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O~.DINANCE NO / ` /
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, BEING ORDINANCE
NO 13896, CODIFIED AS APPENDIX "A" OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH (1986), AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION
4.905(C) TO EXTEND THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE AREA
ELIGIBLE FOR "CENTRAL BUSINESS (`H') DISTRICT" ZONING
NORTH OF SEVENTH STREET FROM HENDERSON STREET TO THE
CENTER OF THE TRINITY RIVER, AMENDING SECTION 6.301(G) TO
PROVIDE THAT CONSTRUCTION OR EXPANSION OF STRUCTURES
IN THE "H" CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT IS EXEMPT FROM
LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, eligibility for "Central Business (`H') Distnct" zoning is currently limited
to the area bounded by Henderson Street on the west, Vickery Boulevard on the south, I-35 on
the east, and Bluff Street on the north, except for the area between Henderson Street and the
extension of Grove Street, where the northern boundary extends to the center of the Trinity
River;
WHEREAS, rt is advisable to extend the western boundary of the area eligible for "H"
zoning north of 7th from Henderson Street to the center of the Tnmty River m order to allow
development consistent with the Central Business Distnct;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1
Section 4 905, "Central Business (`H') District," Subsection C, is hereby amended to
extend the western boundary of the area north of 7th Street that is eligible for "Central Business
(`H') District" zoning to the center of the Tnmty River, as follows.
C. Property Development Standards
The minimum dimension of lots and yards and the height of buildings in the Central
Business ("H") District, shall be as shown m the accompanying table.
This distract may only be applied to that area known as the Central Business District of
Fort Worth bounded on the east by I-35, on the south by Vickery Boulevard, on the west
by Henderson Street from Vickery Boulevard to 7th Street and by the center of the Trinity
River north of 7th Street; and on the north by the center of the Trimty River to the
extension of Grove Street and thereafter by Bluff Street, as shown in Exhibit B 16
SECTION 2.
Section 6.301, "Landscaping", Subsection G(5), is hereby amended to provide that
development m the "H" Central Business District is exempt from landscape requirements, as
follows
G Exemption from Landscape Requirements
The following are not subject to these landscape requirements.
5 Construction or expansion of structures m the "H" Central Business Distract.
SECTION 3.
All provisions of Sections 4 905 and 6 301 shall remain in full force and effect without
change, except as expressly amended herein.
SECTION 4
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of the
" City of Fort Worth, f exas (198(1), as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are
m 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.
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SECTION S.
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
~udgrnent 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 City Council without the
incorporation m this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph
or section.
SECTION 6.
All rights and rernedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to any
and all violations of the provisions of Ordinances No 3011, 13896 and any other ordinances
affecting zoning which have accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordinance, and, as to
such accrued violations and all pending lzhgation, both civil and criminal, 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.
This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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