HomeMy WebLinkAbout120 - 11/15/2016 - AMENDING SECTION 26-98 OF CITY CODE REGARDING WATER METER REQUIREMENTS AND INSTALLATIONORDINANCE NO. 120, 2016
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 26-98 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
REGARDING WATER METER REQUIREMENTS AND INSTALLATION
WHEREAS, the City owns and operates a Water Utility that provides treated water
service to customers; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 26 of the City Code regulates and governs the provision of utility
services; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 135, 1997, the City enacted significant revisions
to Section 26-98 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins in order to, among other things, enact a
schedule by which water meters will be installed for all of the City's water customers; and
WHEREAS, said revisions included a schedule and other provisions in order to satisfy
the requirements of the Colorado Water Metering Act (Section 37-97-101 et seq., C.R.S.); and
WHEREAS, various provisions of Section 26-98 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins
are now no longer applicable; and
WHEREAS, removing said provisions from Section 26-98 of the Code of the City of Fort
Collins will facilitate the administration of water meter requirements and installation.
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 26-98 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-98. - Water meter requirements and installation.
a) Water meters shall be required for the following services:
1) All water services to residential users connected to the utility pursuant to a
water services permit issued on or after July 1, 1990;
2) All water services to nonresidential users; and
3) All water services to residential and nonresidential users outside the
corporate City limits.
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b) A residential user having water service connected to the utility prior to July 1,
1990,'that does not have an installed water meter shall allow the utility to install a water
meter for such user's residential water service following notice as provided in this
Subsection. The utility shall notify the residential user of this requirement by sending by
first class mail a written notice to the user at the address of the affected residential unit.
Such notice must be mailed to the residential user at least fourteen (14) days prior to the
date stated in the notice by the Utilities Executive Director as the date by which the water
meter must be installed. Upon receiving such notice, the residential user shall follow the
instructions in the notice by calling the utility to schedule the installation of the water
meter by the required date. If the residential user fails to schedule or allow the utility to
install the water meter by the required date, the residential user shall be deemed in
violation of this Section and subject to the penalty provisions of Subsection (g) of this
Section.
c) Water meter installations shall meet the requirements of the utilities standard
construction specifications adopted by the Utilities Executive Director. Additionally:
1) Meters shall not be installed in a crawl space.
2) Residential '/4" meters may be installed interior or exterior to the building.
3) All meter installations for meter sizes of I" or larger shall be installed in
an exterior location.
4) Modifications to the installation locations required under this Subsection
c) may be approved by the Utilities Executive Director if the Utilities Executive
Director first determines that it is not practicable to meet the requirements of this
Subsection(c) due to the physical configuration of the subject property.
d) If, during the installation of a water meter outside of a user's residential or
nonresidential unit, it is determined that the water service line does not conform to the
provisions of§ 26-97, the entire cost of repairing or replacing such water service line
shall be borne by the user.
e) All water meters and setting devices shall be of a type, size and design approved
by the Utilities Executive Director and furnished by the utility.
f) The water meter is the property of the water utility. The utility shall maintain, test
and repair all meters as necessary. A meter may be inspected at any reasonable time by
the utility.
g) It shall be unlawful for a user not to have an installed water meter when required
to have one pursuant to this Section. Each day that a user fails to have an installed water
meter when required to have one pursuant to this Section shall be deemed a separate and
distinct violation. Failure of a user to have an installed water meter when required to have
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one pursuant to this Section shall also constitute a violation, that subjects the user to
discontinuance of water service in accordance with §26-51.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 1st day of
November, A.D. 2016, and to be presented for final passage on the 15th day of November, A.D.
2016.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 15th day of November, A.D. 2016.
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