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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
DENTON, TEXAS BY ADDING A SUBSECTION (C) TO CHAPTER 5, SECTION
5-14 ESTABLISHING BUILDING PERMIT FEES AND A SUBSECTION (D) TO
CHAPTER 5, SECTION 5-14 ESTABLISHING A SIGN PERMIT FEE, BY
AMENDING CHAPTER 9, SECTION 9-47 ESTABLISHING ELECTRICAL
INSPECTION FEES, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 5, SECTION 5-26
ESTABLISHING A FENCE PERMIT FEE, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 5, SECTION
5-19(4) ESTABLISHING A BUILDING MOVING PERMIT FEE, BY AMENDING
CHAPTER 21, SECTION 21-41 ESTABLISHING AN EXCAVATION PERMIT
FEE, BY AMENDING CHAPTER S. SECTION 5-175 TO PROVIDE A SCHEDULE
OF PERMIT FEES FOR SWIMMING POOLS, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES OR PARTS THEREOF, PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND
DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
That the Code of Ordinances, Denton, Texas, is hereby
amended by adding a section, to be numbered 5-14(c), which said
section shall read as follows
(C) TABLE NO 3-A - BUILDING PERMIT FEES, of the
Uniform Building Code, 1976 Edition, is deleted
and amended to read as follows
TOTAL VALUATION
$1 00 to $500 00
$501 00 to $2,000 00
$2,001 00 to $25,000 00
$25,001 00 to $50,000 00
$50,001 00 to $100,000 00
$100,001 00 to $500,000 00
$500,001 00 $ Up
FEE
$5 00
$5 00 for the first
$500 00 plus $1 00 for
each additional $100 00
or fraction thereof, to
and including $2,000 00
$20 00 for the first
$2,000 00 plus $4 00 for
each additional $1,000 00
or fraction thereof, to
and including $25,000 00
$112 00 for the first
$25,000 00 plus $3 00 for
each additional $1,000 00
or fraction thereof, to
and including $50,000 00
$187 00 for the first
$50,000 00 plus $2 00 for
each additional $1,000 00
or fraction thereof, to
and including $100,000 00
$287 00 for the first
$100,000 00 plus $1 50
for each additional
$1,000 00 or fraction
thereof, to and including
$500,000 00
$887 00 for the first
$500,000 00 plus $1 00
for each additional
$1,000 00 or fraction
thereof
To establish building permit fees for all new
construction and additions, multiply $11 00 by the
total square footage, enter that valuation into the
above schedule and then increase the results by
one-half
To establish building permit fees for all alterations,
fire damage, repairs, remodeling, and accessory
buildings, multiply $6 50 by the total square footage,
enter that valuation into the above schedule and then
increase the results by one-half
SECTION II
That the Code of Ordinances, Denton, Texas, is hereby
amended by adding a section, to be numbered 5-140), which said
section shall read as follows
(D) CONSTRUCTION OF SIGNS
For construction of any sign or any sign
structure, the fee shall be Ten Dollars ($10 00)
SECTION III
That Chapter 9, Section 9-47 of the Code of Ordinances,
City of Denton, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows
The following inspection fees shall be paid to the
city prior to the issuance of any permit required by
this article
Service at rated capacity
Per ampere
Lighting and power circuits
First four circuits
Next five to fifty circuits (each)
All over fifty circuits (each)
Motors (one horsepower or more)
One to three motors (each)
Over three motors (each)
Small motors, fractional horsepower for
ventilating, cooling or heating fans
First five motors
All over five motors (each)
Current consuming outlets
First twenty-five outlets
Next twenty-six to fifty outlets (each)
All over fifty outlets (each)
Fixtures, ceiling fans or neon or cold
cathode transformers for interior
lighting
First fifty fixtures, etc
All over fifty (each)
Electric sign circuits
Per circuit (each neon transformer as
one circuit)
$ 03
$3 00
$ 30
$3 75
$1 50
$3 75
$ 30
$3 75
$ 06
$3 75
$ 06
75
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Minimum fee
Minium fee for any one permit $ 7 50
Separate permits
A separate permit shall be required for
each separate building, store space, or
apartment, whether such unit is metered
separately or conjunctively, and a
service permit shall be taken on all
such units whether supplied from a
central metering station or directly
from an electricity supply agency,
except that in trailer courts, the
individual trailer disconnect switches
shall not be deemed services
Delinquent permit fee
For each job started where an electrical
permit is not obtained within seventy-
two hours (Saturdays, Sundays and legal
holidays excepted) $15 00
SECTION IV
That Chapter 5, Section 5-26 of the Code of Ordinances,
City of Denton, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows
Section 5-26 PERMIT FEB
Prior to the issuance of any such building permit,
required by this article, a fee in the amount of
Ten Dollars ($10 00) must accompany the
application for such permit payable to the city,
for the issuance of the permit and the inspection
to be made upon completion of the fence
SECTION V
That Chapter 5, Section 5-19(4) of the Code of Ordinances,
City of Denton, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows
(4) Fee The app
a permit fee in t
(1-1/4) cents per
of floor space in
Twenty -Five Dollar
SECTION VI
lication shall be accompanied by
he amount of one and one-fourth
square foot for each square foot
the building to be moved, or
s ($25 00), whichever is greater
That Chapter 21, Section 21-41 of the Code of Ordinances,
City of Denton, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows
Section 21-41 Permits Required
It shall be unlawful for any person to dig up,
break, and excavate, tunnel, undermine or in any
manner break up any street or to make or cause to
be made any excavation in or under the surface of
any street for any purpose or to place, deposit or
leave upon any street any earth or other excavated
material obstructing or tending to interfere with
the free use of the street, unless such person
shall first have obtained an excavation permit
therefor from the city as herein provided, except
as provided in Section 21-46(d), below, for
emergencies The fee for such excavation permit
shall be Ten Dollars ($10 00)
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SECTION VII
That Chapter 5, Section 5-175 of the Code of Ordinances,
City of Denton, Texas, is hereby amended by deleting Section
1 8 - Schedule of Fees of the Uniform Swimming Pool Code, 1970
Edition, and adopting a new set of fees which shall read as
follows
Section 1 8 - SCHEDULE OF FEES
Schedule of Fees of the Uniform Swimming Pool Code,
1970 Edition, is deleted and amended to read as
follows
SCHEDULE OF FEES
For each swimming pool
Public (Commercial) $30 00
Private $20 00
Reinspection fee $ 6 00
SECTION VIII
That the repeal of any ordinance or any portion thereof by
the preceding sections shall not affect or impair any act done
or right vested or accrued or any proceeding, suit or
prosecution had or commenced in any cause before such repeal
shall take effect, but every such act done, or right vested or
accrued, or proceedings, suit or prosecution had or commenced
shall remain in full force and effect to all intents or
purposes as if such ordinance or part thereof so repealed had
remained in force
SECTION IX
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application
thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid by any
court of competent jurisdiction, 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
it would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such
invalidity
SECTION IV
That this ordinance shall become effective March 15, 1981,
and the City Secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption
of this ordinance to be published twice in the Denton Record -
Chronicle, the official newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas,
ten (10) days after its passage
PASSED AND APPROVED this the o2 e- day
CITY OF
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
BY
TEXAS
, 1981
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