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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1372, PASS-
ED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 31ST DAY OF JAN-
UARY, 1928, AND ESPABLISHING BUILDING LINES ON
HENDERSON STREET BETWEEN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND
THE TRINITY RIVER AND PROHIBITING THE ERECTION,
CONSTF,UCTION, RECONSTRUCTION OR PLACING OF ANY
BUILDING OR STRUCTURE BETWEEN SAID BUILDING LINES,
AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
TNHEREAS, it is considered by the City Council of the City
of Fort Worth that the safety, convenience and general welfare
of the public make it necessary that the erection, construction,
reconstruction or placing of any building, obstruction or struc-
ture of any kind or character be prohibited nearer to the prop-
erty line on Henderson Street, between Pennsylvania Avenue and the
Trinity River, than is hereinafter set out.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH:
SECTION I.
That Ordinance No. 1372, heretofore passed by the City
Council of the City of Fort Worth on the 31st day of January, 1928,
be, and the same is, hereby expressly repealed.
SECTION II.
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, firm, cor-
poration or association of persons in the City of Fort Worth, Tex-
as, to build, construct, place, erect or reconstruct any building
or structure of any kind or nature whatsoever along Henderson Street
from Pennsylvania Avenue to the Trinity River between the following
described building lines, to wit:
1. A building line westerly and southwesterly from
the westerly and southwesterly property line of Hen-
derson Street between the north line of Pennsylvania
Avenue and the south line of Peach Street, and said
building line being more particularly described as fol-
lows: A line ten feet westerly from the westerly proper-
ty line of Henderson Street as said property line ex-
isted on May 8, 1931, from the north line of Pennsyl-
vania Avenue to a point in the south line of Lot 1 of
the J. F. Ellis Subdivision of Block 42, Jennings South
Addition to the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County,
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Texas; thence from the last mentioned point, said point
being 10' west of the present west line of Henderson
Street and 20' west of the original east line of Block
42, Jennings South Addition, along a straight line
to a point in Lot 1, Block 24, Jennings South Addi-
tion, 42.5' south of the original north line of said
lot and 20' west of the original east line of said
lot; thence northerly to a point 101 south of the
original north line of said Lot 1 and 30' west of
the original east line of said Lot 1; thence northwest-
erly to a point in the north line of said Lot 1, 40'
west of the original northeast corner of said lot;
thence from a point in the south line of Lot 6, Block
13, Jennings South Addition, 421 west of the original
southeast corner of said Lot 6 to a point in the
north line of Lot 1, said Block 13, 42' west of the
original northeast corner of said Lot 1; thence a-
long a line 161 westerly from the original east lines
of Blocks 10 and 9 of the Texas and Pacific Railway
Company's Addition to the City of Fort Worth, Tar-
rant County, Texas; thence along a line from a point
in the south line of Lot 8, Block 8, Texas and Pacif-
ic Railway Company's Addition, 10' west,of the south-
east corner of said lot to a point in the east line
of said lot 1001 north of the said southeast corner;
thence along the said east line of said Lot 8 to the
northeast corner of said Lot 8; thence along a line
34' west of the original east lines of Blocks 13 and
14, Jennings West Addition to the City of Fort Worth;
thence along a line 12' west of the original east
line of Block 15, said Jennings West Addition; thence
along a line 16' west of the original east line of
Block 16, said Jennings West Addition; thence along
a line 16' west of the original east line of Block
4, Rector's Addition to the City of Fort Worth; thence
along a line 6' westerly and southwesterly from the
westerly or southwesterly line of Henderson Street
as it existed on May 8, 1931, between the south line
of Lot 5, Block S. J. P. Smith Addition to the City
of Fort Worth and the original south line of Block
4, said J. P. Smith Addition; thence along a straight
line 6' southwesterly from the southwesterly line of
Henderson Street and 16' southwesterly from the orig-
inal northeasterly lines of Blocks 4 and 3, said
J. P. Smith Addition,16' southwesterly from the orig-
inal northeasterly line of Block T, Fields Hillside
Addition to the City of Fort Worth, 16' southwesterly
from the original northeasterly lines of Blocks 1 and
4, Smith's Westside Addition to the City of Fort
Worth, and 16' southwesterly from the original north-
easterly lines of Blocks R and P of said Fields Hill-
side Addition, and extending from the south line of
Block 4, J. P. Smith Addition to the present south
line of Peach Street.
