He's right here. Please leave your mics on. If you turn it off, causes issues with the folks. So, just leave your mics on. Mr. Chair, will you please call the meeting to order? >> Uh, welcome everybody to the meeting of
the zoning commission. Uh, officially call this meeting to order. Today is April 8th, 2026 and it is 10:05 p.m. I don't have any special announcements today except to welcome you. Uh this is Dave. This will be his first day up here
with us. Uh he's he's been helping us for a really long time. He knows what he's doing thankfully. So uh so welcome up here. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Welcome to the April 8th, 2026 zoning commission meeting and public hearing. Today's
meeting agenda can be found online at www.fortworth texas.gov. Speaker registration forms must have been turned in prior to the start of the meeting. Today's public hearing is being documented by cable television and a recording will be available on the
city's website. Cases heard at this public hearing are to be heard at the May 12th city council meeting and public hearing unless otherwise stated on the agenda. To achieve a timely and orderly meeting, the commission requests that
the following rules of procedure be respected. Each case will be called in the sequence listed on the agenda unless otherwise directed by the chair. All ensuing dialogue shall be directed to the commission only. After staff
presentation, the applicant and support will be given a maximum total of five minutes to present their case. Opposition may then speak for a maximum total of seven minutes. At the conclusion of opposition, the applicant
will be provided two minutes for a rebuttal. At the conclusion of opposition, excuse me. Those that are not able to speak today are encouraged to submit comments or uh sign up to speak at the city council meeting. Signups to comment
or speak at city council meeting begin the Friday before the scheduled hearing. Continuation beyond the speaker's allotted time will be subject to the chairman's sole discretion and approval. All other meeting procedures will adhere
to board adopted rules of procedure to the extent possible. Following the official close of each hearing of each case hearing, the commission will remain in open session to discuss and vote upon the item in question. During this time, no further
public testimony or commentary will be allowed unless directed by the chair. A closed executive session may be held with respect to the posted agenda items to enable the commission to receive advice from legal staff. For additional
information on any case on today's agenda, you may contact the development services department by calling 817392 8028. Mr. Chair, the first order of business is roll call. The zoning commission requires a quorum
of six members to be present and available for voting. Apologies. Chairperson Reigns here. Commissioner Mayo >> here. >> Commissioner Trillo >> here. >> Commissioner Welch
>> here. >> Commissioner McCoy >> here. >> Commissioner Edmonds >> here. >> Commissioner Robinson >> Commissioner Pierce >> here. >> Commissioner Rogers >> here. >> Commissioner Werman >> present. >> Commissioner Castro >> present.
>> With a total of 11 members present. Mr. Chair, we have a quorum. >> Excellent. Next item on the agenda is the approval of the month's minutes. >> All right. Do we have a motion to approve our minutes from March 11th? >> Mr. Chairman, I move approval of the
minutes. >> We have a second. >> Is that you, Commissioner Rogers? All right. We have a motion uh by Commissioner Edmonds and a second by Commissioner Rogers. >> Commissioners, how do you vote? Chairperson Reigns. >> I. >> Commissioner Mayo,
>> hi. Commissioner Trujillo. Hi. >> Commissioner Welch. >> Hi. >> Commissioner McCoy. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Edmonds. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Robinson. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Pierce. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Worman. >> I. >> Commissioner Castro. >> I. >> With a vote of 11 to zero, the zoning
commission votes to approve the meeting minutes. >> And at this time, we will open the public hearing. And we'll call our first case. >> First case on the the agenda is ZC25171. This is a text amendment related to uh
Senate Bill 15. The applicant is the city of Fort Worth. The request is I'm sorry, will you go back a slide, please? An ordinance amending the comprehensive zoning ordinance of the city of Fort Worth being ordinance number 21653 as amended codified as
appendix A of the code of the city of Fort Worth amending chapter 4 district regulations article six residential land residential district land use table to add small lot housing as a new use under the household living category and allow
the use in all one family districts and establish supplemental standards consistent with chapter 211 11 of the Texas local government code amending chapter 4 district regulations article 8 non-residential district use table and article 12 formbbased code district use
table to remove the use titled governmental office facility as a use allowed in CF community facilities district and in CBT camp buouie transition zone amending
appendix A chapter 9 of the definitions section 9.1 101 to add the definition of mixeduse residential and amend the definition of multifamily dwelling to include multifamily residential.
>> All right. Thank you. Uh there's no one signed up to speak in opposition for this case. Uh so at this time I'll close the public hearing and leave it open for discussion or a vote. And again this is only for Senate Bill 15, the small lot housing. They've removed the other two House and Senate
bills. Any discussion? >> Chairman, in the case of ZC-25-173, I move to >> 171 >> or 171, I approve. I move to approve. >> Second. >> All right. We have a motion to approve by Commissioner Mayo and a second by
Commissioner Edmonds. >> I'm sorry, Commissioner Robinson. >> Commissioners, how do you vote? Chairperson Reigns. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Mayo. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Trujillo. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Welch. >> I. >> Commissioner McCoy. >> I. >> Commissioner Edmonds.
>> Hi. >> Commissioner Robinson. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Pierce. I, >> Commissioner Rogers, >> I, >> Commissioner Wman. >> I, >> and Commissioner Castro, >> I. >> With a vote of 11 to zero, the the
zoning commission votes to recommend approval for this case. Next case, next case on the agenda is ZC25-173. The request is an ordinance amending the zoning ordinance of the city of Fort Worth being ordinance number 21653 as
amended codified as appendix A of the code of the city of Fort Worth by amending chapter 3 review procedures article 5 text or map amendment reszoning to amend section 3502 notice to add the requirement that notice be
published on the city's internet website to amend the posted notice requirement concerning concerning the erection and maintenance of a sign to require that a sign be posted at a specific location and for a specific period in order for council to act on a proposed zoning
change in zoning classification to establish regulations for failing to post notice to amend appendix A chapter 9 definitions section 9.101 101 define terms to add the definition of proposed
comprehensive zoning changes. All right, we have no opposition signed up to speak on this one either. Uh so at this time I will close the public hearing and leave it open uh for some discussion or a vote. Chairman, in the case of ZC 25173,
I recommend approval. >> Second. >> All right. In this case, we have a recommendation for approval by Commissioner Mayo and a second by Commissioner Robinson. >> Commissioner Sh, how do you vote? Chairperson Reigns. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Mayo. I
>> Commissioner Trillo. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Welch. >> Hi, >> Commissioner McCoy. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Edmonds. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Robinson. I, >> Commissioner Pierce. >> I, >> Commissioner Rogers. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Worman. >> I, >> and Commissioner Castro, >> I.
>> With a vote of 11 to zero, the zoning commission recommends to recommends approval for this case. Next case is ZC26-051. Request is an ordinance amending the comprehensive zoning ordinance of the city of Fort Worth being ordinance
number 21653 as amended. codified as appendix A of the city of Fort Worth, the code of the city of Fort Worth by amending chapter 6, development standards, article 4, signs, section 6.409, regulations governing on premise
detached signs in commercial and industrial districts to increase maximum height and advertise message areas for pylon signs for properties along Chisum Trail Parkway. And on behalf of staff commission, the staff would like to withdraw this case
and request acceptance of the withdrawal. >> Uh seeing that there is u there's no one signed up to speak against this case, uh we will accept uh the withdrawal of this case. Next case is ZC26-00008.
The address is 660 Union Stockyards Boulevard. Applicant is Stockyard Hotel LLC, Justin Kaminsky, Brandon Middleton, Kimley Horn and Associates. The request is to add a conditional use permit in SY-TSA-130 stockyards transition swift armor and
SYHCO-130 stockyards historic core for temporary parking lot with a three-year time limit. Site plan included. All right. Is the applicant present? If you are, would you step forward?
And when you hear your case called uh up here, you're welcome to just start coming forward. We'll uh hear what you have to say. Welcome to the zoning commission. >> Um yes, essentially this is a a temporary use um within the stockyards
for a much needed uh item for parking. Um the the parking lot would be a temporary gravel parking lot um to service the stockyards. Um
uh we we have a few waiverss that we will be requesting through UDC HLC and we have had a stockyards DRC meeting. Um the temporary parking lot will have on-site management um trash um as well
as uh some maintenance as well. Um, we plan to have dust protection just for the surrounding areas. Um, in the existing condition, this this lot just sits here um and does not have a use. Um, our request um is just for up to
three years for the the temporary use with the the future intent of um a a hotel in this location. All right. Thank you very much. Uh, any questions, commissioners? Yeah. Mr. Robinson.
Oh, we'll need to turn his mic back on. >> Check. Okay, there you go. So, um, this proposed site, are you going to have fencing around it or is it just going to be open? >> Uh, yes, we'll have a low pipe rail fence for car protection and, uh, pedestrians.
>> And is lighting going to be a part of that also? >> Yes, we will provide solar lighting, um, as it's a temporary use. Um, and that will comply with the the standard stockyards. That's it. >> Commissioner Trio, >> I'm ready.
>> Ready to move forward. >> All right. We'll go ahead and close the public hearing. Thank you very much. Uh, no one has signed up speak in opposition, so we're ready. >> Yes. For ZZ26-008, I move for approval. >> Second. We have a motion to approve by
Commissioner Trjillo and a second by Commissioner Welch. >> Commissioners, how do you vote? Chairperson Reigns. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Mayo, >> I. >> Commissioner Trujillo. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Welch. >> Hi. >> Commissioner McCoy. >> Hi.
>> Commissioner Edmonds. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Robinson. >> I. >> Commissioner Pierce. >> I. >> Commissioner Rogers. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Worman. >> I. >> Commissioner Castro. >> I. With a vote of 110, the zoning commission votes to recommend approval
for this case. Next case on the agenda is ZC-26-012. The address is 11091 Chapen Road. The applicant is Mary's Creek LLC, Brandon Middleton, Kimley Horn and Associates. Ray Ojeski with Kelly Hart. The request is from Unzoned.
This is connected to an annexation case AX-26-00001 to I Light Industrial. >> Welcome to the zoning commission. >> Hello, Mr. Chairman, members of the commission. Ray Oeski on behalf of the property owner uh with this zoning request in uh conjunction with
annexation of the property into the city of Fort Worth. Um let me see if I can get us to the uh there we go. That's exactly what I'm looking for. Um, commissioners, if you see the zoning map currently, uh, to the
west of this property is PD 625. That is the west side waste transfer station landfill area. Uh, just to the east is some G intensive commercial zoning. The property to the north is a property
owned by the city of Fort Worth. It was actually sold by this property owner to the city. I don't think it's been annexed yet, but it is owned by the city. And then there is a single family neighborhood a little bit further to the east that uh is buffered uh by uh as you
can see the Fort Worth property and some uh flood plan area there as well. Currently, the property owner has no immediate plans for this property. Uh it's not currently being marketed for sale. They've held it for some period of
time. They do expect that this will be an interesting spot for a warehouse distribution type facility and so that is what they're expecting to see here. But again, at this point, they really have no uh immediate user for the
property. So the request is simply for the light industrial today. So with that, I'll answer any questions you have. >> Any questions, commissioners? >> Right. Thank you, Ray. We do have one person signed up to speak. It's not clear. Um Elaine, are you here to speak
in favor or opposition? Okay. Yeah, if you'll come up. Welcome to the zoning commission. Elaine Wagner. I represent uh the Gleason's 99
neighborhood which is um directly across Chapen Road from the wastewater treatment facility. Now we are a little bit concerned. We have seen
the zoning change request sign that is directly opposite Chapen Road and our neighborhood is across a one lane each direction uh narrow road from the
wastewater treatment. So I guess we are a little concerned about or confused. I have spoken with Miss Jordan and also with Miss Suzanne Abby about uh the expectation of the final development
on the wastewater treatment, the adjacent 90s something acre by uh including an secondary pumping building, open space buffer to the neighborhood to the east, and a uh
rumored park. Now, we are large track uh houses. We're not in the city. We're in Taran County. The Fort Worth city boundary is at my lower fence line. These large tracks and we've got maybe 12 12 households out there. And we stay
in good touch. But we need we would like some more information about um the overall plan for this vicinity. We have seen a lot more activity in the
Chapen Road access. I don't know if you guys are familiar, but we are in kind of a culde-sac. Chapen Road goes east west and turns north south where it hits Old Weatherford. We have a school. We've got some traffic issues, but we are seeing
more activity toward the um posted, you know, Westside Water Reclamation Facility, and we do not understand the construction access. And again, we don't know the final plan
for all of this land in in this vicinity. So, I'm a good point of contact. I'm designated to come here to represent the neighborhood today. I'd be more than more than happy. I've spoken with Miss Jordan and Miss Abby and no
one seems to know the final plan for the layout in there. Okay. >> Thank you very much. >> Ray, I'll invite you back up to You don't have anything to to add? Um, do we know if because I know
neighborhood associations can sign up, I think somewhere on the city's website to receive alerts, notifications. >> They can. >> Yes. Um, if if any neighborhood wants to register with uh the uh community engagement uh division of the city, you
can receive notifications anytime that there's a zoning case in your district. Thank >> you. I don't have anyone else signed up to speak for this case. Were you wanting to speak to this case as well? Yes, just for the um the question on on traffic and access. Um just just stating
that access will be taken solely off of I30 and does not plan to impact um any of the surrounding neighborhoods. >> All right. And Ray, you're good. Okay. >> Yeah. Sir, if you wouldn't mind just go I know you filled one out. If you would
fill out another one just so we have that on record. Any questions, commissioners? Okay, seeing none, I will go ahead and close the public hearing and leave it open for discussion or motion. And
Commissioner Welch, this one is yours. >> Um, in the matter of the case ZC-26-012, I move for approval. >> Second. >> Right. We have a motion to approve by Commissioner Welch and a second by Commissioner Trillo.
Commissioners, how do you vote? >> Chairperson Reigns. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Mayo. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Trujillo. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Welch. >> Hi, >> Commissioner McCoy. >> I, >> Commissioner Edmunds, >> I, >> Commissioner Robinson,
>> I, >> Commissioner Pierce, >> I, >> Commissioner Rogers, >> I, >> Commissioner Worman, I, >> Commissioner Castro, >> I. With a vote of 11 to zero, the zoning commission votes to recommend approval for this case. Next case is ZC26-018.
The address is 8900 the 8900th block of River Trails Boulevard. Applicant is Nell Facilities Management LLC DCG Engineering David Gregory PE. Request from AG Agricultural to TLN Trinity
Lakes Neighborhood Zone. >> Welcome to the zoning commission. >> Good afternoon. David Gregory, DCG Engineering, 1668 Keller Parkway, Sweet 100, Keller, Texas, 76248. Um, hopefully this is a pretty simple
case. We're proposing to reszone the property that's currently agg into train lakes neighborhood form base code zoning. Uh the property to our west is already uh zoned training lakes neighborhood and the properties to the
north and east are also neighborhood zoning A5 and R2 if I remember correctly. Um this is a very simple neighborhood. They're proposing to uh get it reszoned, have a uh extension of River Trails
Boulevard or uh to to extend to the west to the vacant property in a single culde-sac. We have no intention of developing inside the flood plane. We brought our zoning district or boundary slightly below just in case when we get the detailed topography that the map and
and uh line would change just slightly. but their intention is to stay out of the trainer river flood plane. Be happy to answer any questions that you'd have. >> All right. There is no one signed to speak in opposition to this case. So, uh we'll leave it open to some questions.
