HomeMy WebLinkAboutSupplement No. 16 - 1974 Code of Ordinances SUPPLEMENT NO. 16
CODE OF ORDINANCES
City of
EULESS,TEXAS
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be included at this time through:
Ordinance No. 868,enacted November 26, 1985.
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Tallahassee, Florida
March,1986
§ 1-4 GENERAL PROVISIONS § 1-6
make any change in the meaning or effect of ordinance
material included in the supplement or already embodied
in the Code.
Sec. 1-5. Severability of parts of Code.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the city council that
the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this
Code are severable and, if any phrase, clause, sentence, para-
graph or section of this Code shall be declared unconstitutional
by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent juris-
diction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the re-
maining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of
this Code, since the same would have been enacted by the city
council without the incorporation in this Code of any such uncon-
stitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
Sec. 1-6. General penalty for violation of Code; continuing
violations.
(a) Whenever in this Code or in any ordinance of the city an
act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an
offense or a misdemeanor,or whenever in such Code or ordinance
the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is
declared to be unlawful, and no specific penalty is provided there-
for, the violation of any such provision of this Code or any such
ordinance shall be punished by a fine:
(1) Not to exceed two hundred dollars($200.00);
(2) Not to exceed one thousand dollars($1,000.00)if the provi-
sion violated governs fire safety, zoning or public health
and sanitation, including vegetation and litter violations
and the dumping of refuse; or
(3) Fixed by state law if the violation is one for which the
state has fixed a fine.
(b) A person violating a provision of this Code or of any ordi-
nance is guilty of a separate offense for each day or part of a day
during which the violation is committed, continued or permitted,
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§ 1-6 EULESS CODE § 1-6
unless otherwise provided. (Ord. No. 792, § 1, 5-22-84; Ord. No.
857, § 1, 8-27-85)
State law references—Authority of city to prescribe penalties for violation of
Code of Ordinances,V.T.C.S.,art.1176a,§ 1;punishment for violation of statute,
art. 1195; municipal court criminal jurisdiction, V.T.C.C.P. arts. 4.01, 4.14; au-
thority to imprison in default of fine payment,art.43.09.
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§ 7-29 GARBAGE, TRASH, ETC. § 7-40
the county clerk or a certified copy thereof shall be prima
facie proof of the amount expended in such work, improve-
ment or correction of the property, all more particularly speci-
fied in Article 4436, Vernon's Annotated Texas Civil Statutes,
which is hereby adopted by reference. (Ord. No. 465, § 5,
2-12-74)
Sec. 7-30. Penalty.
Any person,firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount of not less than
twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one thousand dollars
($1,000.00) for each offense. Each day that such violation shall
continue shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense and
shall be punishable as such. (Ord. No. 465, § 7, 2-12-74; Ord. No.
857, § 2, 8-27-85)
Secs. 7-31-7-39. Reserved.
ARTICLE III. LITTERING*
Sec. 7-40. Definitions.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to them:
Garbage: All decayable wastes, including vegetable, animal
and fish offal and carcasses of such animals and fish, except
sewage and body wastes, but excluding industrial byproducts,
and shall include all such substances from all public and pri-
vate establishments and from all residences.
Junk: All worn out, worthless and discarded material, in
general, including, but not limited to, odds and ends, old iron
or other metal, glass, paper, cordage or other waste or dis-
carded materials.
Litter: Refuse, garbage, rubbish and junk, singly or any
combination thereof.
*Cross reference—Removing trash accumulations on order of fire
marshal, § 6-48.
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§ 7-40 EULESS CODE § 7-44
Refuse: Garbage, rubbish and all other decayable and non-
decayable waste, including vegetable, animal and fish carcasses,
except sewage from all public and private establishments and
residences.
Rubbish: All nondecayable wastes, except ashes, from all
public and private establishments and from all residences.
(Ord. No. 302, § II, 5-23-67)
Sec. 7-41. Prohibited.
No person shall deposit, discard or throw refuse, garbage,
rubbish, junk or other litter in or upon any public street, road
or other public place or upon private property within the city,
except in public receptacles or in authorized private recepta-
cles for collection or in an official city sanitary landfill. (Ord.
