Fort Worth, TX Code Violation Reporting: Common Violations (2026)
Key Facts
- Enforcing agency
- Fort Worth Code Compliance Department
- Categories enforced
- 8 named chapters/appendices under § 11A-6
- First-offense max fine
- $2,000 per § 11A-100(a)
- Third-offense minimum fine
- $500 resident / $2,000 non-occupant
- Civil penalty option
- Up to $1,000 per day, § 11A-101(c)
Summary
Fort Worth's Code Compliance Department has authority under City Code § 11A-6 to enforce eight named categories: minimum building standards, multifamily dwelling registration/inspection, solid waste and recycling, front and side yard vehicle parking, oversize vehicle parking, junked vehicles, zoning, and the Chapter 11A nuisance provisions themselves.
The director of code compliance and all duly authorized employees of the department of code compliance shall have the authority to enforce provisions of the city code relating to zoning, multifamily dwellings, minimum building standards, nuisance, environmental and health, according to specific procedures set forth in said code chapters and ordinances, including, but not limited to: (a) Chapter 7, Article IV (minimum building standards); (b) Chapter 7, Article IX (registration and inspection of multifamily dwelling complexes); (c) Chapter 12.5, Article VIII (solid waste and recycling); (d) Chapter 22, Section 22-160 (parking of vehicles in front and side yards); (e) Chapter 22, §§ 22-162.1 through 22-162.4 (parking of large and oversize vehicles); (f) Chapter 22, Article IX (junked vehicles); (g) Appendix A (comprehensive zoning ordinance); and (h) Appendix B, Chapter 11A (department of code compliance).
Full Breakdown
4 large and oversize vehicle parking; Chapter 22, Article IX junked vehicles; Appendix A, the comprehensive zoning ordinance; and Appendix B, Chapter 11A, the department of code compliance itself, which covers the Chapter 11A nuisance list (animal feces accumulation, swine, pigeons and fowl, liquid waste discharge, clotheslines in front yards, littering, nuisance vegetation and abandoned shopping carts, among others). A violation under Chapter 11A carries real teeth: § 11A-100 makes it a misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $2,000 under § 1-6(c), with each day a violation continues counting as a separate offense.
A second conviction within three years draws a minimum $250 fine ($1,000 if the defendant wasn't a residential occupant); a third or later conviction draws a minimum $500 fine ($2,000 for a non-occupant). Section 11A-101 additionally lets the city attorney seek civil penalties of up to $1,000 per day under Tex. 017 for violations touching public safety, structural danger, or vermin-breeding accumulations of refuse.
Violations & Fines
First offenses are Class C misdemeanors capped at $2,000 per § 11A-100(a), with each day of continued violation a separate offense. Repeat violators within three years face escalating minimum fines: $250 (second offense, resident owner), $1,000 (second offense, non-occupant), $500 (third offense, resident owner), or $2,000 (third offense, non-occupant), plus possible civil penalties up to $1,000/day under § 11A-101.
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