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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
CHAPTER 4: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Cross-reference:
   Food and food establishments, see §§ 16-101 et seq.
   Motor vehicles and traffic, see Ch. 22
   Offenses and miscellaneous provisions, see Ch. 23
   Police, see Ch. 27
   Possession and/or consumption of alcoholic beverages on ball fields, see § 24-17
Statutory reference:
   Authority to levy license fee of one-half state fee, see Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code Annotated § 61.36
   Authority to levy permit fees of one-half state fee, Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code Annotated § 11.38
Section
   4-1   Local fees
   4-2   Reserved
   4-3   Issuance of permit
   4-3.1   Mixed beverage late hours permit
   4-4   Sale near churches, schools, hospitals
   4-5   Possession or consumption near homeless shelters or substance abuse centers
   4-6   Possession or consumption of alcohol in certain public places
   4-7   Penalty
   Appendix A:   West 7th Ordinance Boundary
§ 4-1 LOCAL FEES.
Editor’s note:
   Section 1 of Ord. 22650-04-2017, adopted April 4, 2017, repealed former § 4-1, permit fees, derived from § 5-1 of the 1964 Code, as amended by § 1 of Ord. 8950, adopted October 18, 1983, and §§ 1, 2 of Ord. 14657, adopted June 12, 2001. See also Code Comparative Table.
   There is hereby levied and assessed and shall be collected a fee from every person, firm, corporation or association of persons pursuing or engaging in any businesses in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, for which a permit or license is required under the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, as amended from time to time. The fee shall be in the maximum amount permitted by the Legislature of the State of Texas.
(Ord. 22650-04-2017, § 2, passed 4-4-2017)
Cross-reference:
   Licenses and miscellaneous business regulations, see Ch. 20
§ 4-2 RESERVED.
Editor’s Note:
   Section 1 of Ord. 22650-04-2017, adopted April 4, 2017, repealed § 4-2, license fees, derived from § 5-2 of the 1964 Code, as amended by § 2 of Ord. 8950, adopted October 18, 1983. See also Code Comparative Table.
§ 4-3 ISSUANCE OF PERMIT.
   Upon the payment of the applicable tax or fee prescribed in this chapter to the city assessor and collector and exhibition to him or her of a permit duly issued by the state to the applicant or person paying such tax or fee, the city assessor and collector shall, in the name of the city, issue and deliver to such applicant or person a permit to engage in the business in the city of the character described in and authorized by the permit from the state held by such applicant or person, the permit so issued in the name of the city shall authorize the conduct of such business upon the premises described in the permit from the state, and shall remain in force only so long as such permit from the state remains in force.
(1964 Code, § 5-3)
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