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ORDINANCE NO ~~(.~~7's' J
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 SECTIONS
4.905(C) AND 6.301(G) TO EXTEND THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF
THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT ELIGIBLE FOR "CENTRAL
BUSINESS (`H') DISTRICT" ZONING TO INCLUDE THE AREA
BETWEEN HENDERSON STREET AND NORTH MAIN STREET TO
THE CENTER LINE OF THE TRINITY RIVER AND TO PROVIDE
THAT CONSTRUCTION OR EXPANSION OF STRUCTURES IN THE
EXPANDED 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') District" zoning is currently limited
to the area bounded by Henderson Street on the west, Y-35 on the east, Vickery Boulevard on the
south and Bluff Street on the north, except for the area between North Main Street and the
extension of Grove Street, where the northern boundary extends to the center of the Tramty
River;
WHEREAS, it is advisable to extend the northern boundary of the area eligible for "H"
zoning to include the area from Bluff Street north to the center line of the Tramty River between
Henderson Street and North Main Street in order to allow development consistent with the
Central Business Distract;
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') Distract," Subsection C, is hereby amended to
extend the northern boundary of the area eligible for "Central Business (`H') Distract" zoning
between Henderson Street and North Main Street from Bluff Street to the center line of the
Tramty River, as follows.
C. Property Development Standards
The minimum dimension of lots and yards and the height of buildings m 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 Distract of
Fort Worth 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 shall extend to the center
of the Tramty River
SECTION 2.
Section 6.301, "Landscaping", Subsection G(5), is hereby amended to exempt the
extended portion of the Central Business Distract between Henderson Street and North Mam
Street from Bluff Street north to the center line of the Tnmty River 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 in the Central Business Distract 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 shall extend to the center of the Tnmty Rtver;
and
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, Texas (1986), as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are
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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 5.
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 City Council without the
incorporation m this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph
or section.
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 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 litigation, both civil and cnmmal, 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.
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SECTION 7
This ordinance shall take effect upon passage and publication as required by law
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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EFFECTIVE
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