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Budget Highlights

User Fee Authorization and Overview

Texas Local Government Code authorizes municipalities to establish fees for “performing services and duties
permitted or required by law.” For some services, the application of fees is not permitted or may be restricted to
amounts prescribed in other Texas Local Government Code sections. For those service fees not restricted by code,
the City has adopted financial policies specific to revenue to assist the city manager in recommending fees. Fees
are reviewed on an annual basis and updates are presented to the City Council during the budget process.

Fees may be defined, by financial policy, as regulatory or non-regulatory. Regulatory fees are those charged to
individuals for participation in government regulated activities. Examples include building permits, code
enforcement permits, and plan review fees. For regulatory fees, the financial policy serves to recover the full cost
of the service unless restricted by code.

Non-regulatory fees are likely to be charged for a wide variety of services and require additional consideration in
establishing non-regulatory fees including “1) to influence the use of service and; 2) to increase equity.” As such,
non-regulatory fees may not recover the total cost of service. For additional information on all fees, please refer
to the Financial Management Policy Statements.

The following tables reflect adopted fee changes for FY2023 and are effective October 1, 2022. Fee changes are
based on market comparisons and evaluation of costs to deliver services.

General Fund

Development Department

Fee Title New Fee Amount Description of Change

Easements and Vacations $700.00 New Fee
Comp Plan Inconsistency $600.00 New Fee

Applicant Initiated Continuance $600.00 Increase of $400.00

Zoning-Multi Family Dwelling (MFD/PD) $600 for the first waiver New Fee
and then $300 after

Zoning - UFC - Appeal to UDC Tiered, $550-$5,000 Increase of $250.00-
$4,700.00

UFC - Vesting Letters $200.00 New Fee
UFC - Permit Renewal $125.00 New Fee

UFC - Developer Agreement $1,500.00 New Fee

Special Exception - Residential Homestead $750.00 Increase of $250.00

First Variance - Residential Homestead $500.00 Increase of $200.00

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