HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 22768-06-2017ORDINANCE NO. 22768-06-2017
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20 (LICENSES AND
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS REGULATIONS) ARTICLE II
(AMUSEMENTS), DIVISION 4: DANCE HALLS, SECTION 20-66 AND
DIVISION 5: POOL HALLS, SECTION 20-97, OF THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS (ZO15), AS AMENDED, BY
REPEALING THE LANGUAGE "SIGNED AND SEALED BY THE
ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR OF TAXES"; PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth strives to protect the health, safety, and welfare of its
citizens through reasonable exercise of its police powers; and
WHEREA5, Article II, Division 4, Section 20-66 and Division 5, Section 20-97 of Chapter 20
of the City Code prescribes that the City Seal and the signature of the Assessor-Collector of Taxes be
applied to certain permits; and
WHEREAS, the City is in the process of implementing a new system to produce permits
issued by the Department of Financial Management Services and seeks to standardize the production of
permits to gain efficiency; and
WHEREAS, the practice of affixing the City Seal and the signature of the Assessor-Collector
of Taxes to permits issued by the Department of Financial Management Services was discontinued at an
earlier point using the City's legacy system to pr•oduce permits; and
WHEREAS, other similar City permits do not require or cariy the City Seal or any signature;
and
WHEREAS, staff recommends amending Article II, Division 4, Section 20-66 and Division 5,
Section 20-97.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1
That the second sentence of Chapter 20, At-ticle II, Division 4, Section 20-66 be amended to
strike the words "signed and sealed by the assessor-collector of taxes and" that the same words be struck
fl�om the second sentence of Chapter 20, Article II Division 5, Section 20-97.
S�CTION 2.
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of the
City of Fort Worth, Texas (2015), as amended, except where provisions of this ordinance are in direct
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conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which the conflicting provisions of sttch
ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3.
It is hereby declared to be the ii�tention of the Ciry Council that the sections, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses and phr•ases of the ordinance are sevei•able, and if any phrase, clause, sentence,
pai•agrapli oi• section of this ordinance shall be declai•ed unconstihitional by the valid judginent or decree
of any coui�t of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining
phrases, clauses, sentences, paragrapl�s and sectioiis of this ordinance, since tlle same would have been
enacted by tlle City Council �vithout the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unco7�stitutiona)
plu�ase, clause, sentence, parag��aph or section.
SECTION 4.
All rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to any and
all violations of tl�e provisions of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, or any other ordinances of the City,
that have accrued at the time ofthe effective date ofthis ardinance; and, as to such accrued violations and
al) pending litigation, both civil and criminal, �vhether pending in coui-t or not, under such ordinances,
same shal( not be affected by tl�is ordinance, but nlay be prosecuted until final disposition by tlle coui•ts.
SECTION 5.
The City Secretaiy of the City of Fort Worth is hereby ciirected to engi•oss and enroll this
ordinance by copying this caption and effective date in the mintrtes of the City Council and by tiling the
ordinance in the ordinance records of the City.
SECTION 6.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its adoption, and
it is so ordained.
-. \PPROVED !�S TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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Denis-C. McEltoy; Sr. Assistant City Attoi•ney
ADOPTED AND EFFECTIVE: June 20, 2017
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City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
COUNCIL ACTiON. Approved on 6/20/2017 -'Ordinance `No. 22768-06 20'17
DATE: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 REFERENCE NO.: **G-19031
LOG NAME: 13AMEND ORDINANCE-POOL HALL AND DANCE HALL PERMITS
SUBJECT:
Adopt Ordinance Amending Chapter 20, Article II, Division 4, Section 20-66 and Division 5, Section 20-97
of the City Code to Language in Article II that Requires Dance Hall and Pool Hall Permits to be Signed and
Sealed by the Assessor-Collector of Taxes (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance to amend Chapter 20, Article II,
Division 4, Section 20-66 and Division 5, Section 20-97, of the City's Code of Ordinance to make it
consistent with other similar ordinances, longstanding and current practice, and to eliminate redundancies
by excluding language requiring Dance Hall and Pool Hall Permits to be signed and sealed by the
assessor-collector of taxes.
DISCUSSION:
The purpose of this Mayor and Council Communication (M&C) is to remove language in Article II of
Chapter 20 of the City Code relating to Dance Hall and Pool Hall Permits that is considered unnecessary
and inconsistent with current practice.
The City's Department of Financiai Management Services, Revenue Section, issues a variety of City
Permits including Dance Hall and Pool Hall Permits. Under the current practice, all permits are produced
from the City's legacy financial management system and none of the permits produced have ever been
formatted to include a signature or City seal. Article II, contains language requiring Dance Hall and Pool
Hall Permits to have the City seal and the signature of the Assessor-Collector of taxes applied to them.
There are no distinct or compelling reasons in the Article supporting this differentiation for these two types
of permits.
As the City prepares to replace its long-serving financial management system used to produce permits
with the ERP and point-of-sale systems to improve controls, gain efficiency, and streamline the permitting
process, Staff is recommending that the City Council amend the ordinance to repeal the language "signed
and sealed by the assessor-collector of taxes" from Dance Hall and Pool Hall permit contents
requirements.
This M&C does not request approval of a contract with a business entity.
FISCAL INFORMATION / CERTIFICATION:
The Director of Finance certifies that this will have no material effect on City funds.
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