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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 7786 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 19, OFF STREET PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS, OF ORDINANCE NO. 3011, WHICH WAS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 7343 ON MAY 10, 1976, SAME BEING AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE AND RESTRICT THE LOCATION AND USE OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND LAND FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY, RESIDENCES OR OTHER PURPOSES; THE HEIGHT,. ,NUMBER OF STORIES AND SIZE OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES; THE SIZE OF YARDS AND OTHER OPEN SPACES; OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOAD- ING, AND THE DENSITY OF POPULATION; AND FOR SAID PURPOSES TO DIVIDE THE MUNICIPALITY INTO DISTRICTS OF SUCH NUMBER, SHAPE AND AREA AS MAY BE DEEMED BEST BY FIXING DEFINITE USES OF THE LAND AND OF THE BUILDINGS HEREINAFTER ERECTED IN SAID DESCRIBED AREAS FROM THE USES AS SHOWN ON THE MAPS CONTAINED IN SAID ORDINANCE NO. 3011; FINDING THAT THE SAID ZONING REGULA- TIONS AND DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES AFFECTING ZONING; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY 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 Paragraph A, Subparagraph 11 of Section 19, OFF STREET PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS of Ordinance No. 3011, which now reads as follows: "ll. All buildings (except one-family, two-family, three-family or four-family .dwelling) hereafter erected, reconstructed or enlarged so as to require additional parking spaces, except in District "H", shall have adequate permanent off-street facilities provided for the loading and unloading of merchandise and goods within or adjacent to the building, in such a manner as not to obstruct the freedom of traffic movement on the public right-of-way. The minimum distance from the loading dock to the right-of-way line shall be thirty (30) feet for single-unit trucks and sixty (60) feet for semi-trailer trucks. Such space shall be submitted on a plat and approved by the Director of Traffic Engineering and the Building Official. Loading space shall be in addition to all vehicular parking required for such use." be and is hereby changed, altered, amended and revised so that the same shall hereafter be and read as follows: f "ll. 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-street facilities providing for the loading and unloading of merchandise and goods within or adjacent to the building, in such a manner as not to obstruct the freedom of traffic movement on the public rights-of-way. The minimum distance from the loading dock to the right- of-way line shall be sixty (60) feet. Such space shall be submitted on a plat and approved by the Director of Traffic Engineering and the Building Official. The sixty (60) feet minimum distance may be reduced by the approval of the Director of Traffic Engineering and the Building Official under unusual circumstances. Loading space shall be in addition to all vehicular parking required for such use." SECTION 2. THAT the zoning regulations and districts, as herein established, have been made in accordance with the comprehensive plan for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community. They have been so designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fires, panic, flood and other dangers; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent overcrowding 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 reason- able 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 throughout the community. SECTION 3. THAT 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 such ordinances, except in those instances where provisions of such ordinances are in direct conflict with the provisions of this ordinance. 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 p'_zrase, 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. -2- SECTION 5. 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 any amendment 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 viola- tions the Court shall have all the powers that existed prior to the effective date of this ordinance; and that all existing violations of Ordinance No. 3011, as amended, which would other- wise become non-conforming uses under this ordinance shall not become legal non-conforming uses under this ordinance but shall be considered as violations of this ordinance in the same=_ manner that they were violations of Ordinance No. 3011, as amended, of said City. 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 that Five Dollars ($5.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense, and each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 7. THAT this ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and publication, as required by law, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: 1 CIVY ATTORNEY ADOPTED �(j -3-