HomeMy WebLinkAbout089 - 07/18/2023 - AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS REGARDING CALCULATION AND COLLECTION OFORDINANCE NO.089,2023
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS REGARDING CALCULATION AND COLLECTION OF
DEVELOPMENT FEES IMPOSED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OF NEW OR MODIFIED ELECTRIC SERVICE CONNECTIONS
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,pursuant to City Code Sections 26-473 through 26-475,the City imposes
development fees for new or modified electric service connections,including an Electric Capacity
Fee (“ECF”)and a Building Site Charge (“BSC”);and
WHEREAS,the ECF is a one-time charge designed to recover the initial cost of adding
new development to the electric system,and the BSC is designed to recover actual time and
material costs associated with building onsite electric facilities at the specific development;and
WHEREAS,the ECF and BSC together represent the total electric plant investment fee
(PIF)for new development;and
WHEREAS,Fort Collins Utilities staff uses an approved cost allocation methodology to
calculate ECF and BSC to assign costs based on actual system value,i.e.,the “buy-in”approach
also used to calculate service connection fees for water and wastewater services;and
WHEREAS,Utilities staff recently identified a need to clarify in the City Code the ECF
applicable to multi-family developments requiring two-hundred-amp service connections;and
WHEREAS,the Energy Board considered the proposed 2023 multi-family ECF
clarification in a meeting on June 8,2023,and provided feedback to Utilities staff;and
WHEREAS,based on the foregoing,it is the desire of the City Council to amend Chapter
26 of the City Code to update the values and costs applied in calculating ECF for new or modified
multi-family two-hundred-amp electric service connections.
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 Subsection 26-474(b)of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec.26-474.-Residential electric development fees and charges.
(b)The ECF shall be the total of the dwelling unit charge and systems modification
charge,to be determined as follows:
(2)The dwelling unit charge shall be as follows:
a.Charge for a detached or attached single-family or multi-family panel size
with two hundred (200)amp service $2,286
Section 3.That the modifications set forth above shall be effective for all fees paid on
or after August 1,2023.
Introduced,considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 20th day of
June,2023,and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of July,2023
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ATTEST:
Deputy City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 18th day of July,2023.
ATTEST:
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Deputy City Clerk
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