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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 10876r ORDINANCE N0. ~ ! AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, BEING ORDINANCE NO. 3011, A5 AMENDED, CODIFIED AS APPENDIX "A" OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS (1986), AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 20 - BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF FOUR ALTERNATE MEMBERS TO THE BOARD INSTEAD OF THE PRESENT TWO AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING EACH YEAR INSTEAD OF EVEN NUMBERED YEARS; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN PAMPHLET FORM; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWS- PAPER; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ~f Jeri, ~ BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Section 20, "BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT" of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, being Ordinance No. 3011, as amended, codified as Appendix "A" of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended, is hereby amended by amending the following sections to read as follows: A. Organization of the Board: 1. Creation and Appointment: There is hereby created a Board of Adjustment of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, to be com- posed of five (S) members and four (4) alter- nate members who shall be qualified electors of the City of Fort Worth. It is the declared policy that the City Council will consider for appointment to the Board of Adjustment only those persons who have demon- strated their civic interest, general knowl- edge of the community, independent judgment, understanding of zoning and planning and availability to prepare for and attend meetings. Preference will be given, where feasible, to appointees who possess knowledge or background in one of the following fields: a) Law b) Property Development c) Building Design d) Mortgaging and Financing 2. Terms of Office: The terms of five (5) of the members shall expire on October 31 of each odd numbered year and the terms of four (4) of the members shall expire on October 31 of each even num- bered year. The members of the Board shall be identified by place numbers one (1) through nine (9). The odd-numbered places shall expire in the odd-numbered years and the even-numbered places shall expire in the even-numbered years. Board members may be appointed to succeed themselves. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms but no member shall be appointed for a term in excess of two (2) years. 3. Organization: The Board shall hold an organizational meeting in November of each year and shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its members before proceeding to any other matters of business. The Development Director of the City of Fort Worth, or his designated representative, shall be the secretary of the Board. The Board shall meet regularly and shall designate the time and place of its meetings. The Board shall adopt its own rules of procedure and keep a record of its proceedings in accordance with the state statutes and this ordinance and the charter of the City of Fort Worth. Newly appointed members shall be installed at the first regular meeting after their appoint- ment. SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordi- nances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such 2 Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby regealed. SECTION 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and, if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, para- graphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sen- tence, paragraph or section. SECTION 4. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and, if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such- unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, para- graphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sen- tence, paragraph or section. 3 SECTION 5. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption, penalty clause and effective date in the minutes of the City Council and by filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City. SECTION 6. The City Secretary of the City of Fort worth, Texas, is hereby authorized to publish this ordinance in pamphlet form for general distribution among the public, and the operative provi- sions of this ordinance as so published shall be admissible in evidence in all courts without further proof than the production thereof, as provided in Chapter XXV, Section 3, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas. SECTION 7. Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 8. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby directed to publish the caption, penalty clause and effec- tive date of this ordinance for two (2) days in the official news- paper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Section 52.013, Texas Local Government Code. 4 SECTION 9. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as required by law, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: ~-- ~ City Attorney Date : ~ '~ c1 "" R ~ ADOPTED : ~ `` C1• a 1 EFFECTIVE: 5