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FORT WORTH, TEXAS CODE OF ORDINANCES
OFFICIALS of the CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
PART I: THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH
PART II: CITY CODE
CHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2: ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 2.5: RETIREMENT
CHAPTER 3: AIRPORTS AND AIRCRAFT
CHAPTER 4: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
CHAPTER 5: AMBULANCES/EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
CHAPTER 6: ANIMALS AND FOWL
CHAPTER 7: BUILDINGS
CHAPTER 8: CABLE COMMUNICATION SERVICE
CHAPTER 9: COMMUNITY FACILITIES AGREEMENTS
CHAPTER 10: COURTS
CHAPTER 11: ELECTRICITY
CHAPTER 11.5: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 12: EMERGENCY REPORTING EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 12.5: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND COMPLIANCE
CHAPTER 13: FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
CHAPTER 14: RESERVED
CHAPTER 15: GAS
CHAPTER 16: HEALTH AND SANITATION
CHAPTER 17: HUMAN RELATIONS
CHAPTER 18: LAKE WORTH
CHAPTER 19: LIBRARIES
CHAPTER 20: LICENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 21: RESERVED
CHAPTER 22: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
CHAPTER 23: OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 24: PARK AND RECREATION
CHAPTER 25: RESERVED
CHAPTER 26: PLUMBING
CHAPTER 27: POLICE
CHAPTER 28: PUBLIC UTILITIES
CHAPTER 29: SIGNS
CHAPTER 29.5: SMOKING
CHAPTER 30: STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
CHAPTER 31: SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE
CHAPTER 32: TAXATION
CHAPTER 33: TREES, SHRUBS, ETC.
CHAPTER 34: VEHICLES FOR HIRE
CHAPTER 35: WATER AND SEWERS
CHAPTER 36: RESERVED
APPENDIX A: ZONING REGULATIONS
APPENDIX B: CODE COMPLIANCE
APPENDIX C: RESERVED
CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE
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§§ 17-23—17-35 RESERVED.
ARTICLE III: DISCRIMINATION
DIVISION 1: GENERALLY
§§ 17-36—17-45 RESERVED.
DIVISION 2: PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION
§ 17-46 DEFINITIONS.
   The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
   AGE. In the context of unlawful discrimination on the basis of age, the prohibitions in this division shall be limited to individuals who are at least 40 years of age.
   AGENCY. The diversity and inclusion department’s staff supervised by its director.
   BAR AND LOUNGE. Every bar, lounge or tavern licensed by the state to serve alcoholic beverages of any content, including wines and beer, for consumption on the premises, other than restaurants and nightclubs as defined in this section.
   DIRECTOR. The individual designated by the city manager as the director of the diversity and inclusion department, or the director’s designee.
   DISABILITY. Has the same definition as it has in § 17-66 of this chapter.
   DISCRIMINATION. Disparate treatment or treatment resulting in disparate effect, which shall include, but not be limited to, withholding or denying of entry, services or facilities, or any other advantage offered to the general public by a place of public accommodation.
   GENDER EXPRESSION. A person’s external characteristics and behaviors including, but not limited to, dress, grooming, mannerisms, speech patterns and social interactions that are socially identified with a particular gender.
   GENDER IDENTITY. A person’s innate, deeply felt sense of gender, which may or may not correspond to the person’s body or sex listed on their original birth certificate.
   HOTEL AND MOTEL. Every establishment offering lodging to transient guests for compensation, but such terms shall not apply to any such establishment if the majority of occupants are permanent residents and have their fixed place of domicile therein.
   NIGHTCLUB. Nightclubs, cabarets or coffeehouses offering facilities for public entertainment, social recreation or group amusement or relaxation, and also offering for sale any beverage, whether alcoholic or nonalcoholic.
   PLACE OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION. Every business within the city, whether wholesale or retail, which is open to the general public and offers for compensation any product, service or facility. The term PLACE OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION shall include all hotels, motels, restaurants, bars, lounges, nightclubs or cabarets where food or beverages are sold or offered for sale, theaters, retail houses, washeterias, bowling alleys, skating rinks, golf courses, all public conveyances, as well as the stations or terminals thereof, kindergartens, day care centers and nursery schools.
   RESTAURANT. Every café, cafeteria, coffeeshop, sandwich shop, parlor or luncheonette which offers food or beverages for purchase and consumption on the premises, but shall not include places at which alcoholic beverages are sold other than as an accompaniment to meals.
   SEXUAL ORIENTATION. Heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality or being identified with such orientation.
   THEATER. Every place, whether indoors or out-of-doors, at which any theatrical performance, moving picture show, musical concert, circus or carnival is offered for consumption.
   TRANSGENDER. A person who experiences and/or expresses their gender differently from conventional or cultural expectations including, but not limited to those who express a gender that does not match the sex listed on their original birth certificate or who physically alter their sex.
(1964 Code, §§ 13A-11, 13A-13) (Ord. 6205, §§ 2, 3, passed 11-24-1968; Ord. 6505, §§ 1, 2, passed 6-28-1971; Ord. 7906, §§ 1, 3, passed 5-1-1979; Ord. 13981, § 1, passed 10-26-1999; Ord. 14344, § 1, passed 9-26-2000; Ord. 14832, § 2, passed 10-15-2001; Ord. 18909-11-2009, § 1, passed 11-10-2009; Ord. 19374-09-2010, § 1 (Exh. A), passed 9-28-2010, eff. 10-1-2010; Ord. 24023-01-2020, § 1 (Exh. A), passed 2-2-2020)
Cross-reference:
Definitions and rules of construction generally, see § 1-2
§ 17-47 EXEMPTIONS.
   This division shall not apply to any hotel, motel, restaurant, bar, lounge, nightclub, cabaret or theater operated by a bona fide private club when the accommodations, advantages, facilities and services are restricted to the members of such club and their guests; nor to any bona fide social, fraternal, educational, civic, political or religious organization, or to any private kindergarten, day care center or nursery school, when the profits of such accommodations, advantages, facilities and services, above reasonable and necessary expenses, are solely for the benefit of such organization.
(1964 Code, § 13A-11) (Ord. 6205, § 3, passed 11-24-1968; Ord. 6505, § 2, passed 6-28-1971; Ord. 7906, § 1, passed 5-1-1979; Ord. 13981, § 1, passed 10-26-1999; Ord. 14344, § 1, passed 9-26-2000; Ord. 14832, § 2, passed 10-15-2001; Ord. 19374-09-2010, § 1 (Exh. A) passed 9-28-2010, eff. 10-1-2010; Ord. 24023-01-2020, § 1 (Exh. A), passed 2-2-2020)
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