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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 6184 , f � I ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 3011; SAME BEING AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE LOCATION AND USE OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND LAND FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY, RESIDENCE OR OTHER PURPOSES: BY AMENDING SECTION 1, DEFINITIONS: SECTION 2, DISTRICTS; SECTION 3, "A" ONE-FAMILY DISTRICT; SECTION 4, "B" TWO-FAMILY DISTRICT; SECTION 5, "C-R" RESTRICTED APARTMENT DISTRICT; SECTION 17, NOW-CONFORMING USES AND SECTION 18, MODIFICATIONS TO DISTRICT REGULATIONS; THEREOF, PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL OTHER ORDINANCES AFFECTING ZONING: PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY: PROVIDING A PENAL CLAUSE; AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION FIRST THAT SECTION 1, DEFINITIONS; SECTION 2, DISTRICTS; SECTION 3, "A" ONE-FAMILY DISTRICT; SECTION 4, "B" TWO-FAMILY DISTRICT; SECTION 5, "C-R" RESTRICTED APARTMENT DISTRICT; SECTION 17, NON-CONFORMING USES: SECTION 18, MODIFICATIONS TO DISTRICT REGULATIONS, be and the same are hereby amended, changed and modified as follows: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. DELETE 1. ACCESSORY BUILDING OR USE: A subordinate building on the same lot, or a portion of the main building, the use of which is clearly incidental to that of the main building, or a use customarily incidental to the main use of the property. ADD 1. a) ACCESSORY USE: A use which is clearly incidental to the use of the principal building or the main use of the property; including semi- public and auxiliary parking when approved by the Board. ADD b) ACCESSORY BUILDING: A subordinate building on the same lot with a principal building for exclusive use for accessory uses as defined above. ADD 11. a) ZONING BUILDABLE AREA: The Zoning Buildable Area of a lot is the area embraced by the perimeter property lines, less all required yard area. DELETE 20. GARAGE, PRIVATE: An accessory building for storage only of motor vehicles, generally passenger automobiles belonging to the occupant of the same premises. ADD 20.R.GARAGE, PRIVATE: Space in a principal building, or in an accessory building on the same lot, used for storage and maintenance of occupant owned motor vehicles as an accessory use only. ADD 35. a) LOT AREA, NET: The net lot area is the entire area of the lot bounded by its perimeter property lines. r . ADD 39. a) LOT COVERAGE RATIO: The lot coverage ratio is the ratio of the building ground coverage area to the net lot area. DELETE 43. SERVANTS' QUARTERS: An accessory building located on the same lot or grounds with the main building, and used as living quarters for servants employed on the premises and not rented or otherwise used as a separate domicile. Utility services to servant quarters shall be supplied through meters serving the main building. ADD 43. R.SERVANTS' QUARTERS: Space in a principal or accessory building used exclusively for the housing of bona fide servants employed on the premises, and for members of the servants' immediate family. DELETE 44. STABLE, PRIVATE: An accessory building for the keeping of horses or mules owned by the occupant of the premises and not kept for remuneration, hire or sale. ADD 44. R. STABLE, PRIVATE: Space in a principal building or an accessory building on the same lot used for stabling of livestock owned by the occupants, exclusively as an accessory use. SECTION 2-DISTRICTS 2., C., 8): REVISE TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Every dwelling hereafter erected or reconstructed shall be located on a lot of record unless; a) the dwelling is an integral part of a Unified Residential Development, (See Section 18A, 4) or b) the lot is described by metes and bounds by an instrument recorded in the County Deed Records before October 1, 1940, or the date of annexation, whichever is later, or c) the lot qualifies for a dwelling permit by other provisions of this ordinance. SECTION 3, "A" ONE-FAMILY DISTRICT A. Use Regulations: DELETE 7. Detached accessory buildings, not exceeding one (1) story in height, including one private garage, private stable or servants' quarters, when located not less than sixty (60) feet from the front lot line, nor less than the distance required for the main building from Any side lot line; provided that if the accessory building is located within the "required" rear yard, no clearance from a side line will be required. The garage shall provide space for not more than one (1) motor vehicle for each two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet of lot area, subject to the limitations of Section 18 (i). The stable shall provide for not more than one horse or mule for each ten thousand (10,000) square feet of lot area. Servants' quarters shall be occupied only by servants employed on the premises. In the "A" and "B" Districts the utility services to servants' quarters shall be metered through the same meters as those serving the main building on the remises. The area of servants quarters shall not exceed fifty (50� percent of the area permitted for all accessory buildings on the premises. An accessory building may be constructed as a part of the main building, in which case the regulations con- trolling the main building shall apply. -2- ADD 7. , R. Accessory buildings SECTION 3 - "A" ONE-FAMILY DISTRICT B. Height and Area Regulations 1. Height: REVISE TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Hei ht: No building or structure shall exceed thirty-five (35� feet in height except in accordance with the provisions of SECTION 18, A, 1. 