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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 21693-03-2015 i i ORDINANCE NO. 21693-03-2015 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE CITY OF FORT WORTH 2015 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; ANALYZING POPULATION, ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL TRENDS; 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; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY i CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the City Council approved Ordinance No. 21164-03-2014 adopting the Fort I Worth 2014 Comprehensive Plan on March 18, 2014; and WHEREAS, the 2014 Comprehensive Plan is the City of Fort Worth's general guide for i making decisions about growth and development; and WHEREAS, the 2014 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's intent to update elements of the Comprehensive Plan annually; and WHEREAS, on January 28, 2015, the City Plan Commission conducted a public hearing on j f the 2015 Comprehensive Plan and recommended that the City Council adopt the plan; and WHEREAS, the City Council conducted a public hearing on the 2015 Comprehensive Plan i on March 3, 2015, at which the public was given the opportunity to give testimony and present j written evidence; and I 2015 Comprehensive Plan Ordinance No.21693-03-2015 f Page 1 of 4 I WHEREAS, a copy of the of the 2015 Comprehensive Plan is on file in the City Secretary's ! Office and is available from the Planning and Development Department and includes the following revisions to the 2014 Comprehensive Plan: • Incorporates the most current statistical data available for the Population Trends,Economic Trends, and Financial Trends chapters. • Updates Appendix A: Existing Plans and Studies to reflect the City Council's adoption of the following plans: Walk Fort Worth, Public Art Plan for the 2014 Capital Improvements Program, Cavile Place/Historic Stop Six Neighborhood Transformation Plan, 2014 Water Conservation Plan, Drought Contingency and Emergency Water Management Plan, 2013-2018 Consolidated Plan and Consolidated Action Plan, Fort Worth Cultural Plan, and the 2015 Park, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan. i • 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. I • Updates planned capital projects in Appendix DIE: Proposed Capital Improvements to include new proposed capital improvement projects, including those from the approved 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. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY f OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: i l SECTION 1. The 2015 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 I described in Appendix A to the Plan, which are incorporated by reference. A copy of the 2015 f Comprehensive Plan of the City of Fort Worth is on file in the City Secretary's Office and in the Planning and Development Department. I SECTION 2. The City of Fort Worth 2015 Comprehensive Plan supersedes and replaces the 2014 i I Comprehensive Plan. i f i 2015 Comprehensive Plan Ordinance No.21693-03-2015 Page 2 of 4 I II i A I i i SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of the i 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 i provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed. SECTION 4. I It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, ` I 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 i 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 I 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. I APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: 1 offfff"� l P Melinda Ramos, Assistant City Attorney Mary Kayser, Se reta a ADOPTED: March 17, 2015 EFFECTIVE: i k i 2015 Comprehensive Plan Ordinance No.21693-03-2015 I Page 3 of 4 l i r I C i k I EXHIBIT A i - Compact discs containing 2015 Comprehensive Plan to be attached and on file in the j City Secretary's Office i - 2015 Comprehensive Plan URL: http://fortworthtexas.gov/coml)rehensiveplan/current/ i i f 0 I I i I iIS I f i i f i I l i 9 I I f 2015 Comprehensive Plan i Ordinance No.21693-03-2015 Page 4 of 4 II S i I 4 I I City of Fort Worth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication I COU.NC,IL ACTION : Approved on 3/17/20�141.5__N Ordmance.,No 21-693.03-2015 �� CONTINUED FROM A PREVIOUS WEEK DATE: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 REFERENCE NO.: G-18432 a LOG NAME: 06 2015CP PUBHEAR ADOPT i SUBJECT: Conduct a Public Hearing on the Proposed City of Fort Worth 2015 Comprehensive Plan as Recommended by the City Plan Commission and Adopt Ordinance Approving the City of Fort Worth 2015 Comprehensive Plan (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS) i RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council: I 1. Conduct a public hearing on the proposed 2015 Comprehensive Plan to allow the public the opportunity to give testimony and present written evidence; 2. Adjourn the public hearing; and A 3. Adopt the attached Ordinance approving the City of Fort Worth 2015 Comprehensive Plan as recommended by the City Plan Commission. 4 DISCUSSION: The proposed 2015 Comprehensive Plan is the result of a limited update that reflects the following revisions to the 2014 Comprehensive Plan. Proposed Amendments for the 2015 Comprehensive Plan: i 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 the following plans: Walk Fort Worth, Public Art Plan for the 2014 Capital Improvements Program, Cavile Place/Historic Stop Six Neighborhood Transformation Plan, 2014 Water Conservation Plan, Drought Contingency and Emergency Water Management Plan, 2013-2018 Consolidated Plan and Consolidated Action Plan, Fort Worth Cultural Plan and the 2015 Park, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan. 3. Appendix C: Future Land Use by Sector will be updated to reflect approved zoning changes, new development plans and opportunities, and existing development patterns unlikely to change. e 4. Appendix D/E: Proposed Capital Improvements will be updated to include new proposed capital i improvement projects, including those from the approved 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 i Logname: 06_2015CP_PUBHEAR_ADOPT Page 1 of 2 I i i considering several annexation areas. i A full update of the Comprehensive Plan will be completed on a three year cycle, with the next full update occurring in 2016. This three-year cycle allows the Planning and Development Department to focus its limited resources on updating the Master Thoroughfare Plan, completing urban village street improvements, implementing the Lake Arlington Master Plan and Lake Worth Vision Plan, completing the Berry/University Form Based Code and other activities related to enhancing the planning and development process. To view the proposed 2015 Comprehensive Plan, visit http://fortworthtexas.qov/comprehensiveplan/current/and view the table of contents to browse individual sections of the plan. City Plan Commission Recommendation: The City Plan Commission held a public hearing on the proposed 2015 Comprehensive Plan on January 28, 2015 and voted unanimously to recommend adoption of the plan. During the public hearing, the City Plan Commission heard a request to change future land use designations for property in the Six Points Urban Village/Scenic Bluff area to accommodate proposed Urban Residential (UR) zoning. The City Plan Commission voted to include the requested future land use designation change from low density residential to medium density residential as part of its 2015 Comprehensive Plan adoption recommendation. Public Hearing on 2015 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 j testimony and present written evidence and following review by the City Plan Commission. A public hearing before the City Council on the proposed 2015 Comprehensive Plan will take place prior to the City I Council vote on the adoption ordinance. FISCAL INFORMATION /CERTIFICATION: The Financial Management Services Director certifies that this action will have no material effect on the Fiscal Year 2015 budget. i FUND CENTERS: TO Fund/Account/Centers FROM Fund/Account/Centers CERTIFICATIONS: j Submitted for City Manager's Office by: Fernando Costa (6122) Originating Department Head: Randle Harwood (6101) Additional Information Contact: Eric Fladager (8011) i I i Logname: 06 2015CP PUBHEAR ADOPT Page 2 of 2