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ORDINANCE NO. 2011
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS AMENDING
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1813, THE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS BUILDING
CODE, AS AMENDED, TO REQUIRE A GRADING AND EXCA V A TION
PERMIT; ESTABLISHING A PERMIT FEE; 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, Ordinance 1813, as amended, Section 21, Amendment" to the Uniform Building Code, is hereby
amended to insert subsection 17 as follows:
17. Section 7003. (a) Pelmits 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 OIiginal elevation, on an area of one thousand (1,000)
square feet, or more, unless a Grading and Excavation Permit has been obtained from the Building Official.
For 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
Pennit 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 Development Pelmit shall be required as a condition to the approval of the Grading
and Excavation Pelmit.
2. When the area proposed to be cut or filled is a potential future site for a permanent structure, the
compaction requirement" contained in the applicable sections of the UnifOlm Building Code shall
be required as a condition to the approval of the Grading and Excavation Permit.
II.
THAT, Ordinance 1813, as amended, Table 3, Permit Fees, shall be amended to include the following:
Grading and Excavation Permit
Single Residential Lot or Less than 1 acre
Per Acre
Fee: $15.00
Fee: $25.00
III.
SEVERABILITY CLA USE. 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 DA TE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage.
PASSED, AND APPROVED this 12th day of September, 1994
APPROVED:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM: