Ordinance No. 5,641Published In: THE BAYTOWN SUN 900927 -5
Thursday, October 4, 1990
Friday, October 5, 1990
ORDINANCE N0. 5641
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 7, "BUILDINGS," OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES TO PROVIDE FOR INCREASES IN BUILDING
• FEES AND HOUSE MOVING PERMIT FEES; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A
MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED AND NO 1100 ($200.00)
DOLLARS FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That Section 7 -6(a) of the Code of Ordinances,
City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 7 -6. Building permit fee schedule.
(a) Any person, firm or corporation applying to the
City of Baytown for a building permit shall pay to the
city, prior to the issuance of said permit, a building
permit fee for any building used for residential,
business, or commercial purposes based on the following
schedule:
Total Valuation Fee
$100 and less.........
No fee, unless inspection is
required, in which case a $5.00
fee for each inspection shall be
charged.
$101 to $2,000........
$5.00 per thousand or fraction
thereof.
$2,001 to $15,000.....
$10.00 for the first $2,000 plus
$3.00 for each additional
thousand or fraction thereof, to
and including $15,000.
$15,001 to $50,000....
$49.00 for the first $15,000 plus
$2.50 for each additional
thousand or fraction thereof, to
and including $50,000.
$50,001 to $100,000...
$136.50 for the first $50,000
plus $2.00 for each additional
thousand or fraction thereof to
and including $100,000.
$100,001 to $500,000..
$236.50 for the first $100,000
plus $1.25 for each additional
thousand or fraction thereof, to
and including $500,000.
$500,001 and up.......
$736.50 for the first $500,000
plus $.75 for each additional
thousand or fraction thereof.
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Section 2: That Section 7 -18 of the Code of Ordinances,
City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 7 -18. Permit to move a house; required;
application; fee; terms; moving regulations.
Any licensee desiring to move any house shall, prior
to beginning work, apply to the clerk of the inspection
department for a permit, showing the present location
of the house, the new location, the proposed route of
moving, the size and type of construction the house and
such other information as the inspection department
clerk may require.
The permit fee for any licensee desiring to move any
house shall be $50.00
The permit fees herein provided for are in addition
to the yearly license fee hereinbefore provided. The
inspection department clerk shall examine the
application, and if it is in order, he shall issue the
permit. The permit shall show:
(a) The name of the licensee.
(b) The present location of the house.
(c) The proposed new location.
(d) The route of moving, as approved by the inspection
department clerk.
(e) The exact date and time during which the house will
occupy the street and sidewalk.
(f) The time that the house is allowed to remain in the
streets.
(g) The size and type of construction of the house.
(h) The receipt of the permit fee.
(i) The permit issued to the licensee must be posted on
the house to be moved.
The acceptance by said licensee of said permit shall
constitute a binding obligation and contract on said
licensee's part to abide by and comply with the terms
of said permit and of this article.
The maximum time during which a house may legally
remain in a street, under a permit, shall be forty -
eight hours.
During the entire time that the house is occupying
the street, or any portion of same, the licensee shall
keep it continuously in motion toward its destination
and shall not allow the work of moving to stop during
such time.
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Section 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances
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: If any provisions, 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: Any person who shall violate any provision of
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than Two
Hundred and No /100 ($200.00) Dollars.
Section 6: This ordinance shall take effect from and after
ten (10) days from its passage by the City Council. The City
Clerk is hereby directed to give notice hereof by causing the
caption of this ordinance to be published in the official
newspaper of the City of Baytown at least twice within ten (10)
days after passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the
City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 27th day of
September, 1990.
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$TT O. HUTTO, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. RALL, City Clerk
RANDALL B. STRONG, C' Attorney
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