No. 302, § II, 5-23-67)
Cross reference—Placing in streets, §§ 7-11, 13-1.
Sec. 7-42. Littering on another's property.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any occupied
private property within the city, whether owned by such per-
son
or not, except that the owner or person in control of
private property may maintain authorized private receptacles
for collection in such a manner that litter will be prevented
from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any
street, sidewalk or other public place or upon any private
property. (Ord. No. 302, § IX, 5-23-67)
Sec. 7-43. Use of receptacles.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized
private receptacles shall do so in such manner as to prevent it
from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any
street, sidewalk or other public or private place. (Ord. No.
302, § III, 5-23-67)
Sec. 7-44. Sweeping; cleanliness of sidewalk area.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street
or other public or private place within the city the accumula-
tion of litter from any building or lot or from any public or
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§ 14-112 TRAFFIC § 14-115
upon such property or served by such parking lot. (Ord. No. 116, §
65,8-11-59;Ord. No.688,§ 1, 11-10-81)
Sec. 14-113. Unattended motor vehicle.
No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall
permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the en-
gine, and effectively setting the brake thereon, and, when
standing upon any grade, turning the front wheels to the curb
or side of the highway. (Ord. No. 116, § 69, 8-11-59)
Sec. 14-114. Responsibility of owner for illegal parking.
No person shall allow, suffer or permit any vehicle regis-
tered in his name to stand or be parked in any street in the
city in violation of any of the ordinances of the city regulating the
standing or parking of vehicles. (Ord. No. 116, § 64, 8-11-59)
Sec. 14-115. Parking spaces for the handicapped.
(a) Adoption of state law. The provisions of Article 6675a-5e.1,
Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated, both as to public and
private property, are hereby adopted and shall be applicable
within the jurisdiction of the City of Euless, Texas.
(b) Identification of spaces on private property. Parking spaces
on private property which have been designated by the owner or
person in control thereof for the exclusive use of vehicles trans-
porting disabled persons (as that term is defined by state law)
shall be identified in the manner set forth in the rules promul-
gated by the state purchasing and general services commission
for the identification of such parking spaces on public property.
One copy of said rules, marked Exhibit "A", is incorporated
herein by reference and has been filed in the office of the city
secretary for permanent record and inspection.
(c) Offenses and punishment. The provisions of Section 10 of
Article 6675a-5e.1, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated, re-
lating to offenses and punishment, shall apply to any parking
space or area for the disabled located on private property within
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§ 14-115 EULESS CODE § 14-121
the City of Euless, which has been identified in compliance with
the preceding subsection. (Ord. No. 849, §§ 1-3, 6-25-85)
Editor's note—Being not specifically amendatory of the Code,the provisions of
§§ 1-3 of Ord. No. 849, enacted June 25, 1985, have been codified, at the
discretion of the editor,as§ 14-115.
Secs. 14-116-14-119. Reserved.
ARTICLE VI. PEDESTRIANS*
Sec. 14-120. Subject to signals; jaywalking.
(a) Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic-control signals at
intersections as provided in this chapter, but at all other
places pedestrians shall be accorded the privileges and shall
be subject to the restrictions stated in this article.
(b) Pedestrians shall strictly comply with the directions of
all official traffic-control signals in the city. (Ord. No. 116, §
56, 8-11-59)
Sec. 14-121. Right-of-way in crosswalks.
(a) When traffic-control signals are not in place or not in
operation, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way,
slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a
pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk when the
pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway upon which the
vehicle is traveling, or when the pedestrian is approaching so
closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in
danger, but no pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or
other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a
vehicle which is so close that it is impossible for the driver to
yield.
(b) Whenever any vehicle is stopped at a marked
crosswalk or at any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to
permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, the driver of any
other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake
and pass such stopped vehicle. (Ord.No. 116, § 57, 8-11-59)
*Cross reference—Toy vehicles subject to pedestrian regulations, §
14-13.
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§ 14-122 TRAFFIC § 14-125
Sec. 14-122. Use of right half of crosswalk.
Pedestrians shall move, whenever possible upon the right
half of crosswalks. (Ord. No. 116, § 60, 8-11-59)
Sec. 14-123. Drivers to exercise due care.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, every driver
of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any
pedestrian upon any roadway and shall give warning by sound-
ing the horn when necessary and shall exercise proper pre-
caution upon observing any child or any confused or incapaci-
tated person upon a roadway. (Ord. No. 116, § 59,8-11-59)
Sec. 14-124. Pedestrians on roadways.
(a) When sidewalks are provided, it shall be unlawful for
any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway.
(b) Where sidewalks are not provided, any pedestrian
walking along and upon a highway shall when possible walk
only on the left side of the roadway or its shoulder facing
traffic which may approach from the opposite direction.
(c) No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of
soliciting a ride from the driver of any private vehicle. (Ord.
No. 116, §§ 61, 83, 8-11-59)
Sec. 14-125. Blind pedestrians.
(a) For the purpose of preventing traffic accidents on the
public streets of the city, it shall be unlawful for any person
except persons wholly or partially blind to carry or use on the
public streets of the city any cane or walking stick which
is white in color, or white with a red end. A cane or walking
stick may be used on the streets and other public places of
the city by a person wholly or partially blind, as a means of
protecting him from traffic accidents and for the purpose of
identifying him by drivers of vehicles and operators of motor-
driven vehicles and pedestrians, with whom such persons may
come in contact on said streets and public places.
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§ 14-125 EULESS CODE § 14-125
(b) Any driver of a vehicle, operator of a motor-driven
vehicle or pedestrian, who approaches or comes in contact
with a person wholly or partially blind and carrying a cane or
walking stick white in color, or white with a red end, shall
immediately come to a full stop and take such other precau-
tions, before proceeding, as may be necessary to avoid acci-
dent or injury to the person carrying such cane or walking
stick.
(c) Any person other than a person wholly or partially
blind, who shall carry a cane or walking stick white in color,
or white with a red end, or who shall fail to come to a full stop
when approaching or coming in contact with a person
wholly or partially blind and carrying a cane or walking stick
white in color or white with a red end, or who shall fail to
take such precautions before proceeding, as may be necessary
to avoid an accident, or injury to a person carrying a cane or
walking stick, white in color, or white with a red end, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. No. 116, § 84, 8-11-59)
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§16-21 WATER AND SEWERS § 16-22
Sec. 16-21. Connection fee.
(a) Water. Prior to receiving service, each consumer shall, upon
being connected to the system, pay the following connection fees:
Size of Service
(inches) Tap Fee Meter Box Meter
%— 3/4 $125.00 $ 20.00 $ 50.00
1 150.00 20.00 100.00
11/2 165.00 35.00 250.00
2 325.00 35.00 815.00
Sprinkler Meters:Installing additional meters to existing service:
%"— 3/4" meter—$ 50.00 Box and fittings—$ 65.00
1 " meter—$100.00 Box and fittings—$ 70.00
In case of material increase, installation shall not be less than
material cost plus fifteen(15)per cent.
(b) Sewer. Sewer connection fees shall be paid solely for the
privilege of connection to the system. The cost of installing such
connection shall be borne by the user. The fee shall be two hun-
dred dollars($200.00). (Ord. No. 795, §§ 3.3(3.3.6), 3.4(3.4.1), 6-12-84;
�✓ Ord. No. 867, § 1, 11-26-85)
Sec. 16-22. Water deposits.
All applicants for water service 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.
(a) Deposit for residential customers who have not been dis-
connected for nonpayment shall be thirty dollars ($30.00).
Each family living unit shall be considered to be a sepa-
rate water and/or sewer customer. The deposit shall be
thirty dollars($30.00)per unit.
(b) Deposits for commercial customers shall not be less than
fifty dollars ($50.00) and shall be calculated to equal the
multiple of five dollars($5.00) nearest the estimated aver-
age monthly billing for the particular type of customer
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§ 16-22 EULESS CODE § 16-23
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involved. Calculation shall be based on water, sewer and
garbage monthly billing.
(c) Deposits shall be refunded,or, in the 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.
(Ord. No. 795, §§ 3.2(3.2.1), 3.3(3.3.1), 6-12-84)
Sec. 16-23. Schedule of monthly rates.
The schedule of monthly rates for water, sewer, abnormal sew-
age surcharge, and industrial cost recovery charge shall be ac-
cording to the following:
Water Services for All Users
(a) Within corporate limits, $3.50 for first 2,000 gallons, plus
$1.25 per thousand gallons thereafter.
(b) Outside corporate limits, $10.00 for first 2,000 gallons,
plus $1.25 per thousand gallons thereafter.
Sewer Service—Residential
The sewer service charge for residential customers shall be
based on ninety (90) per cent of metered water. Sewer service
charges on ninety (90) per cent metered water shall not exceed
twelve thousand (12,000) gallons per billing period per living
unit.The monthly minimum per dwelling unit shall be as follows:
(a) Within the corporate limits,three dollars and twenty cents
($3.20)plus one dollar and five cents ($1.05)per one thou-
sand (1,000) gallons of ninety (90) per cent of metered
water.
(b) Outside the corporate limits, eight dollars($8.00)plus one
dollar and five cents ($1.05) per one thousand (1,000) gal-
lons of ninety (90)per cent of metered water.
Sewer Service—Commercial and Industrial
Commercial and industrial sewer charges shall be based on one
hundred(100)per cent of metered water. The rates are: monthly
minimum within city limits—three dollars and twenty cents($3.20)
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§16-23 WATER AND SEWERS § 16-25
plus one dollar and five cents ($1.05) per one thousand (1,000)
gallons;monthly minimum outside city limits—eight dollars($8.00)
plus one dollar and five cents ($1.05) per one thousand (1,000)
gallons of metered water. The following provisions apply to all
commercial and industrial customers:
(a) Customers that show proof that a significant portion of
metered water does not enter the sanitary sewer shall not
be billed for that portion that does not enter sanitary sewer.
(b) Monitored group class customers shall be billed according
to Section 16-25.
(c) Industrial cost recovery group customers shall be billed
according to Section 16-25 plus the additional charges in
Section 16-26 as required.
(Ord. No. 795, § 3.4(3.4.2)—(3.4.4), 6-12-84; Ord. No. 867, § 2,
11-26-85)
Sec. 16-24. Reconnection of service.
Where services have been disconnected for nonpayment, there
shall be a five dollar ($5.00) charge for reconnection and five
dollar($5.00)additional deposit, and full payment of outstanding
bill before reconnection of service. (Ord. No. 795, § 3.3(3.3.5),
6-12-84)
Sec. 16-25. Monitored group class.
(a) The superintendent shall establish a monitored group class,con-
sisting of those customers whose wastewater strength is, in his
judgement, abnormally high or low, and charges to customers in
this class shall be computed in accord with the following five-part
rate schedule:
Customer monthly service charge $3.20
Volume charge 1.05 per 1,000 gallons BOD.
Strength charge 0.0392 per pound of BOD.
Suspended solids strength charge . . . . 0.0139 per•pound of sus-
1pended solids.
Monitoring charge 100%of tot cal cost to city.
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§ 16-25 EULESS CODE §16-26
(b) The monitoring charge shall consist of all cost for person-
nel, material and equipment used to collect and analyze samples
from the customer's wastewater to determine the strength of the
wastewater produced. The monitored customer's wastewater shall
be tested a minimum of once per year, but may be tested on a
more frequent basis if deemed necessary by the superintendent
or if the mentioned customer requests more frequent testing.
(c) This schedule shall replace all other charges previously
made for industrial waste strength. (Ord. No. 795, § 3.5(3.5.1),
6-12-84)
Sec. 16-26. Industrial cost recovery.
(a) Construction. costs. In providing a waste treatment system
which includes the treatment of industrial wastes, either inde-
pendently or in conjunction with other wastes, the Euless Water
Department shall have the authority to collect from such indus-
trial users all or any part of the construction costs of such waste
treatment system reasonably attributed to such industrial wastes.
