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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 8077x~ ~-..W N c ~;,: ~: •~ a .; ORDINANCE NO AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, AS AMENDED WHICH CHAPTER. REGULATES THE OPERATION OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES ON THE PUBLIC STREETS AND ESTABLISHED TRUCK ROUTES AND COMMERCIAL DELIVERY ROUTES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH BY AMENDING SEC 26-1 TO INCLUDE THE DEFINITIONS OF A TRUCK ROUTE, A COMMERCIAL DELIVERY ROUTE, AND A MOTORBUS AMENDING SEC 26-74 TO REDEFINE THE REQUIRED USE OF TRUCK ROUTES AND COM- MERCIAL DELIVERY ROUTES AMENDING SEC 26-75 TO PROVIDE DEFENSES IN PLACE OF EXCEPTIONS TO THE REQUIRED USE OF TRUCK ROUTES AND COMMERCIAL DELIVERY ROUTES AMENDING SEC 26-76 TO REDESIGNATE STREETS AS TRUCK ROUTES AMENDING SEC 26-77 TO REDESIGNATE STREETS AS COMMERCIAL DELIVERY ROUTES MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES PRO- VIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION HEREOF, PRO- VIDING A SEVERABLITY CLAUSE AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION IN MAP AND PAMPHLET FORMS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS SE(:TION 1 ,r. ..~ That Section 26-1 of Chapter 26 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, be amended to include the following definitions of Commercial Delivery Route and Truck Route and that the present definition of Motorbus be replaced with the following definition said definitions Y-eading as follows Commercial Delivery Route means any street or highway so designated by the City council for. the use by any commercial motor vek:~icle, truck-tractor, trailer, semi-trailer, or any combina- tion thereof "Motorbus. means every vehicle which is used in transporting persons upon the public streets of the City of Fort Worth for compensation or hire and has a passenger carrying capacity of more than 16 persons except those operated by muscular power or exclusively on station- ary rails or tracks or owned by a public or governmental agency and operated for the transportation of children to and from school functions or privately owned and operated for the: transportation of children to and from school functions or those operated for the transportation of persons to and from church functions I .r' ~. "Truck Route means any street or highway so designated by the City Council for use by any commercial motor vehicle truck-traci:or, trailer, semi- trailer, or any combination thereof SECTION 2 That Section 26-74 of thE: Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as amended, be and the same is hereby amended so that hereafter same shall be and read as follows Sec 26-74 Use of truck routes or commercial de- livery routes re- quired -- Generally Except as otherwise provided here- in, no person shall operate or cause to be operated upon any public street within the city any commercial motor vehicle, motor bus, truck tractor, trailer, semi-trailer or any combi- nation thereof except on such streets as are designated as either truck routes or commercial. delivery routes by this article such vehicles shall be operated on a truck route wherever capable of being used they shall be operated on a commercial delivery route only when it is not possible to use a truck route to fulfill the purpose for which such vehicle is then being oper- ated " SECTION 3 That Section 26-75 of Chapter 26 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as amended be and the same is hereby amended so that hereafter same shall be and read as follows Sec 26-75 Same -- Defenses The following shall be de- fenses to prosecutions under the. provisions of 26-74 (a) To operate a vehicle to or from a truck. terminal, garage place of repair, place of performing a service, or a place of loading or un- loading over the shortest route to a point on a truck route or commercial delivery route any such vehicle shall be permitted to proceed from one such point not on a truck route or commercial delivery route to another such point without returning to a truck route or commercial delivery route if to so return would increase the distance to be -2- traveled on nori-designated streets the operators of any such vehicles hall carry evi- dence of the location of its last stop and of its immediate destination in order for this defense to app3.y (b) To operate emergency vehicles in response to any emergency call (c) To operate vehicles of a public utility while cruising in an assigned area for the purpose of inspecting the fa- cilities of suc:h public utility or providing maintenance ser- vice to the facilities (d) To operate motor buses for the purpose of transporting people for hire upon a regular schedule over a defined route SECTION 4 That Section 26-76 of Chapter 26 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as