Preserving Mosier Valley — Tarrant County’s first freedmen’s town and an early all-Black community in Texas — is paramount as the far east Fort Worth community struggles to build more housing and stop new industrial sites from relocating to the neighborhood, residents say.
The Fort Worth Zoning Commission on Wednesday denied an application for an industrial site in the neighborhood sandwiched between Euless and Arlington but approved a related request for residential housing.
J. Arturo Andrade and Hurst-based O & J Coatings Inc. sought to rezone a nearly 2-acre tract at 3136 and 3200 House Anderson Road from agricultural to light industrial to use for outdoor equipment storage. The proposal was recommended for denial by city staff because the plan is incompatible with future land uses and the city’s comprehensive plan.
Andrade asked commissioners to delay the case for 60 days so he could meet with neighborhood residents after some opposed the project.
Jeff Pointer, chair of the Mosier Valley Property Owners Association, told commissioners that it was outrageous that the rezoning request was made in the historical district since the site is down the block from a notable cemetery. He said he was working with groups to preserve the area and build more homes.
“Light industrial is not going to work,” Pointer said. “We have enough industrial in Mosier Valley.”
Pointer said it is vital that Fort Worth protects the historic freedmen’s town.
“We cannot let them erase our community,” he said. “We just want to preserve our story.”
Russell Newton, who lives in one of the first new homes built in Mosier Valley in decades, said he was opposed to the project because of noise, disturbances and congestion that come from nearby industrial sites.
Among the ongoing complaints are large tractor-trailers left parked near homes, disturbances from vehicles doing “burnouts” and large gatherings that continue until early mornings, Newton said.
If a large vehicle parks near a home, “you’re stuck until somebody comes and moves the truck,” he said.
Commissioner Tammy Pierce said the city should deny the application because “we need to maintain the quality and historic value” of Mosier Valley.
Pierce said the community opposition showed that delaying the application is not needed.
“Why wait 60 days?” she asked, adding that the community residents deal with what she termed “disrespect” on an ongoing basis.
Andrade’s other application — to rezone a 1-acre tract at 3201 House Anderson Road from agricultural to one-family residential — was approved.
Pointer asked commissioners to delay the case so residents could hear from Andrade.
“We have no idea what’s going to go there,” he said.
Zoning Commission chair Jeremy Raines said the rezoning application would protect land for housing.
“This would start you down that path,” Raines told Pointer. “It locks up residential zoning. The application does give you what you’re asking for.”
Only one home can be built on the land, Raines said. Otherwise, Andrade would have to file a new rezoning application for additional structures.
A zoning application was also approved for 12 acres at 3550 Euless South Main Street, not far from Mosier Valley.
Applicant Coleman Hands told commissioners that the request to rezone land to light industrial for petroleum supply distribution and truck transport storage was intended to make zoning uniform for the site.
That request was approved by commissioners.
Eric E. Garcia is senior business reporter at the Fort Worth Report. Contact him at eric.garcia@fortworthreport.org.
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