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ORDINANCE NO. / 7'"U 0
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING A MORATORIUM ON THE
ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATIONS FOR PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT ZONING FOR OIL AND GAS DRILLING
AND PRODUCTION PENDING CONSIDERATION OF THE
ADOPTION OF AN OIL AND GAS DRILLING AND
PRODUCTION ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, there has been an increased interest m oil and /or gas dulling activity within
the City of Fort Worth and other area cities,
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth currently requires Planned Development zoning for
oil and gas dulling, but does not have comprehensive regulations concerning dulling and
production of oil and gas,
WHEREAS, it is advisable to establish regulations for the extraction of oil and gas
production within the city limits of Fort Worth,
WHEREAS, the City Council enacted Ordinance No 14703 on July 17, 2001,
establishing a 56-day moratorium on the acceptance of applications for Planned Development
zoning in order to consider proposed regulations on oil and gas dulling;
WHEREAS, the City Council enacted Ordinance No 14768 on September 11, 2001,
extending the moratorium for 91 days until December 11, 2001 on the acceptance of applications
for Planned Development zoning in order to further consider proposed regulations on oil and gas
dulling;
WHEREAS, rt is anticipated that the proposed gas ordinance will be adopted on
December 11, 2001 with an effective date of January 1, 2002,
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WHEREAS it is advisable to extend the moratorium to December 31, 2001, to allow the
city staff time to hire a gas inspector and prepare the necessary forms and permits before the
moratorium expires and the ordinance goes into effect on January 1, 2002,
WHEREAS, all findings m Ordinance No 14703 are reaffirmed,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, AS FOLLOWS
SECTION 1
The expiration of the moratorium on acceptance of applications for Planned Development
zoning for oil and gas, enacted pursuant to Ordinance No 14703, is hereby extended from
December 11, 2001 to December 31, 2001 at 11 59 p.m., or until the City Council terminates the
moratorium, whichever occurs first.
SECTION 2
All provisions of Ordinance No 14703, with the exception of the expiration date
extended by Section 1 of this Ordinance, shall remain m full force and effect.
SECTION 3
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 void, ineffective or
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such
voidness, ineffectiveness or 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 herein of any such void, ineffective or
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
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SECTION 4.
This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
David Yett, City Attorne
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Assistant Ci y A torney
ADOPTED ,2.
EFFECTIVE /~2 /I ~D!
City of Fort Worth, Texas
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DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PAGE
12/11/01 G-13459 1201E 1 of 2
SUBJECT ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE MORATORIUM FOR THE
ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATIONS FOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING FOR
THE DRILLING AND PRODUCTION OF OIL AND GAS
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance extending the moratorium to
December 31, 2001 for acceptance of applications for Planned Development Zoning for the drilling and
production of oil and gas
DISCUSSION
On July 11, 2001, two applications for Planned Development zoning to permit the drilling and
production of oil and gas were heard by the Zoning Commission at their regularly scheduled meeting
The Zoning Commission voted to continue both cases until October 10, 2001, to allow the City Council
time to consider the adoption of comprehensive regulations relating to oil and gas drilling within the City
limits of Fort Worth It was anticipated that other applications requesting Planned Development zoning
for oil and gas drilling and production would be filed with the Development Department.
On July 17, 2001, the City Council adopted a moratorium to maintain the status quo while the staff
prepared and presented to City Council a proposed ordinance regulating oil and gas drilling within the
City limits of Fort Worth The proposed ordinance was presented to the City Council during the Pre-
Council meeting on August 28, 2001
On September 11, 2001, the moratorium was extended for ninety-one days to December 11, 2001 to
enable the City Council to ascertain the position of the oil and gas industry, developers and other
interested citizens and consider the proposed oil and gas ordinance before the moratorium expires.
The proposed gas ordinance was continued from the December 4, 2001 City Council agenda for further
revisions If the proposed gas ordinance is adopted on December 11, 2001, City staff will need
additional time to hire a gas inspector and prepare the necessary forms and permits. It is anticipated
that the effective date of the adopted gas ordinance will be January 1, 2002
Adoption of the attached ordinance would extend the moratorium for twenty-one days from December
11, 2001 to December 31, 2001 The December 31, 2001 expiration date would bar any applications
for Planned Development zoning requests for gas drilling and production and enable City staff to hire a
gas inspector and prepare the necessary forms and permits before the ordinance goes into effect on
January 1, 2002
City of Fort Worth, Texas
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DATE
12/11/01 REFERENCE NUMBER
G-13459 LOG NAME
1201E PAGE
2 of 2
SUBJECT ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE MORATORIUM FOR THE
ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATIONS FOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING FOR
THE DRILLING AND PRODUCTION OF OIL AND GAS
FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION
The Finance Director certifies that this recommendation will have no material effect on City funds
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Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY
Office by: (to)
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Charles Boswell 8511
Originating Department Head: CITY COUNCIL
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city secretary or the
David Yett 7606 City of Foat Virorth, Texas