amended, be and the same is hereby amended so that h.er.eafter same shall k~e and read as follows Sec 26-76 Truck Route Streets Designated The following treets and sections of streo-tsare designated truck routes TRUCK. ROUTES NAME OF STREET Interstate Highway 820 (.Loop 820) Interstate Highway 35-W (North & South Freeway). Interstate Highway 20 Lnterstate Highway 30 (Old Turnpike Fx West Freeway). U S 287 (:Poly Freeway) U S 80 (East Lancaster Avenue). u -3- LIMITS Within City Limits Within City Limits Within City Limits Within City Limits From Interstate Highway 35-W to Interstate Highway $20 (.East Loop 820) From Lnterstate Highway 35-W East to City Limits r NAME OF STREET LIMITS U S 377 Within City Limits State Highway 121 (Airport Freeway) Within City Limits State Highway 183 (.28th Street) Within City Limits State Highway 199 From Northside Drive (Jacksboro Highway) Northwest to City Limits State Highway 360 Within City Limits Farm to Market Road 157 Within City Limits Farm to Market Road 731 Within City Limits (Crowley Road) Spur 303 From Ynterstate Highway (East Rosedale Street) 820 (East Loop 820) East to City Limits Spur 496 From State Highway 183 (North Main Street) (.28th Street) North to City Limits Beach Street From East Belknap Street South. to State Highway 121 (.Airport Freeway) Belknap Street From Interstate Highway 35-W West to Henderson Street Handley Drive From East Lancaster Avenue South to Spur 303 Henderson Street From Interstate Highway 30 North to North- side Drive Weatherford Street From Interstate Highway 35-W West to Henderson Street SECTLON 5 That Section 26-77 of Chapter 26 of the. Code of the City of Fort Worth. Texas as amended, be and the same is hereby amended so that hereafter same shall be and read as follows Sec 26-77 Commercial Delivery Route Streets Designated The following streets and sections of streets are designated commercial delivery routes -4- ,~ -r COMMERCIAL DELIVERY ROUTES NAME OF STREET A11en Avenue Alta Mesa Boulevard Ayers Avenue Ballinger Street Beach. Street Beach Street East Belknap Street Bellaire Drive South. Bell Spur Benbrook Boulevard Bentley Village Parl~;way Berry Street (East ,& West). South Berry Street Biddison Avenue -5- LIMITS From Hemphill to Inter- state Highway 35-W From Old Cranbury Road to Crowley Road (-Farm to Market Road 731) From East Lancaster Avenue (U S 80 ) to Vickery Blvd From West 7th to Penn- sylvania Avenue From Watauga-Smithfield Road South to Northeast 28th Street From State Highway 121 (.Airport Freeway) South to Mitchell Boulevard From Interstate Highway 35-W East to Beach. Street From Preston Hollow Road 6Vest to City Limits From State Highway 183 to Trinity Boulevard From Cleburne Road to Cranbury Road From Cooks Lane Northeast to City Limits From Interstate Highway 820 (.East Loop 820)_ West to Preston Hollow Road From Glen Garden & East Berry Street Intersection East to Mitchell Boulevard From Interstate Highway 35-W West to Hemphill Street w r. NAME OF STREET LIMITS Blue Mound Road (Farm From Cantrell Sansom to Market Road Road to Terminal 15 6 ) Road Brentwood Stair Road From Oakland Boulevard East to Handley Drive Bridge Street From Interstate Highway 820 (.East Loop 820) West to Oakland Boulevard Bryant Irvin Road From West Vickery Boulevard South to Interstate Highway 20 Camp Bowie Boulevard From University Drive to Benbrook Circle Campus Drive From Mansfield Highway to Oak- Grove Road~- Cantrell Sansom Road From Old Denton Road West to City Limits Cherry Lane From Interstate Highway 30 South to U S 80 Cleburne Road From Cleburne Road at the 2800 Block Southwest to Benbrook Boulevard LVest Cleburne Road From McCart Avenue West to Granbury Road Collard Street From East Lancaster Avenue (U S 80) South to Vickery Boulevard Commerce Street From Bluff Street South. to Weatherford Street ~ Cooks Lane From Randol Mill Road to U S 80 (East Lancaster Avenue) David Strickland Road From Parker Henderson Road to Inter- state Highway 8~fl, CEast Loop 820) Decatur Avenue From Terminal Road South to Samuels Avenue at Northeast 23rd Street -6- i v NAME OF STREET LIMITS Deen Road From Meacham Boulevard South to State Highway 183 Eighth Avenue From Pennsylvania Avenue South to Cleburne Road at the 2800 Block Everman Parkway From Interstate Highway 35-W East to City Limits Felix Avenue From James Avenue to Oak Grove Road First Street From Sylvania Avenue East to Beach Street Forest Park Boulevard From Interstate Highway 30 (West Freeway) South to Rosedale Street Fourth Street From Interstate Highway 35-W East to Riverside Drive Galvez Avenue From Sylvania Avenue East to Riverside Drive Granbury Road From Benbrook Boulevard to Trail Lake Drive Granbury Road From Trail Lake Drive and Wabash Avenue South to City Limits Green Oaks Road From Calmont Drive North to (Alta Mere Drive) State Highway 