Commissioners, >> if I may, Mr. chairman. Um concern I've I've heard from the opposition is that there are some drainage problems in this area and in in some in in this particular case this
property has had drainage problems. I I guess you're aware of that. The applicant's aware of that and you realize that um we our process will will require you to
work with mitigating any future problems for not only yourself but also the adjacent property owners. >> Yes, sir. We're very aware of that. I've actually uh was the engineer that did the uh design on most of the single
family in this immediate area. Um and this property in general primarily drains from north to south. So away from the existing single family. You can see it on the map right now. There's actually a large drainage channel that
is immediately to the west of our boundary. And most of the drainage problems actually happen a little bit to the west of that. But we've been uh talking with the neighborhood. Uh last year we talked with the neighborhood a lot when we reszone the property immediately to the west and uh as plans
progress we will of course adhere to all the city required drainage studies etc and meet and or exceed all the code. >> I appreciate that assurance and I'm sure the neighbors will as well. >> Right. Thank you very much. Any other
questions? Seeing none, we will close the public hearing and leave it up for more discussion or this one's yours, Commissioner. >> Uh, Mr. Chairman, in the in the case ZC26-018,
I move approval. >> Second. Right. >> We have a motion to approve by Commissioner Edmonds and a second by Commissioner Mayo. Commissioners, how do you vote? Chairperson Reigns. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Mayo, >> I. >> Commissioner Trillo.
>> Hi. >> Commissioner Welch. >> Hi. >> Commissioner McCoy. >> I. >> Commissioner Edmonds. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Robinson. >> I. >> Commissioner Pierce. >> I. >> Commissioner Rogers. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Worman. >> I. >> And Commissioner Castro.
>> I. >> With a vote of 110, the zoning commission votes to recommend approval for this case. Next case, ZC-26-027. Address is 3608 and 3612 Dexter Avenue. Applicant is Leslie
Doris J. I'm sorry. The applicant is Leslie K. Doris J and Arlene E. Pervvis Jr. Texas Survey and Engineering Inc. Caitlyn McQueeny request is from B2 family residential to er neighborhood
commercial restricted the zoning commissioner. >> Thank you. Hello commissioners. My name is Theresa McGee. I'm with Texas Surveying and Engineering and I represent the developers and owner for this site. We are seeking a reszoning
from B to ER for a proposed professional building to be erected. Um, it'll be approximately between 5,6400 square feet and it will have on-site parking available. So, we're expecting minimal traffic to be increased. And we
actually want to update the aesthetic for the neighborhood and kind of clean it up. So, if this zoning is granted, they have plans for four town homes to go to the west of this site specifically. Do you guys have any questions for me?
questions, commissioners. Seeing none, we do have someone signed up to speak in opposition, so we'll let them come up and then uh you'll have two minutes to rebut. >> Good afternoon. My name is Shauna Cisneros. I live at 3875 Lafayette, Fort Texas
76107. I am the vice president of Arlington Heights Neighborhood Association and am also a member of the association's zoning committee. I am speaking on behalf of the association today.
We are opposed to ZC-EN 26-027 at 3608 and 3612 Dexter. Commercial encroachment is one of the top issues in our neighborhood
association. With almost no exception, we staunchly oppose commercial encroachment into our historic 100y year old neighborhood.
We were surprised to see this zoning change request filed so soon after last May's extensive reszoning of the commercial properties along the Montgomery Street corridor. But here we are less than a year later
considering a request to move commercial a little deeper into our longestablished residential neighborhood. The city's comprehension plan, comprehensive plan, excuse me, map
plan clearly shows the subject properties at 3608 and 36012 Dexter to be residential. The comp plan policy for Arlington Heights reinforces that this area should be protected from commercial
encroachment. I am here today to advocate for this commission to follow the zoning ordinance and comp plan and deny ZC26-027. We do not support approving this
resoning based on the site plan that is included in the zoning change application. The applicant's representative told us that this site plan is subject to change. So, it actually promises nothing.
If commissioners approve this zoning change based on this site plan, the applicants will be heading to the board of adjustment for a series of variances including not providing enough parking and the square footage of the building.
Also, er zoning allows some uses we believe would negatively impact the residential right next to it. Allowing commercial to intrude further into the neighborhood, even just a
little bit more, sets a terrible precedent for neighbors who live in the first blocks off of Montgomery. We believe the highest and best use for the two subject parcels is residential.
Redevelopment of existing residential is already occurring at the end of this block of Dexter as well as across the alley right behind the subject parcels on the south side of Lafayette Avenue. We support that kind of development for
the two subject properties. We want people living here, not more businesses. We don't understand why these two properties cannot be redeveloped as homes like the red brick duplex I gave you a
photo of. It's just a few doors down on Dexter. Did you get a copy of the photo? >> Yes. >> Thank you. Please support Arlington Heights in its efforts to hold the line on commercial
encroachment any further into our neighborhood. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much. And now, Miss McGee, you've got two minutes. >> Thank you again, commissioners. Um,
while we do understand and respect Arlington Heights position on this, I do want to enforce the fact that this area has needed a cleanup in the neighborhood for a while and there have been several developers who have attempted this and failed because of the zoning. This
developer is not only promising to clean up this area in specific, but is also offering new residential units directly next to them. They like the fact that this is a res residential area and they feel more secure for their professional
office building to go in this location and we would have attempted the next two vacant lots running on Montgomery Street had they been available. So I again just ask commissioners to consider the fact for this professional office building space which would have parking designed
for the square footage of the building is not set yet because the zoning has not been set for this area. So if you guys have any further questions, I again am here to answer those for you. >> Questions, commissioners?
>> So you have no site plan? No, like showing how you're going to split the two lots with residential on one side and what the office building might look like. I I do have those and I sent them I have them in a PowerPoint that I was expecting to present today and I did present it to our council person but did
not get it in time to this commission to review it but since it's a straight zoning change it wouldn't be tied to it. Commissioner, do you have a question as well? >> I have a question. So the I'm sorry
>> on the So the office building is it like just office uh space to lease or >> so it'll be a professional office building for HDC development solely and it maybe possibly a few business partners that would be tied in with that development group specifically.
>> Thank you. So, um I am I'm also concerned about the encroachment into the neighborhood. Um you know, as the uh as someone just spoke, um our opposition spoke about uh
reszoning this whole area, did a big chunk of it. Um, and there's a lot of that going on in this area as you're aware and I understand why your clients uh want their office over here. Um, but uh, you know, it
doesn't match the land use. You know, it it does go into the neighborhood. If it was on Montgomery, obviously a totally different story. Um, but, uh, it doesn't follow the comp plan. I think that's there for a reason because the neighborhood's seen so much. Uh, so I
would have a really hard time supporting it as is. >> Is there any other >> I agree with you >> questions? >> Yep, I agree with that. Okay, >> at this time I'll close the public hearing. Thank you very much. Uh, and this is in my district and I can't start the vote. So,
>> Mr. If there's no discussion, I'd like to make a motion uh for you in the case of ZC 26027. And my recommend recommendation would be to deny. >> Second. >> We have a motion by Commissioner Edmonds
to deny and a second by Commissioner Mayo. >> Commissioners, how do you vote? Chairperson Reigns. >> I. >> Commissioner Mayo, >> I. >> Commissioner Trillo. Hi, >> Commissioner Welch. >> I, >> Commissioner McCoy. >> I,
>> Commissioner Edmonds. >> I, >> Commissioner Robinson. >> I, >> Commissioner Pierce. >> I, >> Commissioner Rogers. >> I, >> Commissioner Werman. >> I, >> Commissioner Castro. >> I, >> with a vote of 11 to zero, the zoning commission votes to recommend denial for
this case. Next case is ZC-26-029. The address is 1000 South Rder Street. Applicant is Jesus Martinez. The request is from A51 Family Residential and CF Community Facilities to ER Neighborhood
Commercial Restricted. Is the applicant present? It doesn't look like the applicant is here. >> Anybody >> do have someone here though speaking uh in opposition? So, uh Robin Kelly, are
you in attendance? >> Hello. Welcome to the zoning commission. >> Price is right up >> on down. You might have to come to the middle. I'm not sure if that mic's on. You can try it. >> Test. Oh, it's on. There you go. Go for it.
>> I have powers. I know. Uh, good afternoon. My name's Robin Kelly. Do I need to state my address? >> We have it. >> Is that official? Yes or >> we've got it? You can. >> Okay. I live literally right across the
street from the applicant and we don't know anything about it. I saw the sign. I called our president of United Riverside Neighborhood Association. I said, "Hello, what is this zoning about? I don't
know." She goes, "On the calendar, it's not on the list." I call the number. I get a card. Um, I think she's gotten a response and she'll talk to that later in reference
to why our neighborhood association was not um um communicated about this information and it was they have a new program and there was a slip in the system and so it
was lost in the mail electronic mail. I want a continuence. Our our president and neighbors want a continuance. We don't even know what this is other than going from residential to er next to a park near a neighborhood school, etc.
Not in the comprehensive plan of United Riverside to be anything other than residential. So, I'm asking for a continuence number one, but I am quite it might have been minor in the department. I'm not sure
what department it goes under. You have a new system It doesn't communicate. But that slight mistake seems like nothing to them. But for us, had we not been here, this would be probably approval
and I'm probably would not be happy uh with any type of business in that neighborhood right across the street. So FYI continuence, but please make sure in communication these things are very
important to neighbors. So, Robin, real quick, sorry. Um, you you mentioned continuence a couple of times. Uh, staff is recommending denial on this case in the event. Okay. In the event >> I was trying to go with what my president said, but straight up I want a denial. Okay.
>> That was my that was going to be my next question. Okay. Thank you very much. >> So, a denial. >> And at this time, we'll hear from Phyllis. And Phyllis, looks like you've got >> Nice to see you. >> Good to see you, too. You've got about a minute left.
Did do you want to say anything? >> Okay. Any other questions, commissioners? And one more time for the applicant. If you just walked in, is the applicant for this case present? >> Mr. Chairman, we work very hard to communicate with neighborhoods and
interested parties on these cases and um if testimony is that we did not communicate with this neighborhood um I'd just like for the staff to discuss with them as an aside and see if maybe we need to do something else to improve
the process. >> Yeah, I know they've taken note of this so >> they'll address >> Can I address that? Yeah, one second. Yeah, she's wants to >> I'm sorry. Go ahead. >> Can't I can't see you. Um, >> so we did staff did look into this
concern and um so these these um basically I think that there was a name um issue. So, our uh neighborhood association um our neighborhood services group who compiles all of this
information for us had a United Riverside Rebuilding Corporation um in our um in our database but not United Riverside NA. So, I think that there was just a potentially a naming
and possibly address addressing issue >> that has been corrected. So moving forward, they'll receive notice. >> Yes, that is correct. >> Very good. Thank you. And I'm sorry that that part's over. >> Yes. Just one more thing as a feedback. Maybe we need to give when we do send
out those notification, give details on what that zoning change is because I can tell you some of my some of my constituents are saying, "What is this? What is this in in layman's terms, not in in zoning terms? Hey, this is going to be a signage change that this is
going to impact your your neighborhood. They want to change it from residential to commercial so they know exactly what they're looking at because a lot of people are saying, "I don't understand this." >> Thank you, Commissioner. >> Thank you. >> Any other uh discussion?
>> Seeing none, we will close the public hearing. And Commissioner Castro, this one is yours. >> Sure. Uh first of all, thank you to Phyllis and Kelly for being here today and bringing that to our attention. Um acknowledging the latest update and your
alignment with the staff recommendation to deny acknowledging that the applicant is not present. Uh I think that we don't have any further discussion and we just move with a denial. >> Second.
>> Oh, I'm sorry. Could you state the case and then say it just for the record? So in CC-26-029, I move for denial. >> Second. >> Second. >> All right. We have a motion to deny by Commissioner Castro and a second by Commissioner Mayo.
>> Commissioners, how do you vote? Chairperson Reigns. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Mayo. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Trujillo. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Welch. >> Hi, >> Commissioner McCoy. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Edmonds. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Robinson. I >> Commissioner Pierce.
>> I >> Commissioner Rogers. >> I >> Commissioner Worman. >> I >> And Commissioner Castro. >> I. >> With a vote of 11 to zero, the zoning commission votes to recommend denial for this case. Next case, CC-26-030.
Address is 1231 East Harmon Road. Applicant is Nathan Bootkkey Plaza Developers LLC. The request is from C medium density multifamily and F general commercial to F general
commercial. Is the applicant present? If you have a presentation, you might have to use this one. Do you have something you want to show us? >> Welcome to the zoning commission. >> My name is Jennifer Lutz. I'm with Plaza
Developers 101 West Ridge Boulevard, McKenna, Texas 75072. Um we currently uh have this piece of property here on Harmon and East Harmon Road. Um it's a 3.42 acre piece of
property. Um we're only looking to reszone 615% of that. I mean 65 acres of that. And that's on the very um
western part of the property. It's a small strip um to just essentially match it to the rest of our property which is zoned commercial. >> Okay, very good questions, commissioners. There's no one signed up
to speak in opposition. >> All right, seeing none, thank you very much. Uh we will close the public hearing and uh Commissioner Worman >> for ZC26-030, I move for approval. >> Second. We have a motion by Commissioner
Worman and a second by Commissioner Trjillo to move for approval. >> Commissioners, how do you vote? >> Chairperson Reigns. >> I. >> Commissioner Mayo, >> I. >> Commissioner Trujillo. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Welch. >> Hi. >> Commissioner McCoy, >> I. >> Commissioner Edmonds,
>> hi. >> Commissioner Robinson, >> I. >> Commissioner Pierce, >> I. >> Commissioner Rogers, >> I. >> Commissioner Worman, >> I. >> Commissioner Castro, >> I. With a vote of 11 to zero, the zoning commission votes to recommend approval for this case.
Next case, ZC-26-031. Address is 454 West Cleveland Avenue. Applicant is Outpost Fort Worth LLC, Will Monreef, and Chandler Davis. The request is from NST4N near Southside General Urban
Neighborhood and NST5 near Southside T5 urban center to NST5 near Southside T5 urban center and add a conditional use permit for a recreational vehicle park with development waiverss to only to allow
only four vehicle lot spaces to keep all vehicles in the park longer than 60 days and to not maintain a publicly accessible telephone on site. Site plan included. >> Thank you. Welcome to the zoning commission.
