HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0063) 2020 Comprehensive Plan Ordinance 3-3-2020.PDFORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE CITY OF FORT WORTH 2O20
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; ANALYZING POPULATION, ECONOMIC AND
FINANCIAL TRENDS; DESCRIBING IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS;
DIVIDING THE CITY INTO 16 PLANNING SECTORS; PROVIDING MAPS
DESCRIBING PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USES AND RECOMMENDED
LAND USE POLICIES FOR EACH SECTOR; PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City Council approved Ordinance No. 23589-03-2019 adopting the Fort
Worth 2019 Comprehensive Plan on March 5, 2019; and
WHEREAS, the 2019 Comprehensive Plan is the City of Fort Worth's general guide for
making decisions about growth and development; and
WHEREAS, the 2019 Comprehensive Plan includes, without limitation, provisions on land
use, housing, parks and community services, libraries, human services, neighborhood capacity
building, economic development, transportation, education, historic preservation, urban design, arts
and culture, police services, fire and emergency services, environmental quality, public health, and
municipal facilities; and
WHEREAS, it is the City Council's intent to update elements of the Comprehensive Plan
annually; and
WHEREAS, on January 22, 2020, the City Plan Commission conducted a public hearing on
the 2020 Comprehensive Plan and recommended that the City Council adopt the plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council conducted a public hearing on the 2020 Comprehensive Plan
on March 3, 2020, at which the public was given the opportunity to give testimony and present written
evidence; and
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WHEREAS, a copy of the of the 2020 Comprehensive Plan is on file in the City Secretary's
Office and is available from the Planning and Data Analytics Department and includes the following
revisions to the 2019 Comprehensive Plan:
• Incorporates the most current statistical data available for the Population Trends, Economic
Trends, and Financial Trends chapters and presents the chapters graphically for ease of use.
• Updates Chapter 4: Housing and Chapter H: Transportation to incorporate new data and policy
direction from recently adopted plans, such as the Fort Worth Affordable Housing Strategic Plan,
the Master Thoroughfare Plan, and the Active Transportation Plan. The chapters have also been
redesigned to present the information more graphically for ease of online use.
• Updates Appendix A: Existing Plans and Studies to reflect the City Council's adoption of a) the
Active Transportation Plan and b) the Transportation Engineering Manual.
• Updates future land use maps in Appendix C: Future Land Use by Sector to reflect approved
zoning changes, previously adopted City plans, new development plans and opportunities, and
existing development patterns unlikely to change.
• Updates planned capital projects in Appendix D: Proposed Capital Improvements to include the
consolidated FY2020-2024 Five -Year Capital Improvement Plan, along with a graphic summary
of major expenditures described in the plan.
• Amends the annexation program in Appendix F. Annexation Plan, Policy, and Program to
reflect changes to the annexation program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
The 2020 Comprehensive Plan of the City of Fort Worth is adopted as set out in Exhibit A
attached and incorporated as if contained herein, specifically including existing plans and studies
described in Appendix A to the Plan, which are incorporated by reference. A copy of the 2020
Comprehensive Plan of the City of Fort Worth is on file in the City Secretary's Office and in the
Planning and Data Analytics Department.
SECTION 2.
The City of Fort Worth 2020 Comprehensive Plan supersedes and replaces the 2019
Comprehensive Plan.
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SECTION 3.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of the City
of Fort Worth, Texas (2015), as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct
conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which event conflicting provisions
of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4.
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 unconstitutional by the valid judgment or
decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the
remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same
would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 5.
This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
Melinda Ramos, Sr. Assistant City Attorney Mary Kayser, City Secretary
ADOPTED:
EFFECTIVE:
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EXHIBIT A
- Compact discs containing 2020 Comprehensive Plan to be attached and on file in the
City Secretary's Office
- 2020 Comprehensive Plan URL: http://fortworthtexas.gov/comprehensiveplan/adopted/
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