The apportionment of such costs shall be equitable as among
industrial users, and such costs may be collected by assessment,
connection fee,periodic charges, or in other manners or combina-
tions thereof as in the judgment of the director of public works is
equitable and will assure such industrial cost recovery. Imple-
mentation of industrial cost recovery shall be contingent on noti-
fication of apportionment and actual billing by the Trinity River
Authority and as mandated by state or federal requirements.
(b) Industrial user. An industrial user in any nongovernmen-
tal user of the city's sanitary sewage system, identified in the
Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Man-
agement and Budget, as amended and supplemented, under the
following divisions:
(1) Division A—Agricultu,e, forestry and fishing.
(2) Division B—Mining.
(3) D—Manufacturing.
(4) Division E—Transportation, communications, electric, gas
and sanitary services.
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§ 16-26 WATER AND SEWERS § 16-26
(5) Division I—Services.
Any industrial user may be excluded if it is determined that it
will introduce primarily segregated domestic wastes or wastes
from sanitary conveniences.
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§ 44 APPENDIX B—SUBDIVISIONS § 46
Sec. 44. Building lines.
Building lines shall be shown on all lots intended for res-
idential usage. Whenever required by the planning commis-
sion, building lines shall be shown on lots intended for busi-
ness usage. (Ord. No. 147, § IV(A) (13), 6-5-61)
Sec. 45. Flooding.
Land subject to flooding and land deemed by the planning
commission to be uninhabitable shall not be platted for res-
idential occupancy, nor shall it be platted for such other uses
as may increase danger to health, life or property or aggra-
vate the flood hazard.
Such land within the plat shall be set aside for such uses
that will not be endangered by periodical or occasional inunda-
tion, or that will not produce unsatisfactory living conditions.
(Ord.No. 147, § IV(A) (15), 6-5-61)
Sec. 46. Parks,schools and playgrounds.
Sites suitable for parks, schools, playgrounds or other pub-
lic usage, as required by the city, should be carefully consid-
ered in collaboration with the city planning commission and so
indicated upon the preliminary plat. This is done so that
these sites can be checked for conformity with the recom-
mended locations indicated upon the master plan and so that
these sites can be duly placed upon the final record plat for
dedication. Such sites should be in conformity with the gen-
eral requirements of the city planning commission in keeping
with modern city planning principles. They shall be of ade-
quate size as recommended by the city planning commission
and as may be required by the city under its policies and
specifications. The city planning commission may require the
owner or subdivider to obtain a letter from the appropriate
independent school district stating that provisions for the site
of future schools, if such be required, are adequate. If a
school site is not required, the letter is to so state. (Ord. No.
147, § IV(A)I(16), 6-5-61)
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§47 EULESS CODE §47
Sec. 47. Water and sewer requirements.
(a) General: The developer shall install a complete water sys-
tem 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(2)inches 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 devel-
opment being served. Feeder mains shall not be smaller than
eight (8) inches in diameter, and, if possible, shall be 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 cover of forty-eight (48) inches 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-Tite conforming to AWWA Stan-
dard C-900-75, DR-14; or
(4) Approved equal.
All water main pipes shall be bedded with a minimum of six (6)
inches of cushion sand(or approved material)under the pipe and
a minimum of twelve (12) inches of cushion sand (or approved
material) over the pipe. Fire hydrants shall be installed on a
minimum radius of five hundred(500)feet when serving residen-
tial land uses at a density of nine (9) units per acre or less. A
minimum radius of three hundred fifty (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
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§47 APPENDIX B—SUBDIVISIONS §47
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 main to which the hydrant is con-
nected, as indicated below:
(i) Six-inch diameter lines—Red.
(ii) Eight-inch diameter lines—White.
(iii) Twelve-inch and greater diameter lines—Blue.
(c) Sewer system: Sanitary sewer mains shall not be less than
eight (8) inches in diameter except when serving less than two
hundred (200) feet and no more than two (2) manholes are re-
quired 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(41/2)feet 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 (41/2) feet of cover. Sanitary sewer mains shall be con-
structed of:
(1) Vitrified clay pipe, ASTM C-700;
(2) P.V.C. Johns-Mansville conforming to ASTM specifications
D-3034, SDR 35; or
(3) Approved equal.
