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ORDINANCE NO. I ~t.J7"
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 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„ AMENDING SECTION 4.603 TO ALLOW PRIVATE PARKS
AND NEIGHBORHOOD RECREATION CENTERS IN ALL
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, AMENDING SECTION 9.01 TO ADD A
DEFINITION OF NEIGHBORHOOD RECREATION CENTER"•
PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS CUMULATIVE, PROVIDING
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE,
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, in response to requests from the Commercial Corndors Task Force, the
City Plan Commission, and Crty Council members, the Crty Manager appointed a Development
Standards Task Force to conduct a review of development standards and procedures as they
affect central city revrtahzation and other Crty Council strategic goals,
WHEREAS, the Development Standazds Task Force is comprised of 42 members,
consisting of public officials, representatives from the development commumty and neighborhood
and business leaders,
WHEREAS, the Development Standazds Task Force formed four comrmttees to focus on
four categories of development issues: construction codes, subdivision and street development
standards, zomng regulations, and process nnprovements;
WHEREAS, after studying the zoning ordinance and conducting numerous meetings and
public forums the zoning subcomrmttee of the Development Standazds Task Force has
recommended amendments to the zomng ordinance;
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments reduce and sunphfy off-street pazlcmg
requirements; allow townhouses, zero lot tine residential dwellings, and cluster housing to be
constructed m the `C" and `D" multifamily districts at the same density as apartments, update site
plan standazds; allow private pazks and pnvate recreation facilities m all single-family districts;
delete obsolete industrial uses from the Nonresidential District Use Table; allow trees planted in the
pazkway to be credited toward landscape requirements; establish development standazds for single-
family detached dwelling amts on 3,300 squaze foot lots in the `R1 Zero Lot Line/Cluster district;
and repeal maximum lot coverage regulations for A 2.5" through A 5" One-Family and `B"
Two-Family Districts so that lot coverage will be lirriited only by setback requirements,
WHEREAS, in order to simplify consideration of the proposed amendments, each issue has
been included m a separate ordinance;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SECTION 1
Section 4.603 `Residential District Use Table `Recreation is amended to allow private
parks and neighborhood recreation centers as permitted uses in all residential districts, by
inserting `Neighborhood recreation center" before `Park or playground (public)" inserting `Pazk
(private ') after `Pazk or playground (public)" and inserting a `P"mall columns from A 2.5"
through `MU 2" and a diamond in the `PD" column for both uses.
SECTION 2.
Section 9 101 `Defined Terms" is amended to add a definition of `neighborhood
recreation center" as follows
NEIGHBORHOOD RECREATION CENTER. A privately established and operated
facility located m a residential subdivision that provides recreational opportunities for.
residents of the subdivision and their guests.
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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, m 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 ~unsdiction, 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 Crty Council without the incorporation m this ordinance of any
such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 5.
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 of this ordinance shall be fined not
more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000 00) for each offense. Each day that a violation exists
shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 6.
All nghts and remedies of the City 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
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civil and' crunmal, 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 7
The City Secretary of the City 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 City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Section 52.013 Texas Local
Government Code.
SECTION 8.
This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption and publication as required by law
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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Assistant Crty Attorney
ADOPTED' ~ ~'~^'~% ~~ 2c~ C~
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