It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance to update the Building Administrative Code, Chapter 7, Article I, Section 119, Table 1-B to:

1. Amend the fee for applications to the Construction and Fire Prevention Board of Appeals from $125.00 to $200.00;  

2. Add fees for Expedited Plan Review and Simultaneous Plan and Plat Review; and

3. Delete the fee for a Sexually Oriented Business Specialized Certificate of Occupancy now located in Chapter 2, Article 12, Section 2-231 of the City Code.

The Fort Worth Building Administrative Code was adopted on December 6, 2016, Ordinance 22523-12-2016 and includes fees for various services provided by the Planning and Development Department. The Fort Worth Building Administrative Code serves as the administrative, organizational, and enforcement regulations for the Fort Worth Building, Residential, Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical, Sign and existing Building Codes, which prior to the adoption of the Building Administrative Code contained duplicative language, resulting in unnecessary redundancies in the various codes.

Ordinance No. 22523-12-2016 inadvertently included language for fees that did not contain the amendments made in Ordinance No. 21189-04-2014, which amended the application fee for the Construction and Fire Prevention Board or Appeals from $125.00 to $200.00 and Ordinance No. 21344-07-2014, which added a fee simultaneous building plan review and subdivision plat review.

The attached ordinance will add language to correctly reflect the changes made by the City Council through the aforementioned ordinances in 2014 by amending the fee for an application to the Construction and Fire Prevention Board of Appeals, adding the fee for simultaneous building plan and subdivision plat review and deleting the sexually oriented business certificate of occupancy fee which has been relocated to Section 2-231 of the City Code.