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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 10169r: a' ^ a -. ORDINANCE N0. ~~~~,i~> ~ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHE77N"SIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, ORDINANCE N0. 301 1 , AS AMENDED, AND ALSO KNOWN AS APPENDIX "A" OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1986), AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 2-H ("PD" PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT) THEREOF TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN USES, E.G., HORSE RACING TRACKS, TO BE PERMIT- TED ONLY IN "PD" PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND TO SPECIFY ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS FOR HORSE RACING TRACKS; AMENDING SECTION 13 ("I" LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DIS- TRICT) TO ALLOW USE FOR COMMERCIAL STABLES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND DELETING SUBPARAGRAPH (C)(10) FROM SECTION 20 THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLL- MENT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AS REQUIRED BY LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Section 2-H, "PD" Planned Development District, of Ordinance No. 3011, as amended (Appendix A to the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended) is and the same is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph I to read as follows: "I. Specific Uses permitted In "PD" Planned Development district only. 1. Horse Racing Track: PD-SU required. A. The following shall be additional development controls required. 1) Holding areas for horses shall be provided in case of fire. 2) An approved emergency plan and an approved evacuation plan shall be provided.. 3) Security plans shall be provided and re- viewed by the Police Department. ~,. ,~ .~, 4) Spectator parking lots shall be 500' from any one or two-family residentially zoned properties. 5) Other facilities, including uses facili- ties, the race track, and the bleachers shall be 1000' from any one and two-family residential zone and from any apartment zones not a part of race track as a mixed use. 6) The parking required shall be one (1) space for every two (2) spectator seats and one (1) space for every ten (10) square feet of spectator standing area. 7) When located within or adjacent to any city, state, or National Historic District, the race track building and structures shall be designed to be compatible with said district. 8) An approved solid waste disposal plan shall be provided and set into operation upon occupancy of the race track and its build- ings and structures. 9) Specifically identify all support activi- ties and other proposed uses which the site may include. 10) Landscaping shall be provided to break up the broad expanses of paving. Landscaping shall be provided along streets and thor- oughfares and in user areas. Landscape buffering shall be provided along adjacent properties. A landscape plan shall be submitted with the site plan for site plan approval. B. In addition to site plan requirements in para- graph C, the considerations for site plan approval in paragraph E, and the development controls in paragraph H, the following design considerations shall be incorporated where feasible. 1) Impact studies (such the effects of the adjacent lands. The as traffic impact ) on track operations on study shall include -2- ., .~ - setbacks; street, arterial, and highway access; and buffering of properties sur- rounding the race track site. 2) Compartmentalization of parking areas for traffic circulation and emergency vehicle circulation. 3) Emergency vehicle access around site lo- cated at the bleachers area with connection through the spectator parking lots to the user area. 4) Height of buildings and structures do not exceed 12 stories or 120' maximum, which- ever is the most restrictive. 5) User parking and storage area for trailers and similar vehicles with separate access than from spectator parking areas." SECTION 2. That Section 13, paragraph A, subparagraph 42 of said Ordinance No. 3011, as amended, is and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "42. Stables for the commercial boarding of horses and for the business of selling rides on horses. Such uses shall be located 500 feet from any residential district." SECTION 3. That Section 20 of said Ordinance No. 3011, as amended, is and the same is hereby amended by deleting from said Section subpara- graph (c)(10) thereof. 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, -3- ' ~ ^~ paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitu- tional 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 in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. SECTION 5. 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) for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 6. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption in the minutes of the City Council and by filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City. SECTION 7. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby directed to publish the caption and Section 5 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. _q_ . _: SECTION 8. This ordinance shall be in f ull 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: ~:~ucr~ City Attorney Date : 9 S" ~ ~~ ADOPTED .;~,, EFFECTIVE: -5-