IN GENERAL.

Dallas City Code ch. 19, art. I

in effect

Dallas City Code § 19-1 CITY HEALTH OFFICER, CITY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICER, AND DIRECTOR.

SEC. 19-1. CITY HEALTH OFFICER, CITY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICER, AND DIRECTOR. (a) The city manager shall appoint a qualified person as the city health officer. The city health officer shall possess an M.D. degree, be licensed to practice medicine in the state of Texas, and meet all other requirements of state law for a city health officer. (b) The city manager may appoint a qualified person as environmental health officer. The city environmental health officer must be a registered professional engineer and meet all other qualifications of state law. If an environmental health officer is appointed, he shall perform such duties as may be required by the city manager, by ordinance of the city council, or by state law. (c) In this article, DIRECTOR means the director of the department designated by the city manager to enforce and administer this article or the director’s designated representative. (Ord. Nos. 14163; 14217; 17226; 17293; 27697)

Dallas City Code § 19-1.1 RESERVED. (Repealed by Ord. 22026)

Dallas City Code § 19-2 POWER OF CITY COUNCIL TO CONTROL UNSANITARY CONDITIONS BY RESOLUTION - GENERALLY.

SEC. 19-2. POWER OF CITY COUNCIL TO CONTROL UNSANITARY CONDITIONS BY RESOLUTION - GENERALLY. The city council shall have the power in their discretion, by a resolution passed by a majority vote to require: (a) The filling up, drainage and regulating of any lots, grounds or yards, or any other places in the city, which, in their opinion, shall be unwholesome or have stagnant water therein or thereon, or shall from any other cause be in such condition as to be liable to produce disease. (b) All premises to be inspected, and to impose fines on the owners of houses under which stagnant water may be found or upon whose premises such stagnant water may be found. (c) The cleaning of any house, building, establishment, lot, yard or grounds from filth, carrion or impure or unwholesome matter of any kind. (d) The owner of any lots within the city to keep same free from rubbish, brush and any objectionable, unsightly and unsanitary matter of whatever nature. (Code 1941, Art. 86-44)

Dallas City Code § 19-3 SAME - NOTICE REQUIRED - GENERALLY.

SEC. 19-3. SAME - NOTICE REQUIRED - GENERALLY. Upon the passage of the resolution provided for in Section 19-2, the city secretary shall cause to be published in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the city a notice to the owner of the property described in Section 19-2, or of property which shall be in an unwholesome condition or have stagnant water thereon or which shall be in any condition whatever that is likely to produce disease, requiring the filling up, draining or regulating of such property or requiring the cleaning of any house, building, establishment, lot, yard or grounds from filth, carrion or impure or unwholesome matter of any kind, or requiring the removal of any objectionable, unsightly or unsanitary matter of whatever nature. Such notice shall state that the owner is required to remove and remedy within a period of 10 days from the publication of the notice any such unsanitary and unwholesome condition, describing the same in the notice, or the notice may be given in writing to the owner of the property, or to the agent of the owner if they be nonresidents of the city. If the name of the owner or his agent be unknown, then such notice shall state that such owner is unknown. If the name of the owner of the property, or his agent, be unknown, the resolution provided for in Section 19-2 shall describe in general terms the property involved and affected by same, and such description of the property as is contained in the resolution shall also be set forth in the notice. (Code 1941, Art. 86-45)

Dallas City Code § 19-4 SAME - SAME - COUNCIL MAY REQUIRE PERSONAL SERVICE.

SEC. 19-4. SAME - SAME - COUNCIL MAY REQUIRE PERSONAL SERVICE. The city council may, at their discretion, require written notice to be served upon the owner of the property described in Section 19-2, or upon his agent, if such owner be a nonresident, or if the name of the owner be unknown. But either notice by publication or personal notice as required by this section shall be deemed sufficient without any other character of notice. (Code 1941, Art. 86-46)

Dallas City Code § 19-5 SAME - OWNER TO COMPLY WITH NOTICE WITHIN 10 DAYS.

SEC. 19-5. SAME - OWNER TO COMPLY WITH NOTICE WITHIN 10 DAYS. The owner of the property described in Section 19-2, or his agent, if such owner be a nonresident, shall, within 10 days from the publication of such notice, or from the service of such personal notice in writing, as the case may be, fully comply with the terms and conditions of the resolution and notice, and do and perform any and all things required therein or cause the same to be done within the time required by this section. (Code 1941, Art. 86-47)

Dallas City Code § 19-6 SAME - PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH NOTICE.

SEC. 19-6. SAME - PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH NOTICE. Any owner or any agent of an owner, if the owner is a nonresident, who fails to fill up, drain, or regulate any lots, grounds, or yards owned by him which are unwholesome or have stagnant water on them, or which from any cause are in such condition as to be liable to produce disease, or who fails to cleanse and disinfect any house, building, establishment, lot, yard, or ground owned by him from filth, weeds, rubbish, brush, and all other objectionable, unsightly, or unsanitary matter of whatever nature on the property owned by him, within 10 days after the publication of notice as provided in Section 19-3 or after service of personal notice in writing as provided in Section 19-4, as the case may be, shall be guilty of an offense. (Code 1941, Art. 86-48; Ord. 19963)

Dallas City Code § 19-7 SAME - CITY TO PERFORM WORK UPON DEFAULT OF OWNER - GENERALLY.

SEC. 19-7. SAME - CITY TO PERFORM WORK UPON DEFAULT OF OWNER - GENERALLY. If the owner of any property described in Section 19-2, or his agent, if any such owner be a nonresident, shall not within 10 days from the publication of notice, as provided in Section 19-3, or from service of personal notice in writing, as provided in Section 19-4, as the case may be, do and perform any and all the things whatsoever mentioned and required by the resolution and the notice, then the city council shall have the power, and it shall be their duty, to do and cause to be done any or all of the things enumerated in Section 19-2. (Code 1941, Art. 86-49)

Dallas City Code § 19-8 SAME - SAME - ASSESSMENT OF COST AGAINST PROPERTY OR OWNER.

SEC. 19-8. SAME - SAME - ASSESSMENT OF COST AGAINST PROPERTY OR OWNER. Whenever the city council shall have caused any of the things enumerated in Section 19-2 to be done after due resolution and notice to the owner, and upon failure of the owner to do and perform the things aforesaid, then the council shall have power to assess the whole cost of such work, including the cost of the publication of the notice, against the property upon which such work was done and against the owner of the property; provided, that no assessment shall be made against any property, or its own, or personal liability declared unless such property shall be specially benefited by the work so done upon the same to the extent of such assessment; provided further, that the city council may by one resolution require the several things to be done as enumerated in Section 19-2, or any one of such things, on any number of pieces of property. In such case the specific thing to be done on each and every separate piece of property shall be clearly stated in the resolution, and notice shall be given to each owner in the manner provided for in Section 19-3. (Code 1941, Art. 86-50)

Dallas City Code § 19-9 SAME - SAME - NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT; OBJECTIONS; HEARING.

