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To the Mayor and Members of the City Council June 20, 1995
1873 Subject: PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS
BACKGROUND
On April 4, 1995 the Mayor and Council requested that staff receive additional input from the Fort
Worth League of Neighborhood Associations regarding public notice requirements for rezoning,
platting, and Board of Adjustment actions. The League was contacted a second time for input and
has responded(see attached correspondence dated May 19, 1995). Based on this input, staff offers
the following recommendations for revision of the City's public notification requirements.
NOTICE TO AFFECTED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS
A courtesy notice will be provided to a registered neighborhood association affected by a proposed
application. This notice will be provided within one week of the filing deadline. The notice will
include the owner's and/or agents name and address,location map,type of application, and the name
of the assigned project manager. A neighborhood association must register with the Applications
Division, Department of Development and provide a description of the association's boundaries,
current contact person(s), and pay an annual fee of $5.00. These notices will be provided as a
courtesy to the registered neighborhoods, and will not be considered legal notices.
EXPANDING RADIUS OF MAILED NOTICES
The radius of mailed notices for the Plan Commission, Zoning Commission, and the Board of
Adjustment will be expanded from 200 to 300 feet. A 500-foot notice radius shall be provided for
uses in the zoning ordinance that may not be located closer than 500 feet to a residentially zoned
property, such as hotels/motels, pawnshops, parole/probation offices, and variances involving
sexually oriented businesses.
POSTING OF SIGNS FOR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HEARINGS
It is not recommended that signs be required for Board of Adjustment variance requests. (Signs are
already posted for Board of Adjustment special exception requests and rezonings.) Staff believes that
a courtesy notice to the affected neighborhood association and an expanded notification radius
should provide necessary notification.
NOTIFICATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Current policy provides notice to affected school districts for all preliminary plats and for other
actions where school district property falls within the mandatory notification radius. Staff
recommends that the affected school district receive a courtesy notice of all rezonings within the
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INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7931
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council June 20, 1995
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r873 Subject:
PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS
RECOMMENDATION
If the Mayor and Council wish to proceed with these recommended actions, staff should be directed
to prepare the necessary ordinance amendments to increase legal notice for Zoning Commission, the
Plan Commission, and the Board of Adjustment to a 300 or 500 foot radius from the subject tract.
In addition, the Mayor and Council should direct staff to implement a system for registration of
interested neighborhood associations to receive a courtesy notice for cases filed with the Zoning
Commission,Board of Adjustment,and the Plan Commission. As noted above, this registration will
require payment of an annual fee of$5.00.
Bob Terrell
City Manager
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS
4o�T W Fort Worth League of Neighborhood Associations
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Fort Worth, TX 76113
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921-3331 FAX: 923-1702
May 19, 1995
Ms. Ann Kovich
Director of Development
City of Fort Worth, TX
1000 Throckmorton Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Dear Ms. Kovich,
The Executive Committee of the Fort Worth League of Neighborhood Associations has reviewed
all recommendations pertaining to zoning notification.
We agree with your recommendation of 300 feet, rather than the current 200 feet in most cases.
However, we believe that for those few items(such as hotels/motels, halfway houses, etc.)
requiring public hearing, residents within 500 feet be notified. Currently for Zoning and Special
Exceptions we agree additional signage for variances would not be practicable.
We would recommend neighborhood notices use Dallas' early warning system_ We understand
this system matches applications with the Mapsco number of registered neighborhoods and a copy
of the application would be mailed immediately upon receipt. This would give a neighborhood
between 4 and 6 weeks notice which would be sufficient time to meet with the applicant and call a
neighborhood meeting to determine what impact the application might have on the area.
The normal 10 day notice should also be mailed. This method would keep city staff and mailing
costs to a minimum FWLNA current costs is$35 per notice.
The FWLNA represents about sixty neighborhoods, but there are 133 known neighborhood
associations, advisory councils and homeowner groups in Fort Worth. Whatever your decision,
we request a written notification of your planned procedure, so we can pass on this information in
our monthly newsletter.
Sincerely, , ""-, �°.�CI,
MS,
Carol J. Kenel
Chairman FT woi� , ni