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EWORTH,
ORD
ARY
ORDINANCE NO. TEX.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 3011, BEING AN
ORDINANCE TO REGULATE AND RESTRICT THE LOCATION AND
USE OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, AND LAND FOR TRADE,
INDUSTRY, RESIDENCE, 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 LOADING 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 BUILDINGS HEREINAFTER ERECTED IN SAID
DESCRIBED AREAS FROM THE USES AS SHOWN ON THE MAPS
CONTAINED IN SAID ORDINANCE NO. 3011; PRESCRIBING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN
$5.00 NOR MORE THAN $200.00 FOR EACH OFFENSE, AND
THAT EACH DAY THAT A VIOLATION IS PERMITTED TO EXIST
SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFFENSE; AND NAMING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. ,
That Section 9, of Ordinance No. 3011, "E" Commercial District, previously
amended by Ordinances 3230, 3409, 3534, 3770, and 4160, Height and Area Regulations,
Rear Yard be amended so that hereafter it shall read as follows:
"REAR YARD; there shall be a rear yard of not less than 10' except where the
"E" District abuts on a dwelling district there shall be a rear yard of not less
than 151.11
SECTION 2.
That Section 9-A, of Ordinance No. 3011, 'IF-R" Restricted Commercial District,
previously amended by Ordinances No. 3230, 3795, and 3939, Height and Area Regu-
lations, Rear Yard be amended so that hereafter it shall read as follows:
"REAR YARD; there shall be a rear yard of not less than 10' except where the
"F-R" Restricted Commercial District abuts on a dwelling district there shall be a
rear yard of not less than 151."
SECTION 3.
That Section 10, of Ordinance No. 3011, "F" Commercial District, previously
amended by Ordinances No. 3230 and 4086, Height and Area Regulations, Rear Yard
be amended so that hereafter it shall read as follows:
"REAR YARD; there shall be a rear yard of not less than 10' except where the
"F" Commercial District abuts a dwelling district there shall be a rear yard of
not less than 151."
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Section 4.
The zoning regulations and districts, as herein established, have been made
in accordance with a comprehensive plan for the purpose of promoting health, safety,
morals and the general welfare of the community. They have been designed to lessen
congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, 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 provision 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 throughout the community.
Section 5.
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
ordinance except in those instances where provisions of those ordinances are in
direct conflict with the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 6.
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 7.
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/100 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 8.
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:
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CITY ATTORNEY
Adopted: /��3