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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH (1986) "'PLUMBING" BY AMENDING SECTIONS 1.16
AND 2.4(3) OF SECTION 26-2 THEREOF, CHANGING THE AMOUNTS
OF FEES FOR BUSINESS REGISTRATION AND FOR APPEALS TO THE
PLUMBING BOARD; MAKING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE
CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS
SECTION 1.
Section 1 . 16 of Section 26-2 (a) of the Code of the City of Fort
Worth ( 1 986 ) is amended to read as follows
"Section 1.16 - Business registration.
"Any firm, business or organization consisting of an
individual or individuals licensed as plumbers by the
State of Texas who are conducting business in the City of
Fort Worth shall regi;ater with the City of Fort Worth on
forms provided by the Department of Development. Such
business registration shall be renewed annually effective
January 1 of each year. The fees for the initial registra-
tion and the renewal shall be as follows:
Initial registration $100.00
Annual renewal $ 50.00
Registration after January 31 of each year shall have a
late fee of $25.00 added. After being delinquent for a
period of one year, a new fee of $100.00 shall be re-
quired."
SECTION 2.
Paragraph (3) of Section 2.4 of Section 26-2(b) of the Code of
the City of Fort Worth (1986) is amended to read as follows:
"Section 2.4(3) - Fee.
"An application shall be filed and a fee of Fifty
Dollars ($50.00) shall. be paid on an appeal to the plumb-
ing board for any reason."
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SECTION 3.
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are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4.
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 5.
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 and 2 in the minutes of the City Council and by filing
the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City.
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SECTION 6.
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:
City Attorney
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Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council amend the Plumbing Code of the City of
Fort Worth and adopt the code change as follows.
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The Plumbing Code of the City of Fort Worth codified in Chapter 26, Code of the
City of Fort Worth (1986) regulates the registrations of plumbing related
businesses eligible to obtain permits and install plumbing in the City of Fort
Worth. The initial registrat;ion fee is $100.00 with all renewals being $50 00
and due January 1 of each year. The City Staff recommends a late fee of $25 00
be charged on all renewals rE~ceived after January 31 of each year
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance amending
the Plumbing Code of the City of Fort Worth to increase the appeal fee to fifty
dollars ($50.00) so as to comply wit:h the City Staff recommendations increasing
the fees for all appeals to t:he Building Codes Boards.
The City Staff recommends this code change.
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