Article
I. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
II. AIR QUALITY
III. STORMWATER PROTECTION
IV. GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER QUALITY
V. PUBLIC DRINKING WATER
VI. INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
VII. LIQUID WASTE
VIII. SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING
IX. FILL MATERIAL
X. GRADING PERMIT
Section
Article I: Administration and Enforcement
Division 1: General Provisions
12.5-1—12.5-99 Reserved
12.5-100 Purpose
12.5-101 Numbering system
12.5-102 Short title
12.5-103 Definitions
12.5-104 Abbreviations
12.5-105 Incorporation of federal and state statutes, rules and regulations
Division 2: Department of Environmental
Management
12.5-106 Creation of department of environmental management
12.5-107 Authority of director of environmental management
12.5-108—12.5-110 Reserved
Division 3: Enforcement
12.5-111 Enforcement options
12.5-112 Criminal citation
12.5-113 Notice of violation
12.5-114 Consent order
12.5-115 Compliance order
12.5-116 Show cause hearing
12.5-117 Reserved
12.5-118 Stop work order
12.5-119 Reconsideration and hearing
12.5-120 Nuisance abatement
12.5-121 Right of entry
12.5-122 Confidentiality of records
12.5-123 Judicial remedies and penalties
12.5-124—12.5-135 Reserved
Division 4: Environmental Use Agreements
Subdivision I: General Provisions
12.5-136 Definitions
12.5-137 Purpose
12.5-138 Authority of city manager
12.5-139 Minimum requirements for use agreements
12.5-140 Priority of placement
12.5-141—12.5-144 Reserved
Subdivision II: Sub-Surface Environmental
Sampling
12.5-145 Informal request for subsurface environmental sampling
12.5-146 Formal request for subsurface environmental sampling
12.5-147 Use agreement for subsurface environmental sampling
12.5-148—12.5-154 Reserved
Subdivision III: Monitoring Wells
12.5-155 Necessity of monitoring wells
12.5-156 Informal request for monitoring wells
12.5-157 Formal request for monitoring wells
12.5-158 Use agreements for monitoring wells
12.5-159—12.5-164 Reserved
Subdivision IV: Mitigation of Contaminated Soil
12.5-165 Confirmation of contaminated soil
12.5-166—12.5-199 Reserved
Article II: Air Quality
Division 1: General Provisions
12.5-200 Definitions
12.5-201 Purpose
12.5-202 Authority of the director
12.5-203 Right of entry
12.5-204—12.5-209 Reserved
Division 2: Ambient Air and Emissions Standards
12.5-210 Adoption of state regulations
12.5-211 Nuisance
12.5-212—12.5-299 Reserved
Article III: Stormwater Protection
Division 1: General Provisions
12.5-300 Definitions
12.5-301 Administration
12.5-302 Discharge to MS4 prohibited
12.5-303 Connection of sanitary sewer prohibited
12.5-304 Nuisances
12.5-305 Emergency suspension of utility service and MS4 access
12.5-306 Non-emergency suspension of utility service and MS4 access
12.5-307—12.5-314 Reserved
Division 2: Cosmetic Cleaning
12.5-315 Permit and registration required
12.5-316 Permit application procedures
12.5-317 Issuance of permit and registration certificates
12.5-318 Display of registration numbers and certificates
12.5-319 Permit conditions
12.5-320 Permit denial and revocation
12.5-321 Nuisances
12.5-322—12.5-329 Reserved
Division 3: Stormwater Discharges Associated
with Industrial Activity, Including Construction Activity
12.5-330 Applicability
12.5-331 Access to facilities
12.5-332 Unpermitted discharges prohibited
12.5-333 Submission of NOI to city
12.5-334 Compliance with permit
12.5-335 Modification of stormwater pollution prevention plans
Division 4: Municipal Drainage Utility System
12.5-336 Definitions
12.5-337 Findings; adoption of state law
12.5-338 Service area
12.5-339 Establishment of a drainage utility fee
12.5-340 Categories of drainage utility rates
12.5-341 Billing for drainage utility fee
12.5-342 Drainage utility fund
12.5-343 Administration; rules
12.5-344 Appeal
12.5-345 Hearings
12.5-346 Exemptions
12.5-347 No waiver of immunity
12.5-348 Access to stormwater drainage infrastructure; hours of operation
Article IV: Groundwater and Surface Water Quality
Division 1: Enforcement of the Texas Water
Quality Control Act
12.5-400 Definitions
12.5-401 Declaration of policy and purpose
12.5-402 Authority of the director
12.5-403 Inspection authority
12.5-404 Nuisance
12.5-405—12.5-410 Reserved
Division 2: Municipal Setting Designations
12.5-411 Findings
12.5-412 Definitions
12.5-413 Use of groundwater in municipal setting designation as a potable water source prohibited
12.5-414 Application for city council approval of municipal setting designation
12.5-415 Staff review
12.5-416 Director action following application review
12.5-417 Notice of public meeting and public hearing
12.5-418 Conduct of public meeting
12.5-419 Conduct of public hearing
12.5-420 Limitation on reapplication
12.5-421 Additional requirements
12.5-422—12.5-499 Reserved
Article V: Public Drinking Water
Division 1: General Provisions
12.5-500 Definitions
12.5-501 Purpose
12.5-502 Drinking water facility standards
12.5-503 City drinking water analysis
12.5-504 Connection of private water supply to city system
12.5-505—12.5-510 Reserved
Division 2: Protection of Lake Worth
12.5-511 Authority of director
12.5-512 Pollution of Lake Worth watershed
12.5-513 Extended municipal court jurisdiction
12.5-514 Nuisance
12.5-515—12.5-524 Reserved
Division 3: Cross-Connection Control
Subdivision I: General Provisions
12.5-525 Purpose
12.5-526 Cost of compliance
12.5-527 Responsibilities of owners and renters
12.5-528 Backflow prevention assembly requirements
12.5-529 Residential service connections
12.5-530 Plumbing code
12.5-531 Installation requirements
12.5-532 Testing of assemblies
12.5-533 Maintenance of assemblies
12.5-534 Thermal expansion
12.5-535 Pressure loss
12.5-536 Mobile units
12.5-537 Wholesale customers
12.5-538 Right-of-way encroachment
12.5-539—12.5-542 Reserved
Subdivision II: Cross-Connection Inspectors
12.5-543 Certification of cross-connection inspectors
12.5-544—12.5-547 Reserved
Subdivision III: Backflow Prevention
Assembly Testers
12.5-548 Required license for a backflow prevention assembly tester
12.5-549 Required registration of a certified backflow prevention assembly tester
12.5-550 Requirements to become a registered certified backflow prevention assembly tester
12.5-551—12.5-554 Reserved
Subdivision IV: Installation Standards and
Specifications
12.5-555 Reduced pressure principle backflow prevention assembly (RP)
12.5-556 Double check valve backflow prevention assembly (DC)
12.5-557 Double detector check valve assembly (DDC)
12.5-558 Pressure vacuum breaker (PVB)
12.5-559 Atmospheric vacuum breaker (AVB)
12.5-560 Air gap separation
12.5-561 Fire systems
12.5-562 Offense
12.5-563—12.5-569 Reserved
Subdivision V: Enforcement
12.5-570 Access to premises
12.5-571 Emergency suspension of utility service
12.5-572 Nonemergency termination of water supply
12.5-573 Nuisance
12.5-574—12.5-599 Reserved
Article VI: Industrial Wastewater
Division 1: General Provisions
12.5-600 Definitions
12.5-601 Purpose and policy
12.5-602 Administration
12.5-603 Fees
12.5-604 Incorporation of EPA or TCEQ standards
12.5-605—12.5-609 Reserved
Division 2: Discharge Prohibitions
and Limitations
12.5-610 Discharges to the City of Fort Worth Village Creek wastewater treatment facility
12.5-610.1 Discharges to the Trinity River Authority central regional wastewater treatment facility
12.5-610.2 Discharges to the Trinity River Authority Denton Creek wastewater treatment facility
12.5-611 City’s right of revision
12.5-612 Dilution
12.5-613 Upset
12.5-614 Bypass
12.5-615—12.5-619 Reserved
Division 3: Pretreatment of Wastewater
12.5-620 Pretreatment facilities
12.5-621 Additional pretreatment measures
12.5-622 Accidental discharge/slug control plans
12.5-623 Hauled septage and industrial waste
12.5-624—12.5-629 Reserved
Division 4: Wastewater Discharge
Permit Application
12.5-630 Wastewater analysis
12.5-631 Wastewater discharge permit required
12.5-632 Permit application process
12.5-633 Signatories and certification
12.5-634—12.5-638 Reserved
Division 5: Wastewater Discharge Permit
Issuance Process
12.5-639 Wastewater discharge permit decisions
12.5-640 Wastewater discharge permit duration
12.5-641 Wastewater discharge permit contents
12.5-642 Reserved
12.5-643 Permit modification
12.5-644 Permit transfer
12.5-645 Grounds for permit denial or revocation
12.5-646 Permit reissuance
12.5-647 Regulation of wastes from other jurisdictions
12.5-648 Extrajurisdictional users
12.5-649—12.5-650 Reserved
Division 6: Reporting Requirements
12.5-651 Baseline monitoring reports
12.5-652 Compliance schedule progress reports
12.5-653 Reports on compliance with categorical pretreatment standard deadline
12.5-654 Periodic compliance reports for facilities discharging to the City of Fort Worth Village Creek Wastewater treatment facility
12.5-654.1 Periodic compliance reports for facilities discharging to the Trinity River Authority wastewater treatment facility
12.5-655 Reports of changed conditions
12.5-656 Reports of accidental discharges
12.5-657 Reports from non-permitted users
12.5-658 Notification of violation based on self-monitoring
12.5-659 Notification of the discharge of hazardous waste
12.5-660 Analytical requirements
12.5-661 Sample collection
12.5-662 Date reports deemed received
12.5-663 Record keeping
12.5-664—12.5-669 Reserved
Division 7: Compliance Monitoring
and Enforcement
12.5-670 Inspection and sampling
12.5-671 Publication of users in significant noncompliance for facilities discharging to the City of Fort Worth Village Creek wastewater treatment facility
