HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 13017ORDINANCE NO
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE .ZONING
ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE NO 3011, AS AMENDED, SAME BEING AN
ORDINANCE REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE LOCATION AND
USE OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, AND LAND FOR TRADE,
INDUSTRY, RESIDENCE OR OTHER PURPOSES, THE HEIGHT,
NUMBER OF STORIES AND SIZE OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER
STRUCTURES, THE SIZE OF YARDS AND OTHER OPEN SPACES, OFF-
STREET PARKING AND LOADING, AND THE DENSITY OF POPULATION,
AND FOR SUCH PURPOSES DIVIDING THE MUNICIPALITY INTO
DISTRICTS OF SUCH NUMBER, SHAPE AND AREA AS MAYBE DEEMED
BEST SUITED TO CARRY OUT THESE REGULATIONS AND SHOWING
SUCH DISTRICTS AND THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF UPON "DISTRICT
MAPS'; PROVIDING FOR INTERPRETATION, PURPOSE AND CONFLICT,
PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL
ORDINANCES, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, PROVIDING
FOR PUBLICATION AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
SECTION 1
That Ordinance No 3011, as amended, be and is hereby amended so that the permitted
uses in the hereinafter described areas be altered, changed, and amended as follows
Z-97-041 SITUATED in the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
and being a tract of land out of the J Balch Survey,
Abstract No 82, said tract being a portion of Lots 48, 49,
and 50 of Driscoll Acres, being an addition to the City of
Fort Worth according to the plat as recorded in Volume 309,
Page 65 of the Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas
(D R T C T 1, said tract of land being herein more
particularly described by metes and bounds as follows
BEGINNING at a point on the west property line of the said
Lot 48 and on the east right-of-way line of Canton Avenue,
said point being located North 37 82 feet from the southwest
corner of the said Lot 48,
THENCE, North, along the said west property line and the
said right-of-way line, 282 18 feet to a point,
Z-97-041 (Continued)
THENCE, East 121 71 feet to a point;
THENCE, South 282 18 feet to point;
THENCE, West 121 71 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING
The tract of land being herein described contains 0 7884
acres (34,344 square feet) of land
From "A" One-Family District to "PD/SU" Planned Development/
Specific Use for a medical clinic. Waiver of site plan (any future
development shall require a site plan)
(2401 Canton Drive)
SECTION 2
That the zoning regulations and districts, as herein established, have been made in
accordance with the comprehensive plan for the purpose of promoting the health,
safety, morals and general welfare of the community They have been designed to
lessen congestion in the streets, to secure safety from fire, panic, flood and other
dangers, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent overcrowding of land, to avoid
undue concentration of population, to facilitate the adequate provisions of
transportation, water, sewerage, parks and other public requirements They have
been made after full and complete public hearing with reasonable consideration,
among other things, of the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for the
particular uses and with a view of conserving the value of a building and encouraging
the most appropriate use of land throughout the community
SECTION 3
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all other ordinances of the City of Fort
Worth affecting zoning and shall not repeal any of the provisions of such ordinances,
except in those instances where provisions of such ordinances are in direct conflict
with the provisions of this ordinance
SECTION 4
That all rights or remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as
to any and all violations of Ordinance No 301 1 or of any amendments thereto that
have accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordinance, and as to such
accrued violations, and all pending litigation, both civil or criminal, same shall not be
affected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts
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 void, ineffective or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such voidness, ineffectiveness or unconstitutionality
shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or
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
SECTION 6
That 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 (52000 00) for each
offense Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate
offense
SECTION 7
That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas is hereby directed to publish
this ordinance for two (2) days in the official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth,
Texas, as authorized by V T C A Local Government Code Subsection 52 013
SECTION 8
That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its
passage and publication as required by law, and it is so ordained
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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Assistant City Attorney
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