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In part of the downtown area the city maintains a separate sanitary sewer system to serve the basements of the buildings located in that area. The separate system is referred to as the deep sewer. The construction of the sewer tap shall be done by the city, or the plumber or person holding the permit may be permitted by the plumbing inspector to construct the sewer tap in accordance with requirements of the city plumbing code and all other applicable ordinances of the city. Any work done by the city in making a deep sewer connection shall be paid for by the plumber or other person holding a plumbing permit relating to such deep sewer connection.
(Ord. 12076, § 2, passed 8-15-1995)
(a) In cases where the city council has directed that an unimproved street be paved and such unimproved street contains existing water or sewer mains but no sanitary sewer or water taps have been extended to one or more of the abutting lots, in order to prevent future paving cuts, the city is authorized to install or cause to be installed a sanitary sewer tap or water tap to connect the water or sewer mains to each such lot.
(b) If the applicable charges for water or sanitary sewer taps installed under this section are not paid prior to the date such street is improved by paving, an additional $30 shall be charged for each water or sanitary sewer tap. These charges shall be payable at the time the property is connected to the water or sewer line in the city.
(c) The owner of each abutting lot served by each water tap constructed under this section shall pay the appropriate charge for such tap as stated in § 35-57.4.
(d) The owner of each abutting lot served by each sewer tap constructed under this section shall pay the appropriate charge for such tap as stated in § 35-57.5.
(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)
(a) Generally. In addition to other connection charges provided in this chapter, a front footage charge shall be paid for all service connections made to all water and sanitary sewer mains in the following cases:
(1) Service connections or extensions made to serve adjacent property from an approach facility constructed by a developer, single-customer property owner or the city;
(2) Service connections or extensions made to serve adjacent property from an approach facility that has been replaced at developer, single-customer property owner cost or the city; and
(3) Service connections or extensions made to serve adjacent property from an approach facility installed by multiple single-customer property owners or the city.
(4) Service connections or extensions made to serve adjacent property from a frontage main connecting from an approach main constructed or replaced by a developer, single-customer property owner, multiple single-customer property owners or the city.
(b) Definitions. The following terms shall be defined as follows when used in this section.
APPROACH MAIN. A portion of the sanitary sewer or water main from the point of connection to the existing main to the nearest property corner of the developing property.
CITY PARTICIPATION. The portion of the construction cost that the city reimburses a developer under the policy for the installation of community facilities.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT. Any establishment other than a one- or two-unit residence.
DEVELOPER. Any type of new customer other than "single-customer property owner."
DEVELOPMENT COST.
a. The cost incurred by the city related to either a city-initiated sanitary wastewater or water main or the city participation costs in a developer-initiated wastewater or water main, which costs are based upon the costs contained in the contracts awarded for the construction of the water main, regardless of the final cost;
b. The cost incurred by a developer related to the construction of a developer-initiated wastewater or water main based solely on the cost of the contracts awarded for the construction of such wastewater or water main, without regard to the final cost; or
c. Both a. and b.
DEVELOPER'S DEVELOPMENT COST PERCENTAGE. The development cost incurred by the developer divided by the development cost, expressed as a percentage.
FRONT FOOTAGE. The number of linear feet in that portion of a property boundary abutting a street, alley or easement containing a sanitary sewer or water main for which front footage charges are collected for connection.
FRONTAGE MAIN. The portion of the sanitary sewer or water main located within the frontage of the developing property.
FRONTAGE MAIN ELIGIBILITY. Frontage main eligibility may only occur when the property's frontage main is shared with another property on the opposing side of the street right-of-way to the developer's property is owned by a separate landowner not affiliated with the developer.
SINGLE-CUSTOMER PROPERTY OWNER. An existing occupied residential establishment or an existing commercial establishment.
(c) Sewers crossing through property served. In the case of an easement containing a sanitary sewer for which footage charges are collected for connection, which sewer crosses through the property served, the boundary on which the front footage charge is to be based shall be the length of the sewer within the limits of such property measured along the centerline of such sewer.
(d) Determination of front footage. Front footage to be used in application of front footage charges shall be determined as follows:
(1) The front footage charge shall apply directly to property platted into lots or tracts of land;
(2) Front footage charge shall be determined by using the longest boundary length abutting a street, alley or easement containing a wastewater or water facility serving the property or computed as one-six of the perimeter of such property, whichever is greater. The payment of front footage charges by the customer shall be the greater amount as calculated above;
(3) The front footage charge shall be calculated as prescribed by the method in the policy for installation of community facilities for water and sewer;
(4) The director shall be authorized to collect the front foot charge in the amounts established by city council pursuant to this section and the policy for installation of community facilities, whichever is greater; and
(5) The applicable front footage charges required hereunder for water or sanitary sewer service connections shall be paid before the filing of a final plat, or before a plumbing permit can be issued; and
(6) The front footage charge for frontage main eligibility shall be one-half the prescribed calculated method in the policy of installation of community facilities for water and sewer for service connections or extensions made to serve adjacent property.
(e) Determination of the front foot charge for the appropriate pipe size. Front footage amounts to be used to determine the front footage charge calculated in subsection (d) above:
(1) The appropriate pipe size is determined based on the approved water and sewer studies of the subsequent developments that will benefit from the connection to the existing approach main or by the water department director's, or his or her designee's, approval.
(2) The front foot charges are as follows:
Size of Connecting Pipe | Water FFC |
8-inch or Smaller | $43.23 |
10-inch | $54.22 |
12-inch | $57.73 |
16-inch | $75.57 |
Size of Connecting Pipe | Sewer FFC |
Size of Connecting Pipe | Sewer FFC |
8-inch or Smaller | $54.26 |
10-inch | $56.46 |
12-inch | $65.70 |
15-inch | $74.94 |
18-inch | $84.18 |
21-inch | $93.44 |
24-inch | $115.95 |
(f) Administration of front foot charge. The administration of front foot charges is as follows:
(1) The water department shall be responsible for the collection, refund and maintenance of front foot charges collected.
(2) The payment of the front foot charge assessed hereunder shall be paid prior to the filing of final plat, or before a plumbing permit can be issued.
(3) A two percent (2%) annual cost adjustment shall be incorporated into the prescribed front footage charge. Annual cost adjustment increase shall be assessed on January 1st of the following year for the established front footage charge. Annual cost adjustment shall be accrued until below listed conditions are met regarding developer or city initiated wastewater or water main projects.
(4) Approach main reimbursement may be equal to, but not greater than, 100% of the cost for the water or wastewater approach main incurred by developer.
(5) Frontage main reimbursement may be equal to, but not greater than 50% of the cost for the frontage main incurred by the developer.
(6) Front foot charges will be assessed for a period of 20 years, commencing on the date that the city accepts the water or wastewater main.
(7) Collections and reimbursements of front foot charges will cease when the developer has been fully reimbursed or the time period for assessment of front foot charges has lapsed, whichever occurs first.
(8) Reimbursement shall be made solely from front foot charges collected by the city during the period that front foot charges are assessed for the water or wastewater service line connections and point of connections to the water or wastewater main extension.
(9) Any assignment of front foot charges must be approved by the water department director prior to the execution of the assignment.
(10) Existing community facilities agreements with mains, or other facilities, eligible for front foot charge collections will continue under the policy that was in effect at the time the agreement was executed.
(11) The reimbursement limit, together with the project number, date construction was completed, permanent record number of main, limits of portion of the main upon which front foot charges are collectible, and name of the entity entitled to the refund shall be documented by the city.
(12) Upon written request by the developer during the month of November, reimbursements will be made annually during the last two months of the calendar year from which front foot charges were paid to the city.
(13) It is the responsibility of the developer/landowner requesting the refund to prove their eligibility to receive the reimbursement due.
(14) In the event the developer/single customer property owner fails to request a reimbursement of front foot charges within six months after the expiration of the eligibility to receive funds, such un-reimbursed front foot charges shall become the property of the city.
(15) The amount of refund due to the developer each year shall be the assessed front foot charge collected that year multiplied by the developer's development cost percentage. The remaining portion of the amount collected that year shall be retained by the city as an offset against the development cost incurred by the city.
(16) The city will recover the city development cost for city-initiated approach water and/or sewer main projects or city participation in a developer-initiated approach water and/or sewer main. The city's collection time will cease when city development cost has been fully reimbursed.
(1964 Code, § 37-26.1) (Ord. 5925, § 1, passed - -; Ord. 7059, § 1, passed 9-16-1974; Ord. 7116, § 1, passed 1-20-1975; Ord. 7413, § 1, passed 8-30-1976; Ord. 7621, § 1, passed 9-13-1977; Ord. 7673, § 1, passed 12-13-1977; Ord. 7710, § 1, passed 3-7-1978; Ord. 7753, § 1, passed 6-6-1978; Ord. 7908, § 1, passed 9-12-1978; Ord. 7851, § 1, passed 11-30-1978; Ord. 7893, § 1, passed 3-13-1979; Ord. 7922, § 1, passed 6-12-1979; Ord. 7974, § 1, passed 9-11-1979; Ord. 8019, § 1, passed 12-18-1979; Ord. 8063, § 1, passed 3-11-1980; Ord. 8106, § 1, passed 6-10-1980; Ord. 8122, § 1, passed 7-1-1980; Ord. 8165, § 1, passed 9-9-1980; Ord. 8241, § 1, passed 12-23-1980; Ord. 8287, § 1, passed 3-10-1981; Ord. 8361, § 1, passed 6-16-1981; Ord. 8423, § 1, passed 9-22-1981; Ord. 8487, § 1, passed 12-15-1981; Ord. 8542, § 1, passed 3-30-1982; Ord. 8576, § 1, passed 6-1-1982; Ord. 8661, § 1, passed 10-5-1982; Ord. 8706, § 1, passed 12-21-1982; Ord. 8865, § 1, passed 7-12-1983; Ord. 8952, § 1, passed 10-18-1983; Ord. 8995, § 1, passed 12-22-1983; Ord. 9126, § 1, passed 6-19-1984; Ord. 9270, § 1, passed 12-18-1984; Ord. 9438, § 1, passed 7-30-1985; Ord. 9534, § 1, passed 12-17-1985; Ord. 9654, § 1, passed 6-17-1986; Ord. 9892, § 1, passed 6-16-1987; Ord. 10030, § 1, passed 12-22-1987; Ord. 10122, § 1, passed 6-7-1988; Ord. 10220, § 1, passed 12-13-1988; Ord. 10326, § 1, passed 6-20-1989; Ord. 10463, § 1, passed 12-12-1989; Ord. 10583, § 1, passed 5-25-1990; Ord. 10622, § 1, passed 6-26-1990; Ord. 10752, § 1, passed 12-18-1990; Ord. 10855, § 1, passed 6-4-1991; Ord. 10978, § 1, passed 12-19-1991; Ord. 17622, § 1, passed 6-19-2007, eff. 10-1-2007; Ord. 21342-07-2014, § 1, passed 7-22-2014; Ord. 23708-06-2019, § 1, passed 6-25-2019; Ord. 26623-12-2023, §§ 1, 2, passed 12-12-2023, eff. 1-1-2024)
(a) Definitions. When used in the section, the following terms shall be defined as follows:
BUILDING PERMIT. A permit required by the city for the construction of any new dwelling or building.
COMMERCIAL. Any customer served by a single meter or meters that is engaged in any type of business, except the processing, fabrication or manufacturing of any goods or products and any type of dwelling unit.
COMMERCIAL-MULTIPLE UNIT. Any customer that has a single meter or meters serving more than one business per meter and/or three or more dwelling units per meter.
DIRECTOR. The director of the water department of the City of Fort Worth, or his or her authorized representative.
GENERAL BENEFIT FACILITY. Wastewater facilities that provide utility services and benefits common to all customers of the utility; this includes wastewater treatment plants, control systems and appurtenances, and all major collectors and interceptors that are 18 inches and greater in diameter.
INDUSTRIAL. Any customer served by one or more water meters whose sewage contains wastewater from a product fabricated, processed or manufactured by the customer.
INDUSTRIAL-MONITORED CLASS. Any customer determined by the director to be a producer of any sewage having a suspended solids or B.O.D. content which is significantly in excess of that found in normal sewage, but is otherwise acceptable into the city sanitary sewerage system.
