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POLICY PROPOSAL
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4/27/82 CP-93 Moratorium on Unified Residential Projects
PROPOSAL PROPOSED BY: Councilman COY tAANAGER'S• /EVI W
Russell Lancaster
Background
For more than two years the Zoning Task Force has been reviewing the City's Compre-
hensive Zoning Ordinance for amendments in order to improve the quality of land use
control in the City of Fort Worth. One section of the Comprehensive Zoning., Ordinance
MI they have completed their review and recommendations on is Section 16A Unified
Residential Development Provisions. These recommendations were transmitted to the
Zoning Commission which held a public hearing to consider same on April 14, 1982.
In order to permit various interested parties that appeared more time and opportunity
to provide additional input, the Commission voted to continue the public hearing to
their May 12, 1982, meeting.
Section 16A contains provisions which among other things would seem to allow the con-
struction of multi-family developments on land zoned "A" One Family and "B" Two Family.
The Zoning Task Force concluded that this type of development is not consistent with
the intent of the "A" and "B" districts and have recommended that it not be permitted
in the future. Therefore, the Zoning Task Force has proposed that the option to
construct a unified residential development in the "A" and "B" districts be deleted
from Section 16A of the City's Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance.
Proposal
ow I propose that the City Council should direct the City Zoning Commission to conduct
public hearings and to report to the City Council as expeditiously as possible its
recommendations relating to proposed amendments to Section 16A. Moreover, to preserve
the status quo of unified residential developments in the "A" One Family and "B" Two
Family zoning districts within the City, the City should prohibit by ordinance the
approval of site plans by the Plan Commission and the issuances of building permits
for such developments in the City of Fort Worth, pending the expeditious consideration
by the Zoning Commission and the City Council of the question of amending the Compre-
hensive Zoning Ordinance to delete the option to construct a unified residential
development in the "A" and "B" districts from Section 16A Unified Residential Develop-
ment.
Legality
The Department of Law reserves comment on this matter.
' LEGALITY El
FISCAL NOTE
CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS ] cXa
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Fiscal Note
Not applicable.
City Manager's Comments
Careful consideration must be given by the City Council as to whether or not
a moratorium should be imposed in addition to the existing moratorium on high
rise projects. The staff forsees no operational problems if the Council decides
to approve this Council Proposal.
Russell Lancaster, Councilman
District 4
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CITY OF FORT WORTH