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ORDINANCE NO
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 15, "'K' HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT", BY REPEALING
SECTION 15 A, AND ADDING A NEW SECTION 15 A, AMENDING
SECTION 2-H, "'P-D' PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT", TO ADD
SPECIFIC USES PERMITTED IN "P-D" PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
DISTRICTS ONLY, AMENDING SECTION 20, "BOARD OF
ADJUSTMENT", BY DELETING CERTAIN SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES,
PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE,
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE, PROVIDING A PENALTY 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 15, "'K' Heavy Industrial District", of Ordinance No 3011, the
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Fort Worth, as amended, is hereby
amended by repealing Section 15 A, and adding a new Section 15 A , as follows
A USE REGULATIONS In the "K" Heavy Industrial District, no building or
land shall be used and no building shall be hereafter erected,
reconstructed, altered or enlarged unless otherwise provided in this
ordinance except for one or more of the following uses
1 Any uses permitted in the "J" Light Industrial District, except that
all dwellings are excluded and no mobile home park shall be
permitted
2 Acetylene gas storage
3 Assaying
4 Asphalt and cement hatching and mixing, refining or
manufacturing plants
5 Bag cleaning
6 Blast furnaces, boiler works, and brick, the or terra cotta
manufacture
7 Cotton gins, baling or compresses
8 Cotton oil mills
9 Clay, shale or glass products
10 Distillation of bones, coal or wood
11 Dog pounds
12 Egg cracking and processing
13 Enameling
14 Fat rendering
15 Fertilizer manufacture
16 Fish smoking and curing
17 Forge plants
18 Galvanizing, sheet and structural shapes
19 Gas (natural or artificial) manufacture or ,processing
20 Glue manufacture
21 Iron, steel, brass, copper or aluminum foundries or fabrication
plants, except that riveting is not permitted within 500 feet of a
more restrictive district
22 Machine shops
23 Magnesium casting, machining or fabricating
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24 Manufacture of acetylene and/or oxygen gas, alcohol, adding
machines, airplanes, automobiles, trucks and tractors (including
assembly plantsl, bearings -ball or roller, steel tanks, candles and
celluloid, cash registers, cutlery, disinfectants, dextrine, dyestuff,
electrical machinery, farm tools, typewriters ,and vinegar
25 Motor vehicle junk yard or storage yard, or used automobile junk
area, as a special exception upon approval of the Board of
Adjustment after a report from the Police, Health, Public Works
and Fire Departments, subject to the following limitations
a) Said area shall not adjoin the side or rear of any residential
zoning district
b) Said area must be completely enclosed by a screening
fence
c) First approval - a period not to exceed ten years
d) Each extension - a period not to exceed ten years
26 Planing mills
27 Potash works
28 Railroad roundhouses and car repair shops
29 Salt works
30 Soap manufacture
31 Soda and compound manufacture
32 Stamping, dieing, shearing or punching of metals
33 Stockyards or feeding pens
34 Stoneyards, building stone, cutting, sawing and storage
35 Tallow, grease or lard manufacture
36 Tanneries, curing or storage of raw hides or skins
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37 Tar distillation or manufacture including tar or asphalt roofing or
water proofing
38 Tobacco (chewing) manufacture or treatment
39 Wool pulling or scouring
40 Welding shops
41 Yeast plants
42 And in general those uses not listed above which are not
ordinarily excessively noxious or offensive because of odor,
smoke, dust, noise, fumes or vibrations
SECTION 2
Section 2-H, "'P-D' Planned Development District", of Ordinance No 3011, the
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Fort Worth, as amended, is hereby
amended by repealing Subsection 2-H I and adding a new Subsection 2-H I, as
follows
I Specific uses permitted in "PD" Planned Development District only
1 Acid manufacture
2. Ammonia, bleaching powder or chlorine manufacture
3 Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris manufacture
4 Coke ovens
5 Creosote treatment or manufacture
6 Explosives, manufacture or storage
7 Landfill operations, transfer stations, waste separation facilities
for storage, salvaging, sorting, processing, bailing or reclamation
of paper, wood, metals, plastics, junk, rags, and other materials,
or disposal, dumping or reducing of offal or dead animals.
