HomeMy WebLinkAbout166 - 12/06/1994 - AMENDING CITY CODE RELATING TO USER RATES AND CHARGES FOR THE WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY ORDINANCE NO. 166, 1994
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RELATING TOUSER- RATES- AND- CHARGES- FOR- THE_
WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Sections 26-118(a), (b) (3) and (b) (4) of the Code of the
City are hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-118. Determination of user rates.
(a) The City Manager shall analyze the operating and financial
records of the utility for the previous calendar year and recommend
to the City Council not later than September 1 of each year user
rates or adjustment to be in effect from January 1 to December 31 of
the following year. The recommendation shall be based on the actual
cost of providing city water to users connected to the water utility
including the treatment, distribution, administration, billing and
capital improvement costs and on such considerations as the number
of users and the estimated water demand for a typical user within a
rate category. Recommended user rates may also include a
conservation gallonage charge or other rate component that creates
an economic incentive to conserve water.
(b) The rate categories for water users and the basis for
determination of monthly charges for each category are as follows: .
(3) Users outside the city limits. The monthly rate for
water taken through a meter by a user outside of the
city limits shall be as set forth in Section 26-127(d) .
(4) Construction rate. As a condition of issuance of a
water service connection permit for premises under
construction, the permittee shall pay a one-time flat
fee for water used during a construction period of three
(3) months and for costs incurred to make the water
system ready for use.
Section 2. That Section 26-124(a) (3) of the Code of the City is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-124. Water from fire hydrants.
(a) A person requiring the use of bulk water from a fire hydrant
may apply to the utility for a fire hydrant meter and pay the
following charges: . . . .
(3) A charge for the cost of the water used, calculated by
multiplying the applicable water rate by the number of
metered thousand gallons less the number of thousand
gallons paid for under the minimum monthly
charge.
Section 3. That Section 26-126 of the Code of the City is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 26-126. Schedule A, flat rates for unmetered water use.
When the use of city water is not metered, the monthly rate to be
charged for each flat rate water service shall be the sum of the
total charge for the dwelling units (A) plus the lot charge (B) :
A = For a building containing only one (1) dwelling unit:
Eighteen dollars and seventy-eight cents ($18.78) ; for a
buiTding containing on Ty two (2) dweTTing units: Thirty-one
dollars and forty-eight cents ($31.48) .
B = For each lot: Add to the dwelling unit charge thirteen and
two-tenths cents (0.132) per one hundred (100) square feet of
Tot area if the buiTding incTudes one dweTTing unfit. Tt the
building includes two (2) dwelling units, add to the dwelling
unit charge twelve and four-tenths cents ($0.124) per one
hundred (100) square feet of lot area.
Section 4. That Section 26-127 of the Code of the City is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 26-127. Schedule B. meter rates.
(a) Minimum charge. The minimum monthly charge for all metered
users inside the city limits shall be as follows:
(1) Residential customers. Residential customers shall pay
a minimum monthly charge of twelve dollars and sixty-one
cents ($12.61) for the first dwelling unit and seven
dollars and fourteen cents ($7.14) for each additional
dwelling unit.
(2) Non-residential customers. Except as provided in
paragraph (c) of this Section, non-residential customers
shall pay a minimum monthly charge based on meter size
as follows:
Meter Size Monthly
(inches) Minimum Charges
3/4 $ 9.05
1 22.49
1} 47.15
2 85.39
3 103.33
2
4 178.94
6 402.75
8 644.43
(3) Construction rate. For residential premises under
construction (single family and duplex) , six dollars
and thirty cents ($6.30) for the first dwelling unit
and three dollars and fifty-seven cents ($3.57) for
the second dwelling unit. For multifamily and
nonresidential premises under construction, one-half
(;) of the nonresidential minimum monthly charge for the
applicable meter size.
(b) Quantity charge. The minimum monthly charge determined
pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section will entitle any
nonresidential user to two thousand (2,000) gallons of water per
month without additional charge and will entitle any residential
customer to two thousand (2,000) gallons of water per dwelling unit
per month. The monthly water usage less the volume allowance for
the minimum monthly charge shall be billed at the rate of one dollar
and four cents ($1.04) per one thousand (1,000) •gallons. For
nonresidential customers, monthly water usage in excess of the
specified amounts below shall be billed at One dollar and forty-
nine cents ($1.49) per 1,000 gallons based on meter size as follows:
Meter Size Specified Amount
(inches) (gallons per month)
3/4 100,000
1 300,000
1) 625,000
2 1,200,000
3 1,400,000
4 2,500,000
(c) Colorado State University. The monthly charge for water
taken through a meter by Colorado State University, whether the
water is being delivered to a University facility located within or
without the city limits, shall be at the rate of one dollar and
thirty-three and three tenths cents ($1.333) per one thousand
(1,000) gallons of water used. Colorado State University shall also
pay a monthly meter fee of one thousand one hundred ten dollars
($1 , 110. ) representing the city's costs associated with providing
metered water connections to the University's foothills campus.
