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ORDINANCE NO. ~ ~ ~~
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 3011, AS AMENDED, THE
COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS, CODIFIED AS APPENDIX A OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH (1964), AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 9A,
"F-R." RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, BY ALLOWING NEWS-
PAPER DISTRIBUTION CENTERS NOT EXCEEDING 20,000 SQUARE
FEET AS A USE THEREIN; 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,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Section 9A, "F-R" Restricted Commercial District, of
Ordinance No. 3011, as amended, be amended by revising Paragraph 17B
of Subsection A, "Use Regulations," said Paragraph 17B to read as
follows:
"17B. Newspaper Distribution Centers Subject to the Follow-
ing:
A. Maximum size of 20,000 square feet;
B. Must be screened from abutting residential prop-
erties with a minimum 6-foot high screening
fence."
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are hereby repealed.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
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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 pro-
vided in Chapter XXV, Section 3, of the Charter of the City of Fort
Worth, Texas.
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.
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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.
AFPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney W ~~~.
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Date: ~~-t g-85
ADOPTED:
EFFECTIVE:
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