Ord 47-2016 11/1/2016Ordinance No. _47-2016_
Ordinance amending Ordinance 40-2016, the fee schedule applied to
City operations; providing for severability and that such ordinance shall
not be codified
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. Ordinance 40-2016 is amended at Section 1, Aviation, Traffic and Transportation,
so that the following schedule of fees and charges for such section are hereby adopted for
those City operations which are authorized to create or enforce such fees by state or federal
law or by the Code of Ordinances:
“1. Aviation, Traffic and Transportation
1a. Taxicabs
1a-1. Miscellaneous Taxicab Fees:
(1) Annual Franchise Fee .....$1,000.00
(2) Annual Permit Fee .....$35.00 per taxicab
(3) City Chauffeur's License Application Fee .....$50.00, and includes one
chauffeur's license. Each additional copy of said chauffeur's license is
$20.00
(3) Initial Franchise Application Fee .....$85.00
1.b. Transportation Network Company Service (TNC)
1.b-1. Miscellaneous TNC Fees:
(1) Annual Operating Authority Fee … $1,000.00
(2) Annual Permit Fee … $35.00 per vehicle
(3) City Chauffeur's License Application Fee .....$50.00, and includes one
chauffeur's license. Each additional copy of said chauffeur's license is
$20.00
(4) Initial Application Fee …. $85.00
1c. Airport
1c-1. Airport Fees:
(1) Long term parking fee……$5.00 per day
2. Ordinance 40-2016 is amended at Section 5, Health, so that the following
schedule of fees and charges for such section are hereby adopted for those City operations
which are authorized to create or enforce such fees by state or federal law or by the Code
of Ordinances:
5. Health
5.d. Donation Boxes
5d-1. Donation Boxes
Initial Donation Box Fee … $75.00 (site plan review; building
permit/inspection)
Annual Renewal Donation Box Fee … $50.00
9. Police
9a. Accident Investigation Reports:
(1) Accident Investigation Reports Fee …. higher of $6.00 or maximum allowed
statutory fee
(2) Certification Fee ….2.00
Code 1966, § 29-17(b), Trans. Code Sec. 550.065(d))
9b. Alarm Permits:
(1) Issuance Fee .....$25.00
(2) Permit Renewal Fee .....$15.00
(3) Late Permit Renewal Fee …$25.00
(4) Alarm Service Fees:
$50.00, if the location has more than three but fewer than six false
alarms in the preceding 12-month period.
$75.00, if the location has more than five but fewer than eight false
alarms in the preceding 12-month period.
$100.00, if the location had eight or more false alarms in the
preceding 12-month period.
9c. Towing and Rotation Contracts:
(1) New or Renewal Permit .....$15.00
(2) New or Renewal Rotation Contract .....$200.00
(3) Public Safety Fee on Police Tows … $25.00
9d. Miscellaneous Police Fees:
(1) Vehicle Storage Preservation Fee .....$20.00
(V.T.C.A., Occupations Code ch. 2303)
(2) Certified Copies of Criminal Offense Reports …$2.00”
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 1st day of November, 2016.
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M A Y O R
ATTEST:
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City Clerk