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ORDINANCE NO ~ c0
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 ADD A DEFINITION OF "COMMERCIAL PRINT CENTER",
BY AMENDING SECTION 9 TO PERMIT COMMERCIAL PRINT CENTERS
fN "E" COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 9A TO
DELETE THE MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA FOR SMALL JOB PRINTING
SHOPS; 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
THAT Ordinance No 3011, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City
of Fort Worth, as amended, is hereby amended by adding the following definition to
Section 1, "Definitions"•
COMMERCIAL PRINT CENTER A commercial establishment open to the
general public that is primarily involved in the electronic duplication of graphic
and printed materials for personal or business use, and which also provides
other products and services including, but not limited to photocopying,
e{ectrostatic printing, laser printing, word processing services, computer
generated graphics, computer aided design services, video imaging and
reproduction services, on-site computer rental, and on-site teleconferencing
Offset printing, or similar printing processes, shall not be permitted
SECTION 2
That Section 9, "'E' Commercial District", of Ordinance No 3011, the
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Fort Worth, as amended, is hereby
amended by repealing Subsection 9 A.12, which read as follows
12 Blueprinting or photostating
SECTION 3
That Subsection A 27 of Section 9, "'E' Commercial District", of Ordinance No
3011, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Fort Worth, as amended,
is hereby amended to read as follows
27 Commercial print centers
SECTION 4
That Subsection A 21 of Section 9A, "'F-R' Restricted Commercial District", of
Ordinance No. 3011, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Fort Worth,
as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows
21 Commercial print centers including offset printing of small jobs such as
business cards, invitations, stationery and similar personal and business
needs
SECTION 5
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 6
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
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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 7
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 8
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 9
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
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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 10
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 11
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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