HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2210 ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE ORDERING AND DECLARING IN FORCE AND EF-
FECT CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH, DULY AND LEGALLY ADOPTED BY THE QUALI-
FIED VOTERS OF SAID CITY AT AN ELECTION HELD IN SAID
CITY ON SATURDAY, THE 22ND DAY OF JULY, A. D. 19";
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That on the 24th day of May, A. D. 1944, a resolution was duly passed
by the City Council of the City of Fort 'North, Texas, giving due notice,
in strict compliance with the Constitution and statutes of the State of
Texas, of its intention to pass an ordinance providing for the submission
to the qualified voters of the said City of Fort Worth of proposed amend-
ments to the existing Charter.
SECTION 2.
That notice of intention to submit such charter amendments was duly
given by publication in The Fort Worth Press, a newspaper published daily
in the City of Fort Worth and the official newspaper of said City, which
notice was published for ten (10) days, the date of the first publica-
tion thereof being not less than twenty (20) days next preceding the date
of the passage of the ordinance calling said election and submitting said
amendments; that on Thursday, the 15th day of June, A. D. 1944, the City
Council duly enacted Ordinance No. 2206, ordering a special home-rule
election in the City of Fort Worth to be held on Saturday, the 22nd day of
July, A. D. 1944, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of
said City, for adoption or rejection, certain proposed amendments to the
existing Charter; and that said election was held in strict compliance
with all laws governing said election,
SECTION 3.
That all acts, conditions, notices and things required by the Consti-
tution and laws of the State of Texas precedent to the passage of the
ordinance submitting said amendments and the calling and holding of said
election have been done, have happened and have been performed in proper
and lawful time, form and manner as prescribed by law.
SECTION! 4e
That on Wednesday, the 26th day of July, A. D. 1944, the City Coun-
cil of said City, in open meeting, received the returns of the election
and carefully canvassed and tabulated the results, and that each of the
following amendments received a majority of the votes cast at said elec-
tion and were therefore duly and legally adopted by the qualified voters
of said City:
PJ ENDN:ENT NO. I.
Shall Chapter XXIX of the existing Charter of the City of
Fort Worth, which chapter sets forth and defines the present
corporate boundaries of said City by metes and bounds, be
amended by adding thereto Section 1 (a), which reads as follows:
Section 1 (a). The corporate boundaries of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas, shall be changed so as to annex certain
adjacent and contiguous territory to said City by extending
said boundary lines as follows:
The area embracing the Municipal Airport, situated in
Tarrant County, Texas:
Beginning at a point in the present city limit line,
said point being the northeast corner of Block 18, Washing-
ton Heights Addition; thence north and northwesterly along
the west and westerly line of North ?lain Street and U. S.
Highway No. 81 to a point in the southerly right of way
line of the G. C. & S. F. Railway spur track; thence in a
westerly direction along the southerly right of way line of
the G. C. & S. F. Railway spur track to a point in the west
line of the J. H. Duncan Survey; thence south 44 degrees and
46 minutes west, a distance of 1078 feet to a point; thence
south 9 degrees and 37 minutes west a distance of 500 feet
to a point; thence south 13 degrees and 23 minutes west a
distance of 551 feet to a point, said point being the south—
west corner of the C. H. Putman Survey; thence south 0 degrees
and 8 minutes east along the west line of the Thomas Hicks
Survey a distance of 866.9 feet to a point; thence south 89
degrees and 52 minutes west a distance of 347.2 feet to a
point; thence south 0 degrees and 8 minutes east a distance
of 1550 feet to a point; thence south 89 degrees and 36 minutes
east a distance of 2421.1 feet to a point; thence south a dis—
tance of 681.9 feet to a point in the present city limit line
on the south line of Thirty—fifth Street; thence east along
the present city limit line to a point; thence north along
present city limits and the west line of Block 26 and Block U,
Washington Heights Addition, to a point in the northwest corner
of Block 11; thence east along the north line of Blocks 11, 129
13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 to the place of beginning.
