Tunneling to inspect or repair utility installations.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 10-37
in effectSec. 10-37. - Tunneling to inspect or repair utility installations.
If, in the course of maintenance and supervision of any of the sewers, mains or conduits enumerated in section 10-32 of this Code over which a building, structure or edifice has been built or erected, it should become necessary to tunnel beneath or excavate through the floor or foundation of such building, structure or edifice for the purpose of making inspections or repairs, the person owning such building, structure or edifice, his successors or assigns, shall, regardless of whether a permit has been issued therefor under this article, or not, stand and bear all of the expense and damage occasioned to such building, structure or edifice by reason of such tunneling or excavation. In addition thereto, such person shall likewise stand and bear the added cost incurred by the city in tunneling beneath or excavating through the floor or foundation of such building, structure or edifice for the purpose of making such inspections or repairs, the amount of which added cost is to be determined by the utility official, and such amount shall be paid promptly to the city.
(Code 1968, § 10-37; Ord. No. 90-635, § 24, 5-23-90)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH10BUNEPR_ARTIIBUUTEA_S10-37TUINREUTINFetched: 10/26/2026