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FORT WORTH, TEXAS CODE OF ORDINANCES
OFFICIALS of the CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
PART I: THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH
PART II: CITY CODE
APPENDIX A: ZONING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2: REVIEW BODIES
CHAPTER 3: REVIEW PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 4: DISTRICT REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 5: SUPPLEMENTAL USE STANDARDS
ARTICLE 1: STANDARDS FOR SELECTED USES
§ 5.100 GENERAL.
§ 5.101 AMBULANCE DISPATCH STATION.
§ 5.102 APPLIANCE SALES.
§ 5.103 ASSAYING.
§ 5.104 AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR; PAINT AND BODY SHOP.
§ 5.105 RESERVED.
§ 5.106 BED AND BREAKFAST HOME.
§ 5.107 BED AND BREAKFAST INN.
§ 5.107A LODGING HOUSES.
§ 5.108 CAR WASH.
§ 5.109 RESERVED.
§ 5.110 COMMUNITY HOME.
§ 5.111 DAY CARE CENTER.
§ 5.112 DRIVE-IN BUSINESS.
§ 5.113 FIREWOOD SALES.
§ 5.114 GREENHOUSE OR PLANT NURSERY.
§ 5.115 GROUP HOME I OR II.
§ 5.116 HOTEL, MOTEL OR INN.
§ 5.116.B INDUSTRIALIZED HOUSING.
§ 5.116.A HOME OCCUPATIONS.
§ 5.117 KENNEL.
§ 5.118 KINDERGARTEN.
§ 5.119 RESERVED.
§ 5.120 MANUFACTURING.
§ 5.121 METAL CASTING.
§ 5.122 METAL FOUNDRY OR FABRICATION PLANT.
§ 5.123 METAL STAMPING, DYEING, SHEARING OR PUNCHING.
§ 5.124 NEWSPAPER DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
§ 5.125 PAWNSHOP.
§ 5.126 PRINT CENTER, COMMERCIAL.
§ 5.127 PROBATION OR PAROLE OFFICE.
§ 5.128 RECORDING STUDIO.
§ 5.129 RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK.
§ 5.130 RECYCLING COLLECTION FACILITY.
§ 5.131 SHEET METAL SHOP.
§ 5.132 STABLE, COMMERCIAL.
§ 5.133 STORAGE, NON ACCESSORY OUTSIDE.
§ 5.134 STORE, LARGE RETAIL.
§ 5.135 SWIMMING POOL, COMMERCIAL.
§ 5.136 TELECOMMUNICATIONS ANTENNA.
§ 5.137 TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER AND STEALTH TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER.
§ 5.138 THEATER, MOVIE THEATER OR AUDITORIUM.
§ 5.139 TERMINAL: TRUCK, FREIGHT, RAIL OR WATER.
§ 5.140 UTILITY TRANSMISSION TOWER OR DISTRIBUTION LINE; NATURAL GAS COMPRESSOR STATIONS.
§ 5.141 VEHICLE JUNKYARD.
§ 5.142 VETERINARY CLINIC.
§ 5.143 WAREHOUSE OR BULK STORAGE.
§ 5.144 FRESH WATER FRACTURE PONDS.
§ 5.145 FARMERS’ MARKET.
§ 5.146 URBAN AGRICULTURE AND COMMUNITY GARDENS.
§ 5.147 HALFWAY HOUSES.
§ 5.148 HORSE, DOG OR AUTOMOTIVE RACING.
§ 5.149 LANDFILL, WASTE TRANSFER STATION, GOVERNMENT RECYCLING DROP OFF CENTER, RECYCLING CENTER WITH OUTDOOR PROCESSING AND STOCKPILING, HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE OR WASTE TIRE FACILITY.
§ 5.150 MINING, QUARRYING, DREDGING OR EXCAVATION.
§ 5.151 SMALL BOX DISCOUNT STORE.
§ 5.152 RETAIL SMOKE SHOP.
§ 5.153 BOARDING HOME FACILITIES.
§ 5.154 BARS OR TAVERNS.
§ 5.155 SHELTER.
§ 5.156 BATCH PLANT, ASPHALT OR CONCRETE (PERMANENT).