AMEENMENT NO. II.
Shall Chapter XXIX of the existing Charter of the City of
Fort Worth; which chapter sets forth and defines the present
corporate boundaries of said City by metes and bounds, be amended
by adding thereto Section 2 (a), which reads as follows:
Section 2 (a). The corporate boundaries of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas, shall be changed so as to annex certain
adjacent and contiguous territory to said City by extending
said boundary lines as follows:
The area embracing the Fort Worth Army Air Field, School
and Bomber Plant, situated in Tarrant County, Texas:
Beginning at a point in the present city limit line along
the southerly boundary of Lake Worth, said point being more
fully described as the point where the most westerly boundary
line of the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation tract
intersects said city limit line; thence in a southerly and
westerly direction along the westerly boundary line of the
said Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation tract to a point,
the southwest corner of said tract; thence in an easterly
direction"along the southerly line of said tract and along
the southerly line of the Fort Worth Army Air Field, and along
the northerly line of Westworth Village, to a point in the
westerly bank of the Trinity River; thence up said river with
its meanderings to a point in the easterly line of the Lake
Worth Dam road, near Burger Lake; thence in a northerly direc—
tion along the easterly line of said road to a point in the
present city limit line near the southerly end of Lake Worth
Dam; thence in a westerly direction along the present city
limit line to the place of beginning.
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AMENDMENT NO. III.
Shall Chapter XXIX of the existing Charter of the City of
Fort Worth, which chapter sets forth and defines the present
corporate boundaries of said City by metes and bounds, be
amended by adding thereto Section 3 (a), which reads as follows:
Section 3 (a). The corporate boundaries of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas, shall be changed so as to annex certain
adjacent and contiguous territory to said City by extending
said boundary lines as follows:
The area embracing Mount Vernon Place Addition, Farrell
Wells Addition, Bellaire Heights Addition, Burney Addition,
a part of Bluebonnet Hills Addition, and the Texas Mill area,
situated in Tarrant County, Texas:
Beginning at a point in the present city limit line, said
point being also the northeast corner of Mount Vernon Place
Addition; thence west along the north line of Mount Vernon
Place Addition 215.5 feet to a point in the northwesterly
line of said addition; thence south 32 degrees and 30 minutes
west along the northwesterly line of said addition a distance
of 304.5 feet to a point in the southwesterly line of said ad-
dition; thence south 12 degrees and 0 minutes east along the
southwesterly line of said addition a distance of 391.5 feet
to a point, the southwest corner of said addition; thence
south 336.5 feet to the southwest corner of a 3.85 acre tract
of land; thence east along the south line of the 3.85 acre
tract a distance of 301 feet to a point in the west line of
Farrell Wells Addition; thence south along the west line of
Farrell Wells Addition to the southwest corner of said addi-
tion; thence east along the south line of Farrell Wells Addi-
tion and along the south line of Bellaire Heights Addition to
a point, the northwest corner of Block 3, I. H. Burney Addition;
thence south along the west line of Block 3, I. H. Burney Ad-
dition, to the southwest corner of said block; thence east along
the south line of the said I. H. Burney Addition to a point,
the southeast corner of said addition; thence north along the
east line of said I. H. Burney Addition and along the east line
of Block Q, Bellaire Heights Addition, to a point, said point
being 67.5 feet west of the northwest corner of Block 2, Blue-
bonnet Hills Addition, said point being also in the south line
of Biddison Boulevard; thence east along the south line of Bid-
dison Boulevard and along the northerly line of Blocks 2, 319
30, 269 25 and 24 of Bluebonnet Hills Addition to a point in
the northwesterly right of way line of the St. Louis & S. F.
