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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
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§ 34-194 COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS REQUIRED.
   (a)   All individuals and entities engaged in the tow truck business within the City of Fort Worth shall at all times comply with all laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to towing operations, insurance requirements, and minimum safety standards as adopted and amended from time to time by the State of Texas, regarding the operation of tow trucks for nonconsent tows. This requirement shall include but is not limited to Texas laws, rules, and regulations related to private-property tows, drop fees and procedures, and parking facility signage requirements.
   (b)   All vehicle storage facilities shall at all times comply with all laws, rules, and regulations, as adopted and amended from time to time by the State of Texas, pertaining to vehicle storage operations when receiving vehicles in connection with non-consent tows. This requirement shall include but is not limited to Texas laws, rules, and regulations related to fees, sign requirements, notice requirements, reporting requirements, and access requirements.
   (c)   Nothing in this article shall be construed to eliminate or reduce any requirement under the laws, rules, and regulations of the State of Texas that apply to an individual or entity engaged in the tow truck business or to a vehicle storage facility.
   (d)   An individual or entity engaged in the tow truck business that violates a state law, rule, or regulation or a provision of this article related to nonconsent towing commits a violation under this article.
   (e)   The owner or operator of a vehicle storage facility that is in violation of a state law, rule, or regulation or a provision of this article related to the operation of a vehicle storage facility commits a violation under this article.
   (f)   The purpose of this section is solely to allow the city to enforce the laws, rules, and regulations of the State of Texas to ensure the safety of its citizens. This section is not regulatory in nature. It does not and is not intended to impose any additional regulatory requirements on an individual or entity engaged in the tow truck business.
(Ord. 23222-05-2018, § 1, passed 5-15-2018)
DIVISION 5: ENFORCEMENT
§ 34-195 VIOLATION OF ORDINANCE AND FINES.
   A violation of any provision of this article shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $500.
(Ord. 23222-05-2018, § 1, passed 5-15-2018)
§ 34-196 DEFENSE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
   It shall be an affirmative defense to noncompliance with this article that the person in question reasonably believed that he necessarily must act immediately to prevent death or bodily injury to any person involved in an incident or accident.
(Ord. 23222-05-2018, § 1, passed 5-15-2018)
§ 34-197 DEFENSE PUSHING OR TOWING WITHOUT TOW TRUCKS.
   It shall be an affirmative defense to a violation under this article that a person pushed or towed a vehicle with a vehicle other than a tow truck if the person can demonstrate that such pushing or towing was done in a safe manner, and did not reasonably require use of a tow truck.
(Ord. 23222-05-2018, § 1, passed 5-15-2018)
§§ 34-198—34-199 RESERVED.
ARTICLE VI: GROUND TRANSPORTATION FOR HIRE
Editor’s note:
   Ord. 22308-06-2016, § 1, adopted June 28, 2016, repealed and replaced §§ 34-200 through 34-214 and repealed §§ 34-215 through 34- 349. Former §§ 34-200 through 34-349 derived from Ord. 21389-08-2014, § 1, adopted August 19, 2014 and Ord. 21986-12-2015, § 3, adopted December 8, 2016. See also the Code Comparative Table.
DIVISION 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 34-200 SCOPE OF ARTICLE.
   (a)   This article governs the operation of all vehicle for hire services in the corporate limits of the city.
   (b)   This article does not apply to a vehicle for hire service or to a person operating a vehicle for hire service that is:
      (1)   Transporting a person from a point outside the corporate limits of the city to a destination inside the corporate limits of the city if the vehicle for hire leaves the corporate limits of the city without receiving a new passenger inside the corporate limits of the city and the vehicle for hire service is licensed by another governmental entity;
      (2)   Operated under state or federal authority unless subject to the city's regulatory authority; or
      (3)   Operated by a funeral home in the performance of funeral services.
   (c)   Nothing in this article shall excuse a vehicle for hire service from complying with the rules, regulations and fees required by the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Board. A vehicle for hire service's compliance with the rules, regulations and fees required by the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Board shall not excuse the vehicle for hire service from complying with this article.
(Ord. 22308-06-2016, § 1, passed 6-28-2016, eff. 10-1-2016)
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