19860422 1986-20ORDINANCE NO. 1986-20
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTIONS
24-2.1 AND 24-2.2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FAIRFAX,
VIRGINIA, PROVIDING FOR AMENDING AND REENACTING THE
CONNECTION FEES, AVAILABILITY AND FRONTAGE CHARGES.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Fairfax,
virginia, that Sections 24-2.1 and 24-2.2, the water and sewer
connection fees, availability and frontage charges, of the Code
of the City of Fairfax, virginia, be, and they hereby are, amend-
ed as follows:
1) Section 24-2.1 is hereby 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 charge
are hereby established as follows:
(a) Connection Charge
Meter Size Rate
3/4 X 5/8" $ 300
1" $ 480
1 1/2" $ 720
2" Compound $1,200
3" Compound $1,830
4" Compound $2,950
6" Compound $4,550
(b) Availability Charge
Type of Premises
Measure
Amount
(1)
Single family
dwellings, whether
detached, semi-
detached, duplex or
townhouse
Dwelling
unit
$700.00 per unit
(2)
Apartments and
Condominium apart-
ments
Dwelling
unit
$700.00 per unit
(3)
Hotels, motels and
rooming houses
Occupancy
unit and
floor area
$525.00 per occupancy
unit, plus the
greater of $700.00
minimum or $0.20 per
square foot of the
gross floor area of
the building(s) minus
the total gross floor
area of the occupancy
units and any corri-
dors or hallways the
sole function of which
is to provide access
to occupancy units.
(4) Office and Gross
Commercial floor area
$700.00 minimum or
$0.20 per square foot
whichever is greater.
(5) Industrial use Gross
floor area
$700.00 minimum or
$0.33 per square foot
whichever is greater.
The City Manager or his designee shall determine the
applicable type and the availabilty charge for each premise. The
~availability charge for any premise which does not fall within
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one of the types listed above shall be calculated at the rate of
twenty cents per square foot or a $700.00 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 rent-
ed as a unit containing overnight sleeping accomodations which
~are separate from any other such room or suite of rooms within
the same hotel, motel or rooming house.
(c) Frontage charge.
frontage."
Seven dollars per linear foot of
2) Section 24-2.2 is hereby amended to read in its
entirety as follows:
"Sec. 24-2.2. Sewer Connection fees and frontage charges.
Sewer connection fees and
established as follows:
frontage charges are
hereby
(a) Connection charge
Type of premises
Measure Amount
(1)
Single-family
dwellings, whether
detached, semi-
detached, duplex
or townhouses
Dwelling
unit
$1,350 per unit
(2)
Apartments and
Condominium apart-
ments
Dwelling
unit
$1,350 per unit
(3)
Hotels, motels and
rooming houses
Occupancy
unit and
fixture
unit (See
tables I
and II
following)
$625.00 per occupancy
unit, plus fixture unit
count (as per subpara-
graph (a) (4) below)
for all fixtures not
located within an
occupancy unit.
(4)
Commercial or in- Fixture unit Minimum $1,350 for the
dustrial uses and (See tables first 30 fixture units.
all other uses except I and II $22.00 for each fixture
those premises speci- following) unit over 30.
fically set forth
above
For fixtures or equipment discharging continuously or semi-
continuously to a drainage system, the fixture units for such
premises shall be increased to two for each gallon per minute of
discharge. Continuous or semi-continuous discharge may be such
as certified by the manufacturer of the fixture or equipment
involved or as shall be estimated or otherwise established by the
Director of Transit & Utilities.
Table 1. Table of fixture units.
Type of Plumbing Fixture Fixture Units
Automatic clothes washer (2" standpipe) ................. 3
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Type of Plumbing Fixture Fixture Units
Bathroom group
lavatory and bathtub or
Tank water closet
Flush-valve
Bathtub (with or
consisting of water closet, shower stall:
water closet ...........................
without overhead shower) ...............
Bidet ...................................................
Combination sink-and-tray with one 1 1/2" trap ..........
Combination sink-and-tray with separate 1 1/2" traps ....
Combination sink-and-tray, with food disposal unit ......
Dental unit or cuspidor .................................
Dental lavatory .........................................
Drinking fountain .......................................
Dishwasher, domestic or commercial ......................
one 1 1/2" waste ............
food disposal unit ..........
Floor drains with 2" waste
Kitchen sink, domestic with
Kitchen sink, domestic with
Lavatory with 1 1/4" waste
Lavatory, barber, beauty parlor .........................
Laundry tray (1 or 2 compartments) ......................
Shower stall, domestic ..................................
Showers (group) per head ................................
Sinks:
Surgeon's 3
Flushing 6
Service 3
Service 2
Pot, scullery, etc. 4
Urinal, pedestal, syphon 6
urinal, wall lip ........................................ 4
urinal trough (each 6-foot section) ..................... 2
Washing machine (commercial) ............................ 3
or multiple), each set of faucets ... 2
sink (circular
closet:
Tank-operated
Valve-operated
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rim (with valve) ..........................
(trap standard) ............................
(P trap) ...................................
jet, blowout ...................
Wash
Water
6
8
2
3
3
3
4
1
1
1/2
2
2
2
3
1
2
2
2
2
4
8
Fixtures not listed in Table I shall be estimated in accordance
~ith Table II.
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Table II. Table of fixture units for fixtures
not listed in Table I
Fixture drain or trap size Fixture Units
1 1/4 inches and smaller ................................ 1
1 1/2 inches ............................................ 2
2 inches ................................................ 3
2 1/2 inches ............................................ 4
3 inches 5
4 6
inches
(b)
Frontage charge.
Single family dwellings, if in residential zones:
Eight dollars per linear foot of frontage, up to a maximum
eight hundred dollars per dwelling unit.
of
Other: Eight dollars per linear foot of frontage, no
maximum charge.
Notwithstanding the
hereinabove, the minimum charge
shall be four hundred dollars.
frontage charges set forth
for any and all uses in any zone
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 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."
Adopted this 22 day of April , 1986.
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