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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 991-2022 Amended Annual Rental RegistrationCITY OF ANNA, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. Qq 1- aoaa AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS AMENDING THE ANNA CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING ANNA CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES APPENDIX A, ARTICLE A2.000 BUILDING RELATED FEES, SECTION A2.004 AND SECTION A2.008; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY CLAUSE NOT TO EXCEED $2,000 OR THE HIGHEST PENALTY AMOUNT ALLOWED BY LAW, WHICHEVER IS LESS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF. WHEREAS, the City of Anna, Texas ("City") has previously adopted ordinances, rules and regulations governing Schedule of Fees; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anna ("City Council") has investigated and determined that is would be advantageous and beneficial to the City and its citizen to amend sections of Article A2.000 (Building Related Fees) within Appendix A (Fee Schedule) of The Anna City Code of Ordinances ("Anna Code") by adjusting rates for permits to reflect actual costs of administration; WHEREAS, the new rental registration rates shall go into effect on October 1, 2022; and NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. Recitals Incorporated. The above -referenced recitals are incorporated herein as if set forth in full for all purposes. Section 2. Amendments to the Anna Code. In accordance with Article 1.01 of the Anna City Code of Ordinances, ("Anna Code"), the following amendments are made to Article A2.000 (Building Related Fees) of Appendix A (Fee Schedule) are hereby amended as follows: ARTICLE A2.000 BUILDING RELATED FEES Sec. A2.004 Miscellaneous permit fees (p) Annual rental registration $400 G8 $300.00 Sec. A2.008 Annual registration fees and reinspection fees for rental properties and multifamily residential building (a) Annual rental property registration fee. The annual fee for rental property is $100.09 $300.006 (b) Annual multifamily residential building registration fee. The annual fee for registration of a multifamily residential building is $100.00 $300.00 or $25.00 per dwelling unit, whichever is greater. The fee for issuing a replacement for a lost, destroyed, or mutilated license is $25.00. Section 3. Savings, Repealing and Severability Clauses. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the words, sentences, paragraphs, subdivisions, clauses, phrases, and provisions of this ordinance are severable and, if any phrase, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, or provision of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid or inapplicable by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality, invalidity or inapplicability shall not affect any of the remaining words, sentences, paragraphs, subdivisions, clauses, phrases, or provisions of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional, invalid or inapplicable words, sentences, paragraphs, subdivisions, clauses, phrases, or provisions. Further, all ordinances or parts of ordinances in force when the provisions of this ordinance become effective that are consistent and do not conflict with the terms and provisions of this ordinance are hereby ratified to the extent of such consistency and lack of conflict, and all ordinances or parts of ordinances in force when the provisions of this ordinance become effective that are inconsistent or in conflict with the terms and provisions contained in this ordinance are hereby repealed only to the extent of any such conflict. Section 4. Penalty Any violation of any of the terms of this ordinance, whether denominated in this ordinance as unlawful or not, shall be deemed a misdemeanor. Any person convicted of any such violation shall be fined in an amount not to exceed the lesser of $2,000 or the highest amount allowed by applicable law for each incidence of violation. Each day a violation exists is considered a separate offense and will be punished separately. Section 5. Publication of the Caption Hereof and Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effective from and after its passage and upon the posting and/or publication, if required by law, of its caption and the City Secretary is hereby directed to implement such posting and/or publication. PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Anna, Texas on this glh day of August 2022. ATTEST: APPROVED: 00a o °-� F 4 City Secretary, Carrie L. Land R ' .......... EX I , Nate Pike