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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 3011, AS AMENDED, THE
COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE, CODIFIED AS APPENDIX A OF
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS (1964), AS
AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 27 THEREOF BY' PROVIDING FOR A
MAXIMUM FINE OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1.,000.00) FOR ANY
VIOLATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE; PROVIDING
THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING .FOR PUBLICATION
IN PAMPHLET FORM; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLL-
MENT; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFEC-
TIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Ordinance No. 3011, as amended, is hereby amended by re-
wising Section 27 thereof to read as follows:
"Section 27. Enforcement, legal procedure, penalties.
"It shall be the duty of the City Manager, through
the proper department, to enforce this ordinance.
"Any person, firm or corporation who violates, dis-
obeys, 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 One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense. Each day that a vio-
lation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate
offense."
SECTION 2.
That 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such Code are hereby repealed.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.
That 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, paragraphs and
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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 sec-
tion.
SECTION 4.
That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is
hereby authorized to publish this ordinance in pamphlet form for
general distribution among the public, and the operative provisions
of this ordinance as so published shall be admissible in evidence in
all courts without further proof than the production thereof, as
provided in Chapter XXV, Section 3, of the Charter of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas.
SECTION 5.
That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is
hereby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the
caption, Section 1 and effective date of same in the minutes of the
City Council and by filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of
the City.
SECTION 6.
That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is
hereby directed to publish the caption, Section 1 and effective date
of this ordinance for five (5) days in the official newspaper of the
City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Art. 1176b-1, Revised
Civil Statutes of Texas.
SECTION 7.
That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after the date of passage and publication as above specified.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT PAGE
NUMBER for Violation of City Ordinances 1
9/13/83 G-5750 i or_~ __
In the past, the City of Fort Worth has been limited to $200.00 in the amount it
could charge for the violation of any of its ordinances. The Texas Legislature
recently passed SB 856,~which authorizes home-rule cities to charge a fine or
penalty of up to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for violations of all ordi-
nances governing fire safety, zoning and public health and sanitation other than
vegetation and litter violations. This law took effect September 1, 1983; how-
ever, it is still necessary for the City of Fort Worth to amend its ordinances
in corder t~~charge, rip to a $1,000.00 fine.
The Legal Department has prepared four ordinances amending four chapters of the
City Code - Chapter 15 (The Fire Code), Chapter 16, "Garbage", Chapter 19,
"Health and Sanitation", and Appendix A (The Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance) -
to provide for a maximum fine of $1,000.00 where permitted by state law.
commendation:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinances providing
for a maximum fine of $1,000.00 for violations of the above Code chapters regu-
lating fire safety, zoning and public health and sanitation.
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APPROVED BY
CITY COUNCIL
SUBMITTED FOR THE
CITY MANAGER'S
f1FFICE BY
ORIGINATING
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Jade Adkins
FOR ADDIilONA4 INFORMATION
CONTACT Waynl
SEP 13 1983
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