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HomeMy WebLinkAbout133 - 11/17/2020 - AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF CITY CODE TO REVISE WATER PLANT INVESTMENT FEES ORDINANCE NO. 133, 2020 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS TO REVISE WATER PLANT INVESTMENT FEES WHEREAS, the City Council is empowered and directed by Article XII, Section 6 of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins, to by ordinance from time to time fix, establish, maintain, and provide for the collection of such rates, fees or charges for water and for other 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, Article III, Chapter 26 of the City Code establishes and sets forth the water utility as a utility service furnished by and an enterprise of the City; and WHEREAS, City Code Sections 26-120 and 26-128 provide for water plant investment fees("WPIFs")to be based on and used for growth-related capital expansion costs of water supply, storage, transmission, treatment and distribution, and administrative facilities that are reasonably related to the overall costs of and required in providing water services to serve new development; and WHEREAS, City Code Section 26-120 further requires that the City Manager annually review the parameters and rates of the WPIFs and also requires that the City Manager present such fees to the City Council for approval no less frequently than biennially; and WHEREAS, the City Manager and City staff have also recommended to the City Council adjustment of the WPIFs, as set forth herein; and WHEREAS, the Water Board considered the proposed WPIFs inflation-only-based adjustments at its meeting on September 17, 2020 and recommended approval of the proposed adjustments; 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 WPIFs as set forth herein. NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes any and all determinations and findings contained in the recitals set forth above. Section 2. That Section 26-128 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as follows: -1- Sec. 26-128. Schedule C,water plant investment fees. The water plant investment fee prescribed in§26-120 shall be payable by users both inside and outside of the City, as follows: (1) Single-family residential buildings. For a single-family residential lot greater than one-half (1/2) acre in size, the lot size shall be deemed to be one-half (%) acre for the purpose of this fee calculation. For each additional tap or meters larger than three-fourths (3/4) inch,the nonresidential rate shall apply. a. For the first three-fourths-inch water tap or meter $752.00 b. For the first one-inch water tap or meter to accommodate residential fire suppression systems based upon the criteria established in the International Building Code as adopted and amended pursuant 1,274.00 to C'ha )ter S of this Code. c. Plus, for each square foot of lot area $0.40 (2) Residential buildings of two (2) or more dwelling units (including fraternity and sorority multi-family housing) The fee will provide for one (1) tap per residential building and an adequate number of additional taps to serve common irrigable areas, if any.The number and size of taps shall be determined by the Utilities Executive Director based upon the criteria established in the Uniform Plumbing Code as amended pursuant to Chapter 5 of this Code. a. For each residential building unit $567.00 b. Plus, for each square foot of lot area $0.30 3 Mobile home parks The size of the tap shall be determined by the Utilities Executive Director based upon the criteria established in the Uniform Plumbing Code as amended pursuant to Chapter 5 of this Code. a. For each residential building unit $567.00 b. Plus, for each square foot of lot area $0.30 (4) Hotels, fraternity and sorority dormitory housing and similar uses. The nonresidential rate shall apply. (5)Nonresidential service a. Service to all nonresidential taps, including, but not limited to, taps for commercial and industrial service, shall be charged according to the size of the meter pursuant to the following schedule: -2- Non- residential Meter Size (inches) Plant Investment Fee '4 $9,054.00 1 $23,752.00 1'/z $46,978.00 2 $81,185.00 b. The fee for all meters larger than two(2)inches shall be calculated by multiplying the estimated peak daily demand by the following charge per gallon, but shall not be less than the charge for a two-inch $5.39 meter. Section 3. That the modifications set forth above shall be effective for all fees paid on or after January 1, 2021. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 4th day of November, A.D. 2020, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of November, A.D. 2020. ayor ATTEST: o*FORT cod k SEAL to V) -A_ 4� �) .. lty fk c.CORp�o Passed and adopted on final reading on the 17th day of Nove ber, A.D. 2020. ayor ATTEST: ---- toRr ca�G . Z SEAL c.Ity d -