HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 18078-05-2008ORDINANCE NO 18078-OS-2008
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, BEING ORDINANCE
NO 13896, AS AMENDED, CODIFIED AS APPENDIX A OF THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1986), BY AMENDING
SECTION 6.404, TEMPORARY ON PREMISE SIGNS REQUIRING A
PERMIT TO ALLOW TEMPORARY SUBDIVISION SIGNS FOR NEW
SINGLE AND TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS,
PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE,
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A PENALTY
CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Chapter 6 Article 4 of the Zoning Ordinance provides regulations for the
installation of signage for the marketing and identification of properties and businesses including
signs related to homebuilding and residential subdivisions, and
WHEREAS, local residential developers often utilize off and on premise advertising to
attract potential purchasers to their properties, and
WHEREAS, on November 6, 2007 the City of Fort Worth Crty Council approved
Ordinance No 17872 which substantially revised the sign regulations m the Zoning Ordinance
including but not hmrted to creating a kiosk program for homebuilder signs and subdivision
directional signs; and
WHEREAS, the City's kiosk program addresses the needs of the developers by guiding
persons to a property but provides no detailed information concerning a subdivision, and
WHEREAS, residential developers have requested that on-premise subdivision signs be
allowed to advertise active builders, price ranges of new houses and related neighborhood
amenities, and
WHEREAS, staff recommends amending Article 4 of the Zoning Ordinance to provide
regulations for on-premise subdivision signs;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, AS FOLLOWS
SECTION 1.
Article 4 Section 6 404 `Temporary On Premise Signs Requiring a Permit" of Chapter 6,
`Development Standards" of Ordinance Number 13896 the Zoning Ordinance of the City of
Fort Worth, is amended to permit temporary developer signs, and to read as follows
6.404 Temporary On-Premise Signs Requiring a Permit
A. All temporary signs not previously exempted under Section 6 403 including portable
signs, trailers and banners, shall require a permit. Temporary signs are permitted only m
the `CF" Community Facilities and `ER Neighborhood Commercial Restricted or less
restrictive districts, provided however that temporary residential subdivision signs shall
be allowed m residential districts as described m subsection b below Temporary signs
must meet all requirements of the Sign Code (Chapter 29 of the Crty Code), including
permitting requirements.
B For new residential developments, temporary subdivision signs shall be permissible, for
the marketing of the residential subdivision, subject to the following provisions
1 Signs shall be a maximum size of 64 square feet with no more than two support posts.
2 Sign shall be no taller than 20 feet.
3 Only one sign shall be located at an entrance to the subdivision, with a maximum of
two signs allowed per residential subdivision.
SECTION 2.
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 m
direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, m which event conflicting
provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3.
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 jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not
affect any of the remaxmng 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 4.
Any person, firm, or corporation, who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or 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 ($2,000 00) for each offense Each day that a
violation exists shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 5.
All rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to any
and all violations of the provisions of Ordinances No 3011 13896 and any other ordinances
affecting zoning 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 m
court or not, under such ordinances, same shall not be affected by this ordinance but may be
prosecuted until final disposition by the courts.
SECTION 6.
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby directed to publish the
caption, penalty clause and effective date of this ordinance for two (2) days m the official
newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Section 52.013 Texas Local
Government Code.
SECTION 7
This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption and publication as required by law
APPROVED AS TO F AND LEGALITY
By~ cn1_~
Assistant City Attorney
ADOPTED May 6, 2008
EFFECTIVE ~~ D