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ORDINANCE NO. 21358-08-2014
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, BEING
ORDINANCE NO. 138969 AS AMENDED, CODIFIED AS
APPENDIX "A" OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TO AMEND ARTICLE 2 "OFF-STREET PARKING AND I
LOADING" OF CHAPTER 6, "DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS" I
AMENDING SECTION 6.204 "BICYCLE PARKING" TO REVISE
LOCATION REQUIREMENTS, LAYOUT AND DESIGN
REQUIREMENTS AND PARKING SPACES REQUIRED; i
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.
WHEREAS, on February 9, 2010 the City Council unanimously voted to approve
the Bike Fort Worth Plan; and
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WHEREAS, the Bike Fort Worth Plan supports the City Council's strategic goal
to improve mobility and air quality; and; a
WHEREAS, on November 9, 2010 the City Council adopted Ordinance No.
19428-11-010 to amend the Zoning Ordinance to adopt regulations for bicycle parking I
accommodations; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to revise the regulations for bicycle parking to amend
location requirements, layout and design requirements, add maximum bicycle rack
parking requirements to provide clarity and flexibility in administration; and
WHEREAS, it is advisable to amend the Zoning Ordinance to revise regulations
regarding bicycle parking and the layout and design of bicycle racks.
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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1.
Section 6.204, "Bicycle Requirements," of Chapter 6 "Development Standards," I
Article 2 "Off-Street Parking and Loading" of the Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended
to revise subsection A. "Locations" to add a requirement to protect bicycles from motor f
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vehicles as new paragraph 6 and to renumber "Alternative locations" to paragraph 7, to
read as follows:
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Sec. 6.204 -Bicycle parking.
A. Locations. +
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6. Bicycle racks shall be protected by a physical barrier to prevent parked bicycles
from damage by motor vehicles; such barriers include but are not limited to curbs, I
bollards, curb stops and similar objects.
7. Alternative locations. In the event that compliance may not be feasible because of
demonstrable hardship, the zoning administrator may approve an alternative
location_subject to the following conditions:
a. Alternative locations shall be well lit and secure.
b. All bicycle parking spaces shall be located within a one hundred (100) foot
diameter of the primary building entrance.
c. Bicycle racks may be placed in the public right-of-way provided that the P
building owner obtains an encroachment permit for the installation of racks in
the public right-of-way. j
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SECTION 2.
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Section 6.204, "Bicycle Requirements," of Chapter 6 "Development Standards," j
Article 2 "Off-Street Parking and Loading" of the Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended
to revise subsection B. `Bicycle Rack Design" and "Layout and design" to add a design
requirements for racks used in public and private K-12 schools and revise spacing
requirements under certain conditions, to read as follows:
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Sec. 6.204 - Bicycle parking.
B. Layout and design.
1. Bicycle rack design—Structures that require a user-supplied locking device shall
be designed in conformance with the following:
a. Each bike rack shall be designed to accommodate two bike parking spaces using
the allowed bike rack designs depicted below.
b. Racks shall be designed to accommodate "U"-shaped locking devises and to i
supports the bicycle horizontally in two places.
c. The racks shall be constructed of durable materials to withstand permanent
exposure to the elements such as powder-coated metal or stainless steel.
d. All bicycle parking spaces must be hard-surfaced and dust free and consist of at
minimum a compact gravel base. i
e. A wave or loop style bicycle rack may be used in public and private K-12
schools provided the installation provides a minimum of three (3) feet
pedestrian clearance on all sides.
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2. Bicycle parking space size, access aisles, and vertical clearance.
a. Racks shall provide clearance from other objects by using layout dimensions I
of at least four(4) feet wide by six (6) feet long as depicted below.
b. A property requiring a change of use permit may provide a reduced
three (3) feet wide by six (6) feet long clearance from other objects.
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SECTION 3.
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Section 6.204, "Bicycle Requirements," of Chapter 6 "Development Standards," I
Article 2 "Off-Street Parking and Loading" of the Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended
to revise subsection C. "Bicycle parking requirement" to revise bicycle parking
requirements for certain uses, to read as follows:
Sec. 6.204 -Bicycle parking.
C. Bicycle parking requirement. The number of bicycle parking racks shall be based on
the required automobile parking spaces and shall be provided in accordance with the
following with fractional requirements for bike parking over .5 to be rounded up:
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0-40 required auto spaces=1 rack minimum 1
41-60 required auto spaces=2 rack minimum
New Non-Residential and Change of Use permits 61-80 required auto spaces=3 rack minimum
(enlargement, expansion or conversion of an 81-100 required auto spaces=4 rack minimum I
existing building of 5,000 square feet floor area 101-300 required auto spaces=5 rack minimum
or greater) over 300 required auto spaces = 2% or 8 rack
maximum
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Change of Use permits (enlargement, expansion
or conversion of an existing building) between 1 rack minimum
1,000-4,999 square feet of gross floor area f
0.10 spaces for every bedroom Mixed-Use, Urban
Multi-Family Residential(4+5±dwelling units) Residential and Form-based districts
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Public and Private K-12 schools 1.5 bicycle parking spaces for every 20 students of
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planned capacity
1. The following uses are exempt from this section: Accessory uses; agricultural;
industrial uses; Lodging; one to four-family dwelling units; temporary uses;
utilities; vehicle sales and service and multi-family (4+ dwelling units) outside of
Mixed-Use, Urban Residential and Design Districts, Urban Residential, Urban
Villages and Mixed-Use Zoning districts_(from 4.800).
2. Bicycle parking for Health Care Facilities shall be calculated using required
employee automobile parking.
3. Land Uses not exempted from this requirement which have no minimum parking
requirement shall provide bicycle racks based on actual automobile parking i
spaces provided.
4. Bicycle parking shall not count toward the tree requirement for exceeding
maximum allowable parking.
5. The number of required and provided automobile parking spaces and bicycle
parking racks should be shown in a chart format on the building permit site plan.
A reduction in the minimum required automobile parking is allowed equal to the
percentage of bicycle spaces provided, with a five (5) percent maximum
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reduction.
6. In all cases where bicycle parking is required, no fewer than two (2) spaces (one
rack) shall be required.
7. Bicycle parking is not required in the Central Business ("H") District if the
property falls within five hundred(500) feet of an existing bicycle rack. ;
SECTION 4.
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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
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of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provision of such ordinances and such j
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Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby
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repealed.
SECTION 5.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the city Council that 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 of this ordinance of any such unconstitutional
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
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SECTION 6.
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Any person, firm, or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or
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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 ($2000.00) for each
offense. Each day that a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense.
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SECTION 7.
All rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to �
any and all violations of the provisions of Ordinance No. 13896 which 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 such i
ordinances, same shall not be affected by this ordinance buy may be prosecuted until
final disposition by the courts.
SECTION 8.
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby directed to publish
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the caption, penalty clause and effective date of this ordinance for two (2) days in the I
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official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Section 52.013,
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Texas Local Government Code.
SECTION 9.
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This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption and publication as required by law. I
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: ATTEST:
Melinda Ramos, Assistant City Attorney ayser, t, et
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ADOPTED: August 5, 2014 i
EFFECTIVE:
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