183 Grove Street From 38th Street South to 33rd Street (Long Avenue) Guilford Road From Interstate Highway 30 South to Vickery Boulevard Handley Drive From Brentwood Stair Road South to East Lancaster Avenue Handley-Ederville Road From Randol Mill Road North to City Limits -7- r_ { NAME OF STREET LIMITS Hemphill Street From Vickery Boulevard to Interstate Highway 820 (Southwest Loop 820) Henderson Street From Interstate Highway 30 South to Rosedale Street Horne Street From West Vickery Boulevard North to Byers Avenue Houston Street From Weatherford Street North to Bluff Street Hulen Street From Interstate Highway 30 South to West Cleburne Road James Avenue From Seminary Drive South to Inter- state Highway 820 (Southwest Loop 820) John T White Road From Interstate Highway 820 (.East Loop 820) East to City Limits Lackland Road From U S 80 North to Calmont Street Lancaster Avenue (_U S 80) From Interstate Highway 35-G7 West to Camp Bowie Boulevard Las Vegas Trail From Interstate :Highway 30 to U S 80 Longvue From U S 80 South to City Limits Lovell Street From Springs Street West to Vickery Boulevard at Chambers McCart Avenue From Benbrook Boulevard South to West Cleburne Road North Main Street (Spur 496) From ~Bluff~ Street North'to State Highway 183 -8- ,~ NAME OF STREET LIMITS South Main Street (Spur 496) From Interstate Highway 30 South to Morningside Drive Mansfield Highway (Spur 496) From Glen Eden Drive Southeast to City Limits Mark IV Parkway From Cantrell Sansom Road South to Meacham Boulevard Martin Street From Wichita Street East to Village Creek Road Meacham Boulevard From North Main Street (Spur 496 ) East to Beach Street Meadowbrook Drive From Interstate Highway 820 (East Loop 820) East to Proposed Bentley Village Parkway Miller Avenue From Texas and Pacific Railroad South to City Limits Mitchell Boulevard From East Rosedale Street South to Mansfield Highway (Spur 496) Montgomery Street From Camp Bowie Boulevard South to Vickery Boulevard Morningside Drive From Hemphill Street East to Interstate Highway 35-W Moser Valley Road From Arlington Bedford Road East to Farm to DZarket Road 157 Northside Drive From Interstate Highway 35-W West to State Highway 199 (Jacksboro Highway) Oakland Boulevard From East Lancaster Avenue South to Texas and Pacific Railroad Oak Grove Road From Interstate Highway 35-W Southeast to Everman .Parkway ~ ,~ Old Decatur Road From Angle Avenue North to City Limits -9- NAME OF STREET L'IMIT5 Old Denton Road From Watauga Road South to Cantrell 5ansom Road Pafford Street From McCart Avenue West t o Cranbury Read 1 Parker Henderson Raad From Martin Street South to City Limits Pennsylvania Avenue From 8th Avenue East to Interstate Highway 35-W East Pipeline Road From Raider Street East to State Highway 360 Precinct Line Road From State Highway 10 South to Randol ~ , Mill Road Raider Drive From East Pipeline Road South. to Moser Valley Road Ramey Avenue From Miller Avenue East to Interstate Highway 820 (.East Loop 820) Roaring Springs Road From Byers Avenue North to City Limits Randol~~Mill Road From Interstate Highway 820 (.East Loop 820) East to City Limits West Risinger Road From Interstate Highway 35-W West to Crowley Road (Farm to Market Road 731) Riverside Drive (.Spur 496) From Belknap Street (.U S 377 ) South to Glen Eden Drive Rosedale Street From Interstate Highway 820 (.East Loop 820) West to Vickery Boulevard & Inter- state 30 near University Drive Samuels Avenue From Northeast 23rd Street and Decatur Avenue South to Northside Drive -10- X' C~ 1r NK C'. NAME OF STREET LIMITS Seminary Drive From Cranbury Road East to City Limits West Seventh Street: From Henderson Street West to University Drive Stalcup Road From Rosedale Street South to Ramey Avenue Summit Avenue From 7th Street South to Pennsylvania Avenue Sycamore School Road From Interstate Highway 35-W West to Hulen Street Sylvania Avenue From Meacham Boulevard South to Riverside Drive Tappan Boulevard From Campus Drive East to City Limits Tennessee Street From East Lancaster Avenue South to Vickery Boulevard Tension Drive From Interstate Highway (East Loop 820) to East Rosedale Street Terminal Road From North Main Street (Spur 496) to Deen Road Thirty-Eighth Street From North Main Street East to Decatur Avenue Thirty-Third Street From State Highway (Long Avenue) 199 (Jacksboro Highway) East to Beach Street Tierney Avenue From East Lancaster Avenue South to East Rosedale Street Trail Lake Drive From Woodway Drive North to Cranbury Road at 4300 Block of Trail Lake Drive Trinity Boulevard From ..Arlington Bedford Road West to City Limits Twenty-Third Street (Northeast) From North Main Street East to Decatur Avenue -ll- NAME OF STREET U S 80 University Drive Vickery Boulevard Vickery Boulevard Village Creek Road Watagua-Smithfield Road White Settlement Road Wilbarger Street Woodway