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ORDINANCE NO . __ ~ / 7D_~
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 SUBSECTION
A.18 TO SECTION 18, "MODIFICATIONS TO DISTRICT
REGULATIONS", TO ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR MINIMUM FRONT,
SIDE. OR REAR YARD SETBACKS IN DISTRICTS ZONED "F-R"
THROUGH "K" WHEN THEY ABUT AND ARE ACROSS FROM THE STREET
FROM A RESIDENTIALLY ZONED DISTRICT; PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
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.
THAT Ordinance No. 3011, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of
the City of Fort Worth, as amended, is hereby by amending
Subsection A.18 to Section 18, "Modifications to District
Regulations", to read as follows:
SECTION 18.A.18
18. Property located in "F-R" through "K" districts that abuts a
public or private street and that is across the street from a
residentially zoned district shall comply with the following
setback requirements:
a) The yard that abuts the street and that is across the
street from a residentially zoned district, whether a front,
rear or side yard, shall have a minimum setback of twenty (20)
feet; provided, however, in the event that a greater setback
is required under any other provision of this ordinance, the
greater setback requirement shall prevail.
b) The minimum twenty (20) foot setback requirement shall
apply to the entire front, side or rear yard and shall not be
limited to the portion of the property that is directly across
the street from a residentially zoned district. The minimum
twenty (20) foot setback requirement shall extend through the
entire block face.
SECTION 2.
That Section 18.A "Modifications to District Regulations", of
Ordinance No. 3011, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City
of Fort Worth, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
A. The foregoing height, area and setback requirements in
the various districts shall be subject to the following
exceptions and regulations:
SECTION 3.
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.
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 have been enacted
by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of
any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or
section.
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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 ($2,000.00) 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 ?.
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:
C't Attorney
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Date : d ~ 1 a , ) ~
ADOPTED • w~'~~' ~ ~ i ~ ~ 9
EFFECTIVE'.
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