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(A) Pending approval of site plan. The city may withhold the issuing of a building permit for the erection of any nonresidential building in the city if the site plan has not been approved by the Council.
(B) Pending compliance with regulations. The city may withhold the issuing of a building permit for the erection of any non-residential building in the city until all the requirements of these development regulations have been complied with including the installation of an acceptance by the city of all off-site waterworks, sewer, drainage and paving improvements for the area designated.
(Ord. 4-4-02, passed 4-4-2002)
(A) Utility easements. Utility easements shall be provided for utilities where necessary, and shall be a minimum of 20 feet in width. Utility easements adjacent to public streets shall be a minimum of ten feet in width.
(B) Storm or drainage easement. Where a development is traversed by a watercourse, drainage way or channel there shall be provided a drainage easement or drainage right-of-way conforming substantially with the course. The easement shall contain the 100-year flood and of additional width as may be designated by the Public Works Director, and which will be reasonably adequate for the purpose. Parallel streets or parkways may be required in connection with this easement.
(Ord. 4-4-02, passed 4-4-2002)
Sanitary sewers, storm drainage, water mains and street improvements, along with all appurtenances pertaining to the above and facilities of other agencies as may be required, shall be constructed and installed by the developer in each new development in accordance with the current official standards of the city.
(A) Proposed development corporate limits. All proposed developments located inside the corporate limits of the city shall connect to the water and sewer utilities at the developer’s expense. Where the sewage collection system or the water distribution system does not abut the proposed development the developer shall be required to pay for and extend such services as required to serve the proposed development.
(B) Utilities extension not feasible. Where the sewage collection system or the water distribution system does not abut the proposed development and the extension of the service is not feasible or would pose an economic hardship, the developer shall be required to furnish with his or her site plan satisfactory evidence, including (but without limitation) the results of soil tests and borings and statements from local and state health authorities, sanitarians, engineers and other proper officials, that water satisfactory for human consumption may be obtained from surface or sub-surface water sources on the land and that soil conditions are such that satisfactory sewage disposal can be provided through the use of approved sewage treatment systems.
(C) Restrictions for permit. No building permit, nor any water, sewer, plumbing or electrical permit shall be issued by the city to the owners or any other person with respect to any property in any development covered by this chapter until:
(1) A time as the developer and/or owner has complied with the requirements of this chapter and the site plan regarding improvements with respect to the installation of streets, drainage and water and sewer utilities; all according to the requirements of the city; or
(2) The developer and/or owner files a corporate surety bond with the City Secretary in a sum equal to the cost of the improvements for the designated area, guaranteeing the installation thereof within the time stated in the bond, which time shall be fixed by the Public Works Director.
(D) Extra-territorial jurisdiction.
(1) In the extra-territorial jurisdiction, no city water or sewer utilities shall be extended to the development until all sections of this chapter, applicable to developments, have been complied with.
(2) Where the developer/owner refuses to comply with the applicable regulations of this chapter, the Public Works Director of the city shall file action in District Court seeking to restrain the developer/owner from violating the applicable provisions of this chapter, as permitted by the Texas Local Government Code.
(Ord. 4-4-02, passed 4-4-2002)
(A) General.
(1) Drafting standards and design practices shall be equal to those standards and practices representative of the profession in the preparation of plans for construction requiring a high degree of reliability. The developer’s engineer shall furnish to the city any working notes, calculations and supplemental drawings used in the preparation of these plans for the proposed work in the development on request. The developer shall require his or her engineer to furnish three copies of all plans to be reviewed by the city. These plans shall be sufficiently detailed to enable the facilities to be constructed according to the engineer’s intent with limited assistance from the engineer during the construction phase. The responsibility of the developer’s engineer to the city shall end when all plans for which he or she is responsible have been approved by the city, all construction has been completed and accepted by the city, and a set of reproducible "as built" plans of all required construction have been furnished to the city by the Engineer.
(2) At his or her expense the developer shall employ an independent testing lab to test all compaction densities where specific compaction requirements are stated. These results shall be submitted to the city prior to commencing the next phase of work. The cost of all testing shall be borne by the developer.
