HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 728 ORDINANCE NO.
An ordinance prohibiting the erection, construction,
building, maintenance or operation of gasoline filling sta--
tions in the City of Fort_ Worth without a permit be obtained
therefor from the Board of Commissioners of the City of Fort
Worth, and yproviding for Lt penalty lB it ordained bv_the
Board of Commissioners of the .City of Fort Worth:
Section I: It shall hereafter be unlawful for any per-
son or persons, firm or corporation to erect, construct, build,
operate or maintain any gasoline filling station within the
corporate limits of the City of Fort Worth without having first
obtained a permit for such purpose from the Board of Commiss-
ioners of the City.
Section 2: The term gasoline filling station, as used
in Section I of this ordinance is hereby defined to be a place
or building where gasoline or explosive oils are kept or sold
to th e public or supplied to owners and drivers of autorno- .
biles from such place or filling station.
Section 3: That in °ranting or refusing the permit
provided for in Section I of this ordinance, the Board of
Commissioners shall take into consideration the place where
such filling station is proposed to be es`ablished, it's
contiguity to adjoining buildings and residences, the explo-
sive character of the oascline and oils to be used or sold
at such filling station, the liability of such filling sta-
tion to become a nuisance or offensive to the inhabitants or
occupants of buildings and residences adjacent thereto; how
longi existing filling stations have been in operation and
the consent or acquiesence in their location by the occupants
or owners of the adjacent buildings.
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Section 4: ThatG�xy person or persons, -firm or
corporation violating any provision of this ordinance shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than Ten Dollars
nor more than Two Hundred Dollars, and each days violation
of any of the teritis of this ordinance is hereby declared to
be a distinct and separate offence and punishable as such.
Sections: This ordinance shall take effect and be
in force from and after it's passage and ublication as re-
quired by law.
I hereby certify that the above and foregoing
Ordinance was duly presented,passed ant adopted by the Board
of Commissi7rers of the City of Fort 'Forth at a Regular
session of said Board held June 29th, A. D. 1920.
James Liston, Jr.,
City Secretary.