City Plan Commission · 9:00 AM · Council Chambers, 6TH Floor
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Mixed-Use Planned Development at Main Street (Z-25-000132)
City Council final vote
Vote discrepancy
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Confirm whether Council adopted the Main Street zoning ordinances
Why now: Event E1 records only the May 13, 2026 public hearing with staff and City Plan Commission recommendations of approval subject to conditions, and no vote result appears anywhere in the record for Z-25-000132.
What to do: The record shows a May 13, 2026 public hearing on both ordinances but no recorded Council vote or ordinance number, and the matter is still listed as active with no identified next step. Request the May 13 Council minutes and the signed ordinances from the City Secretary to determine whether the items were approved, held under advisement, or continued, since conditions and any compliance triggers cannot be verified without the adopted text.
Act before: After the requested Council minutes and ordinances are produced
Verify which planned development rules govern the Washington Avenue tract
Why now: The February 19, 2026 application described one new Planned Development District covering both the IM and CS tracts, but by March 26, 2026 it was split into a new district on the CS tract and a new subdistrict within PD 1002 on the IM tract.
What to do: The industrial-zoned tract at North Washington Avenue and Main Street was pulled out of the standalone new district and re-filed as a subdistrict inside existing Planned Development District 1002, so its base regulations, setbacks and permitted light industrial uses now flow from PD 1002 plus the new subdistrict conditions rather than from the new district text. Pull both the PD 1002 ordinance and the commission-recommended conditions before pricing entitlements or underwriting the site, or you may design to the wrong standards.
Act before: After the adopted ordinance text and conditions are published
Ask why the Main Street rezoning was split into two districts
Why now: Minutes M1 and M2 both record 12-0 votes with Rubin declaring a conflict and leaving the room, while E2 and E3 show the application description changed between the February 19, 2026 and March 26, 2026 hearings.
What to do: Between the February 19 and March 26 commission hearings the single proposed district was restructured into a new district plus a subdistrict of Planned Development District 1002, yet both hearings produced identical unanimous 12-0 votes with no recorded discussion of the change. Ask planner Justin Lee and applicant representative Robert Baldwin what drove the restructuring, and ask Commissioner Rubin to state the nature of the conflict of interest that kept him out of the room for both votes.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Check light industrial limits near Main and Peak Street homes
Why now: E1, E2 and E3 all describe a mix of residential, commercial and light industrial uses approved subject to conditions, with Justin Lee listed as the assigned planner in Council District 2.
What to do: This plan puts residential, commercial and light industrial uses in the same district on the southeast side of Main Street northeast of South Peak Street, so the specific list of permitted light industrial uses, hours of operation and screening requirements live in the attached conditions, not in the district name. Ask planner Justin Lee for the conditions and development plan now, because once the ordinance is adopted those limits are fixed and changing them requires a new zoning application.
Act before: After the adopted ordinance and conditions are published
Pritesh Rana Alcohol Sales Permit at Lawnview Avenue and Forney Road (Z-25-000172)
City Council final vote
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Pull site plan conditions attached to alcohol permit
Why now: The City Plan Commission recommended approval for a five-year period subject to a site plan and conditions on February 19, 2026, with Oscar Aguilera listed as planner for Z-25-000172, but the record here does not contain the conditions text or the Council outcome.
What to do: Request the adopted ordinance, the site plan, and the full list of conditions for this Specific Use Permit from the planner of record, and determine in writing whether the five-year term recommended by the commission was adopted and what event starts that clock. Without that document the client cannot know which conditions trigger revocation or when a renewal application must be filed.
Act before: After the requested ordinance and conditions are produced
Confirm five-year limit on Lawnview alcohol permit
Why now: Staff recommended approval subject to a site plan and conditions while the City Plan Commission recommended approval only for a five-year period in Z-25-000172, a split carried into the April 8, 2026 Council public hearing.
What to do: Verify whether the final ordinance carries the City Plan Commission's five-year term or staff's open-ended approval, because a time-limited alcohol permit for the under-3,500-square-foot store must be re-approved before expiration and lenders and grocery-format tenants typically discount a store whose beverage revenue rides on a renewable permit. Underwrite the site with a renewal filing budgeted roughly a year ahead of the term's end rather than assuming a permanent right.
Act before: After the adopted ordinance and site plan conditions are published
Ask why alcohol permit hearing shows no recorded outcome
Why now: The item was held under advisement from January 15, 2026 to February 19, 2026 and carried 13-0 both times, then was set for a Council public hearing on April 8, 2026, yet the matter remains active with no next step identified.