SEC. 19-9. SAME - SAME - NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT; OBJECTIONS; HEARING. No assessment for any of the things to be done as enumerated in Section 19-2 shall be made against any property or its owner, until the city council shall have first so declared by resolution directing that notice thereof be given to the owner thereof, and such notice shall have been given by advertising the same in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the city for 10 consecutive days. The notice aforesaid shall state the time and place of the hearing, the cost of the work as proposed to be assessed against the owner of such property, and the purpose for which the assessment is proposed to be levied. Such hearing shall be not less than 10 days from the date of the first publication of such notice, or the date stated in the notice aforesaid, or at any time thereafter. Before any assessment is actually levied, any person interested in any property which may be claimed to be subject to assessment, for the purpose of paying the cost of doing the work in performance of any or all of the things enumerated in Section 19-2, may make and file objection thereto. Such person shall be entitled to a full and fair hearing before the city council as to the matters affecting the property under such assessment or the benefits thereto, or as to the work proposed to be done thereon, or as to any liability therefor, or as to any irregularity or invalidity of the proceeding, or any other objection thereto. Such objection shall be filed in writing stating the nature thereof, and a full opportunity shall be given to the person filing the same to produce evidence, to subpoena witnesses and to appear in person or by attorney. A full and fair hearing shall be given by the city council, which hearing may be adjourned from time to time or day to day without further notice. The city council shall have the power to inquire into and determine all facts necessary to the adjudication of such objections and the ascertainment of special benefits to the owner of the property, and to the property, by the performance of the work necessary to do the identical things mentioned and set forth in the resolution and notice and shall render such judgment or order in each case as may be just and proper. Any objection to the regularity of the proceedings or the validity of any assessment or the determination of personal liability against such property, or its owner, shall be deemed waived unless presented at the time and in the manner prescribed by this section. (Code 1941, Art. 86-51)

Dallas City Code § 19-10 SAME - SAME - ASSESSMENT TO BE MADE BY ORDINANCE; RECORDING LIEN; ASSESSMENT TO EQUAL BENEFIT TO PROPERTY OR OWNER.

SEC. 19-10. SAME - SAME - ASSESSMENT TO BE MADE BY ORDINANCE; RECORDING LIEN; ASSESSMENT TO EQUAL BENEFIT TO PROPERTY OR OWNER. When the hearing provided for in Section 19-9 has been concluded, the city council shall, by ordinance, assess against the owner of the property and against his property the cost of the work performed in doing the things provided for and set forth in the resolution and notice, including the cost of the publication of the notice, and shall adjudge and declare a personal liability against such owner of such property and against the property, and shall also adjudge and declare a privilege lien thereon. The city manager or director shall forthwith thereafter file with the county clerk a statement of such assessment and expenses, provided it shall have been determined by the council upon such hearing that the owner and his property has been benefited and enhanced in value in an amount at least equal to the assessment and expenses. If in any case it shall be determined on such hearing that the property of any owner is not benefited and enhanced in value by the performance of the work thereon, then no such assessment shall be made against the property or against the owner thereof; provided, however, that if after such hearing it shall be determined by the council that the property has been benefited and enhanced in value in an amount less than the cost of such work so done thereon, together with the cost of publication of the notice, then the council shall assess against the owner and the property only such an amount as shall equal the benefit received by such owner and his property. (Code 1941, Art. 86-52; Ord. 27697)

Dallas City Code § 19-11 SAME - SAME - ORDINANCE TO FIX LIEN AND TIME OF PAYMENT; INTEREST RATE.

SEC. 19-11. SAME - SAME - ORDINANCE TO FIX LIEN AND TIME OF PAYMENT; INTEREST RATE. The ordinance making the assessment against the property, as provided for in Section 19-10, shall fix a lien against the property of each of such owners, declaring the owner thereof to be personally liable for the respective amounts which may be assessed against them and set the time in which the assessment shall be paid which time shall not be longer than 30 days from the date of the making of the assessment. Such assessment shall bear interest at the rate of 10 percent per annum from the date of making the same. Any number of assessments against different pieces of property may be levied in one and the same ordinance. (Code 1941, Art. 86-53)

Dallas City Code § 19-12 SAME - SAME - PRIORITY OF ASSESSMENT LIEN; ENFORCEMENT.

SEC. 19-12. SAME - SAME - PRIORITY OF ASSESSMENT LIEN; ENFORCEMENT. The amount assessed under the terms of this article against any property or owner thereof shall be secured by a privilege lien upon the property to secure the expenditure so made. Such liens shall be second only to tax liens and liens for street improvements, and such assessment shall constitute a personal liability against the owner of the property in favor of the city. Such liens and liability may be enforced by suit in any court having jurisdiction and the assessment aforesaid or a certified copy thereof shall be prima facie evidence of the amount expended in any such work or improvement. (Code 1941, Art. 86-54)

Dallas City Code § 19-13 SAME - SAME - CONTEST OF ASSESSMENT; BAR.