Sanitary sewer mans shall be bedded with a minimum of six (6)
inches of cushion sand(or approved material)under the pipe and
a minimum of twelve (12) inches 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. (Ord. No. 503, 3-23-76; Ord. No. 868, § 1,
11-26-85)
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§48 EULESS CODE §48
Sec. 48. Specifications—A.
Cement concrete curbs and gutters shall meet the following
specifications:
(1) Description:
1.1 This item shall consist of Portland cement concrete
curbs and gutters fifteen (15) inches in height, thirty
(30) inches in width at base, battered reveal, con-
structed on a prepared subgrade in accordance with
these specifications.
(2) Materials:
2.1 Aggregates: Coarse aggregate shall consist of
crushed stone or gravel. It shall be of clean, hard,
tough and durable pieces free from injurious amounts
of soft friable, thin, elongated or laminated pieces, sol-
uble salts, organic or other deleterious matter. Fine
aggregate shall consist of either a natural sand or a
stone sand, composed of sound particles of approved
stone. All sand shall be free of clay or other adherent
coatings and injurious amounts of deleterious matter.
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CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE
`..---- Ordinance Section
Number Date Section this Code
5.1-5.5 16-76-16-80
6.1 16-10(a)
6.2 16-10(b)
799 7-24-84 1-5 2-12
804 9-11-84 Rpld 4-132-4-138
1-6 4-132-4-137
Exhibit A 4-138
806 9-11-84 1 App.B,Art.I.§7
808 9-11-84 1 8-71
809 9-11-84 1 8-100
2 8-102
4 8-101
814 10- 9-84 1 12-34
827 2-26-85 6 4-150
828 2-26-85 1,2 11-15
Div./Sec.
831 3-12-85 I A 4-170
B 4-171
II 4-172
III A 4-173
B 4-174
C 4-192
D 4-175
�-- E—G 4-176-4-178
IV A 4-190
B 4-191
C 4-193
D 4-194
V A—D 4-205-4-208
VI 4-179
Section
835 4- 9-85 1 11-14
839 5-j4-85 1 App.B, § 11
2 App.B, §32(10)
849 6-25-75 1-3 14-115
857 8-27-85 1 1-6
2 7-30
867 11-26-85 1 16-21(a)
2 16-23
868 11-26-85 1 App.B, §47
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GYPSY COMPANIES Section
Vagrancy provisions applicable to. See: Vagrancy
H
HANDCARTS
Traffic regulations. See: Traffic
HANDICAPPED PERSONS
Blind pedestrians.See:Traffic
Parking spaces for.See:Traffic
HAWKERS,HAWKING,ETC.
Peddlers,canvassers and solicitors.See that title
Prohibited noises enumerated.See:Noises
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Abandoned,derelict,lost personal property.See that title
Air pollution control.See that title
Animal provisions.See:Animals and Fowl
Disease control.See that title
Dogs and rabies control.See:Animals and Fowl
Eating and drinking establishments.See that title
Flood damage prevention.See that title
Food and food service establishments.See that title
Food peddlers health certificates. See: Peddlers, Canvassers
and Solicitors
Garbage and trash.See that title
Grass abatement.See:Weeds and Brush
Health certificate for food peddlers. See: Peddlers, Canvass-
ers and Solicitors
Hospital authority.See that title
Itinerant vendors,cleanliness and wholesomeness of vehicles,
etc.See:Peddlers,Canvassers and Solicitors
Littering.See:Garbage and Trash
Massage parlors and massage establishments.See that title
Rabies control.See:Animals and Fowl
Retail food 8-100 et seq.
