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FORT WORTH, TEXAS CODE OF ORDINANCES
OFFICIALS of the CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
PART I: THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH
PART II: CITY CODE
CHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2: ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 2.5: RETIREMENT
CHAPTER 3: AIRPORTS AND AIRCRAFT
CHAPTER 4: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
CHAPTER 5: AMBULANCES/EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
CHAPTER 6: ANIMALS AND FOWL
CHAPTER 7: BUILDINGS
CHAPTER 8: CABLE COMMUNICATION SERVICE
CHAPTER 9: COMMUNITY FACILITIES AGREEMENTS
CHAPTER 10: COURTS
CHAPTER 11: ELECTRICITY
CHAPTER 11.5: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 12: EMERGENCY REPORTING EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 12.5: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND COMPLIANCE
CHAPTER 13: FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
CHAPTER 14: RESERVED
CHAPTER 15: GAS
CHAPTER 16: HEALTH AND SANITATION
CHAPTER 17: HUMAN RELATIONS
CHAPTER 18: LAKE WORTH
CHAPTER 19: LIBRARIES
CHAPTER 20: LICENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 21: RESERVED
CHAPTER 22: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
CHAPTER 23: OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 24: PARK AND RECREATION
CHAPTER 25: RESERVED
CHAPTER 26: PLUMBING
CHAPTER 27: POLICE
CHAPTER 28: PUBLIC UTILITIES
CHAPTER 29: SIGNS
CHAPTER 29.5: SMOKING
CHAPTER 30: STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
CHAPTER 31: SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE
CHAPTER 32: TAXATION
CHAPTER 33: TREES, SHRUBS, ETC.
CHAPTER 34: VEHICLES FOR HIRE
CHAPTER 35: WATER AND SEWERS
CHAPTER 36: RESERVED
APPENDIX A: ZONING REGULATIONS
APPENDIX B: CODE COMPLIANCE
APPENDIX C: RESERVED
CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE
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§ 35-38 PURCHASE; REPAIRS.
   All meters larger than two inches shall be purchased by the water user through the city water department and if repairs on the same become necessary, such repairs shall be made by the city water department and the charges therefor shall be paid by the consumer. The rules for paying such charges shall be the same as the rules concerning those for payment of water or sewer service.
(1964 Code, § 37-22)
§ 35-39 MONTHLY READINGS; CUSTOMER CHARGES; STRAIGHT CONNECTIONS.
   (a)   Meters shall be read and the customer notified monthly of the amount of water or sewer service charges incurred by that customer for such month. Such notice may be furnished by depositing a bill for water and/or sewer service charges with the United States postal service directed to the last known address of the customer. Such water and sewer service charges shall be paid pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the city council and amended from time to time. If such water and sewer charges are not paid after notice is given pursuant to such rules and regulations, field action may be taken by dispatching a service representative to lock, plug or remove the water meter and/or disconnect the sewer line. A disconnect charge according to the city's adopted fee schedule in § 35-56(l) will be added to the customer's account for field action for delinquent nonpayment, and payment of the delinquent account while conducting such field action shall not relieve the customer of the disconnect fee. In cases where the water and/or sewer service has been terminated, such service or services shall not be restored until the total amount due, including all charges prescribed in this section, has been paid in full.
   (b)   When water service has been terminated by a locking device and the water service line or meter installation or lock has been removed or damaged, an additional broken lock charge as specified in § 35-56(l) shall be assessed to the customer's account.
   (c)   All customers requesting the activation of water and/or sewer service will be requested to place a deposit in accordance with § 35-61.
   (d)   For all customers requesting a transfer of service, a charge shall be assessed on the customer's account as specified in § 35-56(l).
   (e)   The customer shall be assessed a reactivation fee for all work performed by the city in setting a meter or activating/reactivating water and/or sewer service a fee as specified in § 35-56(l).
   (f)   A non-sufficient funds fee will be added to the customer's account for all checks, bank drafts, credit card or debit card charges returned or refused payment from a customer's bank. If the customer does not remit payment for the returned charge, the city may terminate service and assess a fee as specified in § 35-56(l).
   (g)   A straight connection is defined as any type of device installed in lieu of a water meter, connecting the city's water service pipe to a private service pipe for the purpose of obtaining unmetered water. Whenever a straight connection is found in lieu of a water meter, the straight connection shall be removed by the city and a straight connection charge as specified in § 35-56(l) will be made applied to the customer's account for the removal of such straight connection. When a straight connection is found at a location where there is no record of a request for service to the location, a special charge for the straight connection removal shall be added at the time of future activation, for subsequent activation and to all estimated water billings and fees, and it shall be paid by the party requesting the activation.
   (h)   Resumes. All customers requesting account information and history such as consumption and associated charges will not be charged for this service unless the historical information requested exceeds three years. If the information requested is for the time period greater than one year, a charge as specified in § 35-56(l) will be added to the customer's account.
   (i)   Meter testing. All customers requesting a meter test will be provided with one meter test per year, per customer account, at no charge. Any customer requesting more than one meter test per year will be assessed a charge as specified in § 35-56(l), provided that the meter test indicated that the meter is functioning properly and is usable at another location. No charge will be assessed to the customer if the meter is not functioning properly.
   (j)   Meter replacement. The city will only replace meters that are found not to be properly functioning after testing and validation. If a meter replacement is requested after a meter test determines the meter to be functioning properly, a meter replacement charge as specified in § 35-56(l) will be applied to the customer's account.
   (k)   After hours service connection charge. All customers requesting the connection of service outside of normal business hours will be assessed a charge as specified in § 35-56 (l), for field action for the after-hours service.
   (l)   Same day service charge. All customers requesting the same day connection of service will be assessed a charge according as specified in § 35-56 (l) for field action for the same day service which will be added to the customer's account.
(1964 Code, § 37-23) (Ord. 5715, § 1, passed - -; Ord. 6325, § 1, passed 6-29-1970; Ord. 7091, § 1, passed 11-11-1974; Ord. 8360, § 1, passed 6-16-1981; Ord. 8680, § 1, passed 11-16-1982; Ord. 8958, § 1, passed 10-25-1983; Ord. 9179, § 1, passed 8-28-1984; Ord. 9433, § 1, passed 7-23-1985; Ord. 11717, § 7, passed 11-1-1994; Ord. 18835-09-2009, § 1, passed 9-22-2009, eff. 1-1-2010; Ord. 23990-12-2019, § 1, passed 12-17-2019, eff. 4-1-2020)
§ 35-40 BYPASSING METERS.
   Whoever by any means or devices prevents water from passing through any meter connected directly or indirectly with the lines or mains of the city waterworks, whether sewer service customer only or both water and sewer, or from registering the amount of water passing through such meter, or prevents or obstructs a meter from accurately registering the quantity of water supplied, or in any way interferes with its purpose, action or just registration, or whoever, without the consent in writing of the director of the water department diverts any water from any pipes, lines or mains of the waterworks, or otherwise uses or causes to be used any water produced or distributed by the waterworks, or retains possession thereof, or refuses to deliver any meter or other appliance loaned to him or her by the water department for the purpose of furnishing water through same and registering the quantity thereof, shall be deemed in violation of these rules and regulations and shall be for each such offense fined as hereinafter provided. The presence at any time on or about any meter, water lines or mains of the city, whether such meter, if any, is owned or operated by the city or others, of a pipe or any device or pipes resulting in the diversion of water or the prevention of its free passage and registration by any such meter, or resulting in the diversion from such meter, or resulting in the prevention of water reaching the meter, or resulting in the prevention of just registration of the meter or meters or resulting in the taking of any water except through a meter as above set forth shall constitute prima facie evidence on the part of the person owning or having custody or control of the room, building, place or premises where such device or pipe is located, of knowledge of the existence thereof and knowledge of such existence to the person who would be benefited by the failure of the water to be accurately metered shall further constitute prima facie evidence of intention on the part of such person or persons to defraud, and shall bring such person prima facie within the scope, meaning and penalties of this section and article.
(1964 Code, § 37-24)
§§ 35-41—35-55 RESERVED.
ARTICLE III: CHARGES
DIVISION 1: GENERALLY
Editors’s note:
   See the editor’s note at Div. 2.
§ 35-56 WATER AND SEWER RATES WITHIN CITY.
   (a)   The following definitions shall apply in this section:
      ABNORMAL SEWAGE. Any sewage having a suspended solids or B.O.D. content which is, in the judgment of the director of the water department, significantly in excess of, or below, that found in normal sewage, but is otherwise acceptable into the city sanitary sewerage system.
      B.O.D. (DENOTING BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure as specified in standard methods in five days at 20°C expressed as parts per million by weight (milligrams per liter).
      COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER CLASS. Shall consist of those customers which have three or more living units served by a single water meter, or which have one or more businesses served by a single water meter.
      DIRECTOR. The director of the water department of the City of Fort Worth or his or her authorized representative.
      INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMER CLASS. Shall consist of those customers whose sewage contains waste water from a product manufactured, processed or fabricated by the customer.
      LIVING UNIT. A residential unit providing complete, independent, living facilities for one family, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, cooking, eating and sanitation.
      MONITORED GROUP CLASS. Shall consist of those customers determined by the director of the water department to be producers of waste water that is, in his or her judgment, abnormal sewage.
      NONRESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER CLASS. Shall consist of the industrial customer class and the commercial customer class.
      NORMAL SEWAGE. Sewage which when analyzed shows by weight a daily average of not more than 240 mg/l of suspended solids and not more than 210 mg/l of B.O.D., and which is otherwise acceptable into the city sanitary sewerage system.
      RECLAIMED WATER. Highly treated effluent from Fort Worth’s wastewater treatment plant, supplied through the reclaimed water transmission and distribution system, which meets or exceeds the requirements for Type I reclaimed water uses, as set forth by Tex. Administrative Code Title 30, § 210.33.
      RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER CLASS. Shall consist of those customers which have no more than two living units served by a single water meter.
      STANDARD METHODS. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater prepared and published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Waterworks Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation.
      SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids that either float on the surface of, or in suspension in, water, sewage or other liquid and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
      WHOLESALE CUSTOMER. A municipality, town, village or other governmental entity or private firm contracting with a governmental entity for the provision of water, reclaimed water and/or wastewater service.
   (b)   (1)   The following schedule of rates per month, or fraction thereof, shall be the charges to all residential and nonresidential customers for furnishing water to such customers located within the city. The residential monthly volume charge for water service shall be the charges to the residential class, as defined in this chapter, for furnishing water to residential water customers located within the city. The nonresidential monthly volume charge for water service shall be the charges to the nonresidential customer class, as defined in this chapter, for furnishing water to nonresidential water customers located within the city.
Retail Water Rates
Monthly Service Charge for Water
Meter Size (Inches)
Monthly Charge
Retail Water Rates
Monthly Service Charge for Water
Meter Size (Inches)
Monthly Charge
3/4 × 5/8
$13.75
3/4 × 3/4
$14.00
1
$29.05
1-1/2
$54.50
2
$85.10
3
$225.10
4
$385.55
6
$818.45
8
$1,429.65
10
$2,142.80
 
      (2)   The monthly volume charge for water service is as follows:
Residential Customer Class
Cubic Feet
Rate
Residential Customer Class
Cubic Feet
Rate
First 600 or less cubic feet of water used per month, per 100 cubic feet
$2.28
For the next 1,200 cubic feet of water used per month, per 100 cubic feet
$3.19
For the next 1,200 cubic feet of water used per month, per 100 cubic feet
$4.29
For all in excess of 3,000 cubic feet of water used per month, per 100 cubic feet
$5.37
Commercial Customer Class
All usage of water used per month, per 100 cubic feet
$2.74
Industrial Customer Class
All usage of water used per month, per 100 cubic feet
$2.74
Irrigation Meters
First 10,000 or less cubic feet of water used per month, per 100 cubic feet
$3.01
For all in excess of 10,000 cubic feet of water used per month, per 100 cubic feet
$4.03
Gas Well Drillers
All usage of water used per month, per 100 cubic feet per month
$5.85
 
      (3)   The service charges set out in the foregoing schedules are based upon the amount of water used as measured by meters.
   (c)   The following schedule of rates per month, or fraction thereof, shall be the charges to all residential and nonresidential customers for furnishing sewerage service to such customers located within the city. The residential monthly volume charge for sewerage service shall be the charges to the residential class, as defined in this chapter, for furnishing sewerage service to residential sewer customers located within the city. The nonresidential monthly volume charge for sewerage service shall be the charges to the nonresidential customer class, as defined in this chapter, for furnishing sewerage service to nonresidential sewer customers located within the city.
      (1)   Monthly service charge for sewerage service only.
Meter Size (inches)
Monthly Charge
Meter Size (inches)
Monthly Charge
3/4 × 5/8
$7.50
3/4 × 3/4
$7.80
1
$13.80
1-1/2
$37.50
2
$60.00
3
$112.50
4
$187.50
6
$375.00
8
$600.00
10
$862.50
12
$1,612.50
 
      (2)   a.   A monthly volume charge shall also be charged to residential customers in the amount of $4.26 per 100 cubic feet of water used, and to nonresidential/non-monitored customers in the amount of $4.19 per 100 cubic feet of water used, or wastewater produced, as more specifically set forth hereinafter.
         b.   The monthly volume charges for residential class customers will be based on the individual customer’s average monthly water use during the preceding winter quarter months of December, January and February. The volumes used to compute these charges are based on the amount of water used by the residential class customer as measured by a meter. Where no preceding winter quarter average is available from records, the director shall estimate a volume to be used for this monthly volume charge.
         c.   The monthly charges to the nonresidential/non-monitored customers will be based on total water use as measured by appropriate meters, with the provision that if a customer can prove, to the satisfaction of the director, that a significant portion of the metered water usage does not enter the sanitary sewers, the customer will be charged for only that volume entering the sewers, as determined by a method approved by the director.
   (d)   (1)   The director shall establish a monitored group class, consisting of those customers whose wastewater strength is, in his or her judgment, abnormally high or whose wastewater contains limited substances or materials, and charges to customers in this class shall be computed in accord with the following five-part rate schedule:
 
Monitored Group
Volume charge, per 100 cubic feet
$2.65
BOD strength charge, per pound of BOD
$0.2697
Suspended solids strength charge per pound of suspended solids
$0.1978
Dissolved solids strength charge, per pound of dissolved solids (applicable to gas well drillers)
$0.0420
Monitoring and pretreatment charge = Total actual cost
 
      (2)   The monitoring charge shall consist of all cost for personnel, material and equipment used to collect and analyze samples from the customer’s wastewater to determine the strength of the wastewater produced and, when appropriate, to inspect pretreatment facilities, to administer pretreatment permit systems and to enforce ordinance requirements. Pretreatment requirements primarily affect industries that are subject to 40 C.F.R. part 403, General Pretreatment Regulations.
      (3)   This schedule shall replace all other charges previously made for industrial waste strength.
   (e)   All customers connected to the sanitary sewerage system who have a source of water supply that is in addition to, or in lieu of, the city water supply must have a meter approved and tested by the department on that source of water supply and the volume charge as set forth hereinbefore shall be based on the sum of the volumes delivered by all sources of supply. Such method of volume determination will not be applicable if the customer installs a meter approved by the water department on the waste water produced by the customer before it enters the city sanitary sewer.
   (f)   Charges paid by municipal departments for water and sewerage services shall be paid for at the rates in effect.
   (g)   The following schedule of rates per month, or fraction thereof, shall be the charges to all wholesale customers for furnishing water to such customers:
 
Rates for Wholesale Water Service
Volume ($/1,000 gallons)*
$0.8350
Maximum Day ($/MGD excess)
$100,828.00
Maximum Hour ($/MGD excess)
$27,923.00
Customer ($/Meter/Month)
$25.00
*plus raw water cost
 
 
Raw Water Service
All uses inside Tarrant Regional Water District per 1,000 gallons per month
$1.52615
All uses outside Tarrant Regional Water District per 1,000 gallons per month
$1.52615
 
   (h)   The following schedule of rates per month, or fraction thereof, shall be the charges to all wholesale customers for furnishing wastewater services to such customers:
 
Rates for Wholesale Wastewater Service
Volume ($/1,000 gallons)
$1.8275
BOD ($/pound)
$0.6136
TSS ($/pound)
$0.3223
Customer ($/month)
$75.00
 
   (i)   The standby charge per month, per 1,000 gallons is $0.8936.
   (j)   (1)   The following schedule of rates per month, or fraction thereof, shall be the charges to all wholesale customers for furnishing reclaimed water to such customers:
 
Rates for Wholesale Reclaimed Water Service
Volume ($/1,000 gallons)
October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2012
$1.45
October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2014
$1.50
 
      (2)   Starting October 1, 2014, the wholesale reclaim water service rates will increase by 5% annually until such time as the cumulative amount of the annual system deficits has been recovered.
      (3)   The customer shall be charged on a monthly basis the volume rate charge multiplied by a minimum 50% of the customer’s contracted average monthly amount (annual amount divided by 12 months) in order to establish a minimum cash flow to meet the operating and debt expenditures for the system.
   (k)   A permit/contract fee up to $5,000 will be assessed for a ground water remediation discharge permit. The term of the permit/contract shall not exceed two years. In addition to a volume charge based on current rates, a monthly service fee of $4.50 will be assessed.
   (l)   Rates.
Account Services
New Meter Set
$60
Standard Activation/Transfer
$20
Same Day Activation/Transfer
$25+
Same Day After Hours Activation/Transfer
$50+
Other Field Services
First meter test/investigation per 12-months
No Charge
Additional test/investigation per 12-months*
$75
Investigation By Appointment
$100
Meter Replacement by Request
Actual Cost
Replacement Installation by Request (< 2")
$60
Replacement Installation by Request (> 2")
Actual Cost
Tampering/Theft
Tampering, damage, inactive/unauthorized consumption
$150 + estimated use + cost of damage
Meter Removal
$60
 
Delinquency
Late Payment
10% past due
Disconnect/Lock/Shut off
$20
Broken Lock
$25
Standard Reactivation
$20
Same Day Reactivation
$25+
Same Day After Hours Reactivation
$50+
+ equals the standard charge plus the additional charge.
 
(1964 Code, § 37-25) (Ord. 5432, § 1, passed - -; Ord. 6325, § 2, passed 6-29-1970; Ord. 6888, § 1, passed 8-13-1973; Ord. 7380, § 1, passed 7-12-1976; Ord. 7586, § 1, passed 8-2-1977; Ord. 7981, § 1, passed 9-18-1979; Ord. 8158, § 1, passed 8-18-1980; Ord. 8264, § 1, passed 2-10-1981; Ord. 8387, § 1, passed 9-1-1981; Ord. 8618, § 1, passed 8-17-1982; Ord. 8619, §§ 1, 2, passed 8-17-1982; Ord. 8905, §§ 1, 2, passed 8-30-1983; Ord. 8906, § 1, passed 8-30- 1983; Ord. 9179, § 2, passed 8-28-1984; Ord. 9180, §§ 1, 2, passed 8-28-1984; Ord. 9432, §§ 1, 2, passed 7-23-1985; Ord. 9433, § 2, passed 7-23-1985; Ord. 9696, §§ 1—3, passed 8-19-1986; Ord. 10143, §§ 1—4, passed 7-26-1988; Ord. 10173, § 1, passed9-27-1988; Ord. 10373, §§ 1—6, passed 8-29-1989; Ord. 10672, §§ 1—3, passed 9-18-1990; Ord. 10196, §§ 1—3, passed 9-17-1991; Ord. 11172, §§ 1, 2, passed 9-22-1992; Ord. 11298, §§ 1—3, passed 4-20-1993; Ord. 11336, §§ 1—3, passed 6-15-1993; Ord. 11395, §§ 1—3, passed 9-14-1993; Ord. 11678, §§ 1—3, passed 9-20-1994; Ord. 11717, §§ 1—4, 8, passed 11-1-1994; Ord. 12113, §§ 1—3, passed 8-20-1995; Ord. 12114, §§ 1—3, passed 8-20-1995; Ord. 12669, §§ 1, 2, passed 9-10-1996; Ord. 12670, §§ 1—3, passed 9-10-1996; Ord. 13145, §§ 1, 2, passed 9-2-1997; Ord. 13146, §§ 1, 2, passed 9-2-1997; Ord. 13575, §§ 1, 2, passed 9-15-1998; Ord. 13576, §§ 1—3, passed 9-15-1998; Ord. 13944, §§ 1—3, passed 9-21-1999; Ord. 14347, § 1, passed 9-26-2000; Ord. 14348, §§ 1—3, passed 9-26-2000; Ord. 14349, § 1, passed 9-26-2000; Ord. 14762, §§ 1, 2, passed 8-28-2001; Ord. 14796, §§ 1—3, passed 10-2-2001; Ord. 15253, §§ 1, 2, passed 9-24-2002; Ord. 15254, §§ 1—3, passed 9-24-2002; Ord. 15693, §§ 1—3, passed 9-23-2003; Ord. 15694, §§ 1, 2, passed 9-23-2003; Ord. 16141, § 1, 2, eff. 10-1-2004; Ord. 16154, §§ 1—3, passed 10-5-2004; Ord. 16623, §§ 1, 2, passed 9-27-2005; Ord. 16624, §§ 1—3, passed 9-27-2005; Ord. 16932, § 1, passed 5-9-2006; Ord. 17208, § 1, passed 9-26-2006; Ord. 17801, §§ 1—3, passed 9-25-2007; Ord. 17798, §§ 1, 2, passed 9-25-2007; Ord. 18316-09-2008, § 1, passed 9-30-2008, eff. 1-1-2009; Ord. 18317-09-2008, §§ 1, 2, passed 9-30-2008; Ord. 18835-09-2009, §§ 2, 3, passed 9-22-2009, eff. 1-1-2010; Ord. 18836-09-2009, §§ 1, 2, passed 9-22-2009; Ord. 18990-01-2010, §§ 1—3, passed 1-12-2010, eff. 10-1-2010; Ord. 19376-09-2010, §§ 1—3, passed 9-28-2010; Ord. 19377-09-2010, §§ 1, 2, passed 9-28-2010; Ord. 19909-09-2011, §§ 1—3, passed 9-20-2011, eff. 10-1-2011; Ord. 19910-09-2011, §§ 1—3, passed 9-20-2011, eff. 1-1-2012; Ord. 20405-09-2012, §§ 1, 2, passed 9-18-2012, eff. 1-1-2013; Ord. 20407-09-2012, §§ 1, 2, passed 9-18-2012, eff. 10-1-2012; Ord. 20946-09-2013, §§ 1—3, passed 9-17-2013, eff. 1-1-2014; Ord. 20947-09-2013, §§ 1, 2, passed 9-17-2013, eff. 10-1-2013; Ord. 21448-09-2014, §§ 1—4, passed 9-9-2014, eff. 1-1-2015; Ord. 21449-09-2014, §§ 1, 2, passed 9-9-2014, eff. 10-1-2014; Ord. 21855-09-2015, §§ 1—3, passed 9-1-2015, eff. 1-1-2016; Ord. 21856-09-2015, §§ 1—3, passed 9-1-2015, eff. 10-1-2015; Ord. 22375-08-2016, §§ 1—3, passed 8-30-2016, eff. 10-1-2016; Ord. 22374-08-2016, §§ 1—3, passed 8-30-2016, eff. 1-1-2017; Ord. 22890-09-2017, §§ 1—3, passed 9-12-2017, eff. 10-1-2017; Ord. 22891-09-2017, §§ 1—3, passed 9-12-2017, eff. 1-1-2018; Ord. 23377-09-2018, §§ 1—3, passed 9-11-2018, eff. 10-1-2018; Ord. 23429-09-2018, §§ 1—2, passed 9-25-2018, eff. 10-1-2018; Ord. 23818-09-2019, §§ 1—4, passed 9-10-2019, eff. 1-1-2020; Ord. 23819- 09-2019, §§ 1—3, passed 9-10-2019, eff. 10-1-2019; Ord. 23990-12-2019, § 2, passed 12-17-2019, eff. 4- 1-2020; Ord. 24450-09-2020, §§ 1—3, passed 9-22-2020, eff. 10-1-2020; Ord. 24504-10-2020, § 1, passed 10-27-2020; Ord. 25035-09-2021, §§ 1—3, passed 9-14-2021, eff. 10-1-2021; Ord. 25692-09-2022, § 1—3, passed 9-13-2022, eff. 10-1-2022; Ord. 26450-09-2023, §§ 1—3, passed 9-19-2023, eff. 10-1-2023; Ord. 26451-09-2023, §§ 1, 3, 4, passed 9-19-2023, eff. 1-1-2024; Ord. 27105-08-2024, §§ 1—4, passed 8-27-2024, eff. 1-1-2025; Ord. 27213- 10-2024, §§ 1, 2, passed 10-15-2024, eff. 10-1-2024)
§ 35-57 DEFINITIONS.
   The following words, when used in this section, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them.
   COMMUNITY FACILITIES AGREEMENT (CFA). A contract between a developer and the city for the construction of community facilities, on a property in which the city has or will have an ownership or other legal interest, that the city requires to be constructed as a condition of plat or plan approval, or the issuance of a building permit.
   LONG TAP. A service tap crossing beyond the centerline of the street to the opposite side of the street to the property to be served.
   MISCELLANEOUS CONTRACTS. An agreement with the city's Water Department engineering staff which allows for the city to provide engineering design services and construction of water or wastewater infrastructure.
   COMMUNITY FACILITIES AGREEMENT (CFA). A contract between a developer and the city for the construction of community facilities, on a property in which the city has or will have an ownership or other legal interest, that the city requires to be constructed as a condition of plat or plan approval, or the issuance of a building permit.
   LONG TAP. A service tap crossing beyond the centerline of the street to the opposite side of the street to the property to be served.
   MISCELLANEOUS CONTRACTS. An agreement with the city's Water Department engineering staff which allows for the city to provide engineering design services and construction of water or wastewater infrastructure.
   SANITARY SEWER TAP. A connection to the public sanitary sewer located in a public street and the sanitary sewer service lateral line extended approximately three feet behind the curb line adjacent to the property served thereby; except in easements and alleys, where the sanitary sewer service lateral is extended as close as possible to the private property line as is deemed reasonable by the director.
   SHORT TAP. A service tap located on the same side of the street as the water main that does not cross the centerline of the street.
   STANDARD METER. A three-quarter-inch by five-eighths-inch meter.
   TAP REMOVAL. The removal and/or abandonment of a water tap service line and meter and/or sewer tap by the city.
   WATER TAP. The connection to the public water main and the water service line extended to a point approximately three feet behind the curb line adjacent to the property served thereby, to the point of the meter connection; except in easements and alleys where the water tap connection and water service line is extended as close as possible to the private property line as is deemed reasonable by the director.
(1964 Code, § 37-26) (Ord. 5432, § 2, passed - -; Ord. 5875, §§ 1—6, passed - -; Ord. 6325, § 3, passed 6-29-1970; Ord. 6685, § 2, passed 6-19-1972; Ord. 6888, § 2, passed 8-13-1973; Ord. 7094, §§ 1, 2, passed 11-11-1974; Ord. 7380, § 2, passed 7-12-1976; Ord. 7981, § 2, passed 9-18-1979; Ord. 8158, § 2, passed 8-18-1980; Ord. 8264, § 2, passed 2-10-1981; Ord. 8387, § 2, passed 9-1-1981; Ord. 8618, § 2, passed 8-17-1982; Ord. 8619, § 3, passed 8-17-1982; Ord. 8680, § 2, passed 11-16-1982; Ord. 8905, § 3, passed 8-30-1983; Ord. 8906, § 2, passed 8-30-1983; Ord. 9179, § 3, passed 8-28-1984; Ord. 9180, § 3, passed 8-28-1984; Ord. 9432, § 3, passed 7-23-1985; Ord. 9433, § 3, passed 7-23-1985; Ord. 9696, §§ 4—6, passed 8-19-1986; Ord. 9982, § 1, passed 10-13-1987; Ord. 10026, § 3, passed 12-18-1987; Ord. 10075, § 1, passed 3-15-1988; Ord. 10173, § 2, passed 9-27-1988; Ord. 10374, §§ 1, 2, passed 8-29-1989; Ord. 10678, § 1, passed 9-25-1990; Ord. 11717, § 9, passed 11-1-1994; Ord. 12076, § 1, passed 8-15-1995; Ord. 12669, §§ 1, 2, passed 9-10-1996; Ord. 12670, §§ 1—3, passed 9-10-1996; Ord. 24061-02-2020, § 1, passed 2-18-2020, eff. 4-1-2020)
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