An ordinance amending Chapters 2, 7, 7A, 8A, 12B, 15D, 16, 17, 18, 20A, 27, 38A, 42, 43A, 48B, 49, 50, 51A, and 52 of the Dallas City Code and Section 1 of Ordinance 19860 as passed by the city council on February 10, 1988; (1) amending fees, charges, and rates relating to stormwater drainage; (2) amending fees for animal adoption and dangerous and aggressive dog registration; (3) amending emergency ambulance service fees; (4) amending fees for fire code permits, registrations, inspections, and reinspections; (5) amending sanitation service charges and definitions; (6) amending landfill and transfer station fees; (7) amending mixed income housing development bonus fees; (8) amending wholesale water and wastewater service rates; (9) amending water treatment fees; (10) amending untreated water rates; (11) amending backflow prevention device inspection and testing fees; (12) amending water service connection fees; (13) amending evaluated cost tables for oversize, side or off-site facilities; (14) amending liquid waste transporter registration and disposal fees; (15) amending service connection permit processing fees; (16) amending fire flow test fees; (17) amending compliance sampling fees; (18) amending convenience fees for credit and debit card transactions; (19) amending the rates for 911 landlines for residential customers; (20) providing a penalty not to exceed $2,000; (21) providing a saving clause; (22) providing a severability clause; and (23) providing an effective date - Estimated Revenue: General Fund ($3,895,660), Dallas Water Utilities Fund ($5,855,257), Stormwater Drainage Management Fund ($6,793,049), Sanitation Operation Fund ($5,053,613), Mixed Income Housing Development Fund (-$5,890), 9-1-1 System Operations Fund ($3,566,173)

Committee

Budget and Management Services

Requested by

Budget and Management Services (BMS)

Introduced

August 31, 2026

On agenda

September 16, 2026

Enactment no.

26-1450; APPROVED; ORDINANCE 33564

Where it was heard

Briefing Sep 16, 2026

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