HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2414 ORDINANCE N0.
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE PARKING OF
A VEHICIE ON THE STREETS OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH FOR LONGER THAN TWO (2) HOURS;
MAKING THE OWNER OF THE VSSICIE PRIMA FACIE
RESPONSIBIE FOR VIOLATIONS; DEFINING TERNS;
PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT HERSAIITH; PROVIDING A PENALTY
FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF; AND PROVIDING THE
EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
WHEREAS, serious oongestions of traffic, automobile collisions
and personal injuries resulting therefrom are iminent in the City of
Pbrt Worth and its suburbs on account of the hazards created by the
parking of large vehicles on the streets of the City of Fort Worth,
and immediate regulation is required for the greater protection of
the public in general to minimize and eliminate said hazards; NOW,
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT WORTH:
SECTION I.
The following definitions are hereby adopted and declared for
the construction of this ordinance:
a. The word "street" shall mean and embrace every way
or place of whatever nature open to the use of the
public, as a matter of right, for purposes of vehicular
traffic, and shall include the parkways adjacent to the
traveled portion of such ways; said word "street" shall
be construed as including all the traveled way and all
the adjacent parkways, extending from private property
line to private property line.
b. The word "vehicle" shad mean all trailers, buses, trucks,
vans, and other types of trackless conveyances, which area
1. More than 20 feet in length from bumper tip to bumper
tip; or
2. More than 7 feet in width at their widest point; or
3. More than 7 feet in height at their highest point.
c. The word "Park" shall mean the stopping of a vehicle,
whether occupied or not, upon a street, as defined above,
otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while
actually engaged in loading or unloading or in obedience
to traffic signs or signals.
SECTION II.
It shall be unlawful for the driver or owner of any vehicle to
park said vehicle or permit the same to be parked, stand or remain
motionless for a period in excess of two (2).hours on any street within
the corporate limits of the City of lbrt worth.
SECTION III.
If any vehicle is found upon a street or highway in violation
of the provisions of this ordinance and the identity of the driver
cannot be determined, the owner or the person in whose name such
vehicle is held shall be held prima facie responsible for such violation.
SECTION IP.
This ordinance shall be and is hereby declared to be cumulative
of all other ordinances of the City of Fort worth affecting traffic
on its streets and shall not operate to repeal or affect any such
ordinance or ordinances, except in so far as the provisions of such
ordinance or ordinances are in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance, in which instance or instances such conflicting provisions
shall be and are hereby repealed.
SECTION V.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall,
upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not to exceed Two Hundred and
no/lOO Dollars ($200.00), and each violation thereof shall be and is hereby
declared to be a distinct and separate offense and punishable as such.
SECTION VI.
This ordinance shall take effect, and be in full force and effect,
from and after its passage and publication as provided by law.
APPROVED AS TO FORK:
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Assistant City Attorney