HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2514 ORDINANCE N0.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2082, SAME BEING AN
ORDINANCE TO REGULATE AND RESTRICT THE LOCATION AND USE
OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND LAND FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY,
RESIDENCE OR OTHER PURPOSES, THE HEIGHT, NUMBER OF
STORIES, AND SIZE OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES, THE
SIZE OF YARDS AND OTHER OPEN SPACES, AND THE DENSITY OF
POPULATION, AND FDR SAID PURPOSES TO DIVIDE THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH INTO DISTRICTS OF SUCH NUMBER, SPACE AND AREA
AS ARE DEEMED BEST SUITED TO CARRY OUT SUCH REGULATIONS,
BY AMENDING PARAGRAPH 8 OF SECTION 3 THEREOF, PARAGRAPH
3 OF SECTION 4 THEREOF, PARAGRAPH 8 OF SECTION 5 THERE-
OF, AND PARAGRAPH (1) OF SECTION 18 THEREOF, SAID AMEND-
MENTS CHANGING THE USE, HEIGHT AND AREA REGULATIONS OF
ACCESSORY BUILDINGS; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE
OF SIMILAR ORDINANCES AFFECTING ZONING; PRESCRIBING A
SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE
DOLLARS ($5.00) NOR MORE THAN FIFTY DOLLARS ( 50.00) FOR
THE VIOLATION 'THEREOF, AND THAT EACH DAY THAT VIOLATION
IS PERMITTED TO EXIST SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFFENSE;
a AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TELLS:
SECTION 1.
That paragraph and exception No. 8 of Section 3 of Ordinance No. 2082
be amended, and, after being amended, it shall hereafter read as follows:
S. Accessory buildings, including one private garage, pri-
vate stable or servants' quarters, when located not less than
sixty (60) feet from the front lot line, nor less than five (5)
feet from any other street line, provided, however, that a pri-
vate garage may be constructed as a part of the main building
or attached to it by a covered passage.
SECTION 20
That paragraph and exception No. 3 of Section 4 of Ordinance No. 2082
be amended, and, after being amended, it shall hereafter read as follows:
3. Acceasory buildings, including one (1) private garage,
private stable or servants' quarters, when located not less
than sixty (60) feet from the front lot line, nor less than
five (5) feet from any other street line, provided, however,
that a private garage may be constructed as a part of the main
building or attached to it by a covered passagee
SECTION 3.
That paragraph and exception No. 8 of Section 5 of Ordinance No. 2082
be amended, and, after being amended, it shall hereafter read as follows:
8. Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to
any of the above uses, when located on the same lot and not
involving the conduct of a business, including private aDd
storage garages and servants' quarters when located not less
than sixty (60) feet from the front lot line nor less than
five (5) feet from any other street line, and private or
storage garages constructed as a part of the main buildings
SECTION 4.
That paragraph (1) of Section 18 of Ordinance No. 2082 be amended, and,
after being amended, it shall hereafter read as follows:
(1) An accessory building may occupy not more than forty
per cent (40%) of the required rear yard and shall be of one
story and shall not exceed eighteen (18) feet in height, nor
shall the floor area of all accessory buildings on a lot ex-
ceed fifty per cent (50,x) of the floor area of the principal
structure, exclusive of breezeways and attached garages, pro-
viding, however, that this regulation shall not be so inter-
preted as to reduce the permitted area of all the accessory
buildings on one lot to less than six hundred (600) square
feet.
In the case of reversed frontage, no accessory building
shall be erected closer than five (5) feet to the line of the
abutting lot to the rear.
SECTION 5.
Should any section, clause or provision of this ordinance be declared
by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the same shall not af-
fect the validity of this ordinance as a whole or any part thereof, other
than the part so declared to be invalid.
SECTION 6,
This ordinance shall be and is hereby declared to be cumulative of all
other ordinances of the City of Fort Worth affecting zoning, and shall not
operate to repeal or affect any such ordinance or ordinances except in so
far as the provisions of such ordinance or ordinances are-inconsistent or in
conflict'with the provisions of this ordinance, in which instance or instances
those provisions shall be and they are hereby repealed.
SECTION 7.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects
or refuses to comply with, or who resists the enforcement of any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall be fined not less than Five Dollars 05.00)
and not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each offense, and each day that
violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION $.
This ordinance shall be in fuLU force and effect from the date of its
passage and publication as provided by law.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney