19990413 1999-11ORDINANCE NO. 1999-11
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 24-2, 24-2.1, AND 24-2.2, ARTICLE I,
CHAPTER 24 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, BY
INCREASING WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION, AVAILABILITY, AND
FRONTAGE CHARGES, INCREASING WATER SERVICE RATE AND
DECREASING SEWER SERVICE RATE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Fairfax, Virginia, that Section 24-2,
Article I, Chapter 24 of the Code of the City of Fairfax, Virginia is amended to read in its
entirety as follows:
Sec. 24-2. Water Service and Sewer Service - Service Rates.
(a) The rate for water service furnished by the city shall be as follows:
(1) Residential consumers: c, ..... a^,, ..... a fi"e "'~"*~ r¢,1 n<% Twelve dollars
and sixteen cents ($12.16) for the first five thousand (5,000) gallons or less per
quarter and *~.,,., .... ,..u..~.oA^'! ..... .....,..A +,,,~1,,~,,,.~.,~ k~'''''1[~'9 1"1% two dollars and thirty three cents
($2.33) per thousand (1,000) gallons for all water in excess of five thousand
(5,000) gallons.
(2) Commercial consumers: ~rt,:.~,.__~,,,~_ ,.,,-~.~oa^""~ ~,--.,-w~e~ nm Fourteen dollars and thirty
cents ($14.30) for the first five thousand (5,000) gallons or less per month and
· .... a~,,, ..... a, .... ~ ...... ,o r~,~ ~ -~% two dollars and thMv t~ee cents ($2 33) per
thousand (1,000) gallons for all water in excess of five thousand (5,000) gallons.
(b) The rates for sewer service furnished by the city shall be ,one hundred nineteen percent
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t ....o~ one hundred and three percent (103%) of the computed water service rate; provided,
that apartment buildings will be billed at a minimum sewer rate of ten d,ollarz -~nd sixty three
e,~ql4-CSJ,4h.g3~ten dollars and ten cents ($10.10) per dwelling unit per month.
(Ord. No. 1976-1;Ord. No. 1977-3; Ord. No. 1979-19, § 1; Ord. No. 1980-9, 5-20-80,
effective 7-1-80, Ord. No. 1981-24, 10-27-81; Ord. No. 198315, § 1, 4-26-83; Ord. No. 1992-
8, 4-14-92; Ord. No. 1993-17, 4-13-93; Ord. No. 1994-5, § 1, 4-12-94; Ord. No. 1995-15, 4-
11-95; Ord. No. 1996-4, 4-9-96)
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Fairfax, Virginia, that Section 24-2.1,
Article I, Chapter 24 of the Code of the City of Fairfax, Virginia is amended to read in its
entirety as follows:
Sec. 24-2.1 Same-Water Connection Fees, Availability and Frontage Charges.
Water connection fees and availability and frontage charges are hereby established as
follows:
(a)
Connection Charge
Meter Size Rate
3/4 X 5/8" $ 585.00 $ 761.00
1" 93~.00 1,217,00
1 ½" -4r44M4~ 1,825.00
2" compound -gx344A00 3,042.00
Y' compound ,,..,,,~ ~,m .,,,,~a 4,640.00
4" compound ~,~ w~,., ~, .,,,,an 7,479.00
6" compound ~ ~'*~ an 11.535.00
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All connections to the water system shall be the responsibility of the consumer and shall be
performed in compliance with the requirements of the Department of Utilities. The consumer
may request that the city perform the connection, and if the city agrees to perform the
connection, the connection charges listed in this subsection (a) shall be increased by one
hundred percent (100%).
(b) Availability charge
Type of Measure Amount
Premises
(1) Single family dwellings, Dwelling unit ¢~ ~,~<
whether detached, semi- unit
detached, duplex or
townhouse
$1,775.00 per
(2) Apartments and Dwelling unit ¢~ =~
condominium apartments unit
$1.775.00 per
(3) Hotels, motels and Occupancy unit and floor
rooming houses area
$4-~24 $1,331 per
occupancy unit, plus the
greater of $1,355 $1,775
minimum or $0.39 $0.51
per square foot of the gross
floor area of the building(s)
minus the total gross floor
area of the occupancy units
and any corridors or
hallways the sole function
of which is to provide
access to occupancy units.
(4) Office and commercial
Gross floor area
$~.,.~,,~.~ $1,775 minimum or
$9.29 $0.51 per square foot
whichever is greater.
(5) Industrial use
Gross floor area
¢~ '~nq $1,775 minimum or
$9.65 $0.85 per square foot
whichever is greater.
The City Manager or his designee shall determine the applicable type and the
availability charge for each premise. The availability charge for any premise which does not
fall within one of the types listed above shall be calculated at the rate ,,r ,~,;~.. -; ..... ,~
~ ..... ~ fifty one cents 5 per square foot or one m ...... ~ ,h~ *.,,~,~ ~..,~ o;~,.~ c,,~,
....... ~,~., ...... ~ one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars ($1,775.00)
minimum whichever results in the higher charge.
Multi-use premises shall be charged based on the various types of use or on the
principal use whichever results in the higher charge.
Unless otherwise stated, the type of premises and units of measurement shall be as
defined in Chapter 26 of this Code. "Occupancy unit means any room or suite of rooms
typically rented as a unit containing overnight sleeping accommodations which are separate
from any other such room or suite of rooms within the same hotel, motel, or rooming house.
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(c)
Frontage Charge: Ni-~ do, l'a,-s ~-,~ * ..... ,,~ /¢0 ~n~
..................... ~ ..... j Eleven dollars and eighty three
cents ($11.83) per linear foot of frontage.
(Ord. No. 1975-34; Ord. No. 1975-36; Ord. No. 1979-19, § 2; Ord. No. 1983-15, § 2, 4-26-
83; Ord. No. 1986-20, § 1, 4-22-86; Ord. No. 1994-4, § 1, 4-12-94; Ord. No. 1998-9, 4-14-98)
3. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Fairfax, Virginia, that Sections 24-2.2
(a) 1 through (a) 4, and Section 24-2.2 (b), Article I, Chapter 24 of the Code of the City of
Fairfax, Virginia are amended to read in its entirety as follows:
~c. 24-2.2 Same - Sewer Connection Fees and Frontage Charges.
Sewer connection fees and frontage charges are hereby established as follows:
a) Connection charge.
3)
Type of
Premises
Measure Amount
Single family dwellings, Dwelling unit
whether detached, semi-
detached, duplex or
townhouse
Apartments and Dwelling unit
condominium apartments
Hotels, motels and Occupancy unit and
rooming houses fixture unit (see
tables I and II
following)
$1,250.00 $1,755.00 per
unit
· ~ ~rnnn $1,755.00 per
unit
· a'~r $813.00 per
occupancy unit, plus
fixture unit count (as per
subparagraph (a) (4)
below) for all fixtures not
located with an
occupancy unit.
Commercial or industrial Fixture unit (see Minimum $~ '~<n,~a
uses and all other uses tables I and II $1.755.00 for the first 30
except those premises following) fixture units. $22.00
specifically set forth above $28.60 for each fixture
unit over 30.
Table I. Table of Fixture Units
Type of Plumbing Fixture
Automatic clothes washer (2-inch standpipe) ..............................
Bathroom group consisting of water closet, lavatory and bathtub or
shower stall:
Tank water closet ............................................................
Flush-valve water closet ....................................................
Bathtub (with or without overhead shower) ................................
Bidet ...............................................................................
Combination sink-and-tray with one 1 ½ -inch trap .......................
Combination sink-and-tray with separate 1½-inch traps .................
Combination sink-and-tray, with food disposal unit ......................
Dental unit or cuspidor ........................................................
Fixture Units
6
8
2
3
3
3
4
1
1
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Dental lavatory ..................................................................
Drinking fountain ...............................................................
Dishwater, domestic or commercial ..........................................
Floor drains with two-inch waste ............................................
Kitchen sink, domestic with 1½ -inch waste ...............................
Kitchen sink, domestic with food disposal unit ............................
Lavatory with 1¼-inch waste .................................................
Lavatory, barber, beauty parlor ..............................................
Laundry tray (1 or 2 compartments) .......................................
Shower stall, domestic .........................................................
Showers (group) per head .....................................................
Sinks:
Surgeon's .....................................................................
Flushing rim (with valve) .................................................
Service (trap standard) ....................................................
Service (P trap) .............................................................
Pot, scullery, etc ............................................................
Urinal, pedestal, syphon jet, blowout ........................................
Urinal, wall lip ...................................................................
Urinal trough (each 6-foot section) ..........................................
Washing machine (commercial) .............................................
Wash sink (circular or multiple), each set of faucets ......................
Water closet:
Tank-operated ................................................................
Valve-operated ...............................................................
1
½
2
2
2
3
1
2
2
2
2
3
6
3
2
4
6
4
2
3
2
Fixtures not listed in Table I shall be estimated in accordance with Table II
Table II. Table of Fixture Units for Fixtures Not Listed in Table I.
Fixture drain or trap size
1¼ inches and smaller ..........................................................
1½ inches .........................................................................
2 inches ...........................................................................
2½ inches ........................................................................
3 inches ...........................................................................
4 inches ............................................................................
Fixture
Units
1
2
3
4
5
6
O Frontage charge.
~:,,,,, .~,,,,,-~ rcQ rm~ Ten dollars and forty
Single-family dwellings, if in residential zones: ~.~,
cents ($10.40) per linear foot of frontage, up to a maximum of "~'-~-* *',,--,~.~ dollars
~*r~Q'~a ...... r~m~ one thousand forty, dollars ($1,040.00). per dwelling unit.
Other: ~;~,+ ~"-~ r¢~ nn~
~.~ .......... ~ ..... j Ten dollars and forty cents ($10.40) per linear foot of
frontage, no maximum charge.
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Notwithstanding the frontage charges set forth hereinabove, the minimum charge for any
and all uses in any zone shall be_.,~c .... -~.-,..~,~""a'~a ~,,-~..~a~"~ ~,~,,v.,,,,~r'~nn n~ five hundred and twenty
dollars ($520.00). -
Charges for multi-use premises shall be based on the various types of use or on the
principal use, whichever results in the higher charge.
The city manager or his designee shall determine the type of premises and charges for all
premises. When the Premises does not fall under any of the listed types, the city manager
shall select the most appropriate type or types listed.
Unless otherwise stated, the type of premises and units of measurement shall be as defined
in Chapter 26 of this Code. "Occupancy unit" means any room or suite of rooms typically
rented as a unit containing overnight sleeping accommodations which are separate from
any other such room or suite of rooms within the same hotel, motel or rooming house.
(Ord. No. 1977-4; Ord. No. 1979-19, § 3; Ord. No. 1983-15, § 3, 4-26-83; Ord. No. 1986-20,
§ 2, 4-22-86)
4. This ordinance shall become effective as provided by law.
INTRODUCED: March 9, 1999
PUBLIC HEARING: April 13, 1999
ADOPTED: April 13, 1999
The ordinance was adopted by a vote of 6-0, recorded as follows:
Councilman Coughlan
Councilman Greenfield
Councilman Lederer
Councilman Petersen
Councilman Rasmussen
Councilman Silverthorne
Vote:
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Mayor
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Date
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