HomeMy WebLinkAbout28189-12-2025 - City Council - OrdinanceORDINANCE NO.28189-12-2025
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION AS
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 42.044 OF
THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE; PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS Section 42.044 of the Texas Local Government Code authorizes the
governing body of a municipality to designate any part of its extraterritorial jurisdiction as an
"industrial district" and to treat the designated area in a manner considered by the governing body
to be in the best interests of the municipality; and
WHEREAS the City of Fort Worth's Comprehensive Plan designates certain areas of its
extraterritorial jurisdiction ("ETJ") located east of I-35W, south of SH 114, and north of SH 170
for industrial and mixed -use development; and
WHEREAS the Fort Worth city limits generally surround these ETJ areas and the City
plans to serve the areas to support future industrial development.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1.
The City Council hereby designates the parcels of land in the City of Fort Worth's
extraterritorial jurisdiction that are identified in Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference, each as an individually designated industrial district numbered
1-8 pursuant to Section 42.044 of the Texas Local Government Code.
SECTION 2.
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provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed.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 3.
All rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to any and
all violations of the provisions of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, or any other ordinances of
the City, 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 and criminal, whether pending in court or not, under
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such ordinances, same shall not be affected by this ordinance, but may be prosecuted until final
disposition by the courts.
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:
Richard A. McCracken
Sr. Assistant City Attorney
ADOPTED: December 09, 2025
EFFECTIVE: December 09, 2025
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Jannette S. Goodall
City Secretary
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