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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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ARTICLE III: MOTOR VEHICLE ESCORTS
DIVISION 1: GENERALLY
§ 34-36 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section.
   MOTOR VEHICLE ESCORT GUIDE. Any person licensed to engage in the business of furnishing a private motor vehicle escort for hire who personally escorts or guides any funeral cortege or overwidth, overlength or overheight motor vehicle or any person employed by another person licensed to engage in the business of furnishing private motor vehicle escort service for hire.
   OFFICIAL POLICE OFFICER’S BADGE. A badge of the size, type and design approved for the use of regular police officers.
   PRIVATE MOTOR VEHICLE ESCORT AGENCY. Any person engaged in the business of furnishing private motor vehicle escorts for hire which employs one or more persons as employees, assistants, clerks or motor vehicle escort guides.
(1964 Code, § 34-48)
Cross-reference:
   Definitions and rules of construction generally, see § 1-2
§ 34-37 APPLICABILITY.
   Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to require licensing of or to prohibit regularly employed officers or deputies of the state department of public safety, the county sheriff or the police department from escorting funeral corteges or oversized, overlength or overwidth vehicles upon the streets and roadways of the city when assigned as an official duty by their respective departments.
(1964 Code, § 34-49)
§ 34-38 ESCORT SERVICE NOT MANDATORY.
   Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as requiring funeral directors or any other persons conducting funerals to contract, hire or employ any private motor vehicle escort service to guide or escort any funeral cortege in the city.
(1964 Code, § 34-50)
§ 34-39 EQUIPMENT ON ESCORT VEHICLES; INSPECTION.
   (a)   A funeral escort guide, while actively engaged in furnishing an escort, shall use either a two-wheel or three-wheel motorcycle which is in good condition and which is equipped with two lamps thereon that display a blue light visible from directly in front of the center thereof. These lamps shall be in addition to those required by state law. It shall be unlawful for escort vehicles to be equipped with a siren.
   (b)   All escort motorcycles shall be inspected prior to use at a time and place designated by the chief of police. No additional equipment may be added after such motorcycle inspection unless the motorcycle is reinspected and approved before use. Any motor vehicle used in performing such escort service shall be subject to inspection at any time by the chief of police or his or her authorized representative.
(1964 Code, § 34-67) (Ord. 8286, § 3, passed 3-10-1981)
§ 34-40 ADVERTISING RESTRICTIONS.
   No person engaged in the business of furnishing private motor vehicle escorts for hire or owner or employee of a private motor vehicle escort agency shall distribute, present or give away any cards, handbills or printed matter of any kind which bear the words “police,” “official” or “officer” in conjunction with advertising an escort service. No advertisement shall state, imply or falsely misrepresent that a private motor vehicle escort service is required by the police department, the city or by any city ordinances.
(1964 Code, § 34-68)
§ 34-41 MANNER OF TRAVEL OF FUNERAL PROCESSION.
   Funeral processions shall travel as close to the right edge of the roadway as practical and at a safe and prudent speed. A funeral procession shall not enter or travel upon any roadway, expressway or freeway which has a posted speed limit of 55 mph between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. or between the hours of 4:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The above restriction shall not apply on a legal holiday. The funeral procession shall obey all traffic laws while on a roadway, expressway or freeway which has a posted speed limit of 55 mph.
(1964 Code, § 34-69) (Ord. 8286, § 4, passed 3-10-1981)
§ 34-42 CARRYING WEAPONS.
   No escort guide, except regularly employed officers or deputies of the department of public safety, the county sheriff’s department of public safety, the county sheriff’s department or the city police department, who are working as off-duty escort guides, shall have on or about his or her person or escort vehicle any offensive or defensive weapon declared to be unlawful by any statutes of the state.
(1964 Code, § 34-77) (Ord. 8286, § 7, passed 3-10-1981)
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