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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15 FIRE CODE OF
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1964), AS
AMENDED, BY REPEALING SECTION 15-181 PARAGRAPHS
E-1 THE FIRST SENTENCE OF E-2 F-1, F-2 AND F-3
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE PROVIDING A SEVERA-
BILITY CLAUSE AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SECTION 1
That Section 15-181 E of Chapter 15 of the Code of the City of
Fort Worth (1964) as amended be and the same is hereby amended to
read as follows
E Delivery nozzles
1 The use of any device except an automatic nozzle
which permits the dispensing of Class I, II or III liquids
at a time when the hand of the operator is removed from the
nozzle control lever is hereby forbidden
2 In lieu of nozzle controls being held open by
hand an automatic nozzle may be used for dispensing Class I
flammable liquids into the fuel tank of a vehicle Such
nozzle shall have the latch-open device as an integral part
of the assembly and shall shut off the liquid when the tank
is filled, when the nozzle falls from the filling neck of
the tank when it is subject to rough usage or lack of
proper lubrication or when the vehicle is moved while the
nozzle is still in the tank A competent attendant shall
remain in the immediate vicinity of the vehicle being filled
by such a nozzle
SECTION 2
That Section 15-181 F of Chapter 15 of the Code of the City of
Fort Worth (1964) as amended be, and the same is hereby amended to
be repealed in its entirety
SECTION 3
That all rights or remedies of the City of Fort Worth Texas are
expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provisions of
Chapter 15 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1964) as amended,
and of any other ordinance affecting the Fire Code 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 chapter and/or
other ordinances, same shall not be affected by this ordinance but may
be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts
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SECTION 4
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 void
ineffective or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or final decree
of a court of competent jurisdiction such voidness ineffectiveness
or 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 herein of any such void ineffective or unconstitutional
phrase, clause sentence Naragraph or section
SECTION 5
That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after the date of its passage and publication as required by law and
it is so ordained
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
Paul C Isharn City Attorney
Mtsyo~° and ~oun~a,l ~ommu~a.~~a~~o~.
DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT Amen ment of F~.re Code PAGE
NUMBER Regarding Self-Dispensing of
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The present City Code of the City of Fort Worth prohibits self-service gasoline
stations These provisions are not being enforced and mast stations now have
self-service isles The Fire Code of the City of Fort Worth should be amended
to permit self-service dispensing of fuels
Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance which would
allow for the self-dispensing of motor vehicle fuels
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