The guidelines presented here will assist the person desiring to develop land within the City of Fort Worth. The order of the various steps is determined by engineering considerations or by prerequisites established by city policies. Predevelopment conferences with city staff are available to learn more about certain procedures or to address specific problems before formal development requests are made.
Predevelopment conferences are useful and are encouraged to streamline processing.
When problems are found at this stage, the developer can correct them before the actual process begins. Also, the departments better understand the project so when their review is needed in the actual process, the review time is shortened. Below is information on annexation , platting , zoning , building permits and site plans . A developer must follow the steps below to annex and develop land contiguous to the city limits. Submit a request for annexation addressed to the City Council or the Development Coordinator, Kevin Lasher, Development Department.