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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 3230 ORDINANCE NO. .� 3 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 3011, 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, OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING, AND THE DENSITY OF POPULATION; AND FOR SAID PURPOSES TO DIVIDE THE MUNICIPALITY INTO DISTRICTS OF SUCH NUMBER, SHAPE, AND AREA AS MAY BE BEST SUITED TO CAP= OUT THESE REGULA- TIONS; BY AMENDING SECTION 1, DEFINITIONS, THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION 2, PARAGRAPH 14 OF SECTION 8, SECTION 9 FOR ADDITIONAL USES, THE ADDITION OF SECTION 9-A PROVIDING FOR A NEW DIS- TRICT, SECTION 10 USE REGUTATIONS, SECTION 13 FOR ADDITIONAL USES, SECTION 14 FOR ADDITIONAL USES, PARAGRAPH (i) AND (n) SECTION 18, MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF ALL OTHER ORDINANCES AFFECTING ZONING; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; FRE- SCRIBING A FINE OF NOT IESS THAN FIVE DOLLARS ($5.00) NOR MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND THAT EACH DAY THAT A VIOLATION IS PERMITTED TO EXIST SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Section 1 of Ordinance No. 3011 be and is hereby amended so that it shall include the following additional and amended definitions: T"'' rLING, ONE-FAM=: A building or portion thereof, designed exclusively for residential occupancy by not more than one (1) family. Lp LLING, TffO-FAMILY: A building or portion thereof, designed exclusively for residential occupancy by not more than two (2) families. FAM=: One (1) or more persons occupying a premise and living as a single housekeeping unit with mingle kitchen or culinary facilities, as distin- guished from a group occupying a boarding house, lodging house, hotel, club, fraternity or sorority house. HW OCCUPATION: Any ocoupation which is customarily incident to the main use of the premises as a dwelling place, and is conducted by a member of a family residing in the dwelling, and in connection with which there is kept no stock in trade nor commodity to be sold upon the premises; provided that no person is employed other than a member of the immediate family, residing on the premises; providing further that no mechanical equipment shall be used which will be obnoxious or offensive by reason of vibrations, noise, odor, dust, smoke, or fumes. The operation of beauty culture schools, beauty parlors, barber shops, or dancing schools shall not be considered home occupations. SECTION 2. That the first paragraph of Section 2 of Ordinance No. 3011 be and is hereby amended so that hereafter it shall read as follows: In order to regulate and restrict the location of trades and industries and the location of buildings erected, reconstructed, altered or enlarged fcr speoified uses, to regulate and limit the height and balk of buildings hereafter erected, reconstructed, altered or enlarged; to regulate and determine the area of yards and other open spaces and to regulate and limit the density of popula- tion, the City of Fort Worth is hereby divided into districts of which there shall be fourteen (14) known ass "A" 0fts-Family District, or District "Am. "B" Two-Family District, or District "B". "C-R" Restricted Apartment District, or District "C-R". "C" Apartment District, or District *Cu. "D" Apartment District, or District "D". "&-R" Restricted Commercial District, or District "Er-R". "E" Commercial District, or District "E". "F-R" Restricted Commercial District, or District "F-Rw. "F" Commercial District, or District "F". "G" Commercial District, or District "G". "H" Business District, or District "H". "I" Light Industrial District, or District "I". "J" Light Industrial District, or District "J". "K" Heavy Industrial District, or District "K". SECTION 3. That paragraph 14 of Section 8 of Ordinance No. 3011 be and is hereby ameoded so that hereafter it shall read as follows: The above specified stares, shops or business shall be retail establish- ments exclusively, selling merchandise; excluding the sale of alcoholic liquors, beer, brandy, spirits, whiskey or wine; and conducted wholly within an enclosed building. Each store, shop or business shall not exceed twenty-five hundred (2500) square feet of floor area. No drive-in nor curb services shall be per- mitted. SECTION 4. That Section 9 of Ordinance No. 3011 be and is hereby amended so that hereafter it shall include the following uses.- - 2 - ses:- 2 - 1. Liquor or package stores. 2. Cigar or tobacco stores. 3. Duplicating service, by aineograpbing, multigraphing, and offset printing, provided that the floor area does not exceed two thousand (2000) square feet. 4. Shoe-shine parlors. 5. Offices. 6. Radio and television sales and servicing. SECTION 5. That Ordinance No. 3011 be and is hereby amended by adding Section 91 which provides for a new District to be known as the OF-R" RESTRICTED CCMER.CIAL DISTRICT, following the "E" Commercial District, to read as follows: SECTION 9A. "F-R" RESTRICTED CO1WERCIAL DISTRICT. USE REGULATIONS. In the "F-R" Restricted Commercial District no building or land shall be used and no buildings shall be hereafter erected, reconstructed, altered or enlarged, unless otherwise provided in this ordinance, except for one or more of the following uses: 1. Amy uses permitted in the "E" Commercial District, except that the sale of alcoholic beverages for on premise consumption is excluded. 2. Auditoriums, theatres, moving picture houses. 3. Automobile, motorcycle and trailer sales, or sales or rental areas. 4. Bus stations. 5• Care homes, as defined in Ordinance 2467. (See Section 7, Item 2 of Ordinance No. 3011) 6. Dog and cat veterinary clinics, if entirely within a building, and no animals are kept over night. 7. Express offices. 8. Feed stores, no processing or milling. 9. Garages, public, for repairs or storage facilities for automobiles when such facilities are maintained within a building, provided no painting or body or fender repairs shall be conducted on any premises that adjoin at the side or rear of an "Air, "B", "C-R", "C" or "D" District. 