Registration fees.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 21-166
in effectSec. 21-166. - Registration fees.
(a) There are hereby assessed the fees stated for this provision in the city fee schedule for the issuance of the following registrations:
(1) Automotive body repair shop;
(2) Gasoline dispensing site:
1—6 gasoline pump nozzles, per site
7 or more gasoline pump nozzles, per site
Where pumps are so configured that two or more nozzles dispensing different types or grades of fuel are attached to one meter, then the nozzles attached to each such meter shall be regarded as one nozzle for purposes of the above calculation.
(3) Dry cleaning plant (based upon the normal number of employees):
Fewer than 6 employees
6 to 10 employees
11 or more employees
(4) Used vehicle sales lot (based on the number of vehicles normally offered for sale):
1—5 vehicles
6—100 vehicles
101 or more vehicles
(5) Other facilities based upon annual airborne contaminant emissions:
1 ton or more but less than 5 tons
5 tons or more but less than 10 tons
10 tons or more
In any instance in which a facility is unable to produce the records needed to establish its emissions with a reasonable degree of certainty, then the health officer shall estimate the amount on the basis of the best available information.
(6) Dual chambered incinerators
Pathological waste incinerators
(7) Sewage treatment plant, based upon design capacity in gallons per day:
Less than 500,000
500,001 to 9,999,999
10,000,000 to 39,999,999
40,000,000 or more
(b) Should more than one facility exist on any premises, then the total of all applicable fees shall be payable up to a maximum of the equivalent of a fee for the four facilities with the highest fees.
(c) The foregoing fees shall apply to all privately and publicly owned facilities. Facilities owned and operated by a county, and city facilities that are operated with general fund revenues, shall be exempt from payment of the fees but shall be required to be registered.
(Ord. No. 92-180, § 2, 2-19-92; Ord. No. 93-460, §§ 3—5, 4-21-93; Ord. No. 02-528, § 13d., 6-19-02; Ord. No. 07-208, § 3, 2-14-07; Ord. No. 08-414, § 6, 5-7-08; Ord. No. 2011-1168, § 13, 12-14-2011)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH21HE_ARTVIAIPO_DIV2SORE_S21-166REFEFetched: 10/26/2026