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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
CHAPTER I: ORGANIZATION, BOUNDARIES, ANNEXATION OF ADJACENT TERRITORY
CHAPTER II: POWERS OF THE CITY
CHAPTER III: THE CITY COUNCIL
CHAPTER IV: METHOD OF NOMINATING AND ELECTING MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CHAPTER V: THE CITY MANAGER
CHAPTER VI: DEPARTMENT OF LAW
CHAPTER VII: MUNICIPAL COURT
CHAPTER VIII: ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS TO BE CONTROLLED AND ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY MANAGER
CHAPTER IX: DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
CHAPTER X: THE BUDGET AND FINANCIAL PROCEDURE RELATING THERETO
CHAPTER XI: DEPARTMENT OF POLICE
CHAPTER XII: FIRE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER XIII: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
CHAPTER XIV: WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER XV: [REPEALED BY ORD. 25328-02-2022, § 2, 2-8-2022, APPROVED 5-7-2022]
CHAPTER XVI: RESERVED
CHAPTER XVII: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES
CHAPTER XVIII: PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER XIX: RECALL OF COUNCILPERSONS
CHAPTER XX: THE INITIATIVE
CHAPTER XXI: REFERENDUM
CHAPTER XXII: IMPROVEMENT AND PAVING OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS
CHAPTER XXIII: MERIT SERVICE
CHAPTER XXIV: ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES; PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS
CHAPTER XXV: ORDINANCES
CHAPTER XXVI: FRANCHISES AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
CHAPTER XXVII: MISCELLANEOUS
CHAPTER XXVIII: DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AUDIT
CHARTER COMPARATIVE TABLE
PART II: CITY CODE
APPENDIX A: ZONING REGULATIONS
APPENDIX B: CODE COMPLIANCE
APPENDIX C: RESERVED
CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE
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§ 3 ORDINANCES-PUBLICATION IN BOOK FORM; CERTIFIED COPIES; ADMISSIBILITY AS EVIDENCE.
   All ordinances of the City of Fort Worth, published or complied in book or pamphlet form by the City shall be presumed to have been by and with the authority of said City, and shall be admitted as evidence in all courts, state and federal, without further proof beyond the production of said printed book or pamphlet; and provided, further, that copies of ordinances, resolutions, minutes and proceedings of the City Council, or prior governing bodies of the City of Fort Worth, certified by the city secretary to be true copies of the originals, with the seal of the city affixed thereon, shall also be admitted in evidence without further proof in all said courts.
§ 4 ORDINANCES-APPROVAL OF MAYOR NOT NECESSARY.
   The final passage of an ordinance by the council and the publication of the same when so required shall be all that is necessary to make such ordinances valid and effective. The approval or signature of the mayor shall not be necessary.
§ 5 ORDINANCES-REVISION AND PUBLICATION.
   It shall be the duty of the City Council, as soon as practicable after the adoption of this Charter, to provide for a revision, codification and publication of all the ordinances in force at that time in the city, and thereafter provide for a similar revision and publication as often as they may deem advisable.
§ 6 ENACTING CLAUSE.
   Every ordinance passed by the City Council shall begin with the following heading: “Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth.”
§ 7 ORDINANCES TO CONTAIN ONLY ONE SUBJECT.
   All ordinances and resolutions, except ordinances making appropriations, shall be confined to one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in the title. The ordinances making appropriations shall be confined to the subject of appropriations.