SEC. 19-13. SAME - SAME - CONTEST OF ASSESSMENT; BAR. Any person having any interest in any property against which any assessment shall have been made or levied under the provisions of this article shall have the right to contest the assessment or the validity thereof, or the regularity of any proceeding with reference to the assessment, or the special benefits received by the owner of such property, by filing suit in any court having competent jurisdiction thereof, in which suit the city shall be defended; provided, that such suit shall be brought within 10 days from the date of the passage of the ordinance levying such assessment against such property and if not so brought, then the owner or other person having an interest in the property shall thereafter be barred and estopped to question the validity of such proceedings, assessment, liability and lien thereby fixed. This bar and estoppel shall apply to the heirs, assigns, successors and legal representatives of such person. (Code 1941, Art. 86-55)

Dallas City Code § 19-14 TRASH, ETC., NOT TO BE THROWN FROM HOUSES.

SEC. 19-14. TRASH, ETC., NOT TO BE THROWN FROM HOUSES. No person shall throw any article, trash, filth, slop or anything else, whatever, from the roof or upper story, or window of a house, upon the house or premises of another or upon any street or sidewalk. (Code 1941, Art. 87-4)

Dallas City Code § 19-15 THROWING TRASH UPON PUBLIC PLACES PROHIBITED.

SEC. 19-15. THROWING TRASH UPON PUBLIC PLACES PROHIBITED. No person shall throw, or permit anyone in his employ to throw upon any public place, any animal or vegetable substance whatever, or any tin, rock, brick or broken concrete, glass, glass bottle, nails, tacks, wire, cans, pieces of iron or any other substance likely to injure any person, animal or vehicle upon any public place. (Code 1941, Art. 86-61)

Dallas City Code § 19-16 DEPARTING TENANTS REQUIRED TO LEAVE BUILDING AND PREMISES CLEAN AND SANITARY.

SEC. 19-16. DEPARTING TENANTS REQUIRED TO LEAVE BUILDING AND PREMISES CLEAN AND SANITARY. Whenever any person now occupying or using or hereafter occupying or using any building or premises in the city, improved or unimproved, whether such person be the owner, lessee or tenant, or any other manner occupying the same, shall remove from and vacate such building or premises, then it shall be the duty of such person so vacating or removing from such building or premises to immediately remove therefrom all loose paper, garbage, filth, rubbish and waste matter of every kind and character and to place the building so vacated and the premises adjacent thereto or used in connection therewith in a clean and sanitary condition. (Code 1941, Art. 87-8)

Dallas City Code § 19-17 UNWHOLESOME PREMISES - GENERALLY.

SEC. 19-17. UNWHOLESOME PREMISES - GENERALLY. No person shall suffer or permit any cellar, vault, drain, pool, privy, sewer, yard, grounds or premises belonging to or controlled or occupied by him to become, from any cause, nauseous, foul, offensive or injurious to the public health, or unpleasant and disagreeable to adjacent residents or persons. (Code 1941, Art 86-17)

Dallas City Code § 19-18 SAME - INSPECTION OF PREMISES; REPORT OF OFFENSES.

SEC. 19-18. SAME - INSPECTION OF PREMISES; REPORT OF OFFENSES. The police, the director, the city health officer, or the city environmental health officer, and such other officers, employees, or agents as may be designated by the director, the city health officer, or the city environmental health officer for that purpose are authorized to enter and examine all tenements, cellars, and other places within the city. If they find any nuisance or filth, they shall report the same immediately to the director, the city health officer, or the city environmental health officer and make a complaint before the municipal court, unless the owner or occupant immediately causes the same to be removed. (Code 1941, Art. 86-66; Ord. 27697)

Dallas City Code § 19-19 SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS IN THE CITY.

SEC. 19-19. SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS IN THE CITY. (a) A person commits an offense if he operates or maintains any hidehouse, slaughterhouse, or slaughter pen, yard, ground, or premises, used for any purpose whatever, in the city or within 3,000 feet of the corporate line, in such manner as to exude noxious odors or stenches, be offensive or disagreeable to any of the inhabitants of the city, or be injurious to the health or comfort of any of the inhabitants of the city. (b) A person commits an offense if he kills or slaughters, or causes the killing or slaughter of, any animal within the city for the purpose of selling, bartering, donating, or using the animal’s flesh for any form of human consumption. It is a defense to prosecution under this subsection that the animal was killed or slaughtered: (1) in a slaughterhouse or in a food products establishment, as defined in Chapter 17 of this code, that is operating in compliance with all applicable city ordinances and state and federal laws; or (2) as part of a religious ritual or ceremony. (Code 1941, Art. 86-26; Ord. 21962)

Dallas City Code § 19-20 DEPOSITING FILTH ON PREMISES PROHIBITED; OWNER TO REMOVE ANIMAL CARCASSES.

SEC. 19-20. DEPOSITING FILTH ON PREMISES PROHIBITED; OWNER TO REMOVE ANIMAL CARCASSES. No person shall deposit or place in or on any premises, public or private, enclosed or common, within the city, any vegetable or animal matter or slop, or any filth of a character likely to affect the public health or to produce offensive smells, nor shall any person suffer the carcass of any dead animal, which at its death belonged to him, to be or remain in or upon any such place more than six hours after its death. (Code 1941, Art. 86-22)

Dallas City Code § 19-21 GREEN OR DECAYED HIDES.

SEC. 19-21. GREEN OR DECAYED HIDES. The depositing, storing, trimming, scouring or treating of any green, tainted, decaying or malodorous hide in the city is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and no person shall hereafter deposit, store, trim, scour, cure or treat any green, tainted, decaying or malodorous hide at any place within the corporate limits of the city; provided, that the receiving, trimming, weighing of green hides not tainted, decaying or malodorous within the limits of the city where the person so receiving, trimming or weighing the same shall not permit the hides or any trimmings therefrom to remain within the city limits more than four hours shall not be deemed a violation of this section; provided further, that the resalting of untainted green salt-hides within the city is not hereby prohibited. (Code 1941, Art. 86-23)

Dallas City Code § 19-22 CAUSING OFFENSIVE SUBSTANCE TO BE DISCHARGED ON ADJACENT PREMISES.

SEC. 19-22. CAUSING OFFENSIVE SUBSTANCE TO BE DISCHARGED ON ADJACENT PREMISES. Whoever shall cause or permit any nauseous, foul or putrid liquid or substance, or any liquid or substance likely to become nauseous, foul, offensive or putrid, to be discharged, placed or thrown on, or to flow out of any premises into or upon any adjacent premises, or any street or alley, is guilty of an offense. (Code 1941, Art. 86-20; Ord. 19963)

Dallas City Code § 19-23 DRINKING CUPS FOR COMMON USE.

SEC. 19-23. DRINKING CUPS FOR COMMON USE. The common use of a drinking cup or receptacle for drinking water in any theater, factory, store, office building, school, public hall, park or in any public place or street in the city, or the furnishing of such place, is hereby prohibited and declared to be unlawful. The term “common use” as used in this section shall be construed to mean for use by more than one person without being sanitized after each use. Any person violating this section is guilty of an offense. (Ord. Nos. 7802; 19963)

Dallas City Code § 19-24 TOWELS FOR COMMON USE.

SEC. 19-24. TOWELS FOR COMMON USE. No person owning or in charge or control of any lavatory or washroom in any hotel, restaurant, factory, store, office building, school, public hall or public place or building shall maintain, in or about such lavatory or washroom, any towel for common use, or expose for use or allow to be exposed for use, any towel to be used by more than one person. The term “common use” as used in this section shall be construed to mean for use by more than one person without being washed after such use. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section is guilty of an offense. (Ord. Nos. 7802; 19963)

Dallas City Code § 19-25 BRINGING INFECTED PERSON OR PROPERTY INTO CITY.

SEC. 19-25. BRINGING INFECTED PERSON OR PROPERTY INTO CITY. Any person who shall bring, or cause to be brought, into the city any person or property of any kind tainted or infected with malignant fever, smallpox or other contagious or infectious disease is guilty of an offense. (Ord. Nos. 7802; 19963)

Dallas City Code § 19-26 BUSINESSES OR SUBSTANCES INJURIOUS TO HEALTH.

SEC. 19-26. BUSINESSES OR SUBSTANCES INJURIOUS TO HEALTH. If anyone within the city shall carry on any trade, business or occupation injurious to the health of those who reside in the vicinity, or shall suffer any substance which shall have that effect to remain on his premises, in his possession or under his control, he is guilty of an offense. (Code 1941, Art. 86-25; Ord. 19963)

Dallas City Code § 19-27 VITAL STATISTICS - RECORDS TO BE KEPT.

SEC. 19-27. VITAL STATISTICS - RECORDS TO BE KEPT. It shall be the duty of the registrar or acting registrar of vital statistics to keep a microfilm record of each birth, death and stillbirth certificate filed through the local office of vital statistics, and that a duplicate or master film be maintained in a safe place of storage for making extra film copies when old record films wear out. (Ord. 7807)

Dallas City Code § 19-28 FEES FOR VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS.

SEC. 19-28. FEES FOR VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS. (a) The local registrar of vital statistics for the city of Dallas is authorized, and has the duty, to issue to any applicant a certified copy of any birth or death certificate that is of record in the local registrar’s office. The local registrar shall charge the same fees for vital statistics records as are charged by the Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics, as set forth in Section 181.22 of the Texas Administrative Code, as amended. (b) In addition to the fees charged under Subsection (a), the local registrar shall charge the following fees: (1) A $1 vital statistics record preservation fee will be collected upon the issuance of each record of vital statistics, as authorized by Section 191.0045(h) of the Texas Health and Safety Code, as amended. (2) An applicant requesting that a vital statistics record be mailed will be charged: (A) $1 if the record is sent by standard mail; and (B) $17.50 if the record is sent by express overnight service. (c) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b) of this section, no fees will be charged when an exemption set forth in Section 191.0046 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, as amended, applies. (Ord. Nos. 7807, 8896, 13485; 15971; 17237; 19861; 20448; 21162; 21251; 22072; 22569; 25048; 25384)

Dallas City Code § 19-29 SAME - RECORD OF CERTIFIED COPIES ISSUED TO BE KEPT; DISPOSITION OF FEES.

SEC. 19-29. SAME - RECORD OF CERTIFIED COPIES ISSUED TO BE KEPT; DISPOSITION OF FEES. It shall be the duty of the registrar of vital statistics to keep a record in a well-bound book of each certified copy of a certificate issued under the preceding section, and to give a receipt to the applicant for the amount of fee collected by the officer. All fees so collected shall be deposited in the general fund of the city. (Ord. 7807)

Dallas City Code § 19-30 MOSQUITO-BREEDING WATERS - GENERALLY.

SEC. 19-30. MOSQUITO-BREEDING WATERS - GENERALLY. It shall be unlawful for the occupant or owner of any premises in the city, or within 3,000 feet of the corporate limits thereof, or the agent of the owner, if the owner be a nonresident or absent from the city, to cause, suffer or permit any collection of standing or flowing water in which mosquitoes breed or are likely to breed on such premises, unless such collection of water is treated in the manner prescribed by the health officer of the city or his duly authorized representative, so as to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes, and any such collection of water so unlawfully maintained is hereby declared to be a nuisance. (Code 1941, Art. 86-37)

Dallas City Code § 19-31 SAME - DEFINED.

SEC. 19-31. SAME - DEFINED. The collection of water to be considered as coming within the terms of Sections 19-30 to 19-33 are those which are contained or may hereafter be contained in ditches, ponds, pools, excavations, holes, depressions, open cesspools, privy vaults, fountains, cisterns, tanks, shallow wells, barrels, troughs (except horse troughs in frequent use), urns, cans, boxes, bottles, tubs, buckets, defective house roof gutters, tanks of flush closets or other similar water containers. (Code 1941, Art. 86-38)

Dallas City Code § 19-32 SAME - METHOD OF TREATMENT.

SEC. 19-32. SAME - METHOD OF TREATMENT. The methods of treatment of any collection of water for the purpose of preventing the breeding of mosquitoes must be approved by the director, the city health officer, or the city environmental health officer or their duly authorized representatives, and may be one or more of the following: (1) Screening with wire netting of at least 16 meshes to the inch one way or any other material that will effectually prevent the ingress or egress of mosquitoes. (2) Complete emptying every seven days of unscreened containers together with their thorough drying or cleaning. (3) Using an approved larvicide. (4) Covering completely the surface of the water with kerosene, petroleum, or paraffin oil once every seven days. (5) Cleaning and keeping sufficiently free of vegetable growth and other obstructions, and stocking with mosquito-destroying fish; absence of half-grown mosquito larvae is evidence of compliance with the measure. (6) Filling or draining to the satisfaction of the director, the city health officer, or the city environmental health officer, or their duly authorized representatives. (7) Proper disposal of tin cans, tin boxes, broken or empty bottles, and similar articles likely to hold water. (Code 1941, Art. 86-39; Ord. 27697)

Dallas City Code § 19-33 SAME - PENALTY.

SEC. 19-33. SAME - PENALTY. If any person responsible for the existence of any condition that gives rise or is likely to give rise to the breeding of mosquitoes fails or refuses to immediately take all necessary measures directed by the director, the city health officer, or the city environmental health officer or their duly authorized representatives to prevent the same in accordance with the terms of this article, after notice to do so, that person commits an offense. (Code 1941, Art. 86-40; Ord. Nos. 19963; 27697)

Dallas City Code § 19-34 CISTERNS, ETC., TO BE SCREENED.

SEC. 19-34. CISTERNS, ETC., TO BE SCREENED. It shall hereafter be unlawful to own, use, keep or maintain within the corporate limits of the city any cistern or cisterns, tub or tubs, barrels or other receptacles for the storing of water therein without having the top of such cisterns, tubs, barrels or other receptacles covered with a wooden or metallic cover or wire screen or material, or by two or more characters of coverings, so constructed and adjusted as to prevent any mosquitoes from entering into any such cisterns, tubs, barrels or other receptacles, or from coming in contact with the water therein. (Code 1941, Art. 86-42)

Dallas City Code § 19-34.1 ACCUMULATION OF TIRES.

SEC. 19-34.1. ACCUMULATION OF TIRES. (a) Definition. In this section, TIRE means any motorcycle, automobile, truck, trailer, tractor, or other vehicle tire. (b) Roofed structure required. Every person owning, managing, operating, leasing, or renting any premises where one or more new, used, or old tires are stored or allowed to accumulate shall keep the tires under a roofed structure on the premises that is: (1) of sufficient capacity to contain the tires and keep them from being exposed to rain, irrigation, or any other source of water; (2) kept clean and free from the accumulation of any material or substance that might attract flies, rodents, or other insects or pests; and (3) kept locked or otherwise secured to prevent the tires from being removed from the structure without the express authorization of the person owning, managing, operating, leasing, or renting the premises. (c) Inspections, investigations, and enforcement. The director, the city health officer, the city environmental health officer, and their authorized agents or representatives, and police officers, code enforcement officers, and any other persons designated by the city council or the city manager, have the authority and responsibility to conduct inspections, investigations, and enforcement activities on all premises within the city to ensure compliance with this section. (d) Penalty. (1) A person who violates a provision of this section is guilty of a separate offense for each day or part of a day during which the violation is committed, continued, or permitted. Each offense, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not less than $500 or more than $2,000. (2) A culpable mental state is not required for the commission of an offense under this section. (3) Prosecution for an offense under Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not prevent the use of other enforcement remedies or procedures applicable to the person charged with, or the conduct involved in, the offense. (Ord. Nos. 25635; 27697)

