Texas Administrative Code › Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION › Part 10 - TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD › Chapter 364 - MODEL SUBDIVISION RULES › Subchapter B - MODEL RULES › Division 1 - GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Section 364.18 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise.
(1) Commission--the Texas
					 Commission on Environmental Quality and any of its predecessor or successor
					 entities.
(2) Commissioners court
					 (or court)--The commissioners court of ________ County, Texas.
(3) County--_________ County,
					 Texas.
(4) Drinking water--All
					 water distributed by any agency or individual, public or private, for the
					 purpose of human consumption, use in the preparation of foods or beverages,
					 cleaning any utensil or article used in the course of preparation or
					 consumption of food or beverages for human beings, human bathing, or clothes
					 washing.
(5) Engineer--A person
					 licensed and authorized to practice engineering in the State of Texas under the
					 Texas Engineering Practice Act.
(6)
					 Final plat--A map or drawing and any accompanying material of a proposed
					 subdivision prepared in a manner suitable for recording in the county records
					 and prepared as described in these regulations.
(7) Lot--An undivided tract or parcel of
					 land.
(8) Non-public water
					 system--Any water system supplying water for domestic purposes which is not a
					 public water system.
(9)
					 OSSF--On-site sewage facilities as that term is defined in rules and/or
					 regulations adopted by the commission, including, but not limited to, 30 TAC
					 Chapter 285.
(10) Platted--Recorded
					 with the county in an official plat record.
(11) Public water system--A system for the
					 provision to the public of water for human consumption through pipes or other
					 constructed conveyances, which includes all uses described under the definition
					 for drinking water. Such a system must have at least 15 service connections or
					 serve at least 25 individuals at least 60 days out of the year. This term
					 includes any collection, treatment, storage, and distribution facilities under
					 the control of the operator of such system and used primarily in connection
					 with such system; and any collection or pretreatment storage facilities not
					 under such control which are used primarily in connection with such system. Two
					 or more systems with each having a potential to serve less than 15 connections
					 or less than 25 individuals but owned by the same person, firm, or corporation
					 and located on adjacent land will be considered a public water system when the
					 total potential service connections in the combined systems are 15 or greater
					 or if the total number of individuals served by the combined systems total 25
					 or more at least 60 days out of the year. Without excluding other meanings of
					 the terms "individual" or "served," an individual shall be deemed to be served
					 by a water system if he lives in, uses as his place of employment, or works in
					 a place to which drinking water is supplied from the system.
(12) Purchaser--Shall include purchasers
					 under executory contracts for conveyance of real property.
(13) Retail public utility--Any entity
					 meeting the definition of a retail public utility as defined in Water Code
					 §
											13.002.
(14) Sewerage facilities--The devices and
					 systems which transport domestic wastewater from residential property, treat
					 the wastewater, and dispose of the treated water in accordance with the minimum
					 state standards contained or referenced in these rules.
(15) Subdivider--Any owner of land or
					 authorized agent thereof proposing to divide or dividing land so as to
					 constitute a subdivision.
(16)
					 Subdivision--Any tract of land divided into two or more parts that results in
					 the creation of two or more lots of five acres or less intended for residential
					 purposes. A subdivision includes re-subdivision (replat) of land which was
					 previously divided.
(17) TAC--Texas
					 Administrative Code, as compiled by the Texas Secretary of State.
(18) Water facilities--Any devices and
					 systems which are used in the supply, collection, development, protection,
					 storage, transmission, treatment, and/or retail distribution of water for safe
					 human use and consumption.