Immediately upon filing an appeal to the board of adjustments,
the person, firm or corporation making such appeal shall pay to the
planning and zoning department of the City of DeSoto, the sum hereinafter
set out as the applicable fee. The fee for appeal under this article
is as follows:
Three hundred dollars ($300.00) per appeal.
(a) Immediately
upon filing of a zoning change request, the person, firm or corporation
making such request shall pay to the planning and zoning department
of the city, the sum hereinafter set out as the application fee applicable
to the size of the tract involved and the type of requested change.
A zoning notification sign shall be installed by the city on property
being requested for rezoning, with one (1) sign per four hundred (400)
feet street frontage. An installation fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00)
per sign is payable at the time of zoning application submittal. The
application fees for a change in zoning under this article are as
follows:
Type of Zoning
|
Application Fees
|
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Planned development
|
$3,000.00
|
Amendment to a planned development
|
$2,500.00
|
Zoning change
|
$2,300.00
|
SUP request
|
$3,000.00
|
Site plan approval
|
$2,200.00
|
Preliminary plat
|
$300.00 per plat = $20.00 per lot
|
Final plat, amended plat, replat and minor plat
|
$250.00 per plat + $22.00 per lot
|
Variance
|
$3,000.00
|
Fees for zoning verification letter
|
$250.00
|
Reviewing/processing ROW abandonment requests
|
$1,500.00
|
(b) Fees for filing with Dallas County.
Instrument
|
Filing fee
|
---|
Plats
|
$60.00 first page; $25.00 each additional page + $4.00 per tax
certificate page
|
Documents
|
$16.00 first page; $4.00 each additional page
|
DISD tax certificate
|
$10.00
|
Dallas County Tax Certificate
|
$10.00
|
(c) Copying
fees. The city shall charge the following copying fees:
Document
|
Copy fee
|
---|
Zoning ordinance
|
$10.00
|
Subdivision ordinance
|
$5.00
|
Comprehensive ordinance
|
$10.00
|
Streetscape
|
$8.00
|
Zoning map (color 11x17)
|
$2.00
|
City of DeSoto street map (black and white (11x17)
|
No charge
|
Plat copies
|
$5.00
|
Zoning verification letter
|
$10.00
|
(d) Should
the applicant request a public hearing before the city planning and
zoning commission as provided in the comprehensive zoning ordinance,
but thereafter withdraws request after processing has begun, he shall
be entitled to a refund in the amount of thirty-five (35) percent
of the initial fee.
(e) In
the event a zoning change request is denied by the city planning and
zoning commission, such matter will not be processed to the city council
unless the applicant, within ten (10) days after the denial of the
change by the city planning and zoning commission, shall request in
writing that the city council review the acts of the city planning
and zoning commission at a public hearing.
(f) In
the event a zoning change request is denied by the city planning and
zoning commission and the applicant for such change does not pursue
his request further by appealing to the city council for a public
hearing thereon, the amount of thirty-five (35) percent of the fee
shall be refunded to the applicant.
(g) Should
the applicant request a public hearing before the city council as
provided above, but thereafter with draws said request prior to the
date of the public hearing, he shall not be entitled to any refund
from the initial fee.
(h) Action
by the city council is final, and the same zoning change request may
not be brought before the city planning and zoning commission again
for one (1) year without extenuating circumstances. The city planning
and zoning commission shall be the judge of whether the circumstances
warrant another hearing.
(Ordinance 2183-20, sec. 2, adopted 1/7/20)