When used in this division, these terms shall be defined as
follows:
The person designated by the city manager to administer this
division.
A permit required by the town for the construction of any
new dwelling or building.
Any customer served by a single meter or meters that is engaged
in any type of business, except the processing, fabrication, or manufacturing
of any goods or products and any type of dwelling unit.
Any customer that has a single meter or meters serving more
than one business per meter and/or three or more dwelling units per
meter.
Wastewater facilities that provide utility services and benefits
common to all customers of the utility; this includes wastewater treatment
plants, control systems and appurtenances, and all major collectors
and interceptors that are eighteen inches (18") and greater in diameter.
Any customer served by one or more water meters whose sewage
contains wastewater from a product fabricated, processed, or manufactured
by the customer.
Any customer determined by the authority to be a producer
of any sewage having a suspended solids or BOD content which is significantly
in excess of that found in normal sewage, but is otherwise acceptable
into the town sanitary sewer system.
The first wastewater service to be provided at a specific
property location.
The enclosed area of a dwelling that does not include garages,
carports, and outside patios or porches.
A device that measures the quantity of water used. The types
of meters used herein are those described in the American Water Works
Association C700 through C703 and M6 standards.
Any person, firm, corporation, cooperative corporation, or
any combination of these persons or entities, including a municipal
corporation, water supply or sewer service corporation, or other political
subdivision of the state, or their lessees, trustees, and receivers,
owning or operating for compensation equipment or facilities for the
provision of potable water to the public or for the collection and
treatment of sewage for the public, but does not include any person
or corporation not otherwise a public utility that furnishes the services
only to itself or its employees or tenants as an incident of that
employee’s service or tenancy when that service is not resold
to or used by others.
Any customer living in a dwelling having the necessary living
facilities for one unit that is served by a single water meter. This
class also includes a duplex dwelling where no more than two living
units are supplied water through a single meter.
(Ordinance 12-671 adopted 1/23/12)
(a)
No person, firm, corporation or other entity shall be entitled to initial wastewater service until payment of the appropriate system facility access fee as set forth in section 13.03.143 hereof. Payment of the system access fee is required as a condition precedent to establishing initial wastewater service. All other conditions for initiating service, such as deposit requirements, tap fees, extension agreements, and service charges, as covered elsewhere in the ordinances of the town, are in addition to the system access fee.
(b)
Prior to the initial connection of any building, structure, premises, or lot after the effective date of this division to the town’s wastewater system, the owner of that building, structure, premises or lot shall pay the system facility access fee as established in section 13.03.143, such fee to be paid in cash prior to the issuance of the building permit.
(Ordinance 12-671 adopted 1/23/12)
The system facility access fees for all customer classes shall be those as set out in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code.
(Ordinance 12-671 adopted 1/23/12)
If any property within or without the town’s corporate
limits utilizes a water well, a septic tank, or an individual waste
disposal system and the property owner requests to be connected to
the town’s wastewater system, the customer shall be assessed
the fee established by this division before the property is connected
to the town’s wastewater system. Should the property owner request
only a wastewater connection while retaining a private water well,
the appropriate fee to be assessed will be determined by the authority.
(Ordinance 12-671 adopted 1/23/12)
Where a question arises as to the classification of a customer’s
service class and/or the appropriate meter size, the authority shall
make the determination in accordance with the existing town ordinances
as of the date the question arises. Any customer shall have the right
to request in writing from the authority an interpretation or clarification
of the basis upon which a system facility access fee was assessed.
(Ordinance 12-671 adopted 1/23/12)
If a customer requests an increase in meter size to an existing service, the customer shall pay the fee difference between the new level of service and the existing level of service as set out in section 13.03.143 hereof. The additional fee shall be paid prior to the installation of the enlarged meter service. A request for additional sewer connections for improved property shall not result in the assessment of an additional system facility access fee so long as no increase in the size of the water meter is made.
(Ordinance 12-671 adopted 1/23/12)
The system facility access fees, together with all interest
derived therefrom, that are generated by this division shall be deposited
into a dedicated fund account to be used solely for the purposes set
out in the contracts between the town and the City of Fort Worth providing
for system access fees, and for the cost of administration of such
contracts.
(Ordinance 12-671 adopted 1/23/12)
No system facility access fee shall be assessed an application
for initial wastewater service provided:
(1)
All approach and on-site mains and facilities are in place and final
inspection has been conducted and accepted by the authority;
(2)
Such application for the initial wastewater service is presented
to the town on or before August 1, 1987; and
(3)
The application for a building permit for the same property as the
initial wastewater service application is presented to the town on
or before September 30, 1987.
(Ordinance 12-671 adopted 1/23/12)
