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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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§ 34-44 IDENTIFICATION OF CORTEGE; AUTHORITY OF GUIDES TO DIRECT TRAFFIC.
   (a)   All funeral corteges within the city must be properly identified as such by having all vehicles in the cortege turn on their headlights.
   (b)   All vehicles in any unescorted funeral cortege shall obey all traffic laws on every roadway within the city. All vehicles in a funeral cortege which have been properly designated and which are being led by motor escort guides shall have the right-of-way over all other vehicles, except fire apparatus, ambulances and police vehicles, at any roadway intersection within the city, and such procession may be escorted through stop signs or signalized intersections without stopping, but the drivers of such motor vehicles shall exercise due regard for the safety of all approaching vehicles, and funeral processions being escorted hereunder shall be subject at all times to the control of police officers of the city; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to overheight, overlength or overwidth vehicles or loads as defined in the state traffic code nor to the operation of such vehicles in the city as such vehicles shall at all times be subject to the traffic laws of the city.
   (c)   Funeral escort guides shall not stop traffic approaching from the opposite direction or force or direct such traffic to move off the roadway, except that oncoming traffic may be stopped at intersections and other places to assist the cortege in making left turns.
(1964 Code, § 34-79) (Ord. 8286, § 8, passed 3-10-1981)
§§ 34-45—34-55 RESERVED.
DIVISION 2: BUSINESS LICENSE
Cross-reference:
   Licenses and miscellaneous business regulations, see Ch. 20
§ 34-56 REQUIRED.
   No person shall engage in the business of furnishing a private motor vehicle escort for hire within the city without first having obtained a license certificate therefor; provided, that persons engaged in such business who are employed by a duly licensed private motor vehicle escort agency shall not be required to be individually licensed.
(1964 Code, § 34-51)
§ 34-57 APPLICATION.
   Any person intending to conduct a private motor vehicle escort agency or business or furnish a private motor vehicle escort in the city shall file with the chief of police a written application duly signed and verified as follows.
   (a)   If the applicant is a person, the application shall be signed and verified by such person, and if the applicant is a partnership, the application shall be signed by each partner, and if the applicant is a corporation, the application shall be signed by the chief executive officer of such corporation.
   (b)   The application shall state the full name, age and residence of the licensee, and shall specify the trade name and the address or location from which the business or agency will operate and for which the license certificate is desired, and such further facts as may be required by the chief of police to show the good character, competency and integrity of each person so signing the application.
(1964 Code, § 34-52)
§ 34-58 INVESTIGATION OF APPLICATION; RECOMMENDATION TO CITY MANAGER.
   Upon filing an application for a license certificate to engage in the business of conducting a private motor vehicle escort agency or furnishing private motor vehicle escorts, the chief of police shall make or cause to be made such investigation as he or she may deem necessary to determine the fitness of the applicant for a license. Then the chief of police shall within ten days forward the application with his or her recommendations to the city manager.
(1964 Code, § 34-53)
§ 34-59 FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED.
   In approving or disapproving any license certificate to engage in the business of conducting private motor vehicle escorts, the city manager shall consider the following factors:
   (a)   Whether the applicant has been convicted of a felony, or on renewal of license, for the violation of any of the provisions of this article, during the year next preceding the filing of this application;
   (b)   Whether the applicant is of good moral character and has a reputation for being a peaceable law-abiding citizen; and
   (c)   Such other lawful matters considered pertinent and proper in arriving at a fair and lawful consideration with respect to such application for a license.
(1964 Code, § 34-54)
§ 34-60 INSURANCE AND INDEMNIFICATION POLICY.
   (a)   Before a license certificate under this division shall be issued to any owner or operator of any private motor vehicle escort agency as defined in this article, or before the renewal of such license certificate shall be granted, the holder of such license certificate shall be required to file with the city secretary and thereafter keep in full force and effect a policy of public liability and property damage insurance, to be executed by an insurance company duly and legally authorized to do business in the state and performable in the county, and to be approved by the city manager, insuring the general public and the city against any loss or damage that may result to any person or property from the operation of such motor vehicle escort service.
   (b)   In addition, before any such license certificate is issued the holder of such license shall agree to indemnify, hold harmless and defend the city against any losses or claims arising out of the operation of such motor vehicle escort service.
(1964 Code, § 34-55) (Ord. 8286, § 1, passed 3-10-1981)
§ 34-61 TERMS OF INSURANCE POLICY.
   The liability and property insurance policy required by the preceding section shall be noncancelable and shall insure against any damage or loss resulting from the operation of such escort agency including damage or loss caused by the acts or omissions of each escort driver used by such motor vehicle escort agency licensed under this division, and shall have limits of not less than $300,000 for injuries resulting from any one accident, and $50,000 for damage to property resulting from any one accident. Such insurance shall be for the protection of passengers riding in an escorted funeral procession, the general public, the city and the servants, agents and employees of the motor vehicle escort agency. Such policy of insurance shall be for a period of at least one year and the date of such policy shall coincide with the date of the license issued under this division and shall contain a provision for a continuing liability thereon up to the full amount thereof, notwithstanding any recovery thereon.
(1964 Code, § 34-56) (Ord. 8286, § 2, passed 3-10-1981)
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