HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 15460ORDINANCE NO. ~ Jam' `f' (nQ
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE CITY OF FORT WORTH 2003
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; ANALYZING POPULATION, ECONOMIC
AND FINANCIAL TRENDS; DESCRIBING MUNICIPAL SERVICES AND
FACILITIES; DESCRIBING ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES
AFFECTING DEVELOPMENT; DESCRIBING IMPLEMENTATION
TOOLS; DIVIDING THE CITY INTO 16 PLANNING SECTORS;
PROVIDING MAPS DESCRIBING PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USES AN'D
RECOMMENDED LAND USE POLICIES FOR EACH SECTOR;
ESTABLISHING. GOALS AND RECOMMENDED POLICIES, PROVIDING
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; A1VD PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City Council approved Ordinance No. 14996 adopting the Fort Worth
2002 Comprehensive Plan on February 26, 2002;
WHEREAS, the 2002 Comprehensive Plan is the City of Fort Worth's general guide for
malting decisions about growth and development;
WHEREAS, the 2002 Comprehensive Plan includes, without limitation, provisions on land
use, housing, parks and community services, libraries, human services, neighborhood capacity
building, economic development, transportation, telecommunications, education, historic
preservation, urban design, arts and culture, police services, fire and emergency services,
environmental quality, public health and municipal facilities;
WHEREAS, it is the City Council's intent to update the Comprehensive Plan annually;
WHEREAS, after conducting a joint work session with the City Plan Commission and the
Zoning Commission on August 2$, 2002, and briefing the City Council on September 3, 2002, the
Planning Department issued a public review draft of the 2003 Comprehensive Plan;
WHEREAS, the Planning Department conducted a series of 12 community meetings and
held a Citywide Forum on October 14, 2002, to receive comments on the 2003 Comprehensive
Plan;
WHEREAS, the City Plan Commission has reviewed the public review draft of the 2003
Comprehensive Plan and on December 20, 2002, recommended certain revisions to the future land
uses shown in the Eastside, Far North, Far Northwest, Far West, Northeast, Southeast and
Wedgwood sector maps included in Appendix C to the plan, so as to make the maps consistent with
zoning cases recently approved by the City Council and platting cases recently approved by the City
Plan Commission, and so as to reflect other land use trends;
WI3EREAS, on January 22, 2003, the City Plan Commission conducted a public hearing on
the 2003 Comprehensive Plan and recommended that the City Council approve the plan, as
amended to include revisions to the sector maps in Appendix C identified above (attached hereto as
Exhibit A);
WHEREAS, the City Manager's Office distributed a memorandum on January 30, 2003,
describing certain recommended revisions to policy statements in the Housing, Economic
Development, and Financial Incentives chapters regarding the Neighborhood Empowerment Zone
program (attached hereto as Exhibit B);
WHEREAS, the City Council conducted public hearings on the 2003 Comprehensive Plan
on February 4 and February 11, 2003, at which the public was given the opportunity to give
testimony and present written evidence; and
WI3EREAS, on February 18, 2003, the City Council discussed the public hearing
comments and City staff responses, and directed staff to revise the Western Hills/Ridglea sector
map in Appendix C so as to change the future land use designation of certain property from
Institutional to Single Family Residential (attached hereto as Exhibit C).
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH:
SECTION 1.
The 2003 Comprehensive Plan of the City of Fort Worth is adopted as set out in Exhibits A,
B, and C 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.
SECTION 2.
The City of Fort Worth 2003 Comprehensive Plan supersedes and replaces the 2002
Comprehensive Plan.
SECTION 3.
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 4.
This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption.
APP OVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
Assistant Ci /Attorney
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SUBJECT ADOPTION OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH 2003 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached ordinance adopting the City of Fort Worth
_ 2003 Comprehensive Plan. .
DISCUSSION:
The City Council authorized staff to release a public hearing draft of the 2003 Comprehensive Plan for public
review on December 3, 2002. On December 20, 2002, the City Plan Commission recommended certain
amendments to the Eastside, Far .North, Far Northwest, Far West, Northeast, Southeast and Wedgwood
future land use maps in Appendix C of the plan. These amendments are the result of recent zoning and
platting decisions and land use trends. The City Plan Commission held a public hearing on the plan on
January 22, ~ 2003. After providing an opportunity for public comment, the City Plan Commission voted to
recommend adoption of the plan with the proposed amendments to the sector maps.
