CITY OF FORT WORTH
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the following ordinance was adopted by the Fort Worth City Council at their regular meeting held on Tuesday, August 26, 2025
ORDINANCE NO.
27903-08-2025
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND RESTATING CHAPTER 16 "HEALTH AND SANITATION," ARTICLE XIX: "RECREATIONAL AQUATIC SPRAYGROUNDS," OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS (2015), AS AMENDED, TO RENAME THE ARTICLE "PUBLIC INTERACTIVE WATER FEATURES AND FOUNTAINS"; TO UPDATE REGULATIONS TO ALIGN WITH CHANGES IN STATE LAW; TO UPDATE DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES AND REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY; AND PROVIDING AN
SECTION 5.
All violations of Chapter 16, Article XIX, of the Fort Worth City Code shall be
punishable by a fine not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) for each violation. Each day a violation occurs or continues to occur is a separate violation.
SECTION 7
This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption and publication as required by law.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
/s/Chris Austria
Assistant City Attorney
Adopted: August 26, 2025
A copy of this ordinance may be reviewed in the City Secretary's Office, Fort Worth
Municipal Building/City Hall, 100 Fort Worth Trails, Fort Worth, Texas 76102.
/s/ Jannette S. Goodall
City Secretary
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Sep 10,12 2025