HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 26802-03-2024ORDINANCE NO.26802-03-2024
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE NO. 21653, AS AMENDED, SAME BEING AN
ORDINANCE REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE LOCATION AND USE
OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, AND LAND FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY,
RESIDENCE OR OTHER PURPOSES, THE HEIGHT, NUMBER OF STORIES
AND SIZE OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES, THE SIZE OF YARDS
AND OTHER OPEN SPACES, OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING, AND
THE DENSITY OF POPULATION, AND FOR SUCH PURPOSES DIVIDING
THE MUNICIPALITY INTO DISTRICTS OF SUCH NUMBER, SHAPE AND
AREA AS MAY BE DEEMED BEST SUITED TO CARRY OUT THESE
REGULATIONS AND SHOWING SUCH DISTRICTS AND THE BOUNDARIES
THEREOF UPON "DISTRICT MAPS""; PROVIDING FOR INTERPRETATION,
PURPOSE AND CONFLICT; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL
BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH:
SECTION 1.
ZC-23-189 14600 Block of Elizabeth Town Cemetery 18.49 ac.
Zoning Change:
From: Unzoned
To: "K" Heavy Industrial
Description:
BEING a tract of land situated in the Thomas S. Reyburn Survey, Abstract Number 1130
and the Rufus King Survey, Abstract Number 723, City of Fort Worth, Denton County,
Texas, being all of that tract of land described by deeds to AIL Investment, L.P., recorded
in Instrument Number 2023-68836, Real Property Records, Denton County, Texas and
being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
BEGINNING at the southeast corner of said AIL Investment tract, being the northeast
corner of that tract of Iand described by deed to BS CONCEPTS, LLC., recorded in
Instrument Number 2015-117040, Real Property Records, Denton County, Texas, and
being in the west right-of-way line of Elizabethtown Cemetery Road (a paved traveled
roadway, no record found);
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THENCE S 89040'36"W, 705.06 feet, departing said west right-of-way line, with the
south line of said AIL Investment tract to the northwest corner of said BS Concepts tract,
being the northeast corner of that tract of land described by deed to Day Group Inc.,
recorded in Instrument Number 2021-126577, Real Property Records, Denton County;
THENCE S 89043' 12"W, 588.96 feet, with said south line and the north line of said Day
Group tract, to the southwest comer of said AIL Investment tract, being the southeast
corner of that tract of land described by deed to TDA Investors, LLC, recorded in
Instrument Number 2022-110711, said Real Property Records;
THENCE N 00004'55"E, 613.63 feet, with the west line of said AIL Investment tract
and the east line of said TDA Investors tract, to the northwest corner of said AIL
Investment tract, being the northeast corner of said TDA Investors tract, and being in the
south line of the remainder of that tract of land described by deed to AIL Investment,
L.P., recorded in Volume 4246, Page 457, said County Records;
THENCE N 88°38' 13"E, 725.30 feet, with the north Iine of said AIL Investment tract
and the south line of said remainder tract;
THENCE S 89051'22"E, 568.92 feet, with said common line to the northeast corner of
said AIL Investment tract, being the southeast comer of said remainder tract and being in
the aforementioned west right-of-way line of Elizabethtown Cemetery Road;
THENCE S 00004'55"W, 622.60 feet, with the east line of said AIL Investment tract and
said west right-of-way line to the Point of Beginning and containing 805,418 square feet
or 18.490 acres of land more or less.
SECTION 2.
That the zoning regulations and districts, as herein established, have been made in
accordance with the comprehensive plan for the purpose of promoting the health, safety,
morals and general welfare of the community. They have been designed to Iessen
congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic, flood and other dangers; to
provide adequate light and air; to prevent overcrowding of land; to avoid undue
concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate provisions of transportation, water,
sewerage, parks and other public requirements. They have been made after 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 a building and encouraging the most appropriate use of land
throughout the community.
SECTION 3.
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all other ordinances of the City of Fort Worth
affecting zoning and shall not repeal any of the provisions of such ordinances, except in
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those instances where provisions of such ordinances are in direct conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 4.
That all rights or remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to any
and all violations of Ordinance Nos. 3011, 13896, 21653 or any amendments thereto that
have accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordinance; and as to such accrued
violations, and all pending_ litigation, both civil or criminal, same shall not be affected by
this ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts.
,SECTION S.
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 decree of any court of competent jurisdiction,
such voidness, ineffectiveness or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining
phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of this ordinance, 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 6.
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 more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense. Each
day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 7.
That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas is hereby directed to publish this
ordinance for two (2) days in the official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as
authorized by V.T.C.A. Local Government Code Subsection 52.013.
SECTION S.
That this ordinance shall take effect upon adoption and publication as required by law.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
Christopher Austria, Assistant City Attorney Jannette S. Goodall, City Secretary
Adopted: March 26, 2024
Effective: M,
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