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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 16163ORDINANCE NUMBER ~ ~ ~ C~~ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FORT WORTII MECHANICAL CODE, BY PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE FEES CHARGED; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN PAMPHLET FORM; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, WHEREAS, the City of Fart Worth has determined that it is appropriate to increase the fees charged for permits and other services performed; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, AS FOLLOWSc SECTION 1. Section 7-lb'7 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986} is amended by replacing current Table COS.2 and Table DOl.las follows: *Table C05.2; replace with a new table to read as follows: Table C05.2 Schedule of Fees Administrative l . CFPBOA Application Fee (1st item per address) . $115.00 (Each additional item per address) 2SA0 2. Permit Application Fee 20.00 3. Record Change Fee (per record or permit} 20.00 Permit items* Forced Air Heati~zg-Furnaces Including Ducts and/or Vents Attached Thereto: Capacity to and including 100,000 BTU input or 20 KW 4.20 Over 100,000 BTU or 20 KW and including 400,000 BTU or 40 KW 7.11 TTeating Appliances Non-Drtcted Air Gas Unit or Room Heater, including vent 4.20 Gas Wall Heater, including vent . . 4.20 Gas Floor Furnace, including vent 4.20 Gas Infra-red Heating Unit . 4.20 Electric Heater, Wall, Space, Unit, etc. 4.2D Energy-Using Neat Appliance ®ther Than Above Per 1,000 BTU Input - 0.08 Minimum 4.52 Per 1 KW - 0.21 Miaimum 4.52 Eacb Law ar High Press~zre Steam ar Hat Water Boiler Rated in either STU's Tnput, Boiler Horsepower Output, ar TAW Per 1,000 BTU's Input - 0.08 Minimum 4.52 Per Boiler HP Output - 1.87 Minimum 4.52 Per KW - 0.21 Minimum 4.52 Each Absorber Unit, Electrical Reciprocating, Centrii'ugal, ar Ratary Compressor, Condensing Unit, or Chiller Unit, Eaeh on its Normal Capacity Rating Up to and including 2 tons 4.20 Over 2 and including 3 tans 7.11 Over 3 and including S tans 11.32 Over 5 and including 7-112 tans 15.52 Over 7-112 and including 10 tons 20.05 Over 10 and including 30 tons, per ton 1.80 Over 30 and including 100 tans, per ton 1.b6 Over 100 and including 320 tons, per ton 1.42 Over 320 and including S20 tons, per ton 1.09 Over 520 tons, per ton 0.82 Each Roof Top or Combination Unit, Including Ducts and Drains Heating Cooling and Only Cooling Up to and including 3 tons $ 7.1.1 $14.23 Over 3 and including 5 tons 11.32 20.05 Over S and including 7-112 tons 15.52 26.52 Over 7-112 and including 10 tons 20.05 31.70 Over 10 tons, per ton 2.91 3.55 Roof Top Beating Only Unit per 1,000 BTU - 0.08 Minimum 4.52 Through-the-Wall AIC Units All Sizes, Each 5.82 Cooling 'T'ower, Evaporative or A.ir-Cooled Condenser, Tonnage Sased on Local Design Conditions All size units, per ton refrigeration capacity - 0.70 Minimum 4.52 Gaoling-Heating Coils D.E. or Chill Water per ton - . 0.70 Minimum 4.52 Steam or Hot Water, per 1,000 BTU - 0.08 Minimum 4.52 Fan and Coil Units including Drains and Duets Cool and Heat, per ton - 1.42 Minimum 4.52 Cool only, per ton - 0.70 Minimum 4.52 Heating Unit only, per 1,000 BTU - 0.08 Minimum 4.52 Electrical Heat Strips for Units or Duct Installations Per KW - 0.21 Minimum 4.52 Mixing Box -Conditioned Air 1.42 Mixing Box -Forced Air 2.91 Duct Addition or System. not included elsewhere, per outlet - 0.70 Minimum 4.52 1Vliscellaneous Commercial food preparation hood -Grease Type 1 11.32 Commercial food preparation hood -Heat or Moisture Type II 8.41 Commercial hood exhaust fan -Grease 7.11 Commercial hood exhaust fan -Heat or Moisture . 5.84 Commercial hood exhaust duct -Grease 7.11 Commercial hood exhaust duct -Heat or Moisture 5.84 Commercial kitchen make-up air unit 7.11 Commercial hood automatic electronic srnake extractor 22.64 Automatic fire-extinguishing equipment system 22.64 Range hood exhaust duct, far R Occupancy 1.42 Toilet exhaust fan and/or duct {per inlet) Ventilation fan. and duct system Industrial hood Mechanical ventilator Flue replacement - U.L. labeled Flue or stack for commercial and industrial appliances Humidifier Vented decorative appliance Commercial clothes dryer exhaust duct Domestic clothes dryer exhaust duct Incinerator, per 1,000 BTU - Minimum Incinerator modification Condensate drain-French sump Fire or smoke damper Circulating water pump Evaporative cooler Automatic shutoff -products of combustion Solar energy system Heat recovery devices per 1,000 BTU - Minimum Gas Extension -Test 1.42 5.84 8.4i 5.84 5.84 7.11 291 5.84 7.11 1.42 0.08 4.52 71.17 4.52 i .42 . 