R. R.; thence in a southwesterly direction along the northwesterly
right of way line of the said railroad to a point in the south
line of the E. Southerland Survey; thence east along the south
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line of the said E. Southerland Survey to a point in the present
city limit line, said point being the northwest corner of the
B. H. Carroll School Tract; thence east along the present city
limit line and along the north line of said school tract to a
point in the west line of Block 26, Homeland Addition; thence
north along the present city limit line to a point in the west
line of Block 7, South Summit Heights Addition; thence in a north-
easterly direction along the present city limit line to a point
north of the northeast corner of Block 26, South Summit Heights
Addition; thence west along the present city limit line and
along the north line of Bluebonnet Hills Addition to a point,
the northwest corner of Bluebonnet Hills Addition in Stadium
Drive; thence south along the present city limit line to a point
west of Block 16, Bluebonnet Hills Addition; thence west along
the present city limit line and along the north line of Bellaire
Heights Addition and along the north line of Farrell Wells Addi-
tion to a point in the east line of Mount Vernon Place Addition;
thence north along the present city limit line to the place of
beginning,
AMENDMENT NO. IV.
Shall Chapter XXIX of the existing Charter of the City of
Fort Worth, which chapter sets forth and defines the present
corporate boundaries of said City by metes and bounds, be
amended by adding thereto Section 4 (a), which reads as follows:
Section 4 (a). The corporate boundaries of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas, shall be changed so as to annex certain
adjacent and contiguous territory to said City by extending
said boundary lines as follows:
The area embracing the Harry B. Friedman Tract, part of
the Ridglea Addition north of Camp Bowie Boulevard, and the
two tiers of blocks west of the present city limits, situated
in Tarrant County, Texas:
Beginning at a point in the present city limit line at the
northwest corner of Block 55, Arlington Heights First Filing
Addition; thence west across Halloran Street to a point in the
east line of the Harry B. Friedman Tract; thence north along
the east line of the said Harry B. Friedman Tract to its north-
east corner; thence west along the north line of said tract to
its northwest corner; thence south along the west line of said
tract and continuing south to the north line of Calmont Avenue;
thence west along the north line of Calmont Avenue to a point
50 feet north and 50 feet west of the northwest corner of
Block 4. Ridglea Addition, said point being also in the west
line of Bigham Boulevard; thence south along the west line of
Bigham Boulevard to a point in the southerly line of Camp Bowie
Boulevard; thence in a northeasterly direction along the souther-
ly line of Camp Bowie Boulevard to a point in the south line of
Donnelly Avenue; thence east to the northwest corner of Block
55, Chamberlain Arlington Heights Addition; thence south along
the west line of Chamberlain Arlington Heights Addition and
along the west line of Chamberlain Arlington Heights Addition,
Second Filing, to a point, the southwest corner of Block 510
in said Chamberlain Arlington Heights Addition, Second Filing;
thence east along the south line of Blocks 510 and 509 to a
point in the present city limit line, said point being the
southwest corner of Block 126, Chamberlain Arlington Heights
Addition, Second Filing; thence north along the present city
limit line to the place of beginning,
AMA DMIIdT NO. V.
Shall Chapter XXIX of the existing Charter of the City of
Fort Worth, which chapter sets forth and defines the present
corporate boundaries of said City by metes and bounds, be
amended by adding thereto Section 5 (a), which reads as follows:
Section 5 (a). The corporate boundaries of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas, shall be changed so as to annex certain
adjacent and- contiguous territory to said City by extending
said bqundary lines as follows:
The area embracing the Crestwood Addition and that part
of the park lands along the river adjoining the Crestwood Ad—
dition, situated in Tarrant County, Texas:
Beginning at a point in the present city limit line along
the north line of the White Settlement Road, said point being
also in the northeasterly right of way line of the old Lake
Worth conduit; thence in a northwesterly direction along the
said northeasterly right of way line to a point in the easterly
line of Crestwood Addition; thence in a northerly direction
along the easterly line of said Crestwood Addition to a point,
the most northerly northeast corner of Loot 35 in Block 17 of
Crestwood Addition; thence north to the center line of the
west fork of the Trinity River; thence up said river with its
meanderings to a point east of the north line of Block 16 in
Brookside Acres Annex; thence west to a point in the east line
of Brookside Drive, said point being also in the west line of
the park land; thence in a southerly direction along the west
line of the park land and along the east line of Brookside
Drive to a point in the north line of the White Settlement
Road; thence in an easterly direction along the northerly line
of the White Settlement Road to the west line of Rockwood Drive;
thence in a southerly direction along the westerly line of Rock—
wood Drive and along the westerly line of the Crestwood Pharmacy
triangle to a point in the present city limit line west of the
northwest corner of Block 30, Monticello Addition; thence east
along the present city limit line and along the south line of
White Settlement Road to a point in the westerly line of Bailey
Avenue; thence north across the said White Settlement Road to
the place of beginning.
