The town hereby adopts the Standard Specifications for Public
Works Construction, first edition, 1995, and the further amendments
thereto, as promulgated by the North Central Texas Council of Governments.
A copy of such publication shall be maintained at all times in the
office of the town secretary.
(1998 Code, sec. 150.01)
Articles
3.02 through
3.08 of this chapter shall be known as the town building code.
(1998 Code, sec. 150.15)
The town’s building official shall have the authority
and power to enforce all provisions of the International Building
Code, the International Fire Code, the International Mechanical Code,
and the International Plumbing Code. The town’s fire chief shall
have the authority to enforce all provisions of the International
Fire Code.
(1998 Code, sec. 150.21)
(a) Application.
All persons desiring to construct, refurbish,
remodel or improve any building or structure within the corporate
limits of the town shall make application for a building permit for
said structure with the town secretary. All applications for building
permits shall be accompanied by a site plan in duplicate together
with such additional copies as the town secretary determines to be
necessary for review by other administrative officers and agencies,
which shall be drawn to scale, showing the actual dimensions and shape
of a lot to be built upon, the exact size and location of the building
on the lot already existing, if any, and the location and dimensions
of proposed buildings, structures or alterations. Any application
shall include such other information as lawfully may be required by
the town secretary, including existing or proposed uses of the building
or structure and land, conditions existing on the lot, and such other
matters as may be necessary to determine conformance with the town’s
zoning and subdivision control ordinance, and provide for the enforcement
of these regulations.
(b) Issuance.
Building permits are to be issued by the town
secretary upon the approval of the town building official. All new
construction of buildings, structures, fixed or movable, and remodeling
or refurbishing of same; swimming pools; mobile homes; prefabricated
structures; portable buildings; outbuildings; and all other buildings
or structures within the corporate limits of the town must comply
with this chapter, and a building permit will be issued only when
such compliance is assured. No placement, construction, remodeling,
refurbishment or construction of any kind of any building or structure
may be commenced prior to the issuance of a building permit.
(c) Fees.
The town council may from time to time revise
building permit fee schedules by resolution when the council determines
that such changes in the schedule of fees are necessary for the effective
administration and enforcement of the building codes adopted by the
town.
(d) Additional
regulations applicable to the subdivisions known as Oakwood Estates
Phase II and Oakwood Estates Phase III are adopted herein by reference
as if fully set forth herein. Said additional regulations are on file
in the office of the town secretary.
(Ordinance 2015-31 adopted 11/3/15)
(a) All
building permit fees, as that term is defined for purposes of Texas
Local Government Code § 214.908 (as amended), are reauthorized
by vote of the town council.
(b) The
town secretary shall take appropriate steps to ensure that a public
hearing is scheduled and timely noticed to be held no later than the
9th anniversary of the effective date of this section (on or before
January 1, 2033) so that the town council may thereafter determine
whether to reauthorize some or all of the town's building permit fees
to prevent abolition by operation of Texas Local Government Code § 214.908
(as amended).
(Ordinance 2023-34 adopted 12/5/2023)