Ordinance No. 1,139ORDINANCE NO. 1139
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, BY THE AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 27, SUBDIVISIONS, BY AMENDING
SECTION 27 -22 THEREOF, SO AS TO REPEAL THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH SEC-
TION AS PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, AND TO SUBSTITUTE IN ITS PLACE THE
PROVISION OF A NEW SECTION SETTING OUT THE FILING FEE FOR APPLICATION
FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED PLATS AND PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL
FEES TO BE DETERMINED BY THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT; ESTABLISHING
FILING FEES FOR PLATS SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF THIS OR-
DINANCE; REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE
HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baytown,
Texas, is hereby amended by amending Chapter 27, Subdivisions, by re-
pealing Section 27 -22 thereof, and the same shall cease to have force
in effect from and after the effective date of this ordinance.
Section 2: That the Code of Ordinances, herein is hereby amended
by adding thereto a new Section 27 -22 in Chapter 27, Subdivisions, which
shall read as follows, to -wit:
Section 27 -22. Filing Fee for Plats.
(a) All applications to the City Planning Commission for the
approval of any proposed plat required to be submitted to
the Commission, shall be submitted to the City Planning
Department and shall be accompanied by a filing fee of
Fifty and No /100 ($50.00) Dollars applicable to the final
fee. Applicants shall also furnish to the City Planning
Department additional fees as determined by said Depart-
ment in conformance with the following schedule and the
City Planning Commission shall not act upon any plat sub-
mitted to it unless all fees as provided herein have been
received.
(1) Final Plat:
(i) One and No /100 ($1.00) Dollar per dwelling unit,
plus Five and No /100 ($5.00) Dollars per acre for
other uses, but not less than Fifty and No /100
($50.00) Dollars.
(2) Vacation of Subdivisions:
(i) Twenty -five and No /100 ($25.00) Dollars filing fee,
plus
(ii) Fifteen and No /100 ($15.00) Dollars per acre
(gross area of whole tract).
(b) Filing fees for plats submitted prior to the passage of
this ordinance may be paid under the previous fee schedule,
providing such payment is made within ten (10) days of the
passage of this ordinance.
Section 3: Repealing Clause: All ordinances or parts of ordi-
nances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed;
provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such
inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative
of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered
by this ordinance.
Section 4: Savings Clause: If any provision, section, exception,
subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the
application of same to any person or set of circumstances, shall for any
reason be held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this ordinance or
their application to other persons or sets of circumstances and to this
end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 5: Effective Date: This ordinance shall take effect
from and after its passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City
Council of the City of Baytown, this the 7th day of December,
1971.
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C. GLEN WALKER, Mayor
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER, City Clerk
APPROVED:
WE-EL RICHARDSON, City Attorney
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