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Home My WebLink About1998-269FILE REFERENCE FORM 98-269 X Additional File Exists Additional File Contains Records Not Public, According to the Public Records Act Other FILES Date Initials Amended by Ordinance No. 2001-448 08/15/08 J R -Superseded by Ordinance No. 2008-218 09/23/08 J R •, a AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 28 "BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS" PROVIDING FOR CITY COUNCIL SETTING OF FEES BY ORDINANCE, BY AMENDING SECTION 28-28(3) PERMIT FEES, AMENDING SECTION 28-28(4) PLAN REVIEW FEES, AMENDING SECTION 28-28(7) REINSPECTIONS, AMENDING SECTION 28-28(9)a AND b (1) THROUGH (7) TABLE 1- A, PERMIT FEES FOR NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND ADDITIONS AND REPAIRS TO RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, AMENDING SECTION 28-28(10) TABLE 1-B, PERMIT FEE SCHEDULE FOR NEW ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS, AMENDING SECTION 28-121(1) — (12), ELECTRICAL INSPECTION FEES, AMENDING SECTIONS 28-210(f) AND (g), PLUMBING PERMIT FEE SCHEDULE, AMENDING SECTIONS 28-252(9) AND (10) TABLE 1-A, MECHANICAL PERMIT FEES, AMENDING SECTION 28-297(3) SWIMMING POOL PERMIT FEES, PROVIDING FOR THE EXEMPTION OF THE CITY OF DENTON, POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS AND AGENCIES OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM ALL FEES OF CHAPTER 28 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS,PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCE 83-129 ESTABLISHING CERTAIN FEES, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCE 90-161 PROVIDING FOR DEMOLITION FEES, PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF A FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE FILING OF APPLICATIONS, REVIEW, APPROVAL, GRANT OR ISSUANCE OF PERMITS, INSPECTIONS, LICENSES, CERTIFICATES, VARIANCES OR DESIGNATIONS REQUIRED BY THE `BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS" AND "SIGNS AND ADVERTISING DEVICES", SET FORTH IN CHAPTERS 28 AND 33 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, AMENDING CHAPTER 28, CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS BY ADDING SECTION 28-32 PROVIDING FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM FEES FOR THE CITY OF DENTON AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS AND AGENCIES OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES THAT CONFLICT HEREWITH, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS SECTION I That Chapter 28, Section 28-28(3) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton is hereby amended so that said section shall hereafter be and read as follows (3) Section 107 2, Permit Fees Section 107 2 is amended to read as follows The applicant shall submit the applicable permit fee as set by City Council by ordinance and the fee schedule shall be available for public inspection at the offices of the Building Official and the City Secretary SECTION II That Chapter 28, Section 28-28(4) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton is hereby amended so that said section shall hereafter be and read as follows (4) Section 107 3, Plan Review fees Section 107 3 is amended to read as follows The applicant shall submit the applicable plan review fee as set by City Council by ordinance, and the fee schedule shall be available for public inspection at the offices of the Building Official and the City Secretary SECTION III That Chapter 28, Section 28-28(7) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton is hereby amended so that said section shall hereafter be and read as follows (7) Section 108 8, Reinspections The fourth paragraph of section 108 8 is amended to read as follows To obtain a remspection, the applicant shall pay the applicable reinspection fee as set by City Council by ordinance and then request an inspection in the manner prescribed by the building official The fee schedule shall be available for public inspection at the offices of the Building Official and the City Secretary SECTION IV, That Chapter 28, Sections 28-28(9)a and 28-28(9)b (1) — (7) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton are hereby amended so that said section shall hereafter be and read as follows (9) Building Permit Fees a Building Permit Fees for Nonresidential Buildings and Additions and Repairs to Residential Buildings b Other Inspections Fees The City Council shall set a fee schedule for building permit fees and other inspections fees by ordinance and the fee schedules shall be available for inspection at the offices of the Building Official and the City Secretary SECTION V That Chapter 28, Section 28-28(10) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton is hereby amended so that said section shall hereafter be and read as follows (10) Permit Fee Schedule for New One- and Two -Family Dwellings The City Council shall set a fee schedule for new one and two-family dwellings by ordinance and the fee schedule shall be available for public inspection at the offices of the Building Official and the City Secretary SECTION VI That Chapter 28, Sections 28-121(1) — (12) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton is hereby amended so that