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City of Desoto, TX chevron_right chevron_right Code of Ordinances chevron_right Chapter 13 Utilities

Chapter 13 Utilities

ARTICLE 13.100 GENERAL REGULATIONS
§ 13.101 Offenses Involving Waterworks System.
§ 13.102 Penalty; Reinstallation Charge.
§ 13.103 Water Wells in Trinity Sands.
ARTICLE 13.200 WATER SERVICE
§ 13.201 Application Deposit.
§ 13.202 Meters Furnished by City.
§ 13.203 Discontinuance of Service by Request of Customer.
§ 13.204 Water Rates.
§ 13.205 Billing; Delinquency; Service Charges.
§ 13.206 Liability of Owner for Charges.
§ 13.207 Cutting Off Water for Repair, Etc.; Non-Liability for Damage.
§ 13.208 Water Quantity or Pressure Not Guaranteed.
ARTICLE 13.300 SEWER SERVICE
§ 13.301 Privies; Septic Tanks.
§ 13.302 Sewer Service Charges.
§ 13.303 Billing; Delinquency.
ARTICLE 13.400 WATER LINES, EASEMENTS, FIRE HYDRANTS, AND FIRE LANES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY
§ 13.401 Definitions.
§ 13.402 Requirements and Exceptions to Easements.
§ 13.403 Scope of Article.
ARTICLE 13.500 WATER AND SEWER EXTENSIONS
§ 13.501 Definitions.
§ 13.502 Pro Rata Line Charges.
§ 13.503 Meter and Service Line Procedures and Charges.
§ 13.504 Main in Place.
§ 13.505 Individual or Joint Water and Sewer Main Line Extensions.
§ 13.506 Developer's Plan for Installation of Water and Sewer Extensions.
§ 13.507 Cost of On-Site New Subdivision Mains.
§ 13.508 Cost of Installation of Meter Boxes, Etc.
§ 13.509 Cost of Off-Site Main Extension.
§ 13.510 Pro Rata Payments to Original Investors.
§ 13.511 Easements.
§ 13.512 Temporary Lines.
§ 13.513 City Not Required to Make Extensions When No Funds Available.
§ 13.514 Method of Enforcing Payment.
§ 13.515 When Owner May Not Install.
§ 13.516 Lift Stations and Special Installation.
§ 13.517 Article Purpose; Where Front Foot Rule Inequitable; No Vested Right.
ARTICLE 13.600 MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM
§ 13.601 Adoption of Act.
§ 13.602 Drainage Service Provided.
§ 13.603 Billing for Drainage Service.
§ 13.604 Authority to Levy Drainage Charges.
§ 13.605 Administration of Municipal Drainage Services.
§ 13.606 Exemption Authorized.
§ 13.607 Rates.
§ 13.608 Appeals.
§ 13.609 Penalties; Enforcement.
§ 13.610 No Waiver of Immunity.
ARTICLE 13.700 IMPACT FEES
§ 13.701 Purpose.
§ 13.702 Definitions.
§ 13.703 Advisory Committee.
§ 13.704 Administrative Responsibilities.
§ 13.705 Calculation of Amount of Impact Fees.
§ 13.706 Credits Against Impact Fees.
§ 13.707 Payment and Collection of Impact Fees.
§ 13.708 Refunds.
§ 13.709 Accounting and Handling of Funds.
§ 13.710 Development Agreements.
§ 13.711 Appeals; Impact Fee Waiver and Postponement.
§ 13.712 Updates and Amendments.
§ 13.713 Miscellaneous.
ARTICLE 13.800 GARBAGE, TRASH AND REFUSE
§ 13.801 Definitions.
§ 13.802 Use of Service and Payment of Fee Required.
§ 13.803 Removal by Authorized Person Only.
§ 13.804 Compliance by Collection Permittees.
§ 13.805 Junk Dealers Not to Collect Refuse.
§ 13.806 Gathering of Materials for Charity Excepted.
§ 13.807 Carts.
§ 13.808 Curb Placement Time.
§ 13.809 Placing Brush for Collection.
§ 13.810 Removal of Construction Refuse.
