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ORDINANCE N0 . ~D ~~~
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX B, "DEPARTMENT OF CITY
SERVICES", OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH
(1986), AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SUBSECTION (C) OF
SECTION 11A-8, WEEDS AND BRUSH, HIGH GROWTH AND ACCUMU-
LATION PROHIBITED, EXCEPTION; PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES AND
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PROVISIONS OF THE CODE OF
THE CITY OF FORT WORTH IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND
ENROLLMENT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
Subsection (c) of Section 11A-8 of the Code of the City of
Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby amended and, after
having been so amended, shall be and read as follows:
"Sec. 11A-8. Weeds and brush, high growth and accumula-
tion prohibited, exception.
"(c) It shall be unlawful for any person having
charge of or control of any property to suffer or
permit grass, weeds or any plant that is not cultivated
to grow in rank profusion, or otherwise, in or upon the
parkway adjacent thereto, or the area between the
property line and the edge of the street pavement, to a
height greater than twelve (12) inches on an average."
SECTION 2
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordi-
nances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986),
as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in
direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such
Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances
and such Code are hereby repealed.
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SECTION 3.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and
phrases of this ordinance are severable, and, if any phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be
declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall
not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, para-
graphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have
been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in
this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sen-
tence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 4.
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby
directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the cap-
tion and effective date in the minutes of the City Council and by
filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City.
SECTION 5.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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EFFECTIVE:
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~`~B~~tC~l ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION ~c) OF SECTION 11A-8 OF THE CITY
CODE RELATING TO THE GROWTH AND ACCUMULATI N OF WEEDS AND BRUSH
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance amending
Subsection (c) of Section 11A-8 of the City Code relating to the growth and
accumulation of weeds and brush.
BACKGROUND:
The current Code provision requires the person having charge or control of property to
maintain the area of the property between the property line and the curb line. The
recommended ordinance changes "curb line" to "edge of street pavement".
Attachment
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Su itte for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER ANOUNT CITY SECRETARY
office by: to APPROVED BY
CITY C~UNCI
Mike Groomer 6140
Originating Department Head: opted Ordinance No
OCT 22 iy91
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