HomeMy WebLinkAbout26-0025 - 2026-02-03 - Informal ReportINFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
No. 26-0025
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council February 3, 2026
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On February 10, 2026, the City Council will consider a resolution to initiate the zoning change
process for properties located at 5329 and 5335 East 1 st Street between East 1 st Street and the
Trinity River. The 269-acre properties are bracketed by Gateway Park and Quanah Parker Park
and are currently zoned "C" Medium Density Residential, "E" Neighborhood Commercial, "G"
General Commercial, and the currently inactive "D-HR1" Multifamily High -Rise district. The
properties are vacant and located within the FEMA 100-Year Floodplain.
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Taken together, the properties owned by West Fork Partners, LP abut the Trinity River and are
entirely located within the FEMA 100-Year Floodplain. The properties are designated as Open
Space on the adopted Future Land Use Map in the 2023 Comprehensive Plan. While the
properties have different zoning designations currently, they are all identified as Wetland
Mitigation Property in the City's Zoning Map GIS records. The properties immediately south of the
subject properties are actively used and/or proposed for use as "I" Light Industrial and are
designated on the adopted Future Land Use Map in the 2023 Comprehensive Plan as Light
Industrial.
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS
INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
No. 26-0025
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council February 3, 2026
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s SUBJECT: PROPOSED COUNCIL -INITIATED ZONING CHANGE FOR 5329
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RIVER, LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 11
Based upon the status of the properties as vacant, within the FEMA 100-Year Floodplain,
designated Open Space in the adopted Comprehensive Plan, and being identified as Wetland
Mitigation Property in the City's Zoning Map GIS records, Councilmember Jeanette Martinez has
requested rezoning of the properties to the special purpose "0-1" Floodplain District. Staff has
notified the affected property owner, West Fork Partners, LP of the proposed zoning change from
"C" Medium Density Residential, "E" Neighborhood Commercial, "G" General Commercial, and
the currently inactive "D-HR1" Multifamily High -Rise to "0-1" Floodplain to protect the 100-Year
Floodplain, the adjacent Trinity River, and the existing Wetland Mitigation use.
The proposed schedule for the zoning change is:
City Council resolution February 10, 2026
Zoning Commission public hearing and recommendation March 11, 2026
City Council public hearing and action April 14, 2026
For any questions, please contact LaShondra Stringfellow, Assistant Director of Development
Services, at 817-392-6214.
Jesus "Jay" Chapa
City Manager
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS