2000-052-ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY ADDING SECTION 7-103 TO SAID CODE

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ORDINANCE NO. 2000-052 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, BE AMENDED BY ADDING A SECTION 7-103 TO SAID CODE ESTABLISHING MECHANICAL PERMIT FEES; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $2,000.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, finds and determines that significant costs are incurred by the City in processing permits and performing inspections under the City's Mechanical Code; and, WHEREAS, the City Council deems it appropriate to assess a portion of those costs on the parties seeking permits and inspections pursuant to said Code; and, WHEREAS, the Texas Local Government Code, the City Charter, and the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas authorize the City to assess fees and costs incident to the regulation of mechanical systems within the City; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved, Section 2. That a Section 7-103 be, and the same is hereby, added to the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, to read as follows: "Sec. 7-103. Permit and inspection fees when building permit is not required. "The following fees shall be required of all applicants seeking action under this chapter when a building permit is not required: "(a) Initialfee, "For issuing each permit ".""""""""" $15,00 "(b) Additional Fees, "(1) Fee for inspecting heating, ventilating, ductwork, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems shall be $10,00 for the