(a) 
The city does hereby elect to have the public utility commission of the state exercise exclusive original jurisdiction over electric utility rates, operations, and services within the existing and future incorporated limits of the city.
(b) 
The city hereby expressly retains the exclusive original jurisdiction over the rates, operations, and services of water and sewer utilities within the existing and future incorporated limits of the city.
(Ordinance adopted 3/6/1984)
(a) 
No person, firm or corporation shall in the city, or within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city, drill any private water well.
(b) 
Anyone failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine in accordance with section 1.01.009 of this code. Each separate day or any portion thereof during which any violation of this section occurs or continues shall be a separate offense and upon conviction shall be punishable as herein provided.
(Ordinance adopted 8/15/2000; Ordinance adopting Code)
The city will not henceforth furnish either water or sewer service to any property within the city limits which cannot readily be located upon such a plat which had been previously approved by the city council and previously recorded in the office of the county clerk, and which plat shall have been approved and recorded in the manner provided in V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, chapter 212.
(Ordinance adopted 6/6/1961)
After the effective date of this section, there shall be no new water service connection provided to users outside of the city limits. For users outside the city limits who have been connected prior to the effective date of this section, water usage rates shall continue at the rates set by the city council for customers outside of the city limits. If a customer outside the city limits discontinues water service for a period of sixty days or more, which discontinuance shall include disconnection for nonpayment, that customer’s account shall be deemed abandoned and service will not be resumed by the city.
(Ordinance adopted 2/2/2016)