What to do: Ask the city secretary and the planning department for the April 8, 2026 Council action on this alcohol permit and for the case file explaining the one-month hold between the two commission hearings. Two identical unanimous commission votes a month apart, followed by a scheduled Council hearing with no recorded result, is the kind of gap that usually means a deferral, a withdrawal, or a conditions dispute nobody has explained on the record.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Watch alcohol sales conditions at Lawnview and Forney corner
Why now: The City Plan Commission recommended approval for only a five-year period subject to a site plan and conditions in Council District 5 on February 19, 2026, for a general merchandise food store under 3,500 square feet.
What to do: Get a copy of the site plan and conditions for the corner store at Lawnview Avenue and Forney Road, since those documents — not the permit itself — set things like store layout, signage, and site operations that neighbors can enforce by complaint. If the commission's five-year term survives, note the expiration year now: renewal is the point at which documented nuisance complaints actually carry weight.
Act before: After the next material record update
Charter School at Harry Hines & Wadley Lane (Z-25-000151)
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Verify Texas deadline to challenge Council zoning denial
Context: Z-25-000151 was denied unanimously 13-0 on April 8, 2026, after a March 25 deferral that failed to produce a negotiated outcome — the gap between the deferral and the unanimous denial is the most likely source of any procedural challenge.
Recommended: Confirm the applicable limitations period for challenging the April 8 Council denial in district court — Texas zoning challenge timelines vary by legal theory, and missing the window eliminates litigation as a path to approval entirely. If the March 25 deferral involved undisclosed negotiations or changed conditions not reflected in the public record, that may provide procedural grounds worth investigating now.
Request staff reports comparing deferral and denial on zoning case
Context: Z-25-000151 required 3 appearances over 47 days and was one of only 4 non-routine outcomes among 24 zoning cases heard April 8 — the deferral-to-unanimous-denial sequence is the specific anomaly worth documenting.
Recommended: File a public records request for the City Plan Commission staff report from February 19 and both Council staff reports from the March 25 deferral and April 8 denial — compare whether staff changed their recommendation between hearings or whether the applicant offered modifications that council still rejected. A unanimous 13-0 denial following a deferral suggests a failed negotiation that the public record may not fully capture.
Pull April 8 vote to gauge district council member's position
Context: The Council denied Z-25-000151 unanimously 13-0 on April 8 after granting a March 25 deferral typically used for applicant-council negotiation — the fact that no votes broke from the bloc suggests district-level opposition was not resolved during that window.
Recommended: Obtain the itemized April 8 voting record to confirm whether the council member representing this site's district was part of the 13-0 denial — if the district member voted against, no redesign path moves forward without first repairing that relationship, and the March 25 deferral period was apparently insufficient to do so.
Street Frontage Relief at Park and Corinth (Z-26-000001)
City Council final vote
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Verify Park-Corinth frontage relief protest window stayed closed
Context: The case carried 12-0 on Feb 19, then shows up twice more on March 26 with a 13-0 vote on the entry marked 'heard individually,' signaling the record itself changed that day.
Recommended: Pull the staff memos and minutes from both March 26 City Plan Commission hearings to check whether a new exhibit or amended condition was entered into the record — if so, the Texas Local Government Code §211.007 protest period may have restarted ahead of the City Council vote, reopening a challenge window opponents may believe is already closed.
Reconcile Park-Corinth frontage relief conditions before permitting
Context: The same case appears three times in five weeks — 12-0 on Feb 19, then 12-0 and 13-0 on two separate March 26 entries — meaning conditions may have shifted after the original vote.
Recommended: Request the exhibits and condition sheets from both March 26 City Plan Commission hearings and check them against the Feb 19 approval before submitting permit drawings that rely on the frontage relief — any condition added at a March 26 hearing binds the project even though the public timeline shows only one clean 12-0 approval.
Investigate mismatched votes in Park-Corinth frontage relief case
Context: Feb 19 carried 12-0, but the March 26 docket lists the same matter twice — once at 12-0 and once, flagged 'heard individually,' at 13-0.
Recommended: File a records request for the March 26 City Plan Commission agenda, video, and minutes for this case, and compare the individually-heard item's 13-0 vote against the 12-0 entries on the same day and on Feb 19 — the case appearing three times in five weeks with two different vote counts on one date is unexplained.
Check what corner treatment the Park-Corinth frontage relief allows
Context: The case is titled 'Street Frontage Relief,' meaning the developer sought exemption from Dallas's normal rule that corner buildings present active frontage on both intersecting streets.
Recommended: Contact Dallas city planning to request the site plan and ask where the building entrance and parking will sit relative to Park Avenue and Corinth Street — frontage relief lets the developer treat both streets as secondary frontages, which typically means a blank wall or surface lot at the visible corner instead of an active storefront.