(B) Drawings.
(1) Street plan and profile sheets shall be submitted for all proposed streets. Profiles shall be at a scale of one inch equals 40 feet horizontal and one inch equals four feet vertical, or one inch equals 50 feet horizontal and one inch equals five feet vertical.
(2) The profile shall include the following minimum information: top of curb grades at 50-foot interval slopes, vertical curve data, beginning and ending stations of vertical curves, location of utility crossings, storm drain pipe and elevations may be shown on the same sheet or may be on a separate sheet for clarity, benchmark station and elevations as may be needed for information. Plans shall include the following minimum information: all widths, stations of P.C. and P.T. for horizontal curves, all horizontal curve data, distances and bearing, the location of adjacent property corners and lot lines, lot and block designations, all utilities crossing or adjacent, the size and location of all storm sewer construction and intersection streets.
(C) Streets. Should street, sidewalk or alley construction be required, refer to the city’s subdivision ordinance for the requirements.
(D) Drainage. Drainage design and requirements shall be in accordance with the City of Fort Worth, Texas requirements.
(E) Water system.
(1) All mains must extend to the borders of the development, to facilitate future extensions of the system.
(2) Fire hydrants shall generally be placed so that every structure is within a hose laying length of 250 foot (road accessible) from the fire hydrant. Fire hydrants will be installed with isolation valves.
(3) Water lines shall normally be PVC meeting the requirements of AWWA C900 or C905, DR18, Class 150. The minimum water line size for development shall be six inches. Smaller line sizes may be reviewed on a case by case basis.
(4) Backflow prevention devices may be required on some developments.
(5) Fire flow detector checks are required on all fire lines to buildings.
(F) Sewer system.
(1) Sewer mains must extend to the borders of the development, to facilitate future extensions of the system.
(2) Sewer lines shall normally be PVC SDR 35 meeting the requirements of ASTM D 3034. The minimum sewer line size for development shall be eight inches. Smaller line sizes may be reviewed on a case by case basis.
(3) The maximum distance between manholes shall be 500 feet. Manholes shall be provided at all points of horizontal change. Manholes shall be provided at all vertical points of intersection.
(4) Grease traps on the service line will be required on all food service type commercial development.
(5) Connections to existing manholes shall be accomplished by core drilling the manhole.
(G) Minimum dimensions for off-street parking.
(1) Ninety-degree angle parking: each parking space shall be not less than nine feet wide nor less than 18 feet in length, maneuvering space shall be in addition to the parking space and shall be no less than 24 feet perpendicular to the building or parking line.
(2) Sixty degree angle parking: each parking space shall be not less than nine feet wide nor less than 20.1 feet in length when measured at right angles to the building or parking line. Maneuvering space shall be in addition to the parking space and shall be no less than 19.5 feet (for two-way traffic the aisle width not less than 22 feet in length) perpendicular to the building or parking line.
(3) Forty-five degree angle parking: each parking space shall be not less than nine feet wide nor less than 19 feet in length when measured at right angles to the building or parking line. Maneuvering space shall be in addition to the parking space and shall be no less than 17 feet (for two-way traffic the aisle width not less than 21 feet in length) perpendicular to the building or parking line.
(4) When a fire lane is determined to be necessary by the Fire Marshal, the fire lane shall be a minimum of 20 feet in width.
(5) When off-street parking facilities are located adjacent to a public alley, the width of the alley may be assumed to be a portion of the maneuvering space requirement.
(6) Where off-street parking facilities are voluntarily provided (facilities not required by this chapter), the off-street parking facilities shall comply with the minimum requirements for parking and maneuvering space herein specified.
(H) Parking lot pavement section.
(1) Standard pavement.
(a) The standard pavement for parking lots shall be a minimum of five inches of reinforced concrete on scarified, compacted and modified sub grade.
(b) If the P.I. of the sub grade is 15 or greater the sub grade shall be lime modified with Type A Hydrated Lime in the amount of seven percent by unit dry weight of the sub grade to a depth of six inches.
