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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE N.O. 3011 , AS
AMENDED; SAME BEING AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE LOCATION
AND USE OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND LAND FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY, RESIDENCE,
AND OTHER PURPOSES; BY, AMENDING SECTION 1 ., DEFINITIONS THEREOF; SECTION
2. , DISTRICTS THEREOF; SECTION 9.A, "FR" RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT;
SECTION 10., "F" COMMERCIAL DISTRICT; SECTION 13. , "I" LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
DISTRICT; SECTION 14. , "J" LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; -SECTION 15. , "K"
HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; SECTION 19. , OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
REGULATIONS; SECTION 20., BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT; ADDING A NEW SECTION 2C, "MH"
MOBILE H-OME PARK- DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR INTERPRETATION, PURPOSE, AND
CONFLICT; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL
ORDINANCES AFFECTING ZONING; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENAL CLAUSE; AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH:
SECTION FIRST
THAT SECTION I, DEFINITIONS, of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, No. 3011
as amended, be and the same is hereby amended, by adding thereto the following
definitions:
"MOBILE HOME: A movable or portable dwelling constructed to be towed by a
motor vehicle on its own chassis over Texas Roads and Highways
under special permit;: connected to utilities, and designed with-
out a permanent foundation, for year-round living. It may
consist of one or more un its. that can be telescoped when
towed and expanded later for additional capacity, or of two
or more units separately towable but designed to be joined
into one integral unit.
"MOB.ILE HIOME PARK: A unified development of mobile home spaces arranged on a
tract of land under single ownership, meeting all requirements
of Ordinance 6293 and this Ordinance."
SECTION SECOND
THAT SECTION 2, DISTRICTS, SUBSECTION A, of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance
No. 3011, as amended, be and the same is hereby amended, so that it shall
hereafter include under Class l Special Purpose:
3. "MH" Mobile Home Park District or District "MH"
and that the item numbers under Subsection A are hereby redesignated in
the proper numerical sequence to incorporate said Item 3.
SECTION THIRD
THAT SUBPARAGRAPH 16 OF SECTION 9A, "F-R" RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, No. 3011 , as amended, is hereby
amended so that same shall be and read as follows:
16. Trailer parks, but not including mobile home parks,
when in compliance with the following performance
standards:
a) Located on a site which has frontage on a federal
or state designated highway.
b) The total fully developed and usable spaces shall be
designed for and occupied only by dependent mobile
homes.
c) The term "dependent" has the meaning ascribed to it
in the City of Fort Worth Health Code.
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SECTION FOURTH
THAT SUBPARAGRAPHS 5 AND 6 OF SECTION 10, "F" COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, of the
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, No. 3011 , as amended, is hereby amended by
deleting all reference to independent mobile homes and also deleting Item 6
in its entirety, so that same shall be and read as follows:
5. Trailer Park, but not including mobile home parks, when
in compliance with the following performance standards:
a) The total fully developed and usable spaces shall
be. designed for and occupied only by dependent
mobile homes.
b) The term "dependent" has the meaning ascribed to it
in the. City of Fort Worth Health Code.
6. Special exception uses when authorized by the Board of
Adjustment under the provisions of Section 20.
SECTION FIFTH
THAT SUBPARAGRAPH 1 OF SECTION 131, "I" LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, of the
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, No. 3011 , as amended, is hereby amended so that same
shall b e and read as follows:
1 . Any uses permitted in the "H" District. Mobile Home Parks
are excluded. Dwellings are excluded, except that a dwelling
can be erected on a Lot of Record which was recorded prior
to the adoption of this Ordinance.
SECTION SIXTH
THAT SUBPARAGRAPH 1 OF SECTION 14, "J" LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, of the Compre-
hensive Zoning Ordinance, No. 3011 , as amended, is hereby amended so that same
shall hereafter be and read as follows:
1 . Any use permitted' in the "I" Light Industrial District.
Mobile Rome Parks are excluded. Dwellings are excluded,
except a dwelling may be erected on a Lot of Record which
was recorded prior to the adoption of this Ordinance.
SECTION SEVENTH
THAT SUBPARAGRAPH_ 1 OF SECTION 15, "K" HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, of the
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, No. 3011, as amended, is hereby amended so that
same shall be and read as follows:
1 . Any uses permitted in the "J" Light Industrial District,
except that all dwellings are excluded and no mobile home
park shall be permitted.
SECTION EIGHTH
THAT SUBPARAGRAPH 23 OF SECTION 19, OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS,
of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, No. 3011 , as amended, is hereby amended
so that same shall be and read as follows:
23. DEPENDENT MOBILE HOMES: For each dependent mobile home
hereafter oc uc pled—as dwelling unit there shall be a
minimum of two C2) off-street parking spaces furnished
on premises. Such spaces shall be hard-surfaced and dust
free.
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SECTION. NINTH
THAT SECTION 20, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance,
No. 3011 , as amended, is: hereby amended by deleting Item 20, "Mobile Home
Park" , in its entirety. Ltem 21 , "Hotel", hereafter shall be designated as
Item 20.
SECTLON TENTH
THAT the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance No. 3011 , as. amended, be and the
same is hereby amended by adding thereto SECTION 2-C - "MH" MOBILE HOME PARK
DISTRICT which. shall be and read as. follows:
SECTION 2-C "MH" MOBILE HOME PARK DISTRICT:
The "MH" Mobile Home Park District is created as a district to accommodate
only mobile home parks and their related uses as established in Ordinance
No. 6293.
A. Use Regulations:
In the "MH" District, no building or land shall be used except as
permitted in Ordinance No. 6293.
B. Development Controls:
It is intended by these regulations that development in the MH District
shall be compatible with development in the district or districts which
it adjoins.
The following Items. 1 , 2, and 3, shall comply with. the requirements and
regulations pertaining thereto established in Ordinance No. 6293.
1 . Height and Area
2. Yard Requirements.
3. Parking
4. Signs:
An identifying sign may be permitted at each major entrance to the
mobile home park except that no more than three signs shall be
permitted for one park, and such signs shall be subject to the following
provisions:
a) Each sign shall contain only the identifying name of the park and
its street address.
b) Signs may be illuminated but the source of light shall not be
visible and shall not be intermittent or flashing; revolving signs
shall not be permitted. Signs. shall not be lighted between the
hours of ten (10:00) P.M. and six (6:00) A.M.
c) Such signs may be free standing but shall have not more than two
supports and the top of the sign shall be no more than eight (8')
feet above grade.
d) Each sign shall be single-face and shall be limited to a maximum
area of twelve (12) square feet.
e) All signs must conform with the setback requirements of buildings
within the park, from all public streets, except that such signs
may be attached flat against a wall or fence surrounding the
mobile home park, no portion of which shall extend into the
public right-of-way.
SECTION, ELEVENTH
THAT the zoning regulations and districts, as herein established, have been
made in accordance with the comprehensive plan for the purpose of promoting
health, safety, morals and the 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
over-crowding 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 things, of the character of the
district and its peculiar suitability for the particular uses and with a view
of conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use
of land throughout the community.
SECTION TWELFTH
THAT this ordinance shall be cumulative of all other ordinances of the City
of Fort Worth effecting zoning and shall not repeal any of the provisions of
said ordinances except in those instances where provisions of t4ose ordinances
are in direct conflict with the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION THIRTEENTH
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, of said City of Fort Worth, Texas, that have accrued at the time of
the effective date of this ordinance; and as to such accrued violations, the
court shall have all the powers that existed prior to the effective date of
this ordinance; and that all existing violations of Ordinance No. 3011 , as
amended, which would otherwise become non-conforming uses under th.is ordinance,
shall not become legal non-conforming uses under this ordinance but shall be
considered as violations of this ordinance in the same manner that they were
violations of Ordinance No. 3011 , as amended, of said city.
SECTION FOURTEENTH
THAT 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 final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such
voidness, ineffectiveness, or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of
the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections hereof,
since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incor-
poration herein of any such void, ineffective or unconstitutional phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION FIFTEENTH
THAT any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects,
or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement ofany of the provisions
of this ordinance shall be fined not less than Five and No/100 Dollars ($5.00)
nor more than Two Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($200.00) for each offense. Each
day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION SIXTEENTH
THAT this ordinance will take effect and be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and publication as required by law.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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CITY
ATTORNEY
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Adopted