The city hereby sets the following charges for the designated items herein:
(1) 
Prices for maps and flags offered by the city shall be based on a fee schedule established by the city manager.
(2) 
Charge for copies made by city: $0.10 per page.
(3) 
Charge for copies of ordinances shall be as follows:
(A) 
Development and building ordinances: $20.00.
(B) 
Zoning and sign ordinances: $15.00.
(C) 
All other ordinances: $0.10 per page.
(4) 
Police report: $2.00 each.
(5) 
Comprehensive (master) plan: $4.00.
(6) 
City charter: No charge.
(7) 
Returned checks (the charge for those checks made payable to the city and returned due to insufficient funds in account): $25.00.
(8) 
Fingerprinting services: $10.00.
(Ordinance 2013-02-19-05 adopted 2/19/13)
(a) 
Standard fee.
The fee to hear and decide an appeal that alleges error in an order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official, e.g., the code official, hear and decide special exceptions, e.g. waiver, authorize in specific cases a variance from the terms of the building, subdivision, site development or sign code, or hear and decide other matters authorized by ordinance, shall be $250.00 plus the cost of advertising and neighbor notification. In addition to the standard fee, engineering review fees may be required depending on the nature of the request.
(b) 
Additional building ordinance fee.
If a hearing is requested for a deviation from the building ordinance that is in process or has already occurred, the fee for such request shall be $1,000.00 or 10 percent of the cost of construction as noted on the original building permit, whichever is greater, not to exceed $10,000.00.
(Ordinance 2013-11-18-04 adopted 11/18/13; Ordinance 2025-06-16-02 adopted 6/16/2025)
The fee to hear and decide an appeal that alleges error in an order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official, e.g., the code official, or zoning and planning commission, hear and decide special exceptions, authorize in specific cases a variance from the terms of a zoning ordinance, or hear and decide other matters authorized by ordinance, shall be $500.00 plus the cost of advertising and neighbor notification.
(Ordinance 2013-11-18-04 adopted 11/18/13; Ordinance 2025-06-16-02 adopted 6/16/2025)
(a) 
This section only applies to new franchise applications.
(b) 
Any person desiring to use, occupy, construct, operate, rent, lease, locate, place or attach any device or facility to any structure in, on, or under the public right-of-way of the city shall first submit an application for a franchise or right-of-way use agreement to the city council or its designee, on a written application form furnished by the city. The application will request facts and information the city council deems appropriate. Any application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) payable to the order of the “City of Lakeway,” which amount shall be used by the city to offset direct expenses incurred in the franchising and evaluation procedures, including, but not limited to, staff time, legal fees, and consulting assistance.
(c) 
Any applicant to whom the city council grants a nonexclusive franchise or right-of-way use agreement, in addition to the nonrefundable fee specified hereinabove, shall pay to the city, within thirty (30) days of receipt of notice of the amount, an amount set by the city council or its designee, which shall represent the remaining out-of-pocket costs incurred by the city in granting the franchise or right-of-way use agreement and not defrayed by fees forthcoming from the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.
(d) 
Any application for a franchise or right-of-way use agreement shall include a description of the grantee’s system design and services to be offered, including a proposed rate schedule for standard services and premium services to be offered to subscribers, the approximate date that services will be made available to subscribers, and the sections of the city that will be included and excluded from the grantee’s service area.
(Ordinance 2000-12-18-2, sec. 7, adopted 12/18/00)
(a) 
For a special event anticipated to have more than two hundred (200) combined attendees, participants, volunteers/workers, and spectators, the application fee for a special event permit shall be $250.00.
(b) 
For a special event anticipated to have fewer than two hundred (200) combined attendees, participants, volunteers/workers and spectators, the application fee shall be $25.00.
(c) 
Use of Lakeway Police Department personnel for special event security shall be at the rate of $50.00 per hour per officer with a 4-hour minimum requirement.
(Ordinance 2020-06-01-01 adopted 6/1/20)