Residents of east Fort Worth have mobilized to shut down a rock crushing operation near the West Fork of the Trinity River that is operating without a zoning permit. At the same time, they are asking the city to reject a request to rezone the site and surrounding property for further industrial use.
In July, Crushtex, LLC, received a building permit from the city for a temporary construction trailer at 153 McGuffin Way, a property owned by Wallace Hall Jr. A Facebook page for Crushtex created in October says the company provides commercial flex base, which is used in road construction.
Hall, however, did not receive a conditional use permit for the rock crushing operation, which is required since the property is zoned only for commercial, not industrial, use. Hall did not immediately respond to a phone message and email requesting comment…