DEFINITIONS.
Fort Worth City Code § 16-502
in effect§ 16-502 DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this article, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings herein designated unless a provision explicitly states otherwise.
ADEQUATE. Sufficient to accomplish the purpose for which something is intended and to such a degree that no unreasonable risk to health or safety is presented. Complying with generally accepted standards, principles or practices applicable to a particular trade, business, occupation or profession is adequate with the meaning of the article.
cm. Centimeter.
DIRECTOR. The director of the department of environmental services for the City of Fort Worth or the director's authorized representative.
EXTENSIVELY REMODELED. The replacement of or modification to a public interactive water feature and fountains structure, its circulation system, or its appurtenances, so that the design, configuration or operation is different from the original design, configuration or operation. This term does not include the normal maintenance and repair or the replacement of equipment that has been previously approved if the size, type or operation of the equipment is not substantially different from the original equipment.
FREE AVAILABLE DISINFECTANT. That portion of the total approved chemical disinfectant remaining in water that is not combined with other compounds and that will react chemically with pathogenic or other undesirable organisms.
gpm. Gallons per minute.
gpm/sf. Gallons per minute per square foot.
mJ. Milijoule.
mJ/cm2. Milijoules per centimeter squared.
OPERATING DAY. A day on which the public interactive water feature and fountain is open to patrons for any period of time.
OPERATING WEEK. A seven-day period beginning on Sunday and concluding on Saturday, one or more days of which the public interactive water feature and fountain is open to patrons.
PERSON. A natural person, corporation, organization, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association or other legal entity. The term does not include government or a governmental subdivision or agency.
pH. The negative logarithm of the hydrogen -ion concentration of a water solution; a measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution expressed in standard units.
PUBLIC INTERACTIVE WATER FEATURE AND FOUNTAIN(PIWF). Any indoor or outdoor installation maintained for public recreation that includes water sprays, dancing water jets, waterfalls, dumping buckets, or shooting water cannons in various arrays for the purpose of wetting the Persons playing in the spray streams. PIWFs: (A) may be stand-alone PIWFs or may share a water supply, disinfection system, filtration system, circulation system, or other treatment system that allows water to comingle with a pool; (B) may be publicly or privately owned; (C) may be operated by an owner, lessee, operator, licensee, or concessionaire, regardless of whether a fee is charged for use; (D) include, but are not limited to, interactive water features or fountains that are open exclusively to members of an organization and their guests, residents of a multi unit apartment building or apartment complex, residential real estate development, or other multifamily residential area, schools, day care facilities, youth camp, or hotel or other public accommodations facility; (E) do not include interactive water features or fountains located on private property under the control of the property owner or the owner's tenant serving a single-family residence or duplex and that are intended for use by not more than two resident families and their guests; and (F) are not fountains, installations, amusement rides, or other attractions, whether decorative or interactive, in which only incidental water contact occurs. The term shall include the deck and all related buildings, appurtenances, and facilities such as dressing and locker rooms, toilets, showers, and other areas designed for operation of the facility or for use by the facility's patrons. The term does not include an artificial body of water that meets the definition of pool under Article XVIII of this Chapter.
sf. Square foot.
SUPPLEMENTAL WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. Disinfection processes or systems installed in addition to the standard systems and designed to achieve a minimum 3-log (99.9%) reduction in the number of infective Cryptosporidium.
TAC. The Texas Administrative Code.
WASTE WATER. All water that has been dispensed or re-circulated at a PIWF. The term includes water generated when a PIWF tank and circulation system is flushed, drained, or both. The term does not include rain or other precipitation.
(Ord. 27903-08-2025, § 1, passed 8-26-2025)
Source: City of Fort Worth, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Zoning Ordinance (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/ftworth/latest/ftworth_tx/0-0-0-77032Fetched: 10/26/2026