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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 8744 ORDINANCE NO . 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, TEXAS (1964), AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 2C, "'MH' MOBILE HOME PARK DISTRICT" PROVIDING FOR NEW USES AND REGULATIONS THEREIN; PROHIBITING MOBILE HOMES IN THE CITY EXCEPT IN MOBILE HOME PARKS OR SUBDIVISIONS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 20, "BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT", BY ALLOWING MOBILE HOMES AS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVER- ABILITY 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 Section 2C, "MH" - Mobile Home Park District to read as follows: "SECTION 2C "MH" MOBILE HOME DISTRICT It is the purpose of the "MH" Mobile Home District to provide a specific zone for mobile home parks and mobile home subdivisions only, thus providing a lo- cation for the use and enjoyment of mobile homes along with those uses customarily incidental thereto. I. MOBILE HOME PARKS A. Use Regulations: In the "MH" Mobile Home Park, no building or land shall be used, except as follows: 1. Mobile Home Parks in accordance with Ordin- ance No. 6293. 2. Accessory uses and buildings. 3. Special exception uses when authorized by the Board of Adjustment under the provisions of Section 20. B. Development Regulations: The following items 1, 2, and 3, shall comply with the requirements and regulations pertaining thereto in Ordinance No. 6293. 1. Height and Area 2. Yard Requirements 3. Parking 4. Signs: An identifying sign shall be per- mitted at each major entrance to the mobile home park except that no more than three signs shall be permitted for one park, and such signs shall be subject to the follow- ing provisions: a. Each sign shall contain only the iden- tifying name of the park and its street address. b. Signs may be illuminated but the source of light shall not be visible and shall not be intermittent or flashing; revolving signs shall not be permitted. Signs shall not be lighted between the hours of ten (10:00) P.M. and six (6:00) A.M. c. Such signs may be free standing but shall have not more than two supports and the top of the sign shall be no more than eight feet (8') above grade. d. Each sign shall be single-face and shall be limited to a maximum area of twelve (12) square feet. e. All signs must conform with the set- back requirements of buildings within the park, from all public streets, ex- cept that such signs may be attached flat against a wall or fence surround- ing the mobile home park, no portion or which shall extend into the public right-of-way. II. MOBILE HOME SUBDIVISIONS A. Use Regulations: In the "MH" Mobile Home Subdivision no building ' or land shall be used except as follows: 1. Mobile homes located on platted lots within approved subdivisions where the purpose of the subdivision is to have individual ownership of land. Such mobile home subdivision shall contain a minimum land area of 4 acres. 2. Accessory uses and buildings. 3. Special exception uses when authorized by the Board of Adjustment under the provi- sions of Section 20. B. Development Regulations: 1. Height: Maximum thirty-five (35) feet. 2. Front Yard: Minimum twenty (20 feet. 3. Rear Yard: Minimum five (5) feet. 4. (a) Side Yard, Interior Lot: Minimum five 5 feet. (b) Side Yard, Corner Lot: Minimum ten 10 feet adjacent to side street un- less front yard setback required. 5. Width of Lot: Minimum forty (40) feet. 6. Lot Area Per Mobile Home Unit: Minimum four-thousand 4,000 square feet. 7. Lot Coverage: Maximum 0.50 or fifty (50) per cent. 8. No more than one dwelling unit may be lo- cated on any one mobile home subdivision lot. -2- , ~ r, ~. r . ,... ` III. SPECIAL REGULATIONS A. No mobile home shall be located within the City of Fort Worth except in a Mobile Home Park or Mobile Home Subdivision unless permitted by the Board of Adjustment as a special exception use under the provisions of Section 20. B. Recreation vehicles shall not be occupied as living quarters.. C. Mobile home sales lots shall not be permitted. D. Skirting shall be required on all mobile homes. E. All mobile homes shall be anchored to a perman- ent foundation." SECTION 2. That Ordinance No. 3011, as amended, be amended by adding the following to the list of special exceptions authorized under Section 20, subsection C: "SPECIAL EXCEPTION 39. Mobile Homes as a place of residence when required for docu- mented security purposes at com- mercial and industrial sites or during the construction phase of any permitted use, subject to such conditions as may be required by the Board of Adjustment and pro- vided that approval shall be granted for a limited period of time to be specified by the Board, but not to exceed five (5) years. Upon application, time may be ex- tended for successive periods of five (5) years or less, provided there shall be new notice and hear- ing before each extension. SECTION 3. DISTRICT REQUIRING BOARD APPROVAL E, FR, F, G, H, I, J, K 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. -3- r SECTION 4. 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 unconsti- tutional 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 un- constitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. SECTION 5. That any person 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 Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense. Each day that a vio- lation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 6. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby directed to publish the caption and penalty clause and effective date of this ordinance for five (5) days in the official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by the Tex. Rev. Civ. Stats. art. 1176b-1. SECTION 7. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of passage and publication as above specified. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: ,,~~ City Attorney Date: ~ ` 3 ~ - ~ 3 ADOPTED : ,2 - l S ' 8 3 EFFECTIVE: ,~ -~,$-~,3 WKO:t -4-