HomeMy WebLinkAbout133 - 11/15/2005 - AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CITY CODE TO REVISE WATER PLANT INVESTMENT FEES AND RAW WATER REQUIREMENT ORDINANCE NO. 133, 2005
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
AND RAW WATER REQUIREMENTS
WHEREAS, the City Council is empowered and directed by Article XII, Section 6, of the
Charter of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, to by ordinance from time to time 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 water utility, as set forth therein; and
WHEREAS,Section 26-120 of the City Code provides that water plant investment fees shall
be approved by City Council and reviewed annually for adjustment; and
WHEREAS,the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 134, 1998 on August 18, 1998,which
revised plant investment fees payable by water users both inside and outside of the City; and
WHEREAS, improvements have been added to the City's water system resulting in
additional equity that existing customers have established in the water capital facilities; and
WHEREAS,the City's capital improvement program contemplates additional improvements
to the water system which will result in additional equity that existing customers have established
in the such facilities; and
WHEREAS,the City Council has determined that it is appropriate for new development to
contribute its proportionate share of providing capital improvements; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends that existing water plant investment fees be adjusted based
on the current replacement cost of the capital facilities that will be needed to serve new development
and by existing system capacity; and
WHEREAS, the capital and raw water requirements to provide service to a single family
residential lot do not measurably increase beyond the lot size of one-half acre; and
WHEREAS,staff recommends that it is appropriate to establish a maximum limit of one-half
acre lot size when calculating water plant investment fees and raw water requirements for single
family residential lots;
WHEREAS, based on the foregoing, it is the desire of the City Council to amend Chapter
26 of the City Code to revise water plant investment fees and residential raw water requirements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Section 26-120(b) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-120. Water plant investment fees.
(b) The WPIF shall be based on and used for growth related capital expansion
costs of water supply,storage,transmission,treatment and distribution facilities and related
factors. The fee shall vary with the number of dwelling units and the lot area served for
residential users and with the size of the water meter for nonresidential users.The parameters
and rates shall be reviewed by the City Manager annually and fees shall be presented to the
City Council for approval no less frequently than biennially.
Section 2. That Section 26-128 ofthe Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended
to read as follows:
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 the first three-fourths (1/4) inch
water tap or meter, a fee of seven hundred ten dollars ($710.) for a single-
family residence,plus thirty-seven cents($0.37)for each square foot of lot
area. For a single-family residential lot greater than one-half 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(1/4)
inch, the nonresidential rate shall apply.
(2) Residential buildings of two (2) or more dwelling units: For each
residential building unit a fee of four hundred ninety dollars ($490.),plus
twenty-eight cents ($0.28) for each square foot of lot area. 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 General Manager based upon the
criteria established in the Uniform Plumbing Code as amended pursuant to
Chapter 5 of the Code.
(3) Mobile home parks: For each mobile home park, a fee of four hundred
ninety dollars($490.)for each mobile home space in the park,plus twenty-
eight cents($0.28)for each square foot of lot area.The fee will provide for
one (1)tap per mobile home park. The size of the tap shall be determined
by the General Manager based upon the criteria established in the Uniform
Plumbing Code as amended pursuant to Chapter 5 of the Code.
(4) Hotels, roominghouses, sororities, fraternities 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:
Meter Size(inches) Nonresidential Plant Investment Fee
3/4 $ 6,640.
1 19,300.
1% 38,630.
2 61,660.
3 122,660.
b. The fee for all meters larger than three (3)inches shall be negotiated with
the General Manager and shall be based on estimated peak day demand but
shall not be less than the charge for a three (3) inch meter.
Section 3. That Section 26-148 (a) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-148. Raw water requirement (RWR); residential service.
(a) Residential service for RWR shall include single-family, duplex,
multifamily and mobile home dwelling units. The formula shall be:
RWR = 1.92 x [(.18 x Number of Dwelling Units)+ (1.2 x Net Acres)]
Where:
RWR=Raw water requirement in acre-feet.
Net acres= Area of development in acres, excluding public street rights-
of-way, city-maintained tracts and rights-of-way, ditches,
railways or other areas typically maintained by persons other
than the owner of the premises or an agent of the owner. For
a single-family residential lot greater than one-half acre in
size, the lot size shall be deemed to be one-half acre for the
purpose of this raw water requirement calculation.
Section 4. That the amendments to Chapter 26 of the City Code contained herein shall
go into effect on January 1, 2006.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 2nd day of
November, A.D. 2005, and to be presented for final passa the 15th day of November, A.D.
2005.
Mayor
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- Passed and adopted on final reading this 15th day of November, A.D. 2005.
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