HomeMy WebLinkAbout1187 09-12-1995ORDINANCE NO. 1187
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 30 "FEES ", SECTION
30.41. "DRAINAGE CHARGES' OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF EULESS; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, to protect the public health and
safety from loss of life and property caused by surface water overflows and surface water
stagnation, has heretofore, pursuant to legislative authority, established a Municipal Drainage
Utility System within the municipal boundaries of the City of Euless, Texas, and desires, also
pursuant to legislative authority, to establish fees, together with the assessment, levy and
collection thereof, to finance and fund such Municipal Drainage Utility System; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, finds that the basis for the drainage
charges set forth herein is directly related to drainage; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, finds that the classification of
benefited properties set forth herein is nondiscriminatory, equitable and reasonable; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, in setting the schedule of charges
for drainage services set forth hereinbelow, has based its calculations upon an inventory of
the lots and tracts within the municipal boundaries of the City of Euless, Texas; and
WHEREAS, in setting such schedule of charges for drainage service, the City Council of the
City of Euless, Texas, has considered the uses made of the benefited properties, using official
zoning maps of the City of Euless, Texas, for that purpose, and has also considered the size
and topography of the parcels of benefited property in assessing the drainage charges set
forth hereinbelow: and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, finds that the schedule of charges
set forth hereinbelow, and the rates upon which such schedule of charges was calculated, are
equitable for similar services in all areas of the City of Euless, Texas.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EULESS:
SECTION 1
THAT the schedule of charges for drainage services furnished or caused to be furnished by
the City as set out in Chapter 30 "Fees ", Section 30.41 "Drainage charges" of the Code of
Ordinances, City of Euless, be the same hereby amended to read as follows:
The following schedule of drainage charges is hereby levied against all real property
lying within the city subject to drainage charges under V.T.C.A., Local Government Code ¶
402.041 et seq.
(1) Basic drainage charge. The monthly drainage rate is hereby established
at $18.94 per impervious acre of land. This rate may be modified by the city
council from time to time by a modification of such Basic Drainage Charge.
Impervious land area shall be calculated by multiplying the acreage of the parcel
by the runoff coefficient for the particular land use as specified in subsection (3)
of this section.
(2) Single - family residential. The same monthly drainage charge is hereby
established for each single - family residential lot of less than five acres. This
monthly charge shall equal the existing average single - family lot area (0.22
acre) multiplied by both the runoff coefficient for single - family (i.e. 60 %) and the
rate established in subsection (1) of this section ($18.94). The monthly
municipal drainage utility charge for each single - family residential lot of less than
five acres is hereby levied at $2.50.
(3) Other. All other lots, tracts and parcels of land within the City of Euless
shall be charged on the basis of the acreage contained in such lot, tract or
parcel of land, and the use made of such property in accordance with the
following schedule of drainage charges, which are hereby levied against all such
remaining lots, tracts and parcels of land with the City; provided, however, that
the owner of any land covered by this subsection may appeal the runoff
coefficient to be applied to his property to the City Engineer who may, as a result
of such appeal, alter or adjust the runoff coefficient to be applied to that
property.
Monthly
Runoff
Charge
Land Use
Coefficient
Rate
per Acre
Vacant Land
N/A
N/A
$0.00
Park Land and Open Space
0.35
$18.94
$6.63
Church /Governmental
0.80
$18.94
$15.15
School
0.65
$18.94
$12.31
Hospital
0.80
$18.94
$15.15
Residential Lots (5 acres or more)
0.60
$18.94
$11.36
Multifamily
0.80
$18.94
$15.15
Business/Industrial
0.95
$18.94
$17.99
SECTION 2
ALL ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with any provisions of this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 3
EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect October 1, 1995 after its
passage and publication as provided by the Euless City Charter and the laws of the State of
Texas.
PRESENTED AND APPROVED on First and Final Reading at a regular meeting of the Euless
City council on the 12th day of September, 1995, by a vote of s ayes, i nays,
and 0 abstentions.
APPROVED:��,pp
Mary Lib aleheh, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Susan Crim, OMC, City Secretary
WON
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