(d) Service outside the city. Except as otherwise provided in
paragraph (c) of this Section, the monthly charge for water taken
through a meter by a user outside the city limits shall be as
follows:
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(1) Minimum charge. The minimum monthly charge for all
metered users outside the city limits shall be as
follows:
(i) Residential customers. Residential customers
shall pay a minimum monthly charge of Seventeen
dollars and ninety-seven cents ($17.97) for the
first dwelling unit and ten dollars and eighty-
three cents ($10.83) for each additional dwelling
unit.
(ii ) Non-residential customers. Except as provided in
paragraph (c) of this Section, non-residential
customers shall pay a minimum monthly charge
based on meter size as follows:
Meter Size Monthly
(inches) Minimum Charges
3/4 $ 17.97
1 30.12
1) 60.30
2 96.66
3 181 .35
4 302.13
6 604.12
8 966.65
(iii) Construction rate: For residential premises
under construction (single family and duplex),
eight dollars and ninety-eight cents ($8.98) for
the first dwelling unit and five dollars and
forty-three cents ($5.43)_ for each additional
dwelling unit. For multifamily and
nonresidential premises under construction, one-
half (1) of the nonresidential minimum monthly
charge for the applicable meter size.
(2) Quantity charge. The minimum monthly charge determined
pursuant to subparagraph (1) of this paragraph (d) will
entitle any nonresidential user to two thousand (2,000)
gallons of water per month without additional charge and
will entitle any residential customer to two thousand
(2,000) gallons of water per dwelling unit per month.
The monthly water usage less the volume allowance for
the minimum monthly charge shall be billed at the rate
of one dollar and forty-eight and five tenths cents
($1.485) per one thousand (1,000) gallons. For
nonresidential customers, monthly water usage in excess
of the specified amounts below shall be
billed at one dollar and forty-nine cents
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($1.49) per 1,000 gallons based on meter
size as follows:
Meter Size Specified Amount
(inches) (gallons per month)
3/4 100,000
1 300,000
1# 625,000
2 1,200,000
3 1,400,000
4 2,500,000
(3) Master meter charges. When two (2) or more taps are
served from one (1) master meter, the monthly charge for
the city water passed through the master meter shall be
computed as follows: (i) the average volume of water
used per tap is determined by dividing the amount of
water metered through the master meter by the number of
taps; (ii) the charge for each tap is then determined by
applying to the average volume of water used per tap,
the rate applicable to each tap for like service inside
the city limits; and, (iii) the amount to be billed to
the master meter user is the sum of the charges for each
tap times oneand- one-half 1,-1=;-.
Section 5. That Sections 26-129(b) (4), (5) and (6) of the Code of the City
are hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-129. Schedule D, miscellaneous fees and charges.
(b) The fire hydrant fees and charges shall be as follows: . . .
(4) For water service inside the city,- rate per one thousand
(1,000) gallons water used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.04
(5) For water service outside the city, rate per one
thousand (1 ,000) gallons water used
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 .485
(6) A deposit may be required in the amount of the charges
for the anticipated water usage and rental .
Section 6. That Section 26-206 of the Code of the City is hereby amended
to read as follows:
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Sec. 26-206. Definitions.
Winter quarter water use shall mean the average monthly amount of
water billed to the user during the preceding months of January,
February and March.
Section 7. That Section 26-279(c)(5) of the Code of the City is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-279. Service charges; categories.
(c) (5) The rate for users in category G shall be as set forth
in Section 26-280.
Section 8. That Section 26-280 of the Code of the City is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 26-280. Service charges established by category.
The schedule of rates for each category described in §26-279
shall be as follows:
CATEGORY CLASS OF CUSTOMER RATE
A Single-family residential $15.84 per month
user (flat rate) Single
family residential user $6.97 per month plus $1.43
(metered per 1,000 gallons of winter
water use) . quarter water use
B Duplex (Two-family) $25.87 per month
residential users (flat
rate or) .
Duplex(Two-family) $9.14 per month plus $1 .43
residential users per 1,000 gallons of winter
(metered water use) . quarter water use
C Multifamily residential $1.43 per 1,000 gallons of
user (more than two winter quarter water use,
dwelling units including plus a minimum charge of
mobile home parks) and $0.62 per month per dwelling
winter quarter based unit served.
nonresidential user
D Minor nonresidential user The greater of $1 .43 per
1 ,000 gallons of water use,
measured sewage flow, or
winter quarter water use,
whichever is applicable,
plus the following applicable
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base charge, or the following
applicable minimum monthly
charge:
Size of water Base
meter (inches) charge
3/4 or smaller $ 1.57
1 3.96
1 1/2 8.79
2 13.52
3 20.87
4 40.33
6 121.56
Size of water Minimum
meter (inches) monthly
charge
3/4 or smaller $ 6.49
i 8.0'0
1$ 15.01
2 25.89
3 53.95
4 86.36
6 194.40
E Intermediate nonresidential $1 .43 per 1,000 gallons of
and user water use, measured
F wastewater flow, or winter
Significant industrial user quarter water use, whichever
is applicable; plus a
surcharge of $1.136 per
million gallons for each
milligram per liter of
suspended soils in excess of
2W miTTigrams per liter;
plus a surcharge of $0.977
per million gallons for each
milligram per liter of BOD
in excess of 200 milligrams
per liter or a surcharge of
$0.606 per million gallons
for each milligram per liter
of COD in excess of 300
milligrams per liter, or a
surcharge of $1 .76 per
million gallons for each
milligram per liter of TOC
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in excess of 100 milligrams
per liter, whichever is
applicable. The user shall
either pay this calculated
amount plus the applicable
base charge set forth below,
or the applicable minimum
monthly charge set forth
below, whichever is greater:
Size of water Base
meter (inches) charge
3/4 or smaller $ 1.57
1 3.96
1 1/2 8.79
2 13.52
3 20.87
4 40.33
6 121.56
Size of water Minimum
meter (inches) monthly
charge
3/4 or smaller $ 8.96
1 11.86
1) 20.82
2 35.73
3 74.45
4 119. 17
6 268.26
G User outside the city $9.51 per month plus $2.145
limits: per 1,000 gallons of winter
Single-family residential quarter water use
user
(metered water use) .
Duplex (two-family) $14.67 per month plus $2.145
residential users (metered per 1,000 gallons of winter
water use) . quarter water use
Multifamily residential The greater of $2.145 per
user (more than two 1,000 gallons of winter
dwelling units including quarter water use or a
mobile home parks) and minimum charge of $8.96 per
winter quarter based month per dwelling unit
nonre-s-identia-1_ user,_ servP_d__
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Minor nonresidential user. The greater of $2.145 per
1,000 gallons of water use,
measured sewage flow or
winter quarter water use,
whichever is applicable, or
the following applicable
minimum monthly charge:
Size of Minimum
water meter monthly
(inches) charge
3/4 or $ 8.95
smaller
1 11 .86
1; 20.72
2 35.73
3 74.44
4 119.17
6 268.26
$2.145 per 1,000 gallons of
water use, measured
wastewater flow, or winter
quarter water use, whichever
Intermediate is applicable; plus a
nonresidential user surcharge of $1.239 per
and million gallons for each
Significant industrial milligram per liter of
user suspended solids in excess
of 250 milligrams per liter;
plus a surcharge of $0.999
per million gallons for each
milligram per liter of BOD in
excess of 200 milligrams per
liter or a surcharge of
$0.662 per million gallons
for each milligram per liter
of COD in excess of 300
milligrams per liter, or a
surcharge of $1.917 per
million gallons for each
milligram per liter of TOC in
excess of 100 milligrams per
liter, whichever is
applicable. The user shall
pay either this calculated
amount or the applicable
minimum monthly charge set
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forth below, whichever is greater:
Size of water Minimum
meter (inches) monthly
charge
3/4 or smaller $ 8.95
1 11.86
1 1/2 20.72
2 35.73
3 74.44
4 119.17
6 268.26
H Special with agreement The rate shall be negotiated.
I Special without agreement $1 .39 per 1,000 gallons of
winter quarter water use
Section 9. That Section 26-282 of the Code of the City is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 26-282. Wastewater strength or industrial surcharges and
categories established.
(a) The schedule of wastewater strength surcharge for customers
inside the city shall be as follows:
Excess over Rate per
Parameter (mg/7) 1,000 gallons
BOD 200 $ 0.000977
COD 300 0.000606
TOC 100 0.001760
TSS 250 0.001360
(b) The schedule of wastewater strength surcharge for customers
outside the city shall be as follows:
Excess over Rate per
Parameter (mg/1) 1,000 gallons
BOD 200 $0.000999
COD 300 0.000441
TOC 100 0.001278
TSS 250 0.000826
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(c) The schedule of average concentrations for the various
categories is as follows: . . . .
Introduced, considered favorable on first reading, and ordered published
this 15th day of November, A.D. 1994 and to be present for final gage on the
6th day of December, A.D. 1994.
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ATTEST:
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�V1,City Clerk
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Passed and adopted on final reading this da of Dece A. 1994.
ayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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