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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 3011, AS AMENDED, THE
COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE, CODIFIED AS APPENDIX "A"
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1964), AS AMENDED,
BY REQUIRING THAT IDENTIFICATION SIGNS PLACED UPON UNIFIED
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
FIRE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENAL CLAUSE; PROVIDING
A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN PAMPHLET
FORM; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT; PROVIDING
FOR PUBLICATION OF THIS ORDINANCE IN THE OFFICIAL NEWS-
PAPER; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Ordinance No. 3011, as amended, is hereby amended by
revising Paragraph B.3 of Section 16A, "Unified Residential
Development Provisions", and, following such amendment, said Para-
graph B.3 shall read as follows:
"3. Signs: Identification signs shall be permitted, sub-
ject to the following provisions:
a) Signs shall be permitted to identify the use or
uses of the property upon which displayed;
b) A sign or combination of signs shall have a
maximum allowable area of exposure on each
dedicated street frontage of not more than one
(1) square foot of sign area for each ten (10)
linear feet of frontage along said street; pro-
vided, however, a minimum of at least one (1)
sign shall be allowed having an area of twelve
(12) square feet;
c) Signs may be illuminated, but the source of
light shall not be visible and shall not be in-
termittent or flashing; revolving signs shall
not be permitted;
d) Not more than fifty (50) percent of the total
allowable sign area may be located in the re-
quired yard space along a dedicated street.
However, no individual sign in such required
yard space shall exceed twenty (20) square feet
in sign area;
e) Symbols which are designed as an integral part
of the building structure and symbols and signs
which are not visible or readable from the
public street shall not be limited by the above
regulations;
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f) Nothing contained herein shall exempt the owner
of any unified residential building from
placing identification signs on buildings as
required by the City of Fort Worth Fire
Department pursuant to Section 10.208 of the
Fort Worth Fire Code."
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be_cumulative of all provisions of ordi-
nances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1964), 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.
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 severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence,
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 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.
All rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are
expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provisions of
Ordinance No. 3011 or any other ordinances affecting land use which
have accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordinance;
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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 6.
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 pro-
vided in Chapter XXV, Section 3, of the Charter of the City of Fort
Worth, Texas.
SECTION 7.
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, 8 and 9 in the minutes of the City Council and by
filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City.
SECTION 8.
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby
directed to publish the caption and Sections 1, 4, 8 and 9 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 9.
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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City Attorney
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ADOPTED:
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