12.5-671.1 Publication of users in significant noncompliance for facilities discharging to the Trinity River Authority wastewater treatment facility
12.5-672 Emergency suspension of water supply and/or discharge
12.5-673 Non-emergency termination of water supply and/or discharge
12.5-674 Performance bonds
12.5-675 Liability insurance
12.5-676 Additional criminal offenses
12.5-677 Affirmative defenses to discharge violations for action in municipal or state court
12.5-677.1 Affirmative defenses to upset only in federal court
12.5-677.2 Other affirmative defenses to specific prohibited discharge standards only in federal court
12.5-678 Nuisance
12.5-679—12.5-699 Reserved
Article VII: Liquid Waste
Division 1: General Provisions
12.5-700 Definitions
12.5-701 Administration
12.5-702 Purpose
12.5-703 Disposal fee
12.5-704 Reserved
Division 2: Generation, Transportation
and Disposal
12.5-705 Permit required
12.5-706 Permit application procedures
12.5-707 Issuance and display of permit
12.5-708 Grounds for permit denial
12.5-709 Permit conditions
12.5-710 Permit modification
12.5-711 Transporter responsibilities
12.5-712 Suspension or revocation of permit
12.5-713 Generator responsibilities
12.5-714 Disposer responsibilities
12.5-715 Additional permit holder responsibilities
12.5-716 Previously issued permits
12.5-717—12.5-729 Reserved
Division 3: Disposal Offenses
12.5-730 Interference with grease trap, grit trap or sanitary sewer
12.5-731 Bioremediation of grease traps
12.5-731.1 Nuisances
12.5-732 Cross-reference to other restrictions in this chapter
12.5-733—12.5-799 Reserved
Article VIII: Solid Waste and Recycling
Division 1: General Provisions
12.5-800 Definitions
12.5-801 Administration and enforcement
12.5-802 Operation of convenience centers
12.5-803 Special waste not accepted
12.5-804 Vehicles at convenience centers
12.5-805 Assumption of risk of injury at convenience centers
12.5-806 Waste containers required
12.5-807—12.5-820 Reserved
Division 2: Household Collection
12.5-821 City household collection service
12.5-822 Preparation of household garbage and rubbish for collection
12.5-822.1 Reserved
12.5-823 Preparation of yard trimmings and small bundled brush for collection
12.5-823.5 Preparation of brush for collection
12.5-824 Preparation of recyclables for collection
12.5-825 Placement of garbage, yard trimmings, small bundled brush, brush and recyclables for curbside city household collection service
12.5-826 Placement of garbage and recyclables for carry-out city household collection service
12.5-827 Maintenance and storage of carts
12.5-828 Bulky waste collection
12.5-829 Reserved
Division 3: Commercial Services
12.5-830 Commercial collection service in carts
12.5-831 Commercial waste containers
12.5-832 Nuisance caused by commercial waste container
12.5-833—12.5-839 Reserved
Division 4: Deposits, Rates and Collection
12.5-840 Deposits
12.5-841 Billing
12.5-841.1 Residential collection fees
12.5-841.2 Commercial garbage collection fees
12.5-842 Delinquent accounts
12.5-842.1 Appeal
12.5-842.2 Hearings
12.5-842.3 Continuation of water service during appeal
12.5-842.4 Rights and remedies of the city
12.5-843 Environmental protection fee
12.5-844 Non city waste landfill environmental fee
12.5-845—12.5-849 Reserved
Division 5: Private Collectors
12.5-850 Agreement required
12.5-851 Privilege agreement application
12.5-852 Granting of privilege agreement
12.5-853 Suspension or revocation
12.5-854 Records and reports
12.5-855 Penalties for violations
12.5-856 Payment of fees/quarterly reports/annual report
12.5-857 Solid waste vehicle hauling permit
12.5-858 Hauling permit application
12.5-859 Issuance of a hauling permit
12.5-860 Display of hauling permit
12.5-861 Hauling permit fees; terms
12.5-862 Suspension or revocation of a hauling permit
12.5-863 Penalties for violations
Article IX: Fill Material
Division 1: Definition of Fill Material
12.5-864 Definition
Division 2: Registration, Notice and
Placement of Sign
12.5-865 Registration
12.5-866 Notice
12.5-867 Placement of sign
Division 3: Restrictions on Placement
of Fill Material
12.5-868 Height and slope restrictions
12.5-869 Additional provisions
Division 4: Exemptions from Requirements
of Division 2
12.5-870 Exemptions
Division 5: Placement of Fill Material in
Rights-of-Way
12.5-871 Placement of fill material in existing or proposed rights-of way
Division 6: FEMA and Drainage Standards
12.5-872 FEMA and city storm drainage standards
12.5-873 Existing drainage pattern
Article X: Grading Permit
12.5-874 Definition
12.5-875 Construction of single-family and duplex homes; exemption from grading permits
12.5-876 Grading permit required
12.5-877 Application for a grading permit
12.5-878 Conformance with stormwater management policies
12.5-879 Early grading permit
12.5-880 Final grading certificate
12.5-881 Permit fees