ARTICLE 2: SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
ARTICLE 3: ACCESSORY USES
ARTICLE 4: TEMPORARY USES
CHAPTER 6: DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
CHAPTER 7: NONCONFORMITIES
CHAPTER 8: ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER 9: DEFINITIONS
APPENDIX A: LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
APPENDIX B: MAPS
APPENDIX C: USE INDEX
APPENDIX B: CODE COMPLIANCE
APPENDIX C: RESERVED
CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE
CHAPTER 5: SUPPLEMENTAL USE STANDARDS
Section
Article 1: Standards for Selected Uses
   5.100   General
   5.101   Ambulance dispatch station
   5.102   Appliance sales
   5.103   Assaying
   5.104   Automotive repair; paint and body shop
   5.105   Reserved
   5.106   Bed and breakfast home
   5.107   Bed and breakfast inn
   5.107A   Lodging houses
   5.108   Car wash
   5.109   Reserved
   5.110   Community home
   5.111   Day care center
   5.112   Drive-in business
   5.113   Firewood sales
   5.114   Greenhouse or plant nursery
   5.115   Group home I or II
   5.116   Hotel, motel or inn
   5.116.B   Industrialized housing
   5.116.A   Home occupations
   5.117   Kennel
   5.118   Kindergarten
   5.119   Reserved
   5.120   Manufacturing
   5.121   Metal casting
   5.122   Metal foundry or fabrication plant
   5.123   Metal stamping, dyeing, shearing or punching
   5.124   Newspaper distribution center
   5.125   Pawnshop
   5.126   Print center, commercial
   5.127   Probation or parole office
   5.128   Recording studio
   5.129   Recreational vehicle park
   5.130   Recycling collection facility
   5.131   Sheet metal shop
   5.132   Stable, commercial
   5.133   Storage, non accessory outside
   5.134   Store, large retail
   5.135   Swimming pool, commercial
   5.136   Telecommunications antenna
   5.137   Telecommunications tower and stealth telecommunication tower
   5.138   Theater, movie theater or auditorium
   5.139   Terminal: truck, freight, rail or water
   5.140   Utility transmission tower or distribution line; natural gas compressor stations
   5.141   Vehicle junkyard
   5.142   Veterinary clinic
   5.143   Warehouse or bulk storage
   5.144   Fresh water fracture ponds
   5.145   Farmers’ market
   5.146   Urban agriculture and community gardens
   5.147   Halfway houses
   5.148   Horse, dog or automotive racing
   5.149   Landfill, waste transfer station, government recycling drop off center, recycling center with outdoor processing and stockpiling, household hazardous waste or waste tire facility
   5.150   Mining, quarrying, dredging or excavation
   5.151   Small box discount store
   5.152   Retail smoke shop
   5.153   Boarding home facilities
   5.154   Bars or taverns
   5.155   Shelter
   5.156   Batch plant, asphalt or concrete (permanent)
Article 2: Sexually Oriented Businesses
   5.200   Regulations affecting all sexually oriented businesses; purpose and intent
   5.201   Classifications
   5.202   Prohibited locations of any type of sexually oriented business
   5.203   Specialized certificate of occupancy
   5.204   Employee background checks
   5.205   General regulations for sexually oriented businesses
   5.206   Conduct of employees
   5.207   Hours of operation
   5.208   Interior of the of sexually oriented businesses
   5.209   Exterior appearance of sexually oriented businesses
   5.210   Sign requirements
   5.211   Additional regulations for adult entertainment cabarets
   5.212   Additional regulations for escort agencies
   5.213   Additional regulations for outcall businesses
   5.214   Additional regulations for nude modeling businesses
   5.215   Additional regulations for adult theaters and adult motion picture theaters
   5.216   Additional regulations for adult motel
   5.217   Additional regulations for adult arcades
   5.218   Display of sexually explicit material to minors
   5.219   Enforcement
   5.220   Revocation
   5.221   Injunction
Article 3: Accessory Uses
   5.300   General
   5.301   Accessory uses on residential lots
   5.302   Accessory uses on nonresidential lots
   5.303   Reserved
   5.304   Reserved
   5.305   Fences
   5.306   Storage or display in commercial districts, outdoor
   5.307   Large animals
   5.308   Docks, piers and boathouses
Article 4: Temporary Uses
   5.400   Amusement, outdoor (temporary)
   5.401   Batch plant, asphalt or concrete (temporary)
   5.402   Garage or other occasional sale
   5.403   Model home
   5.404   Residence for security purposes, temporary
   5.405   Portable trailer - residential sales, construction or related storage
   5.406   Mobile vendors
ARTICLE 1: STANDARDS FOR SELECTED USES
§ 5.100 GENERAL.
   (a)   Relationship to use tables. The supplemental use standards of this article shall apply only to uses that are so designated in the use tables in Chapter 4, Articles 6 and 8. Where the use tables do not indicate that supplemental use standards apply, the conditions set forth in this article shall not apply.
   (b)   Additional conditions. Nothing in this article shall prevent the city from imposing additional conditions during either the special exception, conditional use permit or planned unit development review process.
   (c)   Distance measurements. Unless otherwise noted, all measurements are in a straight line (ignoring intervening structures) from the property line of the specified use to the boundary of the designated district.
(Ord. 13896, passed 10-12-1999; Ord. 23609-03-2019, § 9, passed 3-19-2019)
§ 5.101 AMBULANCE DISPATCH STATION.
   An ambulance dispatch station may be permitted in accordance with the use tables in Chapter 4, Articles 6, 8, and 12, provided that permits shall be for a limited period of time as specified by the city council.