Food and food service establishments.See that title
Swimming pools.See that title
Water and sewers.See that title
Weed abatement.See:Weeds and Brush
HEAVY DEAD ANIMALS
Disposal.See:Garbage and Trash
HEDGES.See:Fences,Hedges and Enclosures
HIGHWAYS
Street defined re 1-3
Streets in general.See:Streets and Sidewalks
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Livestock at large.See:Animals and Fowl
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION
Persons sixty-five years of age or older.See:Taxation
HOOTING,SHOUTING AND YELLING
Prohibited noises enumerated. See:Noises
HORNS
Prohibited noises enumerated. See: Noises
HORSE RACING
Bookmaking. See that title
HORSES
Running at large,staking out.See: Animals and Fowl
HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
Corporate and body politic _____ 8-2
Created ______ 8-1
Directors 8-4
-------- -----------Name of 8-3
Poolroom proximity. See: Poolrooms and Billiard Par-
lors
Powers --___ 8-5
Territory embraced __ _—__ 8-1
HOSPITALS
Alcoholic beverage establishments
Proximity of to hospitals, schools, etc. See: Alco-
holic Beverages
Prohibited noises enumerated. See: Noises
HOTELS
Hotel (motel and other transient lodging) occupancy tax.
See: Taxation
HOUSE MOVING
Moving building requirements. See:Buildings
HOUSE-TO-HOUSE SALESMEN
Peddlers,canvassers and solicitors.See that title
HOUSING
Ordinances saved from repeal, other provisions not
included herein. See the preliminary pages and the
adopting ordinance of this code
HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD HOSPITAL AUTHORITY.
See: Hospital Authority
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HYDROPHOBIA
Rabies control.See: Animals and Fowl
I
IDLE PERSONS
Vagrancy provisions applicable to. See:Vagrancy
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TRAFFIC—Cont'd. Section
Double parking
Parking restrictions. See within this title: Parking,
Stopping and Standing
Driver or operator
Defined — 14-1
Opening vehicle doors 14-10
Driveway. See also within this title: Private Road or
Driveway
Parking restrictions. See within this title: Parking,
Stopping and Standing
Vehicle emerging from ._ 14-89
Elevated structures
Parking restrictions. See within this title: Parking,
Stopping and Standing
Enforcement
Traffic violation bureau. See within this title that
subject
Emergencies
Truck route. See within this title that subject
Emergency vehicles. See hereinabove: Authorized
Emergency Vehicles
Excavations
Parking restrictions. See within this title: Parking,
Stopping and Standing
Filling stations. See within this title: Gasoline Stations
Fines and forfeitures. See within this title: Traffic
Violation Bureau
Fire apparatus
Following ________.___ 14-80
Fire department
Authorized emergency vehicles. See within this title
that subject
Fire hose, crossing —_______ 14-81
Fire hydrants
Parking restrictions. See within this title: Parking,
Stopping and Standing
Fire station entrances
Parking restrictions. See within this title: Parking,
Stopping and Standing
Flashing beacon
Parking restrictions. See within this title: Parking,
Stopping and Standing
Flashing signals
T-affix-control signs, signals and devices. See within
this title that subject
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Following to closely 14-78
Freeways
Defined _________ _— 14-1
Use restricted 14-15
Funeral and other processions
Drivers in _ 14-95
Driving through ___ _ 14-94
Identification of processions __________ 14-96
Parade permit. See within this title: Parades
Garages
Accident records and reports 14-38
Gasoline stations
Driving through ____—______ ___ 14-98
Glass,other injurious articles
Removal from highways_____ 14-9
Throwing or depositing on highways 14-8
Guide dogs
Blind pedestrians. See within this title: Pedestrians
Handcarts. See within this title: Pushcarts
Handicapped,parking spaces for 14-115
Highways
Parking restrictions. See within this title: Parking,
Stopping and Standing
House moving. See: Buildings
Impoundment of vehicles
Violations. See within this title that subject
Wrecker pull forms, etc. See: Vehicles For Hire
(Wreckers and Tow Trucks)
Inoperative vehicle. See: Abandoned, Derelict, Lost
Personal Property
Intersections
Defined _—�_— 14-1
Fences,walls,hedges and enclosures.See also that title
Visibility triangle required 4-133
Ordinances saved from repeal, other provisions not
included herein. See the preliminary pages and