City staff concurs with that recommendation and, in response to recent City Council discussions, further
recommends the following minor amendments to policy statements regarding the Neighborhood
Empowerment Zone program:
® Housing Chapter, Page 50
Revise the following policy statement: "9~+era~ Use the Neighborhood Empowerment Zone
program d to promote the development of designated urban villages and the revitalization
of surrounding lower-income neighborhoods; and .
® Economic Development Chapter, Page 90
Same as above; and
® Financial Incentives Chapter, Page 221
Delete, the following sentence: "The City Council has approved ,orienting the Neighborhood
Empowerment Zone program toward development• of designated urban villages and: the
revitalization of surrounding lower-income neighborhoods."
The City Council held public hearings on February 4 and 11, 2003 (M&C G-13876), on the plan as
recommended by the City Plan Commission. On February 18, 2003, the City Council discussed the
public hearing comments, City staff responses, and directed staff to revise the future land use
designation of certain property around the Vickery Boulevard and Southwest Boulevard intersection
from Institutional to Single-Family Residential. The City Council also directed staff to place an
appropriate Mayor and Council Communication on the February 25, 2003, City Council Agenda for
adoption of the plan.
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suB~ECT ADOPTION OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH 2003 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The 2003 Comprehensive Plan reflects the following substantive revisioris to the 2002 Comprehensive
Plan:
Routine Updates
• Incorporated the most current data available; and
® Added text to the introduction describing the relationship of departmental business plans to the
Comprehensive Plan; and
• Refined various goals, objectives, policies and strategies based on comments from the City
Council, City departments and cooperating agencies; and
® Added sections to the Human Services chapter on Crisis Relief, Family Support, Health, Youth
Services, Senior Services, and Information and Referral; and
e Deleted the Telecommunications .chapter and moved pertinent text to Land Use, Human
Services, Urban Design, and Municipal Facilities chapters; and
• Added a section on the Justex Police Management Study to the Police Services chapter; and
® Added a section to the Environmental Quality chapter on energy conservation; and
® Added sections to the Public Health chapter on preventing bio-terrorism, obesity, and child
injuries; and
• Made various changes to the future land use maps in Appendix C in response to land use
changes, zoning decisions,, and other factors; and
• Removed completed or cancelled capital improvement projects in Appendix D, and added new
projects to Appendices D and E.
Recent Policy Decisions
® Added a strategy to the Development Regulations chapter to implement the recommendations
of the Focus Group on Development Review Procedures; and
• Added text to the Annexation Policy chapter on current annexation initiatives and limited-
purpose annexation; and
• Reflectedrecommended policies regarding designated urban villages on the Arlington Heights,
Eastside, Northside, Southeast, Southside, TCU/Westcliff and Western Hills/Ridglea sector
maps; and
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SUBJECT ADOPTION OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH 2003 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
• Added the 2002 Master Thoroughfare Plan, Central City Commercial Corridors Revitalization
Strategy, Handley Model Block Plan, and Transit Alternatives Analysis to plans adopted by
reference in Appendix A.
Policy Initiatives
• Added a recommended policy to the Land Use chapter to accommodate .residential and mixed
uses in areas designated as commercial on future land use maps; and _ ~.
• Added a recommended policy to the Land Use chapter to support zoning changes that reduce
.the amount of vacant land zoned for multi-family residential development beyond designated
growth centers and urban villages; and
• Added a recommended policy to the Housing chapter to support neighborhood initiatives to
regulate the design of industrialized and site-built housing to preserve neighborhood character;
and
I • Added a recommended policy to the Housing ,chapter to provide housing opportunities for
i~~~ `': people at all income levels in neighborhoods across the City.
FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION:
The Finance Director certifies that adoption of this ordinance will have no material effect on City funds.
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Submitted For City Manager's
OfFice by:
Charles Boswell 61.83
Originating Department Head:
Fernando Costa 8042
additional Information Contact:
Fernando Costa 8042
FUND I ACCOUNT
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CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED 2/25/03
ORD. #15460