City Plan Commission · 9:00 AM · Council Chambers, 6TH Floor
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Matters
2 contested, 8 unanimous · 7 with voting irregularityVote tally (13) doesn't match named voters (21) — possible absent-member voting irregularity
All Zoning cases
Zoning and Specific Use Permit for Industrial Use (Z-25-000198)
City Council final vote
Opposition: Sims · Carpenter · Housewright · Kocks · Coffman · Kingston · Rubin
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Challenge Rubin's out-of-room vote before Scyene Road industrial permit adoption
Why now: Item 25-Alternate-Motion-II carried 14-0 with the note '*Out of room, shown voting in favor (Rubin)' — the only irregularity in an otherwise unanimous record.
What to do: Pull the certified April 9 City Plan Commission minutes and vote record before City Council adopts the ordinance — Commissioner Rubin is noted as out of the room yet recorded voting in favor of the final 14-0 motion, a procedural defect that's far easier to challenge before adoption starts the statutory clock.
Act before: After 30-day statutory challenge period following ordinance adoption
Verify Scyene Road industrial permit conditions against alternate motion text
Why now: The first alternate motion failed 4-8 and a call-the-question motion failed 6-6 before a second alternate motion passed 14-0, meaning the operative language was rewritten under pressure within a single meeting.
What to do: Get the draft ordinance from the City Secretary and check it line-by-line against the written text of Item 25-Alternate-Motion-II before Council votes — conditions drafted to flip an 8-vote opposition bloc into unanimous approval aren't re-reviewed by the commission and can carry drafting errors that bind your permit as-is.
Act before: After City Council adopts the ordinance
Map escalating opposition across three Scyene Road industrial permit hearings
Why now: April 9 alone saw a motion withdrawn, an alternate motion fail 4-8, a call-the-question fail 6-6, and a second alternate motion carry 14-0 — floor maneuvering the identical 'Carried: 14 to 0' headlines never show.
What to do: Request the written motion text from all three hearings (January 15, March 5, April 9) and lay out what changed between them — staff recommended denial at every hearing, yet the commission reached unanimous 14-0 approval each time only after withdrawing and rewriting motions on the floor.
Act before: After records request response (typically 10 business days)
Confirm Scyene Road industrial ordinance status on Council agenda now
Why now: April 9 marked the third Commission hearing on this case (after January 15 and March 5), and the standard scheduling window since then has already elapsed with no reported council vote.
What to do: Contact the Scyene Road district council office today to confirm whether the ordinance is on the Council agenda — the typical 30-to-45-day queue from the April 9 Commission approval has already passed, so the vote is either imminent or the file has stalled, and the on-record staff denial gives the member cover to push for added conditions without opposing the project outright.
Act before: After Council places the item on a confirmed agenda or votes on the ordinance
Planned Development Subdistrict 154 Amendment at McKinney & Akard (Z-25-000158)
City Council final vote
Opposition: Housewright
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Verify McKinney-Akard rezoning challenge deadline immediately
Why now: CPC approved Z-25-000158 12-1 on April 9 with Housewright dissenting, but no confirmed Council disposition exists 43 days after the May 27 appearance.
What to do: Pull the ordinance publication date for Z-25-000158 now — 43 days have passed since the May 27 Council session with no confirmed adoption record on file, and if the amendment was adopted that day, the 30-day substantial-evidence challenge window may have already closed. Commissioner Housewright's dissenting vote at the April 9 CPC hearing is your evidentiary hook, but only if you confirm the window is still open before acting.
Act before: After statutory challenge period expires
Pull binding conditions from McKinney-Akard rezoning approval
Why now: CPC approved Z-25-000158 12-1 on April 9 (Item 17), and the record shows a May 27 Council appearance with no confirmed disposition since.
What to do: Request the April 9 CPC Item 17 motion text to identify any conditions on height, massing, use, or operating hours attached to the 12-1 approval. If the Council adopted the amendment on May 27 as scheduled, those conditions have been binding for over five weeks, and any design work that doesn't reflect them will require costly revision.
