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Home My WebLink About123 - 11/20/2007 - AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CITY CODE TO REVISE ELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT FEES AND CHARGES ORDINANCE NO. 123, 2007 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS TO REVISE ELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT FEES AND CHARGES WHEREAS, the CityCouncil is empowered and directed b Article XII, Section 6, of the P Y 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 electric utility, as set forth therein; 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, Section 26-471 of the City Code requires that the City Manager review electric development fees annually and present the fees to the City Council for approval no less than biennially; and WHEREAS, the City Manager and staff have recommended to the City Council the following adjustments to the electric development fees and charges for all billings issued on or after January 1, 2008; and WHEREAS, based on the foregoing, it is the desire of the City Council to amend Chapter 26 of the City Code to revise electric development fees and charges. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 26-472 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 26-472. Residential electric development fees and charges. (b) The ECF shall be the total of the site footage charge, dwelling charge and systems modification charge, to be determined as follows: (1) The site footage charge shall be the combined total of: a. Four and seven hundred thirty-one one-thousandths cents ( $0.04731) per square foot of developed site square footage, including all applicable tracts but excluding the area dedicated public rights-of-way; and b. Nine dollars and fifty-three cents ( $9.53) per lineal foot of the developed site abutting a dedicated street or roadway. (2) The dwelling unit charge shall be as follows: a. For single-family panel size with one-hundred-fifty-amp service (nonelectric heat), one thousand one-hundred seventy-seven dollars ($1,177.)per dwelling unit; b. For single-family panel size with two-hundred-amp service (nonelectric heat or electric heat), one thousand nine hundred ninety-one dollars ($1,991.) per dwelling unit; c. For multi-family panel size with one-hundred-fifty-amp service (nonelectric heat), seven hundred eighty-five dollars ($785.) per dwelling unit; d. For multi-family panel size with two-hundred-amp service (nonelectric heat or electric heat), one thousand three hundred ninety-nine dollars ($1,399.)per dwelling unit. (3) A system modifications charge will apply when a new or modified service will require infrastructure in addition to or different from the standard base electrical system model. The differential costs associated with such system modifications will be included in the calculated ECF. (c) A Building Site Charge ("BSC") for any new or modified residential service shall be paid prior to issuance of a building permit for the related construction or modification. The BSC shall be based upon the current rates as of the time of issuance of the building permit. The BSC shall be the total of the secondary service charges, and any additional charges, determined as follows: (1) The secondary service charge shall be as follows: Secondary Service Size Charge (up to 65 feet) Plus Per Foot ChargeFor Each Foot Over 65 1/0 service $625.00 $4.50/Foot 4/0 service $787.00 $5.45/Foot 350 kCM Service $873.00 $6.92/Foot 1/0 Mobile Home Service $490.00 N/A 4/0 Mobile Home Service $623.00 N/A - 2 - (2) Actual special costs to the utility of installation of secondary service resulting from site conditions shall be included in the BSC as additional charges. Such conditions may include, but are not limited to, frozen or rocky soil, concrete cutting and asphalt replacement. Section 2. That paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 26-473 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 26-473. Nonresidential electric development fees and charges. (b) The ECF shall be the total of the site footage charge, service entrance charge and systems modification charge, to be determined as follows: (1) The site footage charge shall be the combined total of: a. Four seven hundred thirty-one one-thousandths cents ( $0.04731) per square foot of developed site square footage, including all applicable tracts but excluding the area of dedicated public rights-of-way; and b. Thirty-five dollars and fifty-two cents ( $35.52) per lineal foot of the developed site abutting a dedicated street or roadway. (2) The service entrance charge shall be fifty-five dollars and eleven cents ($55.11) per kilovolt-amp (kVA) of service entrance rating for Utility-owned transformers and forty-five dollars and seventy-eight cents ($45.78) per kVA of service entrance rating for customer-owned transformers. (3) A system modifications charge will apply when a new or modified service will require infrastructure in addition to or different from the standard base electrical system model. The differential costs associated with such system modifications will be included in the calculated ECF. (c) A Building Site Charge ('BSC") for extending primary circuitry to the transformer for any new or modified nonresidential service shall be invoiced and paid in the same manner and at the same time as the ECF is invoiced and paid pursuant to Subsection (a) of this Section. The BSC shall be the total of the primary circuit charge, transformer installation charge and any additional charges, determined as follows: (1) The primary circuit charge for service from the utility source to the transformer shall be as follows: 3 - a. For single-phase service, a charge of eight dollars and seventy-eight cents ( $8.78)per foot of primary circuit; b. For three-phase service, a charge of seventeen dollars and seventy-two cents ( $17.72)per foot of primary circuit. (2) The transformer installation charge shall be as follows: a. For single-phase service, a charge of one thousand one hundred forty- eight dollars ($1,148)per transformer; b. For three-phase service, a charge of two thousand one hundred thirty- two dollars ($2,132.) per transformer. (3) Actual special costs to the utility of installation of service resulting from site conditions shall be included in the BSC as additional charges. Such conditions may include, but are not limited to, frozen or rocky soil, concrete cutting and asphalt replacement. Section 3. That the amendments to Chapter 26 of the City Code contained herein shall go into effect for all bills issued on or after January 1, 2008. Introduced and considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 16th day of October, A.D. 2007, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of November, A.D. 2007. Mayor ATTEST: 771Q �- City Clerk -4 - Passed and adopted on final reading on the 20th day ovember, A.D. 2007. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk - 5 -