The town administrator shall collect the following fees related
to town regulatory activities as authorized by state law at the time
of a request for service, goods are provided or an application for
a permit is submitted.
(Ordinance 537-12, art. I, adopted 11/20/12)
Fees for services:
(2) Certification
of copies (each certification): $5.00.
(3) Copies,
per page (not related to open records request): $0.20.
(4) Public
fax, to send or receive:
(A) Minimum
fee (1 - 3 pages): $3.00.
(B) Per
page thereafter: $1.00.
(5) Nonsufficient
funds check fee: $30.00.
(6) Shipping
and handling mail requests (plus postage): $1.50.
(7) Credit
card convenience fee:
(A) Processed
by town: 4.0% of transaction.
(B) Processed
by third-party vendor: Not to exceed 5%.
(8) Finger
print service:
(B) Nonresidents:
$10.00 per card.
(Ordinance 537-12, art. I(A) adopted 11/20/12; Ordinance 654-19 adopted 3/19/19)
Fees for reference material:
(1) Town
maps:
(A) 11"
x 17" (black and white): No charge.
(B) Large
base, floodplain or abstract map*: $10.00.
(C) 11"
x 17" colored zoning, land use map or thoroughfare plan*: $4.00.
(2) Ordinances,
bound:
(C) Comprehensive
land use plan: $20.00
(D) Building
code amendments: $15.00.
(E) Oil
and gas drilling regulations: $25.00.
*Services may not be offered at the time of the adoption of
this fee schedule. The charge for public information (open record)
is in accordance with the state general services commission charge
schedule.
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(Ordinance 537-12, art. I(B), adopted 11/20/12)
Fees for public information:
(1) Standard-size
paper copy, per page: $0.10.
(2) Nonstandard-size
copy:
(C) VHS
video cassette*: $2.50.
(E) Rewritable/non-rewritable
CD: $1.00.
(G) Other
(including mylar, blueprint, blueline, photographic): Actual cost.
(3) Personnel
charges:
(A) Programming,
per hour: $28.50.
(C) Overhead
(percent of personnel charge): 20%.
(4) Microfiche
or microfilm charge:
(B) Fiche
or film copy*: Actual cost.
(5) Remote
document retrieval charge*: Actual cost.
(6) Computer
resource charge:
(A) Mainframe,
per minute*: $10.00.
(B) Midsize,
per minute*: $1.50.
(C) Client/server,
per clock hour*: $2.20.
(D) PC
or LAN, per clock hour*: $1.00.
(7) Miscellaneous
supplies: Actual cost.
(8) Postage
and shipping charge: Actual cost.
(9) Photographs:
Actual cost.
(10) Fax
charge:
(B) Long distance, per page (817 or 940 area code): $0.30.
(C) Long distance, per page (other area code): $0.45.
(11) Motor
vehicle accident report (pursuant to section 550.065 of the Transportation
Code):
(A) Report, not certified: $6.00.
(B) Report, certified: $8.00.
*Services may not be offered at the time of the adoption of
this fee schedule. The charge for public information (open record)
is in accordance with the state general services commission charge
schedule.
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(Ordinance 537-12, art. 1(C), adopted 11/20/12)
Fees for special permits:
(1) Demolition
permit, each: $125.00.
(2) House
moving permit, each: $125.00.
(3) Solicitor
permits:
(A) Permit
application: $35.00.
(B) Identification
cards, each: $2.00.
(4) Oil
and gas permits:
(A) Oil/gas
well drilling/operating permit application fee: $10,000.00*.
(B) Oil/gas
well drilling/operating permit application fee (each additional well
permitted on existing pad site): $8,500.00*.
(C) Oil
and gas pipeline construction permit application fee: $8,500.00*.
(D) Fracing
permit: $300.00*.
(E) Quarterly
inspection fee:
(i) Pad site fee (each pad site): $300.00.
(ii) Well head fee (each well head on a pad site): $200.00.
(F) Reinspection
fee: $250.00.
(G) Complaint
generated inspection fee where complaint is confirmed: $500.00.
(H) Complaint
generated inspection fee where complaint is unfounded: No charge.
(I) PID
testing, unrelated to quarterly inspections: $300.00.
(J) Plug
and abandon: Actual cost plus administrative fee of $100.00.
*All costs associated with engineering, planning and attorney
reviews in addition to the cost of any public notices that are incurred
by the town will be charged to the applicant. One hundred percent
(100%) of these costs (not covered by the application fee) plus a
one hundred dollar ($100.00) administrative fee will be charged to
the applicant and must be paid immediately upon receipt of invoice
from the town. (Please note: $250.00 is nonrefundable in the event
an incomplete application is submitted.)
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(5) Road
damage remediation fees:
(A) Hauled
water supply, roadway cost per mile: $188,782.00.
(B) Hauled
water supply, assessment cost per mile: $114,413.00.
(C) On-site
water supply, roadway cost per mile: $188,782.00.
(D) On-site
water supply, assessment cost per mile: $64,135.00.
(6) Right-of-way
permit application - 3.5% of construction cost as determined by the
town engineer with a minimum fee of $750.00: 3.5% of construction
cost.
(7) Abandoning
public streets/alleys (plus filing fee and cost of document preparation):
$300.00.
(8) Utility
facility structure, non-buildings (plus cost related to inspections):
$300.00.
(9) Dangerous
dog registration, annually: $50.00.
(10) Floodplain
development permit: $300.00.
(12) Business
certificate of occupancy: $250.00.
(13) Change
of occupancy residential: $125.00.
(14) Commercial
vehicle permit - valid from January 1 to December 31 each year: $25.00.
(15) Excavation
permit: No charge.
(16) Farmers’
market permit fee (seasonal): $200.00.
(17) Alarm
permits, residential and commercial (per suite or unit):
(18) Residential
false alarm service fee:
(A) Up to and including 6 false alarms: No charge.
(B) 7 up to and including 10 false alarms: $25.00 each.
(C) More than 10 false alarms: $50.00 each.
(19) Commercial
false alarm service fee:
(A) Up to and including 10 false alarms: No charge.
(B) 11 up to and including 14 false alarms: $25.00 each.
(C) More than 14 false alarms: $50.00 each.
(Ordinance 537-12, art. 1(D), adopted 11/20/12; Ordinance 568-14, sec. 1, adopted 9/16/14)
Regulation penalty fees:
(1) Mowing
weeds to remove health and safety risks: Actual cost.
(2) Dangerous
building, each occurrence: $100.00.
(3) Administrative
fee and lien filing: $100.00.
(Ordinance 537-12, art. 1(E), adopted 11/20/12; Ordinance 568-14, sec. 2, adopted 9/16/14)