To the extent permitted by applicable law, it is hereby required
that all properties now or hereafter situated in the city shall connect
onto and be served by the city’s waterworks and sewer system
as and when services from said system become available thereto.
(Ordinance 850108-1, sec. 2, adopted 1/8/85)
(a)
The term “public utility” is defined by section 13.002
of the Texas Water Code (2013) and the term “industrial district”
is defined by section 42.044 of the Local Government Code (2013).
(b)
All fire hydrants of a public utility located in a residential area
or an industrial district within the city or its ETJ must provide,
in addition to the public utility’s maximum daily demand, fire
flow from its fire hydrants of 250 gallons per minute for at least
two hours and water pressure of 20 pounds per square inch so long
as the fire flow from city-owned fire hydrants meet or exceed these
requirements and provided that existing fire hydrants of the public
utility meet these requirements as of the effective date of this section.
(c)
All fire hydrants installed by a public utility after the effective
date herein must meet the fire flow requirements of this section.
(d)
All fire hydrants acquired by a public utility as part of the acquisition
of all or a portion of a public water system must meet the fire flow
requirements of this section provided that the requirements were satisfied
at the time of the hydrants were acquired.
(e)
All fire hydrants of a public utility subject to this section as
of the effective date shall be painted red no later than December
1, 2013.
(f)
A person who violates a provision of this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor which is punishable by a fine not to exceed $2,000.00.
Each occurrence of a violation, or, in the case of continuous violations,
each day a violation occurs or continues, constitutes a separate offense
and may be punished separately.
(g)
The city manager is instructed, on behalf of the city, to encourage
emergency services district No. 8 of the county to enter into a memorandum
of understanding with any public utility affected by this section.
The focus of the memorandum will he on working out protocols for the
testing of meters for compliance with this section and for the reporting
of water usage during testing or responding to fire emergencies.
(Ordinance 2013-23 adopted 9/3/13)
