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ORDINANCE NO.
(Series of 1983)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING 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. 40, SERIES OF 7982) BY ENACTING THE
FIRST YEAR OF A PHASED INCREASE IN CERTAIN WATER UTILITY
CONNECTION CHARGES AND A REALLOCATION OF CERTAIN WATER UTILITY
CONNECTION CHARGES
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 equitably assessed according to demands on the City's
municipal water utility; and
WHEREAS, the Council desires to charge the cost of borrowing
money for water improvements allocable 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 first of
four annual twenty percent (20%) increases to meet said borrowing
costs; and
WHEREAS, the City has found upon the advice of its consulting
engineers that the present/future service benefits of certain pro-
ject improvements require a reallocation of charges for certain
service areas and the following charges for service areas 3 and 6
in Section 23-58(d) represent those reallocations;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
Section 1
That Division 2 of Article III of Chapter 23 of the Municipal
Code of the City of Aspen, Colorado, namely Sections 23-58(b) and
(d), 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 subsec-
tion (c) hereof, the Director may make a separate EQR
determination, or may require that such determination be
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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 and Ta.p..Size 'charge
Demand
(gpm) Inches SA=t 'SA~2 SA~3 SA-4 SA-5 SA~6
0 -18 3/4 $ 1,920 $ 3,960 $5,280 $ 2,040 $ 2,640 $ 4,320
19 -30 1 3,420 7,050 9,400 3,630 4,700 7,690
31 -60 1 1/2 7,680 15,800 21,100 8,I60 10,550 17,260
61 -96 2 13,700 28,200 37,560 14,500 18,780 30,730
97 -180 3 30,800 63,400 84,320 32,700 42,160 68,990
181-300 4 54,800 112,800 150,080 58,150 75,050 122,800
301-600 6 123,000 253,400 336,930 130,550 168,490 275,670"
"(d) Connection charges~a~e'designed t0~co~.~h~iiiadditi~ona1
' Costs 'of ~ew fadi~ties nec~s§ary t0! §~r~ice the growth
projected by the Aspen/Pitkin CO~nt~ G~oWth Management
Policy Plan for the service area within which the Appli-
cant's utility service is to be located, for customers
on-line after December 31, 1980. For the purpose of
connection charge computation, the following fees shall
be assessed per EQR (1980 dollars):
Projected Growth
Managm~ent Plan Expansion Total EQR to be Utility Connection
Facilities Costs serviced after Charges Per
(Millions of Dollars) 12/31/80 EQ~
Servica~Area -1 $1.7709 1,153 # ~920
Service ~rea -2 1.7705 534 ~960
Service Area -3 .2578 69 5j80
Service Area -4 .1946 117 ~040
Service Area -5 .1606 72 g640
Service Area -6 .6355 228 4~20
~he total connection fee shall be the utility connection
charge per EQR multiplied by the number of EQR points for
the utility connection applied for by the Applicant."
Section 2
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or por-
tion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconsti-
tutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall
be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision, and such
holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
thereof.
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Section 3
A public hearing on the ordinance shall be held on the~
day of y~ , 1983, in the City Council Chambers,
Aspen City Hall, Aspen, Colorado.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED published as provided by law by
the City Council of the City of Aspen, Colorado, at its regular
meeting held at the City of Aspen on 7/~L~-~ /~ , 1983.
ATTEST:
City ~ler~/
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FINALLY, adopted, passed and approved on the~3~-~ay of
, 1983.
Susan E ' ~ y
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ATi~E ST:
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STATE OF COLORADO )
ss CERTIFICATE
COUNTY OF PITKIN )
I, Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk of Aspen, Colorado, do
hereby certify that the above and foregoing ordinance was
introduced, read in full, and passed on
reading at a regular meeting of the City~ouncil of the
City of Aspen on ~ /~ , 19~ , and published
in the Aspen Times a weekly newspaper of general circulation
published in the City of Aspen, Colorado, in its issue of
and approved at a regular meeting of the City Council on
~. ~ , 19f~, and ordered published as
Ordinance NO. ~ , Series of 19~ , of said City, as
provided by law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
the seal of said City of Aspen, Colorado this c~ day
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-- . . Ka~ch , City Clerk
Deputy City Clerk