(a) 
Before water service is furnished to a consumer at any address, the consumer shall be required, upon making application for such service, to deposit with the manager of the utility billing office, deposits amounting to the following for each meter:
Meter Size
Status
Fee
5/8" to 1.5" meters
Homeowner
$75.00
5/8" to 1.5" meters
Renter
$100.00
Meters larger than 1.5"
All
$200.00
Hydrant meter
Installation
$40.00
Hydrant meter
Refundable deposit
$3,000.00
(b) 
The deposit for apartments or duplexes that are not individually metered will be seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per unit. For example, the deposit for a four-unit apartment will be three hundred dollars ($300.00).
(c) 
In the case of business institutions, the manager of the utility billing office may require a deposit equal to three times the average monthly bill on such premises.
(Resolution 23-002 adopted 2/7/2023; Resolution 23-025 adopted 12/19/2023; Resolution 25-005 adopted 4/15/2025)
When water is cut off because of nonpayment, the manager of the utility billing office shall not permit the water or sewer services to be resumed until the full amount delinquent, the 10% penalty, and a collection or reconnection charge of fifty dollars ($50.00) is paid. Such amount shall be paid at the utility billing office if reconnected during normal office hours. The reconnect charge shall increase to $100.00 if the request for service is made after hours.
(Resolution 23-002 adopted 2/7/2023; Resolution 23-025 adopted 12/19/2023; Resolution 25-005 adopted 4/15/2025)
Whenever any consumer, owner or occupant of premises shall request the city to cut off his water service at the meter for his convenience or due to the fact that his stop and waste or house cut-off is either nonfunctional or cannot be found, then the manager of the utility billing office shall add a service fee to his bill of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each cut-off.
(Resolution 23-002 adopted 2/7/2023)
Any consumer shall have the right to have their water meter tested. The consumer shall make application in writing to the manager of the utility billing office, and pay the appropriate fee:
Testing any size meter up to a 1"
$10.00
Testing any meter larger than 1"
$15.00
(Resolution 23-002 adopted 2/7/2023)
Any consumer who feels that their measured water consumption is excessive may request that the meter be re-read. Two (2) free re-reads are allowed within each calendar year and any in excess will be charged ten dollars ($10.00), unless there has been an error on the part of the city or the meter is faulty.
(Resolution 23-002 adopted 2/7/2023)
(a) 
The following water rates are hereby established and shall be collected. The minimum monthly rates for all metered water service shall be as follows:
(1) 
5/8" or 3/4" meter: $6.00.
(2) 
1" meter: $11.69.
(3) 
1 1/2" meter: $21.80.
(4) 
2" meter: $33.63.
(5) 
3" meter: $ 61.31.
(6) 
4" meter: $100.88.
(7) 
6" meter: $199.75.
(8) 
8" meter: $318.34.
(9) 
10" meter: $571.46.
(10) 
Portable meter: $75.00.
(b) 
In any billing period, the rate shall be $7.30 per 1,000 gallons or any portion thereof.
(c) 
Any duplex or multifamily dwelling which is served by a single water meter shall be billed a minimum charge for each unit, occupied or vacant. All single-family units shall pay a minimum charge for each meter.
(Resolution 19-013 adopted 9/17/19; Resolution 21-015 adopted 9/21/21; Ordinance 22-027 adopted 9/20/22; Resolution 23-002 adopted 2/7/2023; Ordinance 23-021 adopted 9/19/2023; Ordinance 24-029 adopted 9/17/2024; Ordinance 25-024 adopted 9/16/2025)
(a) 
Each water customer (except Southern Methodist University) shall be subject to a conservation surcharge for all consumption in excess of 30,000 gallons per month. SMU meters shall be subject collectively to a monthly conservation surcharge for all consumption in excess of 13,000,000 gallons per month. The surcharge rate shall be an additional $2.71 per 1,000 gallons for all consumption exceeding the conservation threshold.
(b) 
In the event that a stage 3 declaration of the city's drought contingency plan is made, the City Council shall have the option of enacting a special drought premium rate for consumption exceeding 30,000 gallons per month by non-SMU users or 13,000,000 gallons per month by SMU. The rate shall be $4.08.
(Resolution 19-013 adopted 9/17/19; Resolution 21-015 adopted 9/21/21; Ordinance 22-027 adopted 9/20/22; Resolution 23-002 adopted 2/7/2023; Ordinance 23-021 adopted 9/19/2023; Ordinance 24-029 adopted 9/17/2024; Ordinance 25-024 adopted 9/16/2025)
(a) 
The sewer charge for each single-family, duplex or multifamily dwelling shall be included in the utility bill and calculated as follows:
(1) 
All sewer charges are based on the use of water passing through the water meter or meters. All single-family units, having more than one meter, shall have the usage of meters added together for the purposes of this section; however, if separate bills are rendered for a lawn sprinkler, such consumption shall not be considered for sewer charges.
(2) 
Any duplex or multifamily dwelling, which is served by a single water meter, shall be billed a minimum charge for each unit, occupied or vacant, and any usage over the minimum shall be averaged over each unit of the dwelling as though each unit consumed the water the average indicates.
(3) 
Any duplex or multifamily dwelling, having individual water meters for each unit, shall be treated for sewer billing purposes as though each were a single-family dwelling.
(4) 
There shall be an $11.00 minimum sewer charge per unit.
