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<br />105.8 is added to read as follows: <br /> <br />105.8 Homestead. If the owner is to do the work him or herself, then the owner shall provide <br />an affidavit to the building official stating that he owns and presently occupies the existing <br />building as his homestead, and will do the work with his o-v.-n hands. <br /> <br />106.1.1.2 is added to read as follows: <br /> <br />106.1.1.2 Any documents prepared by or required to be prepared by a licensed or registered <br />design professional shall bear the professional's seal. The seal shall bear the professional's <br />name and the legend "Licensed Professional Engineer," "Registered Professional Engineer" or <br />"Registered Architect". <br /> <br />106.3.4.3 is added to read as follows: <br /> <br />106.3.4.3 The design professional shall be an architect or engineer legally licensed or <br />registered under the Texas statutes that regulate the practice of architecture or engineering. <br /> <br />106.3.4.4 is added to read as follows: <br /> <br />106.3.4.4 In addition to the state law that requires certain types of buildings to be designed by <br />a registered design professional, privately owned buildings with classifications A, E, and I <br />occupancies shall be designed by registered design professionals. <br /> <br />106.3.4.5 is added to read as follows: <br /> <br />106.3.4.5 The building official may accept a swom affidavit from a registered architect or <br />engineer stating that the plans submitted conform to the technical codes. For buildings and <br />structures, the affidavit shall state that the plans conform to the laws as to egress, type of <br />construction and general arrangement and, if accompanied by drawings, show the structural <br />design and that the plans and design conform to the requirements of the technical codes as to <br />strength, stresses, strains, loads and stability. The building official may without any <br />examination or inspection accept such affidavit, provided the architect or engineer who made <br />such affidavit agrees to submit to the building official copies of inspection reports as <br />inspections are performed, and upon completion of the structure, electrical, gas, mechanical, <br />and plumbing systems, a certification that the structure, electrical, gas, mechanical, and <br />plumbing system has been erected in accordance v'lith the requirements of the city's adopted <br />codes. Where the building official relies upon such affidavit, the architect or engineer assrunes <br />full responsibility for the compliance with all provisions of the technical codes and other <br />pertinent laws or ordinances. <br /> <br />110.1 is amended by adding the following: <br /> <br />110.1.1. No certificate of occupancy will be issued until the city has been fully paid all fees <br />and costs that are related to the building or structure. The fees and costs include those related <br />to the infrastructure of the building, such as impact fees and fees for the installation of water <br />meter and water and wastewater connections. <br /> <br />6 <br />