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HomeMy WebLinkAbout868 11-26-1985ORDINANCE NO. 868 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NOS. 147 & 148, SAME BEING THE EULESS SUBDIVISION RULES AND REG- ULATIONS; ESTABLISHING CERTAIN CHANGES WITH RE- SPECT TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM; RESPECIFYING ACCEPTABLE; WATER LINE MATERIALS AND ESTABLISHING A MINIMUM DIA- METER SIZE FOR SANITARY SEWER LINES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PRO- VIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the current water and sewer requirements do not address certain problems currently being experienced; WHEREAS, the changes proposed are applicable to all developments within the City of Euless and will halt the further installation of known inadequacies; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS: I. That Article II, Section 18, entitled "Water & Sewer Requirements" of the Euless Subdivision Rules and Regulations, heretofore, adopted as Ordinance Nos. 147 & 148, is hereby amended by replacing it in its entirety with the following: Section 18 Water and Sewer Requirements (a) GENERAL: The developer shall install a complete water system and complete sewage system to serve proposed subdivisions. Individual water taps, including meter boxes set to grade, shall be installed with proposed systems. Individual water service and sewer service locations shall be permanently marked with a stamp ( "W" for water, and "S" for sanitary sewer) on the face of the curb; or if no curb is constructed, on the top of the pavement. The markings shall be a minimum of two inches (2 ") in height. All new water lines and sewer lines crossing under existing paved streets shall be bored or jacked, casing pipe installed, and pressure grouted immediately upon completion of bore. (b) WATER SYSTEM: The size of lines to be installed shall be determined by the City's Master Water Plan and the type of development being served. Feeder mains shall not be smaller than eight inches (8 ") in diameter; and, if possible, shaWbe looped. These mains shall be located between the back -of -curb and right -of -way line on the north and east sides of public streets and shall include valves as required for the control of the system. Water mains shall have a minimum covet of forty -eight inches (48 ") to finish grade and shall be constructed of: 1. Ductile Iron Pipe (D.I.) (Poly Wrapped), Class 51 2. Reinforced Concrete Steel Cylinder Pipe (R.C.C.P.), AWWA C -300 3. P.V.C. Johns - Manville Ring -rite conforming to AWWA standard 0 -900- 75, DR -14, or, 4. approved equal. All water main pipes shall be bedded with a minimum of six inches (6 ") of cushion sand (or approved material) under the pipe and a minimum of twelve inches (12 ") of cushion sand (or approved material) over the pipe. hire hydrants shall be installed on a minimum radius of 500 feet when serving residential land uses at a density of .nine (9) units per acre or less. A minimum radius of 350 feet is required on all other land uses and residential densities. All fire hydrants, valves and pipe ends shall be blocked. Fire hydrants shall be primed and painted with a machine implement grade enamel paint. The body of the fire hydrant shall be painted "fire engine" red and the bonnets or tops of the hydrants shall be painted in accordance to the size of the Huhn to which the hydrant is connected, as indicated below: 1. Six inch (6') diameter lines - RED 2. Eight inch (8 ") diameter lines - WI111E 3. Twelve inch (12 ") and greater diameter lines - BLUE (c) SEWER SYSTEM: Sanitary sewer mains shall not be less than eight inches (8 ") in diameter except when serving less than 200 feet and no more than two (2) manholes are required upstream. Sewer main sizing shall be determined by the City's Master Sewer Plan and the type of development being served. Sanitary sewer mains shall be located between the back -of -curb and right -of- way line on the south and west sides of public streets. Sanitary sewer mains shall be installed a minimum of four and one -half feet (4 1/2') below the finished grade of adjacent top -of -curb or pavement or adjacent property to be served (whichever is lower in elevation) and shall maintain a minimum of four and one -half feet (4 1/2') of cover. Sanitary sever mains shall be constructed of: 1. Vitrified clay pipe, ASTM C -700 2. Y.V.C. Johns- Mansville conforming to ASTM specifications D -3034, SDR 35, or, 3. approved equal. Sanitary sewer mains shall be bedded with a minimum of six inches (6 ") of cushion sand (or approved material) under the pipe and a minirnum of twelve inches (12 ") of cushion sand (or approved material) over the pipe. Bell holes or recesses for bells of the pipe shall be excavated for every joint, and shall be of sufficient size and depth to relieve the bell of all load, permitting the barrel of the pipe to be firmly embedded throughout its entire length, and to provide ample space for making the joint. P.V.C. joints shall be rubber locked ring -tite. II. Severability Clausen It- is- hereby dechfired to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases 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 cor,lpetent ORDINANCE NO. 868, PAGE TWO OF THREE 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. III. Penalty for Violation: Any person, firm, or corporation violating the terms and provisions of this ordinance, or the amendments to the City of Euless Charter hereby made, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be liable to a fine in an amount not to exceed One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars and each day such violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense, as provided by Ordinance Nos. 147 & 148, and subsequent amendments to the Euless City Charter and the Statutes of the State of Texas. IV. Effective Date: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage as provided by the Euless City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas. PRESENTED AND GIVEN FIRST READING at a regular meeting of the Euless City Council on the 12thday of November, 1985, by a vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions GIVEN SECOND READING AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of the Euless City Council on the26thday of November , 1985; by a vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays and 0 abstentions. APPROVED: Harold Samuels, Mayor ATTEST: Kay Rainy,,- City Secreta y AP V AS TO FORM: ob M eFarland, lCity At to y APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: '4h,. [ IV, VV games Knight, ity En ineer ORDINANCE NO. 868, PAGE THREE OF THREE