HomeMy WebLinkAbout141 - 11/01/2011 - AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CITY CODE TO REVISE SEWER PLANT INVESTMENT FEES ORDINANCE NO. 141, 2011
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
TO REVISE SEWER PLANT INVESTMENT FEES
WHEREAS, the City Council is empowered and directed by Article XII, Section 6, of the
City Charter to 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 wastewater utility, as set forth therein; and
WHEREAS, Section 26-277 of the City Code requires that the City Manager analyze the
operating and financial records of the wastewater utility during each calendar year and recommend
to the City Council the user rate fees or adjustments to be in effect for the following year; and
WHEREAS,Section 26-283 of the City Code provides that the City Manager review the rates
and parameters of the Sewer Plant Investment Fees annually and present them to City Council for
approval no less frequently than biennially; and '
WHEREAS, on November 3, 2009, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 117, 2009,
which established the Sewer Plant Investment fees now in effect; and
WHEREAS, it is the City Council's intent that existing Sewer Plant Investment Fees be
adjusted based on the current replacement cost of the capital facilities that will be needed to serve
new development and for future growth related capital expansion; and
WHEREAS,the City Manager has recommended to the City Council the adjustments to the
Sewer Plant Investment Fees set forth herein, to be effective January 1, 2012; and
WHEREAS, the Water Board considered the proposed Wastewater Plant Investment Fees
for 2012 at its September 15, 2011, meeting and recommended the approval of the proposed fees
by an unanimous vote; and
WHEREAS, based on the foregoing, it is the desire of the City Council to amend Chapter
26 of the City Code to revise Sewer Plant Investment Fees.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. ' That Section 26-284(a) and (d) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-284. Sewer plant investment fees and surcharges established.
(a) The schedule of sewer plant investment fees, subject to the exceptions and
additional requirements provided in this Section, is as follows:
Category SPIF
A $ 3,440.
B and C $2,410. for each dwelling unit or mobile home space
Water meter
Category size (inches) Fee
D, E, F 3/4 $6,880
1 17,300
1% 30,480
2 53,520
3 145,310
4 and above Calculated on an individual basis based on peak wastewater
flow(determined in the manner set forth hereinafter) but not less
than the charge for a three-inch meter
G Same as equivalent category, plus any
special sanitation district fees.
H Determined pursuant to paragraph (d)
of this Section.
(d) The amount of the plant investment fee and surcharge for each nonresidential
surcharged user,users in Category H and any user that is expected to generate greater
than its proportionate share of peak day flow at the treatment plant for the applicable
category (including both contributed wastewater volume and volume related to
infiltration and inflow), shall be calculated utilizing the following formula:
SPIF= Site Flow x [Flow$+ (BOD x BOD,) +(TSS x TSS$)] + I&I Flow x [Flow$
+ (200 mg/1 x BOD$) + (250 mg/1 x TSS$)]
Where:
SPIF = Plant investment fee for Category H users and users
discharging wastewater with average concentrations of BOD
and/or TSS which exceed those average concentrations
which are set forth in § 26-282(b) under Category E-34
Site Flow = The user's proportionate share of peak day flow at the
treatment plant based on
site flow.discharge from user's site
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I&I Flow = That proportionate share of peak day flow due to infiltration
and inflow as
allocated to user's site flow discharge
Flow$ _ $6.10 per gallon (unit cost of facilities attributable to
treating wastewater flow)
BOD = Average BOD concentration for user category or measured
BOD concentration for the user as determined in accordance
with Subsection (c) of this Section, but not less than 200
mg/1
BOD$ _ $0.0134 per mg/l (unit cost of facilities attributable to
treating BOD)
TSS = Average TSS concentration for user category or measured
TSS concentration for the user as determined in accordance
with Subsection (c) of this Section, but not less than 250
mg/l
TSS$ _ $0.0107 per mg/l (unit cost of facilities attributable to
treating TSS)
Section 2. That the amendments to Chapter 26 of the City Code contained herein shall
go into effect on January 1, 2012.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 18th day of
October, A.D. 2011, and to be presented for final passage on the 1 st day of November, A.D. 2011.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 1 st day of November, A.D. 2011.
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