10. Heating supplies and appliances. 11. Leather and leather goods shops. 12. Printing, small job printing shops, provided that the floor area shall not exceed two thousand (2000) square feet. 13. Taxicab stands. - 3 - 14. Commercial and business clubs. 3,5. Accessory building and uses customarily incident to the above. No accessory use shall be construed to permit the keeping of articles or material in the open or outside the building. HEIGHT AND AREA REGULATIONS: In the "F R" Restricted Commercial District, the height of buildings, the minims dimensions of yards and the minimum lot area per family ahall be as follows: provided however, that buildings erected, reconstructed, altered, or enlarged, ex- clusively for dwelling purposes, shall comply with the front, side and rear yard regulations of the "C" Apartment District. (For exceptions see Section 18). HEIGHT: No building hereafter erected, reconstructed, altered, or en- larged shall exceed three (3) stories, nor shall it exceed fortes five (45) feet. FRONT YARD: Where all the frontage on one side of the street between two intersecting streets is located in a "F-R11 District, no front yard shall be required. Where the frontage on one side of the street between tKo intersecting streets is located partly in a "F-R" District and Lpartly in a Dwelling District, or an "E-R" or an "E" District, the front yard requirements of the Dwelling Dis- trict and the "E-R" or the "E" Districts shall apply to the "F-R" District. REAR YARD: In the "F-W" District there shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than twenty (20) per cent of the depth of the lot, provided such rear yard need not exceed twenty-five (25) feet. SIDE YARD: Same as District "E-R". WIDTH OF IATr Same as District "E-Ru. LOT AREA PER FAMILY: Every building hereafter erected, reconstructed, altered, or enlarged for gelling purposes, shall provide a lot area of not less than a# hundred (600) square feet per family, provided, however, that this regu- lation shall not apply to hotels, or apartment hotels, where no provision is made for cooking in any individual room, suite or apartment. SECTION 6. That Section 10, USE REGULATIONS of Ordinance No. 3011 be and is hereby amended so that hereafter it shall read as follows: USE REGULATIONS: In the "F" Commercial District no buildings or land shall be used and no buildings shall be hereafter erected, reconstructed, altered or enlarged, unless otherwise provided in this ordinance, except for one or more of the following uses: 1. Any uses permitted in the "E" Commercial or "F-R111 Restricted Commer- cial Districts. 2. Amusement enterprises, including bars, beer gardens (Ordinance No. 1761 for sale of beer and Ordinance No. 1887 for alcoholic beverages) cocktail lounges, drive-ins, lounges, night clubs, taverns, tea-1-04=03 billiards or pool halls, bowling alleys, dance halls (Ordinance No. 1987), shooting galleries, skating rinks and similar commercial recreation activities if conducted wholly within a completely en- closed building. 3. Drive-in business, including refreshment stands, cafes, restaurants, food stores, and similar activities for the sale of alcoholic beverages on the premises. 4. Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to the above. No accessory use shall be construed to permit the keeping of articles or material in the open or outside the building. - 4 - SECTION 7. That Section 13, USE REGULATIONS of Ordinance No. 3011 be and is hereby amended so that hereafter it shall include the following uses: 1. Automobile laundry and steam cleaning. 2. Paper box manufacture. 3. Furniture repair. SECTION 8. That Section 14, USE REGULATIONS of Ordinance No. 3011 be and is hereby amended so that hereafter it shall include the following uses: 1. Trucking terminals on approval of traffic flow by the Traffic Engineer to the Building Commissioner. SECTION 9. That paragraph (1) of Section 18, HEIGHT AND AREA EXCEPTIONS of Ordinance No. 3011 be and is hereby amended so that hereafter it shall read as follows: (i) In Districts "A", "B", "C-R", "C" and "D" an accessory building may occupy not more than forty (40) per cent of the rear yard and shall be one (1) story and shall not exceed eighteen (18) feet in height, and in Districts "A` and "B" the combined floor area of all accessory buildings on a lot shall not exceed fifty (50) per cent of the ground floor area of the principal structure, exclusive of breezeways, porches and attached garages, providing, however, that this regulation shall not be so interpreted as to reduce the permitted combined area of all 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. Detached accessory buildings located in the rear yard, or required rear yard of a corner lot shall be five (5) feet from the street line in Districts "A", "B", "C-R", "C" and "D". That paragraph (n) of Section 18, HEIGHT AND AREA EXCEPTIONS of Ordinance No. 3011 be and is hereby amended so that hereafter it shall read as followa: (n) Where an official line has been established for future widening or opening of a street upon which a lot abuts, then the width of a yard shall be measured from such official line to the nearest line of the building. No commercial or industrial building shall be located closer than thirty (30) feet to the center line of a street. SECTION 10. Should any section clause or provision of this ordinance be declared by the Court to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any part thereof, other than the part so declared to be invalid. SECTION 11. It shall be the duty of the City Manager through the proper department to enforce this ordinance. 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 - 5 - of this ordinance shall be fined not less than Five and No/100 Dollars ($5.00) nor more than Two Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($200.00) for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 12. This Ordinance will take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as required by law. WOR APPROVED AS TO FOBS[: GM AWMMW Adopted: