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TEXAS.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 3011, AS AMENDED, THE
COMPREHNSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS, CODIFIED AS APPENDIX "A" OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH (1986), AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 18,
"MODIFICATIONS TO THE DISTRICT REGULATIONS", BY PROVIDING
SIDE YARD REQUIREMENTS FOR CORNER LOTS IN MULTI-FAMILY AND
NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ABUT THE FRONT YARDS
OF RESIDENTIALLY ZONED LOTS; SETTING OUT CERTAIN STRUCTURES
NOT PERMITTED IN THIS YARD AREA; PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT
AND ENROLLMENT; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN PAMPHLET FORM;
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,
SECTION 1.
That Ordinance No. 3011, as amended, be amended by revising Section
18, "Modifications to District Regulations", by adding to Subsection A the
following•
"14. For corner lots in multi-family and non-residential zoning
districts that abut the front yard of a lot with residen-
tial zoning, the exterior minimum side yard requirements
shall be the same as the front yard requirements of the
abutting residential lot.. Structures are not permitted to
be located in this yard area, nor can such area be used for
signage, garbage collection, loading and/or parking of
vehicles, any type of storage, or any non-residential
activity. Th i s required yard area shal 1 not be gravelled
or hard-surfaced, but shall be maintained as open green
space, save and except for necessary driveways".
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and
of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1968), 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ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed.
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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
sever able, 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 in this ordinance of any such
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 4.
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 5.
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 provisions 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.
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SECTION 6.
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed to
engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption and Sections 1, 4, 7
and 8 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 Sections 1, 4, 7 and 8 of this ordinance for two
(2) days in the official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as
authorized by Art. 1176b-1, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas.
SECTION 8.
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
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EFFECTIVE. ,
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