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ORDINANCE NO. -~ __
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 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 THE ERECTION OF A SIGN PRIOR TO ANY PUBLIC HEAR-
ING BEFORE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ON `SPECIAL EXCEPTION
USE APPLICI~TIONS; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION IN PAMPHLET FORM; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT
AND ENROLLMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Section 20, "Board of Adjustment", of Ordinance No. 3011,
as amended, is hereby amended by adding Paragraph D, to read as fol-
lows:
"D. The City Manager or his designee shall direct the
erection of at least one sign upon the premises upon which
a special exception use has been requested. Where possible
such sign or signs shall be located in a conspicuous place
or places upon such property at a point or points nearest
any right-of-way, street, roadway or public thoroughfare
abutting such property. Such sign shall be so erected not
less than ten (10) days before the date set for the public
hearing before the Board of Adjustment. Any such sign
shall be removed subsequent to final action by the Board
of Adjustment on the special exception application. Such
sign shall indicate that a special exception use has been
requested and shall further set forth that additional
information can be acquired by telephoning the number
indicated thereon. The erection and/or the continued main-
tenance of any such sign shall not be deemed a condition
precedent to the holding of any public hearing or to any
official action concerning such special exception use."
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are hereby repealed.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
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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.
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 5.
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed
to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption and
Section 6 in the minutes of the City Council and by filing the ordi-
nance in the ordinance records of the City.
SECTION 6.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
December 1, 1985.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AN LEGALITY:
City Attorney
Date: 10 - ~ 6 - 9
ADOPTED : ~~ /~~~/
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