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ORDINANCE NO ~ J
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 1 TO CHANGE THE DEFINITIONS OF "CORNER LOT",
"THROUGH LOT" AND "FRONT YARD" AND TO ADD DEFINITIONS OF
"ONE AND TWO FAMILY ZONING" AND "RESIDENTIAL ZONING",
PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE,
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A PENALTY
CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION IN PAMPHLET FORM, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS
SECTION 1
Section 1, "Definitions", of Ordinance No 3011, the Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Fort Worth, as amended, is hereby amended by changing the
definitions of "Corner Lot", "Through Lot" and "Front Yard" to read as follows
Lot, Corner A lot situated at the juncture of two (2) or more streets
Lot, Through A lot, other than a corner lot, having frontage on two (2)
or more streets
Yard, Front A yard across the full width of a lot extending from the
street to the largest required setback of either the required, established,
platted building line or projected front yard
Each street frontage shall be considered a front yard except that in one
and two family zoning, the extra frontage yards may be considered a
side or rear yard if there are no other front yards projecting along that
same block face Determination of what type of yard it should be will be
dependent upon the setback that is necessary to maintain uniformity
along the block face
Setbacks shall. be measured from the front property line
SECTION 2
Section 1, "Definitions", of Ordinance No 3011, the Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Fort Worth, as amended, is hereby amended by adding the
following definitions
One and Two Family Zoning: "A" One-Family District, "A-R" Residential
District, "B" Two-Family District, "R-1" Residential District, and "R-2"
Residential District
Residential Zonino "A" One-Family District, "A-R" Residential District,
"B" Two-Family District, "R-1 " Residential District, "R-2" Residential
District, "C-R" Multi-Family District, "C" Multi-Family District, "D" Multi-
Family District, "D-HR1 " Multi-Family High-Rise District, and "D-HR2"
Multi-Family High-Rise District
SECTION 3
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the
Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (19861, as amended, except where the
provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such
ordinances and such Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances
and such Code are hereby repealed
SECTION 4
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
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have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of
any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section
SECTION 5
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 (52,000 00) for each
offense Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate
offense
SECTION 6
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
SECTION 7
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby authorized to
publish this ordinance in pamphlet form for general distribution among the public, and
the operative provisions of this ordinance as so published shall be admissible in
evidence in all courts without further proof than the production thereof, as provided
in Chapter XXV, Section 3, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas
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SECTION 8
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 9
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
Ci y Attorney
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EFFECTIVE
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