HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 8651-1984 - Amend. Sec. 1-10 To The Annual Adjustment Of Fees Charged For Licenses, Permits, - 08/09/1984Augu~t 9, 1984 August 23, 1984
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OGV:js ORDINANCE NO. BfiS1' -----
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1-10 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF LUBBOCK WITH REGARD TO THE ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT Of FEES CHARGED FOR
LICENSES, PERMITS AND OTHER CITY SERVICES ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to keep the cost of fees for City of
Lubbock permits, licenses and services current with the cost of providing
such services; and
WHEREAS, the present formula providing for such annual adjustments is
difficult to apply and inefficient; and
WHEREAS, the annual adjustment should be based totally upon the actual
cost of providing such services; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Section 1-10 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Lubbock BE and is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1-10. Permits and fees to be adjusted annually.
(a) The fees for permits, licenses and fees provided for in this
Code shall be adjusted annually commencing October 1, 1984, and each
year thereafter, to correspond to the actual cost of providing the
applicable services. The base level for such fees shall be the amount
of such fees, licenses and permits on September JO, 1984, and in no
event shall any such fees, licenses and permits be reduced below the
base level as published in this Code.
(b) On October 1, 1984, and on each October 1st thereafter, the
finance Director of the City of Lubbock shall adjust the fees provided
for by this Code and such other fees as may be charged by the City of
Lubbock in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and shall
file with the City Secretary a list setting forth the adjusted fee.
(c) The list filed with the City Secretary as above provided
shall be the basis upon which all fees shall be charged except those
set by state law or other authority, and such list shall be a public
record and open to inspection by the public during all normal business
hours of the City.
SECTION 2. THAT should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase, or word of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid
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for any reason, the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected
thereby.
SECTION 3. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized and
directed to cause publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance
as an alternative method of publication provided by law.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the City Council on first reading this 9th day of August
1984.
Passed by the City Council on second reading this23rd day of August
1984.
ALA
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK
Before me Bonnie McKee a Notary Public in and for Lubbock County, Texas on this day
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