Act before: After ordinance effective date
Investigate McKinney-Akard rezoning's unresolved Council outcome
Why now: Z-25-000158 carried CPC 12-1 with Housewright dissenting on April 9, then appeared before Council on May 27 with no confirmed disposition recorded in the 43 days since.
What to do: File a public records request for both the CPC staff report on Z-25-000158 and the Council's May 27 disposition record — a downtown planned development amendment that carried 12-1 over Commissioner Housewright's dissent has no confirmed Council outcome six weeks later, a gap easily buried inside that session's 73-item, $335M agenda. Confirming whether staff recommended denial when the Commission approved anyway, and why the Council's action still isn't on record, makes for a two-part story.
Act before: After records request response (typically 10 business days)
Brief council member before McKinney-Akard rezoning resurfaces
Why now: Z-25-000158 has now appeared twice (April 9 CPC, May 27 Council) with no confirmed outcome recorded since, an unusually long gap for a two-appearance zoning case.
What to do: Confirm whether Z-25-000158 was adopted, continued, or tabled at the May 27 Council session — the record shows no confirmed disposition 43 days later, meaning the item could still be pending and reachable, or could reappear on a future agenda without warning. If it's still open, this is your window to brief the district council member before the next vote; if it already passed, shift to monitoring implementation.
Act before: After Council confirms disposition of Z-25-000158
Zoning Case Under Advisement (Z-26-000015)
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Verify amended conditions on Haymarket Road manufactured home rezoning
Context: Case Z-26-000015 was adopted "As Amended" by City Council on 2026-06-24, diverging from the Plan Commission's unanimous 14-0 recommendation on 2026-05-21.
Recommended: Pull the adopted ordinance and compare its conditions to the Plan Commission's May 21 recommendation — Council approved the case "As Amended" rather than adopting the Commission's unanimous vote outright, so confirm whether the change required additional public notice or triggered a protest-petition supermajority requirement.
Confirm final entitlement terms for Haymarket Road manufactured home site
Context: Case Z-26-000015 was approved "As Amended" by City Council on 2026-06-24, after the Plan Commission recommended it 14-0 on 2026-05-21.
Recommended: Get the certified copy of the ordinance as adopted before drawing site plans or filing permits — because Council amended the case rather than adopting the Plan Commission's May 21 version, the approved setbacks, retail mix, or use limits for the manufactured home and community retail development may differ from what was in the application file.
Ask why Council amended Haymarket Road manufactured home rezoning
Context: Case Z-26-000015 was tabled at the 2026-05-07 Plan Commission meeting, carried 14-0 on 2026-05-21, then was approved "As Amended" by Council on 2026-06-24 with no public record of what the amendment changed.
Recommended: Request the staff memo or redline showing what changed between the Plan Commission's unanimous recommendation and Council's final vote, and ask planning staff to explain the May 7 tabling — the case took an unusual three-step path before Council altered it at adoption.
Check buffer conditions for new Haymarket Road manufactured home community
Context: Case Z-26-000015, a Planned Development for manufactured home and community retail uses on Haymarket Road, was approved "As Amended" by City Council on 2026-06-24.
Recommended: Review the approved site plan for screening, setback, and retail-hours conditions — a manufactured home community and community retail development is now entitled for the Haymarket Road property, and those conditions determine how close construction and commercial traffic will sit to existing houses.
Zoning Case Under Advisement (Z-26-000003)
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Confirm June 11 corridor vote was final, not another delay
Why now: The June 11 agenda carries two separate City Plan Commission entries for this case, one with an 11-0 vote, yet the matter's status remains 'active' with next step 'Unknown.'
What to do: Request the certified June 11 City Plan Commission record to determine whether the 11-0 vote closed the case or continued it under advisement again — if it's final, the statutory appeal clock started that day and the three-hearing procedural record is what an opposing party will scrutinize first.
Act before: After statutory challenge period expires
Pull staff conditions before this corridor case gets a vote
Why now: This case is one of five zoning cases (#17–#21) carried as under-advisement continuations on the June 11 agenda after repeated deferrals.
What to do: Request the staff report and any draft conditions attached to this case before its next hearing — three appearances with no final vote signal the Commission is still negotiating site, design, or use restrictions, and you have more leverage before they're formally adopted.
Act before: After next hearing on this item
Investigate why unanimous corridor votes haven't closed this case
Why now: This case is one of five zoning cases (#17–#21) among ten under-advisement continuations on the June 11 agenda, and has now appeared before the Commission three times without final disposition.
What to do: Compare the verbatim April 9 (13-0) and June 11 (11-0) motion language in the CPC minutes, and check whether the other four cases (#17–#21) continued under advisement on the same June 11 agenda show the same pattern — a cluster of near-unanimous votes producing no final action points to a procedural bottleneck worth explaining.
Act before: After records request response (typically 10 business days)
Get June 11 minutes before next hearing on corridor case is set
Why now: The case has appeared three times since April 9 without final action, most recently a June 11 vote (11-0) that still left it listed 'active' with next step 'Unknown.'
What to do: Request the verbatim June 11 record now to learn what conditions or commissioner concerns kept this case under advisement for a third time — with no next hearing yet scheduled, you have a rare gap to prepare talking points before the case is re-noticed.
Act before: After next hearing on this item
Wesley Inn Historic Overlay at Madison Avenue (Z-26-000030)
City Council final vote
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Verify whether Madison Avenue historic overlay was adopted
Applies if: ordinance status for Z-26-000030 has not yet been confirmed
Why now: Same case cleared City Plan Commission twice (14-0, then 13-0 six weeks later) before reaching Council on May 27 with no recorded outcome in the timeline.
What to do: Pull the May 27 City Council minutes and ordinance record for Z-26-000030 — the public record shows no vote result despite the case clearing City Plan Commission twice unanimously (14-0 on March 5, 13-0 on April 9), so don't assume adoption occurred. If it was adopted May 27, the Local Government Code §211.016 thirty-day challenge window already closed around June 26; if it was continued or held, that window hasn't started and the unusual double-CPC-vote sequence may still support a procedural defect claim once adoption is confirmed.
Act before: After council minutes confirm the May 27 outcome
Check historic overlay design rules for Madison Avenue
Applies if: you own or plan to develop property within the overlay boundary
Why now: City Plan Commission recommended the overlay twice, unanimously, before it reached Council on May 27 — 14-0 on March 5 and 13-0 on April 9.
What to do: Pull the adopted or pending ordinance text for the Wesley Inn historic overlay and identify which exterior alterations, additions, or demolitions on affected parcels now require Landmark Commission or Design Review Board sign-off before permits issue. These triggers apply from the ordinance's effective date, not the permit application date, so any unpermitted work started under the old base zoning may now require retroactive review.
Act before: After ordinance effective date
Ask why Madison Avenue overlay case returned twice
Why now: Same case, same commission, two unanimous votes six weeks apart with no stated reason, followed by a Council appearance with no recorded result.
What to do: Request the staff reports and attendance logs from both City Plan Commission hearings — March 5 (14-0) and April 9 (13-0) — since a unanimous case doesn't normally come back for a second commission vote unless it was withdrawn, amended, or challenged, and nothing in the record explains which. Also check whether the May 27 Council hearing produced any recorded vote at all, since the public timeline is silent on the outcome.
Act before: After records request response (typically 10 business days)
See if Madison Avenue's new historic overlay covers your home
Applies if: your property is on or near Madison Avenue within the proposed overlay boundary
Why now: City Plan Commission approved the overlay boundary twice, unanimously — 14-0 on March 5 and 13-0 on April 9 — before it went to City Council on May 27.
What to do: The historic overlay adopted for the Wesley Inn area will require Landmark Commission approval before any owner inside the district boundary can alter, add to, or demolish their home's exterior — pull the case file's boundary map to see if your address is included, since routine permits like new siding, windows, or additions may now need design review first.
Act before: After the overlay ordinance takes effect
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Developer
HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectThirty zoning and development items are scheduled, including 12 routine consent approvals and five cases returning from under advisement. Developers with projects in Council Districts 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 13 should track the outcomes of the pending under-advisement cases — particularly the contested Scyene Road IM/SUP where staff recommends denial — and verify docket conditions on the 12 consent items advancing to Council.