>> Hey Jeremy, thanks for having me. Um, so I can give a little bit of a breakdown. Happy to answer any questions. I'm one of the co-owners and then have our engineer here and can answer any technical questions as well. But um, so this is a hotel product go in near
Southside District. Um, we started about two years ago between 12 and 18 months. Just to give a little bit of a backdrop, we met with Elizabeth Beck, uh, Justin New Hart, and also Evan Roberts, and and
did get greenlighted, um, the ability to operate uh, these RVs on site. So, it's 31 cassita units and then four custom Airstreams. And so at the time obviously before Justin New
Hart's departure he was running with the process of either getting administrative approval or running this through his zoning commission and at some point the the ball essentially got dropped and a we purchased the the airirstreams um and now are going through the formal
zoning approval. Um, but I will say this, you know, these products are 150,000 each, very custom, uh, high quality, um, uh, units, but would love to address any questions that you guys may have.
>> Yeah, I think we have some here. Um, and there is no one signed up to speak in opposition, so y'all are free to ask the applicant questions. So, so the ball drop you referred to, was that the miscommunication, lack of communication with regard to the
fact that they didn't meet building standards? >> So, the to my knowledge, we were always going to have to go through um a zoning change for those particular units. So, they were on a different permit than the
31 cassita villas. Um at the time Justin New Hart in the meeting with Elizabeth Beck's approval um Evans you know agree agreement and approval um we were going to have to seek that zoning change and upon his departure I guess the
application never got processed and so um that is frankly we took responsibility in that as well but um that that essentially is what happened and the point of me telling is just that this isn't um something that we're we're trying to to push across now. Like we
went through the proper channels initially, were given the green light, purchased these, got them set up, installed, and then um found out later that they needed that that we needed to go through this formal process. Um and so that's that's kind of where we are
now. But >> so were were you aware that the trailers didn't meet the minimum building building standards? for the standard building code. Correct. Yes, sir. >> Okay. >> Did you move them on the property
despite knowing that >> the we Yeah. Is there anything on the like from a technical perspective on what was allowable? >> Because when we looked at it the first time, we didn't know how to actually
request for that variance. So, we didn't know which channel to actually apply for. Um, so that was in uh the court and I kind of came in midway through um figuring out what we're needing and what application we need to apply for to get the uh airirstreams permitted and have CEOs.
>> Okay. >> You had met with your council rep and city staff in planning and development. So they had advised you you needed to zoning. >> Yes. Just not which avenue to go for for them. So, this is where we're at now, going through and uh requesting the few variances to allow the recreational
vehicles on the site. >> And like we talked about uh in our prehering, it sounded like that the person that was initially charged with this case um got shuffled around and perhaps there was a a ball dropped
there. They were going to look into some solution then that just never happened. Is that right? >> That is correct. Okay. U, Mr. Chairman. >> Yes, sir. >> I had a question. Um, >> it's kind of an unusual product. Um, we don't see this very often. It's new.
>> Can you kind of describe since we're talking to the public here as well as commissioners, what you're intending to do here, how it operates, um, what you envision will happen once you open.
>> Yeah. Yeah, I'll take that. So um so my line of business is in operating boutique hotels and so this is a b independent boutique hotel product um it's consistent again of 31 550 square
foot cassita villas um that are designed to be rented out you know overnight. Um, and then it's comprised of a large courtyard area in the middle of the the perimeter of the project that does have the four air streams and in between it's a little bit of an outdated uh picture,
but you've got um all the landscaping, you've got pathways, you've got fire pits on each side, you've got the string lights. Um, and we're what we're really trying to set is just like this immersive um experience for for our guest. Um, but traditionally it's it's
allowable for extended stays because these cassitas have full kitchenets in them. Um, but the product is is certainly designed for more of the traditional hotel type guests. Um, and obviously we're catering to um the
proximity to downtown, the convention center, the hospital district, working with um uh several of the folks in the wedding planning uh space as well. Um, and then we've worked very very closely with Mike Brennan and Megan Henderson and Near Southside and they're super
excited about the product. Um, and and yeah, and so it's uh it's unique in the fact that it it does have a different approach. It's not in a singular, you know, two to four story hotel building. We've just split up our units to having
exterior entrance exits and the Airstream. Um, initially, probably more information you need, but we're looking to do like a pool and some more community space in the middle. But uh due to like a gas line going throughout, that's when we started looking at um what would be a fun and unique and
different way for our guests to be able to experience the property and and that's where the Airstreams were brought on. And Elizabeth loved the idea and thought it was something cool and unique that could be different for Fort Worth, especially for near southside being an arts district. And so that started like
the conversations and and that's where we continued to get more and more confirmation that we were good with with this particular concept. But again, the Airstreams only make up four of the total 35 doors, 35 units.
>> So um being that this is so unique, I'm sorry. Do you have the followup? >> Just if I could just follow up a little bit. >> So there's an office. Do you have an office? Do you have a Do you have a u community area, a room or something? Um
is there any kind of um Is there a swimming pool? Is there are there hot tubs? Are there >> There are no There are no hot tubs and there's no pool. There's a pickle ball court. There's two fire pits. There's yard games. Um there is an office, so
we'll always have on-site personnel. We have a hotel manager as well as hourly uh folks that rotate and then we have a security guard in the evenings. It's also fully secured and perimetered. Um so it is fully privatized and fenced off
um across the entire project. >> Is it a single entrance? >> Uh there's actually multiple entrance. So the main entrance is on the top right corner off of Cleveland Avenue. that street actually dead ends. To the right of that Cleveland is the UT Southwestern
411 parking lot. Um, and then on the corner there in that true top right corner, we have a we have an entrance right there with a monument sign, a bunch of like really pretty landscaping. There's a bunch of cactus and different bushes and um and things. There's a very
cool mural that we got custom made. in Soma, Hotel Soma is what it's called, is representative of obviously South Main Village. So, we brought in local artists. Every single cassita has got local uh Fort Worth artists that we're doing a consignment and residency program with. We've got murals
throughout the project. Um but the main entrance, to answer your question, top right, there's also an entrance on the far left side and then we have man gates um in between where the parking sections are. So all of these like hammerhead entrances um on Cleveland and
Galveastston as you go to the left and right perimeters of the project, those are parking and there's a man gate uh that's code by code um to enter and exit. >> Just one final question. Um sir,
>> you anticipate any performance stages or any loud music um after hours or during the day? Uh well, no sir, we do have a stage. Um but it's it's set up as a um it's set up as a seating area. So it's
it's basically like four separate um seating areas like under like a huge oak tree that we have where we have light um like like light balls coming off of it. Um, it's set up to be be used as like a
oneperson uh musician stage uh if and when allowable, which it is, but I will say for this particular project and for our other projects, we do have like a 9 9:00 p.m. quiet hours. So, um that's part of why we have security guard on
site to allow people because it is it does have a lot of community space. Um, and the idea is to create that community to allow people to come out in the courtyards in the seating areas. There's benches and seating areas throughout and and kind of experience the project or
together, but then they're walkable to all the restaurants and bars and retail that South Main has to offer across the street. Um, so to answer your question, 100% we do have quiet hours starting at 900 PM. We will not have any evening uh
concert events, but we do have the ability to have a a musician play during the daylight hours. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. >> Thank you. U, because this is such a unique product, nothing like this really exists in the city currently. Um, would
you be open to some kind of a time limit if we were to approve this with a time limit? Yeah, absolutely. Like we wouldn't be able to work with you guys and we want to make sure it's um beneficial to everyone involved. So, completely understand that. >> Any other questions? Commissioners,
>> you mentioned several times that you got the green light. What does that mean? >> Well, we we had a meeting. I mean, uh Elizabeth assisted. I'm sure there are notes taken, but >> Are you referring to council member Beck? >> I'm not I'm not friends. No, I I just
scheduled a meeting with her, but it was uh you know, myself, Evan Roberts, Justin Newart, um my business partner and and then um our our large capital investor and we sat there and we explained um exactly what we were doing
and the idea of incorporating these airirst streams and everybody was very supportive on board. Justin said, "I'll run this through the formal process. I'll just be honest, I'm a firsttime developer, so the technical expertise and and this was all new to me. Um, and
so, so yeah, we moved forward with the assumption and understanding that that we were able to to to do exactly what our intent was. Um, but understandable that you if I could go back, we probably should have checked more boxes and
ensured that that process was uh moving forward before we moved moved these in. >> So, you're aware that you would require some sort of resoning to install these uh Airstream.
>> Initially, what was proposed was an administrative approval. I don't know how realistic or reasonable if that is even a thing but that was what was communicated. Um yes reszoning they were permitted separately. Um so there was an
understanding that most likely yes my intent or assumption was that it would be reszoned. >> Yes sir. >> Thank you. >> You said your business is boutique hotels. What other boutique hotels are you involved with? >> So we've got the Rambler in. It's a 24-
door boutique hotel in Arlington, Texas. Um, it's in the downtown area. Um, and then we also have project called the Ryan that's uh also in Arlington, Texas. And then we're building a second
location similar to this one. Um, it's comprised of 30 uh cassita villas and it's also going to be in Arlington, Texas, across from AT&T Stadium. And then we're looking at potentially another location in Fort Worth in the
Stockyards area. So, um, >> so you're not a firsttime developer. >> Well, we we manage operate all of these. This was the first time we've developed from the ground up, but we are we are a
experienced manager operator of boutique hotels um on the back end. This is the first time that we've built um a hotel and then we're looking to continue to build our own portfolio of hotels versus
managing and operating other people's and with the focus being to continue in DFW in our backyard. >> You say we, is it just you two or other people involved? >> Yeah. No, absolutely. There's a there's a team. So we've got um my company's a
team of nine and we have you know multiple entities that these various hotel projects fall within with investors and developers and um >> I think what I'm getting at is you have a team of people who do this for a
living that it might be a reasonable assumption that some type of zoning was needed and therefore moving airirstreams onto the property was premature and outside see where that's ma'am. >> And at the same time, I think, you know,
legal may want to refresh zoning staff as well as city council on, you know, any verbal approval or discussions. Well, I mean, again, um the purpose of, you know, whether or not they needed a
variance or the zoning commission, uh you know, the board, uh whether it was the board of adjustment or the zoning, it's not intended, y'all are not intended to be a board of um punishment. Uh it's a board to either seek relief of some type of misunderstanding or some
type of zoning violation. But whether or not there's some type of zoning violation or misunderstanding, the the board is limited into determining whether or not the proposed use and the waiverss that are being requested is appropriate in terms of lane use compatibility and consistency. So I
understand that there are some discussions with regards to whether or not he understood or whether or not a zoning change is needed. Bear that in mind. the board really should focus on whether or not the proposed use again is consistent and compatible with um the
location. >> So, is this a good location for this type of project? Is the land use compatible? Does this follow the comp plan? >> Well, I mean, >> I'm not asking the question >> of whether or not y'all take that consideration. I just wanted to make
sure that uh whether or not you approve or deny shouldn't be on the basis of whether or not um you know you believe that there was any malicious intent or just trying to take advantage of the system. Uh I would I would caution the board uh in in in factoring that into
whether or not to approve or deny. It's whether or not you as commissioners of the zoning commission believe that this use is either not compatible or or or consistent with the comprehensive plan. Thank you, Chris. >> Any other discussion?
>> I I would add that my question would be, is this really an RV park? Because it seems to be a workaround to allow it, but it's not an an RV park in its traditional sense,
>> right? And I think that's why we were and uh I believe wasn't it you Dave that presented this? Who presented this? This was uh Joe Laws from our >> Joe Joe presented. I think one of the first thing he said when he uh when he presented it was uh you know he read
that out loud and he was like wait till you see pictures because it's not what you think it is. Uh but it sounded to me and Joe you can speak to this but uh that's really the only mechanism you had. There's this is a very unique product.
>> Yes. And I'd ask the zoning commission to consider this in context with the requested waiverss that put the restrictions from this being a what you might call a traditional RV park. >> All right. Thank you, Joe. >> All right.
>> One more question. These aren't visible from the street, are they? >> No, ma'am. >> That's why I didn't think. >> Commissioner Rogers, you have all the information you need? >> Yes, sir. Thank you. >> All right. At this time, I will close the public hearing. Thank you, gentlemen.
>> And uh it is yours, sir. >> ZC26031. I move approval with a three-year time limit. >> Second. >> All right. We have a motion to approve with a three-year time limit um by Commissioner Rogers and a second by
Commissioner Worman. >> Mr. Chair, before you do that, you need to probably clarify with the applicant what that three-year time limit means to so he's aware he doesn't make that same mistake again. Yeah, we'll make sure that he understands with staff. Yes. >> Oh, yes, sir. Sorry.
>> Commissioners, how do you vote? Chairperson Reigns. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Mayo. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Trujillo. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Welch. >> Hi, >> Commissioner McCoy. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Edmonds. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Robinson. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Pierce. >> I, >> Commissioner Rogers,
>> I. >> Commissioner Wman, >> I. >> Commissioner Castro, >> I. With a vote of 11 to zero, the zoning commission votes to recommend approval for this case with a three-year time limit. Next case is ZC-26-033. Address is 1727
Bells Terrace. Applicant is Herman Munoz and James Walker. The request is from A5 one family residential to B2 family residential. Is the applicant present? Okay, it does not appear the applicant is present. There is no one signed up to
speak in opposition. So, at this time, we will close the public hearing. And Commissioner Pierce, this one's yours. If you'd like some discussion, >> ready to go. >> Thank you, Chairman. In the case of ZZ26033, I move for approval.
>> Second. We have a motion from Commissioner Pierce and a second from Commissioner Robinson to approve. >> Commissioners, how do you vote? Chairperson Reigns. >> I. >> Commissioner Mayo, >> I. >> Commissioner Trujillo. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Welch. >> Hi.
>> Commissioner McCoy. >> I. >> Commissioner Edmonds. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Robinson. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Pierce. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Rogers. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Worman. >> I. >> And Commissioner Castro. >> I. With a vote of 11 to zero, the zoning commission votes to recommend approval
for this case. Next case, ZC-26-034. The addresses are 21 or excuse me, 2613, 2617, 2701,
2717,2721, 2723, and 2725 Wash Avenue. The applicant is Texas Christian University and Dunaway Associates, Stephen Cook. >> The request,
>> excuse me again, it's my first meeting. Thanks. So, uh, the request was from B2 Family Residential with a TCU overlay to CF Community Facilities with a TCU overlay. >> Welcome to zoning commission. >> Thank you. Excuse me. Thank you, commission. I greatly appreciate it.
Again, my name is Steven Cook with Dunaway Associates representing uh TCU on this owning case. Uh I'm going to go ahead and get over to our presentation. Um the properties that we're looking at is a total of uh 1.3 acres of property. They are zoned uh currently as the
Bzoning district, the two family zoning district, and they are located just north of the main uh TCU campus. Uh these properties are owned by TCU and uh they had uh previously had on them uh some uh older uh duplex type of buildings and uh older structures and
those have uh been removed from those uh sites in uh subsequent time. Uh the uh uh TCU and staff has been really working together uh with your planning staff in order to look at how we can utilize this property in order to assist in the
reconstruction efforts on uh the Landrith building. This is uh the Landrith uh auditorium is just to the south and east of these uh lots and uh the intent of the resoning uh was to uh utilize these properties as layown area
and secure areas for uh storage and for office uh uh temporary office buildings in order to uh uh manage the uh reconstruction of the Landrith Auditorium over the next two years. and staff recommended that we move forward with a change from the Bzoning to the CF
zoning, which is what the majority of TCU properties are uh zoned throughout the entirety of the campus. The uh the intent is that uh once the uh uh uh zoning is in place, then a cup would be uh achieved and and applied for in order
to so that uh uh the uh temporary offices may be uh located there throughout the uh reconstruction efforts uh for the land auditorium over the next two years. And uh then uh following following that uh there is uh you know nothing specific. There is long range
plans for TCU but the CF zoning is very uh specific in how it uh affects the adjacent uh properties and height restrictions as well as in particular to adjacency to residential uh zoning. So, we feel that the uh um TCU is uh going
to make sure that it complies with all of those standards and that these these lots are going to be into the future, but there's nothing that is uh specifically planned for these lots other than being utilized uh to in support of uh improving the uh auditorium structure itself. uh the
properties have been cleared of uh any uh uh uh existing construction on it and they will be utilized that staff has recommended approval uh for this uh particular uh resoning and we'll uh move forward with a CF. We have met uh with
the uh University West uh board. We're um greatly appreciate their uh cooperation in working with us and uh meeting and uh discussing this over several uh several days. and uh uh they did provide a a letter of support and uh
understanding that TCU has been a good partner with them over uh many decades and that they will continue to be uh a good partner with uh with the neighborhood uh even with the CF zoning uh into the future. Uh we are planning on meeting with um uh Councilwoman Beck
uh next week was when her u uh the district uh officer was able to get us a meeting with her prior to uh any uh decision that would be going beforeward with the uh city council. So uh we are greatly appreciative of your time and uh we're available for any questions that you that the commission may have.
>> Thanks Stephen. We don't have anyone signed up to speak in opposition. So uh we have any questions for the applicant? Uh if I may, um during the workshop it was expressed that uh this would be converted into a park after it had been
used for its temporary use and the park would be available for the neighborhood. Is but you're saying that there's nothing specific um that's planned? >> No sir, there is a there is a you know obviously TCU itself has a long range
plan over uh particular uh time periods. Some of the ideas of it have been including um the uh the Kinder u uh frog uh area as as part of that, but there has not been anything specific uh to that. It's again something that TCU and
and uh working through their long range plan and continuing the uh the uh relationship with the UN University West neighborhood that uh we want to make sure that we that they workshop all of the potential use of the uh properties after the construction. So, it is not
something that has been specifically designed yet. >> Can we get a aial view? >> Yes, sir. Absolutely. >> Here we go. And again, this area is a little bit old because it still has the structures that are on there that are no
longer there. >> So, it does a butt on other residential properties. There are properties that uh I think there's only one that is actually occupied as a residential structure. The others are um uh utilized as offices for uh the UCCC and the Baptist church that are along through
there and but the majority of the properties that these butt onto are um uh parking. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. >> Thank you, sir. >> All right. At this time, we will close the public hearing. Thank you very much. And Commissioner Rogers, this case is
yours. or if you want some more discussion, we can do that. >> I'm good. Thank you. ZC26034. I move approval. >> Second. >> We have a motion to approve by Commissioner Rogers. And I believe that was Commissioner Worman with the second.
>> Commissioners, how do you vote? Chairperson Reigns. >> I. >> Commissioner Mayo. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Trujillo. Hi. >> Commissioner Welch. >> I. >> Commissioner McCoy. >> I. >> Commissioner Edmonds. >> Hi. Commissioner Robinson. >> I, >> Commissioner Pierce,
>> I. >> Commissioner Rogers, >> I. >> Commissioner Worman, >> I. >> And Commissioner Castro, >> I. With the vote of 11 to zero, the zoning commission votes to recommend approval for this case. Next case, ZC-26-035. address is 2606 Impill Street. The
applicant is Cowtown Properties in Troy Conungle. The request is from PDCR. Plan development for all uses in CR lowdensity multifamily with specific development standards for open space setback adjacent to one family residential fencing location building
orientation and a waiver to the multifamily development. Submittal site plan approved in A51 family residential two PDE plan development for all uses in E neighborhood commercial as amended
plus warehouse site plan included. >> Welcome to the zoning commission. >> Thank you. Good afternoon. This uh property was a neighborhood commercial building. Uh it was originally a family dollar later converted into a church and uh the church was wanting to build some
tiny homes on the little grass area back towards the railroad tracks. So they reszoned it a couple years ago to multif family to uh allow that to happen because it didn't matter what the commercial building was zoned because they were using it as a church. Uh they
have since sold to me and uh now the commercial building is uh unleashable because um it's zoned multif family and we are asking for it to be uh turned back into neighborhood um commercial building so we can get it leased up. We
do have a tenant um interested in leasing the building but obviously we have to change the it to the appropriate zoning. >> Questions? Commissioners? Are you able to share any details as to
what the tenant over here? Tenant is uh >> Oh, there you are. Sorry. >> Yeah. What what kind of business the tenant is trying to bring in? >> Yes. Uh the the current tenant that we're working with, it would primarily be offices, but they do want to have the ability to do some storage inside
because it's 8,000 square feet. And so that's what we're looking at is a tenant that would primarily use it for offices and with some storage inside. >> And talk a little about the engagement that you've been able to have with the nearby neighborhood associations and any
other organizations. >> Sure. Uh yes, we've reached out to several neighborhood associations and both have been uh in favor of what we're trying to do and agreed with uh changing it back to the neighborhood commercial zoning.
Yes, they've all been in favor. >> So, one of the uh waiverss that you're looking for the amendments is adding a warehouse use. Um are you planning on there being any 18-wheeler access?
>> No, sir. >> No. Okay. And >> we're okay with limiting if you know alcohol outside storage whatever you uh see fit on that. So because one of the issues that we this isn't specific to your case necessarily, but one of the
things we have to think about is when you add stuff like that, like warehouse, uh say your your tenant doesn't work out, you need to move, you sell the property, it still has that use, someone else can use it as a warehouse, they need it 18-wheeler access.
>> It's a really busy street with really no way to get a truck in and out of the and pulling in and then backing out onto a really busy street. Those are things we have to consider when it comes to land use compatibility. >> Yes sir. And I think the reason for the this indoor storage was the tenant might
um I think the zoning has if it's more storage than office. It falls under a different zoning and and I do know they have a lot of boxes. So just want to make sure that we weren't using it for an inappropriate use. >> Understood. >> Superintendent. And just to clarify, you did mention
that you are open to restrictions against alcohol and any vaping type of business. >> Yes, ma'am. >> With regards to one particular organization, we did receive in writing uh Hempfield Corridor Development Collaborative uh is open to the
business, but I guess I'm not sure if they've actually had any communication with you. They've wanted to meet with you. >> We we spoke to them for the last couple weeks as well. Uh but yes, for some reason yesterday they sent a letter that said they'd like to do a 30-day continuance. Um
>> again, that might cause conflict with our current potential tenant. Um just time kills deal. So like to move this forward. any uh chance that this could be done before this goes before city council on
May 12th that y'all can come to an agreement and do whatever follow-up business needs to be there >> with the Impill Corridor specifically. >> Sure. >> Yes. >> We've been very friendly with them and talking back and forth. >> Thank you. >> Sure.
>> All right. Any other questions, commissioners? All right. And again, there is no one here to speak in opposition. So, at this time, we will close the public hearing. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> And Commissioner Castro, this one's yours, unless you want some more discussion.
>> I just want to get the feelers for the uh ask on that uh continuence that would happen, a follow-up meeting between those two entities before the May 12th city council meeting. All good with that? >> You don't feel like there's been enough
communication? Is that what your concern is? >> Uh yes, definitely want to make sure that they're all on the same page. Uh perhaps uh this is new information on the intent of the potential tenants that are coming. >> Yeah. My biggest concern isn't the is
isn't the E, it's the E plus the warehouse. If it was trade, that'd be a little easier to swallow. But with the warehouse, >> and council is almost five weeks away,
we do have time to coordinate and speak. I mean, maybe this is something that goes just to council for for their decision. >> Would any of their discussion change your ruling, Commissioner? Do you think?
>> I don't think so. Um, I think that the applicant seems to be aligned with the ask that everyone involved wants. >> And I tend to agree with Commissioner Welch that five weeks is plenty of time for them to get together. >> And like you said, the applicant said,
time does kill deals. >> Okay. So in this case, would we be in the understanding that they will connect? But we go ahead and move it for it to be >> we would just go ahead and vote uh and then and let them speak before council.
>> Always go back to the council discussion. >> We're just going to make a recommendation. My issue is this doesn't really appear to be a engagement issue. um staff report it's pretty clear
that their analysis found that it's not consistent uh with the land use and taking it back to a straight E um you know makes sense but adding the warehouses
making it a PD that's not going to change >> right I tend to agree This is a unique building that's been before us multiple times and sat there vacant just basically due to its size and construction type. >> Yeah,
>> it is an odd lot. >> I thought he indicated that he was >> You want me to bring him back up here and ask? Can the applicant step forward again so we can clear up one thing with you? >> So the question is um would you be
opposed to us removing the plus warehouse amendment? >> The tenant that we have like I said has a lot of boxes in storage and so I just didn't want to you know sign a lease with them and then they have I can you
>> understood. Yeah. >> Clarify the percentage of office per warehouse. Can you clarify that again for me >> on what the he would allow? >> If you need the warehouse, you should probably leave it and let us make a recommendation and let it go to council.
>> I'd like to keep it then. Yes, sir. >> Okay. All right. >> Okay. I still need clarification from uh so we would we're voting to keep it as or we want to make it just a recommendation for just
E. I mean, you can make your motion however you want, but it sounds like he wants to keep it. So, he'd prefer to keep it in his >> a city council. >> Well, then he asked and about boxes and stuff. The attorney's like, I I don't
it's not for us here. >> Yeah. Again, going back to, you know, we're supposed to be deciding is this proposal a good land use compatibility? Does it follow the comp plan? and kind of base our decision on that. Certainly,
there are other factors, but that should be the basis. >> And if he's willing, if he was willing to accept it without the warehouse, that's one motion. If he wants to keep the warehouse, that's another. That's okay for you, too. But he said he wants to keep the warehouse involved.
>> I would do I mean, I would >> question >> I would move forward with not approving it because of the warehouse piece on my end. If we took that off, I have I have no problem moving forward. >> Yeah. because that can also be attained later on. But I understand the need to
have, you know, if you got a tenant in place and you're not sure, >> Yep. >> you know, worst case is you get denied here and it gets all worked out by council, >> right? Yeah. I would I would I would think we'd want to make the recommendation um based on as written as requested.
>> Okay. Zoning to straight E. There's no surprises. It was once that before. Um the neighbors around it certainly understand that and it makes the most sense for me. It's just really not usable as a
warehouse simply because if it's going to be a warehouse then large vehicles are going to have to be able to access the property. They're going to have to turn around. They're going to have to be able to navigate.
I don't think there's any It doesn't appear to have Dockai Docai U construction. So, it's really not a warehouse property, >> right? And even if the current tenant doesn't need to use big trucks, who
knows what the next tenant needs. Y >> So, that'd be my concern. >> That would be an egress problem. I think I'm leaning towards the 30-day continuence. I think that there's a lot of uh things up in the air with parties that are directly involved and we're
making assumptions. I think it'd be the safest bet. >> I don't know if we need a 30-day extension if we've got five weeks to council. >> Yeah. So, >> that's going to make them three months out by the time they hit the next council after the 30-day extension. So, this deal is probably going to go away even if it could happen. Just for
clarification, I'll let you know that cases that are going to uh June zoning commission, they will be quick turned to council in June since they have no meeting in July. >> So there just commissioner, you're you're free to make whatever motion you want in the event that uh you don't get a second
then could be another motion. There's always that procedural. All of the things I think that are of concern here are beyond what we can handle. And if this is what it is, it's easy enough to get it that way and get it moving down
the road. They can always send it back if they need to, but I think all the information we need is here. We asked a question and he said, "No, we can proceed with this almost as it's written." I agree that I don't think there's support for a continuence because
there's nothing else that I think needs to happen between them. It's between the applicant and this uh proposed tenant. >> Okay. Thank you. So for CZ-26-035, I make a motion to deny. >> Second. >> A motion to deny by Commissioner Castro
and a second by Commissioner Worman. Commissioners, how do you vote? Chairperson Reigns. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Mayo, >> I. >> Commissioner Trillo, >> hi. >> Commissioner Welch, >> I. >> Commissioner McCoy, >> I. >> Commissioner Edmonds, >> hi. >> Commissioner Robinson, >> I.
>> Commissioner Pierce, >> I. >> Commissioner Rogers, >> hi. >> Commissioner Worman, >> I. >> And Commissioner Castro, >> I. >> With a vote of 11 to zero, the zoning commission votes to recommend denial of this case. Next case, ZC-26-036.
The address is 3724 South Freeway. The applicant is AGZ Homes LLC Martin Zuna and Daniel Guerrero. The request is from ER Neighborhood Commercial Restricted to A5 One Family Residential.
>> Welcome. >> Thank you. Welcome. and um thank you for your service to the citizens of Fort Worth and thank you for hearing this case. The staff report was I'm not going to add anything to what it was written just a couple of points is that the
reason we're requesting a zoning change here is simply because obviously because it's er uh secondly the house has been empty enough to where the property owner and contractor would not qualify for legal nonconforming
at this point. So he couldn't use it as a residential under a grandfathered ordinance. Uh secondly, in the scenario where he would have qualified, that is a very small two-bedroom home that under
the legal non-conforming ordinance would not be able to expand the footprint of the home. So um the future land use is A5. He is planning on building a approximately 15 square foot three-bedroom home with an
attached twocar garage. Uh I did meet with the Worth Heights Neighborhood Association governing body on the 2nd of February and got their approval. Met with the rest of the neighborhood association on the 13th of February and
we were fortunate enough to receive a unanimous support for that. And that is all I have. If you all have any questions, I'm very happy to answer. >> And we have no opposition for this case. Commissioners, do you have any questions for the applicant?
All right. Thank you very much. Uh at this time, we will close the public hearing. And Commissioner Castro, this one is yours as well. >> Yes, you uh for CC-26-036, I move for approval. >> Second. Have a motion to approve by
Commissioner Castro and a second by Commissioner Worman. >> Commissioners, how do you vote? Chairperson Reigns. >> I. >> Commissioner Mayo, >> I. >> Commissioner Trillo, >> hi. >> Commissioner Welch, >> I. >> Commissioner McCoy, >> I. >> Commissioner Edmonds, >> I. >> Commissioner Robinson,
>> Commissioner Pierce, >> I. >> Commissioner Rogers, I. >> Commissioner Worman, I. >> Commissioner Castro, >> I. >> With a vote of 11 to zero, the zoning commission votes to recommend approval for this case. Next case is ZC-26-037.
Address is 2422 Loving Avenue. The applicant is Jesus Alberto Blanco Senior and Jesus Blanco. The request is from ER neighborhood commercial restricted to A5 one family residential. >> Welcome to the zoning commission.
>> Good afternoon. Thank you for having me. I'm uh Jesus Blanco. This is my father. We're here to talk about the this case which is a vacant lot on 2422 Loving Avenue. We're wanting to switch it from ER Commercial to A5 uh single family residential. Uh I printed out a packet
for each one of y'all. Does everyone have one? >> Yes, we did receive. Thank you. >> We have a next we're missing. >> Everybody has one? >> Yes. Okay. So, in the packet we has two pictures up front. The first picture is the picture of the vacant lot how it
sits right now. And the second picture is a picture of a house that me and my father built uh within the last 10 months. Uh we are planning to build a house similar to that one. Uh we are planning to uh upgrade it a little bit, make the master bedroom a little bit bigger and um cosmetic upgrades. Uh
within the packet I have provided the plat. In the plat you can see the lot the lot size which is 50x 140 7,000 square ft. All the neighboring houses are the same size. And then in the as well in the packet, I
I went ahead uh spoke to every single one of the neighbors. Uh every single one of the neighbors were excited and they were all in favor of us building the house there. Um I went ahead and got their signatures for y'all. And yeah, that um I did add some pictures.
Uh no, think I went too far. Sorry. But yeah, that's about it. if I'm open to any questions. >> I don't have a question, but I'm impressed with what you provided us and your efforts going to your neighbors and uh >> Yes, sir. It was it was a pleasure meeting each one of them and getting to
know them since we're going to be there for a couple months and getting familiar with them. >> Any questions, commissioners? Uh we don't have anybody signed up to speak in opposition. So, thank you guys very much. >> Thank you for having us. >> And at this time, we will close the
public hearing. And Commissioner Trillo, this one is yours >> for ZZ26-037. I move for approval. >> Second. >> Have a motion to approve by Commissioner Trjillo and a second by Commissioner Worman. >> Commissioner, wasn't you?
>> Who was that? I'm sorry. >> That was Matt. >> Commissioner McCoy. My apologies. You can take the credit. It's fine. >> No, no, no. You locked it in. It's locked in. Commissioners, how do you vote? Chairperson Reigns, I.
>> Commissioner Mayo, >> I. >> Commissioner Trujillo, >> I. >> Commissioner Welch, >> I. >> Commissioner McCoy, >> I. >> Commissioner Edmonds, >> I. >> Commissioner Robinson, >> I. >> Commissioner Pierce, >> I. >> Commissioner Rogers, >> I. >> Commissioner Werman, >> I. >> Commissioner Castro,
>> I. >> With a vote of 11 to zero, the zoning commission votes to recommend approval for this case. Next case, ZC-26-038. The address is 9100 South Huland Street. Applicant is Crowley ISD, Philip
Vargasi. request is from AR one family residential, R2 townhouse cluster residential and E neighborhood commercial to EDCF plan development for all uses in CF community facilities excluding golf course and country club
and allow one electronic changeable copy sign on McFersonson Boulevard and one on Helen Street across the street from A5 or B zoning districts with development standards for 32.68 68 square ft of
electronic changeable copy which is 76% of the sign area site plan waiver requested. >> Welcome to the zoning commission. >> Good afternoon chairman and commission members. Philip Briggis with Tigall and Perkins representing Crowley ISD. Uh, as
staff has mentioned in in the request, uh, as part of the renovations of this high school and the ninth grade campus, uh, the signage in front of those two buildings are being upgraded to the district's latest standards and, uh, as part of those requirements, we're required to change the zoning. There's
multiple zonings on this property and to meet the city's requirements of the zoning, we've applied for the PDCF zoning, and I'm here to answer any questions you may have. >> Well, I've got questions. >> Yes, Commissioner Robinson. questions. Yes, sir. >> So, >> the sign, let me just talk about North
Crowley. If you look at the map right there on the map, it says North Crowley is what it's looking like right now. >> So, the sign that you're going to propose, the electronic one, it's going to come closer to the street on Hulin, right? >> So, on on Han Street, there used to be an existing sign that was a pole mounted
sign. >> Yeah, it was a pole >> and that is being taken down and a and a ground mounted sign is being put. >> So, that's going to be all electronic, right? >> That's correct. electronic with the name. Yes. >> Okay. So,
here's my question. Uh, how how is it how what's the one illumination of the sign? Is it going to be illuminated at night after school hours? >> It's electronic changeable sign and there should there will be illumination
in front of it. Yes. >> Okay. Here's the concern I have is that there's houses that's that butt up behind close to uh Huland in front of North Crowley, >> right? >> And there's those signs like the sign currently doesn't illuminate in their backyard, but you moving this sign
closer to Huland, >> right? And it's a little it's electronic. >> Yeah. So, it's pretty close to where the existing sign used to be. It's it's >> I've seen this because I've seen the money. I've seen this this where it's
going to be placed. It's closer than the other one. >> Yeah. I'm not dis disagreeing with you. Yeah. It's closer in terms of towards the street. Is that what you're saying? >> Yes. Yes. So, there is a in front of Norley High School. The sign currently at there's a parking lot, right? >> That's correct. >> And the sign is going to be in front of
that parking lot. >> That is correct. >> Okay. >> Yes, sir. >> It's going to be illuminated. >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. So my question, have your the neighbors talked you talked to the neighborhood that butts up on that? >> I would have to check back with the district and find that out, but I'm
believe they've either I'm not sure if they've communicated with the neighborhood. >> That's the concern I have because you've come before us before for Crowley Middle School was two months ago. Two or three months ago, >> believe it was Crowley Middle School.
You tried the same thing with the signage. >> That's correct. Yes, Scarley Middle School. So this is going to be totally different from that. >> So I I think we need more community engagement, especially those are going to be impacted by that signage. >> Sure. >> So >> we can we can talk to the district and
have them engage with the neighborhood. >> So I'm going to recommend a uh a continuous so you engage the neighborhood so they can get input and make sure they're aware what's going to happen. >> Sure. because that sign of the zoning chains, they probably didn't pay no attention because you're doing
construction there. So, they said this is part of construction, but they're not knowing that sign is there. That could be an issue to them later on. >> Sure. The only u response back I would have is that the neighborhood is almost four lanes outside away from the school
and it's the backyards of those neighborhoods, right? >> S is more ground mounted. It's not >> um on a pole. So, I I do not see how the elimination would affect the neighborhood. Uh, but I I don't see any issues with um them the district having
to engage with the community about it. So, as you can see here, the sign is more on towards the ground. It's probably about 6 foot tall and the height of the illumination is probably about 4 feet from the ground. So, I'm not sure how that illumination would affect this.
>> See, this sign here is not electronic though. This is just this is just North Crowley and in Baldwin. But uh >> yeah, the the the sign on the top left hand is more closer towards the building. Yes. >> The sign that we're requesting for is the one on the bottom right. Uh that's
the sign that we're requesting for. >> And how far is that new sign from the street from north? >> I believe there on the site plan we provided the dimension. I think it's about 25 ft away from the back of curb.
Let me see here. I have it right here in front of me. >> Yeah, that's the football field. >> It seems like the football field would eliminate far more light than >> right >> the sign would >> the but the sign but the football field is not used all the time.
>> If the sign is 25 ft from the property line, it's about 140 feet from the backyard fence. Those neighbors on Hulan, >> right? I was while he was trying to dig it up, I tried to dig it up, too. >> I'm looking at this >> because it's across it's across that
four lane rideway with the median >> and it has a parkway median in the middle of it. >> Yeah. So, I mean, >> basically six lanes plus a backyard and a backyard fence. >> That's that's the distance stuff, you know. I don't know how it's going to be illuminated or what it's going to look like. >> Well, I can tell you because I I live in
a neighborhood. It's illuminated. Even when they have activities at that school, it's illuminated big time. >> Is that the pole mounted? >> Uh, all of it. Yeah. poles, the lights, everything. It illuminates big time in those backyards. >> Which What's the the orientation of the sign? Uh the site plan's kind of hard
for us to read up here, but is it >> so that you see it? It's perpendicular to Hulin. >> Yes. >> Or is it turned out so that we'll see it as they come in? >> Yeah. So the sign would be if I'm face, you can see where my mouse is. Maybe not. Okay. So where number one is closer
to the parking lot, >> the sign would be perpendicular to Huland. So, as drivers are driving, they can see the sign. >> It's It's two-sided, right? So, it's >> So, it's facing oncoming and passing traffic. So, it's not
>> facing the backyards. >> It's not facing the backyards. Correct. >> Okay. Wait a minute. You say it's not facing the backyards. >> That's correct. So, the >> I've seen the mount because I pass that street all the time. You have a you have a concreted mounted area right there and I'm where I'm looking at it, it looks
like the sign is facing the backyards. >> Okay. So, let me make sure we're clear on the request because I think I know what you're talking about. The sign that you're talking about, if you go to the next slide is that sign one one before is that sign on the top.
>> No, I'm not talking about that sign. I'm talking about the sign after the parking lot. There's a parking lot right there that you just constructed. >> Right. >> That sign is going in front of that parking lot. Right. >> Right. We haven't constructed the sign yet, >> but there's a there's a mount there. There's a concrete pillar there that
supports signage, right? >> I don't believe so. That the district has not constructed the sign until it >> it's not there yet, but there's something there to put it there. >> To my knowledge, I'm not aware that that that concrete foundation has been built yet. >> It's there.
>> Okay. >> It's there. They just haven't put the sign there. >> It's there. >> Just to just to clarify, so the the sign is is on the ground. It's not polemounted. That's correct. Uh, and it's going to not face the street. It's going to be
>> perpendicular to the street. >> That's correct. >> So, it actually it wouldn't face the neighbors if that's helpful. >> Chairman Rain, I'm going to disagree with you on that because I pass the street every day. The sign is there. Oh, >> okay. >> And the sign is facing the the neighborhood. You can see the back of
the houses. I'm looking at it. I said, "What is that?" And I said, "That must be the new sign they're going to put there because you can see the concrete mount where they're going to mount it on top of the concrete. You can see it. >> Is there a way to show a photo of the
street?" >> Okay. Y'all didn't think we use projectors anymore, but we do. >> We going to get one of those rolling ones. Remember the ones you had to clean off old school. >> Yeah, >> we needed those little markers that we used to use on them roller one.
>> Can't see it because you got one. >> Got that privacy screen. >> That's the fence. That's not the front of the school, though. >> That's the parking lot. >> That's the parking lot. But right right if you go by the little guard shack on
the other side of that you just got the side of the parking lot >> to the island is where it's being mounted. >> Island is where it's being. So that what you're seeing right here is on South Huland. And so the sign is going to be right in this island area. >> So you're saying that that sign is not
going to be on Hulin? >> No, we can't put the sign on Hulin. The sign is on school property. But I'm talking about Well, I know it's on school property, but I'm saying you're saying the sign is not going to be facing South Huland. What you're saying? >> That's correct. It's going to be
perpendicular to Huland. So, as drivers are going by, they will see the sign. >> I'm sorry if I'm not >> If it were parallel to the street, drivers couldn't see it. Only the neighborhood could see it if they were on a ladder looking over their fence with binoculars. >> It it it sounds Commissioner Robinson
like the the sign that you're referring to is not this sign that they're something. No, no, I I know is what I'm talking about because I passed by the street. >> Oh, no, no, I know you know what you're talking about. I'm just >> I know what I'm talking about. So, I know I'm talking about there is something mounted that I wish I'd have took a photo of it because I didn't know
this was going to be contentious, >> but this is not this is not what I'm seeing. There's another mount right there. This is the side of the parking lot because you can't even see the front of the school. So, why would you see Pepper? You can only see the sign going
south or uh north on Hen. UNCC doing >> so. >> Now that's the front of the school. >> Bring it. Bring the camera. Bring the phone down a little bit. >> That >> right there. >> Yep. And >> and that's an old photo.
>> This not the current photo. >> This is from April, I think, of last year. This just >> Yeah. This is not current. >> Yeah. So, >> because there's something mounted there. There's something there. This is old photo. And then the island where >> the sign is supposed to be mounted near close to that island.
>> Again, there might be some things as part of construction that they might have done, but the sign has not been constructed to my knowledge and I'm aware of because we had to go through the process of the zoning change before we went and put the sign in. >> I I'm going to say last, but I
continuous on that because number one, this sign this picture is old. This is not the current look right now. >> Yeah. Uh in the event we um vote to do a continuence, would you uh the next time you come bring some current photos of the location?
>> Yeah, >> sure. I'm do that. Um >> just a little bit background on this know we have been coordinating with staff since November of last year in trying to get this signage permitted. the district is wanting to get this signage installed and completed by
summer of this year. So, if there's any other means of providing that information so that we can keep moving forward uh for council approval, uh because this is going to hold back in terms of getting the sign installed, manufactured, and in place before school
opens uh in summer, uh we've been we've been delayed in that process as well. So, um I don't recall us delaying it. So, where are you going to delay that? >> Like he's saying getting our approval would delay it 30 days if we did a
continuence. >> I like >> and there's no council in July. >> I can't help but you know keep agreeing um because it's important for the districts to communicate especially with as much goes into it. I think that's the biggest kind of hitch in all this is it
feels like there's a missing communication piece somewhere, >> right? >> Yeah. However, I I feel confident in this moving forward because if there is something messed up, I know that Dr. Hall is going to stick right in there and go like, "No, no, no, no, no. We
can't do this." Especially if it's oriented incorrectly. But based on the information we have, like it feels good enough to me to move it on down the road because I know that we have somebody in that seat at council who is as invested as anybody and making sure that this is
correct and there's five weeks, you know, that's enough time for all that to kind of occur here. Here's my feedback to you, sir, going forward. >> Sure. if you're going to be budded up to a neighborhood like this because I I know get get the neighborhoods input and let them know and get with the school
districts. Hey, make sure you tell the neighborhood what's going on with the signage because I can tell you you had that not that zoning sign. They probably thought this was just nothing more than part of the construction of the campus. >> Understood. Yes, I acknowledge that and I will >> Yeah. Uh Dr. Hall probably will say
something about that to them going forward. I'm going to ask for continue motion on pass. Somebody else can put another motion out there. >> The only thing that I will add with regards to I know that uh there'd been mentioned about Dr. Hall given her I believe position with Crowley ISD. I believe she sits on the board.
>> No, she doesn't. She resigned that seat, sir. >> Okay. Because normally um she would uh recuse herself in the event that there was any conflict. I know that she has done in the past. So, I just wanted to make sure that everyone is aware that there is a potential and I'm not sure if she would. Again, I'm I'm not up to
date, but I know in the past that she has recused herself from certain Crowley ISD uh related >> I've never heard that one. That's new to me. >> That was that was back when she was on zoning. >> That's when she was on zoning, but she's no longer on she's but she's not part of the board because
>> I I'm I'm just I'm just I'm not I'm just disclosing that as as >> well. I'm going to correct you, sir, that she's no longer part of the Crowley school board. She resigned that seat when she took the council seat. That was last year. Commissioners, I have a quick question if I may.
>> Yes. >> Are you still requesting a waiver on a site plan? >> Yes, sir. The site is already existing. So, we provided a site plan with the information that's requested by staff, but
>> does does it show the location of the sign? >> Yes, sir. We have provided a site plan that shows the distance and the site the location. And I don't think this is the latest, but there was a request from staff to show the distance from the sign to the rideway, the distance from the
sign to the edge of the curb, and we had provided that information to staff >> and it maybe I'm not seeing it. Is it unclear the orientation of the sign? Like I I take at your word that it's going to be perpendicular because that just common sense. Um, but is any way to
just indicate that on the site plan before you go to council? >> Yeah, we have no problem doing that. We can we can what we can do is we can blow up that area to show a detailed definition of where that sign is in relationship to the rideway to the edge of the roadway and provide an arrow
background behind it as well to clarify that for staff. >> Thank you, sir. >> Yeah, I think they need a photo of that. >> Question for staff. Wouldn't this have been these homes across the street um have been noticed by zoning for about this case? So, they had the opportunity
to oppose? >> Yes, ma'am. >> Okay. >> Yeah, they would have been. And I think uh Commissioner Robinson's concern is because there's so much construction, they would have just looked at it and gone, well, I get there's construction. They don't know that this specific thing is happening. >> Yeah, >> I think that's the concern. clearly says signage
>> and uh that there's just not um yeah, even if it does say signage, I think they would just see Crowley ISD and go, >> yeah, as part of the district's improvement, they are doing a multi-year bond package improvement of the schools. I think that the larger recommendation
that Commissioner Worman also touched on kind of agreeing with Commissioner Robinson is that um you know more engagement is always uh better than none at all than just whatever the city does that if whoever the applicant is gets engaged with the neighborhood with the
neighbors um certainly is is helpful just so everybody's clear and has the opportunity to hear >> I don't have a problem with the signing proving I mean the school is going to be look fantastic but Yeah, we need to make sure that that people know what's going on so they can be aware and they don't come back after the fact and go to their
school board and say, "Hey, we didn't know this sign was going to be here." >> Acknowledged. >> Does this go to the May this goes to May council or June council? >> June. >> June council. >> Is this June? >> May council. >> This would go to May. >> Yeah. >> So, it's five weeks out.
>> Yeah. And I mean I like again it's Chris said, we're not the board of punishment and I think although if there is a board of punishment, I'd like to apply for it. at least. >> Everybody in the city knows. >> Yeah. It's >> But I I think you know overlooking the
fact that there's tremendous growth in Crowley and they're about to explode and District 6 has always been um kind of like looking back in time to see what happened in 10 and it's it was nice sitting next to Dr. Hall on council at your on zoning and being like this is happening here. It happened up here.
Here's what happened to us. And as the district grows, they're going to have the growing pains and miss those communication points and and people, you know, like you guys are going to be the ones that help improve it. And I think just making sure that we're we're okay with this, but not okay with that.
So, I want to make sure that the communication part shouldn't be um what holds this up as much as um do we agree with this? Because I agree with you. the communication has to be always bigger, especially when you're spending this much money. Um, but
>> and and let me add to that just real quick. I mean, the district is always in communication with all patrons around the neighborhood in terms of construction, what happens during construction because we always get comments during construction if there's dust flying around. They're always in communication with the neighborhood and
we'll make sure that district is aware when they go forward moving forward with signage that to engage the neighborhood again and just make them aware of the thing request that is being presented to zoning commission as well as city council. I >> think they're doing something with signage right for that.
>> Yes. Yeah. The city is working on a sign ordinance. Hopefully this is the last one we see. >> Yes. And that's where we were working with staff because we were waiting for that ordinance to get passed. Uh but in order to move forward with construction, we had to go through the PD the PD zoning to keep moving forward.
>> Maybe I think Commissioner McCoy um made this point since there is a site plan included. If you could make this clear on the site plan and we're all okay with the perpendicular sign um then uh we can move forward like that. >> Sure. I have no problem with it.
>> Commissioner Robinson, what do you think about that? Yeah, this is almost identical to what we have at our high school, Chisentro High School off 820 and Marine Creek Parkway. We have the divided four lane, you know, lanes of traffic and then there's the neighborhood with the backyards. We just had the brand new
sign put in and nobody's complained. It doesn't put out, you know, enough light to where you're seeing it in those yards. >> Yeah. And general, uh, just to clarify anything else, >> sorry about that. In general, any school campus is going to be a budding pretty
close to a residential neighborhood. So you you have the sign situation and in pretty much every school campus as well. >> They just, you know, the community just want to be involved and and have knowledge of what's happening. They just don't want it >> just thrown at them. Hey, y'all decided talk to us about it. That's that's my
perspective on it. >> Acknowledged. >> Uh so I'm going to go ahead and make a motion to approve. >> All right. If we're good, then I'll close the public hearing and commissioner, it is all yours. Thanks, sir. >> Um Dr. I'll address it if council if she has more problems with that.
So on the case of ZC26038, I move for approval. >> Second. >> Thank you, sir. >> All right, we have a motion to approve by Commissioner Robinson and a second by Commissioner Rogers. >> Commissioners, how do you vote?
Chairperson Reigns. >> I. >> Commissioner Mayo, >> I. >> Commissioner Trujillo, >> hi. >> Commissioner Welch, >> I. >> Commissioner McCoy, >> I. Commissioner Edmonds. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Robinson. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Pierce. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Rogers. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Worman.
>> I And Commissioner Castro, >> I. >> With the vote of 11 to zero, the zoning commission votes to recommend approval for this case. Next case, ZC-26-039. Address is 2801 Northwest Loop 820.
Applicant is Marian Sansom Co. Steve Riordan Westwood PS request is from A51 family residential and AG agricultural to I Light Industrial. Welcome to the zoning commission. You can sign up later.
>> Thank you. They didn't have any sheets up front. I'm Travis Kle with Westwood Professional Services where the uh consulting engineer representing the applicant on this project. Um we are requesting a 30-day continuance on this project. Uh we have had some productive
conversations with our neighbors to the west, the HOA president, uh and our councilman. Um but we have not been able to get back in front of the councilman yet. That meeting is set up for next week. So to be fair up front, uh we want to have that conversation first and then
return back to you guys in in 30 days. Okay, >> that's a request. >> Very good. Is is Steve here? Does Steve want to speak as well? >> Yeah. >> Okay. If there are questions. >> Okay. All right. Thank you, Travis. We do have one person signed up to speak in opposition.
So, I'll let you speak and then Travis, if you'd like to come back up, you're welcome to. Welcome everyone. My name is John Augustine. I live in the area in the I live on 31st Street, Northwest 31st Street. Um, I'm here to tell you
something for free that y'all paid consultants to tell you. Uh, I don't think this is the right use for this area. They told you all this is a mixeduse area and I think uh this has better potential for our neighborhood
and our area than a warehouse. Um I have lived in this area most of my life. I walk on Marine Creek Lake which is just across the highway on 820 almost every evening. And I think it would be a
big waste to have a warehouse. something that looks like Amazon. Um across across from this, there's neighborhoods along the lake. There's neighborhoods to the left, to the right, and to the bottom. I think while yes, this might bring
opportunity to our area, I think there is better opportunities that this land could be used within the A20 loop. Um that's all I had to say. >> Thank you for your comments. We appreciate it.
Travis, did you want to say anything else? >> Not really. I just want to make sure we have some communication. I'll I'll reach out to the gentleman. >> Okay. Very good. Thank you. Uh, commissioners, questions? >> I don't think anything should be built
right here until the state fixes avenue and 199, but >> All right. At this time, I will close the public hearing. And Commissioner Trillo. >> Yes. for ZZ26-039. I move for a continuence of the next
meeting. >> All right, we have a motion to continue until our May hearing by Commissioner Trjillo and a second by Commissioner Robinson. >> Well, there it is. >> Commissioners, how do you vote? Chairperson Reigns. >> I. >> Commissioner Mayo, >> I. >> Commissioner Trillo,
>> I. >> Commissioner Welch, >> I. >> Commissioner McCoy, >> I. >> Commissioner Edmonds, >> I. Commissioner Robinson >> I. >> Commissioner Pierce >> I. >> Commissioner Rogers >> I. >> Commissioner Worman >> I. >> And Commissioner Castro >> I. >> With a vote of 11 to zero, the zoning
commission votes to recommend a continuence for this case to the May 13th meeting. Next case, ZC-26-040. The address is 5773 West Rosinger Road. The applicant is SDS3 LLC, Kate Rhett,
and Lucas Hartzell. The request is to amend PD1236 to include attached signage. Site plan included. >> Welcome to the zoning commission. >> Good afternoon. I'm Red Hart Soul and this is Kate, uh my sister. Uh we're the
owners of Silver Dollar Self Storage, um off of the tollway here. Let me hop to the presentation real quick. Um so at the top of the green box is Sycamore School Road exit. At the bottom
is McFersonson exit. Uh the subject property is Yellow Star um on Risinger Road that there's not an exit. It just goes underneath the tollway. Uh we were approved in 2019 which was very early on. Um it's turned
into a city out there almost uh one of the only commercial properties out there. And then as you can see the developments in on McFersonson and Sycamore the red and blue stars um there's about 50 properties uh retail commercial and we are apparently or what
appears to be the only um business with no attached signage. Um just to give a few examples um this is the McFerson exit. There's billboard signage or pylon. Not sure how you explain that, but uh we've got a lot of
the businesses, they have signage directly facing the tollway and north and south of their buildings. Um we're proposing just the north and south side. Uh the bottom right is the Arkham Monastery School, which is our direct
neighbor. Um and that sign, we'll see if we can play it, but at night it lights up with a bunch of neon colors. That's not what we're proposing. Um, so Caliber Collision, Char Williams, these all face the tollway and the
emergency urgent care has oh I think a dozen signs around it. So our direct competition, this is at the McFersonson X at the all storage. It's three stories tall and it has eight signs around the building.
This is from This is uh the north side of the building. And then here's the south side. If you're heading north on the tollway, uh you see the signage. These are only two signs on the back, but all the way around there's eight.
U in comparison, this is the north facing side of our building. That's singlestory from the tollway heading south. We did have some uh banner signs as you can see up, but we really think of permanent signs more classy.
And here's the uh southern edge uh if you're heading north on the toway of the back of our property where we're proposing a sign on the east end and the west end. I I'll back up one here. uh
>> the uh and the proposed signage on the north side is either right above that temporary banner sign or right above the glass windows, one of those two spots. Just a quick video of that. This is not what we intend to do.
>> It's good though. Any questions, >> commissioners? Any questions? There is no speaker signed up in opposition of this case. >> Oh, we need to turn Commissioner Robinson's mic back on. >> The mic once it once it comes on, you don't have to turn it on or off. It's
just always on. All right. Go. >> So, you said that 2019 you were there and what was the reason for you not having signage back then? Because there was nothing out there in 2019. But period, there's So what what happened in 2019?
>> Yeah, we um had a lot of neighborhood engagement. We were continued three times I believe um just because we were the only commercial business, one of the only ones that was being constructed out there at the time. So there was a lot of neighborhood push back with uh you know
the cows and the prairie land being gone pretty quickly. Um but during our development fa or before when we met with the neighborhoods and everything, everybody kind of started agreeing that okay, it's going to be fine. We're not building a big red monster um per se is
what they called it. But uh it we're not real sure why it was a condition that was placed on there. It was just at the time um it was approved at the end of the hour with that condition of no
attached signage on the building. So we really and we did go back to the council amendment at the time which was um Jungus Jordan Jungus and he said that he wasn't real sure why he placed that condition on there and he did try to
retract it administratively but said that we'd have to go back to city council. At that time, we were out of time was money and we were out of money and time. So, we just wanted to get a building permit. >> Okay. So, that's I'm glad you brought that up. So, community, you you said you got push back from the neighbors
probably Feather Grass and Atlanta Springs right in that area. >> Yes, sir. From the original request to build a self- storage facility. So, have you tried to re-engage with them now
since it's been almost seven years? >> Yes, sir. I see them on a daily basis. Most of them are are tenants that rent storage units with us and we are in great relationship with them. Um, we've talked about the signage. I have a lot of customers that drive up and say,
"Wow, I couldn't find you guys. Like, we just didn't know this was a self- storage facility." And then they get there and they rent a unit. and and also we did meet with um our council our council member Dr. Hall and uh both agreed that the attached signage would
look better than the banners that we had. >> Yeah, I I agree with her on that. I've seen that building. I said they don't have no signs. >> So I now I understand why has no signs. >> Okay. So I don't see too much issue with that. I mean, as long as it's not
impeding on the neighborhood and not causing an issue, in fact, that would look better than the than the the the that thing that you got on the roof. I'm not saying I'm not trying to be descriptive. I mean, it's it is what it is. It don't look right. >> It don't look right. So,
>> you mentioned you were down in Crowley and I forgot to show this slide. This is our We opened about 30 days ago on 1187. >> There's nothing wrong with that. on 1187. And this is we want to use the same exact sign. >> Okay. I don't see anything wrong with that.
>> I just got one comment. I applaud the fact that you're still in business without a sign. >> Sign because when I reviewed this, I wrote down let them have a sign. >> Yeah. >> And that you work with your sister and y'all are both smiling. >> You get along with your sister. >> I work with mine and it's great too
>> sometimes. >> So is So you said you talked to Dr. Hall. What was her feedback to you on that? Uh it was >> I'm going to take it's not going to impact my decision but >> yeah it was the same question of wanting to see why it was put in there in the first place and we explained it. Her um
>> assistant I'm missing her name but she Kennedy lives in the neighborhood and she goes by it every day and indicated hey a permanent sign is much classier than these you know banners that >> snap off the grommets and >> the windstorm would take it out or something. Okay.
>> All right. Okay. Sounds good. Um, sounds like a plan. >> If there are no more questions, >> we will close the public hearing. Thank you'all very much. And Commissioner Robinson, this one is all yours. >> Okay. In the case of ZC260
4. I move for approval. >> Second. >> We have a motion by Commissioner Robinson to approve and a second by Commissioner Rogers. >> Commissioners, how do you vote? Chairperson Reigns. >> I. >> Commissioner Mayo, >> I. Commissioner Trujillo. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Welch.
>> I, >> Commissioner McCoy. >> I, >> Commissioner Edmonds. >> I, >> Commissioner Robinson, >> I. >> Commissioner Pierce, >> I. >> Commissioner Rogers, >> I. >> Commissioner Worman, >> I. >> Commissioner Castro, >> I. >> With a vote of 11 to zero, the zoning
commission votes to recommend approval for this case. >> What y'all sign? Oh, I think you got to go to city council first before you can do that. All right. Appreciate it. >> Next case. ZC-26-041. The address is 3760,
3816, 3850, 3900, 3930, and 3950, 4,050, 4700, and 4712 L on Stevenson Road in 7500 England Drive. The applicant is
Black Mountain Power, Brett Bennett, Lyndon Enowski, Gerald Walls Jr., Theresa Simon R. Brown Group LLC or Hernandez, LFS Trust, Cammy Bower, Bob Rally with Half and Associates. The
request is to amend PD1 1420 to add electrical substation. Increase the maximum building height to 70 ft. Increase the maximum setback to 150 ft. Data center to be parked at one space per four employees. Site plan included.
>> Welcome to the zoning commission. Thank you. I'm Bob Riley, half Associates uh 2600 Mechum uh suite 600. Also joining me today is Rick Bennett with CEO of Black Mountain and two
representatives from Kimley Horn who work has worked on the uh site plan. Let me get here. Uh as y'all will recall, we were before you uh about a year and a half ago on the initial first uh zoning for this
campus um which resulted in a PD 1420. We're asking to include one additional use to that PD and that would be including electrical substation on the site that will only be um supplying
gener electricity to the data center. Also in the development standards, we're asking that we maximize have the maximum building height of 70 feet rather than the 55 that was in I. Along with that, we would increase our
building set back from 80 ft to 150 along L Stevenson and also establish a parking standard for data center buildings to be a minimum one space for every 400 or ever four employees.
Uh here's a subject property. Actually the AG over on the right is part of PD 1435. We have had community outreach. Uh we submitted the um application on March the 2nd informed the council member the
next day. Uh we sent out over 300 invites a community meeting in which we had about 77 uh showed up on March the 11th. Here we are today. There is no registered neighborhood association. So we've done that on our own as we have in
other cases. The site plan uh is part of this since the original site uh PD required a site plan. This is uh site plan has been prepared. Uh it contains four um buildings that
total a little over 1.1 million square feet and a substation. Uh we're increasing the building height from 55 to six or 70. Uh that gives us two levels of data center hardware. Thus
the um footprint of any buildings would be reduced by 50% on this site. Um along with this being more of a campus development uh it would increase the amount of impervious surface and the total lot coverage of buildings would be
less than 15%. Southern right away of uh lawn Stevenson is being increased um from 80 ft to 150. Uh as you see in the um site plan, our
closest building lawn Stevenson actually will be at 350 ft. Uh along Forest Hill Drive, it' be 30 ft. uh as I mentioned before electrical substation will be providing power for the data center
buildings and not for power distribution beyond the building materials consist of concrete glass and metal and we will conform with all city's uh forestry landscape lighting noise and sign
we have received the comments and staff report is including the increase in the or the other information in the site plan. Uh I was hoping we'd have that today. We're still completing that, but we are committed to giving that to the
staff prior to the council meeting addressing all of the eight concerns or questions. Brett Bennett with Black Mountain has done a illustration would like to put on the close on the overhead
that shows the comparison of 70 and a 55 building height on the properties at on front on Lawn Stevenson. He might want he might want to speak to it as well.
And red, I'm not trying to rush you, but I'm going to a little bit. You're almost out of time, so you'll just keep it brief. >> No. >> Okay. >> Mr. Rally has a habit of talking. All right. Um, so just real quick, if you can see, because I'm a visual person, I wanted to kind of show a rendering
showing what, okay, what are we talking about? Hopefully most of the other stuff's non controversial, but here is at 55 ft with the existing setbacks kind of with the existing um, zoning criteria. And then if you toggle over
here, this is going back 150 ft with 70 foot heights. And you can see it actually looks It looks better in my impression. So I think in in addition to put cutting down the footprint of the buildings by half on the site which again is less than 15% of the total surface area
um us kind of increasing the setback for the height exchange I think is a net positive for surrounding land owners. So again here's 55 ft 70t
55 ft 70t. So, that's I think the main change that you guys would want to see kind of what that looks like. Um, I'll walk back over here to this one. >> All right. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. You all have a couple
of minutes after the opposition as well. Um, before I invite the opposition commissioners, you have any questions beforehand? Okay. Uh, and if I could ask the opposition, it looks like there are six of you signed up. if y'all wouldn't mind just go ahead and uh line up and then
just say your name before you start speaking. For those of you that and y'all can go ahead and come up. And for those of you that haven't been here before, just a quick reminder if you weren't here at the beginning. Um we're a little bit different than council in that your entire opposition has seven
minutes to speak, not seven minutes individually. Uh since there are six of you or there are five of you right now, maybe one of them dropped off. um just uh do do us and your your fellow folks behind you uh in line uh a favor and try
and keep your comments brief and uh and if someone already brought up a point um you know we heard that one and so you know new points would be helpful for us to help us make our decision. So also thank you for being here we encourage this type of participation. So thank you all.
>> Thank you Latita Wilburn. I'm here with Echo Heights Stop Environmental Coalition and Fororth Environmental Coalition of Communities. I want to say this should have never been approved with at any level to begin with. You have two gigantic polluters, a 13
million million square foot landfill that produces methane and then they have over a 100 million square foot of a data center which also creates pollution and they add to each other. that they kind of enhance the data center will enhance
the pollution coming from the landfill. Also, the reason this should have never been voted for, the city of Fort Worth has no policy, no procedures, no rules for data centers and that has been verified. So, how do y'all plan on
enforcing anything that they do or believe in anything that they say? They get up here and tell y'all one thing, but the thing they said at the meeting was something totally different. This is in a community and this is in an area that is already highly polluted, low
life expectancy, some of the highest death rates in Texas and the highest cancer rates in the United States. And I'm going to go and give them the rest of the time. >> Thank you for your comments. >> U my name is Jackson Weston. I work at
Weston Gardens and I grew up next to the site of the proposed data center. This zoning request should be denied. When Black Mountain had a community meeting on March 11th in Forest Hill, Mr. Bennett stated that he would include his operating partner for the data center.
at a meeting in a couple of weeks to answer the community's questions about the environmental impact of this data center on our neighborhood and historic gardens. This has not happened yet. We should hear from who's actually operating the facility on the impact to
our area before this goes a step further. I oppose this totally. We should preserve our trees, clean air, the grid, water supply, and the peaceful atmosphere out here. Uh, Black Mountain should consider a data center on the outskirts of Fort Worth where there's
open land and not next to a neighborhood, businesses, wedding venue, and schools in the city. And ZC26027 that we talked about earlier in here, there was a comment about industrial encroachment and I would just like to
say this is a similar situation in my eyes. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you. Welcome. >> My name is Angela Risa. I live at the mobile home park for 19 years. My question is is what is the future of the
mobile home park? On their site plan is zoned mobile home, future land use, data center, electrical substation. We need to know what is going on. What
is the future for us? I want y'all to deny this project. Y'all are losing uh affordable homes for that area. Green land, beautiful landscape.
This needs to be moved out out of city limits. Please oppose this project. Thank you. >> Thank you, ma'am. >> Welcome. >> Hello. My name is Aean Ibrahim. I work
at Weston Gardens. I would like to ask y'all to deny this zoning request. Um, I believe they already received some land to build a data center and to add more land for more data center with the lack of knowledge we all have as far as resource usage and um how it's going to
affect the surrounding neighbors of Forest Hill, our people that come to our gardens. I don't think they need that yet. I think we need to know more information about what these um facilities cost. Um so I would ask you all to vote no to that. Thank you.
Thank you. >> Hey, um Hime. Um yeah, just echoing that there's no real uh way to to regulate or or or truly um deal with these data centers which are huge energy sucks and
and water uh sucks and and huge eyes and and things that clearly uh no one here uh that's spoken wants. Uh and also the recently there was a a vote uh that has been pushed a few times now to January
about reszoning more land for these greedy people that want to uh destroy and uh corrupt and pollute even more land. And if that's being uh already rescheduled or pushed back to June, I don't know why we would move forward on on more uh zoning uh um votes for this.
Uh if that's already being pushed back pending further research and study by council. Uh furthermore, a lot of the council has already mentioned wanting to a need uh for uh city ordinances and more uh strict regulations on data
centers and that's echoed across uh communities across Fort Worth and in neighboring cities because this is also on the border between Forest Hill and Canadell and other uh cities who uh are going to be dealing with the effects uh just as much as people in uh Fort Worth
if this is uh truly brought forward. So, I think moving forward uh on this without without their input with the uh uh previous zoning cases being already pushed back makes no sense. And yeah, I mean, as you can see, no one here wants
to live next to this. Would would y'all want to live next to this? I'm sure not. Right. Uh these things are also, you know, being uh pushed back and and um fought against across Texas. Uh we've a report came out that about half of data
centers are are are uh proposed for this year are not moving forward and that's rightfully so because uh everyone's waking up to the fact that these things are going to just drain all the resources are going to cause so much problems for communities uh directly
nearby and also communities across um the area. Uh so please please you know don't vote in favor of this. Vote to oppose this. Work with city to to truly pass some some common sense strong
sustainability standards uh to ensure that these aren't popping up right next to uh community gardens. That these aren't popping up uh in neighborhoods that already deal with uh severe serious issues with industry that data centers like these will only exacerbate. Uh so
that should be the priority. Not uh moving forward with this vote, not moving allowing them to make their buildings even taller or to allow uh substations which are going to cause even more issues. That that is uh
this should should not be what is thought of. This should not be what is decided on. Uh what should be talked about. What we should be focusing on is how to ensure that these things are are sustainable and how to ensure that these things are not popping up in these
communities that these things are not sucking up all of our resources and and damaging nearby communities. I mean truly if you can see I I I don't know if there's going to be another item that has this many people who are are united and and passionate about their
opposition. And I think that should truly tell you uh where where the political winds are are in this and and what the community is is feeling on this issue and and at the end of the day this is uh an issue that's uniting people all across the metroplex. Uh and this data
center is a hyperscaler. So not just any regular data center. This is a huge behemoth of a data center that's going to cause so many severe issues for for people across Fort Worth and surrounding cities. Uh so truly truly heed the advice of of everyone here that is
telling you to uh absolutely oppose this and and really if if you're if you're not aware about how problematic uh these things are do a quick Google search. I mean, as you can see that the these things are are are being fought across
the country and and you you even see uh communities in Texas like in San Marcos and other places where uh the uh city government is truly working with community to find uh uh resolutions to the huge issues that these are causing and and cities there are actually moving
forward with uh ways to protect their communities and not allow these things to move forward and truly push against uh projects that are are just as bad. Uh, you know, and and this one is terrible. I mean, have you looked at the scale? >> We're up against it.
>> Yeah. Please vote against this. >> Thank you. >> All right. Uh, two minutes. I'm going to get to another slide. Okay. And >> while you're looking for that, Mr. Riley, I've also got a Jeff Landon here to speak in favor. Did Jeff want to speak to or No,
>> he he's with the uh Kimley Horn who has prepared our site plan. Real quickly in rebuttal, uh we are here today to fulfill a requirement that the zoning commission and city council placed upon us to come back with a site plan. Uh and
that's the area which is light blue that was approved for land use back in January of uh 2025 and subsequently another parcel was added to that uh in September of 2025.
Um we did mention at the community meeting that we would try to have another u comm community meeting. Um unfortunately all those that were responsible or we were needed as far as having that meeting were not available
and have not had that. Uh, regarding the mobile home, um, we have not acquired any mobile homes, parks, nor are we planning on acquiring any. Believe the lady that stated is across the street
from us. Um, with that, if there's any other questions of the commission, I'd be more than happy to answer. >> Thank you very much. I'm sure there will be. Um, commissioners, who would like to go first? So yeah, I have a question and this is a
very layman term question. Explain to me exactly in layman terms what a data centers for. What is the sole purpose of it and why? >> Sure, I'll be happy to take that one. So data centers are digital infrastructure.
So as you think about everybody that's got an iPhone that's got iCloud or credit cards or uses Amazon all that uses computer service somewhere and the cloud and its physical representation is inside data centers.
So as you think about a warehouse with um little traffic activity that's that's what they do. Um, so anything we're doing internetwise, um, yes, with the advance of AI, you know, there's AI
training stuff that goes on. Anything that's using compute and power, um, that's what a data center building's for. So, it's it's a big building with servers that are just doing Amazon checkouts versus, you know, storing family photos for the last 30 years,
backing up data. That that's their purpose. like a big uh server closet a huge so what would happen with AI and as of course of course we moved to 5G 5G during co what would happen if we don't
have data centers >> it would be a dramatically different life I think um because then whether it's from telecom to Netflix to every everything that we kind of take for granted at this point um things that
didn't exist 20 years ago um would cease to, you know, function appropriately. So, it's it's necessary for the for the modern life, the enjoyment we have of movies on demand or storing thousands of family photos versus Kodak, you know,
film books. Like, there's those are the tangible benefits that access to data brings. Um, and I would say in the new world that that ability to participate in kind of the digital economy is important and I don't think you want to be left behind and not have any of those
assets in your community. >> Even placing a phone call now with your mobile phone, you're using data center basically. >> Wow. >> Without those data centers, you couldn't place a call. >> Okay. Thank you. Um, and so I lost my train of thought.
