City Plan Commission · 9:00 AM · Council Chambers, 6TH Floor
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Townhouse District at Ferguson Road (Z-25-000164)
City Council final vote
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Get the deed restrictions in the Ferguson Road townhouse rezoning
Applies if: You represent a party affected by the rezoning or the adjacent school use
Why now: Z-25-000164 was remanded by City Council on 2026-06-24 despite staff and City Plan Commission recommendations of approval subject to applicant-volunteered deed restrictions, and the Commission carried it 12-0 on 2026-04-23.
What to do: Pull the exact deed restrictions volunteered by the applicant and the Council remand record, then ask what changed or was unresolved. Staff and the Plan Commission both recommended approval only subject to these restrictions, so their wording determines what is enforceable if the case returns.
Act before: After the next material record update
Verify deed restriction limits before relying on townhouse zoning
Applies if: You are considering acquiring, partnering on, or competing for townhouse sites near Ferguson Road
Why now: The request is for TH-3(A) on R-7.5(A) land with existing Specific Use Permit No. 42, with approval recommended only subject to deed restrictions, and Council remanded it on 2026-06-24.
What to do: Do not assume the townhouse district is final: the Council remand means the zoning is not yet granted. Check the volunteered deed restrictions for limits on the site, and confirm how the existing private school, kindergarten and day nursery permit would be handled.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why Council remanded the Ferguson Road townhouse rezoning
Why now: Z-25-000164 appeared four times (2026-03-26, 2026-04-23, 2026-05-07, 2026-06-24), was twice held over at the Commission, then remanded by Council on 2026-06-24 despite unanimous Commission votes of 13-0 and 12-0.
What to do: Find out why Council sent a case back to the Plan Commission when both staff and the Commission had recommended approval, and why no next step is posted. Ask the District 2 office and the planner what issue triggered the remand.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Caleb Mann RTN District at McShann and Preston Road (Z-25-000121)
City Council final vote
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Confirm transition district rezoning terms before planning site work
Applies if: You are considering acquiring or designing for this site
Why now: The City Plan Commission carried the request 10-0 on 2026-06-11 with a staff recommendation of approval after four prior continuances (Feb 5, Mar 5, Apr 9, Apr 23), and no later procedural step is verified.
What to do: Pull the final approved application and staff report to confirm what the residential transition district allows on the northwest corner, and whether any conditions were attached. The record shows approval but no verified later step, so don't assume the zoning is finalized.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why residential transition rezoning was delayed four times
Why now: The case was held over from Feb 5, Mar 5, Apr 9 and Apr 23 before the 10-0 approval on 2026-06-11, while staff recommended approval at every appearance and votes were unanimous (14-0, 14-0, 14-0, 12-0, 10-0).
What to do: Request the continuance requests and any correspondence for this rezoning and ask who sought each delay and why. Also ask whether the Council District 13 office took a position, since the record shows no later step after commission approval.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
The Vylla Homes Townhouse Zoning (Z-25-000235)
City Council final vote
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Get minutes explaining absent commissioner's recorded townhouse vote
Context: Minutes for Item 15 show 'Carried: 13 to 0' with the note '*Rubin out of room, shown voting in favor,' and the May 27, 2026 Council hearing appears in the record with no disposition.
Recommended: Obtain the certified City Plan Commission minutes for Item 15 and ask the secretary how a commissioner recorded as out of the room was counted in the unanimous tally, and whether the body's rules permit that. Then obtain the City Council action record from the May 27 public hearing to confirm whether the ordinance was actually adopted and what happened to the existing seminary and convent use permit, because the matter is still carried as active with no recorded outcome.
Pull conceptual plan conditions for La Prada townhouse rezoning
Context: The April 23, 2026 City Plan Commission item recommends approval 'subject to a conceptual plan and staff's recommended conditions' on land zoned R-7.5(A) and MF-1(A) with Specific Use Permit No. 2287 for Seminary and a Convent or Monastery, with Mona Hashemi as planner.
Recommended: Request the conceptual plan and staff's recommended conditions from planner Mona Hashemi before assuming standard townhouse district standards govern this site — the approval is a custom Planned Development District, not a straight rezoning, so density, setbacks and access off La Prada Drive and Shiloh Road may be tighter than the base townhouse rules. Also confirm how the existing seminary and convent permit on the tract is treated, since the underlying land carries both single family and multifamily zoning plus that use permit.
Ask why townhouse rezoning shows no council outcome
Context: The matter appeared twice — April 23, 2026 (13-0, with '*Rubin out of room, shown voting in favor') and May 27, 2026 at Council — and is still listed active with next step unknown.
Recommended: Ask the city secretary and District 7 council office for the disposition of the May 27 public hearing on this townhouse Planned Development District — staff and the plan commission both recommended approval and staff flagged it as aligned with ForwardDallas, yet the file remains open with no recorded council action months later. Separately, press the commission on the minute note showing a commissioner out of the room but counted in the unanimous vote.
Seminary site at La Prada and Shiloh may become townhouses
Context: The application converts land zoned R-7.5(A) Single Family and MF-1(A) Multifamily with Specific Use Permit No. 2287 for Seminary and a Convent or Monastery to a TH-3(A) Townhouse District Planned Development, recommended for approval subject to a conceptual plan and conditions.
Recommended: If you live near the west side of La Prada Drive and east side of Shiloh Road, ask the planner for the conceptual plan showing lot layout, building heights and driveway locations — the tract now holding a seminary and convent use permit would shift to attached townhouse development, changing daily traffic patterns and construction activity on your block. Conditions attached to the approval are where buffering and access limits get set, and they are far harder to change once the ordinance is adopted.
Roc Design Engineers Planned Development District at C. F. Hawn Freeway (Z-25-000210)
City Council final vote
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Verify commissioner absence recorded in unanimous zoning vote
Context: Minutes for Item 16 record "Carried: 13 to 0" with the note "*Rubin out of room, shown voting in favor."
Recommended: Request the certified minutes and roll call for this item, which note that Commissioner Rubin was out of the room but was shown voting in favor of the 13-0 result. Confirm with the commission secretary how absent-member votes are recorded before relying on this tally as an unqualified unanimous approval.
Pull approved planned development conditions for Hawn Freeway site
Context: The April 23, 2026 item created a new Planned Development District for Commercial Service District uses on property already zoned Commercial Service District, north of C. F. Hawn Freeway west of Garden Springs Drive.
Recommended: Obtain the conditions approved at the April 23 commission hearing before assuming standard Commercial Service District rules apply — the site was already zoned Commercial Service, so the new Planned Development District exists to customize use, setback, or site-plan requirements rather than expand them. Design work drawn to base district standards may not comply.
Ask why commission approved rezoning staff urged denying
Context: The official item lists "Staff Recommendation: Denial" for applicant Roc Design Engineers / Majed Khalaf, yet Item 16 carried 13 to 0 on April 23, 2026.
Recommended: Request planner Justin Lee's staff report and the audio of the April 23 hearing to learn what changed between the denial recommendation and a 13-0 approval — no commissioner dissented and no conditions are reflected in the vote record. Ask the planning department how often full-board reversals of staff denials occur in Council District 8.
Request allowed business list near Garden Springs Drive
Context: The commission approved a new Planned Development District for Commercial Service uses at that location on April 23, 2026, over a staff recommendation of denial.
Recommended: Ask the planning department for the approved Planned Development District use list and any screening, lighting, or hours limits for the parcel on the north side of C. F. Hawn Freeway west of Garden Springs Drive. Because the district was created over existing Commercial Service zoning, the conditions document — not the base zoning map — now determines what can operate next to you.
Calumet Avenue Electrical Substation Specific Use Permit Expansion (Z-25-000142)
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Check challenge window for corridor rezoning ordinance
Context: Council remanded the case to City Plan Commission on 2026-03-25 rather than denying it outright, then deferred it twice more (05-13, 05-27) before the 14-0 adoption vote on 2026-06-24.
Recommended: Council's June 24 approval followed a rare remand back to the Plan Commission in March plus two more deferrals — verify notice was properly reissued at each of those hearings before the statutory window to challenge the ordinance closes.
Investigate why council remanded corridor rezoning case
Context: City Council remanded the case to City Plan Commission on 2026-03-25, which carried it 13-0 on 2026-04-23, followed by two more Council deferrals (05-13, 05-27) before the 14-0 final vote on 06-24.
Recommended: Pull the March 25 remand order and the staff memo behind it — Council sent this case back to the Plan Commission instead of voting it up or down, then deferred the do-over twice more before finally approving it 14-0 in June, and the public record never explains what problem needed fixing.
Analysis
Zoning
Key Decisions
Insights by Role
Developer
HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectDevelopers with pending applications at five sites should expect further delay, as those cases were held under advisement rather than decided, including a fourth continuance for the McShann Road/Preston Road rezoning. Separately, a new CS Commercial Service Planned Development District on C.F. Hawn Fwy was denied, while a new MF-2 subdistrict at Newton Avenue in the Oak Lawn Special Purpose District was approved after generating the meeting's highest community response.
Journalist
HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectThe Fairshop Drive renaming to 'John Beckwith Sr. Drive' was the meeting's only non-unanimous vote, carried 11-2 against a backdrop of 26 unanimous decisions — worth asking why two commissioners dissented and what code waivers were needed to approve it.
Resident
HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectResidents near McShann Road and Preston Road should note that a proposed residential transition district rezoning was continued again rather than decided, following one-sided neighborhood opposition and a commissioner's recusal for conflict of interest. Separately, the commission approved renaming Fairshop Drive to 'John Beckwith Sr. Drive' in the meeting's only non-unanimous vote.
28 items(42 procedural hidden)
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#1Zoning application to amend Tracts 1 and 2 within Planned Development District 814 on property bounded by University Boulevard, Inwood Road, Wateka Drive, and Robin Road; staff recommends approval subject to an amended lighting exhibit and amended conditions.
#2Application to amend and expand Specific Use Permit 129 for electrical substation uses on residentially zoned property along Calumet Avenue between Meredith and Garfield Avenues; staff recommends approval subject to an amended site plan and conditions.
#3Application to amend Specific Use Permit 1831 to allow a bail bonds office within the Mixmaster Riverfront Subarea of Planned Development District 784 (Trinity River Corridor Special Purpose District) at the southeast corner of Reunion Boulevard and S. Riverfront Boulevard; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#4Application to expand Subdistrict 1 of Planned Development District 101 along the northwest line of West Camp Wisdom Road between Belt Line Road and Turnout Lane; staff recommends approval subject to existing PD 101 Subdistrict 1 conditions.
#5Application for a Specific Use Permit to allow alcoholic beverage sales at a general merchandise or food store greater than 3,500 sq ft at the corner of CF Hawn Freeway and S. Woody Road; staff recommends approval subject to a site plan and conditions.
#6Zoning application to rezone property on the north line of E. Overton Road from R-5(A) Single Family District to WR-3 Walkable Urban Residential District; staff recommends approval.
#7Application to amend Planned Development 880 on Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway between Ridgeview Circle and Hughes Lane; staff recommends approval subject to a traffic management plan and amended conditions.
#8Application for a new Specific Use Permit for an alcoholic beverage establishment limited to a microbrewery, micro-distillery, or winery on a CS-zoned parcel on the northeast line of Haskell Avenue, with staff recommending approval subject to a site plan and conditions.
#9Application for a new Specific Use Permit to allow vehicle display, sales, and service within Planned Development District 535 (C.F. Hawn Special Purpose District No. 3) on CF Hawn Frwy Frontage Road, with staff recommending approval for a five-year period with autorenewal eligibility.
#10Application for a new Specific Use Permit for a Handicapped Group Dwelling Unit on R-7.5(A) Single Family District property on Laura Lane, with staff recommending approval subject to a site plan and conditions.
#11Zoning application 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, with staff recommending approval after multiple continuances.
#12Zoning case Z-26-000009 requests rezoning from CS Commercial Service District to MU-1 Mixed-Use District on the southeast line of East Side Avenue northeast of Carroll Avenue, with staff recommending approval. The case is under advisement from March 26, 2026.
#13Zoning case Z-25-000164 requests rezoning from R-7.5(A) with SUP 42 for a private school/day nursery to TH-3(A) Townhouse District with applicant-volunteered deed restrictions on the west line of Ferguson Road between Larry Drive and Province Lane, with staff recommending approval subject to those deed restrictions. The case is under advisement from March 26, 2026.
#14Application for a new Planned Development Subdistrict for MF-2 Multifamily uses within Planned Development District 193 (Oak Lawn Special Purpose District) on Newton Avenue between Throckmorton Street and Oak Lawn Avenue; staff recommends approval subject to a development plan and conditions.
#15Application for a new Planned Development District for TH-3(A) Townhouse District uses on property currently zoned R-7.5(A) Single Family and MF-1(A) Multifamily Districts on La Prada Drive and Shiloh Road; staff recommends approval subject to a conceptual plan and conditions.
#16Application for a new Planned Development District for CS Commercial Service District uses on property currently zoned CS Commercial Service District on C.F. Hawn Freeway west of Garden Springs Drive; staff recommends denial.
#17Subdivision plat application to create one 1.692-acre lot from an existing tract on Pleasant Drive south of Redkey Street, with staff recommending approval subject to conditions.
#18Application to replat a 0.7190-acre tract in City Block 13/191 near Deep Ellum into three separate lots, located between Commerce Street and Clover Street west of Malcom X Boulevard. Staff recommends approval subject to conditions; applicant is AP Blanton Deep Ellum, LLC.
#19Application to create one 6.178-acre lot from a tract in City Block 8597, located between Clarkwood Drive and Camp Wisdom Road east of Clark Road, with staff recommending approval subject to docket conditions.
#20Application to replat a 1.502-acre tract containing a portion of Lot 11 in City Block 7618 into one lot on Cherry Valley Boulevard west of Marigold Drive, with staff recommending approval subject to docket conditions.
#21Plat application by The Israel of God to consolidate land in City Blocks 7665 and 7667 into a single 4.56-acre lot between Furlong Drive and Walton Walker Boulevard; staff recommends approval with conditions.
#22Application to replat a 3.2231-acre tract by consolidating numerous lots across multiple city blocks, abandoning right-of-ways and alleys, to create a single lot bounded by East Grand Avenue, Henderson Avenue, Beeman Avenue, and Barry Avenue. Staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#23Application to replat a 0.430-acre residential tract on Mojave Drive, east of Texoma Way, consolidating portions of two lots into one lot in an R-7.5(A) single-family zone. Staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#24Application to replat a 6.340-acre tract at the southeast corner of Oak Lawn Avenue and Wycliff Avenue into a single lot, owned by Wilson K. & Gwyn S. Mason and Park Cities Presbyterian Church; staff recommends approval subject to docket conditions.
#25Application to replat a 1.4-acre tract on Southgate Lane, consolidating five lots into one lot and removing an existing 30-foot platted building line, with staff recommending approval subject to conditions.
#26Application to rename Fairshop Drive between S. R.L. Thornton Freeway and Village Fair Drive to 'John Beckwith Sr. Drive' in Council District 4, with staff and the Street Renaming Committee recommending approval subject to code section waivers.
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