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Home My WebLink About113 - 11/06/2012 - AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CITY CODE TO REVISE WATER RATES AND CHARGES ORDINANCE NO . 113 , 2012 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS TO REVISE WATER RATES AND CHARGES WHEREAS , the City Council is empowered and directed by Article XII, Section 6, of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, to 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 of the water utility, as set forth therein; and WHEREAS , Section 26- 118 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins , requires that the City Manager analyze the operating and financial records of the water utility during each calendar year and recommend to the City Council the user rate fees to be in effect for the following year; and WHEREAS , the Poudre watershed was damaged by the 2012 High Park fire and will result in additional operating and capital costs for treatment and mitigation; and WHEREAS , the Water Board considered the proposed water rates, fees and changes for 2013 at its September 20, 2012 meeting and recommended approval of the rate changes by an unanimous vote; and WHEREAS , the City Manager has recommended to the City Council that the following water use rates be imposed for the billing year beginning January 1 , 2013 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows : Section 1 . That Section 26-41 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended by the addition of two new definitions which read in their entirety as follows : Average daily demand shall mean the annual total water demand divided by the number of days in the year. Peaking factor shall mean the ratio of the highest amount of water delivered in a single day for the year to the average daily demand for that year. Section 2 . 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 construction water use. For residential and nonresidential premises under construction with a planned meter size greater than one ( 1 ) inch, no flat unmetered water service will be provided. For residential and nonresidential premises under construction with a planned meter size of one ( 1 ) inch or less, the following flat rates will apply per month until the permanent meter is set: 3/4-inch construction service, flat charge per month $ $24 . 98 1 -inch construction service, flat charge per month $ $47 . 63 Section 3 . That Section 26- 127 (a) Residential Rates and that Section 26- 127 (b) Nonresidential Rates of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as follows : Sec . 26-127. Schedule B, meter rates. (a) Residential Rates . ( 1 ) Residential customers with one ( 1 ) dwelling unit. a. Base Charge. Residential customers with one ( 1 ) dwelling unit shall pay a base monthly charge of fourteen dollars and fourteen cents ($ 14. 14) . b. Quantity Charge . Residential customers with one ( 1 ) dwelling unit shall pay a monthly quantity charge as follows : For the first seven thousand (7,000) gallons used per month, a charge of two dollars and eighteen and nine tenths cents ($2 . 189) per one thousand ( 1 ,000) gallons . For the next six thousand (6,000) gallons used per month, a charge of two dollars and fifty-one and six tenths cents ($2 . 516) per one thousand ( 1 ,000) gallons . For all additional gallons used per month, a charge of two dollars and eighty-nine and four-tenths cents ($2 . 894) per one thousand ( 1 ,000) gallons . (2) Residential customers with two (2) dwelling units . a. Base Charge. Residential customers with two (2) dwelling units shall pay a base monthly charge of sixteen dollars and sixty-one cents ($ 16 . 61 ) . b. Quantity Charge. Residential customers with two (2) dwelling units shall pay a monthly quantity charge as follows : -2- For the first nine thousand (9,000) gallons used per month, a charge of two dollars and ten and nine tenths cents ($2 . 109) per one thousand ( 1 ,000) gallons . For the next four thousand (4,000) gallons used per month, a charge of two dollars and forty-two and four-tenths cents ($2 .424) per one thousand ( 1 ,000) gallons . For all additional gallons used per month, a charge of two dollars and seventy-eight and nine-tenths cents ($2 . 789) per one thousand ( 1 ,000) gallons . (3 ) Residential customers with more than two (2) dwelling units. a. Base Charge. Residential customers with more than two (2) dwelling units shall pay a base monthly charge of fourteen dollars and three cents ($ 14. 03 ) for the first dwelling unit and four dollars and sixty-seven cents ($4 . 67) for the second and each additional dwelling unit. b. Quantity Charge. Residential customers with more than two (2) dwelling units shall pay a monthly quantity charge of two dollars and three and seven-tenths cents ($2 . 037) per one thousand ( 1 ,000) gallons used in the winter season months of November through April. They shall pay a monthly quantity charge of two dollars and fifty-four and seven-tenths cents ($2 . 547) per one thousand ( 1 ,000) gallons used in the summer season months of May through October. The meter reading date shall generally determine the seasonal monthly quantity charge; however, no customer shall be billed more than six (6) full billing cycles at the summer quantity charge . (b) Nonresidential Rates. ( 1 ) Base charge. Nonresidential, except for special users as described in Subsection 26- 127 (c) customers shall pay a base monthly charge based on meter size as follows : -3 - Meter Size (inches) Monthly Base Charge 3/4 $ 12 . 66 1 35 . 31 1 '/z 96. 02 2 144 . 71 3 220. 71 4 346 .49 6 672 . 15 8 1187 ,42 (2) Quantity charges. Nonresidential customers shall pay a monthly quantity charge of one dollar and seventy-six and one-tenth cents ($ 1 . 761 ) per one thousand ( 1 ,000) gallons used in the winter season months of November through April . They shall pay a monthly quantity charge of two dollars and twenty and one-tenth cents ($2 .201 ) per one thousand ( 1 ,000) gallons used in the summer season months of May through October. The meter reading date shall generally determine the seasonal monthly quantity charge ; however, no customer shall be billed more than six (6) full billing cycles at the summer quantity charge . (3 ) Charges for excess use . Monthly water use in excess of the amounts specified in the following table shall be billed at two dollars and fifty- three cents ($2 . 530) per one thousand ( 1 ,000) gallons used in the winter season months of November through April. Monthly water use in excess of the amounts specified below shall be billed at three dollars and sixteen and four-tenths cents ($3 . 164) per one thousand ( 1 ,000) gallons used in the summer season months of May through October. The meter reading date shall generally determine the seasonal billing excess quantity charge ; however, no customer shall be billed more than six (6) full billing cycles at the summer excess quantity charge . Meter Size Specified Amount (gallons per (inches) month) 3/4 1005000 1 300,000 1 '/z 6255000 2 1 ,200,000 3 114005000 4 2, 500,000 Section 4 . That Sections 26- 127 (c) and (d) are renumbered as 26- 127 (d) and (e) respectively and that a new section 26- 127 (c) of the City Code is added as follows : -4- (c) High Volume Industrial Rates 1. High Volume Industrial Rates apply to any customer with an Average daily demand in excess of 2,000,000 gallons per day. The specific rate for any qualifying customer shall be based upon the applicable peaking factor for that customer as follows: Peaking Monthly charge per thousand Factor gallons 1.00— 1.09 $1.430 1.10 — 1.19 $1.490 1.20— 1.29 $1.550 1.30— 1.39 $1.600 1.40— 1.49 $1.660 1.50— 1.59 $1.710 1.60— 1.69 $1.770 1.70— 1.79 $1.830 1.80— 1.89 $1.880 1.90 — 1.99 $1.940 > 2.00 $2.000 Section 5. That the amendments to the Chapter 26 of the City Code contained herein shall go into effect in for meter readings on or after January 1, 2013. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 16th day of October, A.D. 2012, and to be presented for final passage on the 6th day of November, A.D. 2012. ORT CO/</ ATTEST: ��OLOR< City Clerk -5- Passed and adopted on final reading on the 6th day of November, A.D. 2012. Mayor 4 ATTEST: FORT CO Off: <<-y Up 5j�� City Clerk 'O ••CO L ORP� -6-