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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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§ 20-233 SWITCHMEN ON FIVE CARS OR MORE.
   It shall be the duty of all persons operating trains of five cars or more, over, on or across public streets and highways within the city where such cars are being shoved or pushed ahead of the engine, to place on such train not less than four competent switchmen. The other members of the crew operating such trains within the city shall be stationed so that signals given by switchmen stationed on the end nearest the crossing may be properly conveyed to the engineer operating the engine shoving or pushing such train.
(1964 Code, § 31-30)
§ 20-234 CONNECTING AIR COUPLINGS.
   It shall be the duty of all persons operating trains as provided for in the preceding section to connect and couple up all air couplings and have same in working condition so that same can be operated by the engineer when such trains are shoved or pushed over, on or across public streets and highways within the city.
(1964 Code, § 31-31)
§§ 20-235—20-250 RESERVED.
ARTICLE VII: SECONDHAND DEALERS AND RELATED BUSINESSES
Statutory reference:
   Crafted precious metals, see V.A.C.S. Art. 9009a
   Secondhand metal dealers, see V.A.C.S. Art. 9009
DIVISION 1: GENERALLY
§ 20-251 DEFINITIONS.
   The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
   BUSINESS MACHINES. Typewriters, adding machines, check-writing devices, cash registers, calculators, addressing machines, letter sorting or folding devices, and recording, copying and accounting equipment.
   CRAFTED PRECIOUS METALS. Jewelry, silverware, art objects or any other thing or object made, in whole or in part, from gold, silver, platinum, palladium, iridium, rhodium, osmium, ruthenium or their alloys, excluding coins, commemorative medallions or bullion or bars of such metals.
   LICENSEE. A person in whose name a license has been issued, or a person listed as an applicant on the application for a license.
   POWER TOOLS. Tools powered by electrical current or by liquid or gaseous fuels, including, but not limited to, welding equipment and pneumatic equipment.
   SECONDHAND DEALER.
      (1)   Any person who, in the usual and ordinary course of business, engages in the purchase, sale, barter or trade of used or secondhand goods, wares or merchandise.
      (2)   SECONDHAND DEALER shall include:
         a.   Any business conducted by an established dealer in a permanent location within the city; or
         b.   Any temporary or transient business where the dealer conducts business within the city for a period of more than 30 consecutive days.
   USED OR SECONDHAND GOODS, WARES OR MERCHANDISE.
      (1)   Any item of personal property which is not purchased or sold by a dealer as new or which is acquired by a dealer after having been used or purchased by another.
      (2)   USED OR SECONDHAND GOODS, WARES OR MERCHANDISE shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
         a.   Wearing apparel or clothing of any kind;
         b.   Crafted precious metals, jewelry, precious gems and watches;
         c.   Furniture, home and kitchen appliances, luggage, musical instruments, clocks and photography equipment;
         d.   Weapons and firearms;
         e.   Automobile parts and accessories;
         f.   Business machines;
         g.   Tools, power tools and toolboxes;
         h.   Electronic equipment such as televisions, radios and stereo equipment and accessories; and
         i.   Tobacco products.
      (3)   This term shall not be construed to include goods, wares or merchandise which are purchased or sold as new by the original manufacturer, wholesale distributor or retail businesses.
(1964 Code, § 22-1) (Ord. 9175, § 3, passed 8-21-1984)
Cross-reference:
   Definitions and rules of construction generally, see § 1-2
§ 20-252 REQUIRED RECORDS AND REPORTS.
   (a)   Any secondhand dealer doing business in the city, or any employee or agent of such dealer, who purchases or trades for used or secondhand goods, wares or merchandise in the city for the purpose of resale to the public shall, at the time of purchase, record in a legible manner in duplicate on a sequentially numbered report form, approximately five inches by eight inches in dimension, the following information:
      (1)   An accurate and complete description of the article purchased;
      (2)   Date and time of purchase;
      (3)   The amount of money paid or other consideration exchanged for the property purchased;
      (4)   The name, age, sex, race and place of residence of the person selling the article;
      (5)   The license number of the automobile in which the article was delivered to the secondhand dealer, and the state that issued the license, as reported by the seller;
      (6)   The number of the seller’s drivers license, military identification card, state-issued identification card, or federally issued identification card, except a social security card; and
      (7)   The signatures of the seller and the secondhand dealer.
   (b)   Neither the secondhand dealer nor any employee or agent of such dealer shall purchase or trade for any used or secondhand property unless the seller of such property provides one of the forms of identification required in subsection (a)(6) above.
   (c)   Any secondhand dealer who trades for or purchases used or secondhand goods, wares or merchandise from another licensed secondhand dealer shall be required to record upon the report form only the city license of the secondhand dealer from whom the used or secondhand articles were received, in lieu of the information required by subsection (a) above.
   (d)   The report forms described above shall be furnished by the city to secondhand dealers free of charge. Any secondhand dealer may, at his or her own expense, print and use his or her own report forms, provided such forms conform in dimension and in the information required to the forms furnished by the city.
   (e)   One copy of the completed report shall be mailed to the police department within 48 hours from the time of purchase or trade. The second copy shall be retained by the secondhand dealer for a period of two years. The reports required above shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by the chief of police or any police officer of the city.
   (f)   Neither the secondhand dealer nor any employee or agent of such dealer shall knowingly record false information of a material fact on a report required by this section.
(1964 Code, § 22-8) (Ord. 9175, § 3, passed 8-21-1984)
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