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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 9229 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 28, "PLANNING", OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, BY AMENDING SECTION 28-01 THEREOF, TO CHANGE THE FEES FOR CERTAIN SERVICES RELATED TO ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, PLAN COMMISSION AND ZONING COMMISSION FUNCTIONS; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ORDI- NANCES AND OF CODE SECTIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF OTHER ORDINANCES AND CODE SECTIONS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Chapter 28 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1964) , as amended, is hereby further amended by changing Subsec- tion (a) in Section 28-01 thereof, "Application fees charged by Zoning Board of Adjustment, Plan Commission and Zoning Commission," to read as follows: " (a) For services rendered, the following schedule of fees and charges is hereby adopted: Application Fees Zoning Board of Adjustment Variances For Church Site Plans, and owner-occupied residential property $ 150.00 Commercial property $ 200.00 Variance Appeals, Auxiliary Parking Exceptions $ 100.00 Other Special Exceptions $ 300.00 Interpretation by Board of Adjustment $ 350.00 Plan Commission Preliminary Plats less than 75 acres $ 500.00 75 acres or more $ 400.00 plus $4.00 per acre Final Plat less than 30 lots $ 200.00 30 lots or more $ 8.00 per lot Short Form Plat less than 3 lots $ 200.00 3 lots or more $ 200.00 plus $13.00 per lot Concept Plans $ 650.00 Right-of-way Vacations $ 300.00 Unified Residential Plans less than 20 acres $ 300.00 20 acres or more $ 13.00 per acre Replat with public hearing less than 3 lots $ 300.00 3 lots or more $ 300.00 plus $13.00 per lot Plat Vacation $ 300.00 Street Vacation $ 300.00 Easement and Alley vacations $ 200.00 Street Name Change $ 300.00 Request for change in thoroughfare plan $ 300.00 Community Facilities Contract Fee $ 400.00 Zoning Commission Application for Zoning Change 0-1 acre $ 650.00 1-5 acres $ 1,000.00 5 acres or more $ 1,300.00 Continuance Request of Zoning Hearing $ 150.00 Special Hearing before City Council on zoning matter $ 300.00" SECTION 2. That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1964), as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinance and such code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such code are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, that the sections, para- graphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are of this ordinance shall be declared void, ineffective or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or final decree of a court of competent jurisdic- -2- tion, such voidness, ineffectiveness or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases of this ordinance since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation herein of any such void, ineffective or unconstitutional section, paragraph, sen- tence, clause or phrase. SECTION 4. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption in the minutes of the City Council and by filing the ordinance in the ordi- nance records of the City. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of passage. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorney DATE: -A — 1 " q ADOPTED: EFFECTIVE: -3- .r City of Fort Worth, Texas MAsrER FILE-1 Mayor and Council Communication CITY MAMA DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Adjustment of User Fees for PAGE ACCOUNTIN •2 NUMBER 1984-85 Budget 3 10/2/84 G-6132 1 or TRANS,URT,TlbiatftW-M--Vp—lludget study sessions with the City Council, City staff was directed to $�ijust user fees so that an additional $300,000 in General Fund revenue I1EALrM nE could be generated in 1984-85. This increase in revenue was reflected in the 1.,..