply when a new or modified service
will require infrastructure in addition to or different from the standard base
electrical system model. The differential costs associated with such system
modifications will be included in the calculated ECF.
(c) A Building Site Charge ('BSC") for extending primary circuitry to the
transformer for any new or modified nonresidential service shall be invoiced and paid
in the same manner and at the same time as the ECF is invoiced and paid pursuant
to Subsection (a) of this Section. The BSC shall be the total of the primary circuit
charge, transformer installation charge and any additional charges, determined as
follows:
(1) The primary circuit charge for service from the utility source to the
transformer shall be as follows:
a. For single-phase service, a charge of eight dollars and ninety cents
($8.90) per foot of primary circuit;
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b. For three-phase service,a charge of nineteen dollars and twelve cents
($19.12) per foot of primary circuit.
(2) The transformer installation charge shall be as follows:
a. For single-phase service,a charge of one thousand two hundred fifty-
seven dollars ($1,257.) per transformer;
b. For three-phase service, a charge of two thousand three hundred
thirty-five dollars ($2,335.) per transformer.
(3) Actual special costs to the utility of installation of service resulting from site
conditions shall be included in the BSC as additional charges. Such
conditions may include,but are not limited to, frozen or rocky soil,concrete
cutting and asphalt replacement.
Section 3. That the amendments to Chapter 26 of the City Code contained herein shall
go into effect for all bills issued on or after January 1, 2009.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of
October, A.D. 2008, and to be presented for final passage on st day of October, A.D. 2008.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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Chief Deputy City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21st day o ber, A.D. 2008.
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Mayor '
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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