CONSTRUCTION PERMITS AND INSPECTION

San Antonio City Code ch. 34, art. VIII, div. 5

in effect

San Antonio City Code § 34-1231 Private construction permit required.

Sec. 34-1231. - Private construction permit required. (a) Before any customer shall apply for a permit for connection to the SAWS recycled water system, the customer must have completed application to SAWS and obtained a permit from SAWS to connect to the recycled water system. At the time of application the customer/applicant shall have completed the following: (1) Fees. Pay to SAWS the fees specified in the SAWS recycled water specifications. The application fee is non-refundable and is not applied to recycled or other water purchases. (2) Drawings and specifications. Whenever in the opinion of SAWS, drawings and specifications are required to show definitely the nature and character of the construction for which the application is made, the customer shall furnish such drawings (to scale) and specifications for the customer construction to SAWS for review and approval. Such drawings and specifications shall detail all proposed construction from the SAWS recycled water meter to the place of use of the recycled water. (3) Plan review. SAWS shall review the data submitted by the customer/applicant within thirty (30) working days of actual receipt. If SAWS, in its discretion, determines that the application (including the plans and specifications) does not conform with the requirements of this article, SAWS shall note, in writing, all objections on the application and/or plans or on an attachment thereto and shall return the submitted plans and specifications with the basis for the rejection to the customer/applicant. The customer/applicant shall have thirty (30) days from the date the application was returned to the customer/applicant to submit the plans to modify and resubmit the plans and application based on SAWS' comments. SAWS and the customer/applicant may continue the review procedure for one (1) property up to three (3) submissions to SAWS without payment of added fees. Thereafter a resubmitted application fee as specified in the SAWS recycled water specifications shall be required. (4) Recycled water contract. The customer/applicant and SAWS shall have executed a contract for the purchase of recycled water by the customer/applicant from SAWS. (b) Upon the approval of an application, a permit to proceed with the construction work shall be issued. Any work done by a customer/applicant before the permit to proceed with construction is performed at the customer/applicant's expense and risk that the permit will not be issued. A construction permit issued under this article shall be valid for six (6) months from the later of (1) the date of issue of the permit, or (2) if the permit issued contains a notation that SAWS provided mains to which the customer/applicant's work is to be connected are not then available, six (6) months after SAWS notifies the customer/applicant that SAWS provided mains for services of the customer/applicant are ready and available for connection to customer/applicant's work. If work is begun within the six-month period, SAWS may extend the permit for an additional six (6) months on such terms as SAWS deems appropriate. (Ord. No. 87597, § 1, 3-26-98)

San Antonio City Code § 34-1232 Installation and inspection.

Sec. 34-1232. - Installation and inspection. (a) Construction requests. All privately-constructed mains shall be installed in strict compliance with the construction requirements of the SAWS recycled water specifications set forth in the SAWS recycled water specifications. (b) Inspection. After installation, but prior to covering, all privately-constructed mains shall be inspected by SAWS to ensure that all construction is in accordance with SAWS recycled water specifications. It is the duty of the customer to provide reasonable notice to SAWS when a main is or will be ready for inspection. (c) Reinspection. If the SAWS inspector finds that the main is not in accordance with SAWS recycled water specifications, then the customer shall make the necessary corrections and the work shall be submitted for reinspection. The work shall be available for reinspection within ten (10) days of the date the customer or its representative is notified of the revisions required. For each reinspection the applicant shall pay a reinspection fee as specified in SAWS recycled water specifications. (d) Certification. Upon satisfactory completion and inspection of a main, SAWS shall issue a certificate of construction conformity. The issuance of such certificate shall evidence SAWS' acceptance of the distribution main and appurtenant improvements on SAWS' side of the recycled water meter as the property of SAWS. Such certificate is solely for the benefit of the customer and SAWS and shall not be relied upon by any third party. (Ord. No. 87597, § 1, 3-26-98)

San Antonio City Code § 34-1233 Unaccepted work.

Sec. 34-1233. - Unaccepted work. (a) Nonconforming work. Any work determined by SAWS or a local plumbing inspection department for onsite work, in their sole discretion, to be inferior in quality and not in conformance with the approved plans and specifications shall be replaced or corrected immediately. If the work is not corrected within ten (10) days (or such longer period as SAWS may have agreed to in writing, but not more than sixty (60) days), then the permit shall be revoked and no further permits shall be issued to the customer until the rejected work fully complies with all applicable requirements and is accepted by SAWS. (b) Revocation of permit. SAWS or a local plumbing inspection department for onsite work, may revoke a permit in the event there have been any false statements or misrepresentations as to any material fact in connection with an application or plans on which the permit approval was based, or if unaccepted work is not corrected within the sixty-day cure period. (Ord. No. 87597, § 1, 3-26-98)

Source: City of San Antonio, City Code, City Charter and Unified Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/san_antonio/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH34WASE_ARTVIIIREWASERA_DIV5COPEINFetched: 10/27/2026