Ord 1470 10/25/1948 ORDiNAnCE N0.
AN OkDiNAACE AREi,4DING ORDiNkhu , 00. 1452, PASSED AND
alPhUUED BY THE BoAnD Oy ALDERMEN OF TEO CITI OF iIChIT'A FALLS,
T'EAAS ON Ths 5TH JAI OF FEBRUAxY, A. D. 1948, SO AS TO CREATE
A "HEAVY INDUSTRIAL D16T'hICT" 01 TnE LAST EIGnT LOTS ON THE
SUUT'H 6VE OF THE 400 BLOCK ON FRUNT STREET , BY ChunGING ALL OF
LOTS 9, 100 110 12, 13, 14, 150 AND 162 IN BLOCK 89 OHIGINAL
TOWP6ITA OF uuIChIT'A FALLS, T'El�AS, FROM �
"DiSThiCT B" Oh "SECOND
DWELLING HOUSE DISTRICT" TO "DiSTRiCT G" OR 'HEAVY INDUSTR IAL
DISTRICT" ; DIRECTING TH ; CITY SECRETAhY TO AIvhwD AND CAAYGE
THE OFFICIAL MAE TO AOF&CT SUCa CHAnGE6 AnD hED16ThiCTIwG;
PhOVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; REPIALIAG CONFLICTING POUVI010NS OF
ORD1NAACE NO. 1452; OhDEhiNG NLCESSAnY PUBL&AT'IOty ; AND DECIkSING
AN EI EhGENCY.
WnEREAS, on the 5th day of February, A. D. 1948, the Board
of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls , Texas, passed and
approved Ordinance No. 14521 'regulating the location and use
of buildings, structures, and land for trade, industry, residences,
and other purposes, dividing said City in Districts and establishing
by reference to a map the boundaries of said district, and providing
for amendment of said ordinance under proceedings described in
said ordinance and the laws of the State of Texas ; and,
WhEREAS, after reference to the City Planning and Zoning
Commission, as provided by said ordinance and law, said Commission
has reported, requesting and recommending the redistricting
and changes in said ordinance and map hereinafter ordained,
and public hearings have been held, at which all owners of the
property affected were given ample opportunity, after public
notice by advertisement as required by said ordinance and the
State Law, to file protests and criticisms , if any there be ;
and,
Vuru�rEAS, it has been found that such changes would not be
detrimental to the health, safety, morals, or general welfare
of the community, and after giving reasonable consideration to
the character of the districts, the peculiar suitability for
the particular uses thereof , conservation of the value of said
buildings and property, and the most appropriate use of land
in the city, it has been determined that such redistricting
is proper and desirable :
THLRLFUFiE, BE IT OhDAINED BY Thh BUAI;D Or' ALllERKL, N OF T'11E
CITY OF WICIiIT'A FALLS, ` h'' AS
SECTION 1: That Ordinance No. 1452, passed and approved by
the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls on the 5th
day of February, A. D. 1948, be amended, and the "Zoning District
Map" referred to therein be changed and amended, as follows :
( a) All of Lots 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 of Block
89, Original Townsite of Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas,
be, and are hereby, changed and redistricted from "District B"
or "Second Dwelling House District" to "District G" or "Heavy
Industrial District" , so that the East eight lots on the South
side of the 400 block on Front Street (numbered 401 to 407 in-
elusive ), having a depth of 150 feet, be, and the same are hereby,
constituted a "Heavy Industrial District."
SECTION 2 : The City Secretary of the City of Wichita
Falls, Texas, is hereby ordered and directed to change and amend
said "Zoning District Map" so as to conform to the terms of
this amendment and the changes and redistricting contained
herein only, otherwise said Ordinance No. 1452 to remain in
full force and effect.
S.6CT10i� 3 : In case any section, sentence or paragraph or
part of this ordinance shall for any reason be adjudged by any
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this
ordinance.
6ECTIOB 4 : Such parts of said Ordinance 1452, and the
"Zoning District Map" referred to therein and made a part thereof,
insofar as the same conflict with the provision of this Ordinance
are hereby repealed.
6hCTI04 5 : The publication of public notice by advertisement
of all notices of hearings of this ordinance, as required by the
Charter or Ordinances of the City of Wichita Falls , or the Laws
of the State of Texas , and all publications and advertisements
of the passing and approval of this Ordinance required by said
Charter, Ordinances or State Law, are hereby authorized, ratified,
confirmed, and approved.
6 CTiOiV 6 : The fact that this Ordinance regulates the
kind and character of building and the location thereof, and
the further fact that delay in passing said ordinance may jeopardize
the rights of property owners within the city, creates an emergency
and this ordinance is hereby declared an emergency measure on
the grounds of urgent public need for the preservation of property
rights, peace, health and safety of the citizenship, and the
rule requiring the reading of ordinances on three several days
is hereby suspended and this ordinance shall take effect from
and after its passage and approval.
Passed and Approved this the �' day of 644�,y ,
A. D. 1948,
Mayor
AT 1'E6T
Ci y Clerk