Subdivision within the city shall be connected to and utilize
an approved water supply and disposal system. Connection with the
city’s sanitary sewer system shall be required.
(1)
The owner shall pay all costs attributable to the installation of
water and sewer facilities as needed to fulfill the basic requirements
of the city for service within the subdivision.
(2)
All subdivision extensions shall be covered by a written and executed
agreement in a form prepared or approved by the city attorney which
clearly defines the scope and details of the proposed extension and
particularly regulations of the city and to deliver to the city clear
and unencumbered title to all the proposed improvements at the time
of acceptance by the city, which must be prior to commencing service.
(2005 Code, sec. 16.1.70)
Where extensions of water and sanitary sewer systems are required
to serve property which is to be subdivided or platted for development
by an owner, water and sanitary sewer facilities shall be extended
to such properties on the following basis:
(1)
Plan to be approved.
(A)
It shall be unlawful for any person to provide water and/or sewerage
service to any lot, or plot of land, tract or any part thereof unless
and until a plat of such lot or tract of land has conformed to the
platting requirements of the city, and has been approved and filed
for record with Tarrant County.
(B)
Concurrently with the submittal of a preliminary plat, plat revision
or plat showing, the owner of the tract or subdivision shall submit
to the city engineer, for his approval, a map or plat showing the
location of water and sanitary sewer mains which will be required
to ensure adequate service and fire protection for lots specified
in such proposed plat.
(C)
At the request of the city engineer, the owner of the land being
platted shall submit a layout showing the proposed location of water
meters to ensure adequate access is available for reading and maintaining
such prior to the filing of a final plat of record with Tarrant County.
(2)
Extensions within property to be developed.
Owners of
such property will defray the entire cost of water and sanitary sewer
systems within their subdivision. Should a lift station and/or force
main be required to utilize a provided off-site service location,
such lift station and/or force main shall be installed at the owner’s
cost.
(3)
Off-site extensions.
Where water and/or sanitary sewer
facilities are not available to a tract to be developed, the owner
will pay for such facilities to the subdivision property line. Acquisition
of the required off-site easements shall be paid by the owner.
(4)
Fire protection.
In residentially zoned districts, approved
fire hydrants shall be spaced so that all portions or [of] proposed
lots are within five hundred feet (500') of a proposed fire hydrant,
based on actual laying length of fire hose. In all other zoning districts,
this distance shall be reduced to three hundred feet (300'). Fire
hydrants shall also be placed at the end of every cul-de-sac. All
site-related water mains shall be not less than 8 inches inside diameter;
provided, that a 6-inch water main may be approved only when: (i)
it is a single fire hydrant lead or dead-end branch less than 500
feet long; or, (ii) it is connected at each end to an 8-inch or larger
looped pipe and is located within 450 feet of another 8-inch or larger
looped parallel main.
(2005 Code, sec. 16.1.71)
(a)
When an existing site-related water or sanitary sewer main lies in
a street, alley or easement in or adjacent to an area or tract of
land to be subdivided, the owner shall pay to the city the applicable
pro rata charge for the water main and sanitary sewer main before
extensions from or connections to such line or lines are made.
(b)
When the subdivision is to be served by an existing site-related
lift station lift station [sic], the owner shall pay his pro rata
cost of that station.
(c)
Treatment plants and lift stations on public property.
Where it is necessary to provide a treatment plant or lift station
as a part of the sewer service to a development or any part thereof,
all portions of such treatment facilities or lift stations, including
access roads thereto, shall be on public property or within an easement
or right-of-way secured by an appropriate written instrument suitable
for filing with the county clerk.
(2005 Code, sec. 16.1.72)
