Giving a developer its best shot at approval for four one-story commercial buildings fronting the Trinity River in a 10-acre proposed signature development off of University Drive south of Interstate 30, a city commission grappled with design and density concerns over two meetings before approving the case.
Fort Worth Board of Adjustment commissioners continued the case at their July 16 meeting, after a commissioner signaled she wouldn’t support the proposal, meaning the vote would fall one vote short of the minimum nine commissioners required by city ordinance for approval.
At a special July 30 meeting, the commission voted 9-0 to approve the developer’s request, after the developer’s representatives initially said they wanted to withdraw in order to rethink the case…