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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 6381 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 3011, AS AMENDED; SAME BEING AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE LOCATION AND USE OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND LAND FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY, RESIDENCE, AND OTHER PURPOSES; BY AMENDING SECTION 8, °E-R° RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, AND SECTION 19, CFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR INTERPRETATION, PURPOSE, AND CONFLICT; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES AFFECTING ZONING; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF; AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH: SECTION ONE THAT SECTION 8, 11E-R11 RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance No. 3011, as amended, be and the same is hereby amended, changed, and modified by amending Paragraph A. "Use Regulations", sub- paragraph 2, so that it shall hereafter read as follows: 2. Auto parking areas, when in full and complete compliance with the following conditions: a) Limited to passenger automobiles only; b) The restrictions for Auxiliary Parking (Sec. 19. A. 12) shall apply; c) A curb or bumper shall be placed along the perimeter of the parking area at locations which will prevent vehicles from extending into the required front yard, into an abutting alley, beyond the property line, or from damaging the walls or shrubs screening it from residential property; d) The required front yard shall not be gravelled or hard- surfaced but shall be maintained as open or landscaped green space; and e) A sidewalk shall be constructed to city specifications abutting the front line of the parking lot and between the lot and the property line of the nearest intersecting commercial street. SECTION TWO THAT SECTION 19, OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS, of. the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance No. 30 1, as amended, be and the same is hereby amended, changed, and modified by amending Paragraph A. "General Requirements", 'subparagraph 12. ItAuxiliary Parking'f, Item (3), so that it shall hereafter read as follows: (3) A minimum five foot (51) high screen type fence or planting must be provided on all sides for the protection of the adjacent properties zoned for residential use. SECTION THREE THAT the zoning regulations and districts, as herein established, have been made in accordance with the 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 over-crowding of land; to avoid undue concentrations of population; to facilitate the adequate provisions of trans- portation, water, sewerage, parks and other public requirements. They have -2- 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 FOUR THAT this ordinance shall be cumulative of all other ordinances of the City of Fort Worth effecting zoning and shall not repeal any of the provisions of said ordinances except in those instances where provisions of those ordinances are in direct conflict with the provisions of this ordinance. SECTION FIVE 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 of any amendments 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 violations, the court shall have all the pavers that existed prior to the effective date of this ordinance; and that all existing violations of Ordinance No. 3011, as amended, which would otherwise become non-conforming uses under this ordinance, shall not become legal non-conforming uses under this ordinance but shall be considered as siolations of this ordinance in the same manner that they were violations of Ordinance No. 3011, as amended, of said city. SECTION SIX 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 phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared void, ineffective, or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such voidness, ineffectiveness, or unconstitu- tionally shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections hereof, 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. SECTION SEVEN 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 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. SECTION EIGHT THAT 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: E 6-o CITY ATTORNEY Adopted: