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Fort Worth zoning commission recommends denial of "proliferating uses" text amendment after community pushback
Summary
The Fort Worth Zoning Commission voted 11‑0 on Jan. 14 to recommend denial of a proposed zoning text amendment that would have restricted the location of liquor/package stores, credit access businesses and retail smoke shops; public commenters and commissioners raised concerns about equity, grandfathering and drafting problems.
The Fort Worth Zoning Commission on Wednesday recommended denial of a proposed text amendment intended to limit concentrations of liquor and package stores, credit access businesses and retail smoke shops across the city.
Staff described amendments to define those uses in the zoning code, add separation distances (generally 1,000 feet) between like uses and expand sensitive‑use buffers around retail smoke shops from 300 to 500 feet. At a public hearing, opponents said the changes would stigmatize low‑income neighborhoods, risk creating vacant storefronts and would not…
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