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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 9935ORDINANCE N0. 17~s~ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22, ARTICLE VII, DIVISION 2, "REGISTRATION", OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS (1986), AS AMENDED, TO PROVIDE THAT, IN ADDITION TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE DESIGNEE OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY AND DUTY TO REGISTER BICYCLES AND PROVIDE APPROPRIATELY DESIGNATED REGISTRATION NUA9BERS FOR SUCH BICYCLES; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS : SECTION 1. That Chapter 22, Article VII, Division 2, "Registration", of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 22-261. Required It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or use a bicycle propelled wholly or in part by muscular power upon any of the streets, alleys or public highways of the City without first obtaining from the Fire Department, or designee of the Chief of Police, a registration number therefor as provided in this division. °'Sec. 22-262. Duration; effect of registration The Fire Department, or designee of the Chief of Police, is hereby authorized and directed to register bicycles, which registration shall be effective for the life of the bicycle, and all such registration numbers, when issued, shall entitle the registrant to operate such bicycles for which such registration numbers have been issued upon all the streets, alleys and public highways, exclusive of the sidewalks thereof, in the City. it "Sec. 22-263. Procedure The Fire Department shall provide at all reasonable hours a registration number stamped thereon, commencing with the number "1", with each number prefixed with the number of the fire station from which such bicycle is registered. The designee of the Chief of Police shall, at the Chief of Police's direction, provide a registration number stamped thereon, commencing with the number "1", with each number prefixed with the letters FWPD. It shall be the duty of the Fire Department, or designee of the Chief of Police, to stamp the frame of each bicycle upon the payment of a registration fee, herein provided, and such shall at all times during the life of the bicycle remain with no obliteration. At the time of the issuance of the registration number, the Fire Department, or desig- nee of the Chief of Police, shall forward to the Police Department, Youth Section, the record of the date of the issuance of each registration, the name of the person to whom the same is issued and the number thereof. "Sec. 22-264. Seizure of unregistered bicycles Any bicycle found upon any street or other public place of the City without a registration as required by this article shall be seized by any police officer and held by the Police Department until such registration has been granted. "Sec. 22-265. Removal, destruction or alteration of num- ber, etc. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate or alter the number of any bicycle frame registered pursuant to this article. It shall also be unlawful for any person to remove, de- stroy, mutilate or alter the number of any registration number, or registration card for identification purposes. "Sec. 22-266. Fee The registration fee to be paid for each bicycle shall be one dollar ($1.00) and shall be paid in advance; and pursuant to Section 22-241 of this article, such registration number may be transferred when the ownership of such bicycle is transferred, and a fee of twenty-five cents shall be paid for such transfer. All registration fees collected under this article shall be paid into the general fund of the City." -2- SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions o.f 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. 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 unconstitu- tional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs 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, sentence, paragraph or section. SECTION 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 Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense. Each day that a vio- lation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. -3- SECTION 5. All rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provisions of Ordinance No. 6550 or any other ordinances affecting bicycles which have accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordinance; and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil and criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances, same shall not be affected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts.. SECTION 6. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption and Sections 1, 4, 7 and 8 in the minutes of the City Council and by filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City. SECTION 7. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby directed to publish the caption and Sections 1, 4, 7 and 8 of this ordinance for two (2) days in the official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Art. 1176b-1, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas. -4- SECTION 8. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as required by law, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorne Date: ~~ ADOPTED: EFFECTIVE: -5- ~. `- --,. ;, ~~~~I-~I= I~(L~[~ 1 a~co~hTlno.z 7'RSP~B~+rlRrnri'avta~us~t'~c :wd~~~ir ~e~~ tf+f3A$I F;R6 Fy(~MINIAi' f~a!=rpg ~1~R9tNIE ~§Y~A1Tt~Z3ii ~i REFERENCE SUBJECT AMENDING CHAPTER 22, ARTICLE VII, PAGE 8/25/87 NUMBER DIVISION 2, REGISTRATION, OF CODE OF 1 ;n~~o~+~i **G-7195 CITY OF FORT WORTH ' °f-_ tia.`riArv. }' RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance amending the City Code to permit the designee of the Chief of Police to register bicycles in the same manner as the Fire Department. DISCUSSION Chapter 22, Article VII, Division 2, "Registration", of the Code of the City of Fort Worth requires any person who operates or uses a bicycle upon any street, alley or public highway t o register said bicycle with the Fire Department prior to the operation or use of the bicycle. Currently, a bicycle may only be registered at fire stations.. If the ordinance i s amended to allow the designee of the Chief of Police t o register bicycles, there would be an increase in service to the citizens, but there would not be an increase in cost. BT/s f ggqq Attachment APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL aUG ~5 !~T Ci,q Secretary of the Ci: y of Fort Worth, TexaB SUBMITTED FOR IHt CITY MANAGER'S _ DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL. PROCESSED BY JFFICE BY ~ APPROVED ORIGINATING C OTHER (DESCRIBE) DEPARTMENT HEAD ThOmaS Windham SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Adopted Ordnance No. O CONTACT '"ndham 5-°3$5 DATE ~11~~®~°