said section shall hereafter be and read as follows Sec 28-121 Inspection fees The applicant shall submit the applicable electrical inspection fees as set by City Council by separate ordinance before the issuance of any permit required by this division The fee schedule shall be, available for public inspection at the offices of the Building Official and the City Secretary SECTION VII That Chapter 28, Section 28-210(f) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton is hereby amended so that said section shall hereafter be and read as follows, and that Section 28-210(g) is hereby deleted (0 The applicant shall pay for each permit issued, at the time of issuance, a plumbing permit fee as set by City Council by ordinance and the fee schedule shall be available for public inspection at the offices of the Building Official and the City Secretary SECTION VIII That Chapter 28, Sections 28-252(9) and (10) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton is hereby amended so that said section shall hereafter be and read as follows (9) Mechanical Permit Fees Table No 1-A, Mechanical Permit Fees is amended to read as follows The applicant shall submit the applicable mechanical permit fees as set by City Council by ordinance and the fee schedule shall be available for public inspection at the offices of the Building Official and the City Secretary (10) Table 1-A, Other Inspections and Fees Table No 1-A is amended to read as follows The applicant shall submit the applicable inspections, remspection, and plan review fees as set by City Council by ordinance and the fee schedule shall be available for public inspection at the offices of the Building Official and the City Secretary SECTION IX That Chapter 28, Section 28-297(3) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton is hereby amended so that said section shall hereafter be and read as follows (3) Section 18, Schedule of Fees Section 18 is amended to read as follows The applicant shall submit the applicable fee for a swimming pool as set by City Council by ordinance and the fee schedule shall be available for public inspection at the offices of the Building Official and the City Secretary SECTION X. That chapter 28 of the Code of Ordinances, of the City of Denton, Texas is hereby amended by the addition of Section 28-32 to be hereafter read as follows Sec. 28-32. Exemptions from fees Not withstanding any other provision of this Chapter or the Building Code, the City of Denton and any other political subdivision or agency of the State of Texas or the United States Government shall be exempt from payment of any fees required by this chapter SECTION XI That Ordinances 83-129 and 90-161 of the City of Denton are hereby repealed SECTION XII That the Fee Schedules set forth in Exhibit "A", containing Tables 1-A, 1-B, 2, 3-A, 3-B, 3-C, 4, 5, and 6, attached hereto and made a part hereof for all purposes, is hereby adopted and authorized to be imposed for the filing of applications, review, approval, grant or issuance of permits, inspections, licenses, certificates, variances or designations required by the `Buildings and Building Regulations"and "Sign and Advertising Devices" as authorized by Chapters 28 and 33 respectively, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton SECTION XIII That this ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance in conflict herewith, but only insofar as the portion of such prior ordinance shall be in conflict, and as to all other sections of the ordinance not in direct conflict herewith, this ordinance shall be and is hereby made cumulative except as to such prior ordinances or portions thereof as are expressly repealed hereby SECTION XIV That if any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid by any court, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares that it would have enacted the remaining portions despite any such validity SECTION XV That this ordinance shall become effective on October 1, 1998, and the City Secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to be published twice in the Denton Record -Chronicle, a daily newspaper published in the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the date of its passage PASSED AND APPROVED on this the day of 1998 JAC LER, MAYOR ATTEST; JENNIFER WALTERS,, C'IT)Y SECRETARY BY LL(/ APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM BY �,(_,./_ _ r HERB PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY EXHIBIT A: PERMIT AND INSPECTION FEE SCHEDULE Table 1-A Permit Fees for 1 & 2 Family Dwellings 1 Permit Fee $450 00 2 Plan Review Fee $60 00 3 Temporary Power Pole $1500 Separate Flectncal, Plumbing, Mechanical, & Di rve Approach Permits shall NO I be required for the construction of new l & 2 Parnily Dwellings Table 1-B. Permit Fees for Multi -Family Dwellings 4 Permit Fee 115 cents per sq ft 5 Plan Review Fee 50% of Permit Separate Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical & Drive Approach Permits shall NOT be required for the construction of new MUlti-Fatinly Dwellings Table 2 New Commercial Building Permit Fees # TOTAL VALUATION* FEE 6 $1 00 to $500 00 $22 00 $22 00 for the first $500 00 plus $2 75 for each 7 $501 00 to $2000 00 additional $100 00 or fraction thereof, to and including $2000 00 $63 00 for the first $2000 00 plus $12 50 for each 8 $2001 00 to $25,000 00 additional $1000 00 or fraction thereof, to and including $25,000 $352 00 for the first $25,000 plus $9 00 for each 9 $25,001 00 to $50,000 00 additional $1000 00 or fraction thereof, to and including $50,000 00 $580 00 for the first $50,000 00 plus $2 25 for each 10 $50,001 to $100,000 additional $1000 00 or fraction thereof, to and including $100,000 $695 00 for the first $100,00 00 plus $1 25 for each 11 $100,000 00 to $500,000 00 additional $1000 00 or fraction thereof to and including $500,000 $1200 00 for the first $500,000 00 plus $4 25 for each 12 $500,001 to $1,000,000 00 additional $1000 00 or fraction thereof, to and including $1,000,000 00 $4955 00 for the first $1,000,000 00 plus $2 75 for 13 $1,000,000 00 and up each additional $1,000 00 or fraction thereof Other Inspections & Fees• 14 Inspections outside of normal business hours ------------------------- $40 00 per hour 15 Plan Review Fee-----------------------------------------50% of the Building Permit Fee 16 Apartments Building Permit Fee-----------------------------11 5 cents per square foot 17 For the use of outside consultants for plan checking ---------------------- Actual Cost For plans checking; or inspections, or both tiepatate Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical, & Drave Approach permits ~hall be tcquired fin the construction of rum Commercial Buildings * Iota1 Valuation shall be based upon the most recent yeer-end publication of Building Valuation Data as published by the International Conference of Building Officials Table 3-A Electrical Permit Fees 18 Minimum Fee $35 00 19 Outlets <100 each $0 20 20 Outlets >100 each $0 15 21 Service Per Am $0 06 22 Heater $2 00 23 Dishwasher $2 00 24 Dryer $2 00 25 Disposal $2 00 26 Motors 0-5 HP $3 75 27 Motors >5-10 HP $6 00 28 Motors >50 HP $20 00 Table 3-11 Mechanical Permit Fees 29 Minimum Fee $35 00 30 Heating Units < 100,000BTU each $9 00 31 Heating Units> 100,000BTU each $11 00 32 Heating Units Suspended $9 00 Central Air AC Units, Each (33-35) 33 < 500,000 BTU / 416 Tons $16 50 34 > 500,000 BTU / 41 6 Tons and < 1,750,000 B1 U / 145 8 Tons $33 50 35 > 1,750,000 B I U / 145 8 1 ons $56 00 36 Exhaust Fans each $4 50 37 Appliance Vent each $4 50 38 Vent/Grease Hood each $6 50 Air Handlers 27-28 39 < 10,000 CFM each $6 50 40 >10,000 CFM (each) $11 00 IITU rdling shall be based upon the input rating if thn unit Table 3-C Plumbing Permit Fees 41 Minimum Fee $35 00 42 Per Fixture, Boiler, or Lawn Sprinkler S ,,tcm $7 00 Table 4. Miscellaneous Fees 43 Curb Cut permit $51 00 44 Fence permit $20 00 45 PlumbingPermit (Minimum) $35 00 46 Electrical Permit (Minimum)$35 00 47 Mechanical Permit (Minimum)$35 00 48 Temporary Gas/Electric $35 00 49 Certificate of Occupancy $50 00 50 House MovingPermit $35 00 51 Residential Demolition Permit $35 00 52 Commercial Demolition Permit $50 00 53 Pool/Spa/Hot Tub $75 00 54 Re -Roofing $20 00 55 Reins ection Fee $20 00 56 IVanance Film Fee $150 00 57 Landscape Fee $50 00 58 Mobile Home Park Licenses $205 00 + $4 10 per stand 59 Electrical Journeyman License new $20 00 60 Electrical Journeyman License renewed $20 00 61 Electrical Master License new $100 00 62 Electrical Master License renewed $20 00 63 Contractor License $80 00 Table 5 Additions/Alterations/Fire Damage Minimum Fee Permit fee Plan Review Fee 64 1 & 2 Family Dwellings $35 00 $0 14 per sq ft $60 00 65 Triplex & Townhouse $35 00 $0 17 per sq ft $60 00 66 Multi -Family 4 units & above $35 00 $0 17 per sq ft 50% of Permit, Minimum $60 00 67 Commercial Buildings $35 00 $0 17 per sq ft 50% of Permit, Minimum $60 00 TabKe 6. Sign Permit Fees 68 Sign License $50 00 69 Off premise signs on State Highways Annual Renewal $100 00 All Other Sign Permits 70-73 70 0 - 60 square feet $35 00 71 >60 - 120 square feet $55 00 72 >120 — 250 square feet $75 00 73 >250 square feet $110 00 74 Wind Device Permits $35 00 75 Special Exception Petition $150 00 per request 76 Sign Vanance Petition $150 00 per variance 77 Sign Appeal Petition $150 00 per appeal 78 Special Sign Distnct $225 00 79 1 Sign installed without pennit Scheduled fee doubled References Permit Fees Section 28-28(3) [refers to Section 107 2] page 1906 Plan Review Fees Section 28-28(4) [refers to Section 107 3] page 1907 Fee Refunds Section 28-28(5) [refers to Section 107 6] page 1907 Remspections Section 28-28(7) [refers to Section 108 8] page 1907 Building Permit Fees Section 28-28(9)a & b(1) — (7) Nonres & Res Repair/ Additions page 1908 Section 28-28(10) New One & Two Family Dwellings page 1908 Electrical Inspection Fees Section 28-121 (1) — (12) page 1924 7 Plumbing Permit Fee Schedule Section 28-210(f) & (g) page 1946 Mechanical Permit Fees Section 28-252(9) & (10) Table 1-A page1950 Swimming Pool Permit Fees Section 28-297(3) page 1957 Curb Cuts, Sign Permits, Certificate of Occupancy, Maps, Barricade Inspection, ZboA Fee, Weed Cutting Notice, Junk Vehicle Removal, Mobile Home Inspections Ordinance 83-129 Demolition Permits Section 5-3(7) [DOES NOT CURRENTLY EXIST], created by Ordinance 90-161 Sign Permit Fees Section 33-64 (no changes necessary)