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HomeMy WebLinkAbout166 - 11/16/1999 - AMENDING CITY CODE RELATING TO USER FEES AND CHARGES FOR WATER ORDINANCE NO. 166. 1999 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE III, DIVISION 4 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY RELATING TO USER FEES AND C14ARGES FOR WATER BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That Section 26-126 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins 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: Twenty-three dollars and forty-three cents ($23.43); for a building containing only two (2) dwelling units Thirty-three dollars and seventeen cents ($33.17). B = For each lot: Add to the dwelling unit charge fourteen and eight-tenths cents ($0.148)per one hundred(100)square feet of lot area if the building includes one (1) dwelling unit. If the building includes two (2) dwelling units, add to the dwelling unit charge thirteen and one-tenths cents ($0.131) per one hundred (100) square feet of lot area. Section 2. That Section 26-127,paragraphs (a). (b), and (c), of the Code of the City of Fort Collins are 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 thirteen dollars and eight cents ($13.08) for the first dwelling unit. Duplex residential customers shall pay an additional two dollars and thirty-four cents ($2.34) for the second dwelling unit. Multifamily residential customers shall pay four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50) for the second and each additional dwelling unit. (2) Nonresidential customers. Nonresidential customers shall pay a minimum monthly charge based on meter size as follows: Meter Size Monthly (inches) Minimum Charges 3/4 $ 11.55 1 3 2.2 3 1% 71.68 2 127.30 3 161.78 4 271.33 6 720.85 8 1,087.17 (3) Construction rate. For residential premises under construction (single family and duplex), seven dollars and forty-two cents ($7.42)for the first dwelling unit and three dollars and forty-one cents ($3.41)for the second dwelling unit. For multifamily and nonresidential premises under construction,one-half('h)of the nonresidential minimum monthly charge for the applicable meter size. (b) Quantity charge. The monthly water usage shall be billed at the rate of one dollar and sixteen and six-tenths cents ($1.166)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 sixty-seven and five-tenths cents ($1.675) per one thousand(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'/z 625,000 2 1,200,000 3 1,400.000 4 2,500,000 (c) Colorado State University. In addition to the charges described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section, 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. Section 3. That Section 26-129(b) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as follows: (b) The fire hydrant fees and charges shall be as follows: (1) For installation of meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 (2) For removal of meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 (3) For daily rental for meter and fittings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.50 (4) For water service inside the city, rate per one thousand(1,000) gallons water used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.236 (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 4. That the amendments to Chapter 26 of the City Code contained herein shall go into effect with respect to all City utility bills issued after January 1, 2000. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 2nd day of November, A.D. 1999. and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of November, A.D. 1999. Mayor AT TEST: %ML City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 16th day of November, A.D. 1999. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk