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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 301 1 , 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, TEXAS, BY REVISING SECTION 7A, "D-H R1" MULTI-FAMILY
HIGH RISE DISTRICT, REGARDING YARD SETBACKS; BY REVISING
SECTION 7B, "D-H R2" MULTI-FAMILY HIGH RISE DISTRICT RE-
GARDING YARD SETBACKS; BY AMENDING SECTION 8, "ER" RE-
STRICTED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, TO ALLOW THEREIN ANY USE
PERMITTED IN THE "D-HR2" DISTRICT EXCEPT RESIDENTIAL USES;
BY REVISING SECTION 16A, "UNIFIED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
PROVISIONS"~ REGARDING HEIGHT AND YARD REGULATIONS; PRO-
VIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; PROVIDING
FOR PUBLICATION; 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
Paragraph B, "Height and Area Regulations", of Section 7A, "D-H R1"
Multi-Family High Rise District, to read as follows:
"B. Height and Area Regulations:
1. Except for residential uses, those uses speci-
fied in Paragraph A above shall conform to the
following regulations:
a) Height: Maximum of one hundred forty-four
(144) feet, except in accordance with the
provisions of Section 18.A.1.
b) Front Yard: Minimum of twenty (20) feet.*
c) Rear Yard: Minimum of five (5) feet.*
d) Side Yard:
(1) Interior Lot: Minimum of five (5)
feet.*
(2) Corner Lot: Minimum of ten (10) feet
adjacent to side street unless front
yard setback required.*
*Notwithstanding anything contained herein to
the contrary, for all buildings over thirty-five
(35) feet in height, the minimum front, rear and
side yard setback shall be one-half (1/2) of the
height of the building on any side adjacent to
'A' One-Family, 'B' Two-Family or 'R-1' Residen-
tial districts.
e) Width of Lot: Minimum of fifty (50) feet.
f) Lot Area: Minimum of five thousand (5000)
square feet.
g) Lot Coverage: Maximum of 0.50 or fifty (50)
percent.
2. Multi-Family Residential Development shall con-
form to the provisions outlined in Section 16A -
Unified Residential Development Provisions.
3. One and two family dwelling units must comply
with the regulations of the 'A' One-Family, 'B'
Two-Family or 'R-1' Residential districts or the
Unified Residential Development provisions in
Section 16A."
SECTION 2.
That Ordinance No. 3011, as amended, be amended by revising
Paragraph B, "Height and Area Regulations", of Section 7B, "D-HR2"
Multi-Family High Rise District, to read as follows:
"B. Height and Area Regulations:
1. Except for residential uses, those uses speci-
fied in Paragraph A above shall conform to the
following regulations:
a) Height: Maximum of two hundred forty (240)
feet, except in accordance with the provi-
sions of Section 18.A.1.
b) Front Yard: Minimum of twenty (20) feet.*
c) Rear Yard: Minimum of five (5) feet.*
d) Side Yard:
(1) Interior Lot: Minimum of five (5)
feet.*
(2) Corner Lot: Minimum of ten (10) feet
adjacent to side street unless front
yard setback required.*
*Notwithstanding anything contained herein to
the contrary, for all buildings over thirty-five
(35) feet in height, the minimum front, rear and
side yard setback shall be one-half (1/2) of the
height of the building on any side adjacent to
'A' One-Family, 'B' Two-Family or 'R-1' Residen-
tial districts.
e) Width of Lot: Minimum of fifty (50) feet.
f) Lot Area: Minimum of five thousand (5000)
square feet.
g) Lot Coverage: Maximum of 0.50 or fifty (50)
percent.
2. Multi-Family Residential Development shall con-
form to the provisions outlined in Section 16A -
Unified Residential Development Provisions.
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3. One and two family dwelling units must comply
with the regulations of the 'A' One-Family, 'B'
Two-Family or 'R-1' Residential districts or the
Unified Residential Development provisions of
Section 16A."
SECTION 3.
That Ordinance No. 3011, as amended, be amended by revising
Subsection 1 of Paragraph A, "Use Regulations", of Section 8, "ER"
Restricted Commercial District to read as follows:
"1. Any use permitted in the 'D-HR2' Multi-Family
High-Rise District except that residential
uses are allowed only as a part of a mixed use
structure."
SECTION 4.
That Ordinance No. 3011, as amended, be amended by revising
Paragraph D.1., "Height and Yard Regulations", of Section 16A,
"Unified Residential Development Provisions", to read as follows:
"1. Height and Yard Regulations
a) Height: The maximum permitted height for
buildings or structures in any Unified
Residential Development shall be in accor-
dance with Table 1 of this section, except
as limited by other applicable codes and
ordinances.
b) Front Yard*: There shall be a front yard of
not less than ten (10) feet on any portion
of the site which has frontage on a public
street. The required front yard cannot be
paved, except for necessary driveways and
must remain as open space.
c) Side Yard*: All structures in a Unified
Residential Development which are located
adjacent to any property zoned 'A', 'B' or
'R-1' shall comply with one of the follow-
ing two setback requirements:
(i) Twenty-five (25) foot setback with
greenbelt and a screening fence placed
upon the property line; or
(II) Forty-seven (47) foot setback with one
tier of parking (18'), fence clearance
space (3'), all with a screening fence
located on the property line;
Otherwise, no setback is required. Paved
driveways are permitted in the side yard.
d) Rear Yard*: Same as side yard. Paved drive-
ways are permitted in the rear yard.
*Notwithstanding anything contained herein to
the contrary, for all buildings over thirty-five
(35) feet in height, the minimum front, rear and
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side yard setback shall be one-half (1/2) of the
height of the building on any side adjacent to
'A' One-Family, 'B' T wo-Family or 'R-1' Residen-
tial districts."
SECTION 5.
That Ordinance No. 3011, as amended, be amended by amending
Section 16A, "Unified Residential Development Provisions", by delet-
ing Footnote 4 in its entirety from Table 1 of Paragraph D,
"Development Regulations."
- SECTION 6.
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of
ordinances 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 7.
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 8.
That any person who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or re-
fuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall be fined not more than Two Hun-
dred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense.
SECTION 9.
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby
directed to publish the caption and penalty clause and effective
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date of this ordinance for five (5) days in the official newspaper
of the City of Fort Worth, as authorized by TEX. REV. CIV. STATS. ,
Art. 1176b-1.
SECTION 10.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
the date of passage and publication as above specified.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
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ADOPTED: 3. -- /5- $3
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