1989-0762556L
ORDINANCE NO 2j-V j__
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5, ARTICLE I (BUILDING CODE) OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON TO PROVIDE FOR AMEND-
MSECTION ENTS AMENDING THE
PROVIDING S FOR UNIFORMPENALTY IN IN CODE
THERETO REGARDING PERMIT FEES THE
FOR AAI REPEALER, THEREOF, AND PROVIDING FOR
MAXIMUM SEVERABILITY CLAUSE50PROOVID PFOR ROVIDING VIOLATION
AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I That Subsections (2) through (6) of Section 5-3
of Art c e I of Chapter 5 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Denton, Texas are hereby amended to read as follows
Section 5-3 Deletions and Amendments
(2) Section 301(a), Permits, is amended to read as follows
Permits Required Except as specified in subsection (b) of
this section, no building or structure regulated by this code
shall be erected, constructed, enlarged, altered, repaired,
moved, improved, removed, converted or demolished unless a
separate permit for each building or structure has first been
obtained from the building official A separate electrical,
plumbing, mechanical and one driveway approach
newermitoshall one r two
not be required when a building feet or less in floor area or
family dwelling of 4,599 square
for an apartment complex is issued Individual building,
electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits are required for
additions, remodels and repairs to one and two family
dwellings and apartment buildings
(3) Section 304(b), Permit Fees, is amended to read as
follows
Tables e No each 3-A permit and shall 3 B as set s fort forth
Permit Fs and fee for
n Sect on 308 in
sections 5-3 (5) and 5-3 (6) a of this article
Section 304(c), Plan Review Fees, is deleted
Section 304(d), Expiration of Plan Review, is amended to read
as follows
Applications for which no permit is issued within application one unfired
ei ht (180) days following the date of expire by limitation, and plans and other data submitted for
review may thereafter be returned to the applicant or
destroyed by
the building official
Section 304(f)(3), Fee Refunds, is amended to read as follows
The building official shall not authorize the refunding of any
fee paid except upon written application filed by the
original permittee not later than one hundred eighty (180)
days after the date of fee payment
(4) Section 305(8), Reinspections, fourth paragraph, is
amended to read as follows
To obtain a reinspection, the applicant shall pay the rein-
spection fee as set forth in the fee schedule titled, "Other
Insection manner hi prescribed and then the
building official add
owe Permit
Section Fees,Tto theiUnition Building Code, toareaenasB ildin
A permit fee shall be calculated for each multi-family apart-
defined in the
ment
iding Code by multiplying 11 4088 cnts per square foot
Uniform Buil
Permit es, is amended and Table
No ) Tab le N created -A, Building as tollo is
TABLE 3-A
Fees for Non-Residential Buildings and
a Total Valuation Fee
$1 to $500 $5
$501 to $2,000 $5 for the first $500, plus $1 for
each additional $100 or fraction
thereof, to and including $2,000
$2,001 to $25,000
$20 for the first $2,000, plus $4
ch additional $1,000 or
for ea
fraction thereof, to and including
$25,000
$25,001 to $50,000
112 for the first $25,000, plus
ach additional $1,000 or
f
3
or e
3
fraction thereof, to and including
$50,000
$50,001 to $100,000
1
o eache adfirst ditional $1,000 plus or
87f
or
2
fraction thereof, to and including
$100,000
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$100,001 to $500,000 31850 for the first $100,000,plus
or fraction thereof, to and
including $500,000
$500,001 and up V 87 for° each eadditional0 $10,000 first $500,000,Plus
fraction thereof
To establish building permit fees for all new construction
and additions other than new one and two family dwellings of
4,599 square feet or less in floor area and multi-family
dwellings, multiply eleven dollars ($11 00) by the total
square footage under roof, enter that valuation into table
No 3-A and increase the results by one half To establish
building permit fees for all alterations, fire damage,
repairs, remodeling, and accessory e buildings, l square multiply six
dollars fifty cents ($6 50) by enter that valuation into the above schedule and then
increase the results by one half
TABLE 3-B
Permit Fee Schedule For New One and Two-Family Dwellings
Each half of a two-family dwelling shall be treated as a
separate building for the purpose of determining permit fees
Total Square
Total Square
Ft Under Roof
Fee
Ft Under Roof
Fee
0-1272
$255
30
2800-2818
$367
372
76
26
1273-1299
261
30
44
2819-2899
2900-2909
375
94
1300-1363
1364-1399
265
271
44
2910-2999
380
44
68
1400-1455
274
58
58
3000
3001-3090
380
385
18
1456-1544
1545-1636
280
286
58
3091-3099
389
68
1637-1727
292
58
3100-3181
395
399
28
78
1728-1799
298
58
3182-3199
3200-3272
403
10
1800-1818
301
307
02
02
3273-3299
4
07
60
1819-1899
1900-1909
307
29
3300-3363
4411
15
17
67
1910-1999
313
29
3364-3399
3400-3454
417
65
2000
2001-2090
313
319
63
63
3455-3499
422
15
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Total Square
Total Square
Ft Under Roof
Fee
Ft Under Roof
Fee
2091-2099
$325
63
3500-3545
$426
431
62
12
2100-2181
326
42
42
3546-3599
3600-3636
436
36
2182-2199
2200-2272
332
333
74
3637-3699
440
86
2273-2299
338
24
3700-3727
3728-3818
446
450
05
55
2300-2363
2364-2399
339
343
11
22
3819-3909
455
05
2400-2454
346
36
3910-4000
459
464
55
05
2455-2499
350
86
21
4001-4090
4091-4199
478
55
2500-2545
2546-2599
353
357
71
4200-4272
483
05
2600-2636
358
76
4273-4363
487
492
55
05
2637-2699
363
26
26
4364-4454
4455-4545
496
50
2700-2727
2728-2799
363
367
76
4546-4599
499
55
SECTION II That Section 5-3 (13) through (15) of Article I
of C apter of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton are
hereby renumbered (14) through (16)
SECTION III That Section 5-3 (13) of Article I of Chapter 5
of t e Co e o Ordinances of the City of Denton shall hereby read
as follows
(13) Section 2903, Excavations and Fills, is amended by
adding a new paragraph (c) to rea as o ows
(c) Trench Safet Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Co e, on a construction projects, public or private,
within the boundaries of the City of Denton or its extraterri-
torial jurisdiction, the bid documents and the contract shall
contain (1) detailed plans and specifications for m ufor
safety systems that meet OSHA standards, and (2) a pay item
those safety systems This requirement shall not apply to
persons subject to safety standards adopted under Article 6053-1,
V T C S , and subject to the administrative penalty provisions of
Article 6053-2, V T C S
SECTION IV Any person who shall violate a provision of this
ordinance- e , or fails to comply therewith or with any of the
requirements thereof, or of a permit or certificate issued there-
under, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable such by a fin not
exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500 00) Each person
thand ever is ordinance
deemed
during separate which any of violation e of each
portion thereof is
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committed, or continued, and upon conviction of any such viola-
tions such person shall be punished within the limits above
SECTION V That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sen-
tence, clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application
thereof to any person or circumstance 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 VI That the repeal of any ordinance or any portion
thereo by t e 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 VII That this ordinance shall become effective
fourteen ays from the date of its passage, 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, within ten
(10) days of the date of its passage
PASSED AND APPROVED this theG?ijeday of ' 1989
Y STy ST H~,IQS, AYAYOR
ATTEST
JENNIFER W TERS, C TY SE Y
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
BY/
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