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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 16 OF APPENDIX
An (ZONING REGULATIONS - ORDINANCE NO. 3011,
AS AMENDED) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS (1964) , AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING
SUBSECTION (c) (1) TO PERMIT THE ERECTION OF A
FENCE IN A FRONT YARD IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS;
PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULA-
TIVE OF ALL OTHER ORDINANCES OR PROVISIONS OF
APPENDIX "A" OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PROVISIONS
OF APPENDIX "A" OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENAL CLAUSE; DIRECTING
PUBLICATION; AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Section 16 (c) (1) - "Accessory uses" - of Appendix "A"
(Zoning Regulations - Ordinance No. 3011, as amended) of the Code
of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1964) , as amended, be and the same
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 16 (c) Fences.
" (1) No fence in excess of four (4) feet in
height shall be erected on property within the
front yard; provided, however, that with re-
spect to a front yard which is, in effect, the
rear yard on a double-frontage lot abutting an
existing or proposed arterial street, screen-
ing walls or fences in excess of four (4) feet
shall be permitted. Said screening walls or
fences shall not exceed eight feet in height on
residential property."
SECTION 2.
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of the provisions of
Appendix "A" of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1964) , as
amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in
direct conflict with the provisions of such Code, in which event
conflicting provisions of such Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3.
That all rights or remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
are expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provisions
of Appendix "A" of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1964) ,
as amended, 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 chapter or other ordinances, same shall not be
affected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until final dis-
position by the courts.
SECTION 4.
That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, that the sections, para-
graphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are sever-
able and if any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance shall be declared void, ineffective or unconstitu-
tional by the valid judgment or final decree of a court of competent
jurisdiction, such voidness, ineffectiveness or unconstitutional-
ity shall not affect any of the remaining sections, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses or phrases of this ordinance since the same
would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorpora-
tion herein of any such void, ineffective or unconstitutional sec-
tion, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase.
SECTION 5.
That any person violating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and each such person
shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day or portion
thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this
ordinance is committed, continued or permitted and each violation
shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00) .
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SECTION 6.
That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is
hereby directed to publish the caption, penalty clause and effec-
tive date of this ordinance for five (5) days in the official news-
paper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas.
SECTION 7.
That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after the date of its passage and publication as required by law and
it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
Arthur R. kPete sen
City Attorney
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