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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 46, "EMERGENCY REPORTING
EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES" OF THE FORT WORTH CITY CODE
(1964), AS AMENDED, BY REVISING THE DEFINITION OF "ALARM
SYSTEM" TO REQUIRE THE PERMITTING OF ALL ALARM SYSTEMS
WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE INTENDED TO SUMMON POLICE SER-
VICES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING THAT
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PRO-
VIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING
FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION;
AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Chapter 46 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas
(1964), as amended, is amended by revising the definition of "Alarm
System" contained in Section 46-1, Definitions, and, following said
amendment, said definition shall read as follows:
"(a) ALARM SYSTEM - means any mechanical or electrical
device which is used to protect buildings or premises from
criminal acts or unauthorized entries by warning persons
of a crime or unauthorized entry through the emission of a
sound or the transmission of a signal or message. Alarm
System does not include an alarm installed on a vehicle
unless the vehicle is permanently located at a site."
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of
ordinances 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such Code are hereby repealed.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.
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
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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.
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. 9032 or any other ordinances affecting alarm systems
which have accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordi-
nance; and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litiga-
tion, 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,
Section 1, 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 hereby
directed to publish the caption, Section 1, 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
Art. 1176b-1, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas.
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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:
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DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT Amendment t0 Burglar Alarm PAGE
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On FabYt~`ry 14, 1984, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 9032 providing for
p~- er fitting of burglar alarm systems in the City of Fort Worth. This ordinance:
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becam,e._ef,fective May 1, 1984, and since that time, staff has determined that the
d~ef~~~i~n used for a burglar alarm system is confusing and lacks clarity.
The e~pa tment of Law advises that the ordinance, as written, applys only to
comme_rci~31 burglar alarm systems which are intended to summon police services of
the C3t~~ Therefore, those alarm systems which alert only the inhabitants of a
premise~s-~without the use of a local alarm are exempted from the permitting re-
quiremen~s of the ordinance.
It is the opinion of the Police Department that all commercial burglar alarm
systems, whether or not they are intended to summon police services, should
comply with the permitting requirements of the ordinance. The Department of Law
has drafted an amendment to the burglar alarm ordinance for this purpose.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance amending the
burglar alarm ordinance to require a permit fvr all commercial alarm systems
in the City of Fort Worth.
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