HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2495 ORDINANCF NO.2:±f%�e
AN ORDINANCE GOVERNING AND REGULATING THr ISSUANCE OF
BUILDIAYx PERMITS FOR M, ODAE TRUCTION AND PLACING OF
7,71LIMS ON LOTS, TRACTS AND PARCELS OF LAND: REPEAL-
ING ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HFRFi-
WITH.; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION HOOF NOT
10 EXCEED TNO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00); AND FIXING THE
EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
No building permit shall be issued by the Building Commissioner of
the City of Fort Worth or by an agent of such Building Commissioner for the
construction or placing or, and no person shall construct or place, any dwell-
ing, structure or edifice, designed or usable as a dwelling place, on any lot,
tract or parcel of land unless the lot, tract or parcel of land upon which each
such structure is to be located, or is located, has been defined, delineated
or described by a map or plat filed for record in the Deed Records of Tarrant
County, Texas; provided, however, that this ordinance shall not prohibit the
issuance of a building permit for the construction or placing of any single
structure, designed or usable as a dwelling, located on any tract of land set
apart, delineated or defined by a metes and bourns description and recorded in
the Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas, prior to the effective date of this
ordinance, and shown on a plat, giving an accurate location of such tract rela-
tive to an existing recorded addition or subdivision, when the only structure
(with its permitted appurtenances) is located or, to be located thereon, faces
or fronts upon a legally established public thoroughfare.
SECTION 2.
No building permit shall be issued by the Building Commissioner of
the City of Fort Worth or by w7 agent of such Building Commissioner for the
erection or placing of any dwelling on a lot, the width or street frontage
of which has been decreased from the width or street frontage as originally
platted or replatted and recorded in the Deed Records of Tarrant County,
Texas, nor shall a building permit be issued for the erection or placing of
any dwelling on the rear portion of any corner lot situated in any Dwelling
District as established under the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Fort 'forth,
which is City Ordinance No. 2082 and amendments.
SECTION 3.
A building permit may be issued by the Building Commissioner of
the City of Fort Worth or his agent for the construction or placing of a
dwelling on a lot or tract of land composed of portions of two or more lots
as same appear upon the map thereof as recorded in the Deed Records of Tarrant
County, Texas, only when such lot or tract has a street frontage of not less
than the street frontage of any one lot in the same block.
SECTION 4,
This Ordinance shall be cumulative of all the provisions of Ordi—
nance No. 2082, which is the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Fort Worth, and
Of Ordinance No.JaW, which is the Building Code of the City of Fort Worth,
and of all the provisions of any other ordinances relative to the regulation
of the construction and placing of buildings, except in those instances where
the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with such provisions,
in which instance said conflicting provisions are expressly repealed.
SECTION 5.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates any of the provisions
of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
Each day during which a violation continues shall be a separate offense and
punishable as such. In case of a violation of any of the terms or provisions
of this ordinance by any corporation, the offluers and agents actively in charge
for such corporation shall be subject to the penalty herein provided for.
SECTION 6.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect
from and after the date of its passage and publication as required by law.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Assistant City Attorney
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