INITIAL OPERATING PERMIT.
Austin City Code § 15-13-11
in effect§ 15-13-11 - INITIAL OPERATING PERMIT.
(A) The director may issue the initial operating permit after the engineering report and any updates are approved, if the OWRS is constructed in accordance with Title 25 (Land Development Code), the project applicant pays the annual permit fee, and the project applicant provides:
(1) a finalized operations and maintenance manual that complies with the requirements set forth in Section 15-13-52 (Operations and Maintenance Manual);
(2) evidence of a contract with the designated treatment system manager who meets the requirements in Section 15-13-51 (Treatment System Manager Capacity);
(3) evidence of a contract with a certified laboratory to perform water quality analysis if monitoring and sampling of the OWRS is required by Section 15-13-42 (Monitoring and Sampling);
(4) evidence of satisfactory performance of an initial cross connection test overseen by certified personnel from Austin Water's Special Services Division or other certified personnel as determined by the director;
(5) a signed and sealed engineer's letter stating that the OWRS was constructed in accordance with the approved engineering report, professionally sealed plans, specifications, and applicable sections of state and local code;
(6) evidence that the OWRS performs consistent with the approved engineering report if the director issued a conditional permit under Section 15-13-12 (Conditional Permit); and
(7) for district-scale projects only, an executed enforceable legal agreement as described in Section 15-13-62 (Enforceable Legal Agreement).
(B) Before a project applicant provides an engineer's letter that complies with Subsection (A)(5), the engineer who will seal the letter that complies with Subsection (A) (5) must conduct a construction verification inspection of the OWRS in the presence of the director and the project applicant must correct any deficiencies identified during the construction verification inspection.
Source: Ord. No. 20201210-006, Pt. 2, 12-21-20; Ord. No. 20240307-003, Pts. 3, 6, 4-1-24.
Source: City of Austin, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/austin/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT15UTRE_CH15-13REONWARESY_ART1GEPR_S15-13-11INOPPEFetched: 10/27/2026