(Ord. 13896, passed 10-12-1999; Ord. 23609-03-2019, § 10, passed 3-19-2019)
§ 5.102 APPLIANCE SALES.
   Electrical, gas, plumbing and heating appliances and supply sales; and electrical, gas, plumbing and heating repair and installation services may be permitted in accordance with the use tables in Chapter 4, Articles 6 and 8, provided that the use is limited to shops that serve the immediate adjacent neighborhood.
(Ord. 13896, passed 10-12-1999)
§ 5.103 ASSAYING.
   No assaying of gold or silver shall be permitted in the “I” or “J” district.
(Ord. 13896, passed 10-12-1999)
§ 5.104 AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR; PAINT AND BODY SHOP.
   Automotive repair and lubrication, oil changes, paint and body work and other maintenance services are permitted in accordance with the use tables in Chapter 4, Articles 6 and 8, subject to the following conditions.
   (a)   All repairs must be conducted within an enclosed building.
   (b)   Vehicle storage requirements for automotive repair; paint and body shops near one or two-family residential use.
      (1)   Screening.
         a.   Automotive repair; paint and body shops located on property adjacent to a one- or two-family residential use must screen all vehicles that have been accepted for repairs from view from such residential use by parking/storing the vehicles within a building or by providing a six-foot solid screening fence or six-foot solid screen evergreen hedge along the property line adjacent to, or across an alley from, the one or two-family residential use. The solid screen evergreen hedge shall planted be in accordance with the zoning ordinance landscaping and buffer requirements.
         b.   All other automotive repair; paint and body shops within 200 feet from any one or two-family residential use must screen all vehicles that have been accepted for repairs from view from such residential use by parking/storing the vehicles within a building or by providing a six-foot solid screening fence or six-foot solid screen evergreen hedge on all property lines facing the residential use. The measurement of the distance between the automotive repair or paint and body shop and the one or two-family residential use shall be along the nearest property line of the one- or two-family residential use to the nearest property line of the automotive repair or paint and body shop, along street lines and in a direct line across intersections. The solid screen evergreen hedge shall planted be in accordance with the zoning ordinance landscaping and buffer requirements.
      (2)   Overnight vehicle storage requirements.
         a.   No more than two vehicles per bay or repair/inspection station that have been accepted for repairs by the repair, paint or body shop may be stored/parked outside after regular business hours unless the vehicles in excess of two per bay or repair/inspection station are completely enclosed:
            1.   Behind a minimum six-foot solid screening fence in accordance with this section;
            2.   Behind a minimum six-foot solid screen evergreen hedge; or
            3.   Within a building.
         b.   The solid screen evergreen hedge shall planted be in accordance with the zoning ordinance landscaping and buffer requirements.
      (3)   Vehicle storage requirements for wrecked or dismantled vehicles. All wrecked or dismantled vehicles must be stored in an enclosed building or completely enclosed behind a minimum six-foot solid screening fence or a minimum six-foot solid screen evergreen hedge. The solid screen evergreen hedge shall planted be in accordance with the zoning ordinance landscaping and buffer requirements.
   (c)   No repairs shall be conducted on any premises that adjoin any residential district boundary.
   (d)   No automobile repair or service facility shall be permitted to have bay doors facing a one- or two-family district.
   (e)   (1)   No vehicle retained for repairs may be stored for more than 60 days from the date the vehicle is accepted for repair. The 60-day time limit may be extended to a total of 180 days from the date the vehicle is accepted for repair if the automotive repair or paint and body shop has begun the process to obtain a lien on the vehicle pursuant to state law. Extension beyond this time shall be considered a change in use of the property and the board of adjustment shall not have jurisdiction to grant any variance to extend the 60-day or the 180-day period.
      (2)   The time limit in subsection (e)(1) above shall not apply to the repair and/or conditioning of antique vehicles and race car fabrication if the automotive repair or paint and body shop is located in an industrially zoned district.
      (3)   The time limit in subsection (e)(1) above shall not apply to any vehicle ordered by a court or mandated by arbitration or mediation to be stored by the automotive repair or paint and body shop.
   (f)   Any property used as an automotive repair, paint or body shop located in a “MU-2,” “I,” “J” or “K” district must comply with subsections (b) and (e) above. Further, such facilities located in an “MU-2” or MU-2G” district must also comply with §§ 4.1302(g)(5) and 4.1303(g)(5) (Fences and Gates) of the respective districts.
(Ord. 13896, passed 10-12-1999; Ord. 14911, § 1, passed 12-18-2001; Ord. 15166, § 1, passed 7-23-2002; Ord. 17093, § 5, passed 8-8-2006)
Editor’s note:
   It should be noted that § 4 of Ord. 15166 states, “All automotive repair, paint and body shops shall comply with § 5.104(b) no later than January 1, 2003.
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