It shall be unlawful for any person to directly or indirectly
deposit, place or put or permit the depositing, placing or putting
into the city sewer system any grease, oil, chemicals or any other
substance that might be detrimental to the sewer system or the treatment
plant where such sewage is treated.
(1965 Code, sec. 21-74)
It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, maintain,
or use any toilet in the city unless it is connected with a water
type sewer system. The term "toilet" shall mean a small room or compartment
fitted with a seat over a hopper for the reception of human excrement,
and any other structure used for such purpose.
(1965 Code, sec. 21-75)
(a)
It
shall be unlawful for any person to construct, repair, rebuild or
build any house, building, or other structure where a person is working
for a period of fifteen (15) days or longer without first constructing
and maintaining an adequate water closet on the premises where the
building, repairing, or construction work is being done; provided
however, where repair work is being done on premises that has a water
closet on such premises and permission is given by the owner or tenant
of such premises for the use of such water closet by the persons working
on the job, it shall not be necessary to construct and maintain an
additional water closet.
(b)
The
term "water closet" shall mean a small room or compartment fitted
with a seat over a hopper for the reception of human excrement that
is subsequently removed by flushing the hopper with water and which
is connected with the general sewer system of the city.
(1965 Code, sec. 21-76)
(a)
It
shall be unlawful to dispose of sewage from any premises within the
city in any way except into the city sewer system.
(b)
Sewage
disposal systems shall be designed and constructed in accordance with
specifications promulgated by the city engineer.
(c)
It
shall be unlawful to construct privies within the city.
(1965 Code, sec. 21-77; Ordinance 1325 adopted 2/14/1994; Ordinance 1854, sec. 1, adopted 1/25/2010)
A waste treatment fee shall be paid to the city by any user
of the city sewer system. The sewer fee shall be added to the monthly
water bills issued by the city.
(1965 Code, sec. 21-78)
(a)
Categories
of users:
(1)
Residential. Customers with a meter serving only a one-family or
two-family residential dwelling.
(2)
Multi-Family. Customers with a meter serving a structure that contains
three (3) or more dwelling units.
(3)
Commercial. Customers conducting retail, manufacturing and other business activities, including, but not limited to, restaurants, laundries, offices and stores. Includes hydrant meter consumption as described in section 19-37.
(4)
Institutional. Customers that are churches, public and private schools
and other facilities for training and educational purposes.
(5)
Irrigation. Customers with a meter that is utilized solely for the
irrigation of landscaping or other exterior uses.
(b)
The
sewer fee shall be collected as follows:
(1)
One and two-family residential dwellings shall pay a sewer fee based
on the average metered water consumption per month during three (3)
complete consecutive billing periods commencing on or after November
15 of each year and terminating upon the completion of three (3) full
billing periods ending no later than March of each year.
(2)
Public, private or parochial elementary and secondary school shall
pay a sewer fee based upon seventy (70) percent of current monthly
metered water consumption if meter measures water used for both irrigation
and non-irrigation purposes, or one hundred (100) percent of current
monthly metered water consumption if the meter measures water used
solely for non-irrigation purposes.
Editor's note—Ordinance 1683, adopted Nov. 13, 2006, repealed former § 19-111, and enacted a new § 19-111 as set out herein. The former § 19-111 pertained to rates and derived from the 1965 Code, § 21-79; Ordinance 1253, adopted April 17, 1991; Ordinance 1269, adopted Dec. 9, 1991; Ordinance 1294, adopted Jan. 25, 1993; Ordinance 1336, adopted August 8, 1994; Ordinance 1536, adopted Sept. 22, 2003; Ordinance 1558, adopted August 9, 2004; Ordinance 1660, adopted July 31, 2006.
