The following fees shall be due to the town prior to any pipeline construction.
(A) Application fee. Pipeline company shall pay the town an application fee in the amount of $1,500. This fee shall be collected at the time pipeline company applies for a permit to construct gas pipelines within the town and submits gas pipeline construction plans.
(B) Right-of-way uses fee. Pipeline company shall pay a right-of-way uses fee. This fee shall be collected on or prior to the effective date of the agreement, and annually thereafter. Pipeline company shall pay the town as compensation for its use of the public rights-of-ways for the term of the agreement the sum of $1.75 per linear foot based on the linear foot of gas pipeline proposed to be constructed within the town’s right-of-way (license fee). This license fee shall be adjusted annually based on the Dallas-Fort Worth Consumer Price Index.
(C) Construction plan review fee. Pipeline company shall pay a construction plan review fee. This fee in the amount equivalent to 2.23% of the actual construction costs of the gas pipeline proposed to be constructed with the town’s public right-of-way shall be collected on or prior to constructing any gas pipelines with the town for gas pipeline construction plan review. This fee percentage shall be approved annually by the City Council and indicated as the construction plan review fee within the town’s fee table.
(D) Inspection fee. Pipeline company shall pay an inspection fee. This fee in the amount equivalent to 3.34% of the actual construction costs of the gas pipeline proposed to be constructed with the town’s public right-of-way shall be collected on or prior to constructing any gas pipelines with the town for inspection of gas pipeline construction. This fee percentage shall be approved annually by the City Council and indicated as the inspection fee within the town’s fee table.
(E) Other payments and interest. In addition to the license fee, pipeline company shall pay the town all sums which may be due the town for property taxes, license fees, permit fees, or other taxes, charges or fees that the town may from time to time impose on all other similarly situated entities within the town.
(Ord. 326, passed 7-14-2011)