Comprehensive Land Use Plan as Retail Commercial, and the current zoning is LR, local
retail. Mr. Husband provided site photos of the property.
Applicant representative Jasmine Rangel, 2945 Milby Oaks Drive, Fort Worth, Texas,
provided an overview of the request and Juanito’s Giving Tree. She addressed
concerns-lighting, signage for drop- off, loitering, and refuse bins-discussed at the
Planning and Zoning Commission meeting.
Mr. Husband presented staff’s report. He informed City Council the city received written
opposition from 26% of the properties within 200-foot of the subject property. In
accordance with state law, an approval by the City Council requires six (6) affirmative
votes. The Planning and Zoning Commission, at their February 6, 2025 meeting,
recommended approval with a vote of 4-1.
City Council, staff, and the applicant discussed surrounding secondhand thrift shops,
commercial zoned areas in the city; for-profit status; purpose and criteria for special use
permits and when the city implemented a special use permit for secondhand goods
dealer; if the special use permit runs with the land or the business; hours of operation;
concern with furniture drop-off; source for donations; criteria for special use permits;
buffer standards; lighting for the retail center; allowable uses for the current zoning;
illegal dumping; and how code violations are processed.
The following people spoke in opposition: Kieran McMahon, 6209 Camelot Court;
Deborah Smith, 4020 Diamond Loch East; Mike Richhart, 4016 Diamond Loch West;
Inga Anderson, 3904 Diamond Loch East; Katherine Wardlaw, 4008 Diamond Loch
East; Shelly Holon, 6309 Green Castle; Sheila Wilhelm, 4012 Diamond Loch East; and
Vicki Miller, 4004 Diamond Loch East.
There being no one else wishing to speak, Mayor McCarty closed the public hearing
A MOTION WAS MADE BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM VAUGHN, SECONDED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER RODRIGUEZ TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NO. 3895.
THE MOTION FAILED; WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO
TEM VAUGHN VOTING IN FAVOR AND ASSOCIATE MAYOR PRO TEM RODRIGUEZ,
COUNCIL MEMBERS COMPTON, BLAKE, MITCHELL, AND MAYOR PRO TEM DEUPREE
VOTING AGAINST.