Resident
HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectResidents in Council Districts 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 13 face zoning and land-use decisions that could directly affect neighborhood character. Key items include a contested industrial rezoning on Scyene Road where staff recommends denial, a twice-continued residential transition application at Preston and McShann roads, a 142-lot small-lot subdivision in CD8, and five residential upzonings — all scheduled for action April 9.
Journalist
MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingTwo story angles are worth tracking at the April 9 hearing: the return of the Scyene Road industrial rezoning — under advisement since January and carrying the only staff denial recommendation on a 17-case zoning docket — and the citywide code amendment eliminating 'Commercial Wedding Chapel' as a land use category, which ZOAC is also considering the same week.
40 items(36 procedural hidden)
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ZONING CASES – CONSENT Items 1-11
ZONING CASES – UNDER ADVISEMENT Items 12-14
ZONING CASES – INDIVIDUAL Item 15
DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENTS: Item 16
SUBDIVISION CASES – CONSENT Items 17-25
SUBDIVISION CASES – RESIDENTIAL REPLAT Items 26-27
SUBDIVISION CASES – BUILDING LINE REMOVAL Item 28
CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR SIGNS: Item 29
#1Application for a new Specific Use Permit for vehicle display, sales, and service on property within Planned Development District 534, C F Hawn Special Purpose District No. 2, at the east corner of C.F. Hawn Fwy and Turin Drive. Staff recommends approval subject to a site plan and conditions.
#2Application to rezone property from A(A) Agricultural District to LI Light Industrial District on the south line of Telephone Road, east of N. Dallas Avenue. Staff recommends approval.
#3Application to amend Specific Use Permit 2496 to allow open storage at the east corner of Maple Avenue and Vagas Street within the Oak Lawn Special Purpose District (PD-193, Subdistrict 138); staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#4Application by Club Babylon for a new Specific Use Permit for a commercial amusement (inside) use limited to a dance hall at the northwest corner of Harry Hines Boulevard and Joe Field Road in PD 498 (Harry Hines Corridor Special Purpose District); staff recommends approval with a site plan and conditions.
#5Application by UKLA, LLC to remove the Shop Front Overlay SH-6 from property zoned WMU-5 within the Oak Cliff Gateway Special Purpose District (PD 468) at the east corner of E. 8th Street and Lansing Street; staff recommends approval.
#6Application to amend Specific Use Permit 1997 to allow an open-enrollment charter school in Planned Development District 37 at the corner of Hargrove Drive and Sheila Lane; staff recommends approval subject to an amended site plan, traffic management plan, and conditions.
#7Rezoning application to change property from R-7.5(A) Single Family District to MF-1(A) Multifamily District on the west line of S. Saint Augustine Road north of S. Seagoville Road; staff recommends approval.
#8Rezoning application to change property from MF-2(A) Multifamily District to MU-1 Mixed Use District on the north line of Great Trinity Forest Way between Hillburn Drive and N. Murdeaux Lane; staff recommends approval.
#9Application to amend Planned Development 482 on property bounded by W Lovers Lane, Inwood Road, Boaz Street, and Greenway Boulevard; staff recommends approval subject to an amended development plan and conditions.
#10Rezoning application to change property on Haymarket Road and Hazelcrest Drive from R-10(A) Single Family and A(A) Agricultural Districts to MH(A) Manufactured Home and CR Community Retail Districts. Staff recommends approval.
#11Rezoning application to change property on the west line of Bonnie View Road from R-5(A) Single Family District to TH-3(A) Townhouse District. Staff recommends approval.
#12Application for a historic overlay for The Wesley Inn at 1159 N. Madison Avenue to add lodging (short- and long-term accommodations) as a permitted use within PD 830. Both the Landmark Commission and staff recommend approval, with staff requesting edits to preservation criteria.
#13Application to rezone property from Residential Transition Subdistrict A to WMU-3 Walkable Mixed Use Subdistrict C within Planned Development 468 (Oak Cliff Gateway Special Purpose District) at the west corner of N. Madison Avenue and Ballard Avenue; staff recommends approval.
