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ORDINANCE N0. ~ ~ '
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 9733 OF' THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 9751, SAME BEING
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE EST ABLISHMENT OF PAWNSHOPS,
THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY AND THE ISSUANCE
OF BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR OR RENO-
VAT ION OF STRUCTURES TO BE USED FOR PAWNSHOPS WITHIN THE
CITY PENDING CONSIDERATION BY THE ZONING COMMISSION AND
THE CITY COUNCIL OF RESTRICTIONS REGARDING THE LOCATION OF
PAWNSHOPS IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, BY EXEMPTING FROM THE
PROVISIONS THEREOF CERTAIN LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR
ORDINANCES AND REPEALING ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH; AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on September 30, 1986, the City Council adopted
Ordinance No. 9733 which directed the Zoning Commission of the City
of Fort Worth to conduct public hearings and to report to the City
Council as expeditiously as possible its recommendations relating to
proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance
(Appendix "A" of the Code of the City of Fort Worth), restricting
the location of pawnshops within the City of Fort Worth and in par-
ticular prohibiting the location of pawnshops within the "E" Com-
mercial zoning district of the City of Fort Worth; and
WHEREAS, pending the report of the Zoning Commission, Ordinance
No. 9733 further prohibited the establishment of pawnshops, the
issuance of certificates of occupancy and the issuance of building
permits for the construction, repair or renovation of structures to
be used as pawnshops within the City of Fort Worth; and
WHEREAS, on October 28, 1986, the City Council adopted
Ordinance No. 9751 which amended Ordinance No. 9733 by providing
that the moratorium with respect to pawnshops shall not be appli-
cable to applications for building permits filed prior to
September 30, 1986; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the moratorium with
respect to pawnshops will work a hardship on certain pawnshop
locations which had taken necessary steps to license and operate a
pawnshop prior to the effective date of the moratorium; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth now desires to amend said
Ordinance No. 9733, as amended, to provide that the moratorium with
respect to pawnshops shall not be applicable to locations for which
a secondhand dealer's license was issued by the City of Fort Worth
and an application for a pawnshop license was filed with the State
of Texas prior to September 30, 1986, provided that a pawnshop
license was issued by the State prior to October 28, 1986.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
1.
That Ordinance No. 9733 of the City of Fort Worth, adopted
September 30, 1986, as amended by Ordinance No. 9751, adopted
October 28, 1986, is hereby amended by providing that the moratorium
with respect to pawnshops shall not be applicable to locations for
which a secondhand dealer license had been issued by the City of
Fort Worth and an application for a pawnshop license had been filed
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with the State of Texas prior to September 30, 1986, provided that a
pawnshop license was issued by the State prior to October 28, 1986.
Except as provided above, the moratorium enacted by Ordinance
No. 9733, as amended by Ordinance No. 9751, shall continue in full
force and effect until such time as the City Council adopts an ordi-
nance repealing same. Any pawnshop exempted from the moratorium must
still comply with all other applicable laws and regulations.
SECTION 2 .
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordi-
nances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1964), 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 .
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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