Sec. 16-1. - Accreditation of day care homes; fees.
Sec. 16-4. - Regulations governing basic service rates for cable television systems.
Sec. 16-5. - Tax phase-in application fee.
Sec. 16-1. - Accreditation of day care homes; fees.
(a)
The department of human resources and services is authorized to implement a day care homes accreditation system. The director of the department of human resources is authorized to promulgate standards, subject to subsequent city council approval, to qualify day homes within the city limits for accreditation from the City of San Antonio.
(b)
The following fee schedule for the accreditation process is hereby established:
Application fee .....$10.00
Accreditation certificate fee .....5.00
Annual renewal fee .....5.00
The director of finance is authorized to establish the necessary accounts for deposit of the assessed fees.
(Ord. No. 60921, §§ 1, 2, 6-20-85)
Editor's note—
Nonamendatory Ord. No. 60921, §§ 1, 2, adopted June 20, 1985, has been codified herein as § 16-1 at the discretion of the editor.
Editor's note—
Ord. No. 99733, § 5, adopted September 16, 2004, repealed § 16-2 in its entirety, which pertained to a license fee for sidewalk photographers, and derived from Ord. No. 63230, § 2, adopted July 16, 1986.
(a)
An annual permit fee for calendar year 1991 and every subsequent calendar year is hereby imposed on every person or corporation that owns, operates, or acts as the agent for any business location where one or more hazardous materials are used, stored, transported, manufactured, generated, disposed or sold within the city, in the fee amounts and for the types of businesses or activities and for the quantities of chemical listed in table I.
(b)
Where more than one location is used by the same person, corporation or entity, a separate service fee shall be paid for each location within the city.
(c)
The annual permit fees listed in table I shall be applied based upon the maximum quantity of a hazardous material present at any one time during the preceding year; except that each service station engaged in retail sales of fuel shall pay a flat fee of three hundred forty-six dollars ($346.00) per location.
(d)
The annual permit is required for each location used by the permittee, and a change of ownership of the location where the chemicals are stored, manufactured, generated, disposed of or sold shall be cause for a new permit. The change of ownership of the business or entity handling the chemicals shall be cause for a new permit.
(e)
A "hazardous material response fee" shall be paid to the city fire department by the person, corporation, or entity which created the hazard or which owned the materials or chemicals and said fee shall be determined by the time required at the scene of the hazardous incident at the rate of five hundred fifty-five dollars ($555.00) per hour per apparatus per incident, plus any applicable fire department personnel overtime costs. The hourly rate shall be prorated in 15-minute increments at the beginning of each increment. All expendable commodities used at the scene will be billed at cost to the person, corporation, or entity which created the hazard or which owned the hazardous materials or chemicals.
(f)
The annual permit fees shall be due and payable thirty (30) calendar days from date of invoice for calendar year. Payment shall be by cash, money order, or check made payable to the City of San Antonio, and payable at the City of San Antonio, Treasury Division, at 506 Dolorosa Street or by addressing the payment to the City at P.O. Box 839966, San Antonio, Texas 78283-3966.
(g)
A five (5) percent late penalty shall attach when payment is due (thirty (30) calendar days from invoice) and shall be collected and processed in the same manner as if they were part of the service fee. Said penalty may be partially or wholly waived by the city treasurer only if the delinquent payment is documented as not due to the error, oversight, or intent of the permittee.
(h)
Annual hazardous materials permits shall be issued for each location operated or maintained by the permittee, and the permittee shall post said permit in a conspicuous place at each such location.
(i)
Natural persons who use, store, transport, generate or dispose of hazardous materials in household consumer quantities for personal, noncommercial purposes are specifically excluded from compliance with the provisions of this section.
(1)
Enforcement of this section shall be enforced by the fire prevention division and other members of the fire department duly authorized by the fire chief.
(2)
Any person or corporation having any duty under subsections (a) through (i) commits an offense if they knowingly fail to comply with any provisions of this section or with any of the requirements thereof.
(3)
Any persons violating any provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day upon which such a violation occurs constitutes a separate offense. Upon conviction, each violation shall be punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00).
