For each permit and/or application required by the development codes of the city involving the platting, zoning, construction of public infrastructure and/or the construction of private improvements, the applicant shall pay any and all application fees, permit fees, investigation fees, inspection fees and plan review fees as indicated in the fee schedules in appendix A.[1]
(Code 1975, § 5-121(a))
[1]
Editor's note — The director of finance shall review all fees annually and adjust fees by the increase in the DFW Consumer Price Index for the preceding 12 months as established by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
(a) 
Building permit fees.
(1) 
Commercial construction.
All classes of commercial construction (new, addition, remodel, alteration, etc.) shall pay a building permit as reflected in the building permit fees in appendix A.
(b) 
All associated trade permits shall be assessed based on the associated fee table.
(c) 
All commercial and multifamily building permits shall be assessed a plan review fee in addition to the building permit fee. The plan review fee shall be 65% of the building permit fee unless otherwise specifically stated.
(d) 
Permit fees for work commenced without a permit may be doubled.
(e) 
Reinspection fees may be assessed for inspections requested when work is not ready, when the work is not accessible for inspection, when previously identified code violations are not corrected, when repeated violations are made by the same contractor on repeated jobs and/or as may deemed appropriate by the Building Official. The first reinspection fee shall be assessed at an amount listed in appendix A. The second reinspection fee for items not corrected from the first reinspection fee shall be assessed at an amount listed in appendix A. The third and each subsequent reinspection fee for items not corrected from previous reinspection fees shall be assessed at an amount listed in appendix A. The director of finance shall review all fees annually and adjust fees by the increase in the DFW Consumer Price Index for the preceding 12 months as established by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
(Code 1975, § 5-121; Ordinance 3000, § 1, adopted 5/12/2008; Ordinance 3333, § 1, adopted 10/27/2014; Ordinance 3588, § 2, adopted 6/10/2019; Ordinance 3607, § 5, adopted 9/23/2019; Ordinance 3947 adopted 2/9/2026)
Every permit issued by the Building Official under the provisions of this code shall expire by limitation and become null and void if the building or work authorized by such permit is not commenced and an inspection requested within 180 days from the date of such permit, or if the building or work authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned at any time after the work is commenced for a period of 180 days or if more than 180 days pass between any two inspections of the building or work, including the final inspection. In the event of an expired permit, before such work can be recommenced, and/or inspections requested, a new permit shall be first obtained to do so, and the fee therefor shall be one-half the amount required for a new permit for such work, provided no changes have been made or will be made in the original plans and specifications for such work; and provided further that not more than 30 days has passed since the permit expired. In order to renew action on a permit more than 30 days after expiration, the permittee shall pay a new full permit fee. The Building Official shall have the sole discretion, except as otherwise provided herein, to extend permits and inspection deadlines for projects of an unusually large scope. Any building or work subject to a permit which has expired for a period of more than 30 days shall be declared a nuisance in accordance with chapter 34.
(Ordinance 3000, § 1, adopted 5/12/2008; Ordinance 3947 adopted 2/9/2026)
(a) 
The building official may authorize refunding of any fee paid hereunder which was erroneously paid or collected.
(b) 
The building official may authorize refunding of not more than 80 percent of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this code.
(c) 
The building official may authorize refunding of not more than 80 percent of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled before any plan reviewing is done.
The building official shall not authorize refunding of any fee paid except on written request filed by the original permittee not later than 180 days after the date of fee payment.
(Ordinance 3000, § 1, adopted 5/12/2008)