HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 13419ORDINANCE NO I3~- l
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, BEING ORDINANCE
NO 3011, AS AMENDED, CODIFIED AS APPENDIX "A" OF THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1986), AS AMENDED, BY
AMENDING SECTION 19 TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR
ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES; PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL
NEWSPAPER; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, accessible parking requirements are contained in Chapter 7 of the
Code of the City of Fort Worth, "Buildings", Appendix Chapter 31,
WHEREAS, parking requirements are also contained in Section 19 of the
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Fort Worth, Appendix "A" to the City
Code,
WHEREAS, it is advisable to include accessible parking requirements in Section
19 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Section 19, "Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations", of Ordinance No
3011, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Fort Worth, is hereby
amended by adding Subsection A.13 to provide requirements for accessible parking
spaces, as follows
13 Accessible Parking
a) Number of spaces required When parking lots or garage facilities are provided,
either in accordance with parking requirements or voluntarily, accessible parking
spaces shall be provided according to Table 19-1, except for the following uses
1) For general and long term hospitals, nursing and care homes, and
philanthropic medical care uses, any of which specializes in the treatment
of persons with mobility impairments, twenty (20) percent of the parking
spaces provided shall be accessible
2) For offices, professional and commercial uses, eleemosynary institutions,
and doctors' clinics, any of which provides outpatient medical care, ten
(10) percent of the parking spaces provided shall be accessible
3) For multiple dwellings and apartment hotels containing accessible or
adaptable dwelling units as specified by the Building Code, two (2) percent
of the parking spaces shall be accessible Where parking for such uses is
provided within or beneath a building, accessible parking spaces shall also
be provided within or beneath the building
b) Variances The Board of Adjustment's authority is limited to considering
variances from the number of accessible parking spaces and van accessible
parking spaces required Accessible parking spaces, van accessible parking
spaces, and passenger loading zones shall be located and installed as specified
in the Building Code Variances, as to these items, must be addressed through
the process described in the Building Code
c) Restripina narking areas. When parking areas are restriped, the provisions of
this subsection shall apply When restriping is done voluntarily to existing
parking for the purpose of installing accessible spaces, City staff may allow a
reduction in the number of parking spaces required by this section in accordance
with Table 19-2 when necessary to provide the accessible spaces. Plans for the
restriping must be submitted to the Development Department for review and
approval before work begins
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
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Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are
hereby repealed
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
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction,
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 in this ordinance of any such
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section
SECTION 4
Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, 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 is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense
SECTION 5.
All rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as
to any and all violations of the provisions of Ordinance No 3011 or 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
criminal, whether pending in 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 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 newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Section 52 013,
Texas Local Government Code
SECTION 7.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
publication as required by law, and it is so ordained
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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Assistarit City Attorney
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Table 19-1 - Number of Accessible Parking Spaces
Total Parking Spaces in lot or garage Minimum required number of accessible
spaces*
1-25 1
26-50 2
51-75 3
76-100 4
101-150 5
151-200 g
201-300 7
301-400 8*
401-500 g*
501-1,000 2% of total spaces*
Over 1,000 20 spaces plus 1 space for every 100
spaces, or fraction thereof, over 1,000*
* One (1) van accessible parking space shall be provided for every eight (8) accessible
parking spaces, or fraction thereof
Table 19-2 -Allowed Reductions by City Staff for Provision of
Accessible Parking Spaces
Number of Required Parking Spaces Allowed Reduction Not to Exceed
1 - 50
51 + 1 space
2% of total spaces