(5) 
Any water used shall be billed at $6.03 per 1,000 gallons per month per unit for the sewer fee.
(6) 
The sewer bill for March through February shall be based on the average billing of water over the three-month period as listed below:
(A) 
Cycle I:
The water used during the months of November, December and January.
(B) 
Cycle II:
The water used during the period of November 15th to February 15th.
(b) 
For each business or commercial establishment of any nature, plus public institutions such as schools and churches:
(1) 
There shall be an $11.00 minimum sewer charge.
(2) 
Any water used shall be billed at a rate of $6.03 per 1,000 gallons per month.
(c) 
For service to Southern Methodist University, $6.03 per 1,000 gallons of water used per month; the monthly charge for the period April through March shall be based on the average amount of water used during the immediately preceding months of October, November, December, January, February and March, adjusted for lawn, swimming pool, and metered cooling tower use.
(d) 
As authorized by article 13.08 of the code of ordinances, an industrial user fee for periodic inspections, sampling, laboratory testing, and reporting of results by Dallas Water Utilities (DWU) to the appropriate agencies and the user, in the same amount charged to the City of University Park by DWU for such services, is established. This fee is intended as a "pass-through" of the amount charged by DWU for the services.
(Resolution 19-013 adopted 9/17/19; Resolution 21-003 adopted 3/23/21; Ordinance 22-027 adopted 9/20/22; Resolution 23-002 adopted 2/7/2023; Ordinance 24-029 adopted 9/17/2024; Ordinance 25-024 adopted 9/16/2025)
(a) 
The following charges shall apply for services performed by the city:
1" water meter and tap installation
$877.50 each
1.5" irrigation water meter and tap installation
$2,362.50 each
Sanitary sewer tap installation
$472.50 each
Existing water meter or sanitary sewer tap removal
$270.00 each
Utility excavation
$2,850.00 each
Curb casting
$200.00 each
Flow test
$175.00 each
(b) 
Each utility excavation includes the removal of existing alley pavement, excavation, backfill/compaction, and concrete replacement of not more than 10 linear feet of alley.
(c) 
The city, based on the size, location, current costs and specifications, will determine the price for the installation of water meters greater than 1" and excavations other than in an alley.
(Resolution 19-013 adopted 9/17/19; Resolution 21-015 adopted 9/21/21; Resolution 23-002 adopted 2/7/2023; Ordinance 25-024 adopted 9/16/2025)
Sewer service customers may apply to have their sewer service charges re-calculated to the previous year’s rates. The fee for re-calculating sewer service charges shall be thirty dollars ($30.00).
(Resolution 23-002 adopted 2/7/2023)
The Municipal Drainage Utility Systems Act having been adopted by ordinance of the city council, the following drainage charges are levied against real property in the city, subject to the limitations set out in article 13.06 of the Code of Ordinances and Local Government Code, chapter 552 to wit:
Zoning District
Monthly Drainage Charge
Single-family district 1
$100.73
Single-family district 2
$31.94
Single-family district 3
$26.94
Single-family district 4
$24.98
Single-family attached district
$20.88 per unit
Duplex 1 district
$20.21 per dwelling unit
Duplex 2 district
$14.70 per dwelling unit
Multifamily 1, 2, and 3 districts
$6.98 per dwelling unit
Nonresidential districts
$0.0055 per square foot of maximum allowable impervious surface
(Resolution 19-013 adopted 9/17/19; Resolution 21-016 adopted 10/5/21; Ordinance 22-027 adopted 9/20/22; Resolution 23-002 adopted 2/7/2023; Ordinance 23-021 adopted 9/19/2023; Ordinance 24-029 adopted 9/17/2024; Ordinance 25-024 adopted 9/16/2025)
Small cell application fee - one time (these fees shall not exceed and are capped by statutory or FCC limits).
$500.00 (nonrecurring single, up-front application for 1–5 network nodes/small wireless facilities) plus $100.00 for each additional facility beyond five; a $1,000.00 nonrecurring fee per new pole (not a collocation)
Small cell user fees - annual (these fees shall not exceed and are capped by statutory or FCC limits).
$250.00 annually for each network node (“small wireless facility”), plus $20.00 per year for attachment to a municipally owned structure in the right-of-way, if applicable
Transport facility monthly user fee (this fee shall not exceed and is capped by statutory limits).
$28.00 per month multiplied by the number of the network provider’s network nodes located in the public right-of-way for which the installed transport facilities provide backhaul, until the time the network provider’s payment or that of its transport provider to the city exceeds its monthly aggregate per node compensation to the city
(Ordinance 19/003 adopted 2/19/19; Resolution 23-002 adopted 2/7/2023)
(a) 
Barricade permit fee: $100.00.
(b) 
Barricade permit revision or extension fee: $50.00.
(c) 
Barricade/closure fees:
 
Number of Days Closed
Fee per Square Foot per Day
Sidewalk and /or up to one lane
5 hours or less
$0.05
More than 5 hours
$0.10
Two or more lanes
More than 5 hours
$0.15
More than 5 hours
$0.30
(d) 
Fees will be double for each day of occupancy of usable public property or public right-of-way by any contractor or other person or entity without a required permit, with a minimum charge of two days. Fees are charged by the day and any fraction of a day shall be charged as a full day.
(Resolution 23-002 adopted 2/7/2023)