Bar and Live Music Venue at Main and Malco (Z-25-000183)
City Council final vote
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Request adopted ordinance for Deep Ellum bar and music venue
Why now: The record shows a public hearing set for April 8, 2026 on an ordinance granting the amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 2569, but no adopted terms or vote appear in the file.
What to do: Ask the city secretary for the ordinance text, adopted conditions, and April 8 minutes for the Specific Use Permit amendment, and determine whether Council adopted the staff conditions or the commission's three-year term. Without that document you cannot advise the operator on renewal timing or on which conditions are enforceable.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Confirm whether three-year limit applies to music venue permit
Why now: Staff recommended approval subject to conditions while the City Plan Commission recommended approval for a three-year period, and the April 8, 2026 Council public hearing on the ordinance has no recorded outcome in the file.
What to do: Obtain the final ordinance and condition list for the Specific Use Permit amendment at Main Street and Malcolm X Boulevard to confirm whether the approval carries the City Plan Commission's three-year term or staff's open-ended conditions. A three-year term changes the amortization horizon for buildout, sound attenuation, and lease terms, and forces a renewal filing before the term lapses.
Act before: After the April 8, 2026 City Council hearing outcome is published
Ask why commission shortened bar permit to three years
Why now: The case was voted 14-0 on February 5, 2026 and 13-0 on February 19, 2026 with staff recommending approval subject to conditions while the commission recommended a three-year period, and planner Oscar Aguilera is named on both agendas.
What to do: Ask the planner assigned to the case why the commission attached a three-year term when staff recommended approval subject to conditions with no term, and why the item was held from the February 5 meeting to February 19 despite passing unanimously both times. Then check whether Council acted at the April 8 hearing, because no result is in the public file.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Read operating conditions for new Deep Ellum live music venue
Why now: Both City Plan Commission approvals for the bar, lounge, or tavern and live music venue were subject to conditions, and the commission recommended approval for a three-year period.
What to do: Request the condition list attached to the Specific Use Permit amendment for the southwest corner of Main Street and Malcolm X Boulevard and check what it says about hours of operation, occupancy, and noise for the bar and live music use. If the three-year term the commission recommended was adopted, the renewal review is the next practical chance to raise nuisance issues.
Act before: After the next material record update
Analysis
Zoning
Planning
Key Decisions
Insights by Role
Developer
MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingThe commission approved a new planned development for mixed residential, commercial, and light industrial uses at N. Washington Avenue and Main Street (item #11, Z-25-000132), with Commissioner Rubin recusing due to a conflict of interest. Two SUPs with staff-recommended approval remain under advisement without commission action — the Deep Ellum bar and live music venue (item #15, Z-25-000183) and the small-format alcohol SUP at Lawnview and Forney (item #14, Z-25-000172).
Resident
MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingTwo comprehensive plan amendments — one citywide (ForwardDallas 2.0) and one focused on the South Dallas/Fair Park area — advanced from the commission with staff-recommended approval and now move to City Council for final adoption. Two alcohol and entertainment SUPs (a Deep Ellum live music venue and a small-format grocery store permit) remain under advisement with no commission action yet.
28 items(27 procedural hidden)
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SB 840 Update Michael Pepe, Chief Planner, Planning and Development
#1A zoning application under advisement requesting relief from street frontage requirements along Corinth Street for a property in Planned Development District 317 (Cedars Area Special Purpose District) at the northwest corner of Park Avenue and Corinth Street; staff recommends approval subject to the site plan.
#2A consent zoning case requesting rezoning from MU-1 Mixed-Use and IM Industrial Manufacturing District to MU-2 Mixed-Use District on property along Louise Avenue between Malcolm X Boulevard, I-45, and E R.L. Thornton Freeway; staff recommends approval.
#3A consent zoning case requesting an amendment to Specific Use Permit 2155 to allow a recycling buy-back center for household and industrial metals on IM-zoned property on Botham Jean Boulevard; staff recommends approval for a two-year period subject to conditions.
#4Application to amend Specific Use Permit 2529 to allow a bar/lounge/tavern and dance hall on Riverfront Boulevard within Planned Development District 784 (Trinity River Corridor Special Purpose District). Staff recommends approval with amended conditions.
#5Application to rezone property from R-7.5(A) Residential District to NS(A) Neighborhood Service District on Urban Avenue south of Military Pkwy. Staff recommends approval.
#6Application to create a new planned development district for community retail uses at the northwest corner of Goodwin and Greenville Avenues, subject to development plans for three buildings. Staff recommends approval with conditions.
#7Application to amend Specific Use Permit 2513 to allow alcoholic beverage sales in conjunction with a restaurant on south Buckner Boulevard within Planned Development District 366 (Buckner Boulevard Special Purpose District) with a D-1 Liquor Control Overlay. Staff recommends approval with amended site plan and conditions.
