Title
Ordinance - Public Hearing and First and Final Reading on an Ordinance of the City of Mansfield, Texas, Reauthorizing all Building Permit Fees Charged as a Condition to Construct, Renovate or Remodel a Structure in Accordance with Section 214.908 of the Texas Local Government Code; Providing a Severability Clause; Providing for the Repeal of All Ordinances in Conflict; Providing for Publication; And Providing an Effective Date
Requested Action
Consider an Ordinance reauthorizing the building permit fees the City charges pursuant to Section 214.908 of the Texas Local Government Code.
Recommendation
Staff recommends passing of the Ordinance.
Description/History
The City regulates development by charging application and building permit fees as a condition of constructing, renovating or remodeling structures in the City.
Justification
During the 88th Regular Legislative Session, House Bill 1922 was passed which added Section 214.908 to the Texas Local Government Code. H.B. 1922 provides that any fee that is charged by the City as a condition of constructing, renovating or remodeling structures in the City shall be abolished on the 10th year anniversary from the date of such fee’s adoption or the last time it was authorized unless the governing body of the City holds a public hearing and takes a vote to reauthorize the fee.
As a part of the annual budget, the City has adopted a Master Fee Schedule which includes most of the City’s fees, save and except water and wastewater impact fees, roadway impact fees, solid waste collection fees, water and sewer rates, and parkland dedication and development fees which are wholly contained in separate ordinances. The Master Fee Schedule and such other fees such as impact fees and parkland dedication and development fees would be considered “building permit fees” under Section 214.908. Approval of this ordinance would reauthorize said fees.
Funding Source
N/A
Prepared By
Troy Lestina, Deputy City Manag...
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