the adopting ordinance of this code
Overtaking, meeting and passing. See within this
title that subject
Parking restrictions. See within this title: Parking,
Stopping and Standing
Right-of-way. See within this title that subject
Turning movements. See within this title that subject
Jaywalking. See within this title: Pedestrians
Laned roadways
Driving on �_—_ _ 14-68
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Right side of roadway, duty to drive on, when 14-67
Limitations on backing of vehicles 14-88
Littering of streets. See: Garbage and Trash
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Elevated structure, upon — _—_—___ 14-112(a)(13)
Excavations, by -___________________________________________________ 14-112(a)(11)
Fire hydrants, at _____—__ 14-112(a)(4)
Fire station entrances, at ,___ 14-112(a)(10)
Flashing beacon, at 14-112(a)(7)
Hand and arm signals. See within this title: Turning
Movements
Handicapped parking spaces 14-115
Highway, upon — ______—______ _____ 14-112(a)(13)
Illegal parking
Owner, responsibility —____ __--____ 14-114
Intersections
Parking at crosswalk 14-112(a)(6)
Within 14-112(a)(3)
Moving vehicle of another into unlawful area, etc. 14-112(b)
Obstructions. See also within this title that subject
Official signs prohibiting, at ___ 14-112(a)(14)
Ordinances saved from repeal, other provisions not
included herein. See the preliminary pages and
the adopting ordinance of this code
Overtime parking __________________________________________ 14-112(d)
Parallel parking —_---- 14-110
Parking alongside or opposite —__—_______ 14-112(a)(11)
Places restricted,prohibited, etc. 14-112
Railroad crossings,near 14-112(a)(9)
Removal and impounding vehicles. See within this
title: Violations
Residential areas, trucks in _ ______—_-___-_-- 14-112(c)
Restricted parking —_____________— 14-112
Roadway side of another vehicle, etc. 14-112(a)(12)
Safety zone and curb, between __________________________________ 14-112(a)(8)
Sidewalk, on _ _____ ,_____ 14-112(a)(1)
Signal requirements applicable to __ 14-82-14-85
Starting parked vehicles —__ —____ 14-84
Stop sign, at —__ 14-112(a)(7)
Traffic-control signal, at _ 14-112(a)(7)
Traffic-control signs, signals and devices. See
within this title that subject
Truck parking in residential area 14-112(c)
Tunnel, within 14-112(a)(13)
Turning movements. See within this title that subject
Unattended vehicles _ — 14-113
Vehicles in parks. See: Parks and Recreation
Viaduct, etc., on _ _ 14-112(a)(13)
Wheels turned to curb, when 14-113
Parks
Vehicles in. See: Parks and Recreation
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Passenger loading zones. See within this title: Loading
Zone
Passengers
Opening vehicle door 14-10
Passing of vehicle. See within this title: Overtaking,
Meeting and Passing
Pedestrians
Blind pedestrians 14-125
Crosswalks. See also within this title that subject
Right half, duty to use ________`—_ _____________ 14-122
Right-of-way in ____ _--_—_—__ 14-121
Defined 14-1
Drivers to exercise caution _—_--____________________________ 14-123
Jaywalking ___ —
------------- 14-120
Right-of-way.See also within this title that subject
Crosswalks, in _______—____— __ 14-121
Roadways, walking on ____— —____________________ 14-124
Safety zones. See within this title that subject
Subject to signals ______________________ _ 14-120
Vehicle emerging from alley or driveway __________—____ 14-89
Walk and wait signals. See within this title: Traffic-
control Signs, Signals and Devices
White cane,walking stick
Blind pedestrians _________ ____ 14-125
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Police officers
Authority of; obedience to 14-3
Definitions -----------------�___------_�--_—__-- 14-1
Directing of traffic, duties 14-3
Enforcement of provisions, duties -__—_____—__________ 14-3
Failure to comply with orders or directions ______ 14-4
Fleeing from or evading ___________________________—___ 14-5
Obedience by public employees —___—__ 14-6
Police vehicles
Authorized emergency vehicles. See within this title
that subject
Private driveway or road
Special stops __ _____ 14-89
Defined 14-1
Processions
Parade permit. See within this title: Parades
Prohibited noises enumerated. See: Noises
Public employees
Obedience to provisions —___ 14-6
Public or private driveway
Parking restrictions. See within this title: Parking,
Stopping and Standing
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