AND
2. A building line easterly and northeasterly from
the easterly and northeasterly property line of Hen-
derson Street between a point 76' north of the north
line of Pennsylvania Avenue and a point near the
easterly projection of the south line of Peach Street,
and said building line being more particularly describ-
ed as follows: Beginning at a point in Lot 3, of Block
41, Jennings South Addition to the City of Fort Worth,
761 north of the original south line of said lot and
201 east of the original west line of said lot; thence
north along a line 201 east of the original west lines
of Blocks 41, 32 and 23 of Jennings South Addition to
a point 42.5t south of the original north line of
said Block 23; thence northeasterly to a point 301
east of the original west line of said Block 23 and
lot south of the original north line of said block;
thence northeasterly to a point in the north line of
said block 40t east of the original northwest corner
of said Block 23; thence from a point in the south
line of Lot 5, Block 14, Jennings South Addition,
421 east of the original southwest corner of said
lot to a point in Lot 5, Block 5, Jennings South Ad-
dition, 42t east of the original west line of said
lot and 5.51 south of the original north line of
said lot; thence along a line 161 east of the orig-
inal west lines of Blocks 11 and 12, Texas and Pacif-
ic Railway Companyts Addition from a point 321 south
of the original north line of said Block 11 to a
point in the north line of said Block 12; thence along
a line from a point in the south line of Lot 22,
Hurley Subdivision of Block 13, Texas and Pacific
Railway Companyts Addition, 261 east of the origi-
nal southwest corner of said lot to a point in the
center of a former alley in said block, 351 east of
the original west line of said block; thence from the
last described point to a point in Lot 9, said Hurley
Subdivision, 38t east of the original west line of
said lot and 81 south of the original north line of
said lot; thence along the west line of Block 12;
Jennings West Addition; thence from the southwest cor-
ner of Block 11, Jennings West Addition to a point
in the original north line of said block, 161 east
of the original northwest corner of said block; theme
along a line 201 east of the original west line of
Block 10, Jennings West Addition; thence from a point
in the original south line of Block 9, Jennings West
Addition, 201 east of the original southwest corner
of said block to^ a point 122t north of said original
south line of said Block 9, and 161 east of the or-
iginal west line of said block; )thence along a line
161 east of the original west lines of Block 9 of
Jennings West Addition and Block 3 of Rect`orts Ad-
dition to the south line of Fifth Street; thence along
a line llt west of the east line of Lot 4, Block 8,
J. P. Smith Addition to north line of said Lot 4;
thence along a straight line 61 northeasterly from
the northeasterly line of Henderson Street and 161
northeasterly from the original southwesterly lines
of Blocks 5 and 2, J. P. Smith Addition and 161 north-
easterly from the on inal southwesterly lines of
Blocks A, D, E. J, and K of Fields hillside Addition
to a point in said Block K, 501 northwesterly from the
southerly line of said Block K, Fields Hillside Addi-
tion.
SECTION III.
That any person, firm, corporation or association of
persons who shall violate any of the -provisions of this ordinance
shall be subject to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($Joo.00).
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SECTION IV.
That each and every day any such building, erection or
structure shall remain in violation of this ordinance shall be deem-
ed and constitute a separate and distinct offence.
SECTION V.
The holding or adjudication of any section, portion, clause
or part hereof to be invalid shall not affect the validity of any
other section, portion, clause or part hereof, but all such sections,
portions, clauses and parts hereof shall be and remain valid.
SECTION VI.
This ordinance shall become effective and shall be in
full force and effect from and after its. passage and publication
as required by law. •
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
C�� City Attorney
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