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Home My WebLink About143 - 11/01/2011 - AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CITY CODE TO REVISE ELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT FEES AND CHARGES ORDINANCE NO. 143, 2011 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 the City Manager and staffto annually consider the parameters and rates related to setting electric development fees and charges; and WHEREAS, Section 26-471 of the City Code requires that the electric development fees be presented to the City Council for approval no less frequently than biennially; and WHEREAS, on November 16, 2010 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 115, 2010, which established the electric development fees now in effect; 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 invoices paid on or after January 1, 2012; 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 Section 26-471 the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended by the addition of a new subsection (e) which reads in its entirety as follows: (e) This Section does not apply to wholesale energy transactions, as defined in this Article. Any applicable fees and charges will be addressed in a written services agreement subject to approval by City Council in accordance with Section 6 of Article XII of the Charter, if applicable. Section 2. That Section 26-472(b) and (c) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 26-472. Residential electric development fees and charges. r (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 fifty thousandths cents($0.04950)per square foot of developed site square footage, including all applicable tracts but excluding the area dedicated public rights-of-way; and b. ten dollars and eight cents ($10.08) per lineal foot of the developed site abutting a dedicated street or roadway. (2) the dwelling unit charge shall be as follows: a. for a single-family panel size with one-hundred-fifty-amp service (nonelectric heat), one thousand two hundred eighty-one dollars ($1,281.) per dwelling unit; b. for a single-family panel size with two-hundred-amp service or with one-hundred-fifty-amp service (electric heat), two thousand one hundred sixty-five dollars ($2,165.) per dwelling unit; C. for a multi-family panel size with one-hundred-fifty-amp service (nonelectric heat), eight hundred fifty-four dollars ($854.) per dwelling unit; d. for a multi-family panel size with two-hundred-amp service or with one-hundred-fifty-amp service (electric heat), one thousand five hundred nineteen dollars ($1,519.)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: -2- Secondary Charge Plus Per Foot Service Size (up to 65 feet) Charge For Each Foot Over 65 1/0 service $642.00 $4.65/Foot 4/0 service $821.00 $5.82/Foot 350 kCM Service $818.00 $6.54/Foot 1/0 Mobile Home $503.00 N/A Service 4/0 Mobile Home $646.60 N/A Service (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 3. That Section 26-473(b) and (c) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 26-473. Nonresidential electric development fees and charges. (b) The ECF shall be the total of the site footage charge,kVA service 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 fifty thousandths cents ($0.04950) 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-eight dollars and thirty cents ($38.30) per lineal foot of the developed site abutting a dedicated street or roadway. (2) the kVA service charge shall be determined as follows: a. for customer electric loads served by the utility the kVA service charge shall be: i. utility owned transformers: the kVA service charge shall be fifty-nine dollars and four cents ($59.04) per kilovolt-amp (kVA) of service load rating. -3- ii. customer owned transformers: the kVA service charge shall be forty-eight dollars and fifty-nine cents ($48.59) per kilovolt-amp (kVA) of service load rating. b. for the utility to receive customer generation in excess of the customer's electric service provided by the utility,the following KVA service charge will also apply: i. utility owned transformers: the kVA service charge shall be forty-eight dollars and fifty-nine cents($48.59)per kilovolt- amp (kVA) of generation service rating in excess of the service load rating as paid per subparagraph (2)a.i. above. Such ratings shall be determined by the Utilities Executive Director. ii. customer owned transformers: the kVA service charge shall be thirty-eight dollars and nine cents ($38.09) per kilovolt- amp (kVA) of generation service rating in excess of the service load rating paid per subparagraph(2)a.ii.above. Such ratings shall be determined by the Utilities Executive Director. (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 nine dollars and fifteen cents ($9.15)per foot of primary circuit; b. for three-phase service, a charge of eighteen dollars and zero cents ($18.00) per foot of primary circuit. (2) the transformer installation charge shall be as follows: -4- a. for single-phase service, a charge of one thousand two hundred seventy-eight dollars ( $1,278.) per transformer; b. for three-phase service, a charge of two thousand three hundred eighty-five dollars ( $2,385.) 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 4. That the amendments to Chapter 26 of the City Code contained herein shall go into effect as of January 1, 2012. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 18th day of October, A.D. 2011, and to be presented for final passage on the 1 st day of November, A.D. 2011. OF FORTc V; ,<� Ma or ATTEST: Y � `�� tccoo . c�<ARA�0 City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 1 st day of November, A.D. 2011.- C. FORT O M or ATTEST: `-�• •' • • ''c SEAL City Clerk C�<ORAoO -5-