HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 17513-04-2007ORDINANCE NO 17513-04-2007
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, BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 6.504 `SINGLE FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL DESIGN STANDARDS" OF CHAPTER 6,
`DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS" ARTICLE 5 `RESIDENTIAL
DESIGN STANDARDS" TO REQUIRE DESIGN STANDARDS
AND FRONT YARD AND STREET PARKWAY TREES FOR ALL
DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY BUILDING PERMITS, AMEND
CHAPTER 9 `DEFINITIONS" TO ADD A DEFINITION FOR
INFILL HOUSING PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BE CUMULATIVE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the Sustainable Neighborhood Committee of the City Council m
review of adopted standards for detached single family residential permits has determined
that design standards should apply to all such permits including mfill housing; and
WHEREAS, such design standards currently apply only to developments of three
lots or more; and
WHEREAS, the Committee has also determined that additional landscaping by
the provision of front yard and street parkway trees on all detached single family
residential infill lots will enhance neighborhoods,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SECTION 1.
Section 6.507 `Single Family Residential Design Standards" of Chapter 6
`Development Standards" Article 5 `Residential Design Standards" of Ordinance No
13896 the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Fort Worth, is amended to add a new
paragraph `D" to require front yard and street parkway trees for all infill housing and to
apply design standards to all detached single family residential permits to read as follows.
6.507 Single Family Residential Design Standards
Any detached single family residential dwelling constructed after the effective
date of this ordinance ( )shall be required to conform to the
following architectural and tree planting requirements
A. The same elevation shall not be permitted within a six lot pattern, on an
adjacent lot or on a lot directly across the street as depicted in the diagram
below
MONOTONY
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Lots nd F being aluated
Same nd plan may be ad within ny 6 groupings
B. Exterior walls shall consist of a minimum of 50% masonry Exposures to a
minor arterial or wider street shall required 100% masonry construction
except where such building face is obscured by a minimum six (6) foot
masonry wall. 'Masonry" shall include brick, stone, cementitious fiber
concrete products or stucco Similar products made from such materials
and/or durable recycled material shall be allowed as approved by the Building
Official.
C. No attached garage facing a public or private street may project greater than
eight (8) feet in front of the front wall of the house in all Single Family
Districts.
D An infill house shall be required to have one minimum 3 caliper front yard tree
of choice, and one minimum 3 caliper street parkway tree as approved by the
City Forester In all instances, a minimum of 40% canopy cover per lot must be
achieved m accordance with Section 6.301.x.
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SECTION 2.
Chapter 9 Definitions, of Ordinance No 13896 the Zoning Ordinance of the
City of Fort Worth, Section 9 101 Defined Terms is amended to add a definition for
`Infill Housing" as follows.
INFILL HOUSING any detached single family dwelling
developed, reconstructed or enlarged by more than 50% of the
original structure five (5) years or more following final plat of the
property
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.
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 m this ordinance of any such unconstitutional
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
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SECTION 5.
All rights and remedies of the Crty 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 cnmmal, 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 Crty 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 Crty of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Section 52.013
Texas Local Government Code.
SECTION 7
This ordinance shall take effect after adoption and publication as required by law
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
Assistant Crty ttorney
ADOPTED• ~~~~~~
EFFECTIVE ~~
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