HomeMy WebLinkAbout191 - 12/15/1987 - AMENDING CITY CODE RELATING TO METERING POLICIES FOR THE WATER UTILITY (FAILED ON FIRST READING) ORDINANCE NO. 191 , 1987
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF/dee
COLLINS
BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAP26 AND 29 OF
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT CS RELATING
TO METERING POLICIES FOR THE UTILITY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITFORT COLLI AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 26 97(e) of tode of a City of Fort
Collins be, and the same hereby is, amended tvide a follows:(e) Meter settings. For all connectmad to the water utility
there shall be installed in the service meter-set;-regardless
o€-whether-the-part4eular-serv4ee-requ4water-meter:--The-meter
set--shall--be--4Rstalled-in-aeesrdanee- --the--rules;--regulatiens;
pel4eies-er--preeedures-ef--the-at414ty; be-read4ly-aeeess4ble-te
ut414ty--personnel;-away--from gees-anhes-and-eutside--fenees:
WATER METER IN A LOCATION DETERMINED A FOLLOWS:
(1) RESIDENTIAL. ALL RESIDEN IAL SERVICES REQUIRING A
THREE-QUARTER (3/4) INCH OR NE (1) INCH WATER METER SHALL HAVE
THE METER INSTALLED INS E THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE UNLESS
OTHERWISE AGREED UPON IN WRITING BY THE DIRECTOR. ALL
RESIDENTIAL SERVICES UIRING A WATER METER LARGER THAN ONE
(1) INCH SHALL HAVE E METER INSTALLED IN AN OUTSIDE METER
PIT. ALL INSTALLAT NS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES,
REGULATIONS, POLIC S OR PROCEDURES OF THE UTILITY.
(2) NONRESIDENTIAL. NONRESIDENTIAL SERVICES REQUIRING A
THREE-QUARTER /4) INCH OR ONE (1) INCH WATER METER MAY HAVE
THE METER I TALLED EITHER OUTSIDE OR INSIDE THE PRINCIPAL
STRUCTURE. LL NONRESIDENTIAL SERVICES REQUIRING A WATER METER
LARGER THA ONE (1) INCH SHALL HAVE THE METER INSTALLED IN AN
OUTSIDE TER PIT. ALL INSTALLATIONS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH T RULES, REGULATIONS, POLICIES OR PROCEDURES OF THE
UTILIT .
Section 2. That Section 26-98 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins
be, and the s e hereby is, amended to read as follows:
Sec. -98. Water meters; requirements and installation.
Water meters shall be required for the following services:
(1) All residential services to-any-premises-eoRta4R4Rg-more-than
two-{2)-14v4R9-aR4tsa FOR WHICH WATER AND SEWER SERVICE PERMIT
FEES ARE PAID AFTER JANUARY 1, 1988;
(2) All services to nonresidential premises;
(3) All services outside the corporate city limits.
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(b) A residential customer who is receiving unmetered water service
may have a meter installed upon written application to the utility.
and-payment-of-any-required-#ees-or-eharges-. THE UTILITY WILL PAY THE
ACTUAL COST OF INSTALLING A METER UP TO THE AMOUNT PRESCRIBED IN
SECTION 26-129.
(C) ONCE A RESIDENCE IS METERED IT MAY NOT BE CHANGED TO AN
UNMETERED RESIDENCE, EXCEPT THAT A RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER WHO IS NOT
REQUIRED TO HAVE A METER PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER, BUT WHO HAS
VOLUNTARILY HAD A METER INSTALLED IN HIS RESIDENCE, MAY CONVERT SUCH
RESIDENCE BACK TO A FLAT RATE PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONVERSION MUST BE
MADE WITHIN TWELVE (12) MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF INSTALLATION OF THE
METER.
(eD) All water meters and setting devices shall be a type, size and
design approved by the Director and furnished by the utility. Each
meter shall be inspected and properly adjusted by the utility prior to
installation. The-ewner-4s-fespensible-for-installation-e€-the-meter
settings--but--the--utility--shall-install--the--meter--at--the--ewner=s
expense:
(dE) 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.
Section 3. That Section 26-129 of the Code of the City of Fort
Collins be amended by the addition of new subparagraphs (e) and (f) to
provide as follows:
(E) CHARGES FOR METERS AND INSTALLATION THEREOF FOR NEW ACCOUNTS
SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:
(1) 3/4 INCH METER INDOORS . . . . . . . $72.00
(2) 3/4 INCH METER OUTDOORS . . . . . . 59.00
(3) 1 INCH METER INDOORS . . . . . . . . . 96.00
(4) 1 INCH METER OUTDOORS . . . . . . . . 90.00
(5) METERS LARGER THAN 1 INCH AND ANY OTHER MATERIALS FURNISHED BY
THE WATER UTILITY SHALL BE CHARGED TO THE CUSTOMER BASED UPON
THE ACTUAL COST INCURRED BY THE UTILITY.
(F) THE WATER UTILITY SHALL CONTRIBUTE UP TO FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
($500.) TOWARD THE COST OF VOLUNTARY INSTALLATION OF A WATER METER IN
A RESIDENCE WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY UNMETERED.
Section 4. That Section 29-679(a) be amended by the addition of a new
Paragraph (5) , to provide as follows and by subsequent renumbering
accordingly:
(5) ALL CITY WATER UTILITY CONNECTIONS AND FACILITIES INTEGRATED
INTO THE PLUMBING OF A STRUCTURE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, CURB
STOPS , METERS , METER YOKES , METER WIRING AND OTHER RELATED
APPURTENANCES , SHALL BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
SPECIFICATIONS OF THE WATER UTILITY AND SHALL BE INSPECTED AND
APPROVED BY WATER UTILITY PERSONNEL PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE
OF OCCUPANCY.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered
published this 1st day of December, A.D. 1987, and to be presented for
final passage on the 15th day of December, A.D. 1987.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
1987.Passed and adopted on final reading this 15th day of December, A.D.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk