The city council finds it to be in the public interest to protect the public health and safety from loss of life and property caused by surface water overflows and surface water stagnation within the boundaries of the city and further finds that to protect such public interests the city:
(1) 
Has established in chapter 30 a schedule of drainage charges against all real property in the city subject to charges under V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 402.041 et seq.
(2) 
Will provide drainage for all real property within the city on payment of drainage charges, except such real property which may be exempted therefrom as authorized by law.
(3) 
Will offer such drainage service on nondiscriminatory, reasonable and equitable terms.
(Ordinance 1036, § I, 10-23-90)
(a) 
The municipal drainage utility system is herewith and hereby established and declared to be a public utility. The city shall have full authority to operate such municipal drainage utility system pursuant to the authority given and contained under article XI, section 5, of the state Constitution; the city Charter; and V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 402.041 et seq.
(b) 
V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 402.041 et seq. is adopted.
(Ordinance 1036, § II, 10-23-90)
The city council may, by ordinance, enact such further rules for the operation and administration of the municipal drainage utility system as the council deems necessary or useful for the efficient operation of such utility system.
(Ordinance 1036, § III, 10-23-90; Ordinance 1040, § III, 12-11-90; Ordinance 1045, § III, 4-9-91)
(a) 
Municipal drainage utility charges shall be due and payable on or before the tenth day after the date of each billing; if such charges are not paid within 25 days from the date of a billing, a penalty shall be added in the amount of ten percent of the past due amount. Receipt of a check that is dishonored shall be deemed nonpayment, and there shall be an additional bad check service charge.
(b) 
If municipal drainage utility charges remain unpaid on the 30th day after the date of the bill, interest shall accrue on the past due amount (excluding penalty) at the rate of nine percent per annum, beginning on the 30th day after the date of such billing and continuing for each succeeding month or fraction thereof until such municipal drainage utility charges are paid in full.
(Ordinance 1045, § I, 4-9-91; Ordinance 1237, § 3, 8-12-97)
(a) 
Administration.
The director of public works and/or the director’s designated representatives are authorized to administer, implement and enforce the provisions related to illicit discharge.
(b) 
Definitions.
Unless explicitly stated otherwise, the following terms and phrases, as used in this section, shall have the meanings hereinafter designated.
C.F.R.
means Code of Federal Regulations.
City
means City of Euless, Texas.
Director
means the director of public works for the City of Euless.
Discharge
means any addition or introduction of any pollutant, stormwater or any other substance into the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4).
Discharger
means any person or entity who causes or allows a discharge including the operator of a construction site.
Fire department
means the fire department of the City of Euless or a mutual aid city.
Municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4)
means the system of conveyances (including sidewalks, streets, curbs, gutters, storm drain inlets, storm drain pipes, roadside swales, detention ponds, creeks, streams or channels) designed or used for collecting and/or conveying stormwater.
Person
means any individual, partnership, corporation, firm, company or any other legal entity.
Stormwater
means any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation.
TPDES
means Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
(c) 
Discharge to MS4 prohibited.
(1) 
A person commits an offense if the person introduces or causes to be introduced into the MS4 any discharge that is not composed entirely of stormwater.
(2) 
It is an affirmative defense to any enforcement action for a violation of subsection (c) that the discharge was composed of one or more of the following categories of discharges:
a. 
A discharge authorized by and in compliance with a TPDES permit.
b. 
A discharge or flow resulting from fire fighting by the fire department.
c. 
A discharge or flow from water line flushing or disinfection that contains no harmful quantity of chlorine residual.
d. 
A discharge or flow from lawn watering or landscape irrigation.
e. 
A discharge or flow from uncontaminated pumped groundwater or rising groundwater.
f. 
Uncontaminated groundwater infiltration (as defined in 40 C.F.R. and 35.2005(20)) to the MS4.
g. 
Uncontaminated discharge or flow from a foundation drain, crawl space pump or footing drain.
h. 
A discharge or flow from air conditioning condensation.
i. 
A discharge or flow from individual residential car washing.
j. 
A discharge or flow from water used in street sweeping.
k. 
Drainage from a private residential swimming pool containing no harmful quantity of chlorine or other chemicals. Drainage of swimming pool filter backwash is prohibited.
l. 
A discharge or flow of uncontaminated stormwater pumped from an excavation.
(d) 
Sanitary sewer connection prohibited.
(1) 
A person commits an offense if the person connects a line or pipe conveying sewage to the MS4.
(2) 
The connection of a line or pipe that conveys sewage to the MS4 is hereby deemed a nuisance.
(e) 
Lawn maintenance debris prohibited.
(1) 
A person commits an offense if the person sweeps, blows or directs into the MS4 grass clippings, leaves, branches or lawn maintenance debris and allows it to remain.
(2) 
The introduction of grass clippings, leaves, branches or lawn, maintenance debris into the MS4 is hereby deemed to be a nuisance.
(3) 
Lawn maintenance companies shall instruct employees of this requirement.
(Ordinance 1872, § 1, 4-27-10)