#8Application to amend Planned Development District 500 on a property bounded by Brentfield Drive, Meadowcreek Drive, La Manga Drive, and Shadybank Road in Council District 12. Staff recommends approval subject to an amended development plan, traffic management plan, and amended conditions.
#9Application to rezone property from Planned Development 817 to R-7.5(A) Single Family District on the north corner of Biscayne Boulevard and Tiffany Way in Council District 9. Staff recommends approval.
#10Application to amend Planned Development District 385 and terminate Specific Use Permit 2024 for an illuminated competitive athletic field at the southwest corner of Walnut Hill Lane and Inwood Road. Staff recommends approval of both actions, with the PD amendment subject to conditions.
#11Application for a new Planned Development District allowing a mix of residential, commercial, and light industrial uses on property currently zoned IM Industrial Manufacturing and CS Commercial Service at N. Washington Avenue and Main Street in Council District 2. Staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#12Application for a new Specific Use Permit for a private recreation center, club, or area on property zoned Planned Development District 206 at the northeast corner of Meadow Road and Stone Canyon Road; staff recommends approval subject to conditions and site plan.
#13Application for a Specific Use Permit for an open enrollment charter school (Winfree Academy) on property zoned IR Industrial Research District on the northeast line of Harry Hines Boulevard near Wadley Lane; staff recommends approval subject to site plan, traffic management plan, and conditions.
#14Application for a new Specific Use Permit to sell alcoholic beverages in conjunction with a general merchandise food store under 3,500 square feet on property zoned CR Community Retail District with D-1 Liquor Control Overlay at the south corner of Lawnview Avenue and Forney Road; staff recommends approval subject to site plan and conditions.
#15Application to amend Specific Use Permit 2569 for a bar, lounge, or tavern and inside commercial amusement limited to a live music venue in the Deep Ellum/Near East Side Planned Development District at the southwest corner of Main Street and Malcolm X Boulevard; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#16Application to amend Specific Use Permit 2173 to allow a winery and tasting room on property within Planned Development District 281 (Lakewood Special Purpose District), at the southeast corner of Kidwell Street and Prospect Avenue, with staff recommending approval subject to conditions.
#17Application to replat a 4.3125-acre tract at the northeast corner of Lancaster Road and Cherry Valley Road into a single lot within PD 1115, with staff recommending approval subject to conditions.
#18Application to replat a 1.4032-acre tract on Forest Lane west of Marsh Lane into two lots (0.4266 acres and 0.9765 acres) zoned CR, with staff recommending approval subject to conditions.
#19Application to create a single 0.46-acre lot from a tract of land in City Block 6500 on California Crossing Road, west of Bickham Road, filed by Hong S. Tak; staff recommends approval subject to docket conditions.
#20Application by Oncor Electric Delivery Company to replat a 33.586-acre tract including Lot 1A in City Block A/8759 into a single lot on Frankford Road, south of President George Bush Turnpike; staff recommends approval subject to docket conditions.
#21Application by Antonys. LLC to create a single 2.924-acre lot from a tract in City Block 8270 on Cleveland Road at the terminus of Blanco Drive; staff recommends approval subject to docket conditions.
#22Application by Chris A. Thomas to subdivide a 0.696-acre tract in City Block 7686 on McCree Road into three residential lots ranging from 8,967 to 10,684 square feet; staff recommends approval subject to docket conditions.
#23Application to subdivide a 5.6404-acre tract in City Block 5925 into three lots (0.5401, 0.5072, and 4.5931 acres) on Turner Avenue, north of Colorado Boulevard, filed by Kessler Park Methodist Church. Staff recommends approval subject to docket conditions.
#24Application to replat a 0.3909-acre tract containing Lots 18 and 19 in City Block G/1624 into one lot on McKinney Avenue, south of Monticello Avenue, filed by Kamini Bhakta and Khusbu Bhakta. Staff recommends approval subject to docket conditions.
#25Application to replat a 0.478-acre tract in City Block B/5551 into one lot and remove an existing 60-foot platted building line along Brookview Drive, southwest of Rockbrook Drive, filed by Highlander School, Inc. Staff recommends approval subject to docket conditions.
#26Proposed amendments to the ForwardDallas 2.0 Comprehensive Plan to remove or revise language addressing economically disadvantaged communities and environmental/infrastructure challenges, brought forward to comply with federal directives identified under Council Resolution No. 25-1081.
#27Proposed amendments to the South Dallas Fair Park Area Plan to support small businesses, entrepreneurs, and address historic infrastructure underinvestment in the area bounded by Haskell Avenue, Botham Jean Boulevard, and two rail lines, driven by a federal compliance review initiated under Council Resolution No. 25-1081.
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