HomeMy WebLinkAboutordinance.council.026-85 ORDINANCE NO ~..
(SERIES OF 1985)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDI~ CERTAIN SECTIONS OF DIVISION 2 OF ARTICLE
III. CHAPTER 23 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF ASPEN,
COLORADO, AS AMENDED. ENTITLED "UTILITY CONNECTION CHARGE",
(AND THEREBY AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 19, SERIES OF 1984, AND
ORDINANCE NO 58, SERIES OF 1984) BY ENECTIh~ THE THIRD YEAR OF A
PHASED INCREASE IN CERTAIN WATER UTILITY CONNECTION CH~%RGES.
WHEREAS, the City Council ("Council") of the City of Aspen,
Colorado ("City"), desires that water utility connection charges
provide adequate capital contribution; and
WHEREAS, the Council desires that such connection charges be
fairly and equatable assessed according to demand on the City's
municipal water utility; and
WHEREAS, the Council desires to charge the cost of borrowing
money for water improvements allocated to future users through
tap fees phased in over a period of time and, therefore, the
following increases in Sections 23-58 (b) and 23-58(d) represent
the third of four annual twenty percent (20%) increases to meet
said borrowing costs;
NOW, THEREFORE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ASPEN COLORADO=
That Sections 23-58 (b) and (d) of the Municipal Code of the
City of Aspen Colorado, be and hereby are amended to read as
follows~
Sec. 23-58
(b) In the event that a connection or proposed connection
does not fit within the categories provided in subsection (c)
hereof, the Director may make a separate B~R determination,
or may require that such determination be made by the City's
engineer at the applicant's expense. In no event, however,
shall utility connection charges be less than the following
minimum amounts (SA = service area)~
Meter a~ Tap, Size Charge
Demand
(avm) LB SA-1 SA-2 SA-3 SA-4 SA-5 'SA-6 SA-7
0-18 3/4 2765 5702 7603 2938 3802 6221 3802
19-30 1 4925 10152 13536 5227 6768 11074 6768
31-60 1-1/2 12902 22752 30384 11750 15192 24854 15192
61-96 2 19728 40608 54086 20880 27043 44251' 27043
97-180 3 44352 91296 121420 47088 60710 99346 60710
181-300 4 78912 162432 216115 83736 108072 176832 108072
301-600 6 177120 364896 485179 187992 242626 396965 242626
(d) Connection charges are designed to cover additional costs
of new facilities necessary to service the growth projected
the Aspen/Pitkin County Growth Management Policy Plan for the
service area within which the applicant's utility service is
to be located. For the purpose of connection charge comput-
ation, the following fees shall be assessed ~er ~QR:
Utility Connection
Service Area Charges Per l~R
I $2, 765
2 $5, 702
3 $7,603
4 $2, 938
5 ;3,802
6 ;6,22';
7 ~
The total connection fee shall he the utility connection
charge per ~R multiplied by the number o~ ~R points
for the u~l~ty connection appl~e~ for b~ the applicant.
~ct~on 2
The water charges containe~ ~n Section i shall become
effective imme~iately after secon~ rea~ing an~ approval of this
ordinance.
Se ct i on~
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or
portion, of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or
unconstitutional by any court of comgetent jurisdiction, such
provision shall be de~ed a se~arate~ distinct and independent
provision and such holding shal~ not affect the validity of the
r~aining 9rovisions thereof.
Section 4
A public hearing on the ordinance shall be.held on the /O~~
day of ~ . 1985, at 5:00 p.m. in the City Council
Chambers, Aspen city Hall, 130 South Galena Street, Aspen, Colorado.
INTRODUCED, READ ~D ORDE~D published by ~aw by the City
Councl~ of the City of Aspen, Colorado, at its regular meeting
held at the City of Aspe, on ~ /~, 1985.
William Stifling. Mayor
City Cl~rK
1985. FINALLY. adopted, passed and approved on~~'~ /O
Will'iam Sti
ATTEST
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves
STATE OF COLORADO CERTIFI~TE
COUNTY OF PITKIN
I, Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk of Aspen, Colorado, do here~
certify that the above and foregoing ordinance was introduced,
read in full, and passed on first reading at a regular meeting of
the City Counc~ of the City of Aspen on /~ ,
1985, and published in the Aspen Times, a weekly newspa~r of
general circulation published in the City of Aspen, Colorado, in
its issue of ~~ ./~ . 1985, and was finally
adopted and approved at a regular meeting of the City Council on
, 1985, and ordered published as
Ordinance No. =~6 Series of 1985, of said City as provided
by law.
IN WITNESS WEE~OF, I have hereunto set ~ hand and ~e seal
of said City of Aspen, Colorado this ~ day of
1985.
Kathryn $.~och, City Clerk
SEAL
Deputy City Clerk