Dallas City Code § 19-35 POLLUTING WELLS.

SEC. 19-35. POLLUTING WELLS. Whoever shall throw, cast or deposit any filth, substance or thing in any public or private well or cistern is guilty of an offense. (Code 1941, Art. 86-30; Ord. 19963)

Dallas City Code § 19-36 GILL WELL - GENERALLY.

SEC. 19-36. GILL WELL - GENERALLY. It shall be unlawful for any person to traffic in or sell any of the mineral water known as Gill Well water save and except such person as may exercise such right under a contract with the city. The term “traffic in” Gill Well water shall mean any person deriving a compensation from the business of delivering or soliciting orders for or selling Gill Well water, or who may make a livelihood out of delivery or soliciting orders, or the sale of same. (Code 1941, Arts. 156-1, 156-2)

Dallas City Code § 19-37 SAME - TRESPASSING UPON.

SEC. 19-37. SAME - TRESPASSING UPON. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully interfere with, trespass upon, deface or abuse any of the property, pipes, faucets or connections connected with Gill Well or the water flowing from such pipes, without first obtaining the permission of the city council. (Code 1941, Art. 156-3)

Dallas City Code § 19-37.1 RESERVED. (Repealed by Ord. 18961)

Dallas City Code § 19-38 DIAPER CHANGING ACCOMMODATIONS IN RESTROOMS.

SEC. 19-38. DIAPER CHANGING ACCOMMODATIONS IN RESTROOMS. (a) In general. Except as provided in Subsection (d), it shall be unlawful to operate a use listed in Subsection (c) or a city-owned building that is not equipped with a minimum of one safe, sanitary, and convenient diaper changing accommodation in each publicly available and accessible restroom. (b) Definitions. In this section, (1) DIAPER CHANGING ACCOMMODATION means a table or other device suitable for changing the diaper of a child age three or under. (2) MAJOR RENOVATION means reconstruction, alteration, or renovation of a main structure that involves reconfiguration of a publicly available and accessible restroom. (3) NEW CONSTRUCTION means construction of a main structure that did not exist as of May 8, 2019 and requires public restrooms. (c) Applicability. This section only applies to new construction and major renovations of: (1) city-owned buildings; (2) structures containing the following land uses as defined in Chapter 51, "Dallas Development Code": (A) clothing store; (B) drive-in restaurant; (C) drug store; (D) hardware or sporting goods store; (E) home improvement center; (F) restaurant without drive-in service; (G) retail food store; (H) theatre; and (3) structures containing the following land uses as defined in Chapter 51A, "Dallas Development Code": (A) general merchandise or food store 3,500 square feet or less; (B) general merchandise or food store greater than 3,500 square feet; (C) general merchandise or food store 100,000 square feet or more; (D) restaurant without drive-in or drive-through service; (F) restaurant with drive-in or drive-through service; and (G) theater. (d) Exception. The requirement in Subsection (a) does not apply to a restroom that contains clear and conspicuous signage indicating where an alternative restroom with a diaper changing accommodation is located. The alternative restroom must be one that is assigned to individuals of the gender of the original restroom or one that is available to all individuals. (Ord. 31193)

Source: City of Dallas, Dallas City Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/dallas/latest/dallas_tx/0-0-0-143790Fetched: 10/26/2026