2. Front Yard: REVISE TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Front yard: There shall be a front yard of not less than twenty (20) feet; provided that where a front yard of more than twenty (20) feet, measured between the property line and the main wall of the building, is required then the ordinary projection of sills, belt courses cornices, buttresses, ornamental features and eaves; canopies and open porches shall be permitted to extend from the main wall of the building to the required minimum twenty (20) foot front yard line. 3. Rear Yard: REVISE TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Rear Yard: There shall be a rear yard of not less than five (5) feet measured between the rear lot line and any building hereafter erected. DELETE 4. Side Yard: On interior lots of fifty (50) feet or less in width, there shall be a side yard on each side of a building having a width of not less than ten percent (10%) of the width of the lot, provided that such side yard shall be not less than three (3) feet and need not exceed five (5) feet in width. For lots of more than fifty (50) feet in width, either of the side yards may be five (5) feet, and the sum of the side yards shall be twenty (20) percent of the lot width, but need not exceed twenty (20) feet in width. On corner lots the side yard regulation shall be the same as for interior lots except in the case of reversed frontage where the corner lot abuts on the side of a lot facing the other inter- secting streets, in which case, there shall be a side yard on the corner lot of not less than fifty (50) percent of the front yard required on the lot abutting the rear of the corner lot or separated only by an alley, provided that this regulation shall not be so interpreted as to reduce the buildable width, after providing the required minimum side yard, of a corner lot of record and in separate ownership at the time of the passage of this ordinance to less than twenty-eight (28) feet. No accessory buildings on a said corner lot shall project beyond the front yard line of the lots in the rear, nor shall a building be erected, reconstructed, altered or enlarged, closer than five (5) feet to the line of the abutting lot to the rear. ADD 4. a) Side Yard, Interior Lot: Minimum five (5) feet. 4. a) Side Yard, Corner Lot: Minimum ten (10) feet adjacent to the side street. 7. Lot Coverage Ratio: Maximum 0.50 SECTION 4. "B" TWO FAMILY DISTRICT B. Height and Area Regulations: ADD 7. Lot Coverage Ratio: Maximum 0.55 -3- SECTION 5, "C4R" RESTRICTED APARTMENT DISTRICT B. Height and Area Regulations: 3. Rear Yard: Revise to read as follows: Rear Yard: There shall be a rear yard of not less than five (5) feet, measured between the rear lot line and any building hereafter erected. Except that as an option, there may be a rear yard of not less than twenty-five (25) feet for a principal building. Detached accessory buildings may be constructed anywhere within the rear yard but shall not exceed, in ground coverage, 40% of the rear yard area. SECTION 17, NON-CONFORMING USES: Change Section Title to: SECTION 17, LEGAL NON-CONFORMING USES, BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES DELETE B. Repairs and alterations may be made to a legal non-conforming building, provided that no structural alterations shall be made except those required by law or ordinance, unless the building is changed to a conforming use, and provided that no additional dwelling units shall be added where the non-conforming use results from there being more dwelling units on the lot than is permissible in the district in which the building is located. The Board of Adjustment shall have the authority after a hearing to grant extension of a building non-conforming as to uses not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the ground area of the same in case of hardship, subject to the yard restrictions herein provided. ADD B-1. Additions, alterations and extensions to buildings and structures which are non-conforming as to yards or height only shall be permitted without necessity of Board approval, provided that the portions added, altered or extended shall fully comply with all zoning regulations. B-2. Repairs and alterations may be made to a legal non-conforming building, provided that no structural alterations shall be made except those required by law or ordinance. SECTION 18. MODIFICATIONS TO DISTRICT REGULATIONS DELETE 18, A, 5, a) In computing the depth of a rear yard, for any building where such yard abuts on an alley, one-half (1/2) of such alley may be assumed to be a portion of the rear yard. SECTION SECOND The zoning regulations and districts, as herein established, have been made in accordance with the comprehensive plan for the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals and the general welfare of the community. They have been de- signed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic, flood and other dangers; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent overcrowd- ing of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate provisions of transportation, water, sewerage, parks and other public requirements. They have been made after a full and complete public hearing with reasonable consideration among other things, of the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for the particular uses and with a view of conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land through- out the community. -4- SECTION THIRD This ordinance shall be cumulative of all other ordinances of the City of Fort Worth affecting zoning and shall not repeal any of the provisions of said ordinances except in those instances where provisions of those ordinances are in direct conflict with the provisions of this ordinance. SECTION FOURTH Should any section, clause or provision of this ordinance be declared by the court to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any part thereof, other than the part so declared to be invalid. SECTION FIFTH 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 and No/100 Dollars ($5.00) nor more than Two Hundred and No/loo Dollars ($200.00) for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION SIXTH This ordinance will take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as required by law. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: PP CITY ATTORNEY Adopted October 27, 1969 _ -5-