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FEE COLLECTION AND PERMIT PROCESS CHANGES
ORDINANCE NO. 94-3015
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW ELECTRICAL
CODE, ORDINANCE NO. 84-2550, SECTION 5.2, 5.3 AND 5.4
AND THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW PLUMBING CODE,
ORDINANCE NO. 85-2587, SECTION 9.2; CHANGING THE
PROCESS OF APPLICATION OF PERMITS FOR
ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND GENERAL
CONSTRUCTION; CUMULATIVENESS CLAUSE;
CONFLICTS CLAUSE; SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Plainview Board of Electrical Examiners and the City of
Plainview Board of Appeals and the Planning and Zoning Commission have reviewed the fee
collection and permit issuing process and have recommended changes to the City of Plainview
City Council; and
WHEREAS, to provide convenience and accessibility to the Electrical, Plumbing and
general contractors; and
WHEREAS, to reduce paper work required by staff in the building inspectors office; and
WHEREAS, to reduce the amount of postage required by the existing process; and
WHEREAS, to reduce the amount of time and labor spent by the staff in the building
inspectors office on collecting fees and issuing permits; and
WHEREAS, to increase the number of permits issued; and
WHEREAS, to eliminate the applications for permits; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of
Plainview, Texas that the Electrical Code be amended as follows:
ELECTRICAL CODE:
5.2 Application for permit. Application for permits either by phone or in
person by the contractor, must be secured prior to commencement of any work.
Contractors may pay in advance, or apply for an account to be paid once a month.
Contractors will be billed monthly. If an approved contractor fails to pay their
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account within 15 days after the date of the billing statement, no permits can be
issued to the contractor until the past due account has been paid in full. Fees are
as follows:
ELECTRICAL PERMITS:
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5.3
Residential (New Construction or Addition):
A. Service -$20.00
B. Permit Fee - .03 s. ft./l Service drop included.
Commercial Building (New Construction or Addition):
A. Service - $20.00
B. Permit fee - .03 s. ft./1 Service drop included.
Minimum Permit Fee - $20.00
New Installation or Alternation in existing building - $20.00 Minimum
A. First 100 outlets added - remodel/alterations - $.40 each
B. Additional outlets over 100 - .30 each
Altering or changeout meter loop - $20.00
Gasoline pumps, new or changeout, - $5.00 each
Sign connections - $10.00 each connection
Construction taps/Temporary pole service - $20.00
Any inspections not listed - $20.00
After hours inspections - $10.00 in addition to permit fee
Reinspection or red tag inspection - $20.00 each
Issuance and contents of permits. Permits are authorized to applicants
when arrangements for payment of fees have been made, all license and bond
requirements of the Code have been complied with, and when the plans and
specifications of the proposed electrical work have been approved. The applicant
shall state the kind of work to be done and the address of the building where the
work is to be done. The Building Inspection personnel will issue a permit and
such permit shall be without effect as to any work not therein described or as to
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any place other than described:
(a) A home owner shall apply for a permit and state that the electrical
installation will be made in a single family dwelling in which he currently resides
or will reside upon completion if the single unit is under construction, that he will
make the electrical installation himself accepting no help from outside parties, and
that he has not obtained a permit to make an electrical installation within the past
two years. The homeowner shall fumish such proof of ownership as the inspector
may require.
5.4 Permits to be issued to Master Electricians. Permits for electrical work
shall be issued to a Master Electrician or his/her designated representative. The
Master Electrician whose name appears on the permit shall be responsible for all
violations of the Code that occur on such project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City
of Plainview, Texas that the Plumbing Code be amended as follows:
PLUMBING CODE:
9.2 Permit and Inspection Fees:
Application for permits either by phone or in person by the contractor must be
secured prior to commencement of any work. Contractors may pay in advance or
apply for an account to be paid once a month. Contractor's will be billed
monthly. If an approved contractor fails to pay their account within 15 days after
the date of the billing statement, no permits can be issued to the contractor until
the past due account has been paid in full. Fees are as follows:
PLUMBING PERMITS:
New Construction - Residential/commercial or New additions-
(1 sewer connection and 1 gas service line included) - .03 s.ft.
2. Minimum fee - $20.00
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New installations, alteration, repair or replace in existing building
$4.00 each or $20.00 minimum
Each sewer connection - $20.00
Sewer replacement, repair or tap - $20.00
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Gas piping system - $20.00
Lawn sprinkler system - $25.00
Mobile homes/modular homes or move-ins (1 sewer connection
and 1 gas service line included - .03 s. ft.
Additional inspections - $20.00
Reinspection or red tag inspections - $20.00
Repair of paving cuts 1st s. yd- $30~00/additional s. yds. $15.00 each
Any inspection not listed - $20.00
Replacement gas service line - $20.00
Water service replacement - $20.00
After hours inspection - $10.00 in addition to permit.
SECTION I
The City of Plainview Electrical Code, Ordinance No. 84-2550, Section 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 and The
City of Plainview Plumbing Code, Ordinance No. 85-2587, Section 9.2; is hereby amended.
SECTION H
Provisions of this ordinance are cumulative and nothing herein shall prevent, alter, or diminish
the applicability or enforcement of other ordinances restricting, regulating or governing the
subject matter herein.
SECTION III
All ordinances or portions of any ordinance of the City of Plainview, Texas in conflict herewith,
are hereby amended to conform with the provisions hereof.
SECTION IV
Should any section, subsection, or any portion hereof be deemed invalid for any reason, such
holding shall not render or invalidate any other section, sub-section, sentence, provision, clause,
phrase, or word severable therefrom and the same shall be deemed severable for this purpose.
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SECTION V
This ordinance shall be of full force and effect upon its passage and publication as required by
law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the
ATTEST:
Ka~n McBeth, (~ity Secretary
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
day of ~¢~-k/r~-~-~ , 1994.
Lloyd Woods, ~la--y~r
ufi~London, Director of Comm. Dev.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Wally Hhtc'h, City Attorney
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