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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NO 3011 AS AMENDED SAME
BEING AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE
LOCATION AND USE OF BUILDINGS STRUCTURES AND
LAND FOR TRADE INDUSTRY RESIDENCE OR OTHER PUR-
POSES THE HEIGHT NUMBER OF STORIES AND SIZE OF
BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES THE SIZE OF YARDS
AND OTHER OPEN SPACES OFF-STREET PARKING AND
LOADING AND THE DENSITY OF POPULATION ANll FOR
SUCH PURPOSES DIVIDING THE MUNICIPALITY INTO
DISTRICTS OF SUCH NUMBER SHAPE AND AREA AS MAY BE
DEEMED BEST SUITED TO CARRY OUT THESE REGULATIONS
BY AMENDING SECTION 19 OFF-STREET PARKING AND
LOADING REGULATIONS PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDI-
NANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES PRO-
VIDING A 5EVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING A PENAL
CLAUSE AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH TEXAS
SECTION 1
That Ordinance No 3011 be and is hereby amended so that Section 19
Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations Subsection (A) General
Requirements Parts (8) (9) (10) and (11) shall hereinafter read as
follows
(A) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
(8) Parking areas which would require the use of pub-
lic right-of-way for maneuvering shall not be
acceptable for the furnishing- of required off-
street parking spaces other than for one- and two-
family dwellings Parking parallel to the curb on
a public street shall not be substituted for
off-street parking requirements
(9) The location of ingress and egress driveways shall
be subject to approval of the City Traffic Engi-
neer under curb cut or laid down curb permit pro-
cedures
(10) Where off-street parking is required except for
one- two- three- or four-family dwellings a
plat approved by the City Traffic Engineer show-
ing the location and arrangement of spaces shall
be furnished to the Building Official accompanied
by sufficient proof of ownership lease or other
arrangement as will show that the spaces contem-
plated will be permanent Any future changes in
parking arrangement must be approved by the
Building Official
(11) All buildings (except one-family two-family
three-family or four-family dwellings) hereafter
erected reconstructed or enlarged so as to
require additional parking spaces except in
District H shall have adequate permanent off-
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street facilities providing for the loading and
unloading of merchandise and goods within or
adjacent to the building Such space shall be
submitted on a plat and approved by the City
Traffic Engineer and the Building Official
Loading space shall be in addition to all
vehicular parking required for such use
SECTION 4
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That all rights or remedies of the City of Fort Worth Texas are
expressly saved as to any and all violations of Ordinance No 3011 or
of any amendments thereto of said City of Fort Worth Texas that have
accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordinance and as
to such accrued violations the court shall have all of the powers
which existed prior to the effective date of this ordinance
SECTION 5
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 void ineffective or
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of com-
petent jurisdiction such voidness ineffectiveness or unconstitu-
tionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases clauses
sentences paragraphs or sections of this ordinance since the same
would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation
herein of any such void ineffective or unconstitutional phrase
clause sentence paragraph or section
SECTION 6
That 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 shall be fined not less than
Five Dollars ($5 00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200 00) for
each offense Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall
constitute a separate offense
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SECTION 7
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That this ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and
effect from and after the date of its passage and publications as
required by law and it is so ordained
APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND LEGALITY
City Attorney
Adopted ~~ ~~~~._
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