MAINTENANCE, ALTERATION, REPAIR OR SERVICE OF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS.
Fort Worth City Code § 35-166
in effect§ 35-166 MAINTENANCE, ALTERATION, REPAIR OR SERVICE OF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS.
(a) An irrigator is responsible for all work that the irrigator performs during the installation, maintenance, alteration, repair or service of an irrigation system.
(b) All trenches and holes created during the maintenance, alteration, repair or service of an irrigation system must be returned to the original grade with compacted select backfill by the irrigator who caused such work to occur.
(c) Colored PVC pipe primer solvent must be used on all pipes and fittings used in the maintenance, alteration, repair or service of an irrigation system in accordance with the city’s plumbing code, as it may be amended.
(d) When maintenance, repair or service of an irrigation system involves excavation work at the water meter or backflow prevention assembly, an isolation valve shall be installed, if an isolation valve is not present.
(e) A person commits an offense if that performs or causes to be performed any maintenance, alteration, repair or service of an irrigation system in violation of the section.
(f) The city shall not bear any responsibility to the owner of an irrigation system to modify or upgrade the irrigation if the city exposes the mainline during maintenance of the city’s water system.
(Ord. 18444-01-2009, § 1, passed 1-13-2009)
Source: City of Fort Worth, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Zoning Ordinance (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/ftworth/latest/ftworth_tx/0-0-0-32574Fetched: 10/26/2026