Um, okay. So the the setback so the 55 hold up the 55 to the 70 ft you said that's for the electrical correct >> so we're going to do as it exists today um the the current setback from roads
blond Stevenson 80 ft we're going to almost double that to 150 ft to set back more and then by virtue of doing that if we get a little more building height we can use less buildings half the amount of buildings so you have more green space more of a campus feel so we think that's probably the appropriate call for
the neighborhood and kind of the you know the the surrounding enjoyment and not to be imposing so not going up to the property lines. Um and with that also part of the request was on the parking side um you know we're
not an Amazon warehouse that has 500 workers busy being in and out so it would be overkill to give it the same industrial parking ratio that an Amazon building would have. So amending that to have less, you know, impervious kind of
concrete or black top, more green space. I think that's good. Um, and one other thing just on on the substation because it's unclear the way it's currently written if a substation can be utilized in an
industrial zoning. So just cleaning that language up. Accessory use. Yep. And so um of course we've all heard about you know the data centers and uh the uh questions about the the electricity and the amount of electricity that will be
used uh in case you know for example what happened maybe three years ago we had the the bad ice storm. Have you uh I'm I'm sure you've done your proper due diligence with the local leg TX. Would yes your center take away from >> the the utilities in the in the
surrounding neighborhoods? it it would not. So, Encore being a regulated monopoly, they they don't play favorites. They can't turn on your power and turn off somebody else's. That's just the the way that that works from a standards perspective. So, no, you don't get any preferential treatment. I think
if anything in a time of like a winter storm yuri if you do have backup generation on site then all of a sudden you become a place that that might have close accessibility to power if people are freezing or you know so I think there's there's some redundancy there
but but no the quick answer is encore can't say well we want to keep the black mountain data center on versus you know this neighborhood over here that's just not not how operates
>> and um the comment about uh as far as health risk, I'm sure you did an environmental study and so will it be any health risk or or will it impact the community with in the water or >> No, no, we don't believe so. And so, um
and the council is they're going to have a presentation from Encore, I believe, in the next couple weeks before their votes. Uh but that getting away from the site plan, you know, topic of today, but in general, um we would argue there's plenty of research out there that
they're pretty benign and actually are less impactful than a lot of other alternate use cases, which in this scenario was going to be a mobile home park for the south half. So, um most of the data centers are going to closed loop systems where they don't continue to
intake new water constantly. So, they're cooling with a closed loop. Um, so I think the industry is really starting to try and be thoughtful about we need to be good neighbors and not um stress local resources for, you know, all the obvious reasons. They want to coexist peacefully and be a
net positive to the community. >> Okay, thank you. >> I have a question. What's the power requirement for the substation? The applied power for the entire development is about 980
megawatts. Uh if if that's kind of the question and then um is your system one of is that a closed loop water system also air cooled recirculated? >> Yes. And so that is so our operating partners that we're bringing in on the
deal um they and others it's all been gravitating towards closed loop. I think that's the newer design everybody's doing. So I don't want to frontr run them and and put out specifically what they're going to use. That's above my pay grade. But um
it's my understanding almost everybody's using closed loop now. Like that's just been the efficiency progression. Other questions? Commissioners? >> Mr. Chairman, I I think um I picked up a couple of data points this
week that I I think will will be part of my consideration. One is there's 400 AI centers currently in the state of Texas. So, this is not a one-off situation. We're not we're not pioneering here. They estimate that we will have 20 times
that number or 8,000 AI centers in the state of Texas when the system is completely built out. Now, that's not to say that we shouldn't be concerned about, as um Rodney pointed
out just a minute ago, um water, electricity, noise, and pollution. But city council has all those things on their table right now and they're um going to get some authoritative
and quantitative information before they u pass on some previous decisions we've made. We've made recommendations to approve these AI centers. And um I think we need to be consistent
here. I think I don't think it's We're not really involved in infrastructure. Um, and we're not really involved in whether we think they're going to violate some ordinance.
So, if Mr. Riley says we're going to abide by all the city's ordinances for noise, pollution, whatever is approved for setbacks and height, and so on so forth. Um, I just
take him I would take him at his word. Um, or any other applicant at their word because I know that we have a process for that, >> right? >> And our process will ensure that those things will be taken care of in the process pulling construction permits and
so on so forth. So, I can't see any reason to deny this request. U based on speculation and um I just wanted to offer that.
>> Yeah. No, I appreciate your comment. Um well said. I I think it's it's also just important for um everyone in the audience and at home um that might be watching this to understand that uh this is an amendment to an existing PD. So
they already have the ability to operate um this facility. So what they are coming back to us are saying can we add a substation? Can we move our buildings back? Can we add height so we have less
building so we can cover less surface area? And can we have less parking spaces because we don't have a ton of employees. Um so in essence they're asking for more green space. Um, and as
my colleague here would just pointed out, what's happening on the inside of that building, um, you could argue that it there's some argument to be made for how that affects zoning. Um, but I think the things that folks are rightly worried about, um, you know, pollution
and, uh, side effects to data centers, stuff that's way above my knowledge, um, really isn't our our purview. And we kind of do have to rely on the EPA and you know TXEQ and all the other experts
and OSHA to say no this is safe for the public. Um is this use appropriate for the area and then we have to rely on uh the experts the other agencies uh local and state and federal um to have our back with the rest of it and keep our
residents safe. Um so as it reads today and I'm sorry I don't have a question. This is just I'm just talking now. Um, I I don't see any reason not to approve the amendment, this this request. >> Yeah. I Oh, I'm sorry.
>> The only concern I have is that what we're missing out on is the people that have to live with that. And we don't live in that area. So, we don't know what they're going to endure with that. And I would suggest to you, Mr. read and you sir to have another conversation
with with the community again along with your city councilman all three of you in fact need to have that conversation because what I see here they you come they've come here before because I've seen these same faces and they're not getting satisfactory comfort in this data center just let's
call it out that's what it is they're not seeing comfort in it so I'm going to have a hard time saying about that number one My concern is this grid in Texas is unstable and then you're going to suck that many kilowatts out on top of everything else
that's being built here. That's a concern. >> Megawatts. >> Megawatts. He could. That's a concern to me. You did you endure that blackout? I did. I froze. I got me a gener generator next time.
But I'm not I I can't endure that again. And I don't think a lot of people will endure that. We have to think of these constituents, what the bottom line is going to impact, how that's going to impact them at the end of the day. >> Thank you, Commissioner Chairman. Just
to address my colleagues comment for a second. Um, I'm very persuaded by your concern, Commissioner Robinson. Um, and I don't want to discount it in any way, but I will say
that um, if anybody's concerned about having enough water and not have and having enough electricity, it's going to be the operator because if they don't have water and they don't have electricity, they're out of business.
So, they're going to have to solve that problem. And I think the way they're going to solve the problem or at least the opportunity they want to solve the problem is their footprint on this 178 acres is just a fraction of their
acreage. And so it gives them the opportunity if they if they must to bring in generators and be self-sufficient instead of being out of business. And so I'm not too concerned about
what they do or don't do because I know they're going to do whatever it takes to survive. And if it makes means wind power or thermal power or whatever it takes to survive, they're going to do it because
they're going to make a major investment here. So, I understand what you're saying, >> I might add. And it it's Definitely the the best question around this is just how is this going to influence um you know the grid. So for
this particular case, it's probably worth highlighting real quick. Um we first filed with Encore um May of 2024. So it's coming up on two years of studies. And so it um goes without saying they're being really methodical um as they approach these things to make
sure it does not cause disruptions. Um, so between both Encore's intimate knowledge of the local grid and getting approvals out of Urkott and Austin, um, it's a multi-year process. It's it's definitely not stuff just flying through and we'll see what happens later. Like
they they they are being professional and methodical about it. >> Any other questions for our applicants? I'm just curious if this site map indicates where the intended substation
might be. >> The the rectangle that's kind of that does not have a building on it would be where we'd put the electrical infrastructure. >> Is that going to have a fence around it or a wall? What's
>> certainly um a fence? Yeah, a fence is what we've got on that one. >> So, you wouldn't be able to see it from the road? No, we've got, if my laptop were still open, um, as we've done the campus design, there's an exterior fence and then six to 8 foot high kind of line
of bushes along with it. So, we're trying to be pretty discreet in general. Um, when you're at street view. >> Okay. Any other questions, commissioners? >> No. Thank you. >> Okay. Uh, seeing none, we'll close the public hearing. Thank you, gentlemen.
Uh, we can continue discussing here. Um, what I've got a question for staff real quick. What is the allowable buildout on this lot? What's what's the max they could use? What's the percentage? I think they're at 15. Is that right? With this new
>> So, it's really a two-part answer. One is they would be locked into whatever their approved site plan is. So, they so any um enlargement of it would need to come back through the zoning commission and the city council. Um, the second part of that answer is in zoning there's
not a there's not a maximum lot coverage that that you could hit, >> but being at 15 they're pretty low, >> right? For industrial that's extremely low for industrial industrial normally, you know, would be the inverse of that, >> right? Yes. I I know one of the we're
not talking about it for this case, but I think it's worth mentioning um because typically something like this, we're talking about flood concerns because there's so much concrete, so much steel, so much glass. These are all impervious surfaces and now the neighborhoods
around this place are flooding and so they're actually the inverse of that. So, I just thought that was worth mentioning. And I know the staff recommendation was to require a site plan. Is that correct?
>> Right. The so the piece of this that that they're doing now >> approval with site plan. >> You know they've they had a site plan requirement on their previous case. So they would need a site plan and as they brought this back >> they're also um amending the language of the PD there again to the height and the
setback and the parking. the site plan, like if we were to make a motion here, wouldn't it need to include the the site plan eight concerns? >> I'm sorry, say that one more time. >> If a motion were to be made, would wouldn't it the site plan need to include the eight concerns that were
listed? >> One of them being um Yes, ma'am. >> generator location, wall height, etc. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Commissioner Pierce. All right. Thank you all for your Wonderful comments, my fellow commissioners, Commissioner Edmonds,
Commissioner Robertson. Um, I was sitting here thinking about the word that came to my mind is progress. I watch I recently watched a documentary about progress in America. How people were afraid to leave the typewriter for
the computer. People were afraid to leave the horse and buggy for the car. people were afraid when they digitized time because we used to tell time on a pendulum. So it sounds like to me these data centers with the AI and all the
demands of 5G is a part of progress and with progress people are afraid and people are afraid of change and that's what came out of the documentary I was watching and make it make me think about change is scary. However, Commissioner Edmund said something that was so
profound when he talked about trust. We have to trust the process. We have to trust these subject matter experts that are degreed and have the portfolio and the expertise that it's okay that we'll be fine with a data center. I trust the
city of Fort Worth. Uh I trust our leadership team. Uh, I trust the due diligence that that you have done and I appreciate you and applaud you for all the time that you spent with the neighborhoods and to Commissioner Robertson's point perhaps spend more time to make sure everybody is
comfortable. So, I want to commend you on that and your patience. You're always here uh even at the the pre-zoning your patience. So, I appreciate that. So, I I am going to move for approval. Um, and my reason for this is that I feel that
the due diligence are in place uh for us to be able to move forward with the with the electrical. Um, and it's called progress. So, chairman zoning gate ZC26041. I move for approval.
>> Second. >> Do we need to site planer? >> Oh, I'm sorry. My apologies. Okay. >> And the eight concerns. >> Yes, ma'am. I think I'll say it again. With zoning KZC26041,
I move for approval with a site plan and the eight conditions. >> Can we listen? What are the conditions exactly? Because I'm not entirely clear. >> Can we go to that chart? >> Those are uh staff's comments on the site plan. >> Okay. So, they're already they're
already on the site plan. >> Yes, sir. >> Existing on the site plan. Is that correct? the the comments were were sent to the applicant, but the applicant needs to revise those between now and when it goes to council. >> So, >> okay. And I'm sorry, who seconded that motion?
>> I'm sorry. >> Oh, uh, >> it was either me or Matt. >> Yeah. No, he did. >> Okay. All right. We have a vote to >> approve um with a site plan and the eight concerns listed um by >> that was Commissioner
Pierce and seconded by Commissioner Worman. >> Commissioners, how do you vote? Chairperson Reigns >> I. >> Commissioner Mayo, >> I. >> Commissioner Trujillo, >> I. >> Commissioner Welch, >> I. >> Commissioner McCoy, >> I. >> Commissioner Edmonds,
>> I. Commissioner Robinson. >> I, >> Commissioner Pierce, >> I. >> Commissioner Rogers, >> hi. >> Commissioner Worman, >> I. >> And Commissioner Castro, >> I. >> With a vote of 11 to zero, the zoning commission votes to recommend approval for this case with the site plan that
addresses the eight comments listed. Next case is ZC-26-042. The address is the northwest corner of Farmer Road, FM187 and I20. The applicant is John Henry Dean and Shirley Lawson Foundation, Michael Trinary,
Standbridgeidge Companies, and Westwood Professional Services. The request is from Unzoned. Um, it's included in an annexation case, AX-25-00006 to track one, which is 60.023 023 acres to G intensive commercial and track 2
encompassing 124.365 acres to PD plan development for all uses in G intensive commercial IIT industrial R1 zero lot line cluster R2 townhouse cluster UR urban residential D
highdensity multif family with a maximum of 2,000 multif family dwelling units excluding A51 family residential development and permanent asphalt or concrete batch plants with development standards for multifamily uses to have a
maximum height of 48 ft within 250 ft of one family uses. Light industrial fences, walls, screening fences and railings allowed on or near the property line. Chainlink fences not permitted in track 2. Data center use parking to be
one space per four employees. MFD site plan waiver requested. Site plan required. Welcome back. >> Good afternoon. Travis Kle again with Westwood Professional Services here in Fort Worth, Texas. We're the consulting engineers for the applicant in this
case. Um to start off, we're asking for a 30-day continuance. Um, while we are on the outskirts of town and while we are on I20 in an area of hight traffic use and not in residential neighborhoods, we've made a promise and
written a letter to remove the data center use completely from the site. Um and so doing that we would like to properly notify our neighbors um and get that letter circulated appropriately so that data centers will not be allowed by
right under I industrial or as it's written in this in this uh applica or application in public notice. So our goal is to remove that for now. If we ever wanted to do a data center we'd have to come back for you and ask that and answer the questions that that got
answered today. So, our goal is to continue for 30 days, come back before you um with the revised proper language, and then move forward. Okay. Thank you, Travis. We do have one person signed up to speak in opposition. If that's what
you were speaking about, you can wave it off. If you still want to speak, you're welcome to. Okay. Yes. Come come forward. Then we'll let you come back up, Travis. Welcome to the zoning commission. >> I've got seven minutes.
>> You've got seven minutes. Floor is yours. >> My name is Dorothy Willingham. I live at 5400 White Settlement Road in Parker County, which is just off Farmers Road, about 2 miles north of where this site is. Um the gentleman just stated that
this is not a residential area. Well, it's not yet, but there's all kinds of housing that's being slated to be built out there. I personally oppose the use that this is I I I
oppose this being zoned with the light industrial contingent that he has. the commercial and the residential is going to happen, but I don't feel that this area is suited for any industrial type purpose because once it's zoned for
light industrial, things like warehouses, and those type things can move in. They're within a mile of this site. There are two elementary schools, churches, and numerous neighborhoods
that are not only being built, but are also being developed. So, I don't think the light industrial part should be included in this zoning. I'm not sure the exact word. I'm sorry, but the commercial and the
residential is going to happen whether I want it to or not, but I am opposed very strongly to the industrial use of the area. Um, >> I think that's it. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> All right, Travis. Again, we're going to request the the
30-day continuum, but I will make a point to talk to the the speaker and get her concerns and make sure we address them. >> Okay. Thank you. Appreciate it. U commissioners, any questions for the applicant. >> All right. We will close the public
hearing and Commissioner Welch, this one is yours. Um >> for the case of ZC26-042, I move for a continuence of 30 days or till the next meeting. >> Second. Who was that? It's throwing again.
McCoy. All right. We have a uh motion to continue this case until our May meeting uh by Commissioner Welch and a second by Commissioner McCoy. >> Commissioners, how do you vote? Chairperson Reigns. >> I. >> Commissioner Mayo. >> I. >> Commissioner Trujillo.
>> I. >> Commissioner Welch. >> I. >> Commissioner McCoy. >> I. >> Commissioner Edmonds. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Robinson. >> I. >> Commissioner Pierce. >> I. >> Commissioner Rogers. >> Hi. Commissioner Worman >> I. >> And Commissioner Castro >> I. >> With a vote of 11 to zero, the zoning
commission votes to recommend a continuence until the May 13th meeting. >> All right. At this time, uh we are adjourned and thank you all for being here. 4:00 on the dot. >> Good job everyone. And I appreciate all your your comments, your questions, your your willingness to to serve the public.
So, thank you all very much. Appreciate y'all. >> Not really.