HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2527 ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 10 OF CHAPTER 1 OF
TITLE VII OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH BY CHANGING SAID SECTION AS SHOWN
BELOW; PRDVIDING THAT IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL TO
DISCHAFd E FIRE ARMS OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR OTHER
EXPLOSIVE MATTER OR MAKE ANY BONFIRE IN THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF FORT WORTH; MAKING EXCEP—
TICNS THERETO; REPEALING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF
ALL OTHER ORDINANCES AFFECTING FIRE ARMS OR
EXPLOSIVES EXCEPT IN THOSE INSTANCES IN WHICH
A CONFLICT EXISTS; FIXING A PENALTY FOR THE
VIOLATION THEREOF OF A FINE IN ANY SUM NOT LESS
THAN ONE DOLLAR ($1.00) NOR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($100.00); AND FIXING THE EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION I:
That Section 10 of Chapter 1 of Title VII of the Remised Ordinances
of the City of Fort Worth be amended so that said Section shall hereafter
read as follows:
Section 10: Explosion of Powder, etc. — — It shall be unlawful
for any person or persons to shoot off, fire or discharge, any
gun, pistol-revolver or any fire arms of any description, or to
fire, explode or to set off any squib, fire cracker, torpedo,
roman candle, any sky rocket or other thing containing powder
or other explosive matter, or to throw any fire ball, or make
any bonfire in the corporate limits of the City of Fort Worth,
and any person or persons violating the provisions of this
section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon con—
viction thereof, shall be fined in any sum of money not less
than One Dollar ($1.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
Nothing in this section of this chapter shall be so construed
as to prohibit discharge of fire arms on premises owned or operated by any
branch of the Armed Service of the United States Government, Texas National
Guard, or Texas State Guard or any responsible organization existing for
the purpose of operating and maintaining a rifle or pistol firing-range pro-
viding such discharge is in the course of the regular functions and course of
training of such branch of the Armed Service, Texas National Guard, Texas
State Guard or such organization and providing further such branch of the
Armed Service, Texas National Guard, or Texas State Guard, or organization
has secured and holds a permit from the City Council of the City of Fort
Worth so to do on the premiass involved.
SECTION II.
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all of the provisions
and sections of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Fort Worth and other
ordinances of the City of Fort Worth relating to the regulating of the
discharge of fire arms and fire works except in those instances where the
provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with such provisions,
in which instances said conflicting provisions are expressly repealed.
SECTION III.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after
the date of its passage and publication as required by law.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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