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8 Gambling facilities or other operations featuring games of chance,
including bingo parlors
9 Horse, dog or automotive racing
a) Additional development controls shall be required, as
follows
1) Holding areas for horses or dogs shall be provided in
case of fire
2) An approved emergency plan and an approved
evacuation plan shall be provided
3) Security plans shall be provided and reviewed by the
Police Department
4- Spectator parking lots shall be 500 feet from any
one or two-family residentially zoned properties
5) Other facilities, including uses facilities, the race
track, and the bleachers shall be 1000 feet from any
one and two-family residential zone and from any
apartment zones not a part of race track as a mixed
use
6) The parking required shall be one (1) space for every
two (2) spectator seats and. one (1) space for every
ten (10) square feet of spectator standing area
7) When located within or adjacent to any city, state,
or national historic district, the race track building
and structures shall be designed to be compatible
with said district
8) An approved solid waste disposal plan shall be
provided and set into operation upon occupancy of
the race track and its buildings and structures
9) All support activities and other proposed uses which
the site may include shall be specifically identified
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' b) In addition to site plan requirements in paragraph C, the
considerations for site plan approval in paragraph E, and
the development controls in paragraph H, the following
design considerations shall be incorporated where feasible
1) Impact studies (such as traffic impact) on the effects
of the track operations on adjacent lands Such
studies shall include setbacks, street, arterial, and
highway access; and buffering of properties
surrounding the race track site
2) Compartmentalization of parking areas for traffic
circulation and emergency vehicle circulation
3) Emergency vehicle access around site located at the
bleachers area with connection through the
spectator parking lots to the user area
4) Height of buildings and structures not to exceed 12
stories or 120 feet, whichever is the most
restrictive
5) User parking and storage area for trailers and similar
vehicles with separate access than from spectator
parking area
10 Manufacture of heavy rubber products
11 Mining, quarrying, dredging or excavation of dirt, gravel, sand, or
stone, for the purpose of removing, screening, crushing, washing,
or storage of ore, clay, stone, gravel or similar materials, subject
to the following requirements
a) Provision of a site plan of all existing conditions, including
topography at 5 feet intervals, streams, lakes, and other
bodies of water, roadways, utility lines, structures and
major vegetation, including canopy cover
b) Identification of any known protected species of plant, fish
or animal life, or the presence of areas of historic., cultural
or archeological significance Such property that is found
to be protected or of significant public interest shall not be
included in any area approved for mining
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c1 Delineation of all permits and licenses (including NPDES
and Texas Air Control Board) required for the operation of
such a facility, name of contact person, agency address
and telephone number of all permitting agencies, and ver-
ification of approval of same prior to operation
d) Submission of a plan of operation, including scheduling of
activities, phasing, traffic generation, employees, and use
of explosives or other hazardous or caustic materials or
chemicals
e(1) Analysis of potential impacts to adjacent properties
{especially residential) due to dust, noise, water runoff and
diversion, ground water alteration, silting, sedimentation,
erosion, traffic, and mitigation measures to control such
impacts Submittal of drainage study if deemed necessary
by the Department of Transportation and Public Works
When deemed appropriate, as a mitigation measure of the
site perimeter, Council may require appropriate buffering,
berming, screening and landscaping greater than that
required under this Zoning Ordinance, which shall be
maintained in a proper manner at the expense of the
property owner All mitigation measures must be installed
and completed prior to any physical mining of the site
e(2) Submission of plan for protection of adjacent rights-ot-way
and streets if mining operations are planned within 50 feet
of such rights-of-way and streets
e(31 Approval of said plans required from the Director of
Transportation and Public Works
f) Approvals from all utility service providers, transmission,
electric and pipeline companies for work around, near or
across such utility facility, including approvals for
relocation of such utility facility if required
g1 Site plan identifying all proposed structures, operating
facilities, loading and wash areas, roadways, stream or
water course diversions, holding ponds/tanks, temporary
power lines and other site improvements
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h) A reclamation plan, including final topography contours, at
5 feet intervals, relocated stream beds, lakes, ponds and
other physical features, type and depth of surface
material, seeding and replanting .plan for restoration of the
original canopy cover of the site, including any required
cross section and engineering/construction plans as
approved by the City Forester or a soil conservation
scientist It is recommended that plant materials native to
the site be used
i) Submission of a performance bond or cash payment for
each phase as required under the standard contract for
Community Facilities Agreement of the City to ensure that
all restoration costs in accordance with the reclamation
plan of the site are met
j) Provision of a clearly visible sign at the entrance to the
mining operation identifying the name, business address
and phone number of the facility owner and operator in
compliance with the requirements for on-premise signs
k) Council may appoint an oversight committee of city staff,
public representatives and others, as required, to provide
assurance of compliance with all federal, state and City
regulations, codes and ordinances The operator and/or
owner of a mining operation shall provide in writing for the
limited access to the property by said members subject to
all safety and operational restrictions required by law to
protect on-site public welfare and safety Such access
approval shall be a prerequisite and part of the conditions
of approval of the "PD" Planned Development District
12 Ore reduction
13 Packing plants, including slaughtering of animals and processing
of by-products
14 Paper and pulp manufacture
15 Petroleum refining or wholesale storage
16 Rock, cement crushers and stone quarries
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17 Rolling mills
18 Shooting or weapons firing range
19 Smelting or reclamation (by reduction) of tin, copper, lead, zinc or
iron. ores
SECTION 3
Subsection C, "Authorized Special Exceptions", of Section 20, "Board of
Adjustment", of Ordinance No 3011, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the
City of Fort Worth, as amended, is hereby amended by repealing the following
provisions
2 Quarry, mine, dredge, sand and gravel pit or excavation for the
purpose of removing, screening, crushing, washing, or storage of
ore, clay, stone, gravel or similar materials, together with the
requirements set out in 2(al though 2(k)
4 Sanitary landfill
7 Shooting range
19 Racing or drag strip
SECTION 4
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 Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances
and such Code are hereby repealed
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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
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 6
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 (52,000 001 for each
offense Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate
offense
SECTION 7
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
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be affected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the
courts
SECTION 8
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
SECTION 9
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 10
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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C. ty Attorney
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