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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3-121, RUNNING UP
AIRCRAFT ENGINES, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS (1 986) , AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING THAT
RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING RUNNING UP AIRCRAFT ENGINES
SHALL BE APPLICABLE AT FORT WORTH MEACHAM AIRPORT AND
FORT WORTH SPINKS AIRPORT; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDI-
NANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR
ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY;
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH , TEXAS
SECTION 1 .
That Section 3-121, running up engines, of the Code of the
City of Fort Worth, Texas (1 986) , as amended , is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"Sec. 3-121. Running up engines at certain locations.
(a) No person shall run up any aircraft engine at
Fort Worth Meacham Airport or Fort Worth Spinks Airport
except in a place designated for such purpose by the
director of aviation or his designated assistant, and
no maintenance run-up shall be conducted between the
hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m.
,~ (b) At no time shall any person run up any air-
craft engine in such a position that hangars, shops or
other buildings or any person shall be in the path of
the propeller or jet blast."
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
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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and such Code are hereby repealed.
SECT ION 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.
SECT ION 4 .
Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys,
omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the
enforcement of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be
fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each
offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall
constitute a separate offense.
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SECT ION 5.
A11 rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
are expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provi-
sions of Section 3-121 which have accrued at the time of the
effective date of this ordinance; and, as to such accrued viola-
tions and all pending litigation, both civil and criminal,
whether pending in court or not, under such section, same shall
not be affected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until
final disposition by the courts.
SECT ION 6 .
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby
directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the
caption, penalty clause and effective date in the minutes of the
City Council and by filing the ordinance in the ordinance records
of the City.
SECTION 7.
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is here-
by directed to publish the caption, penalty clause and effective
date of this ordinance for two (2) days in the official newspaper
of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Section
52.013, Texas Local Government Code.
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SECT ION 8 .
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and publication as required by law, and it is
so ordained .
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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cEN9TE REFERENCE suB~ECr ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE AP1ENDING PAGE
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G-8192 SECTION 3-121 RUNNING UP AIRCRAFT 1
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ENGINES OF THE FORT WORTH CITY CODE
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RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance amending
Section 3-121, Running Up Aircraft Engines, of the Fort Worth City Code.
BACKGROUND
On August 8~', 1989, the City Council took several actions concerning
development of a proposed American Airlines maintenance base adjacent to
Alliance Airport.
One Council action was the approval of M&C C-11803, which authorized the City
h1anager to sign a master agreement for the maintenance base. Section 6.01(b)
of the master agreement states
"To further render the Airport and project suitable for American's
intended purposes, the City agrees prior to September 1, 1989, to amend
Section 3-121 of the City Code so as to exempt the airport and the
surrounding area (including the land and the Option Land) from the
provisions thereof such that maintenance run-ups of aircraft engines may
be carried out on the Land and/or the Option Land on a 24-hour per day
basis."
The attached ordinance would amend Section 3-121 of the City Code so as to
comply with the above master agreement provision.
City Council has previously adopted an airport zoning ordinance for Alliance
Airport. This ordinance is designed to provide adequate noise control
regulations for Alliance Airport and will remain in effect.
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Attachment
APPROVED BY
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Cite Secretazp o:E the
Citp of Fort Worth, Texas
SUBMITTED FOR THE
CITY MANAGER'S
OFFICE BY Davi d Ivor DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL.
^ APPROVED PROCESSED BY
ORIGINATING ^ OTHER (DESCRIBE)
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Wade Adkins CITY SECRETARY
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CONTACT Adkins 7606 Ado tP.d Ordi
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