O-83-1015 - 2/24/1983TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. /6/5
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8, SECTION 6.J.(1)
AND ADDING PARAGRAPH (4), CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY
OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS; AMENDING THE TYPE OF APPROVED
PIPES AND THE SIZE OF SERVICE LINES; PROVIDING FOR
STANDARD WATER MAINS AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR OVERSIZE
COSTS; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND REPEALING
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
I.
That Chapter 8, Section 6.J.(1), Code of Ordinances,
City of Round Rock, Texas is hereby amended to read as
follows:
(1) Water Mains
(a) Piping for water mains and connections shall be
cast iron, ductile, asbestos - cement class 200,
or PVC AWWA C -900, either mechanical or single
rubber gasket joint. Service piping shall be
copper or plastic as approved by the City
Engineer. All pipe and accessories shall be of
new materials only.
(b) The minimum sizes of lines that shall be used
are as follows:
Dwelling Units Minimum Line Size
1 3/4"
2 1 1/2"
3 -6 2"
7 -11 4"
12 -75 6"
more than 75 8"
(c) Water mains smaller than six (6) inches shall
not be permitted.
II.
That Chapter 8, Section 6.J., Code of Ordinances, City
of Round Rock, Texas shall be amended by adding a subsection
(4), which said sub - section shall read as follows:
(4) Oversize Mains
(a) Size of Mains
All water mains shall be installed in accordance
with the Master Water and Sewer Plan as adopted
and amended from time to time by the City. All
mains shall be sized to provide adequate service
to the tract to be developed. The cost of water
mains up to eight (8) inches, or of a size
required to serve a tract being developed, which-
ever is larger, shall be paid in full by the
developer.
(b) Oversize -- On -Site Mains
Where it is determined that an on -site main
needs to be of a larger size than that required
to serve etrc be developed, the City may
require
the developer to install such oversized
For mains up to twelve (12) inches the
developer shall be reimbursed the incremental
cost difference required for oversizing from the
oversize account described in paragraph (d)
below. For oversized mains in excess of twelve
(12) inches the developer will be reimbursed for
the incremental cost difference required for
oversizing from funds approved for Capital
Improvement Projects or through reimbursement
All
contracts. reimbursement
contain a provision contracts shall
obligation to reimburse ec the
years from the cos after City's
effective date of five (5)
the contract.
Oversize -- A proach Mains
Where it is determined that an approach main
needs to be of a larger size than that required
to serve the tract being developed, the City ma
require the developer to install such oversized
main. Subject to y
Zonin and review r the Planning City
g and
Council, the City ma eimburse tby he the offer
for the incremental y approval
the developer
the oversizing of acost difference required for
approval, the reim ur semnt ma f or. Upon Council
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twelve (12) inches will for mains up to
oversize account be paid out of ( d )
below, described in paragraph (d)
For oversized mains in excess of twelve
( inches the developer will be reimbursed for
the incremental cost difference required for
oversizing from funds approved for Capital
Improvement Projects or through reimbursement
contracts. All reimbursement contracts shall
contain a provision terminating the City's
obligation to reimburse costs after five (5)
years from the effective date of the contract.
(d) Oversize Account
A special oversize account is hereby established
for the purpose of reimbursing developers for
the cost of oversizing water mains. The account
shall be funded by a fee based on the number of
living unit equivalents (LUE fee) to be added to
the water system. The LUE fee will be accessed
to all developers regardless of whether or not
they are required to install an oversized line.
The LUE fee shall be collected upon final plat
approval, or in the event a plat required, permit. e application is made for not a
building Interest
this account income a
shall be added to the earned from
account.
(e) Reimbursement
The reimbursement for the cost of oversizing
will be made from available funds within ten
(c)
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(10) days after the utilities are accepted by
the City. In the event that sufficient funds are
not available, interest will accrue at a rate
established by the Council. In the event two or
more utility systems are accepted at the same
Council meeting, the respective developers shall
share proportionally in the available funds.
(f) Oversize Credit
In the event that there are sufficient funds in
the oversize account to meet all previous
committments, a developer may be entitled to a
credit against the LUE fee. Subject to the fore-
going, a developer may reduce the amount of the
LUE fee by an amount equal to the reimbursement
to which he will be entitled upon utility accep-
tance. In the event that the utility system has
not been completed and accepted by the City
within three (3) years from the date of plat
approval, the LUE fee shall be immediately due
and payable.
(g) Determining LUE fee, Reimbursement Rate and
Interest Rate
Each December, or more frequently if necessary,
the City Council shall review and approve the
LUE fee, a fixed rate of reimbursement per inch
of diameter per linear foot of oversized mains
installed, and the rate of interest to be paid.
III.
A. The invalidity of any section or provision of this
ordinance shall not invalidate other sections or provisions
thereof.
B. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions
in conflict herewith are expressly repealed.
(Mark through the following alternative that is not appli-
cable)
Alternative 1.
By motion duly made, seconded and passed with an affirma-
tive vote of all the Council members present, the requirement
for reading this ordinance on two separate days was dispensed
with.
READ, PASSED, and ADOPTED on first reading this HP
day of J6 i%/lw., , 1983
Alternative 2.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the
ofifilVOALV. , 19 3 .
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a '
day
the
ATTEST:
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this
day of , 19
J NNE LAND, C i y Secretary
L+7 L 'CNN, yor
City of Round Rock, Texas
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