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AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING APPLICATION FEES TO
BE CHARGED BY THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
AND THE PLAN COMMISSION AND BY THE ZONING
COMMISSION FOR DOCKETING ZONING PETITIONS:
AND PRESCRIBING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
For services rendered, the following schedule of fees
and charges are hereby adopted:
Application Fees
Zoning Board of Adjustment
For Church Site Plans,
Interpretations,
Owner-Occupied -
Residence Variances $ 25.00
Variance Appeals,
Auxiliary Parking Exceptions 50.00
Other Special Exceptions 100.00
Plan Commission
Preliminary Plats 40.00 Base + $1.00
per acre
Final Plat 40.00 Base + 50� for
each lot
Short Form Plat 40.00 Base + 50� for
each lot
Concept Plans 100.00
Right-of-way Vacations 100. 00
Easement Vacations 50.00
Zoning Commission
Applications for zoning
changes 225.00 plus actual cost
of publication
of metes and
bounds descrip-
tion, in any
SECTION 2.
No final approval of a plat shall be given by the Plan
Commission of the City of Fort Worth unless and until a receipt
is furnished the Secretary of said Commission showing that the
fee provided for in this ordinance has been paid; no petition
shall be docketed with the Zoning Commission of the City of
Fort Worth unless and until a receipt has been furnished to
the Secretary of said Commission showing that the fee provided
for in this ordinance has been paid; and no application for
relief shall be docketed with the Board of Adjustment of the
City of Fort Worth unless and until a receipt is furnished the
Secretary of said Board showing that the fee provided for in
this ordinance has been paid.
SECTION 3•
That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force and effect from and after the 30th day of September, 1977.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
Adopted by the City Council on the day of
1977.
City of Fort Worth, Texas
UNE Mayor and Council Communication
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On August 23, Council reviewed IR 42960 (Application Fees) and subsequently in-
structed the staff to prepare an M&C transmitting the City Plan and Zoning Com-
missions' recommendations for a revised fee schedule that could be implemented
with the new budget. Included herein are those recommendations as well as other
pertinent supporting data. The Applications Section of the Planning Department
processes all applications for the City Plan Commission, the Zoning Commission,
and the Board of Adjustment. Some of the services provided directly benefit the
general public while others are primarily for the benefit of the applicant with
little benefit being derived -by the general public. The current fees for these
services were established by Ordinance No. 6144, adopted August 11, 1969, and are
not representative of today's ccst of processing the applications.
Cost/Revenue Study
The current fee schedule was developed after much study in 1969. It was deter-
mined by the City Council at that time that it was desirable for fees to cover 50%
of the Applications Section's direct processing costo This does not includ y
costs incurred by other divisions of the Planning Department or other C Depart-
ments and is, therefore, a very conservative figure. That desired ratio has
never been reached, however (see Case Revenue Summary below), as revenues in
FY 69/70 represented only 44% of the Applications Section's cost. The current
ratio (for FY 76/77) is 38.3%. This indicates our fees need to be realigned to
better reflect current costs of processing applications. The degree to which
these costs are offset by applications fees is a matter of policy for City Council
determination.
PLANNING AND ZONING
CASE REVENUE SUMMARY'
Type Case 69/70 70/71 71/72 72/73 ` 73/74 74/75 75/76 76/77
(Est.)
Board of Adj 112 131 86 83 109 116 115 175
Zoning 212 201 224 228 196 198 236 225
Subdivision 258 323 318 358 324 243 298 415
ROW Vacation 57 56 62 66 58 71 67 70
Total Cases 639 711 690 735 687 628 716 885
Application
Budget** $85,935 $92,000 $108,500 $120,000 $126,000 $130,000 $134,000 $143,678
Revenue
Earned $37,875 *$40,452 $ 41,306 $ 39,685 $ 41,367 $ 37,062 $ 51,000 $ 55,000
Revenue/Cost
Ratio 44% 44% 38% 33% 33% 28.5% 38% 38.3%
*Current fee schedule was based on anticipated revenue of $42,789 in 69/70, or
50% of the 69/70 application budget.
**All budgets less fringe benefits for ten employees.
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The following table summarizes the current fee schedules of Fort Worth, Dallas and
Arlington (same cities compared in 1969 survey) and also includes proposed fee
increases for Fort Worth based on the assumption that the City Council would
desire to maintain the same ratio as established in 1969 and also remain competi-
tive with other major cities in the Metroplex.
