Within any subdivision for which a final plat has not been approved
by the city and filed for record, or within any subdivision which
the city has not acknowledged completion of all improvements on which
final plat approval has been made conditional, or within any subdivision
in which any other requirements, including but not limited to, water
service being made available to the property by the owner or developer
in accordance with the provisions and standards contained or referred
to herein have not been complied with in full and a tap fee paid:
(1) The city shall not issue any building permit or occupancy permits.
(2) The city shall neither do, nor cause to have done, any repair, maintenance
or installation of any street or public utility service.
(3) The provisions of this division shall not be construed to prohibit:
(A) The issuance of a permit for any lot upon which a commercial or residential
building [that] is presently occupied exists and was in existence
at the time of passage of this article;
(B) The issuance of a permit for any lot fronting on a dedicated, improved
street within any recorded subdivision existing at the time of passage
of this article, wherein said improved, dedicated street existed at
the time of passage of this article;
(C) The repair, maintenance, or installation of any street or public
utility service, for, to, or abutting any lot, the last recorded conveyance
of which prior to passage of this article was by metes and bounds;
or
(D) The repair or maintenance of any street or public utility service
for, to, or abutting any lot in any subdivision existing at the time
of incorporation of the city, or approved by the city and filed for
record prior to the passage of this article.
(1986 Code, ch. 11, sec. 3(A); 1993
Code, sec. 9.301)
(a) All residential or commercial structures hereafter erected, structurally
altered, occupied, used or undergoing a “change in use”
shall have a certificate of occupancy permit and safety permit that
has been issued by the city inspector stating that the structure and
proposed use of the structure or premises complies with all city ordinances
and all other regulations pertaining to construction or use of the
structure in the City of Willow Park, Texas. A “change in use”
shall be construed to mean any change in occupancy or type of business.
(b) A new certificate of occupancy shall be required when there is a
change of ownership of an operating business. The new owner may continue
to operate the business until the new certificate of occupancy is
issued. Upon inspection by the building official or designee, the
owner shall make any necessary repair within a time period determined
by the building official to be reasonable.
(c) Issuance of a certificate of occupancy shall not be construed as
an approval of a violation of the provisions of the Uniform Building
Code, as revised, or of ordinances of the city. Certificates presuming
to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of the code
or ordinances shall not be valid.
(1986 Code, ch. 11, sec. 3(B); 1993
Code, sec. 9.302; Ordinance 452-00 adopted 3/21/00; Ordinance
618-10, sec. 2(7), adopted 6/21/10; Ordinance adopting 2017 Code)
No certificate of occupancy permit shall be issued for a building
or structure on a lot or tract not readily accessible by dedicated
public street, or to which sewerage service (on-lot or off-lot type)
is not actually and operationally available to the extent needed for
the type occupancy intended.
(1986 Code, ch. 11, sec. 3(C); 1993
Code, sec. 9.303)
No person, firm or corporation having a franchise in the City
of Willow Park, Texas, shall furnish light, power, water, sewer, gas
and/or telephone services to any building hereafter erected or structurally
altered unless and until a building permit and certificate of occupancy
permit have been issued by the city.
(1986 Code, ch. 11, sec. 3(D); 1993
Code, sec. 9.304)
For the protection of the health and welfare of the citizens
of Willow Park, Texas, if any individual or business is found to be
in violation of the above requirements, the city shall cause discontinuance
of utility services until full compliance is met and permits issued.
(1986 Code, ch. 11, sec. 3(E); 1993
Code, sec. 9.305)