Drive SECTION 6 'LIMI'TS From Camp Bowie Boulevard to Interstate Highway 30 From State Highway 199 (Jacksboro Highway) South to Cranbury Road From Ayers West to Collard Street From South Beach Street West to City Limits From Ramey Avenue South to Martin Street From Beach Street West to City Limits From H:ende~rson Street West to City Limits From Mitchell Boulevard East to Interstate Highway 820 (East Loop 820) From Alta Mesa Boulevard North to Trail Lake Drive " This ordinance shall be and is hereby declared to be cumulative of all other ordinances of the City of Fort Worth providing for the regulation of motor vehicles upon the public streets, and this ordinance shall not operate i.o repeal or affect any of such other ordinances except insofar as the provisions thereof might be inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance in which event such conflicting provisions, if any, in such other ordinance or ordinances are hereby repealed SECTION 7 Any violation hereof shall be punished by a fine of not ex- ceeding two hundred dollars (.$200 00) as provided for in Section 1-5 of the Fort Worth. City Code -12- 1 ..,~ e SECTION 8 ,. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of ~;, this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional such. holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance and all of the remainder of this ordinance not so held to be unconstitutional shall continue to be in full force and effect SECTION 9 The City Secretary of the City of Fort 4Jorth_may publish this ordinance in map and pamphlet form for gener.al~dstrbution among the public and this ordinance as so published shall be admissible in evidence in all. Courts without further proof than the production of said map anal pamphlet as provided in Section 3, Chapter XXVI of the Charter of th.e City of Fort U7orth SECTION 10 This ordinance shall take effect and shall be in full force from and after its adoption and publication as provided by law APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY .~ I ~ / Y ~ r------- ~' ~~ 1 it Attorney ADOPTED ~ ~ I c( ~ ~~ EFFECTIVE -13- l7 s ~IIE ~ SANTERRE :~ 41ERCHERT HICKS BAILIFF' _ N01'!~i v~ ~TH NFri JONES PROSECUTIN [7 I• pity ®f 'Fort ~®rth, ~e.~as 1i~Icsyor a~-.d Council Co9al.rn~.cnacataon SATE REFERENCE SUBJECT PAGE NUMBER Truck/Commercial Delivery Routes iot.3 TT0~~~1~8O T$-304 , HISTOR'Y': The last ordinance concerning Truck: Routes and Commercial Delivery Routes within the City of Fort Worth was approved in February 19E8 Population increases new street construction and land use changes during the last 12 years has led to a comprehensive review of trucking movements and the transporting of goods within the Fort Worth City limits Several problems have been identified regarding Truck/Commercial Delivery Routes and the transporting of goods on these routes The problem delineation process included City staff input field research efforts citizen comments and complaints investigations of illegal trucking movements and disco-ssion with trucking industry representatives Major problems identified with the movement of goods within the City are 1 The growth in the 1970 s encouraged extensive warehousing residential office shopping and industrial developments All of these developments require a good street system. to facilitate transporting of goods and services as well as people The high growth .rate in the region has placed a significant increased demand on the existing Truck/Commercial Delivery Route system within the City 2 Many residential streets are being used illegally .for transporting goods and services 3 Sufficient police personnel are not available to monitor and enforce existing truck laws and ordinances 4 Lack of a good up-to-date Truck/Commercial Delivery Route map has contri- buted to the problem by not adequately informing trucking companies and their employees of the designated routes 5 Inadequate signing of Truck/Cc>mmercial Delivery Routes throughout the City does not properly advise truck dz•ivers of designated routes 6 The wording of the existing City ordinance makes it difficult for City prosecuting attorneys to obtain a conviction even for an obvious violation TRUCK/COMMERCIAL DELIVERY ROUTE TASKFORCE The City Transportation Director is responsible for advising the City Manager and the City Council on matters concerning the movement of persons and goods within the City Since the matter Hof Truck/Commercial Delivery Routes is quite sensitive the Director of Transportation sought assistance from a number of sources In August 1978 a committee known as the Truck/Commercial Delivery Route Taskforce was formed The Committee was composed of citizens representatives of the trucking industry City staff and State Department of J' t~~ • SM~ DATE REFERENCE SU BJ EC:T PAGE NUMBER 3/4/80 Truck/Commercial Delivery Routes 2 of 3 TE- 304 , Highways and Public Transportation staff A coordinator was provided by the Department of Transportation to conduct meetings record minutes and to provide information to the committee as requested The Taskforce Commit?