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s <br /> a <br /> SUBDIVISION <br /> DIVISION 3: WATER C. Compliance with Other Regulations. Installation, operations <br /> and maintenance of utilities not specifically referenced herein <br /> Section 3.5.3.1 Facilities shall comply with regulations of TCEQ, and with any other <br /> A. Alternative Water Sources.Where a development is served by applicable State and local rules and regulations,whichever is <br /> the City water system an alternative water source may be used, the most stringent requirement. <br /> subject to City approval and the obtaining of all appropriate D. Individual Wells. <br /> permits from the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers,TCEQ,and any <br /> other applicable agency.A well is prohibited for the purposes of 1. No City Service to Property with Wells.The provision of <br /> potable water or irrigation uses.The design and construction of water or wastewater supply or service to a new or existing <br /> water system improvements and alternative water sources shall development served by individual wells,whether such <br /> comply with the following standards: wells are for irrigation or any other potable or nonpotable <br /> uses, is prohibited. No owner or developer of property <br /> 1. Design and construction of a water source on the site shall having one or more water wells may connect from such <br /> be in accordance with applicable regulations of the TCEQ. property to a city water or wastewater system unless such <br /> 2. Design and construction of water service from the City owner or developer first abandons the water well or wells <br /> shall be in accordance with the standards in the City's on the property under applicable water well abandonment <br /> laws and regulations. <br /> TCSS Manual. <br /> 3. Design and construction of a fire protection and 2. Other Wells Within the ETJ.Individual wells on property <br /> suppression system shall be in accordance with the <br /> within the ETJ that is not served by the city water or <br /> standards in the TCSS Manual, and in accordance with the wastewater system shall be subject to approval by <br /> City's Fire Department and Fire Code(also see Chapter the county health official, and this approval shall be <br /> 86 of the City Code of Ordinances for cross-connection documented by the health official's signature on the water <br /> control and backflow prevention). system statement on the plat.The developer must submit <br /> with the plat application a certificate from a professional <br /> B. Line Extensions and Connections. engineer registered in this state or a geoscientist licensed <br /> to practice in this state verifying the adequacy of the <br /> 1. Extension of water lines shall be made along the entire proposed source of well supply prior to plat approval. <br /> frontage of the subdivision or development plat adjacent <br /> to a street or thoroughfare. If the subdivision is not 3. Compliance with Other Regulations.Installation, <br /> adjacent to a thoroughfare,the extension of utilities operations and maintenance of individual wells that are <br /> shall be accomplished in such a manner as to allow not otherwise prohibited under subsection (a), shall <br /> future connections to said utilities by new subdivisions. comply with city standards, regulations of TCEQ, any other <br /> If new subdivisions will never be constructed beyond applicable State rules and regulations, and applicable <br /> a developing subdivision due to physical constraints, regulations of groundwater conservation districts. In the <br /> the Responsible Official may waive the requirement for event of conflict among these regulations,whichever is the <br /> adjacent utility line construction at the time of final plat most stringent shall apply. <br /> approval and prior to construction of the subdivision. 4. The prohibition of a well or wells in this section does not <br /> 2. Pro rata fees under Ch. 86 of the City Code may be apply to: <br /> applicable to line extensions. <br /> a. Texas State University properties being served by the <br /> 3. Connections to existing water lines shall be made Texas State University Public Water System, or <br /> in accordance with Chapter 86 of the City Code of <br /> Ordinances. <br /> 3:24 San Marcos Development Code Adopted April 17,2018 <br />