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ORDINANCE NO. ~~/ s~
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 4.708- TO ADD DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS FOR DETACHED ONE-FAMILY DWELLINGS ON 3,300
SQUARE FOOT LOTS IN THE `Rl DISTRICT 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 Comdors Task Force, the
Crty Plan Commission, and Crty Council members, the City Manager appointed a Development
Standards Task Force to conduct a review of development standards and procedures as they
affect central city revrtalization and other City Council strategic goals;
WHEREAS, the Development Standards Task Force is comprised of 42 members,
consisting of public officials, representatives from the development commumty and neighborhood
and business leaders;
WHEREAS, the Development Standards Task Force formed four comrmttees to focus on
four categones of development issues: construction codes, subdivision and street development
standards, zoning regulations, and process unprovements;
WHEREAS, after studying the zoning ordinance and conducting numerous meetings and
public forums the zoning subcomrmttee of the Development Standards Task Force has
recommended amendments to the zoning ordinance;
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments reduce and sunphfy off-street parlcmg
requirements; allow townhouses, zero lot line residential dwellings, and cluster housing to be
constructed in the `C" and `D" multifamily distncts at the same density as apartments; update site
plan standards, allow pnvate parks and pnvate recreation facilities m all single-family districts;
delete obsolete industnal uses from the Nonresidential Distnct Use Table; allow trees planted in the
parkway to be credited toward landscape requirements; establish development standards for single-
family detached dwelling amts on 3,300 square foot lots in the `Rl Zero Lot Line/Cluster distract;
and repeal maximum lot coverage regulations for A 2.5" through A 5" One-Family and `B"
Two-Family Distracts so that lot coverage will be linuted 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 4 708, `Zero Lot Line/Cluster ("R1 ') Distract" is amended to add the following
table reflecting development standards for one-family detached dwelling units on 3,300 square
foot lots.
Lot A era ® i i ~ 1 E
~3~300~uare feet~'"minimum per,~unt
_ot Width ~.~ .,.
33~feet~minimum at"~builiiing~line_
,root, Side andRear Yard Meet minimum,
~EIei"h~ ~S,~feetimum (Se""'e Secti"'~n 6'100)
„ otes N front yard: entry driveway~orparkin~g.,
SECTION 2.
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, in which event conflicting
provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed.
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SECTION 3.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordnance are severable, and, if any phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph or section of this ordnance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or
decree of any court of competent ~unsdchon, 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 4.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates, dsobeys, oriuts, 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 5.
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 pendng litigation, both
civil and cruninal, whether pending m court or not, under such ordinances, same shall not be
affected by this ordnance but maybe prosecuted until final disposition by the courts.
SECTION 6.
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 in the official
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newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Section 52.013 Texas Local
Government Code.
SECTION 7
This ordmance shall take effect upon adoption and publication as required by law
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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Assistant City Attorney
ADOPTED• -~~-~ ~ ~ 2 ~ U y
EFFECTIVE. ~ ~ ~ ~~,