Fort Worth Zoning commissioners decided against recommending the application for a conditional use permit for a carwash to be located on a lot located at the southwest corner of 8th Avenue and Cantey Street.<\/p>\n
A motion to recommend approval to the Fort Worth City Council died on a 5-5 vote at a Sept. 9 meeting, after opposition from some residents in the area who said the carwash would generate too much noise.<\/p>\n
The applicant, FW Triple Net #2 8th Ave, LLC\/QuikTrip was represented by Ben Williams, a real estate project manager for QuikTrip, and Jonathan Schindler of Westwood Professional Services.<\/p>\n
Williams explained that after getting community feedback, they made some minor changes to the site plan and conducted a sound study. To address community concerns, QuikTrip added more trees to the western edge and northwest corner of the property line, closest to the residential area.<\/p>\n
Williams offered to add even more trees \u2014 \u201cif that is what is needed here,\u201d but QuikTrip would need city permission to add trees in several easements \u2014 and noted the site plan now includes a masonry wall.<\/p>\n
\u201cAdding that masonry wall helped direct the noise a little bit further away from the residential and projects it more into the commercial sites kind of across the street,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n
Williams noted that QT is environmentally conscious and that the facility will reclaim 80% of the water that is used by it. Comparatively, that is 14 to 22 gallons of water per vehicle compared to the average homeowner who may use 116 gallons to wash their vehicle, he offered.<\/p>\n
With respect to concerns about noise, Williams emphasized that the car wash only operates from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and that the dryers only run when a car is being washed, so the noise would not be constant.<\/p>\n
He then discussed the equipment.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey’re all inside the building, further reducing noise pollution. And then for this location, one other change that we made was when we open that tunnel door, the exit door, we’re going to limit it to only be raised at 10 feet.\u201d<\/p>\n
Williams explained that by shielding the blowers, the noise is reduced by an additional 3 to 5 decibels.<\/p>\n
A sound study considered worst case scenarios, he said. None of the readings exceeded the maximum levels allowed for residential or commercial, he said, citing the study.<\/p>\n
A commissioner asked about the 102 letters of support that QuikTrip quoted. Williams noted not all the letters were from Fort Worth residents, but felt it important to include them as it shows support. He estimated 75% of the letters were from residents of the city.<\/p>\n
Anita Horky and Dustin Massey were two community members who spoke in opposition to the project.<\/p>\n
Horky, representing the Paschal Neighborhood Association, said, \u201cWe are not opposing redevelopment of this property, the convenience store, or gasoline sales. Our concern is specifically whether a car wash located here is compatible with the nearby resident properties. We think it is not.\u201d<\/p>\n
Horky also expressed concerns about traffic. After pointing out QT\u2019s materials state they can process 100 vehicles per hour, she said, \u201cWe think the commission should also be satisfied that the proposed car wash site can safely contain that level of activity without creating additional circulation or stacking problems.\u201d<\/p>\n
Massey, a resident of The Addison at University Heights, explained he was there on behalf of the president of their HOA. Massey said the association provided 23 letters of opposition to QT, but had received updated plans from the company only the day earlier.<\/p>\n
Commission recommends against industrial case<\/p>\n
Despite addressing the concerns of the Chapel Creek Neighborhood Association<\/a> and receiving support from the association president, Fort Worth Zoning commissioners unanimously recommended denial of a rezoning request that would have allowed a developer to build light industrial uses.<\/p>\n Commissioners voted 10-0 to recommend denial of the zoning case at 1401 Alemeda St. to the Fort Worth City Council, after a first motion to recommend approval died without a second.<\/p>\n City staff members had recommended denial of the case, which would have rezoned the property from A-5 single-family and F commercial, stating it was an inappropriate land use adjacent to the Chapel Creek neighborhood and incompatible with the city\u2019s comprehensive plan.<\/p>\n Commissioner Charles Edmonds moved to recommend approval of the rezoning, citing the property owner\u2019s efforts to meet with the neighborhood and address residents\u2019 concerns about traffic and the need for landscaping to block sight lines. The president of the neighborhood association spoke in favor of the rezoning, and nobody appeared in opposition.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the applicants have made a good-faith effort,\u201d Edmonds said in making his motion. There was no second, and the motion died. Commissioner Jacob Wurman then moved to recommend denial, which passed 10-0.<\/p>\n Commissioners had raised questions about traffic access and landscaping. The owner\u2019s site plan, which is part of the rezoning, retained a tree line.<\/p>\n Ray Oujesky, a lawyer with the Kelly Hart firm in Fort Worth, representing the property owner, Tako LLC, noted the zoning commission had rezoned the site to allow auto auction in an earlier case.<\/p>\n Oujesky warned that the site could be vulnerable to that type of use, which residents don\u2019t want, without the rezoning to Tako\u2019s requested planned development. The rezoning would allow light industrial uses except for massage and tattoo parlors, and would require the site plan.<\/p>\n The site would be attractive to users like electricians, roofers, subcontractors and local suppliers, Oujesky told commissioners. The development would see box trucks over semis due to the reduced size of parking, he said.<\/p>\n Residents\u2019 primary concern was about traffic access, he acknowledged.<\/p>\n Gary Hogan, Chapel Creek association president, told commissioners that Tako\u2019s representatives had been very diligent in working with residents.<\/p>\n \u201cThe biggest concern for the community was the traffic impact to Westpoint Boulevard, which is very, very congested, especially during school season when traffic to pick up their kids and so forth goes through that route.\u201d<\/p>\n But \u201cfrom what I hear from the community now is that they’d much rather see this development than the other potentials that could happen to that land in the future.\u201d Hogan said.<\/p>\n Brandon Middleton, a civil engineer with the Kimley-Horn<\/a> consulting firm, which is working with Tako, told commissioners the current commercial zoning allows for buildings up to 45 feet and the owner is using the site\u2019s topography to restrict building heights to much less than 45 feet.<\/p>\n Middleton further noted that the plan was to save all the trees along Alemeda Street to break up the sight lines, and lastly, the primary driveway for the development will be along the Loop 820 frontage road, not on Westpoint Boulevard.<\/p>\n Fort Worth Zoning Commission<\/p>\n Documenter: Patrick Banis<\/p>\n Date: Sept. 9, 2026<\/p>\n Learn more about this meeting by clicking here<\/a>. For the agenda, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Patrick Banis is a member of the Fort Worth Report Documenters<\/a> crew. 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