1.42 . 5.84 7.11 42.70 0.08 13.74 7.1i For each appliance or piece of equipment by this ordinance for which no other fee is listed 7.1 i *when inspections are performed by third party, the permit fee shall be reduced by multiplying the sum by 2S% {0.25). The resulting amount will be calculated to the penny with no rounding for the tenth of a penny figure. _®ttneir I>asnections anti Fees 1. Inspections outside of normal business hours {minimum of two hours) $35.00 per hour 2. Reinspection fee assessed under provisions of C06.6 $25.00 3. Inspections for which no fee is specifically indicated (minimum charge -one-half hour) . . $35.00 per hour 4. Additional plan review required by changes, additions or revisions to plans (minimum charge -one-half hour) $35.00 per hour 5. Inspections outside of city limits (commercial) $45.001 per inspector (residential) $b0.001 total ' Or $30.0(? per hour, whichever is greater. *Table D171.1; replace with a new table to read as follows.: Table I)01.1 Business Registration First year or portion thereof` $120.00 Yearly renewal $ 60.00 Late fee $ 30.00 *Annual fee is due in felt on the first day of January each year. Fees will not be pro rated for registration taken out during the year. (Renewat dates tray he adjusted by the code official to equally distribute the workload throughout the year. SECTION 2. This article shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended, except where the provisions of this article are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Cade, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for all violations involving fire safety, or public health and sanitation and shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for all other violations of this ordinance. Each day or any portion thereof during which any violation of this ordinance occurs or continues shall be deemed a separate offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable as herein provided. SECTTON 4. Tt is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and, if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this ordinance shall be declared void, ineffective, or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or final decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such voidness, ineffectiveness, or unconstitutionality sha11 not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such void, ineffective, or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section. SECTI®N 5. This ordinance constitutes a digest and revision of the Mechanical Code of the City of Fort Worth, as provided in Section 2, Chapter XXV, and Section 9, Chapter XXVII, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth. The Development Department of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby authorized to publish this ordinance in paanaphlet farm for general distribution among the public, and the operative provisions of this ordinance, as so published, shall be admissible in evidence in all courts without. further proof than the production thereof, as provided in Chapter XXV, Section 3, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas. SECTI®loI 6. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, is hereby directed to publish the caption, penalty clause, and effective date of this ordinance for two (2} days in the official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas as authorized by Section 2, Chapter XXV of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas and by Section 52.013 (a} of the Texas Local Government Code. SECTI®N 7. This ordinance shall take effect on October 2S, 2004 after adoption and publication as required by law. APP ®VED AS T® F®It1Vt AiVI) I.,EGALIT"~'': ~~ ~c ~ Assistan City Att©rney Adopted:/~® ~l~ ~~ r Effective: ~~~~~ ~~