IN GENERAL

Fort Worth City Code ch. 28, art. I

in effect

Fort Worth City Code § 28-1 DEFINITION.

§ 28-1 DEFINITION. The term PUBLIC UTILITY, when used in this chapter, shall include persons, firms, corporations or their lessees, trustees or receivers, owning or operating within the city equipment or facilities for the following services: (a) Transmitting, delivering, furnishing, transporting or conveying water, gas, electricity or electric energy for the production of light, heat or power to or for the public for compensation, or for the purposes of supplying or selling gas or electric energy to any other public utility; (b) Conveying or transmitting messages by telephone where such service is offered to the public for compensation; and (c) Accommodating and transporting passengers for hire. (1964 Code, § 30-1) Cross-reference: Definitions and rules of construction generally, see § 1-2

Fort Worth City Code § 28-2 RECORDKEEPING.

§ 28-2 RECORDKEEPING. Each public utility, its agents, servants or employees, serving the consumers in the city shall keep a separate record of the physical properties, accounts, income and disbursements for that portion of its business serving consumers within the corporate limits of the city, and shall not include therein any accounts, records or property that may be used to serve consumers in any city, town or village that may be hereafter incorporated under the laws of the state. (1964 Code, § 30-2)

Fort Worth City Code § 28-3 FRANCHISE REQUIRED FOR USE OF STREETS FOR SERVICE OUTSIDE CITY.

§ 28-3 FRANCHISE REQUIRED FOR USE OF STREETS FOR SERVICE OUTSIDE CITY. No public utility, its agents, servants or employees, serving the consumers within the corporate limits of the city shall build, install or use any of its property, equipment or lines in the streets or thoroughfares of the city for the purpose of conveying, transporting or transmitting any utility service to any person in any city, town or village that may be hereafter incorporated under the laws of the state; nor shall any such utility use, install or construct any property, equipment or lines in the streets or thoroughfares of the city for the purpose of conveying, furnishing, transporting or transmitting any utility service, or any service produced by such utility, to any person residing or located in any city, town or village that may be hereafter incorporated under the laws of the state, without first securing a right, privilege or franchise in writing from the city. (1964 Code, § 30-3)

Fort Worth City Code § 28-4 ANNUAL REPORTS REQUIRED.

§ 28-4 ANNUAL REPORTS REQUIRED. All public service corporations operating within the corporate limits of the city are hereby required to file a sworn annual report of the receipts from the operation of such business for the current year, how expended, how much therefor for betterments or improvements, the rate of tolls or charges for services rendered to the public, and any other facts or information that the council may deem pertinent for its use in intelligently passing upon any questions that may arise between the city and such public service corporations; reports to be filed with the city secretary, and preserved for the use of the city council. Charter reference: Council to pass ordinance requiring public service corporations to file annual reports, see Ch. XXVI, § 6

Fort Worth City Code § 28-5 through 28-15 RESERVED.

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/0-0-0-27336Fetched: 10/26/2026