HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 21164-03-2014 ORDINANCE NO. 21164-03-2014
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE CITY OF FORT WORTH 2014
COMPREIIENSIVE PLAN; ANALYZING POPULATION, ECONOMIC AND
FINANCIAL TRENDS; DESCRIBING INIPLEMENTATION 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. 20644 adopting the Fort Worth
2013 Comprehensive Plan on March 5,2013; and
WHEREAS, the 2013 Comprehensive Plan is the City of Fort Worth's general guide for
making decisions about growth and development; and
WHEREAS, the 2013 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',,' intent to update elements of the Comprehensive Plan
annually; and
WHEREAS, on January 22, 2014, the City Plan Conti-nission conducted a public hearing on
the 2014 Comprehensive Plan and recommended that the City Council adopt the plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council conducted a public hearing on the 2014 Comprehensive Plan
on March 4, 2014, at which the public was given the opportunity to give testimony and present
written evidence; and
WHEREAS, the 2014 Comprehensive Plan is attached hereto on CD as Exhibit A, and
includes the following revisions to the 2013 Comprehensive Plan:
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• Incorporates the most current statistical data available in the Population Trends,Economic
Trends, and.Financial Trends chapters.
• Updates Appendix A: Existing Plans and Studies to reflect the City Council's adoption of
PLAN 2023: A Ten Year Strategic Action Plan for Downtown Fort Worth.
• Updates future land use maps in Appendix C: Future Land Use by Sector to reflect approved
zoning changes, new development plans and opportunities, and existing development patterns
unlikely to change.
• Updates planned capital projects in Appendix DIF: Proposed Capital Improvements to include
new proposed capital improvement projects, including those in the proposed May 2014 bond
program, and to remove completed projects.
• Amends the annexation program in Appendix F Annexation Plan, Policy, and Program to
delay the proposed schedule for considering several annexation areas, as well as to shift several
areas from the long-range program to the five-year program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
The 2014 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.
SECTION 2.
The City of Fort Worth 2014 Comprehensive Plan supersedes and replaces the 2013
Comprehensive Plan.
SECTION 3.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of the
City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), 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.
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sEcri.ON 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 ASToFORM AND LEGALITY:
Assistant City Attorney Mary Kat City Se etary
ADOPTED AND EFFECTIVE: March 18, 2014
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City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
COUNCIL ACTION: Approved on 3/18/2014 - Ordinance No. 21164-03-2014
DATE: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 REFERENCE NO.: G-18155
LOG NAME: 06 2014CP PUBHEAR ADOPT
SUBJECT:
Conduct a Public Hearing on the Proposed City of Fort Worth 2014 Comprehensive Plan as
Recommended by the City Plan Commission and Adopt Ordinance Approving the City of Fort Worth 2014
Comprehensive Plan (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Conduct a public hearing on the proposed 2014 Comprehensive Plan to allow the public the
opportunity to give testimony and present written evidence;
2. Adjourn the public hearing; and
3. Adopt the attached Ordinance approving the City of Fort Worth 2014 Comprehensive Plan as
recomrended by the City Plan Commission.
DISCUSSION:
The proposed 2014 Comprehensive Plan is the result of a limited update that reflects the following
revisions to the 2013 Comprehensive Plan.
Proposed Amendments for the 2014 Comprehensive Plan
1. The Population Trends, Economic Trends, and Financial Trends chapters will be updated to reflect the
latest statistical information available for these chapters.
2, Appendix A: Existing Plans and Studies will be updated to reflect the City Council's adoption of PLAN
2023: A Ten Year Strategic Action Plan for Downtown Fort Worth.
3. Appendix C: Future Land Use by Sectorwill be updated to reflect approved zoning changes, new
development plans and opportunities, and existing development patterns unlikely to change.
4. Appendix DIE: Proposed Capital Improvements will be updated to include new proposed capital
improvement projects, including those in the proposed May 2014 bond program, and to remove completed
projects.
5. Appendix F:Annexation Plan; Policy, and Program will be updated to delay the proposed schedule for
considering several annexation areas, as well as to shift several areas from the long-range program to the
five-year program.
A full update of the Comprehensive Plan will be completed on a three year cycle. Changing the cycle will
allow the Planning and Development Department to focus its limited resources on updating the Master
Thoroughfare Plan, completing urban village street improvements, implementing the Lake Worth Vision
Plan, and other activities related to enhancing the planning and development process.
To view the proposed 2014 Comprehensive Plan, visit http://fortworthtexas.gov/planninganddevelopment/
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and click on the 2014 Comprehensive Plan link on the right side of the screen.
City Plan Commission Recommendation
The City Plan Commission held a public hearing on the proposed 2014 Comprehensive Plan on January
22, 2014 and voted unanimously to recommend adoption of the plan.
Public Hearing on 2014 Comprehensive Plan
Section 213.003 of the Texas Local Government Code provides that a comprehensive plan may be
adopted or amended by ordinance following a hearing at which the public is given the opportunity to give
testimony and present written evidence and following review by the City Plan Commission. A public
hearing before the City Council on the proposed 2014 Comprehensive Plan will take place prior to the City
Council vote on the adoption ordinance.
FISCAL INFORMATION I CERTIFICATION:
The Financial Management Services Director certifies that this action will have no material effect on City
funds,
FUND CENTERS:
TO Fund/Account/Centers FROM F und/Acc ou ntIC enters
CERTIFICATIONS:
Submitted far City Manager's Office by: Fernando Costa (6122)
Originating Department Head: Randle Harwood (6101)
Additional Information Contact: Eric Fladager (8011)
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