(Ordinance 1683 adopted 11/13/2006; Ordinance 1812, sec. 10, adopted 2/23/2009)
(a)
The monthly charge for sewer service based on the average consumption established by section 19-111(a)(1) and the following rates:
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Effective October 1, 2023
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Consumption in Cubic Feet (cf)
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Residential Rate per 100 cf
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Multifamily, Commercial, Industrial Standard Rate per 100 cf
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Institutional Standard Rate per 100 cf
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Base rate 500 cf or less
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$26.40
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$26.40
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$26.40
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501 cf or more
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$4.41
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$4.41
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$4.41
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Effective October 1, 2024
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Consumption in Cubic Feet (cf)
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Residential Rate per 100 cf
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Multifamily, Commercial, Industrial Standard Rate per 100 cf
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Institutional Standard Rate per 100 cf
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Base rate 500 cf or less
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$26.93
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$26.93
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$26.93
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501 cf or more
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$4.49
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$4.49
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$4.49
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Effective October 1, 2025
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|---|---|---|---|
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Consumption in Cubic Feet (cf)
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Residential Rate per 100 cf
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Multifamily, Commercial, Industrial Standard Rate per 100 cf
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Institutional Standard Rate per 100 cf
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Base rate 500 cf or less
|
$27.73
|
$27.73
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$27.73
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501 cf or more
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$4.63
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$4.63
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$4.63
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Effective October 1, 2026
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|---|---|---|---|
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Consumption in Cubic Feet (cf)
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Residential Rate per 100 cf
|
Multifamily, Commercial, Industrial Rate per 100 cf
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Institutional Standard Rate per 100 cf
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Base rate 500 cf or less
|
$28.57
|
$28.57
|
$28.57
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501 cf or more
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$4.77
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$4.77
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$4.77
|
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Effective October 1, 2027
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|---|---|---|---|
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Consumption in Cubic Feet (cf)
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Residential Rate per 100 cf
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Multifamily, Commercial, Industrial Standard Rate per 100 cf
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Institutional Standard Rate per 100 cf
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Base rate 500 cf or less
|
$29.42
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$29.42
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$29.42
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501 cf or more
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$4.91
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$4.91
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$4.91
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(b)
In
addition to the charges in paragraph (a) above, certain users of the
sanitary sewer system (such as, but not limited to, restaurants, grocery
stores, laundromats, washaterias, seafood and meat establishments,
and bakeries) shall pay a monthly surcharge based on the biochemical
oxygen demand and total suspended solids emitted by such users of
the city's sanitary sewer system. The surcharges shall be determined
by the appropriate divisions of the San Antonio Water System (SAWS).
(c)
Pass-through
of third party charges. The above stated sewer surcharges for the
affected users of the city's sewer system shall be increased or decreased
automatically as the result of any increase or decrease in charges
by SAWS.
Editor's note—Ordinance 1683, adopted Nov. 13, 2006, repealed former § 19-112, and enacted a new § 19-112 as set out herein. The former § 19-112 pertained to categories of users and derived from the 1965 Code, § 21-80; Ordinance 1587, adopted July 12, 2005.
(Ordinance 1683 adopted 11/13/2006; Ordinance 1966 adopted 4/8/2013; Ordinance
2026 adopted 7/27/2015; Ordinance 2072 adopted 3/13/2017; Ordinance 2096 adopted 1/22/2018; Ordinance 2113 adopted 10/22/2018; Ordinance 2157 adopted 4/13/2020; Ordinance 2213 adopted 9/11/2023)
The sewer fees authorized herein shall be due and payable at the same time as and in addition to the water charges provided in article II hereof and late payment shall be subject to the same penalties provided in section 19-30 of this chapter. Failure to pay applicable sewer fees after the due date thereof shall result in termination of water service as provided in section 19-31 of this chapter. Water service shall not be resumed until applicable sewer fees are paid.
(1965 Code, sec. 21-81)
(a)
Except
as provided in this section, the cost of installation, repair, maintenance,
relocation and removal of laterals and service lines for connection
to the city sewer system shall be borne entirely by users of the city
sewer system. "Sewer laterals" for the purposes of this section shall
refer to sewer service lines for the transportation of sanitary sewage
from a structure to a sewer main owned or operated by the city.
(b)
Upon
notification by a user of a potential sewer lateral failure, the city
shall conduct an inspection of the adjacent sewer main at no cost
to the user to determine if the sewer main has caused a failure of
the user's sewer lateral.
(c)
If
a sewer lateral failure is determined by the city to have been caused
by a failure of the sewer main, the city shall repair the main by
whatever means deemed most appropriate by the city to restore service.
(d)
If
a sewer lateral failure is determined to be located outside of a user's
private property and the sewer lateral serves a single-family or two-family
residential structure, the city shall repair the lateral by whatever
means deemed most appropriate by the city to restore service.
(e)
Prior
to the performance of any work by the city, a single-family or two-family
residential user must:
(1)
Provide the city with evidence acceptable to the city that the sewer
lateral has failed;
(2)
Provide the city with evidence acceptable to the city that the failure
is located outside of the customer's private property;
(3)
Clearly mark on the ground surface the location of the sewer lateral
failure; and
(4)
Sign a release waiving liability or warranty for any and all work
performed by city to repair the sewer lateral.
(Ordinance 1854, sec. 2, adopted 1/25/2010)
