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Fort Worth, TX Code of Ordinances
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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§§ 20-81—20-90 RESERVED.
DIVISION 5: POOL HALLS
§ 20-91 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this division, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section.
   BILLIARD OR POOL TABLE. Any table surrounded by a ledge or cushion with or without pockets, upon which balls are impelled by a stick or cue.
   COIN-OPERATED BILLIARD OR POOL TABLE. Every coin-operated table surrounded by a ledge or cushion with or without pockets, upon which balls are impelled by a stick or cue.
   POOL HALL. Any room, hall, building or place in which there is located any pool or billiard table or tables for the use of which a fee or charge is made, either directly or indirectly, and which place is operated for profit or gain of any kind.
(1964 Code, § 13-25) (Ord. 6738, § 1, passed 10-18-1972)
Cross-reference:
   Definitions and rules of construction generally, see § 1-2
§ 20-92 APPLICABILITY.
   The provisions of this division shall not apply to religious, charitable or educational organizations, authorized under the laws of the state, even though a charge is made for playing, where use of the pool or billiard tables or coin-operated billiard or pool tables is restricted to the members of the organization and from which the general public is excluded.
(1964 Code, § 13-39) (Ord. 6738, § 4, passed 10-18-1972)
§ 20-93 LICENSE—REQUIRED.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a pool hall within the city unless the pool hall has first been licensed for such purpose. The license shall be issued by the assessor-collector of taxes when the conditions of this division have been complied with and when application for license has been approved by the chief of police or the city council.
(1964 Code, § 13-26)
§ 20-94 SAME—APPLICATION.
   Any person desiring a license to operate a pool hall shall file with the chief of police a written application for such license, duly verified under oath, which application shall contain the following information:
   (a)   The location by street and number of the place which is to be used for such purpose, the size thereof, the number of pool or billiard tables proposed to be used and the name and address of the applicant;
   (b)   If the applicant is an individual, a statement that he or she is a bona fide resident of the city and the state, the length of such residence therein, whether or not he or she has ever been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor and, if so, the nature of the offense, and in this connection he or she may be required to submit to fingerprinting by the police department;
   (c)   If the applicant is a firm, association or partnership, all of the information prescribed in subsection (b) of this section as to each individual composing the firm, association or partnership;
   (d)   If the applicant is a corporation, a statement that the applicant is organized and chartered under the laws of the state, or if a foreign corporation, that such corporation is licensed to do business in the state, and the same information with reference to the operator or person in charge of such pool hall shall be given as prescribed in subsection (b) of this section; in addition thereto a list of the officers, directors and stockholders of such corporation shall be given; and
   (e)   Occupation or employment of the applicant for a period of five years next preceding the filing of his or her application.
(1964 Code, § 13-27)
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