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ORDINANCE NO ~ % L~ 9 5
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING A MORATORIUM ON ACCEPTANCE
OF APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS FOR ERECTION OF ANY
ATTACHED ON-PREMISES SIGN EXCEEDING 500 SQUARE FEET IN
AREA AND LIMITING THE TOTAL AREA OF ATTACHED ON-
PREMISES SIGNS TO A MAXIMUM OF 500 SQUARE FEET PER
TENANT FOR EACH FACADE OF THE TENANT SPACE, PROVIDING
AN APPEAL PROCEDURE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City Council enacted Ordinance No 14313 on August 29, 2000,
establishing a 90-day moratorium on the acceptance of applications for permits for erection of
any attached on-premises sign exceeding 500 square feet m area and limiting the total area of
attached on-premises signs to a maximum of 500 square feet per tenant for each facade of the
tenant space,
WHEREAS, the City Council enacted Ordinance No 14409 on November 14, 2000,
extending the moratorium to January 31, 2001,
WHEREAS, on January 10, 2001, the Zoning Commission recommended approval of an
ordinance amending Section 6 404(E) of the zoning ordinance concerning the maximum
permissible sizes for attached on-premises signs,
WHEREAS, the proposed ordinance will be submitted to the City Council for
consideration on February 13, 2001,
WHEREAS, it is advisable to extend the moratorium to March 23, 2001 to allow the
City Council to consider the proposed ordinance;
WHEREAS, all findings m Ordinance Nos: 14313 and 14409 are reaffirmed,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1
The moratorium on acceptance of applications for permits for erection of any attached
on-premises sign exceeding 500 square feet m area and limiting the total area of attached on- '
premises signs to a maximum of 500 square feet per tenant for each facade of the tenant space
enacted pursuant to Ordinance No 14313 and extended pursuant to Ordinance No 14409, is
hereby extended from January 31, 2001, to March 23, 2001, at 11 59 p.m., or until the City
Council terminates the moratorium, whichever occurs first.
SECTION 2.
All provisions of Ordinance Nos. 14313 and 14409, with the exception of the expiration
date extended by Section 1, shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Crty 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 unconstrtuhonalrty 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 herein of any such void, ineffective or
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 4.
This ordinance shall be m full force and effect from and after its passage, and rt is so
ordained.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY•
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City of Fort Worth, Texas
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DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PAGE
1/23/01 G-13136 06PERMITS 1 of 2
SUBJECT ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE EXTENDING MORATORIUM ON ACCEPTANCE OF
APPLICATIONS FOR ATTACHED ON-PREMISES SIGNS EXCEEDING 500 SQUARE
FEET IN AREA
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance extending the moratorium on
acceptance of applications for permits for attached on-premises signs exceeding 500 square feet in
area to March 23, 2001
DISCUSSION
On August 29, 2000, (M&C G-12999), the City Council adopted Ordinance No 14313 establishing a 90-
day moratorium on the acceptance of applications for permits for erection of any attached on-premises
sign exceeding 500 square feet in area and limiting the total area of attached on-premises signs to a
maximum of 500 square feet per tenant for each facade of the tenant space The moratorium was
enacted in order to maintain the status quo while the City Council considers amendments to the zoning
ordinance to limit the maximum size of attached on-premises signs On November 14, 2000, (M&C G-
13071), the City Council adopted Ordinance No 14409 extending the moratorium to January 31, 2001
A proposed amendment to the zoning ordinance establishing size limits on attached on-premises signs
was submitted to the Zoning Commission for consideration at its December 13, 2000, meeting and was
continued to the January 10, 2001 meeting On January 10, 2001, the Zoning Commission
recommended approval of the text amendment, which will be submitted to the City Council on February
13, 2001 The ordinance recommended by the Zoning Commission is virtually identical to the terms of
the moratorium in that it limits the size of individual attached on-premises signs to 500 square feet and
limits all attached on-premises signs on a tenant facade to a total of 500 square feet.
Adoption of the attached ordinance would extend the moratorium to March 23, 2001 That expiration
date would enable the City Council to continue the text amendment from February 13, 2001, to March
13, 2001, should the City Council wish to do so, and would allow sufficient time for publication of the
ordinance before the moratorium expires.
City of Fort Worth, Texas
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DATE
1/23/01 REFERENCE NUMBER
G-13136 LOG NAME
06PERMITS PAGE
2 of 2
SUBJECT ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE EXTENDING MORATORIUM ON ACCEPTANCE OF
APPLICATIONS FOR ATTACHED ON-PREMISES SIGNS EXCEEDING 500 SQUARE
FEET IN AREA
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)
APPROVED
Mike Groomer 6140 CITE/ ~~"g~l~~+
Originating Department Head: l~ ii l11 V 8s.
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Bob Riley 8901 (from)
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