Current Fee Schedule Proposed New Fees
Item Fort Worth Dallas Arlington Fort Worth
Board of Adj $25/50/100* $50/100/150 $40 $25/50/100 (No Change)
Zoning 125** 1 lot $100 200 225
then sliding
to maximum
of $1,000
Subdivision:
Concept Plans 0 100+$20/Acre 30 100
Preliminary
Plat 25+$.50/Acre 100+$2/lot*** 30 40+$1/acre
Final Plats 25+$.50/Lot 100+$2/lot 30 40+$.50/lot
(over 5)
Short Form
Plats 25+$.50/Lot 100+$2/lot 15 40+$.50/lot
(over 5)
ROW Vacations 100 65% of Appraised 100 (No Change)
Appraised Value
Value
Easement 50 45 Appraised 50 (No Change)
Value
*$25 - Owner occupied residence variances; $50 - All other variances;
$100 - Special Exceptions
**Includes $25 for zoning notice signs (other cities don't use signs)
***Maximum of $1,000 on any subdivision.
Estimated Revenues
The analysis below shows the anticipated effect of the proposed fees on
77/78 revenues.
Est. 76/77 Est. 77/78
Estimated Projected
Current Fee Revenue Proposed Fee Revenue Increase
Board of Adj. $25/50/100 $ 7,700 25/50/100 $ 7,700 No Change
Zoning 125 26,900 $225 49,400 $22,500
Subdivision 25+ 15,400 40+ 21,500 6,100
OW 100/50 5,000 100/50 5,000 No Change
oral $55,000* $83,600* $28,600*
Calculated on an annual basis
he FY 77/78 budget, as proposed for the Applications Section, provides
155,256 (not including fringe benefits) for the 10 people directly
involved in processing applications. Based on that figure, the proposed
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schedule would generate an estimated 54% of this cost on an annual
basis. If fringe benefits of $31,470 are added to $155,256 for a total
of $186,726, the percentage of cost covered by the proposed new fees drops to
45%.
The Zoning Commission and the City Plan Commission have reviewed the proposed
fee schedule. Both commissions concurred with the suggested increases and
recommended that the fee schedule be reviewed annually in the future.
Recommendation:
It is recommended that an ordinance be adopted amending Ordinance No. 6144 by
adopting the fee schedule recommended above and that this fee schedule be re-
viewed annually in the future.
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INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 2960
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�o�fORT,�A To the Mayor and Members of the City Council August 18, 1977
�TEXAy� Subject: APPLICATION FEES
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Fort Worth's Administrative Regulation No. 3-11 dated December 21, 1976,
provides a standard guideline for establishing fees, etc. that will be, at
a minimum, adequate to cover the total costs of providing City services.
The Application Section of the Planning Department processes all applica-
tions through the City Plan Commission, the Zoning Commission, and the
Board of Adjustment. Most of the services provided by this section
directly benefit the applicants with little benefit being derived by the
general public. The current fees for these services were established by
Ordinance No. 6144, adopted August 11, 1969, and are not representative of
today's cost of processing the applications.
Cost/Revenue Study
It was determined by the City Council in 1969 that fees should cover 50
per cent of the Application Section's processing cost. This does not
include any costs incurred by other divisions of the Planning Department
or other reviewing City departments and is, therefore, a very conservative
figure. Following a study of the 1975/76 fees and service costs, the
Zoning Commission and the Plan Commission both have concurred that the
fees should be increased. (No increase was proposed for Zoning Board of
Adjustment cases.)
The current fee schedule covers only approximately 30 per cent of the cost
of operating the Application Section, The 1975/76 yield was $42,700 while
the operating cost for the Application Section was $142,500.
The recommended 1977/78 budget includes $211,000 (including fringe benefits)
for operation of the Application Section. Based on the increased level of
activity during the first nine months of this year the revenue from the
fees was $41,638. Assuming this trend continues, the annual return would
be approximately $55,000.
If these development related fees were revised to comply with the current
administrative regulation they would have to be almost four times their
present amount. If they were raised to cover only 50 per cent of the cost
of processing, as done in 1969, they would have to be double their present
amount. A revised fee schedule could be implemented with the new budget
if the City Council desires.
City Council guidance is requested on this matter.
Respectfully submitted,
R. N. Line
City Manager
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