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ORDINANCE NO. 2122
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS AMENDING
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1813, THE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS BUILDING
CODE, AS AMENDED, REGARDING GRADING AND EXCA V A TION PERMITS;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS,
TEXAS, THAT:
I.
That, Section 21, Paragraph 17 be amended to read as follows:
17. Section 7003. (a) Permits Required. shall be amended to read as follows:
Section 7003.(a) Grading and Excavation Permit Required. Except where work is exempted in
Subsection 7003.(b) of the Uniform Building Code, no person shall increase or decrease the elevation
of a lot, tract, or parcel of land by six (6") inches, or more, from the original elevation, on an area of
one thousand (1000) square feet, or more, unless a Grading and Excavation Permit has been obtained
from the Building Official. For the purpose of this regulation, the original elevation shall be
considered the elevation which existed five (5) years prior to the application date of the Grading and
Excavation Permit. A Grading and Excavation Permit shall comply with the following:
1. When the area proposed to be cut or filled is located within the limits of the 100 year flood
area, approval of a separate Development Permit issued by the Flood Plain Administrator
shall be required as a condition to the approval of the Grading and Excavation Permit.
2. The Gradinf! and Excavation Permit shall indicate whether the soil will or will not be
compacted accordinf! to the requirements of the Uniform Buildinf! Code and, when
compacted, provide the Buildinf! Official with adequate documentation.
3. When the area proposed to be cut or filled is a potential future buildinf! site for a permanent
structure or parkinf! area, the compaction requirements contained in the applicable sections of
the Uniform Building Code shall be required as a condition to the approval of the Grading and
Excavation Permit.
II.
THAT, the Grading and Excavation Permit fee contained in Table 3, Permit Fees, is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Gradinf! and Excavation Permit
$30.00
III.
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the
section, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the
valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality
shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of this ordinance,
since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of
any such invalid or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
IV.
EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage.
PASSED, AND APPROVED this 10th day of June, 1996.
APPROVED:
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