Ord 64-2021 Amending Ord. 49-2021 Fee Schedule, Section 2 Development Services 12/07/2021 Ordinance No. 64-2021
Ordinance amending Section 2 of Ordinance No. 49-2021, the fee
schedule applied to Development Services Department operations
to allow for fees associated with credit card transactions and
Downtown Vacant Structure Registry annual inspection and
registration fees; providing for severability; providing that such
ordinance shall not be codified; and providing an effective date.
WHEREAS, the adoption of the recodified Code of Ordinances requires that a
separate ordinance be passed incorporating fees to be applied to City operations; and,
WHEREAS, City Staff has studied the cost of providing the services and enforcing
the regulatory schemes which are currently not being covered by the existing fees; and,
WHEREAS, after receiving and reviewing the aforementioned costs, the City
Council finds that the fees established herein do not exceed the amount reasonably
necessary to provide the services and administer and enforce the regulatory programs to
which they are related; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the fines, fees, and rates described herein
are necessary to provide for the services and regulated programs and further finds that
any discrimination established against non-residents in fee amounts does not provide
funds that exceed the taxpayer-funded amount of the described programs.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
1. The following schedule of fees and charges of Section 2 of Ordinance No. 49-
2021 shall be amended and adopted for all Community Development operations, which
are authorized to create or enforce such fees by state or federal law or by the Code of
Ordinances:
2. Development Services
2b. Code Enforcement
2b-1. Miscellaneous Fees:
(1) Fee to Abate Junk Vehicle no more than $150.00
(2) Public Right-of-Way Sign Removal $25.00 plus $1.00 per day for
storage
(3) Vacant Structure Registry (Annual)...$150.00
{2)(4) Vacant Structure Inspection Fee (Annual)...$100.00
2c. Planning
2c-2. Miscellaneous Development Fees:
(1) Variance, Board of Adjustment, Airport Board of Adjustment ....$200.00
(2) Right-of-way and easement encroachment release $100.00
(3) Street, alley, or easement closure, abandonment, vacation $200.00
(4) Street name change $500.00
(5) Annexation $500.00
(6) Certification letters for zoning, floodplain or building encroachment
Basic fee $25.00
Intensive review fee ..... $50.00
(7) Zoning fees:
• Site plan review:
o Application. This fee shall not apply to site plans
accompanying a conditional use application $75.00
o Appeal $50.00
• Conditional use permit:
o Application $150.00
o Application for carport $100.00
o Conditional use for communications tower....$250.00
o Appeal $100.00
• Administrative appeals $200.00
• Zoning amendments (rezoning):... ... ...$400
o Up to five acres $400.00
o More than five acres $400.00
■ Plus, per acre or fraction thereof $10.00
o Rezoning to PUD $500.00
■ Plus, per acre or fraction thereof $10.00
(8) Credit Card/Online Transaction Fee... additional 3% of transaction
amount
(Code 1966, § 23-17(6)—(13); Ord. No. 2-2004, § 1, 1-6-2004; Ord. No. 71-2009, § 1,
10-6-2009)
2. The fee schedule established by this ordinance shall be made available to the
public through the Office of the City Clerk, and be published online in such a manner as
to be available to the public.
3. Should any section or provision of this ordinance be declared by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that decision shall not affect the validity of the
ordinance as a whole or any part thereof, other than the part so declared to be invalid.
4. To the extent that the Code of Ordinances establishes the existence of a fee,
this ordinance will govern the amount of that fee, but this ordinance shall not be codified.
5. This is an emergency measure based upon an urgent public need to preserve
the peace, health, and safety of property of the City. This ordinance is effective
immediately to allow for continuity of customer payment for permitting services and fee
collection associated with the ongoing Vacant Structure Registration program established
by Council Ordinance in December 2020.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 7th day of December, 2021.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
City Clerk