Beach Street Rezoning Denied; Case Still Casts Shadow Over East Fort Worth

Arlington TX

11 March, 2022

5:34 PM

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By Rachel Behrndt, Fort Worth Report March 9, 2022 Three warehouses will not be built along Beach Street in east Fort Worth after residents for seven months rallied against a proposed zoning change. Neighbors and advocates of Gateway Park, which falls near the proposed development, call it a victory. Cary Moon, District 4 councilman who represents the area, warned that denial of the planned project could clear the way an unfavorable replacement. "My goal with this is I want to make sure that you understand that, in a year and a half, when you see an industrial distribution center 25 feet from Beach Street, that is not my zoning decision," Moon said. The zoning request would have rezoned nearly 30 acres from residential to light industrial, which would allow three warehouses to be built and operate in the area. Neighbors opposed the development because it didn't fit with the surrounding development and the potential traffic impacts of the project. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.