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<\/a><\/p>\nDocumenters<\/a> empowers people like you to help fill the gaps in reporting on Tarrant County public meetings. Find out how you can join here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fort Worth City Council members in November will consider combining the two boards. In a presentation to the commercial board Sept. 17, LaShondra Stringfellow, assistant planning\/development director in the city\u2019s development services department, cited inefficient use of time and other resources as reasons for the merger.<\/p>\n This change would reduce the number of regular members to 11 appointed to represent each council district, plus four alternate members. Each board currently has 11 members.<\/p>\n Eight of the 11 members and all four alternates would be required to be from professional fields of architecture, real estate, law, property development, engineering, mortgage and financing, and planning, urban design and landscape architecture.<\/p>\n Also considered will be persons who have demonstrated civic interest, general knowledge of the community, independent judgment and understanding of zoning and planning.<\/p>\n Stringfellow, in a work session following the board\u2019s public hearing, summarized the notional implementation schedule:<\/p>\n Board members who seemed surprised by the initiative expressed disappointment that City Council members had not reached out to them for input before putting this change in motion, with more than one member expressing feelings of being disrespected.<\/p>\n Board members shared several concerns:<\/p>\n Tony Perez, commercial board of adjustment vice chair, indicated he will approach City Council members to share the board\u2019s concerns and will urge them to watch the video<\/a> recording of the Sept. 17 session to hear the concerns directly. Perez also requested that staff be given an opportunity to provide feedback.\u00a0<\/p>\n Stringfellow agreed to return to the commercial board\u2019s next meeting on Oct. 15 to provide an update and review draft code changes.\u00a0<\/p>\n In one of their cases at the meeting, the board approved three requested code variances that will enable the construction of a new Taco Casa restaurant in the city\u2019s Northside.<\/p>\n The variances will allow drive-thru activity across the front of the property, a dumpster in the rear, and will facilitate planned parking.<\/p>\n As reported previously<\/a>, the restaurant will be at 1901 NE 28th St. This case was continued from the commercial board of adjustment\u2019s Aug. 20 meeting, to give time for the owner to discuss the planned operating hours with nearby neighbors.<\/p>\n Alex Srur from A.N.A. Consultants, an engineering firm representing the case, confirmed the intended operating hours as 8 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 8 a.m.-1 a.m. Friday-Saturday. Srur confirmed the owner had met with nearby residents along Schwartz and Oscar avenues and they had no opposition. He also provided comparable operating hours from a number of other restaurants nearby.<\/p>\n To view our Documenters notes from this meeting, click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n If you believe anything in these notes is inaccurate, please email us at news@fortworthreport.org with \u201cCorrection Request\u201d in the subject line.<\/p>\n \n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n Fort Worth Report is certified by the Journalism Trust Initiative<\/a> for adhering to standards for ethical journalism.<\/p>\n Republish This Story<\/p>\n\n
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