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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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§ 7-433 EFFECT OF CONFLICT WITH OTHER ORDINANCES.
   This article shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (2015), affecting building code provisions, as amended, and shall not repeal any of the provisions of such ordinances, except in those instances where provisions of such ordinances are in direct conflict with the provisions of this ordinance.
(Ord. 20532-12-2012, § 3, passed 12-11-2012, eff. 12-22-2012; Ord. 22522-12-2016, § 3, passed 12-6-2016, eff. 1-1-2017; Ord. 25386-03-2022, § 3, passed 3-8-2022, eff. 4-1-2022)
§ 7-434 PENALTY FOR VIOLATION.
   Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $2,000 for all violations involving fire safety, or public health and sanitation and shall be fined not more than $500 for all other violations of this ordinance. Each day or any portion thereof during which any violation of this ordinance occurs or continues shall be deemed a separate offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable as herein provided.
(Ord. 20532-12-2012, § 4, passed 12-11-2012, eff. 12-22-2012; Ord. 22522-12-2016, § 4, passed 12-6-2016, eff. 1-1-2017; Ord. 23569-02-2019, § 2, passed 2-12-2019, eff. 2-23-2019; Ord. 25386-03-2022, § 4, passed 3-8-2022, eff. 4-1-2022)
§§ 7-435—7-439 RESERVED.
ARTICLE XII: INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE
§ 7-440 THE 2018 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE ADOPTED.
   (a)   The Building Code of the City of Fort Worth is hereby revised and amended to include, the 2018 edition of the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code of the International Code Council (ICC), and the same as amended is hereby adopted as the city's swimming pool and spa code.
   (b)   Any Errata corrections published by the International Code Council for the 2018 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, as they are discovered, are considered as part of this code.
(Ord. 24340-08-2020, § 2, passed 8-25-2020, eff. 9-1-2020)
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