Ordinance No. 11,285ORDINANCE NO. 11,285
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
TEXAS. AMENDING CHAPTER 114 "SEWER AND WATER LINE
EXTENSIONS." ARTICLE IV "IMPACT FEES,"
SECTION 114 -99 "IMPACT FEES: GENERALLY" OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. TEXAS. TO ADD A NEW
SUBSECTION (D) TO PROVIDE FOR A WAIVER OR REDUCTION OF
IMPACT FEES FOR PROPERTIES LOCATED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD
EMPOWERMENT ZONE: CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE:
CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE: AND PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 114 "Sewer and Water Line Extensions," Article IV "Impact
Fees." Section 114 -99 "Impact fees: generally' of the Code of Ordinances. Baytown. Texas, is
hereby amended by adding a new subsection to be numbered subsection (d). which said
subsection shall read as follows:
CHAPTER 114. SEN'D'ER AND WATER LINE EXTENSIONS
ARTICLE IV. IMPACT FEES
Sec. 114 -99. Impact fees; generally.
(d) The city council may reduce or waive an impact fee for service units located within a
neighborhood empowerment zone created in accordance with ch. 378, V.T.C.A., Local
Government Code that qualifies for such reduction or waiver under such zone, once the
service unit is constructed. If the service unit is not constructed, the city council may
reverse its decision to waiver or reduce the impact fee and the city council may assess an
impact fee at any time during the development approval or building process or after the
building process if an impact fee was not already assessed.
Section 2: 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ordinance are hereby repealed: provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of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 3: If any provision, section. exception. subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause
or phrase of the ordinance or the application of same to any person or the set of circumstances,
shall for any reason be held unconstitutional, void or invalid. such invalidity shall not effect 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 4: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by
the City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED. READ and PASSED by the affirmative ;V" of the City Council of the
City of Baytown this the 14`h day of January. 2010.
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