HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 3934 ORDINANCE NO. 3934
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH
RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 78, ARTICLE IV OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AS
AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 78-213, "PROHIBITED
DISCHARGES" TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN TRUCKED OR HAULED
POLLUTANTS, THE DISCHARGE OF BTEX CONCENTRATIONS
GREATER THAN 1.0MG/L, AND THE DISCHARGE OF PFAS AND
PFAS-RELATED SUBSTANCES; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES AND REPEALING
CONFLICTING PROVISIONS; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR
VIOLATION; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; . PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills ("City") is a home rule city acting under its
charter adopted by the electorate pursuant to Article XI, Section 5 of the
Texas Constitution and Chapter 9 of the Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the unregulated transportation and discharge of
liquid waste presents a hazard to the public health, safety, and welfare of
the citizens of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City provides wastewater utility service through wholesale wastewater
contracts with the City of Fort Worth and the Trinity River Authority; and
WHEREAS, these wholesale wastewater contracts provide that the City, as a wholesale
customer, agreed that it would comply with all permit conditions in any way
relating to the collection system and the discharge into the collection
system; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has requested that the
holders of TPDES permits and all jurisdictions contributing to their
wastewater collection systems to make certain amendments and revisions
to their respective industrial waste ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the amendments herein are in the best interest
of the public health, safety, and welfare of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, THAT:
Section 1: The City Council hereby finds the recitals above to be true and correct, and
such recitals are hereby incorporated into this Ordinance as if written herein.
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Section 2: Section 78-213, "Prohibited Discharges", of Article IV "Sanitary Sewer
System" of Chapter 78 "Utilities" of the North Richland Hills Code, is hereby
amended by amending subsections (d)(19), (d)(22), and (d)(28) to read as
follows:
"(19) Trucked or Hauled Pollutants.
a. Trucked or hauled industrial waste, except as approved in
writing by the director; or
b. For facilities discharging to the City of Fort Worth Village
Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility: Trucked or hauled waste
from any industrial activities/processes regulated by any specific
category listed in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR) Parts
405-471 with detectable quantities of PFAS.
(22) BTEX. For facilities discharging to the City of Fort Worth Village
Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility:
BTEX concentration greater than 1.0 mg/L.
(28) For facilities discharging to the City of Fort Worth Village Creek
Wastewater Treatment Facility: Any PFAS or PFAS-related
substances above baseline collection system concentrations of 25
ng/L without an approved plan of correction, as defined in the
dischargers permit, which employes "Best Management Practices"
(BMPs) to reduce or eliminate the pollutants within one year of
detection/notification."
Section 3: This Ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of the North Richland
Hills Code, except where the provisions of this Ordinance are in direct conflict
with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which event
conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed.
Section 4: It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases,
clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this Ordinance are
severable, and, if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this
Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree
of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect
any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections
of this Ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City
Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance of any such
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section.
Section 5: Any person, firm, or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects, or
refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the
provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be fined, upon conviction, in accordance with Section 1-13 of the North
Richland Hills Code. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall
constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such.
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Section 6: All rights and remedies of the City are expressly saved as to any and all
violations of the provisions of any ordinances in the North Richland Hills
Code that have accrued at the time of the effective date of this Ordinance;
and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil and
criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances, same
shall not be affected by this Ordinance but may be prosecuted until final
disposition by the courts.
Section 7: The City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause the
publication of this Ordinance in accordance with applicable law.
Section 8: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its passage.
AND IT IS SO ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED on this 27th day of October, 2025.
CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS
J k McCarty, Mayor
ATTEST: �®®os L mcf,®AA/O®Ao
ate ' oid
Alicia Richardson ° �
City Secretary/Chief Gover G.Officer.•',
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
Bradley .Anderle, City Attorney
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