Ordinance 2025-36 ORDINANCE NO. 2025-36
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS,
AMENDING WYLIE'S CODE OF ORDINANCES,ORDINANCE NO. 2021-17, AS
AMENDED, APPENDIX A (COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE), ADDING
SECTION XV (DRAINAGE UTILITY FEES); ESTABLISHING A MUNICIPAL
DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM FEE; PROVIDING FOR EXEMPTIONS AND
CREDITS; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE,
SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A CRIMINAL PENALTY OF A FINE
NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00);
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas ("City Council") has previously
investigated and determined that it would be advantageous and beneficial to the citizens of the City of
Wylie,Texas to promote the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens to adopt a Municipal Drainage
Utility System; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has created a Municipal Drainage Utility System as authorized by
Chapter 552, Subchapter C,Texas Local Government Code, as amended("the Act")pursuant to Ordinance
No. 2025-35, which is to be codified as Chapter 114 (Utilities), Article VI (Municipal Drainage Utility
System), Division 1 (Creation and Administration)of the Wylie Code of Ordinances, Ordinance No. 2021-
17, as amended(-Code of Ordinances"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant the Act, the City Council has investigated and determined that a schedule
of drainage fees shall be applied against all real property in the proposed service area(s); and
WHEREAS, the City Council further finds that it would be in the best interest of its citizens to
amend the Code of Ordinances to adopt the drainage utility system charges to be collected in support of
operation of the City's drainage utility system:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WYLIE,TEXAS,THAT:
SECTION 1. Findings Incorporated. The findings set forth above are incorporated into the
body of this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2. Amendment to Appendix A(Wylie Comprehensive Fee Schedule), to add Section
XV (Drainage UtilitFees) of the Code of Ordinances. Amendment to Appendix A (Comprehensive Fee
Schedule), to add Section XV (Drainage Utility Fees), of the Code of Ordinances to read as follows:
"APPENDIX A
WYLIE COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE
XV.—Drainage Utility Fees.
Division 1. Municipal Drainage Utility System Fee Schedule.
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1. Establishment of Drainage Utility Fee.
The drainage utility fee set forth in this Division 1 is adopted pursuant to Sec. 114-188
and shall be collected through the City's bill for public utilities pursuant to Chapter
552, Subchapter C, Texas Local Government Code, as amended("the Act" , Division
1 of this Article, and other applicable law.
2. Impervious Area; Fee Assessed.
(a) Drainage utility fees shall be charged based on a property's contribution to the
public drainage utility system. The contribution shall be based on the impervious area
for the property.
(b) The drainage utility fee, payable monthly, shall be established with respect to
all property according to the following schedule:
Property Type Monthly Drainage Utility Fee
Single-Family Residential $5.00
All Other Non-Exempt Property $5.00 per whole ERU*
*ERU(Equivalent Residential Unit)= 3,500 square feet impervious area
(c) A minimum charge of one (1) ERU shall be applied to each non-exempt non-
single family residential developed property, regardless of classification.
3. Exemptions.
State Mandated Exemptions: The following property shall not be assessed a drainage
utility fee, as required by Section 552.053, Subchapter C of Texas Local Government
Code, and Section 580.003 of Texas Local Government Code:
(1) Property held and maintained in its natural state, until such time that the
property is developed and all of the public infrastructure constructed has been accepted
by the City in which the property is located for maintenance;
(2) A subdivided lot, until a structure has been built on the lot and a Certificate of
Occupancy has been issued by the City;
(3) Property with proper construction and maintenance of a wholly sufficient and
privately owned drainage system;
(4) State property; and
(5) Public or private institutions of higher education property.
Additional Exemptions: As permitted by Section 552.053, Subchapter C of Texas
Local Government Code, and Section 580.003 of the Texas Local Government Code,
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the City has determined the following property shall not be assessed a drainage utility
fee:
(1) Religious institutions
(2) City-owned property
(3) County-owned property
SECTION 3. Savings/Repealing. All provisions of the ordinances of the City of Wylie in
conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance be,and the same are hereby,repealed,and all other provisions
of the ordinances of the City of Wylie not in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance shall remain in
full force and effect.
SECTION'4. Severability. Should any sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or
section of this Ordinance be adjudged or held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, the same shall not
affect the validity of this Ordinance as a whole, or any part or provision thereof other than the part so
decided to be invalid, illegal or unconstitutional, and shall not affect the validity of the Code of Ordinances
as a whole.
SECTION 5. Penalty Provision. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
or terms of this Ordinance shall be subject to the same penalty as provided for in the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Wylie as heretofore amended and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense, and each and every day such violation shall
continue shall be deemed and constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 6. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective January 1, 2026, after its
passage and the publication of the caption of said ordinance as the law and the City Charter in such cases
provides.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Wylie,Texas, on the 23rd
day of September 2025.
Matthew Porter, Mayor
ATTESTED AND
CORRECTLY RECORDED:
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Stephanie Storm, City Secretary
Date of publication in the Wulie News-October 2,2025
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STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF COLLIN
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Chad Engbrock,
publisher of C & S Media, dba The Wylie News, a newspaper regularly published in
Collin County, Texas and having general circulation in Collin County, Texas, and being
in compliance with Section 2051.044, Texas Government Code (a); (1), (2), (3) and (4),
who being by me duly sworn, deposed and says that the foregoing attached:0
City of Wylie
Legal Notice—Ordinance No. 2025-25 and Ordinance No. 2025-36
was published in said newspaper on the following date(s), to-wit:
October 2, 2025
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Chad Engbrock, Publisher
Subscribed and sworn before me on this, the 2nd day of October, 2025, to certify which
witness my hand and seal of office.
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August 12,2028
My commission expires 08/12/2028.
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CITY OF WYLIE
Ordinance
No.2025-35
An Ordinance of the City of Wylie,Texas,
City Council of the amending Wylie's
City of Wylie,Texas, Code Of Ordinances,
amending Wylie's Ordinance No.2021-
Code of Ordinances, 17, as amended,
Ordinance No.2021- Appendix A (Com-
17, as amended, ' prehensive -Fce
Chapter 114 (Utili- Schedule), adding
ties), adding Article Section XV (Drain-
VI(Municipal Drain- age Utility Fees);es-
age Utility System), tablishing a Munici-
Division I (Creation pal Drainage Utility
and Administration) System Fee; provid-
to establish a Munici- ing for exemptions
pal Drainage Util- and credits;providing
ity System;providing a repealing clause,
for drainage service, severability clause,
,
billing, exemptions, savings clause; pro-
drainage charges,and viding for a criminal
appeals; providing penalty of a fine not
a repealing clause, to exceed the sum of
severability clause, five hundred dollars
savings clause; pro- ($500.00); providing
viding for a criminal for an effective date;
penalty of a fine not and Providing for
to exceed the sum of the publication of the
five hundred dollars caption hereof.
($500.00); provid-
ing an_effective.date; 23-1t-731i
and providing for the
publication of the
caption hereof.
Ordinance
No.2025-36
An Ordinance of the
City Council of the