>I 1984-85 adopted budget by increasing the estimate for: (1) licenses and permits b $74,340, (2) revenue from other governmental authorities by $25,298, and NAIER ADM NI>fl�+Tl�} 6 ' rges for current services by $200,362. PVIICE AD INI`S.T777RJATICON..11 As a basis for these fee adjustments, City staff referred to the recently- completed update of the City-wide user fee analysis that was conducted by CITY SERVI .PV1d M. Griffith and Associates, Ltd. The consultant recommended adjusting fees so that. the cost/recovery mates that were established in 1983-84 could be REAL pRofAilmintained. All affected departments were consulted for guidance and assistance in developing these proposed fee adjustments. Some fee adjustments recommended F,RE AOMIN Tbylogtartments resulted in cost/recovery rates that are lower than those estab- u vL�uFM 14shed in 1983-84. PARKS ANO RED&TIdimy Council was assured that Council approval for these fee adjustments would be secured on an individual fee basis. Recommendations: It is recommended that: 1) The attached ordinances be adopted to institute the proposed fees of certain City services as oc tli ed below: Adopted Ordinance Igo. �__.. J A• Planning and Zoning application fees (which ordinance will amend Chapter 28 of the City Code): Current Fee Proposed Fee Zoning Hoard of Adjustment - Variances For Church Site Plans, and owner-occupied residential property $ 100.00 $ 150.00 Commercial property $ 150.00 $ 200.00 Variance Appeals, Auxiliary Parking Exceptions $ 50.00 $ 100.00 Other Special Exceptions $ 200.00 $ 300.00 Interpretation by Board of Adjustment $ 250.00 $ 350.00 Plan Commission Preliminary Plats less than 75 acres $ 400.00 $ 500.00 75 acres or more $ 300.00 plus $ 400.00 plus $ 3.00 per acre $4.00 per acre DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Adjustment of User Fees for PAGE NUMBER 1984-85 Budget 2 a3 10/2/84 1 G-6132 _ Final Plat less than 30 lots $ 150.00 $ 200.00 30 lots or more $ 6.00 per lot $ 8.00 per lot Short Form Plat less than 3 lots $ 150.00 $ 200.00 3 lots or more $ 150.00 plus $ 200.00 plus $ 10.00 per lot $13.00 per lot Concept Plans $ 500.00 $ 650.00 Right-of-way Vacations $ 300.00 $ 300.00 Unified Residential Plans less than 20 acres $ 200.00 $ 300.00 20 acres or more $ 10.00 per $ 13.00 per acre acre Replat with public hearing less than 3 lots $ 200.00 $ 300.00 3 lots or more $ 10.00 per lot $ 300.00 plus $13.00 per lot Plat Vacation $ 200.00 $ 300.00 Street Vacation $ 200.00 $ 300.00 Basement and Alley vacations $ 150.00 $ 200.00 Street Name Change $ 200.00 $ 300.00 Request for change in thoroughfare $ 200.00 $ 300.00 plan Community Facilities Contract Fee $ 300.00 $ 400.00 Zoning Commission Application for Zoning Change 0-1 acre $ 500.00 $ 650.00 1-5 acres $ 750.00 $ 1,000.00 5 acres or more $1,000.00 $ 1,300.00 Continuance Request of Zoning Hearing $ 100.00 $ 150.00 Special Hearing before City Council on zoning natter $ 200.00 $ 300.00 Adopted Ordinance Non a. Health Department plan review and yellow fever immunication fees (which ordinance will amend Chapter 19 of the City Code): DATE REFERENCE SURJECT: Adjustment of User Fees for PAGE NUMBER 10/2/84 G-6132 1984-85 Budget 3 of 3 Plan review fee. Current Fee Proposed Fee 1) Food Service Establishments a) 0-150 sq. ft. $ 25.00 $ 35.00 b) 151-8,000 sq. ft. $150.00 $200.00 c) 8001 - 20,000 sq. ft. $200.00 $250.00 d) 20,001 sq. ft. and larger $250.00 $325.00 2) Public Swimming Pools, Public $ 50.00 $ 65.00 Spas, Public hater Slides 3) Mobile Food Unit $ 50.00 $ 65.00 (excluding snowcone vendors, ice cream truck vendors, and fruit and vegetable vendors)" (1) Yellow fever immuniza i $ 10.00 $ 15.00 Ad pted Ordinance No . $ y' C. Service station street use fees, calculated on a per-nozzle basis (which will amend Chapter 18 of the City Code): Current Fee Proposed Fee 1) first nozzle $ 5.00 $ 10.00 2) second nozzle $ 3.00 $ 6.00 3) each additional nozzle $ 2.00 $ 4.00 2) Approval be granted for the following fees to be adjusted administrative- ly: a) Lake sanitation fees from $38,000 to $61,716 per year; b) Revenue from the Fort Worth Independent School District from $200,000 to $225,298 per year; c) Sale of Police Department accident reports from $5.00 to $6.50; and d) Tax Department title search fees from $10.00 to $12.00 per search. 3) City staff provide recommendations for the establishment or adjustment of user fees by January 1, 1985, for the following fees: a) Elevator inspections; APPROVED BY b) Scales permits; CITY COUNCIL. c) Pre-packaged goods permits; d) Taxi meter inspections; e) Intosilyzer test fees; and OCT 2 1984 f) Fire inspection fees. DGH:im City Secretary of the City w Fart yU�Taus SUBMITTED FOR THE D13POSITION BY COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE BY: p 1 n APPROVED Kit ORIGINATING OTHER (DESCRIBE) DEPARTMENT HEAD: Charles Boswell CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONAL 1NFORMAL(pN CONTACT: 8rles Boswell }:Xt 8SO DATE