AMENDIMT NO. VI.
Shall Chapter XXIX of the existing Charter of the City of
Fort Worth, which chapter sets forth and defines the present
corporate boundaries of said City by metes and bounds, be
amended by adding thereto Section 6 (a), which reads as follows:
Section 6 (a). The corporate boundaries of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas, shall be changed so as to annex certain
adjacent and contiguous territory to said City by extending
said boundary lines as follows:
The area embracing a portion of Fostepco Heights Addition,
situated in Tarrant County, Texas:
Beginning at a point in the present city limit line at
Decatur Road and 36th Street; thence north along the east
line of Decatur Road to the north line of 38th Street; thence
west along the north line of 38th Street to the west line of
North Main Street; thence south along the west line of North
Main Street to the south line of 37th Street, said point be—
ing in the present city limit line; thence continuing south
along the present city limit line to the south line of 36th
Street; thence east along the present city limit line and
along the south line of 36th Street to the place of beginning.
AMENDMENT NO. VII.
Shall Chapter XXIX of the existing Charter of the City of
Fort Worth, which chapter sets forth and defines the present
corporate boundaries of said City by metes and bounds, be
amended by adding thereto Section 7 (a), which reads as follows:
Section 7 (a). The corporate boundaries of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas, shall be changed so as to annex certain
adjacent and contiguous territory to said City by extending
said boundary lines as follows:
The area embracing Springdale Addition and Hightowerts
Subdivision, situated in Tarrant County, Texas:
Beginning at a point in the present city limit line, said
point being in the south line of Springdale Road and being
125 feet east of the east line of Riverside Drive; thence in
a northerly direction parallel to the east line of Riverside
Drive to a point, the southeast corner of Lot 11, Block 8,
Springdale Addition; thence north along the east line of the
Springdale Addition to a point, the northeast corner of Lot 1,
Block 6, said addition; thence west along the north line of
said Springdale Addition and along the south line of Highway
No. 183 to a point in the west line of Sylvania Avenue, thence
south along the west line of Sylvania Avenue to a point in the
present city limit line along the south line of Wautaga Road;
thence east to the east line of Sylvania Avenue; thence south
to the south line of Springdale Road; thence east along the
south line of Springdale Road to the place of beginning.
AMENDMENT NO. VIII.
Shall Chapter XXIX of the existing Charter of the City of
Fort Worth, which chapter sets forth and defines the present
corporate boundaries of said City by metes and bounds, be
amended by adding thereto Section 8 (a), which reads as follows:
Section 8 (a). The corporate boundaries of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas, shall be changed so as to annex certain
adjacent and contiguous territory to said City by extending
said boundary lines as follows:
The area embracing Buck Sansom Park, situated in Tarrant
County, Texas:
Beginning at a point in the present city limits in the
easterly line of (Azle Road) Angle Avenue and the south line
of 35th Street produced west; thence north 41 degrees and 15
minutes west along the northeasterly line of Azle Road, a dis-
tance of 2800 feet to a point; thence north 56 degrees west
along the northerly line of Azle Road, a distance of 640 feet
to a point; thence south 45 degrees west along the most westerly
line of Buck Sansom Park, a distance of 1490 feet to a point;
thence south 50 degrees and 45 minutes east along the southerly
line of said park a distance of 2481 feet to a point; thence
south a distance of 330 feet to a point; thence south 44 degrees
west a distance of 698 feet to a point; thence north 46 degrees
west a distance of 380 feet to a point; thence south 44 degrees
west a distance of 420 feet to a point in the present city
limit line; thence south 46 degrees east along the present city
limit line to a point; thence east along the present city limit
line on the south line of 33rd Street produced west to a point
in the easterly line of Azle Road (Angle Avenue); thence in a
northwesterly direction along the present city limit line and
the easterly line of Azle Road (Angle Avenue) to the place of
beginning.
AMENDMENT NO. IX.
Shall Chapter XXIX of the existing Charter of the City of
Fort Worth, which chapter sets forth and defines the present
corporate boundaries of said City by metes and bounds, be
amended by adding thereto Section 9 (a), which reads as follows:
Section 9 (a). The corporate boundaries of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas, shall.be changed so as to annex certain
adjacent and contiguous territory to said City by extending
said boundary lines as follows:
The area embracing a portion of West Oakhurst Addition,
situated in Tarrant County, Texas:
Beginning at a point in the present city limit line, said
point being in the south line of Wautaga Road where the present
city limit line turns south to the Trinity River; thence west
along the south line of the said Wautaga Road to a point in
the west line of the Park Drive, along the westerly line of Oak-
hurst Addition; thence south along the westerly line of the said
Park Drive to a point where said line intersects the present
city limits; thence north along the present city limits to the
place of beginning.
AMENDM NT NO. X.
Shall Chapter XXIX of the existing Charter of the City of
Fort 'North, which chapter sets forth and defines the present
corporate boundaries of said City by metes and bounds, be
amended by adding thereto Section 10 (a), which reads as follows:
Section 10 (a). The corporate boundaries of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas, shall be changed so as to annex certain
adjacent and contiguous territory to said City by extending
said boundary lines as follows:
The area embracing a portion of Forest Park, situated in
Tarrant County, Texas:
Beginning at a point in the present city limit line where
the west line of Rogers Road intersects the northerly line of
Vickery Boulevard; thence in a southerly direction along the
westerly line of said Rogers Road to a point, said point being
50 feet west of a point where the present city limit line turns
south along the east line of said Rogers Road; thence in an
easterly and northerly direction along the present city limit
line to a point in the northerly line of Vickery Boulevard,
said point being just west of the west bank of the Clear Fork
of the Trinity River; thence in a southwesterly direction along
the northerly line of said Vickery Boulevard to the place of
beginning.
AMENDMENT NO. XI.
Shall Chapter XXIX of the existing Charter of the City of
Fort Worth, which chapter sets forth and defines the present
corporate boundaries of said City by metes and bounds, be
amended by adding thereto Section 11 (a), which reads as follows:
Section 11 (a). The corporate boundaries of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas, shall be changed so as to annex certain
adjacent and contiguous territory to said City by extending
said boundary lines as follows:
The area embracing a portion of Greenway Park, situated
in Tarrant County, Texas:
Beginning at a point in the present city limit line in the
east bank of the Trinity River, said point being due west of
the northwest corner of Lot 7, Block 2, John M. Lamb Addition
(Riverside); thence east along the present city limit line to
the northwest corner of said Lot 7; thence south along the
present city limit line and along the west line of Lot 7 and
along the west line of Rayner Avenue to the northeast corner
of Lot 3, F. A.-Hightower Subdivision; thence west along the
present city limit line and along the north line of said Lot 3,
and continuing west to the easterly bank of the Trinity River;
thence in a southerly direction along the present city limit
line and along the easterly bank of the Trinity River to its
intersection with the north line of the B. F. Crowley Survey;
thence west along the present city limit line and along the
north line of the B. F. Crawley and the R. Briggs Survey to a
point one quarter mile east of the northwest corner of the R.
Briggs Survey; thence north to the northerly line of Greenway
Park; thence in a northeasterly direction along the northerly
line of Greenway Park to a point in the present city limit line,
along the easterly bank of the Trinity River; thence down said
river with its meanderings to the place of beginning.
AMENDMENT NO. XII.
Shall Chapter XXIX of the existing Charter of the City of
_ Fort Worth, which chapter sets forth and defines the present
'""'corporate boundaries of said City by metes and bounds, be
amended by adding thereto Section 12 (a), which reads as follows:
Section 12 (a). The corporate boundaries of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas, shall be changed so as to annex certain
adjacent and contiguous territory to said City by extending
said boundary lines as follows:
The area embracing River Oaks Addition andlRockwood Ter—
race Addition, situated in Tarrant County, Texas:
Beginning at a point in the present city limit line along
the northeasterly line of 21st Street, said point being more
fully described as the point where the northwesterly line of
Long Avenue intersects said line; thence in a southwesterly
direction along the northwesterly line of Long Avenue to a
point in the north line of the S. N. Haggerty Survey; thence
west along the north line of the Haggerty Survey and along the
north line of River Oaks Addition to a point, the most northerly
northwest corner of said addition; thence south along the west
line of Block 9, said addition, to a point east of the northeast
corner of Lot 18, Block 9, said addition; thence west along the
north line of said Block 9 to a point in the easterly line of
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Reynolds Bridge Road; thence in a southerly direction along the
easterly line of the Reynolds Bridge Road and along the east
line of Roberts Cutoff Road to a point, the northwest corner
of the Castleberry School Tract; thence east to the northeast
corner of said school tract; thence south to the southeast corner
of said school tract, said point being in the north line of the
Ohio Garden Road; thence east along the north line of the Ohio
Garden Road to the west line of Long Avenue, said point being
the most southerly southeast corner of River Oaks Addition;
thence north along the west line of Long Avenue to a point in
the southeasterly right of way line of Highway No. 183; thence
in a northeasterly direction along the southeasterly line of said
Highway No. 183 to a point in the present city limit line at
21st Street; thence in a northwesterly direction along the north-
easterly line of 21st Street and along the present city limit
line to the place of beginning.
AMENDMENT NO. XV.
Shall Chapter XXVIII of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth
be amended by adding thereto Section 41, reading:
Section 41. The City Council of the City of Fort Worth
shall have the power and authority to provide a system of
retirement and disability pensions for its appointive officers
and employees who have become disabled as a direct and proxi-
mate result of the performance of their duties, or as a reward
for faithful service over a period of years; provided that the
.,City of Fort Worth shall not contribute more than the equivalent
of seven and one-half per centum of salaries and wages of the
officers and employees entitled to participate in its pension
system, and that said officers and employees shall contribute
a like amount, and that the City of Fort Worth shall have and
enjoy all of the powers and authority heretofore granted by the
statutes and Constitution of the State of Texas and that may
hereafter be so granted affecting pensions for its officers and
employees.
SECTION 5.
That each of said amendments, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 and 15, as is hereinabove set forth, received a majority of the votes
of the qualified voters voting at said election and .each of them was there-
by approved, passed and adopted by the said qualified voters; and that each
of the said amendments is hereby declared and ordered to be in full force
and effect, and the City Secretary is hereby directed to enter each of
said amendments in the records of the City in a separate book kept in his
office for such purpose.
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SECTION 6.
The fact that the present Charter of said City is inadequate and the
importance of the Charter amendments so adopted by the qualified voters
of the City of Fort Worth creates an emergency and an imperative public
necessity for the immediate taking effect of this ordinance, and it is
hereby ordained and ordered that this ordinance shall take effect and be
in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
MICHAEL'DRIVE
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