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ORDINANCE NO. /7S
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 280 OF CHAPTER 18 OF
THE CITY CODE OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, BEING A PROVISION
FOR THE PAYMENT OF CERTAL4 FEES; REPEALING ALL ORDI-
NANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PRESCRIBING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE. PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE. '
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
Section 1.
That Section 280 of Chapter 18 of the City Code of Fort Worth, Texas,
be amended and after being amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 280. AMOUNT OF FEE
"For each permit issued under the provisions of this arti-
cle, a fee shall be charged and paid by the permittee on the
following basis:
"A fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) shall be charged on the
following occupations, vocations or businesses:
"Restaurant, Dining Room, Cafe, Grocery Store, Meat Market,
Bakery, Food Peddler, Food Factory, Candy Store, Soft Drink
Establishment, Soda Fountain, Lunch Counter, Hamburger Stand,
Watermelon Stand, Bottling Plant, Water Distributor, Hotel,
Tourist Camp, Tourist Court, Motel, Theater, Place of Public
Amusement, 'transient Stock Company, Camival-r Circuar
shop, Beauty Parlor.
"Any other occupation, vocation or business where food or
drink for human consumption is manufactured, stored, sold or
offered for sale, or given away or given in exchange, excepting,
however, those places regulated under city ordinances concerned
with a distinct industry, occupation, vocation or business, for
which the permit fee shall remain as designated in such city
ordinances.
"No fee shall be charged on the following occupations, voca-
tions or businesses:
"Hospital, Maternity Home, Private School, Children's
Boarding Home."
Section 2.
Should any part, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase contained in this ordinance be held to be unconstitutional, such
holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion thereof, but
in all respects said remaining portion shall be and remain in full force and
effect; and the City Council hereby declares that it would not have passed
the unconstitutional part had it known it was invalid and that it would have
passed the remaining part that is not invalid.
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Section 3.
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of the
Health and Sanitation Code, except in those instances where the provisions
of this ordinance are in direct conflict with such other ordinances, in
which instances said conflicting provisions of other ordinances are
hereby repealed.
Section 4.
Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be fined in any sum not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00) and each days violation thereof shall constitute a separate
offense.
Section 5.
That this ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and publication as required by law.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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