HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 7746 ORDINANCE NO. ,p ,.-•,
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, (1964) , AS AMENDED,
BY AMENDING SECTION 27-50 (ORDINANCE NO.
7711) , WHICH PROHIBI`1'S OPERATION OF
CERTAIN ENTERPRISES IN SPECIFIED AREAS
BY ADDING THE PROHIBITION OF EXHIBITION
OF CERTAIN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT FILMS IN
SPECIFIED AREAS; BY ADDING A LEGAL
NONCONFORMING USE; PROVIDING A PENALTY
NOT TO EXCEED $200.00; AND BY PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTPi,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Section 27-50 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth
(1964) , as amended, (said Section added by Ordinance No. 7711
adopted by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
on March 14, 1978) is amended by adding to subparagraph (a)
thereof a subparagraph to be known as " (5) " which shall be and
read as follows:
" (5) a business or enterprise which for consideration,
shows or offers for showing in a moving picture show or
theatre, film that explicitly depicts:
(A) human genitals in a state of sexual
arousal;
(B) acts of masterbation, sexual intercourse,
or deviate.- sexual intercourse."
SECTION 2.
That Section 27-50 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1964) ,
as amended, (said Section added by Ordinance No. 7711 adopted by
the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas on March 14, 1978)
is further amended by adding a subparagraph (e) thereto which shall
be and read as follows:
" (e) Nonconforming Uses. The use of a building
or structure for the purposes prohibited in
subparagraph (a) above, existing at the time of
the passage of this Ordinance, may be continued
although such use does not conform with the
provisions hereof, and such use may be extended
throughout the building or structure providing
no structural alterations, except those required
by law or ordinance, are made therein. if such
nonconforming use of a building shall be discon-
tinued for a period of 24 hours, every future
use of such premises shall be in conformity with
the provisions of subparagraph (a) , above, and
such other ordinances of the City of Fort Worth
as may be applicable."
SECTION 3.
That a person who violates a provision of this ordinance
is guilty of a separate offense for each day or portion of
a day during which the violation is committed, continued, or
permitted, and each offense is punishable by a fine not to
exceed $200.00.
SECTION 4.
This ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance and
provision of the Fort Worth City Code in conflict herewith but
only insofar as the portion of such prior ordinance or provision
shall be in conflict, and as to all other ordinances or provisions
of the Fort Worth City Code not in conflict herewith, this ordinance
shall be and is hereby made cumulative.
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SECTION 5.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
and effect from and after the date of its passage and
publication as provided by law,,
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ADOPTED:M ray - 0 LL 7
EFFECTIVE:-,-
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