#14Application to rezone a property at the northwest corner of McShann Road and Preston Road from R-16(A) Single Family District to RTN Residential Transition District; staff recommends approval. The case has been under advisement since February 2026.
#15Application to rezone property from LI Light Industrial District to MU-1 Mixed-Use District on the south line of Compton Street, west of Glidden Street; staff recommends approval.
#16Zoning application for IM Industrial Manufacturing District and a new Specific Use Permit for an industrial (inside) potentially incompatible industrial use on property along Scyene Road, east of the UPRR railroad. Staff recommends denial; the case has been under advisement since January 2026.
#17Application to amend Planned Development Subdistrict 154 within the Oak Lawn Special Purpose District (PD 193) on property bounded by McKinney Avenue, N. Akard Street, and N. Saint Paul Street. Staff recommends approval subject to an amended development plan, amended landscape plan, and stated conditions.
#18Proposed amendment to the Dallas City Code (Sections 51-4.208, 51-4.210, and 51A-4.210) to eliminate the 'Commercial Wedding Chapel' land use category and replace it with a new 'Reception Facility' classification, applying citywide. Staff recommends forwarding to City Council for adoption.
#19Application to replat a previously approved preliminary plat (S234-120) to consolidate portions of two city blocks into one lot from a 0.742-acre tract on Gaston Avenue west of Grand Avenue, within Planned Development 808. Staff recommends approval subject to docket conditions.
#20Plat application to create one 0.298-acre lot from a tract in City Block A/7216 on Westmoreland Road, south of La Reunion Parkway, zoned IR; staff recommends approval subject to docket conditions.
#21Plat application to create a 142-lot Small Lots SB15 Development with 7 common areas and a detention/retention pond from a 19.108-acre tract on Brierwood Lane, zoned R-7.5(A); staff recommends approval subject to docket conditions.
#22Application to subdivide a 5.87-acre tract in City Block 8598 on Clarkridge Drive into 4 lots ranging from 1.02 to 2.01 acres, zoned RR, with staff recommending approval subject to conditions.
#23Application to create a single 7.473-acre lot from a tract of land in City Block 5949 on Davis Street, west of Calumet Avenue, filed by Oncor Electric Delivery Company. Staff recommends approval subject to docket conditions.
#24Application to subdivide a tract of land in City Block 34/8196 at the northwest corner of Arapaho Road and Coit Road into two lots of 1.095 acres and 6.991 acres, filed by Park Unity Inc. Staff recommends approval subject to docket conditions.
#25Subdivision plat application to split a 0.0907-acre tract on Kirby Street, south of Homer Street, into two lots of 1,489 and 2,463 square feet in a MF-2(A) zoning district.
#26Dallas Area Rapid Transit has applied to replat 2.1999 acres in City Block 53/3034 to create one lot between Sabine Street and Fifth Street, west of Jefferson Boulevard, with staff recommending approval subject to conditions.
#27Application to replat a 62.953-acre tract on Medical District Drive north of Stemmons Freeway into one 21.4490-acre lot and one 41.5047-acre lot. Staff recommends approval subject to docket conditions.
#28Application to replat a 0.306-acre tract on Pear Street at Colonial Avenue into two equal 0.153-acre lots. Staff recommends approval subject to docket conditions.
#29Application to replat a 0.410-acre tract at the southeast corner of Umphress Road and Gillette Street into two residential lots of 8,734 and 9,124 square feet, with staff recommending approval subject to conditions.
#30Application to replat a 0.593-acre tract at the northeast corner of Cole Avenue and Sneed Street into one lot and remove existing platted building lines along both streets.
#31Application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for a 65.5-square-foot backlit channel letters sign mounted on an aluminum tube frame on the northern façade of 2323 Cedar Springs Rd, Suite 100; both staff and the SSDAC recommend approval.
CITY PLAN COMMISSION PUBLIC COMMITTEE MEETINGS Tuesday, April 7, 2026 ZONING ORDINANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ZOAC) MEETING - Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. at City Hall, in Room 6ES and by videoco
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