=~e was to recommend to the Transportation Director a comprehensive identification and designation of Truck/Commercial Delivery Routes based on the following criteria 1 To primarily restrict Truck/Commercial Delivery Route designations to streets of higher functional classification (i e collectors arterials freeways) 2 To provide a system that would allow the efficient transportation of goods and services with a minimum of disruption to residential streets and neighborhoods • In addition the Committee was asked to recommend revisions to the existing City Code in order to allow successful enforcement of Truck/Commercial Delivery Route violations as well as placing restrictions on truck movements to protect residential neighborhoods The Taskforce after 15 months of extensive study discussion and deliberation approved the attached Revised Tru~~k/Commercial Delivery Route Ordinance at its meeting on Thursday December 13 1979 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE EXISTING A]VD PROPOSED ORDINANCE The following changes are included in the revised ordinance 1 Section 26-1 is amended to include definitions of Truck Routes Commercial Delivery Routes and Motorbuses 2 Section 26-74 is amended to redefine the required use of Truck and Commercial Delivery Route's 3 Section 26-75 is amended to provide defenses in place of excep- tions to the required use of Truck and Commercial Delivery Routes to facilitate enforcement 4 Section 26-76 is amended to redesignate specific streets as 'Truck Routes and 5 Section 26-77 is amended to redesignate specific streets as Commer- cial Delivery Routes L` There are three major differences between the existing and proposed ordinance 1 The proposed ordinance should be easier to prosecute thereby reducing violations This is done by altering Section 26-75 to specify defenses from prosecution rather thane exceptions The City prosecutor explains that under the present ordinance the State (or City) must show that none of the exceptions listed are valid however under the proposed ordinance the defendent must show that he/she has a defense as listed to avoid conviction ,~. _• • DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT PAGE NUMBER Truck/Commercial Delivery Routes 3 3/4/80 TE-304 °r 3 2 The proposed ordinance in Section 26-75 requires a truck driver to use the shortest route available when off of a Truck Route or Commercial Delivery Route This can be checked more easily by a police officer as opposed to the present wording which allows the shortest reasonable route 3 The exact routes to be included as Truck Routes (Section 26-76) and/or Commercial Delivery Routes (Section 26-77) have been updated to reflect the current transportation system and needs OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES In addition to the updating and revising of the ordinance several related activities are planned Funds havEa been set aside to print 7 500 copies of a complete map of the City showing the Truck Routes and Commercial Delivery Routes with the complete text of the ordinance printed on the back This should be sufficient to .provide ample copies to all trucking or delivery firms operating in the Fort Worth area Funds also were included in this year s budget to properly sign all Truck and Commercial Delivery Routes throughout the City Work is underway to obtain funding from the State Office of Traffic Safety for additional police off icer.s to better enforce the ordinance and other truck related laws and ordinances During the discussion of the ordinance- the Taskforce found that in some cases the condition and geometries of certain streets created major problems for truck movements and asked that those problems be corrected Staff will attempt to include these as projects in future Capital Improvement Programs The problem of illegal truck traffic is very complex and requires a coordinated set of solutions including the d termination of demand defining acceptable movements notifying trucking companies and their employees of what is acceptable and a program of strict enforcement It is hoped that the work of the Taskforce and staff as reflectfad in the attached ordinance will accomplish the desired results RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached Truck/Commercial Delivery Route Ordinance Attachment VS le SUBMITTED FOR THE CITY MAf11AGER'S /1 OFFICE BY• ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT HEAD: ~aY.~y FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT Gar COUNCIL: I PROCESSED BY ^ OTHER (DESCRIBE) ~ h-- " ~ t3 G; F c9? ~`- "„A'e~; is =,ct~ ~~~_ ~ DPI ~ C Y SECRETARY DATE