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CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHARTER of THE CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS
VOLUME I
VOLUME II
CHAPTER 29 RESERVED
CHAPTER 29A RESERVED
CHAPTER 30 NOISE
CHAPTER 31 OFFENSES - MISCELLANEOUS
CHAPTER 31A OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 32 PARKS AND WATER RESERVOIRS
CHAPTER 33 ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES
CHAPTER 34 PERSONNEL RULES
CHAPTER 35 RESERVED
CHAPTER 36 POLES AND WIRES
CHAPTER 37 POLICE
CHAPTER 37A POLICE AND FIRE WELFARE FUND
CHAPTER 38 PRIVATE DETECTIVES
CHAPTER 38A PROMOTERS
CHAPTER 39 RAILROADS
CHAPTER 39A RELOCATION ASSISTANCE - EMINENT DOMAIN
CHAPTER 39B REGULATED PROPERTY - PURCHASE AND SALE
CHAPTER 39C RECORDS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
CHAPTER 40 RAT CONTROL
CHAPTER 40A RETIREMENT
CHAPTER 40B SECONDARY METALS RECYCLERS
CHAPTER 41 SMOKING
CHAPTER 41A SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
CHAPTER 42 HOME SOLICITATIONS
CHAPTER 42A SPECIAL EVENTS; NEIGHBORHOOD MARKETS; DALLAS FARMERS MARKET FARMERS MARKET; STREETLIGHT POLE BANNERS
CHAPTER 42B SHORT-TERM RENTALS
CHAPTER 43 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
CHAPTER 43A SWIMMING POOLS
CHAPTER 44 TAXATION
CHAPTER 45 TEMPORARY INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER PROGRAM
CHAPTER 46 UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES RELATING TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION
CHAPTER 47 TRAILERS, TRAILER PARKS AND TOURIST CAMPS
CHAPTER 47A TRANSPORTATION FOR HIRE
CHAPTER 48 TREES AND SHRUBS
CHAPTER 48A VEHICLE TOW SERVICE
CHAPTER 48B VACANT BUILDINGS AND LOTS
CHAPTER 48C VEHICLE IMMOBILIZATION SERVICE
CHAPTER 49 WATER AND WASTEWATER
CHAPTER 50 CONSUMER AFFAIRS
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VOLUME III
CHAPTER 49
WATER AND WASTEWATER
ARTICLE I.
GENERAL.
Sec. 49-1.   Definitions.
Sec. 49-2.   Chapter enforcement.
ARTICLE II.
RATES, CHARGES AND COLLECTIONS.
Sec. 49-3.   Application for service; contents of application.
Sec. 49-4.   Security deposits; exemptions.
Sec. 49-5.   Use of security deposits.
Sec. 49-6.   Security deposit refunds.
Sec. 49-7.   Payments of fees for services; delinquency of charges; discontinuance or refusal of service; notice of discontinuance.
Sec. 49-8.   New application for premises with delinquent charges.
Sec. 49-9.   Meters required; meters to be read monthly; estimated charge; water leakage.
Sec. 49-10.   Collection regulations; payment substation and payment service contracts.
Sec. 49-11.   Waiver of substation security requirement.
Sec. 49-12.   Joint owners or users; liability for charges; transfer of accounts.
Sec. 49-13.   Water lien procedure.
Sec. 49-14.   Notice of water lien.
Sec. 49-15.   Notice of vacancy or transfer of property.
Sec. 49-16.   Permission of owner or customer to be secured before using water; use before filing application for service.
Sec. 49-17.   Director’s authority to contract; rates as consideration.
Sec. 49-18.1.   Rates for treated water service.
Sec. 49-18.2.   Rates for wastewater service.
Sec. 49-18.3.   General service: Separate billing.
Sec. 49-18.4.   Rates for wholesale water and wastewater service to governmental entities.
Sec. 49-18.5.   Rate for untreated water.
Sec. 49-18.6.   Fees for inspection and testing of meters and backflow prevention devices.
Sec. 49-18.7.   Service connection charges.
Sec. 49-18.8.   Security deposit amounts.
Sec. 49-18.9.   Charges for use of fire hydrants.
Sec. 49-18.10.   Special assessment rates; lot and acreage fees.
Sec. 49-18.11.   Evaluated cost tables for oversize, side, or off-site facilities.
Sec. 49-18.12.   Industrial surcharge rate formula for excessive concentrations.
Sec. 49-18.13.   Charges for transporters of septic tank waste.
Sec. 49-18.14.   Rates for development review activities.
Sec. 49-18.15.   Payment table.
Sec. 49-18.16.   Miscellaneous charges and provisions; rates where no charge specified.
Sec. 49-18.17.   Hydrostatic testing of water mains.
ARTICLE III.
WATER AND WASTEWATER GENERALLY.
Sec. 49-19.   Control of and access to systems; interference with access generally.
Sec. 49-20.   Emergency authority.
Sec. 49-21.   Adequacy of supply.
Sec. 49-21.1.   Conservation measures relating to lawn and landscape irrigation.
Sec. 49-22.   Temporary discontinuance for construction, maintenance or emergency reasons.
Sec. 49-23.   Authorized employees; right of access of employees for inspection and maintenance; access of contractors.
Sec. 49-24.   Service connections.
Sec. 49-25.   Cross connections; location of water and sewer mains.
Sec. 49-26.   Fire protection systems.
Sec. 49-27.   Fire hydrants.
Sec. 49-28.   Water storage tanks and pumping equipment.
Sec. 49-29.   Backflow prevention devices.
Sec. 49-30.   Private water mains or systems.
Sec. 49-31.   Vending water.
Sec. 49-32.   Wastewater indemnity agreements.
Sec. 49-33.   Exposing meters or hydrants to damage; notice of work affecting systems; moving meters or hydrants.
Sec. 49-34.   Communicating electricity to pipes.
Sec. 49-35.   Water used for construction work.
Sec. 49-36.   Reserved.
Sec. 49-37.   Tampering with or damaging systems; unlawful use of water; prima facie evidence.
Sec. 49-38.   Rights as to certain facilities outside of the city; rights upon annexation.
Sec. 49-39.   Right to construction mains outside the city.
Sec. 49-40.   Service outside the city.
ARTICLE IV.
WATER QUALITY.
Sec. 49-41.   Purpose and policy.
Sec. 49-42.   Enforcement.
Sec. 49-43.   Certain wastes prohibited in the wastewater system.
Sec. 49-44.   Waste disposal through vehicles, grease traps/interceptors, or other means.
Sec. 49-45.   Right of entry of federal, state, and city employees.
Sec. 49-46.   Permits required for discharge of industrial waste; applications; exemptions.
Sec. 49-47.   Denial, suspension, or revocation of permits; amending permits.
Sec. 49-48.   Pretreatment and disposal.
Sec. 49-49.   Industrial surcharge for excessive concentrations; sampling fees.
Sec. 49-50.   Estimated industrial surcharge for class group.
Sec. 49-51.   Reporting requirements.
Sec. 49-52.   Recordkeeping.
Sec. 49-53.   Publication of industrial users in significant noncompliance.
Sec. 49-54.   Regulation of wastes from other jurisdictions.
Sec. 49-55.   Extrajurisdictional users.
Sec. 49-55.1.   Inspection chambers.
Sec. 49-55.2.   Measurement of waste volume.
Sec. 49-55.3.   Inspection and sampling.
Sec. 49-55.4.   Confidentiality.
Sec. 49-55.5.   Waste management operators.
Sec. 49-55.6.   Pollution of water in reservoirs.
Sec. 49-55.7.   Deposit or discharge of certain material into wastewater system or storm-sewer.
ARTICLE V.
DEVELOPMENT AND SYSTEM EXTENSIONS.
Sec. 49-56.   Authority to make capital improvements; special assessments; lot and acreage fees.
Sec. 49-57.   Reserved.
Sec. 49-58.   Reserved.
Sec. 49-59.   Replacement of substandard mains.
Sec. 49-60.   General rules for extensions by developers.
Sec. 49-61.   Construction of developer extensions.
Sec. 49-62.   Rules regarding the construction and cost of new mains in a development.
Sec. 49-63.   Certain existing mains exempt.