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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 11769r 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 -2- 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 -3- 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 (it/~-C.~2.e~~ Ci y Attorney Date- J N ~ ~ ~ ~' y ADOPTED ~ ~ 3 , ~ `~ ~ ~ EFFECTIVE ~O 01 Din.. ~i,~. l~~ -4-