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ORDINANCE N0. ~,G~.~
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 ADDING
SUBSECTION A 18 TO SECTION 18, "MODIFICATION TO DISTRICT
REGULATIONS", TO ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR MINIMUM FRONT, SIDE
OR REAR YARD SETBACK IN DISTRICTS ZONED "F-R" THROUGH "K"
WHEN THEY ABUT AND ARE ACROSS THE STREET FROM A
RESIDENTIALLY ZONED DISTRICT, PROVIDING THATTHIS 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
THAT Ordinance No 3011, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City
of Fort Worth, as amended, is hereby amended by adding the following Subsection
A 18 to Section 18, "Modification to District Regulations", to read as follows
SECTION 18 A 18
18 When abutting and across the street from a residentially zoned district, Districts
"F-R" through "K" shall have a minimum front, side or rear yard setback of 20
feet
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
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ordinances and such 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and such Code are hereby repealed.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
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 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 void, ineffective or 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 and No/100 Dollars
(52,000.00) 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
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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 6
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 7.
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(a), Texas Local Government Code
SECTION 8
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
Cit ttorney
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