HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 18492-02-2009ORDINANCE NO 18492-02-2009
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE CITY OF FORT WORTH 2009
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 AND
RECOMMENDED LAND USE POLICIES FOR EACH SECTOR,
ESTABLISHING GOALS AND RECOMMENDED POLICIES PROVIDING
THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE, PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS the City Council approved Ordinance No 17990 adopting the Fort Worth 2008
Comprehensive Plan on February 19 2008 and
WHEREAS the 2008 Comprehensive Plan is the Crty of Fort Worth s general guide for
making decisions about growth and development; and
WHEREAS the 2008 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 rt is the City Council s intent to update the Comprehensive Plan annually and
WHEREAS after conducting work sessions with the Zoning Commission on August 13
2008 and the City Plan Commission on August 27 2008 and beefing the City Council on
September 2, 2008 the Planning Department issued a public review draft of the 2009
Comprehensive Plan, and
WHEREAS the Planning Department conducted a serves of more than 30 community
meetings to receive comments on the 2009 Comprehensive Plan, and
WHEREAS on January 28 2009 the City Plan Commission conducted a public hearing on
the 2009 Comprehensive Plan and recommended that the City Council approve the plan, and
WHEREAS the City Council conducted a public hearing on the 2009 Comprehensive Plan
on February 10 2009 at which the public was given the opportunity to give testimony and present
written evidence;
WHEREAS the 2009 Comprehensive Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit A, and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CtTY
OF FORT WORTH
SECTION 1
The 2009 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 m Appendix A to the Plan which are incorporated by reference.
SECTION 2.
The City of Fort Worth 2009 Comprehensive Plan supersedes and replaces the 2008
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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SECTION 4.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Crty 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 ~unsdiction, 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 m this ordinance of any
such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 5.
This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption.
AP OVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
Assistant Cit Attorney
ADOPTED AND EFFECTIVE February 24, 2009
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City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
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COUNCIL ACTION: Approved on 2/24/2009 -Ord. No. 18492-02-2009
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DATE Tuesday February 24 2009 REFERENCE NO G-16481
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SUBJECT
Approve Ordinance Adopting the City of Fort Worth 2009 Comprehensive Plan
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached ordinance adopting the City of Fort Worth
2009 Comprehensive Plan
DISCUSSION
The 2009 Comprehensive Plan reflects the following substantive revisions to the 2008 Comprehensive
Plan
Policy and Data Updates
Incorporates the most current data available
Refines various goals objectives policies and strategies based on comments from the City Council City
departments and cooperating agencies
Revises policies in the Land Use chapter to support transit-oriented development (TOD)•
Adds policy to the Housing chapter to fund and implement strategies outlined in the City's Homelessness
Plan Directions Home
Adds objective to the Housing chapter to provide assistance to the Fort Worth Housing Authority in 2009
for 200 permanent supportive housing vouchers for chronically homeless and long-term homeless
individuals as identified in the City's Homelessness Plan Directions Home
Adds strategy to the Housing chapter to aggressively expand land assembly for infill housing particularly
in designated Neighborhood Empowerment Zones urban villages mixed-use growth centers and rail
station areas that support TOD•
Adds objective to the Economic Development chapter to support the expansion of rail transit and
associated TOD as a means to efficiently connect workers and employers
Adds section to the Transportation chapter on the Modern Streetcar Study•
Adds policy to the Transportation chapter to implement bicycle transportation improvements identified in
the Bike Fort Worth Plan
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Adds objective to the Transportation chapter to implement the Context Sensitive Street Design policy
adopted into the Master Thoroughfare Plan s Street Development Standards
Adds objective to the Environmental Quality chapter to prepare a Sustainable Development Action Plan
in 2009
Revises Public Health chapter in response to reorganization
Adds Summer Creek TOD rrlixed-use growth center to Far Southwest and Wedgwood future land use
maps in Appendix C
Revises Wedgwood future land use map to support future TOD adjacent to proposed Interstate
20/Granbury commuter rail station in Appendix C
Updates future land use maps in Appendix C in response to land use changes, zoning and platting
decisions, and other factors
Removes completed or cancelled capital improvement projects from Appendix D and adds new projects
to Appendices D and E and
Updates the annexation program in Appendix G
The City Plan Commission held a public hearing on January 28 2009 and voted to recommend adoption
of the plan with the following two revisions
Include the Mobility and Air Quality Plan by reference in Appendix A. Existing Plans and Studies, and
Include the Hazard Mitigation Action Plan by reference in Appendix A. Existing Plans and Studies.
The City Council held a public hearing on February 10 2009 on the plan as recommended by the City
Plan Commission
The City Council endorsed the following three revisions
Revise the future land use designation for certain property in District 6 located on the east side of
Camelot Road south of Altamesa Boulevard from medium-density residential to single-family residential in
Appendix C
Revise the future land use designation for certain property in District 7 located on Birchman Avenue
between Horne Street and Faron Street from neighborhood commercial to low density residential in
Appendix C and
Revise the future land use designation for certain property in District 7 located on Highway 287 north of
Bonds Ranch Road from single-family residential and general commercial to light industrial in Appendix C
FISCAL INFORMATION !CERTIFICATION
The Financial Management Services Director certifies that this action will have no material effect on City
funds
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FUND CENTERS
TO Fund/Account/Centers
CERTIFICATIONS
Submitted for City Manager's Office by•
Originating Department Head
Additional Information Contact:
FROM Fund/Account/Centers
Fernando Costa (6122)
Susan Alanis (8180)
Becky Pils (7645)
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