HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 6945 ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PARAGRAPH 16 OF SECTION 27-
19 OF CHAPTER XXVII OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH (1964) , AS AMENDED; REGULATING THE PARK-
ING OF MOTOR VEHICLES WITHIN PARK AND RECREATION
AREAS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; MAKING THIS ORDI-
NANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES; REPEALING
ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABIL-
ITY 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 Paragraph 16 of Section 27-19 of Chapter XXVII
of the Code of the City of Fort worth (1964) , as amended,
be, and the same is hereby amended by the addition thereto
of the following subparagraphs:
" (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to
stop, stand or park any motor vehicle
or to permit any such motor vehicle to
so stop, stand or park within the con-
fines of any park or recreation area,
except such as may be necessary or inci-
dental to park visits or such as may be
due to accidental or temporary mechanical
failure of such vehicle or such as may
be occasioned by the order of any police
officer, park ranger or person charged
with the supervision of any park or recre-
ation area.
" (d) If any motor vehicle is found within the
confines of any park or recreation area
in violation of any prior provision of
this paragraph and the identity of the
operator of such vehicle cannot be deter-
mined, the owner or person in whose name
such vehicle is registered shall be held
prima facie responsible for such violation. "
SECTION 2.
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions
of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1964) , as amended, and
all other ordinances of the City of Fort Worth, except in
those instances where the provisions of this ordinance
are in direct conflict with the provisions of such code
or other ordinances, in which instances said conflicting
provisions of such code or other ordinances are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 3.
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 unconsti-
tutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such voidness, ineffectiveness or
unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining
phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or 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, paragraph or section.
SECTION 4.
That any person, firm, association of persons, company
or corporation, or their agents, servants or employees, who
violate, disobey, neglect or refuse to comply with any of
the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined in any sum
not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) , and each day
that a violation exists is hereby declared to be a distinct
and separate offense and punishable as such, all as provided
for in Section 1-5 of Chapter I of the Code of the City of
Fort worth (1964) , as Amended.
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SECTION 5.
That this ordinance shall become effective and be in
full force and effect from and after the date of its pas-
sage and publication, as required by law, and it is so or-
dained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND LEGALITY:
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City Attorney
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