HomeMy WebLinkAbout135 - 11/20/2018 - AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CITY CODE TO REVISE STORMWATER RATES, FEES, AND CHARGES ORDINANCE NO. 135, 2018
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS TO REVISE STORMWATER RATES, FEES, AND CHARGES
WHEREAS, the City Council is empowered and directed by Article XII, Section 6 of the
City Charter, 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 as set forth therein; and
WHEREAS, the rates, fees or charges for utility services set forth herein are necessary to
produce sufficient revenues to provide the utility services described herein;and
WHEREAS, the revenue from the rates, fees or charges for utility services set forth herein
shall be used to defray the costs of providing such utility services as required by the Charter and
the City Code; and
WHEREAS, Article VII, Chapter 26 of the City Code establishes the stormwater utility as
a utility service furnished by and an enterprise of the City; and
WHEREAS, City Council has adopted stormwater basin and citywide master plans
recommending stormwater facilities necessary to provide for proper drainage and control of flood
and surface waters within Fort Collins; and
WHEREAS, in 1998, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 168, 1998, determining that all
lands within the city benefit by the installation of such stormwater facilities; and
WHEREAS, City Code Section 26-513 imposes stormwater utility fees on all parcels of
land within the city to pay for the operation, maintenance, administration and routine functions of
the existing and future City stormwater facilities established within the city; and
WHEREAS, City Code Section 26-514 sets forth the manner in which stormwater utility
fees are to be determined; and
WHEREAS, the proposed stormwater utility fee adjustment for 2019 reflects an increase
of approximately 2%;,and
WHEREAS, the Water Board considered the proposed stormwater utility fee adjustments
for 2019 at its meeting on October 18, 2018, and recommended approval of the proposed
adjustments; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to City Code Section 26-511, the City Manager recommends the
proposed stormwater utility fee for 2019; and
WHEREAS,based on the foregoing, City Council desires to amend Chapter 26 of the City
Code to adjust the scope and'rate of the stormwater utility fee as set forth herein.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That Section 26-514(a)(3) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec.26-514. - Determination of stormwater utility fee.
(a) The stormwater utility fee shall be determined as set forth in this Section, and shall be
based upon the area of each lot or parcel of land and the runoff coefficient of the lot or parcel. For
the purposes of this Section, the total lot or parcel area shall include both the actual square footage
of the lot or parcel and the square footage of open space and common areas allocated to such lot
as provided in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection. The stormwater utility fee shall recover the costs
of both operations and maintenance and a portion of capital improvements. The Utilities Executive
Director shall determine the rates that shall apply to each specific lot or parcel of land within the
guidelines herein set forth and shall establish the utility fee in accordance with the rate together
with the other factors set forth as follows:
(3) The base rate for the stormwater utility fee shall be $0.00444 per square foot per
month for all areas of the City.
Section 3. That the modifications set forth above shall be effective for all fees accruing
on or after January 1, 2019.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 6th day of
November, A.D. 2018, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of November, A.D.
2018.
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