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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE
ZONING ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE NO 3011, AS AMENDED,
SAME BEING AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND RESTRICT-
ING THE LOCATION AND USE OF BUILDINGS, STRUC-
TURES , AND LAND FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY, RESIDENCE
OR OTHER PURPOSES, THE HEIGHT, NUMBER OF STORIES
AND SIZE OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES, THE
SIZE OF YARDS AND OTHER OPEN SPACES, OFF-STREET
PARKING AND LOADING, AND THE DENSITY OF POPULA-
TION, AND FOR SUCH PURPOSES DIVIDING THE MUNICI-
PALITY INTO DISTRICTS OF SUCH NUMBER, SHAPE AND
AREA AS MAY BE DEEMED BEST SUITED TO CARRY OUT
THESE REGULATIONS AND SHOWING SUCH DISTRICTS AND
THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF UPON "DISTRICT MAPS";
PROVIDING FOR INTERPRETATION, PURPOSE AND CON-
FLICT; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A PENAL CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSS-
MENT AND ENROLLMENT; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION
AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS
SECTION 1
That Ordinance No 3011, as amended, be and is hereby amended so
that the permitted uses in the hereinafter described areas be
altered, changed, and amended as follows
Z-88-074 All lots in Blocks 57 and 58, Fort Worth Original Town
(400 and 500 Blocks between Weft Belknap anal West
Weatherford Streets)
"J" Light Industrial to "H" Business
SECTION 2
That the zoning regulations and districts, as herein established,
have been made in accordance with the comprehensive plan for the
purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals and general welfare
of the community They have been designed to lessen congestion in
the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic, flood and other
dangers; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent overcrowding
of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate
the adequate provisions of transportation, water, sewerage, parks
and other public requirements They have been made after a full and
complete public hearing, with reasonable consideration, among other
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things, of the character of the district and its peculiar suitabi-
lity for the particular uses and with a view of conserving the value
of building and encouraging the most appropriate use of Iand
throughout the community
SECTION 3
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all other ordinances of
the City of Fort Worth affecting zoning and shall not repeal any of
the provisions of such ordinances, except in those instances where
provisions of such ordinances are in direct conflict with the provi-
sions of this ordinance
SECTION 4
That all rights or remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are
expressly saved as to any and all violations of Ordinance No 3011
or of any amendments thereto that have accrued at the time of the
effective date of this ordinance; and, as to such accrued viola-
tions, and all pending litigation, both civil or criminal, same
shall not be affected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until
final disposition by the courts
SECTION 5
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 void,
ineffective or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of
any court of competent jurisdiction, such voidness, ineffectiveness
or unconstitutionality shall nvt affect any of the remaining
phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of this
ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City
Council without the incorporation herein of any such void,
ineffective or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph
ar section
SECTION 6
That 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
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SECTION 7
That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby
directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption
and penalty clause of same in the minutes of the City Council of the
City of Fort Worth, Texas, and by filing the ordinance in the
ordinance records of said City
SECTION 8
That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas. is hereby
directed to publish this ordinance for two (2) days in the official
newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Article
1176b-1, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas
SECTION 9.
That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
the date of its passage and publication as required by law, and it
is so ordained
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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Effective
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