DETERMINATION OF REQUIRED PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE

Fort Worth City Code ch. 9, art. II

in effect

Fort Worth City Code § 9-100 ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY.

§ 9-100 ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY. (a) As a condition of approval for a property development project, the city requires developers to bear a portion of the costs of municipal infrastructure improvements by the making of dedications, the payment of fees, or the payment of construction costs. (b) Developers are required to submit to the city various studies and impact analyses as a condition of development review. These submittals help to define the demand the development will have on public infrastructure systems and identify the extent and size of new infrastructure necessary to support the development. (c) A developer must deliver to the city studies and other information necessary for the city to make a rough proportionality determination. The information the developer must submit to the city may include traffic impact analyses, water and wastewater loading analyses and comprehensive studies, site grading plans, assessments of existing site drainage, stormwater management plans, or other information necessary for the city to make a rough proportionality determination. (d) The city will determine rough proportionality in accordance with state and federal law. (e) Impact fees for transportation facilities assessed and collected in accordance with Chapter 30, Article VIII of the city code and impact fees for water and wastewater facilities assessed and collected in accordance with Chapter 35, Article III, Division 2 of the city code shall be charged by the city independently of a developer's requirement to bear a roughly proportionate cost of municipal infrastructure improvements. Credits to impact fees may be available as provided by state law and the city code. (Ord. 23656-05-2019, § 1, passed 5-7-2019, eff. 6-1-2019)

Fort Worth City Code § 9-101 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.

§ 9-101 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS. (a) The developer shall be responsible for the entire cost to design and construct interior streets for a project unless there is city participation for the interior streets in the project. (b) Street improvements bordering or extending beyond the final plat boundaries of a development may be required to be constructed based upon the city's rough proportionality determination. The requirements may include improvements to the intersections near the development as determined by the city based upon the information required to be submitted by the developer, the rough proportionality analysis, and the city's policies and plans. (c) Streets shall be required to be improved at the time of development unless conditions preclude improvements as determined by the director of the transportation and public works department. If street improvements cannot be made at the time of development, the developer may be required to deliver to the city the cost of the street improvements and execute a future improvements agreement in accordance with this chapter. (Ord. 23656-05-2019, § 1, passed 5-7-2019, eff. 6-1-2019)

Fort Worth City Code § 9-102 APPEAL OF ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY DETERMINATION.

§ 9-102 APPEAL OF ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY DETERMINATION. (a) A developer may appeal the city's rough proportionality determination to the city council. The developer must deliver a written notice of appeal to the director of the planning and development department. The director of the planning and development department will schedule the date of the appeal before the city council. The director of the planning and development department may attempt to resolve the appeal with the developer before the hearing before the city council. (b) At the hearing before the city council, the developer and city staff may present testimony and other evidence and cross-examine witnesses. The city council must uphold, reverse, or modify the rough proportionality determination made by the city's engineer within 30 days following the final submission of any testimony or other evidence. The developer may appeal the determination of the city council in accordance with state law. (Ord. 23656-05-2019, § 1, passed 5-7-2019, eff. 6-1-2019)

Fort Worth City Code § 9-103 through 9-199 RESERVED.

Source: City of Fort Worth, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Zoning Ordinance (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/ftworth/latest/ftworth_tx/0-0-0-62459Fetched: 10/26/2026