HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 20084-03-2012ORDINANCE NO. 20084-03-2012
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, BEING
ORDINANCE NO. 13896, AS AMENDED, CODIFIED AS
APPENDIX "A" OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 2, "REVIEW BODIES" TO
AMEND SECTION 2.102 "URBAN DESIGN COMMISSION" TO
REDUCE THE QUORUM FROM SIX TO FIVE MEMBERS;
PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL
NEWSPAPER; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 12088 on August 15, 1995,
establishing the Scenic Preservation Commission "Commission" to review and designate
areas of the City as scenic, cultural, architectural or historic areas and to address off-
premise signs in those designated areas;
WHEREAS, on October 8, 2002 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 15284
renaming the Commission to the Scenic Preservation and Design Review Commission
expanding the powers to include designs for stealth communication towers and surface
mounted antennas and increasing the membership of the Commission to nine regular
members and two ad hoc members; and
WHEREAS, on October 23, 2007 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 17844
renaming the Commission to the Urban Design Commission and revising membership
criteria; and
WHEREAS, the Urban Design Commission consists of nine members; and
WHEREAS, the quorum requirement for the Urban Design Commission is set at
six (6) members and the City staff recommends that the quorum requirement be reduced
to five (5) members to facilitate the timely conduct of official business.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SECTION 1.
Chapter 2 of Ordinance No. 13896, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Fort
Worth, "Review Bodies ", Section 2.102 "Urban Design Commission" subsection D.
"Quorum" is amended to reduce the number of members required for a quorum from six
to five members, to read as follows:
D. Quorum
Five voting members of the Urban Design Commission shall constitute a quorum.
A motion to approve any matter before the Commission shall require the
affirmative vote of five voting members of the Commission.
SECTION 2.
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions and of the Code of the
City of Fort Worth affecting zoning and shall not repeal any of the provisions of such
ordinances, except in those instances where provisions of such ordinances are in direct
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 3.
That all rights or remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved
as to any and all violations of Ordinance Nos. 3011, 13896, or any amendments thereto
that have accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordinance; and as to such
accrued violations, and all pending litigation, both civil or criminal, same shall not be
affected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts.
SECTION 4.
That 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 competent
jurisdiction, such voidness, ineffectiveness or unconstitutionality 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.
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SECTION 5.
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 more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2000.00) for each offense. Each
that a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 6.
All rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas are expressly saved as to
any and all violations of the provisions of Ordinance No. 3011, Ordinance No. 13896, or
any other ordinances affecting zoning that have accrued at the time of the effective date
of this ordinance; and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil
and criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances, same shall not be
affected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts.
SECTION 7.
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby directed to publish
the caption, penalty clause and effective date of this ordinance for two (2) days in the
official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Section52.013,
Texas Local Government Code.
SECTION 8.
This ordinance shall take effect upon the adoption and publication as required by
law.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
By: ma
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Assistant City Attorney
Adopted: March 6, 2012
Effective:
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