INITIAL WASTEWATER SERVICE. The first wastewater service to be provided at a specific property location.
INITIAL WATER SERVICE. The first water service to be provided at a specific property location.
LIVING AREA. The enclosed area of a dwelling that does not include garages, carports and outside patios or porches.
METER. A device that measures the quantity of water used. The types of meters used herein are those described in the American Water Works Association C700 through C703 and M6 Standards.
PUBLIC UTILITY. Any person, firm, corporation, cooperative corporation or any combination of these persons or entities including a municipal corporation, water supply or sewer service corporation or other political subdivision of the state, or their lessees, trustees and receivers, owning or operating for compensation equipment or facilities for the provision of potable water to the public or for the collection and treatment of sewage for the public, but does not include any person or corporation not otherwise a public utility that furnishes the services only to itself or its employees or tenants as an incident of that employee’s service or tenancy when that service is not resold to or used by others.
RESIDENTIAL. Any customer living in a dwelling having the necessary living facilities for one unit that is served by a single water meter. This class also includes a duplex dwelling where no more than two living units are supplied water through a single meter.
(b) System facility access fee.
(1) No person, firm, corporation or other entity shall be entitled to initial wastewater service until payment of the appropriate system facility access fee as set forth in subsection (c) hereof. Payment of the system access fee is required as a condition precedent to establishing initial wastewater service. All other conditions for initiating service, such as deposit requirements, tap fees, extension agreements and service charges are covered elsewhere in the city code and are in addition to the system access fee.
(2) Prior to the initial connection of any building, structure, premises or lot after the effective date of this section to the city’s wastewater system, the owner of that building, structure, premises or lot shall pay the system facility access fee as established in subsection (c) below, such fee to be paid in cash prior to the issuance of the building permit.
(c) Schedule of fees.
(1) The system facility access fees for the residential class using a five-eighths-inch by three-fourths-inch water meter shall be those as set out in Table I.
Table I | |
Living Area (sq. ft.) | Wastewater System Access Fee |
Table I | |
Living Area (sq. ft.) | Wastewater System Access Fee |
Under 1,000 | $88 |
1,001—1,200 | $102 |
1,201—1,400 | $116 |
1,401—1,600 | $130 |
1,601—1,800 | $144 |
1,801—2,000 | $158 |
Over 2,000 | $172 |
(2) The system facility access fees for all other customer classes and the residential class using a water meter larger than the five-eighths-inch by three-fourths-inch meter shall be those as set out in Table II below.
Table II | |||||||||||
Wastewater System Facility Access Fees | |||||||||||
Meter Size and Type | 5/8 × 3/4 in. Simple | 1 in. Simple | 1-1/2 in. Simple | 2 in. Simple | 2 in. Turbine | 3 in. Simple | 3 in Turbine | 4 in. Turbine | 6 in. Turbine | 8 in. Turbine | 10 in. Turbine |
Table II | |||||||||||
Wastewater System Facility Access Fees | |||||||||||
Meter Size and Type | 5/8 × 3/4 in. Simple | 1 in. Simple | 1-1/2 in. Simple | 2 in. Simple | 2 in. Turbine | 3 in. Simple | 3 in Turbine | 4 in. Turbine | 6 in. Turbine | 8 in. Turbine | 10 in. Turbine |
Equivalent meter factor | 1 | 2.5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 42 | 92 | 160 | 250 |
Residential | See Tbl. I | $324 | $649 | $1,038 | $1,297 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Commercial | $409 | $1,022 | $2,044 | $3,270 | $4,088 | $6,131 | $9,810 | $17,168 | $37,606 | $65,402 | $102,190 |
Comm. multi-unit | $481 | $1,202 | $2,403 | $3,845 | $4,807 | $7,210 | $11,536 | $20,188 | $44,222 | $76,908 | $120,168 |
Industrial | $194 | $485 | $969 | $1,551 | $1,938 | $2,907 | $4,652 | $8,142 | $17,832 | $31,011 | $48,455 |
Indust.-monitored class | $2,740 | $6,849 | $13,698 | $21,917 | $27,396 | $41,094 | $65,751 | $115,064 | $252,044 | $438,338 | $684,902 |
(3) The full amount of the fees set out in this section, as amended from time-to-time through cost-of-service based studies, will be phased-in gradually as specified below:
Percentage of System Facility Access Fee in Effect During Fiscal Year to be Charged | |
For City of Fort Worth Fiscal Year Beginning October 1 | Wastewater |
1986 | 20% |
1987 | 40% |
1988 | 60% |
1989 | 80% |
1990 | 100% |
(d) Private and public facilities.
(1) If any property within or without the city’s corporate limits utilizes a water well, a septic tank or an individual waste disposal system and the property owner requests to be connected to the city’s wastewater system, the customer shall be assessed the fee established by this section before the property is connected to the city’s wastewater system. Should the property owner request only a wastewater connection while retaining a private water well, the appropriate fee to be assessed will be determined by the director of the water department.
(2) A system facility access fee will not be assessed to any property which is receiving service from a wastewater treatment plant owned by a public utility when such public utility is acquired by the city and connected into the city’s wastewater system.
(e) Clarifications and determinations. When a question arises as to the classification of a customer’s service class and/or the appropriate meter size, the director shall make the determination in accordance with the existing city code as of the date the question arises. Any customer shall have the right to request in writing from the director an interpretation or clarification of the basis upon which a system facility access fee was assessed.
(f) Increasing size of meter.
(1) If a customer requests an increase in meter size to an existing service, the customer shall pay the fee difference between the new level of service and the existing level of service as set out in subsection (c) hereof. The additional fee shall be paid prior to the installation of the enlarged meter service.
(2) A request for additional sewer connections for improved property shall not result in the assessment of an additional system facility access fee so long as no increase in the size of the water meter is made.
(g) Dedicated funds.
(1) The system facility access fees together with all interest derived therefrom that are generated by this section shall be deposited into a dedicated fund account to be used solely for the financing of the construction, design, inspection and other related expenses of general benefit wastewater capital improvement projects.
(2) A separate dedicated fund shall be established for receipt of proceeds from wholesale sewer customers of the city. This dedicated fund shall not be commingled with fee proceeds from the retail customer class except to the extent funds may be combined for expenditure on general benefit capital facilities. Such funds collected from wholesale customers shall be used solely for the purposes set out in the contracts between Fort Worth and its wholesale customers.
(h) Timely utilization of fees. It is intended that the fees collected by this section will be utilized in a timely manner to provide additional capacity of general benefit facilities. For purposes of this section, timely utilization of fees is determined to mean the encumbrance of funds for general benefit contracts within five years from the date of the receipt of a fee. In the event that such proceeds are not encumbered within five years of date of receipt, such fees will be refunded to the present property owner upon written request.
(i) Waiver of fee. No system facility access fee shall be assessed an application for initial wastewater service provided:
(1) All approach and on-site mains and facilities are in place and final inspection has been conducted and accepted by the water department;
(2) Such application for the initial wastewater service is presented to the city on or before May 1, 1987; and
(3) The application for a building permit for the same property as the initial wastewater service application is presented to the city on or before September 30, 1987.
(Ord. 9721, §§ 1—10, passed 9-23-1986; Ord. 9805, §§ 1—10, passed 1-27-1987; Ord. 9853, §§ 1—9, passed 3-31-1987)
Cross-reference:
Water and wastewater impact fees, see §§ 35-66
et seq.
Editor’s note:
Ord. 9721, adopted Sept. 23, 1966, added provisions designated as § 37-26.2 to the 1964 Code. Inclusion of the substantive provisions of said ordinance as § 35-58.1 hereof has been at the editor’s discretion. The effective date of § 35-58.1 is May 1, 1987. Also it should be noted that Ord. 10601, § 1(3.06), adopted June 5, 1990, as codified at § 35-80.1, provides for the replacement of access fees for new development, etc. See § 35-80.1.
(a) The term
PUBLIC QUARTERS LOCATED ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS ADJACENT TO THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY shall mean all housing units or projects located upon land owned by the United States of America and operated by the United States Air Force as places of residence for personnel stationed at Carswell Air Force Base, a portion of such base being within or adjacent to the corporate boundaries of the city.
(b) Charges for water and sewerage services rendered to public quarters located on military installations adjacent to the corporate boundaries of the city, whether such public quarters are within or without the corporate limits of the city, shall be the same as the rates established or hereafter established for consumers located within the corporate limits of the city, and the minimum charge for such service shall be that applicable to the size of the meter through which water is furnished without regard to the number of living or other units served through such meters.
(1964 Code, §§ 37-27, 37-28)
(a) The rates charged by the city for water furnished for use on premises located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city shall be one and one-quarter times the rates charged for water furnished to premises within the corporate limits.
(b) The rates charged by the city for rendering wastewater service to or use of wastewater facilities by premises located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city shall be one and one-quarter times the charge for comparable service inside the corporate limits. Such charges for service shall be applicable to wastewater ultimately received through the wastewater system of the city.
(c) The charge for treating industrial waste originating from premises located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city shall be one and one-quarter times the charge for treating comparable industrial waste originating from premises within the corporate limits.
(d) Impact fees and tap or service connection fees for water and wastewater service provided within the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction shall be the same as if the services were provided within the corporate limits. No service shall be rendered through any water or wastewater connection unless the charges are paid.
(e) The city may enter into a written agreement with any of its wholesale municipal water or wastewater customers to provide retail water and/or wastewater service to residents of the wholesale municipal customer at the same rate and for the same service fees applicable to such service within the city.
(f) Nothing in this section or any other ordinance shall be construed to compel the city to furnish water, wastewater or industrial waster service or the services of its water, wastewater or industrial waste treatment plants to any person, as defined in this chapter, located beyond the corporate limits and within the extraterritorial jurisdiction, or to continue such service once initiated; and the city reserves the right to furnish such service to such persons as it deems advisable and to at any time wholly or partially discontinue the service upon violation of any of the terms of this chapter. No water or wastewater service shall be furnished consumers beyond the corporate limits and within the extraterritorial jurisdiction unless and until such consumers shall furnish the city with satisfactory evidence that all plumbing, including fixtures and appliances through which water or wastewater is to pass have been approved by the city plumbing inspector. If additional plumbing is to be installed on such premises after water or wastewater service has commenced, such consumer shall secure a city plumbing permit for such additional installations, and no water from the city waterworks or wastewater service shall be provided such premises unless and until such additional plumbing installations have been approved by the city plumbing inspector.
(1964 Code, § 37-29) (Ord. 16804, § 1, passed 1-31-2006)
(a) Form of security. Unless exempted herein, all customers shall be required to make a deposit in one of the following forms:
(1) Cash;
(2) Guarantee bond in a form and from a surety company acceptable to the director of the water department;
(3) Letter of credit drawn on a state or federally chartered lending institution located in Tarrant County, Texas; provided however, that in the event the letter of credit is not renewed at least 15 days prior to the date of expiration, the letter of credit may be drawn upon and the funds so received shall become a cash deposit; and
(4) Assignment to the City of Fort Worth of certificate of deposit in a state or federally chartered lending institution located in Tarrant County, Texas.
(b) Amount. The director of the water department or his or her duly authorized representative shall establish the amount of a security deposit which will be sufficient to insure the city against loss due to nonpayment of final bill.
(c) Failure to provide security. The director of the water department or his or her duly authorized representative may refuse or discontinue service to any person, firm or corporation who fails to make a required security deposit or fails to increase the amount of the security deposit after having been notified that an increase is required.
(d) Hardship cases. In cases of extreme hardship the director of the water department or his or her duly authorized representative may allow single-family residential service customers to make cash deposits in installments.
(e) Exemptions from security deposit requirement. A person is not required to post a security deposit provided he or she has a satisfactory credit history with the water department as determined by the director or his or her duly authorized representative.
(f) Withdrawal of exemption. If a customer establishes an account without a security deposit, but subsequently loses his or her satisfactory credit history with the department, a security deposit may be required as a condition for continued service.
(g) Exceptions to section. This section does not apply to governmental entities or to wholesale service contracts.
(1964 Code, § 37-30) (Ord. 9937, § 1, passed 8-25-1987; Ord. 11922, § 2, passed 4-18-1995; Ord. 23990-12-2019, § 3, passed 12-17-2019, eff. 4-1-2020)
Cross-reference:
Security deposit refunds, see § 35-65
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