The applicant for a variance from the exterior construction requirements in article 9.06 shall pay a fee of $500.00.
(Ordinance 16-790, sec. 2, adopted 10/27/16; Ordinance 18-815, sec. 2, adopted 2/22/18; 2007 Code, sec. 12-500(f))
(a) 
Facilities proposed in areas where land use approval is not required.
Table 1. Facilities Proposed in Areas Where Land Use Approval Is Not Required
Equipment Type
Construction Permit Fee
Rights-of-Way Fee
Transport facilities
$250.00 for first 5 nodes; $125.00 for each additional node
$28.00 per month per node 1, 4
Network nodes
$250.00 for first 5 nodes; $125.00 for each additional node
$250.00 per year per node 2, 3
Node support poles
$500.00 per pole
N/A
(b) 
Facilities proposed in areas where land use approval is required.
Table 2. Facilities Proposed in Areas Where Land Use Approval Is Required 
Equipment Type
Construction Permit Fee
Rights-of-Way Fee
Transport facilities
$500.00 for first 5 nodes; $250.00 for each additional node
$28.00 per month per node 1, 4
Network nodes
$500.00 for first 5 nodes; $250.00 for each additional node
$250.00 per year per node 2, 3
Node support poles
$1,000.00 per pole
N/A
1
Unless equal or greater amount is paid under V.T.C.A., Local Government Code chapter 283 or V.T.C.A., Utilities Code chapter 66.
2
As adjusted by an amount equal to one-half the annual change, if any, in the consumer price index. The city shall provide written notice to each network provider of the new rate, and the rate shall apply to the first payment due to the city on or after the 60th day following the written notice.
3
Collocated network nodes on city service poles shall also pay an annual collocation fee at a rate not greater than $20.00 per year per service pole.
4
A wireless network provider may not install its own transport facilities unless the provider: (i) has a permit to use the public right-of-way; and (ii) pays to the city a monthly public right-of-way fee for transport facilities in an amount equal to $28.00 multiplied by the number of the provider’s network nodes located in the public right-of-way for which the installed transport facilities provide backhaul unless or until the time the provider’s payment of fees to the city exceeds its monthly aggregate per-node compensation to the city. A wireless network provider that wants to connect a network node to the network using the public right-of-way may: (i) install its own transport facilities as provided in section 10.04.010; or (ii) obtain transport service from a user that is paying right-of-way fees to occupy the public right-of-way that are the equivalent of not less than $28.00 per node per month. A public right-of-way fee required by this section is in addition to any other public right-of-way fee required by the city.
(Ordinance 17-807, sec. 1, adopted 8/24/17; 2007 Code, sec. 42-10)
Application fee of $50.00 for residential variances and $100.00 for commercial variances.
(Ordinance 22-916 adopted 1/27/22)