The Fort Worth Board of Adjustment met on August 19, 2026, with all 11 members present. The meeting covered multiple variance and special exception requests, including sign height, electronic changeable copy signs, telecommunications tower height, lot size, accessory structures, setbacks, and carports. Several cases were continued, and decisions were made on nine cases, with one case split into separate votes.
Thank you. Good morning. Notice of this meeting has been posted online for at least seventy-two hours. Staff present today are Denisha London, Emily Reyes, Stacey Jones, Gianna Bridges, Trey Qualls, and Mayor Belpina. Chair, will you please call this meeting to order? Yes, good morning. This is Witt Woolman, and the this meeting of the Board of Adjustment will now come to order. It is the 19th of August, twenty twenty six, and I welcome everyone to the Board of Adjustment. This board is a citizen board appointed by the city council. By state law, a minimum of nine members or alternate members must be present to provide a quorum in order to conduct business. Today we have a quorum with all eleven members present. Today's meeting agenda can be found online at WWW.gov. Speaker registration forums for cases on today's agenda should have been turned in prior to the start of this session. Today's public hearing is being documented by cable television and video conference recording, which will be available on the city's website. To facilitate an orderly meeting, I'm asking everyone in the council chamber to turn off the audible alarms on your electronic devices at this time. So we will not be distracted during our meeting. After presenting the facts of the case, the board of adjustment members will have the opportunity to question city staff about the case and any applicable laws or regulations that might apply. When speakers require the services of a translator, all speaker times during those cases will be doubled. After the parties have presented their positions, the board members will then have the opportunity to ask questions of the applicant and any opposition. During this time, all speakers must remember that all dialogue be directed to the board of adjustment only. There is no time limit during this period. After the board members have received answers to their questions, I will close the public portion of the hearing. Board members can discuss the case among themselves and city staff to determine whether or not the application meets or does not meet the criteria for approval. After this discussion, I will ask for a motion to approve, deny, or continue the case. City staff will call for a voice vote from each member. If an application is denied, an applicant will have 10 days in which to appeal to a court of appropriate jurisdiction. For more information on this and additional information on any case on today's agenda, you may contact the board of adjustment at 817-3926 after this meeting. If necessary, a closed executive session may be held with respect to the posted agenda items to enable the board of adjustment to receive advice from legal staff. The first order of business is the approval of the minutes uh from the July 2026 meeting, and we are open for a motion to approve. Move approval. Thank you, Mr. Riley. Do we have a second? Second. Uh Mr. Garza. Oh, Mr. Whitten. You both point each other. All right, Mr. Witten takes it. Second. Uh staff. Could we please perform a roll call vote? Yes. Board member Jim Whitten? Yes. Board Member Sergio Garza. Yes. Board Member Michael Johnston.