The Northside is closing in on a new restaurant: Taco Casa.
The company plans to put a restaurant and drive-thru on a vacant lot at the northeast corner of Schwartz Avenue and Northeast 28th Street. Members of the Fort Worth Commercial Board of Adjustment voted at their Aug. 20 meeting to continue a case on three variances from certain requirements the property owner is seeking, so it can discuss the business’s proposed operating hours with neighbors.
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The property is a 28,662-square-foot vacant lot. The owner, Metroplex Homes LLC, on behalf of the restaurant, asked the Board of Adjustment for three variances from:
- The requirement that nonresidential activity may not occur in the front yard of a corner lot in a nonresidential district that abuts the front yard of a lot with residential zoning.
- Requirement for a 25-foot supplemental building setback, to allow a dumpster to be located 13 feet 4 inches from the northern property line within the setback.
- The requirement that parking within the 25-foot supplemental building setback located along the northern and western boundaries of the property be limited to daylight hours.
Board member Kay Duffy inquired about Metroplex Homes’ plans for five vacant residential lots to the north of the restaurant site. Metroplex Homes owner answered that he owns all the lots and intends to build homes on all in the future.
Board member Tony Perez asked about the restaurant’s operating hours. Alex Srur, an engineer with A.N.A. Consultants L.L.C., a firm working with the owner, told the commission the hours would be 8 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 8 a.m.-1 a.m. Friday-Saturday.
Some board members were concerned about the weekend hours, but on advice of the city attorney’s representative at the meeting, the board members decided against dictating operating hours given that many other businesses in the neighborhood near the Fort Worth Stockyards are open late on weekends.
Perez then inquired if anyone had spoken with neighbors on the eastern boundary of the property about the intended operating hours. Metroplex Homes’ owner said he had not, but was willing.
No public opposition was raised.
Board member Bob Riley moved that the case be continued for one month to give time for the owner to discuss the operating hours with neighbors. The motion was seconded by Andrea Shields. The continuation motion passed unanimously.
In another case, the board approved four variances with three conditions to allow the construction of an auto repair building planned at 1725 S. Riverside Drive.
The 21,777-square-foot property is on a flat corner lot in an industrial area, adjacent to single-family residential zoning. The proposed auto repair building is 80 by 50 feet and would have two bay doors.
The requested variances:
- Allow auto repair/paint and body on a property that adjoins a residential district boundary.
- Allow an automobile repair facility to be constructed with bay doors facing a one- or two-family district.
- Allow an existing structure that was enclosed and the proposed structure to encroach into the required supplemental building setback.
- Permit the required screening fence material to be metal paneling, not the required wood, concrete or masonry.
No public opposition was raised. Board member Sergio Garza moved approval of the case with three conditions:
- The 20-foot buffer zone be completely landscaped.
- No overnight outdoor storage of vehicles is allowed.
- Hours of operation must be limited to 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday-Saturday.
Riley seconded the motion, and board members passed it unanimously.
Doug Wilhelm is a member of the Fort Worth Report’s Documenters crew.
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