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ORDINANCE NO. 684
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of North
Richland Hills, Texas, that ORDINANCE NO. 381, "Rules, Regulations,
Policies and Procedures for the City of North Richland Hills Water
and Sewer System" adopted November 8,1971, and as heretofore amended,
be and the same is hereby AMENDED by substituting the pages numbered,
12,13,14, 14a, 15, 17,22,29,30,32, and 34 as Exhibit "A" for the
correspondingly numbered pages, if any, contained in such ordinance.
The rate schedule charges in Section III shall take effect on
December 1, 1977
APPROVED AND PASSED in regular Council Meeting on this the
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shall result in billing af 100 of available apartments. The meter
deposit shall be $8.00 per unit.or 100% of estimated monthly minimum
billing, whichever is larger.
11. Billing Trailer Parks:
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It shall be the policy of North Richland Hills to bill each trailer
park at the rate of $5.00 per trailer per month for the first 267
cubic ft. of water used, plus $0.75 per 100 cubic ft. thereafter,
regardless of the size of the meter. It shall be the responsibility
of the mobile home park owner to furnish a certified statement of
number of trailers prior to the lOth day of each month. Failure
to present the certified statement of number of trailers shall result
in billing of 100% of available trailer spaces. The meter deposit shall
be at least 25% of estimated monthly minimum billing.
12. Any deviation from these rates for any user shall be made by a separate
contract approved by the City Council of the City of North Richland
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13. Loading Dock or Tank Truck Customers:
Customers taking water from a loading dock or fire hydrant \-fill be
charged at the rate of $2.50 per 1000 gallons.
B. THE FOllOWING MONTHLY RATES SHALL BE CHARGED ALL CUSTOMERS FOR SEWER SERVICE:
1. A monthly service charge shall be paid by all customers in the amount
of $3.25.
2. A monthly volume charge shall also be charged to all customers in the
amount of $0.16 per 100 cubic ft. of water used, or waste water
produced, as more specifically set forth hereinafter.
The monthly volume charge for residential customers will be based on
the individual customer's average monthly water use during the previous
winter quarter months of December, January and February; but in no
event shall the volume used to compute this monthly charge exceed
2500 cubic ft. The volumes used to compute these charges are based
on the amount of water used by the residential customer as measured by
a meter. Where no previous winter quarter average is available from
the records, the volume to be used for this monthly volume charge shall
be estimated, such estimated volume not to exceed 2500 cubic feet per
customer.
3. The monthly charges to commercial and industrial customers will be
based on total water use for each month as measured by appropriate meters,
with the provision that if ù customer can show, to the satisfaction of
the Director of Utilities, that a significant portion of the metered
\·¡ater usage does not enter the sanita¡'y sevier system, the customer will
be charged for only that volume entering the se\·¡ers, as detet'mined by
a method approved by the Director of Utilities.
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4. All Industrial Users:
To be served on system only by specif'ic Contract approved by Council
for the particular Industrial Sewage or Waste involved. .
5. In the event a commercial customer is introducing sewage into the
sewage system that creates unusual conditions or problems such as
excessive oils, greases, or chemicals, the Director of Utilities shall
advise the customer of his options.
a. To correct at his own expense the conditions causing the excess.
b. To pay a monthly rate to be determined by the Director of Utilities
to the City equal to the expense of maintaining and/or treating the
excessive waste.
6. Billing Policy where more than one user or building is tied onto the
same water meter:
It shall be the policy of North Richland Hills to bill each home, homes,
duplex, triplex, offices, or any other buildings \llhere more than one
user is tied onto the same water meter at $3.25 per month for each
customer unit for sewer, plus a monthly volume charge of $0.16 per
100 cubic ft. of water used by the building. The monthly volume charge
to be calculated as noted in paragraph 8 (2) above with the exception
that there shall be no volume limit as is the case for residential
customers.
7. Billing Apartment Complexes:
It shall be the policy of North Richland Hills to bill all apartment
complexes of more than four apartments at the rate of $3.25 per month
for each apartment for sewer, plus a monthly volume charge of $0.16
per 100 cubic ft. of water used by the apartment complex, plus a $10.00
per month service charge for the complex.
It shall be the responsibil ity of the apa¡~tment o\.¡ner to furnish a
certified statement of the number of occupants prior to the lOth day of
each month. Fail ure to present cert Hi ed statement of occupancy sha 11
result in billing of the $3.25 lump sum charge to 100% of the available
apartments.
8. Billing Trailer Parks:
It shall be the policy of North Richland Hills to bill each trailer
park at the rate of $3.25 per month for each trailer for sewer, plus a
monthly volume charge of $0.16 per 100 cubic feet of \'¡ater used by the
trailer park, plus a $10.00 per month service charge for the trailer
park.
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It shall be the responsibility of the mobile home park owner to
furnish a certified statement of the number of trailers prior to the
10th day of each month. Failure to present the certified statement
of number of trailers shall result in billing of the $3.25 lump sum
charge to 100% of the available trailer spaces.
C. BILLING -- DELINQUENT PENALTY.
All charges for services furnished or rendered by the City Utility
Department shall be due and payable within 10 days from the date
stamped on the bill at the office of the Utility Department in the
City Hall.
D. DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE, NOTICE; RECONNECT ION FEE.
Service to any customer will be discontinued after written notice within
four (4) days from the date of any bill containing an arrears balance.
Where service has been discontinued for failure to pay for service
rendered, a charge of Six Dollars ($6.00) shall be made for each meter
disconnected before such service shall be restored.
E. TRANSFER FEE.
A transfer fee of $6.00 shall be made for transfer of service from one
location to another within the City.
F. RETURN CHECK FEE.
All return checks require a handling charge. This fee will be posted in
the Utility Department.
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SECTION IV
CHARGES AND DEPOSITS FOR CONNECTIONS
TO EXISTING MAINS AND LATERALS
A. WATER SERVICE.
1. All applicants for water servlce will be required
to make a meter deposit (payment security deposit)
for each water service connection, such deposit to
remain with the City throughout the term of the
service contract. The amount of the deposit shall
be determined as follows:
a. For residential customers who have not pre-
viously been eligible for discontinuance under
preceeding Section III 0, the deposit shall be
$25.00 plus non refundable service charge of
$5.00.
b. For commercial customers, the deposit shall be
calculated by the Director of Utilities to
equal the multiple of $5.00 nearest the esti-
mated average monthly billing for the particular
type of customer involved, but in no chase less
than $25.00 plus $5.00 service charge.
c. A building contractor shall place a meter
deposit of $25.00 for each standard service
requested, plus $5.00 service charge, or may
place a floating meter deposit of $100.00, which
shall be applicable to all services in his name at
a given time. The contractor shall be liable for all
charges for water used until occupant makes deposit.
A $5.00 service charge shall apply to each meter.
d. An applicant for service from a fire hydrant
where water is placed in a tank truck or other
container shall place a meter deposit of two
hundred-fifty dollars ($250.00).
The deposit will be refunded, or in event a balance
is due, applied against the final bill for services
required upon termination of the contract. The City
will not pay interest on meter deposit funds.
2. In locations where a complete service connection,
including tap, service line, curb stop, meter, and
box were paid for or installed by a developer or
other prior single customer, no charges are made
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Where applicable there shall be added the cost of street
repairs as follows: a minimum street cut of $100.00 shall be
deposited at the time water service is requested and before
service is started on installation of such connection. Should
the final cost of the work exceed the amount of the deposit,
a statement showing the amount of the excess will be immedi-
ately furnished to the person having made the deposit, and
his amount will be due before water service is actually
begun. Should the final cost be less than the amount of the
deposit or estimate, a refund of overpayment will be immedi-
ately made to the person from whom the deposit was received.
5. Where a single customer desires to increase the size of his
existing Service Connection, the City shall determine the
charges for the larger Service Connection, and shall apply
a credit against the charges for the larger connection equal
to 75% of the cost of the existing meter.
6. Extension of the service piping from the City's meter and
curb stop shall be accomplished by the customer at his expense;
however, such installation shall be in accordance with the
applicable ordinances of the City.
B. SEWER SERVICE.
1. Applicants for Sewer Service who also have posted the $25.00
meter deposit for water service to the same location are not
required to post a separate deposit for sewer service; however,
if the applicant receives sewer service only, or for any other
reason, has not posted the water meter deposit, then they will
be required to make a sewer service payment security deposit,
in the amount of Twenty-Five ($25.00) Dollars for each such sewer
service connection, which will remain on deposit with the City
throughout the term of the service contract. The deposit
will be refunded, or in the event a balance is due, applied
against the final bill for services rendered, upon termination
of the contract. The City will not pay interest on such deposit
funds.
2. Where the furnishing of sewer service by the City does not
require the extension of Lateral Sewers or other Sewer Mains
as defined under Point of Service to serve a new single customer,
the charge for the right to connect to the system shall be
Three Hundred, Five Dollars ($305.00). Except in a developed
subdivision where a developer has paid for the installation
of sewer facilities then the charge shallbe Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
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beyond the amount required to satisfy Point of Service
has been repaid. Refunds shall be made to the initial
customers within thirty (30) days after the new customer
Connection Charges have been paid to the City, and shall
be divided among the initial participants in the same
proportion as their participation in the extension.
E. PRO RATA PAYMENT OF LINES FOR INDIVIDUALS
When an individual is responsible for a pro rata share of
lines on two (2) or more sides of his property the following
formula shall apply. Payment shall be made for the longest
dimension of the property fronting on a street. Only one
tap will be allowed. If at a later time an individual
desires another tap for the same piece of property then
the pro rata share for the balance of the frontage must
be paid.
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SECTION VII
STANDARD REQUIREMENTS & CRITERIA
OF DESIGN FOR SYSTEM EXTENSIONS
A. All Contract Documents for extensions or improvements
to the City's water or sewerage facilities shall be
prepared under the supervision and bear the seal of a
Licensed Professional Engineer, licensed by the State
of Texas in the field of Civil or Sanitary Engineering,
as required by the revised Civil Statutes of Texas,
Article 327a, Section 19 and shall consist of the
following:
1. Notice to Contractors (if applicable)
2. Proposal or Proposals
*3. Contract
*4. Performance Bond (Equal to 100% of total Contract)
*5. Payment Bond (Required by 56th Legislature of Texas)
*6. Maintenance Bond (20% of total contract for 2 years)
7. Description of the Project (By Engineer)
*8. General Conditions (Standard adopted by City)
9. Special Provisions (By Engineer)
*10. Detailed Specifications (Standard adopted by City)
11. Plans (Usually but not always bound separately)
*Note: The City will furnish five (5) copies of the
City Standard Items noted thus * for inclusion in the
Documents and the Developer's Engineer will prepare
other sections required for complete Documents.
B. WATER SYSTEM DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS.
1. All materials and workmanship used in extensions
or improvements to the City's Water System shall
conform to the latest revisions of American Water
Works Association or American Standards Association
specifications and particularly to the most recent
revisions of the Detailed Specifications which have
been adopted by the City; a copy of which is on
file at the offices of the City of North Richland
Hills, and will be made available for inspection
upon request. All installations shall be designed
and constructed to conform to the latest applicable
rules and regulations as published by the Texas
State Department of Health.
2. Non-rising stem gate valves with slip or screw type
case iron cover boxes and other control devices
shall be installed throughout the system as recom-
mended by the City's Engineer for proper control,
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maintenance and operation of the system. These
valves shall be "Mueller", or approved equal.
3. Standard three-way, improved type, dry head fire
hydrants constructed to provide a minimum of three
(3') feet of cover over the connecting main shall
be installed at locations such that all areas of
development are located within a five hundred foot
(500') radius from a fire hydrant. These hydrants
shall be "Mueller", or approved equal.
4. All fire hydrants shall be installed with a cut off
valve and shall be served by a six inch (6") or
larger Supply or Distribution Main.
5. Four inch (4") Distribution Mains shall be cast
iron pipe and it shall not be used to serve more
than twenty (20) Standard 3/411 Service Connections
of ten (10) Double 3/411 Service Connections and
no 411 Distribution Mains shall exceed one thous-
and feet (1,000') in length between direct connec-
tions to larger mains.
6. Mains Six inches (611) and larger shall be cast iron
or asbestos cement in accordance with the Standard
Speci fi cat ions.
7. All Supply Mains and Distribution Mains installed
within a Developer's platted and filed area of
development must extend to the borders of his
development as required for future extension of
the City's system, regardless of whether or not such
extensions are required for service within the
area of development.
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is a question as to the facilities required, it shall
be resolved in favor of additional capacity. All con-
struction will be inspected by the City's designated
Inspector.
5. The construction of sewage lift or pumping stations
or separate treatment facilities will not be per-
mitted unless the costs of constructing such lift
stations or separate facilities is at least thirty
(30%) percent less than the costs of constructing
an adequate outfall or Approach Sewer to serve the
area. All estimates of costs for this determination
shall be by the City's Engineer(s).
6. In such cases where sewage lift stations or separate
treatment facilities are permitted, they shall be
designed by the City's Engineer(s) and constructed
under contracts awarded by and in the name of the
City. The construction costs of such facilities plus
ten (10%) percent shall be deposited with the City
by the Developer or person requiring the facilities,
prior to commencing construction.
7. Gravity flow sewer pipe of sizes twelve (12") inches
and smaller shall be vitrified clay pipe conforming
to A.S.T.M. Specification C 26-60T for standard
strength and C 278-60T for extra strength. Extra
strength pipe shall be used where trench depths exceed
eighteen (18') feet and at such other locations as
determined necessary by the City's Engineer(s).
Joints for vitrified clay pipe shall be factory made
joints conforming to A.S.T.M. Specification C 425-60T,
Type III, as manufactured under the trade name of
IIDelta Seal II . In dry trench conditions and at special
connections, joints may be made using Atlas JC 60
after proper priming with Atlas 60 primer.
Gravity flow sewer pipe of size twelve (12") inches and
smaller shall be unplasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
Plastic Gravity Sewer Pipe with integral wall bell and
spigot joints for the conveyance of domestic sewage.
Pipe and fittings shall meet the strength requirements
of ASTM specification 0 3034, SDR 35. (SDR is arrived
at by dividing the pipe 0.0. by wall thickness.)
Joints for the PVC pipe and fittings shall be compres-
sion rubber gasket joints. The bell shall consist of
an integral wall section. Fittings and accessories shall be
manufactured and furnished by the pipe supplier or
approved equal and have bell and/or spigot configur-
ation identical to that of the pipe. Minimum pipe
stiffness at 5% deflection shall be 46 for all sizes
when calculated in accordance with ASTM 0-2412.
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11.
The follo~ing design practices shall be considered
as generally applicable, but they may be modified by
concurrence of the City's Engineer (s) and Director in
specific cases where they are impractical.
No sewers other than Service Sewers and House Sewers
shall be less than six (6") inches in diameter.
Service Sewers and House Sewers shall not be less
than four (411) inches in diameter and shall approach
the "Lateral Sewer" on at least a one (1%) per cent
grade.
All Lateral and Approach Sewers shall be designed with
hydraulic slopes sufficient to give mean velocities,
when flowing full or half-full of not less than two
(2.01) feet per second based on Kutter's
or Manning's formula using an "n" valve of 0.013.
Grades which will produce velocities in excess of
five (51) feet per second shall be avoided.
Sewers shall be laid in straight alignment wherever
possible. Where horizontal curvature must be used,
the smallest radius shall be one hundred (lOOt) feet.
Manholes shall be constructed at all changes in
alignment, grade or size of sewer intersection of
other sewers except Service Sewers and at the ends
of all sewer lines that will be extended. Inter-
secting sewers shall enter the manholes at the
crown line or top of the intersection or main sewer
and the inverts of all manholes shall be formed
concave to fit the connecting sewer pipes.
12. All six (6") inch and eight (8") inch sewer lines
shall be air tested and hold four (4) P.S.I. for
twenty (20) minutes. All ten (10") inch and larger
sewer mains shall hold three (3) P.S.I. for fifteen
(15) minutes.
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