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ORDINANCE NO. /~!7
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 3011, AS AMENDED, THE
COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
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, TO ADD "SOFTBALL PARKS" TO
THE USES PERMITTED THEREIN; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
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 Ordinance No. 3011, as amended, be amended by revising
Section 9A, "F-R" Restricted Commercial District, by adding to
Subsection A, "Use Regulations", the following:
"17A. Softball Parks, including Stad-ium and Concession
Stands."
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are hereby repealed.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.
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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 and said Code shall be fined
not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) for each offense. Each
day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a sepa-
rate 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, as amended, or any other ordinances affecting
zoning which have accrued at the time of the effective date of this
ordinance; and, as to such accrued violations and all pending liti-
gation., 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,
Section 1, penalty clause and effective date 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, Section 1, penalty clause and
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effective date 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:
City Attorney
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ADOPTED:
EFFECTIVE:
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