HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 5552-04-2022 A Resolution
NO. 5552-04-2022
AUTHORIZE INITIATION OF REZONING FOR PROPERTY IN
THE HIGHLAND HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE
SYCAMORE SECTOR OF FORT WORTH
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
WHEREAS, on November 21, 2000, the City Council received Informal Report No.
8289, regarding procedures for City Council-initiated rezoning of properties to make the
city's zoning districts more consistent with the adopted Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Council-initiated rezoning procedures involve verifying the
proposed zoning changes are consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan; allowing
interested Council Members to conduct one or more informational meetings in or near the
proposed zoning districts in order to explain the proposed changes to affected property
owners; briefing the City Council on the proposed zoning changes, after which the City
Council shall indicate whether or not it wishes to initiate those proposed changes; and
placing an appropriate Resolution on the agenda for the next regular City Council meeting
authorizing the Development Services Department to prepare a zoning change application
and schedule the application for the next available public hearing of the Zoning
Commission; and
WHEREAS, City staff held a meeting for the owners of property in the Highland
Hills in Council District 8 to discuss the proposed zoning change on March 7, 2022; and
WHEREAS, Councilmember Chris Nettles has requested that the City Manager
initiate the rezoning process for the subject properties; and
WHEREAS, the affected parcels are currently single-family residential homes,
community facilities, small commercial sites, or undeveloped land and designated as
Single Family Residential or Neighborhood Commercial in the Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan contains policies to encourage new
development in character with the existing neighborhood scale, architecture, and platting
patterns, as well as encouraging infill development of compatible single-family homes in
existing neighborhoods to preserve and protect residential neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends rezoning the affected parcels from "C" Medium
Density Multifamily and "E" Neighborhood Commercial to "A-5" One Family, "CF"
Community Facilities, and "ER Neighborhood Commercial Restricted as depicted in
Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the City Council received an Informal Report on April 5, 2022,
describing the zoning changes; and
WHEREAS, approval of this Resolution will allow the City Manager to submit a
zoning change application for public hearing by the Zoning Commission on May 11, 2022,
and for public hearing and action by the City Council on June 14, 2022;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT:
The City Manager is authorized to initiate a zoning change from "C" Medium
Density Multifamily and "E" Neighborhood Commercial to "A-5" One Family, "CF"
Community Facilities, and "ER Neighborhood Commercial Restricted for properties in the
Highland Hills neighborhood in Council District 8, in accordance with the Comprehensive
Plan and as depicted in Exhibit A.
Adopted this 12TH day of April 2022. <<,V
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By: J ette S.Goodall(Apr 13,202216: CDT)
Jannette S. Goodall, City Secretary �kAS
Highland Hills Neighborhood: Proposed Zoning
From"C"Medium Density Multifamily and"E"Neighborhood Commercial EXHIBIT A
to"A-5"One-Family, "CF"Community Facilities,and"ER"Neighborhood Commercial Restricted
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