(c) Concrete shall have a minimum compressive strength of 3,000 pounds per square inch (psi). Reinforcement shall consist of No. 3 Bars (grade 60) on 18-inch centers both ways.
(2) Consideration. Consideration may be given to permitting asphalt paving provided that the developer provides the city with a geotechnical investigation of the site which includes alternate pavement recommendations.
(Ord. 4-4-02, passed 4-4-2002; Ord. 9-05-2002, passed 9-5-2002; Ord. 6-3-04, passed 6-3-2004; Ord. 10-20-05, passed 10-20-2005)
(A) When an applicant has an approved site plan and no off-site extension of public utilities is required, and the lot is being assessed for city taxes as conforming to the established zoning classification in the block where located, then a building permit may be issued, provided the requested use of the property conforms to the permanent zoning of the property covered by the application.
(B) When an applicant has an approved site plan and the extension of off-site public utilities is required, and the lot is being assessed for city taxes as conforming to the established zoning classification in the block where located, then a building permit may be issued upon completion of the construction of the off-site utilities, provided the requested use of the property conforms to the permanent zoning of the property covered by the application.
(Ord. 4-4-02, passed 4-4-2002)
(A) Filing fee. A filing fee in an amount as set by City Council and maintained in the city's master fee schedule shall be collected by the City Secretary, or a designated representative, when any site plan is tendered to the city for consideration. The fee shall be paid in advance and no action of the city shall be valid until the fees, herein provided, shall have been paid.
(B) Plan review and inspection fee.
(1) A fee in an amount or calculation as set by the City Council and maintained in the city's master fee schedule for the proposed development as approved by the city, shall be paid to the city before the city approves the commencement of the construction of the improvements.
(2) Actual cost shall not exceed the actual cost to the city for review, and inspection.
(C) Approval. No development will be approved or building permit issued by the city until all fees have been paid to the city.
(Ord. 4-4-02, passed 4-4-2002; Ord. 05-19-2020-MASTER, passed 5-19-2020)
(A) The City Council may authorize a variance from these regulations when, in its opinion, undue hardship will result from requiring strict compliance. In granting a variance, the Council shall prescribe only conditions that it deems necessary or desirable to the public interest in making the findings herein below required. The Council shall take into account the nature of the proposed usage of land involved, the existing usage of the land in the vicinity, the number of persons who will reside or work in the proposed development, and the probable effect of the variances upon traffic conditions and upon the public health, safety, convenience and welfare of individuals in the vicinity. No variance will be granted unless the Council finds the following:
(1) There are special circumstances or conditions affecting the land involved such that the strict application of the provisions of this chapter would deprive the applicant of the reasonable use of his or her land;
(2) The variances are necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of a substantial property right of the applicant, and that the granting of the variance will not be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare of individuals, or injurious to other properties in the area;
(3) The granting of the variance will not have the effect of preventing the orderly development of other lands in the area in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; and
(4) The Council may not authorize a variance that would constitute a violation of any other valid ordinance of the city.
(B) Findings of the Council, together with the specific facts upon which the findings are based, shall be incorporated in the official minutes of the Council meeting at which the variance is granted. Variances may be granted only when in harmony with the general purpose and intent of this chapter so that the general health, safety and welfare of citizens may be secured, and substantial justice be done. Pecuniary hardship to the developer, standing alone, shall not be deemed to constitute undue hardship.
(Ord. 4-4-02, passed 4-4-2002)
(A) All ordinances, or parts of ordinances with the exception of the Building Code and comprehensive Zoning Code of the city, which are inconsistent or in conflict with any of the provisions of this chapter be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
(B) Where the Building Code or Zoning Code of the city contain regulations which are more restrictive than the regulations contained herein, the ordinances which are most restrictive shall control.
(Ord. 4-4-02, passed 4-4-2002)
Site plans which have received preliminary approval by the Council within one year prior to the effective date of this chapter shall be excepted from the requirements of this chapter; provided that the site plan of the development is approved and filed for record within 180 days after the effective date of this chapter, or within one year after the approval date of the site plan, whichever is greater.
(Ord. 4-4-02, passed 4-4-2002)
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