Table I
Hazardous Materials Fees
| 001 | $346.00 | Any Retail Service Station | |
| 002 | 72.00 | 101 lbs | 999 lbs |
| 003 | 139.00 | 1,000 lbs | 4,999 lbs |
| 004 | 243.00 | 5,000 lbs | 9,999 lbs |
| 005 | 346.00 | 10,000 lbs | 49,999 lbs |
| 006 | 516.00 | 50,000 lbs | 99,999 lbs |
| 007 | 687.00 | 100,000 lbs | 499,999 lbs |
| 008 | 1033.00 | 500,000 lbs | 999,999 lbs |
| 009 | 1,374.00 | 1,000,000 lbs | 4,999,999 lbs |
| 010 | 1,720.00 | 5,000,000 lbs | 9,999,999 lbs |
| 011 | 2,061.00 | 10,000,000 lbs | 49,999,999 lbs |
| 012 | 2,748.00 | 50,000,000 lbs | 99,999,999 lbs |
| 013 | 3,429.00 | 100,000,000 lbs | and above |
(Ord. No. 72267, §§ 1-9, 9-13-90; Ord. No. 76469, §§ 1—4, 9-10-92; Ord. No. 84793, §§ 3, 4, 9-19-96; Ord. No. 90493, §§ 2, 3, 9-16-99; Ord. No. 92515, § 1, 9-14-00; Ord. No. 2006-09-07-1000, § 1, 9-7-06; Ord. No. 2008-09-11-0777B, § 5, 9-11-08; Ord. No. 2009-09-17-0731E, § 3, 9-17-09; Ord. No. 2011-09-15-0752, § 1(Att. A), 9-15-11)
Editor's note—
Ord. No. 72267, §§ 1-9, adopted Sept. 13, 1990, did not specifically amend the Code and at the discretion of the editor said provisions have been included herein as § 16-3
Cross reference— Environmental provisions, § 3-97; spill or release notification and cleanup, § 3-101; fire prevention, Ch. 11.
Sec. 16-4. - Regulations governing basic service rates for cable television systems.
(a)
Pursuant to the regulatory jurisdiction permitted under Section 3 of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 (47 U.S.C. § 543) and the authority to grant and regulate franchises under Article XI of the City Charter of the City of San Antonio, the City of San Antonio shall regulate the rates for the provision of cable service or any other communications service provided over a cable system to cable subscribers by any cable television system operating in the City of San Antonio to the extent authorized under Section 3 of the Act in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Federal Communications Commission.
(b)
Pursuant to the authority of Article XI of the City Charter, the office of the supervisor of public utilities shall carry out the regulatory function established herein. The supervisor of public utilities shall perform studies and submit reports to the city council for final action. By resolution of the city council so directing, the cable advisory committee shall hold public hearings which will provide a reasonable opportunity for consideration of the views of interested parties. Notice of such hearings shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation at least five (5) days prior to the date of the scheduled public hearing. The cable advisory committee shall submit a report to the city council which will be submitted along with the report of the supervisor of public utilities for final action by the city council. Upon receipt of the reports of the supervisor of public utilities and the cable advisory committee, the city council shall act upon such matters at a regularly scheduled meeting of the city council at which time interested parties shall be provided a reasonable opportunity to have their views considered by the city council.
(c)
In carrying out the regulatory jurisdiction established in this section, the supervisor of public utilities shall in all respects conform to the requirements of the Federal Communications Commission set forth in Part 76 of Chapter I of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and those requirements are hereby adopted as applicable to the regulatory jurisdiction established herein. A copy of such requirements are attached to Ordinance No. 78870 as Exhibit I and incorporated herein by reference.
(Ord. No. 78870, §§ 1—3, 10-7-93)
Editor's note—
Ord. No. 78870, §§ 1—3, adopted Oct. 7, 1993, has been codified herein at the discretion of the editor as § 16-4
Cross reference— Tampering with CATV system prohibited, § 21-18.
Sec. 16-5. - Tax phase-in application fee.
A non-refundable application fee of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) is hereby established and is to be charged with the submittal of any tax phase-in application.
(Ord. No. 86607, § 1, 9-11-97)