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(a) Spaces and stands for a valet parking service may not:
(1) Be within ten feet of a crosswalk;
(2) Be within ten feet of a fire hydrant, fire call box, police or other emergency facility;
(3) Be within five feet of a driveway;
(4) Be within three feet in front of or 15 feet behind a sign marking a designated bus stop;
(5) Be within five feet of a bus bench; or
(6) Reduce the unobstructed space for the passage of pedestrians to less than four feet.
(b) The director may require greater distances than those prescribed in subsection (a) above when warranted by special vehicular or pedestrian traffic conditions.
(c) The licensee must adhere to the map submitted under § 30-91(a)(2) as approved by the director.
(Ord. 15092, § 1, passed 5-7-2002; Ord. 22224-05-2016, § 1, passed 5-17-2016)
(a) A licensee shall procure, or cause to be procured, and keep in full force and effect, and shall keep on file with the director, a policy of garage liability and garage keepers liability insurance, as evidenced by a certificate of insurance issued by a casualty insurance company authorized to do business in this state and accepted by the risk manager for the City of Fort Worth. The insured provisions of the policy must include a waiver of subrogation in favor of the City of Fort Worth as well as name the City of Fort Worth, and its officers and employees, as additional insureds. The coverage provisions must insure the public from loss or damage that may arise to any person or property by reason of the operation of a valet parking service by the licensee.
(b) The garage liability insurance shall provide liability for bodily injury and property damage resulting from the garage operations or operations of any auto whether or not owned by the insured and shall be in the minimum limit of $1,000,000; other than garage operations which shall be $1,000,000 per occurrence and an aggregate of $2,000,000.
(c) In addition, the garage keepers insurance must provide a limit of liability for property damage of not less than $1,000,000 for vehicles in the care custody and control of the licensee. Maximum deductibles shall not exceed $1,000 per unit, $5,000 per loss comprehensive and $1,000 for collision.
(d) The insurance policy required by subsection (a) of this section shall contain an endorsement which provides for ten days' notice to the director in the event of any material change or cancellation of the policy.
(e) Upon the director's approval, an exception to the following requirements may be made if the exclusion of garage liability is waived and endorsed by the commercial general liability insurance policy to include garage operations.
(f) This section does not preclude additional or more stringent requirements for valet parking services operated under a contract with the City of Fort Worth.
(Ord. 15092, § 1, passed 5-7-2002; Ord. 15201, § 1, passed 8-27-2002; Ord. 18318-09-2008, § 4, passed 9-30-2008; Ord. 22224-05-2016, § 1, passed 5-17-2016)
Licensee, and any independent contractor used by the licensee, must execute a written agreement to indemnify and hold harmless the City of Fort Worth and its officers and employees against all claims or injury or damage to persons or property arising out of the operation of the valet parking service by the licensee.
(Ord. 15092, § 1, passed 5-7-2002; Ord. 22224-05-2016, § 1, passed 5-17-2016)
(a) The director is authorized to place city signs or curb markings at a location licensed for a valet parking service pursuant to this article.
(b) The signs and markings shall:
(1) Indicate that the location is restricted for use by a valet parking service;
(2) State the days and hours of operation of the valet parking service; and
(3) Include a tow away sign.
(Ord. 15092, § 1, passed 5-7-2002; Ord. 22224-05-2016, § 1, passed 5-17-2016)
The purpose this article is to promote the public health, safety and general welfare of the citizens and visitors to the downtown area of Fort Worth through the regulation of placement, type, appearance and maintenance of newsracks on public rights-of-way so as to:
(a) Provide for pedestrian and driver safety and convenience;
(b) Restrict unreasonable interference with the flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic, including, but not limited to, ingress into and egress from any residence or place of business, or from the street to the sidewalk, or from the sidewalk to the street by persons exiting or entering parked or standing vehicles;
(c) Provide for the safety of the general public and property during emergency conditions;
(d) Provide reasonable access for the use and maintenance of poles, posts, traffic signs and/or signals, hydrants, mailboxes, sidewalks, planters, pavers and access to locations used for public transportation;
(e) Allow for the placement and maintenance of newsracks in areas, as determined by the city, which afford easy, convenient service to pedestrians, but do not obstruct or interfere with access to abutting properties, and which do not impede or endanger pedestrian, bicycle or vehicular traffic;
(f) Relocate, replace and/or remove newsracks which result in visual blight and/or are not installed according to this ordinance on the public rights-of-way or which block or interfere with the aesthetics of store window displays, adjacent businesses, landscaping, street furniture, public or private, and other improvements as well as to allow the removal of abandoned newsracks;
(g) Maintain and protect the values of surrounding properties, and ensure that the aesthetics and historical attributes of the downtown area and businesses are not compromised by the unregulated placement of newsracks in the public right-of-way;
(h) Reduce unnecessary exposure of the public to personal injury or property damage;
(i) Maintain and preserve freedom of the press to distribute periodicals and newspapers; and
(j) Reduce visual blight and improve the aesthetic appearance of the city’s streets and sidewalks for the merchants, citizens and visitors to the city by coordinating the placement and number of newsracks on public rights-of-way.
(Ord. 17529, § 1, passed 5-1-2007, eff. 9-1-2007)
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