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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 10273i ~, r .~: ORDINANCE NO. /D~ /~ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 3011, AS AMENDED, THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, CODIFIED AS APPENDIX "A" OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH ( 1986) , AS AMENDED, BY ADDING MODEL HOMES AND PORTABLE TRAILERS TO BE USED AS TEMPORARY CONSTRUC- TION AND/OR SALES OFFICES OR STORAGE TRAILERS AS T EMPO- RARY PERMITTED USES IN THE "A" ONE-FAMILY DISTRICT; BY AMENDING SECTION 19, OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS T 0 PROVIDE PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN CONNEC- TION WITH MODEL HOMES AND PORTABLE TRAILERS; BY CHANGING THE ON-PREMISE SIGN RESTRICTIONS; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN PAMPHLET FORM; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECT ION I . That Section 3, "A" One-Family District, of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Appendix "A") of the Code of the City of Fort Worth) is hereby amended by adding to A. Use Regulations the following: 13. Model Homes used as show homes and/or sales offices located within a new subdivision to which they pertain and subject to the following restric- tions: 1. No more than three ( 3 ) model homes per builder per platted subdivision; 2. Must be at least three hundred (300) feet from any occupied residence; 3. Time limit of two (2) years. 14. Portable trailers used as sales offices, construction offices or storage trailers located within a new subdivision to which they pertain and subject to the following restrictions: 1. No more than one ( 1 ) portable trailer per builder per platted subdivision,; ~' ~~ 2. Must be at least three hundred (300) feet from any occupied residence; 3. Time limit of two (2) years. SECTION YI. That Section 19, Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations, of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Appendix "A") of the Code of the City of Fort Worth ( 1986) , as amended, is hereby amended by adding to Subsection (B) Specific Requirements the following: 25. Model Homes and Portable Tra~1T ers in New Subdivisions: For every model home used as a show home and/or sales office and every portable trailer used as a construc- tion or sales office there shall be provided two (2) an-site parking spaces behind the front property line for each such unit. SECTION III. That Section 20, Board of Adjustment, of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Appendix "A" ) of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby amended by deleting in its entirety Paragraph C.S. as an Authorized Special Exception. SECT ION IV. That Section 17.B., On-Premise Signs, of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Appendix "A") of the Code of the City of Fort Worth ( 1986) , as amended, is hereby amended by changing Subection D(1) to read as follows D. T he following regulations shall apply to all on-premise development signs (signs identifying a developer's property and sales office/model home sites) which are erected in the City of Fort Worth: 1. Sales office/model homes -2- a. Maximum sign area - 200 square feet; b. Maximum height - 25 feet; c. No sign shall be illuminated between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.; d. Only one sign per developer or builder is permitted; e. The sign must be located on the site of the model home; f. No sign may be erected for more than two (2) years. SECTION V. 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 Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed. sECT IoN vI . 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, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation -3- in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. sECraoN VII. 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 One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION VIII. All rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provi- sions of Ordinance No. 3011 or any other ordinances affecting zoning which have accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordinance; and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil and criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances, same shall not be affected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts. SECTION IX. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby authorized to publish this ordinance in pamphlet form for general distribution among the public, and the operative provi- sions of this ordinance as so published shall be admissible in evidence in all courts without further proof than the production -4- ~., thereof, as provided in Chapter XXV, Section 3, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas. SECT ION X. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption and Sections I, II, III, IV, VYI and XII in the minutes of the City Council and by filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City. SECT ION XI . The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby directed to publish the caption and Sections I, II, III, IV, VII and XII of this ordinance for two (2) days in the official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Section 52.013, Texas Local Government Code. SECTION XII. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as required by law, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALIT Y: ~.. ./t-,....,...~1 L~ ~/ I City Attorney Date. 1vi~~- ~ ~ iy~ y ADOPTED:J''(p'$~ EFFECTIVE: -5-