§ 13.811 Removal of Industrial Refuse.
§ 13.812 Disposal of Animal Carcasses.
§ 13.813 Illegal Deposits and Accumulation.
§ 13.814 Windblown Refuse.
§ 13.815 Refuse Collection Fees and Special Service Charges.
§ 13.816 Transport of Solid Waste.
§ 13.817 City Services Mandatory.
ARTICLE 13.900 INDUSTRIAL WASTE AND POLLUTION REGULATIONS
§ 13.901 Purpose and Policy.
§ 13.902 Administration.
§ 13.903 Abbreviations.
§ 13.904 Definitions.
§ 13.905 Prohibited Discharge Standards.
§ 13.906 National Categorical Pretreatment Standards.
§ 13.907 Local Limits.
§ 13.908 DeSoto’s Right of Revision.
§ 13.909 Dilution.
§ 13.910 Plant Loading.
§ 13.911 Pretreatment Facilities.
§ 13.912 Additional Pretreatment Measures.
§ 13.913 Slug Control Plans.
§ 13.914 Hauled Wastewater.
§ 13.915 Wastewater Analysis.
§ 13.916 Wastewater Discharge Permit Requirement.
§ 13.917 Wastewater Discharge Permitting: Existing Connections.
§ 13.918 Wastewater Discharge Permitting: New Connections.
§ 13.919 Wastewater Discharge Permit Application Contents.
§ 13.920 Signatories and Certification.
§ 13.921 Wastewater Discharge Permit Decisions.
§ 13.922 Wastewater Discharge Permit Duration.
§ 13.923 Wastewater Discharge Permit Contents.
§ 13.924 Wastewater Discharge Permit Modification.
§ 13.925 Wastewater Discharge Permit Transfer.
§ 13.926 Wastewater Discharge Permit Revocation.
§ 13.927 Wastewater Discharge Permit Reissuance.
§ 13.928 Regulation of Waste Received from Other Jurisdictions.
§ 13.929 Extrajurisdictional Users.
§ 13.930 Baseline Monitoring Reports.
§ 13.931 Compliance Schedule Progress Reports.
§ 13.932 Reports on Compliance with Categorical Pretreatment Standard Deadline.
§ 13.933 Periodic Compliance Reports.
§ 13.934 Reports of Changed Conditions.
§ 13.935 Reports of Potential Problems.
§ 13.936 Reports from Unpermitted Users.
§ 13.937 Notice of Violation/Repeat Sampling and Reporting.
§ 13.938 Notification of the Discharge of Hazardous Waste.
§ 13.939 Analytical Requirements.
§ 13.940 Sample Collection.
§ 13.941 Timing.
§ 13.942 Recordkeeping.
§ 13.943 Right of Entry: Inspection and Sampling.
§ 13.944 Search Warrants.
§ 13.945 Confidential Information.
§ 13.946 Publication of Users in Significant Noncompliance.
§ 13.947 Notification of Violation.
§ 13.948 Consent Order.
§ 13.949 Show Cause Hearing.
§ 13.950 Compliance Orders.
§ 13.951 Cease and Desist Orders.
§ 13.952 Emergency Suspensions.
§ 13.953 Termination of Discharge.
§ 13.954 Injunctive Relief.
§ 13.955 Civil Penalties.
§ 13.956 Criminal Prosecution.
§ 13.957 Remedies Nonexclusive.
§ 13.958 Applicability of More Stringent Regulations.
§ 13.959 Act of God Provision.
§ 13.960 Bypass.
§ 13.961 Pretreatment Charges and Fees.
ARTICLE 13.1000 DROUGHT CONTINGENCY AND WATER CONSERVATION PLAN
§ 13.1001 Water Conservation Plan.
§ 13.1002 Declaration of Policy, Purpose, and Intent.
§ 13.1003 Public involvement.
§ 13.1004 Public education.
§ 13.1005 Coordination with regional water planning groups.
§ 13.1006 Authorization.
§ 13.1007 Application.
§ 13.1008 Definitions.
§ 13.1009 Criteria for initiation and termination of drought response stages.
§ 13.1010 Drought response stages.
§ 13.1011 Enforcement.
§ 13.1012 Variances.
ARTICLE 13.1100 CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL REGULATION
§ 13.1101 Definitions.
§ 13.1102 Purpose.
§ 13.1103 Backflow Prevention Assembly Requirements.
§ 13.1104 Mobile Units.
§ 13.1105 Multiple Service Connections.
§ 13.1106 Plumbing Code.
§ 13.1107 Thermal Expansion.
§ 13.1108 Pressure Loss.
§ 13.1109 Customer Service Inspection.
§ 13.1110 Certification of Cross Connection Inspectors.
§ 13.1111 Certification of Backflow Prevention Assembly Testers.
§ 13.1112 (Reserved)
§ 13.1113 Certified Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester Responsibilities.
§ 13.1114 Cost of Compliance.
§ 13.1115 Testing of Assemblies.
§ 13.1116 Maintenance of Assemblies.
§ 13.1117 Installation Requirements.
§ 13.1118 Reduced Pressure Principle Backflow Prevention Assembly (RP).
§ 13.1119 Double Check Valve Backflow Prevention Assembly (DC).
§ 13.1120 Double Detector Check Valve Assembly (DDC).
§ 13.1121 Pressure Vacuum Breaker Assembly (PVB).
§ 13.1122 Atmospheric Vacuum Breaker (AVB).
§ 13.1123 Air Gap Separation.
§ 13.1124 Responsibility of Owners and Lessees.
§ 13.1125 Access to Premises.
§ 13.1126 Right-Of-Way Encroachment.
§ 13.1127 Permits.
§ 13.1128 Enforcement and Penalties.
§ 13.1129 Emergency Suspension of Utility Service.
§ 13.1130 Non-Emergency Termination of Water Supply.
§ 13.1131 Standard Detail.
§ 13.1132 Remedies.
ARTICLE 13.1200 DRAINAGE DESIGN AND STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION MANUAL
§ 13.1201 Adopted.
ARTICLE 13.1300 IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
§ 13.1301 Purpose.
§ 13.1302 Adoption of Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Article 344 Relating to Landscape Irrigation.
§ 13.1303 Applicability.
§ 13.1304 Definitions.
§ 13.1305 License Required.
§ 13.1306 Permit and Registration Required.
§ 13.1307 Required Inspections.
§ 13.1308 Inspector’s Responsibility.
§ 13.1309 Regulations and Standards for Fees.
§ 13.1310 Water Conservation.
§ 13.1311 Minimum Standards for Irrigation Plan Design.
§ 13.1312 Minimum Design and Installation Requirements.
§ 13.1313 Backflow Prevention Methods and Devices.
§ 13.1314 Specific Conditions and Cross-Connection Control.
§ 13.1315 Completion of Irrigation System Installation.
§ 13.1316 Maintenance, Alteration, Repair, or Service of Irrigation Systems.
§ 13.1317 Enforcement and Penalty.
ARTICLE 13.1400 ILLICIT DISCHARGE
§ 13.1401 Purpose.
§ 13.1402 Definitions.
§ 13.1403 Applicability.
§ 13.1404 Responsibility for Administration.
§ 13.1405 Compatibility with Other Regulations.
§ 13.1406 Ultimate Responsibility.
§ 13.1407 Discharge Prohibitions.
§ 13.1408 Suspension of MS4 Access.
§ 13.1409 Industrial or Construction Activity Discharges.
§ 13.1410 Monitoring of Discharges.
§ 13.1411 Requirement to Prevent, Control, and Reduce Stormwater Pollutants by the Use of Best Management Practices.
§ 13.1412 Watercourse Protection.
§ 13.1413 Notification of Spills.
§ 13.1414 Enforcement.
§ 13.1415 Appeal of Notice of Violation.
§ 13.1416 Enforcement of Measures After Appeal.
§ 13.1417 Cost of Abatement of the Violation.
§ 13.1418 Civil Penalties; Injunctive Relief.
§ 13.1419 Criminal Penalties.
§ 13.1420 Violations Deemed a Public Nuisance.
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