Only five adult animals allowed per household in residential districts. The City of Fort Worth Code Compliance Division logs about 900 complaints per year concerning odor and noise from livestock and fowl, and illegal home occupations, such as cock fighting. Because of the additional buffer, these types of problems should be eliminated. By creating the new size requirements, animals should be provided a healthier environment. Changes apply to any animal raised for human consumption, including horses, mules, hogs, cows, sheep, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, emus, ostriches, rheas, chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, pigeons, pea-fowl or peacocks.
Residents have one year to conform to ordinance changes for livestock and six months for fowl.
For more information, call 871-6320. The federal government calls these types of redevelopment projects Brownfields. The money will be used to investigate potentially contaminated vacant lots, old strip shopping centers, abandoned gasoline stations, former industrial sites and abandoned dry cleaners whose chemicals may have leaked when stored underground. The forum will give developers, bankers and property owners and other interested Fort Worth business community members the opportunity to meet with city leaders and environmental staff members. Mayor Kenneth Barr will open the discussions.