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All Zoning cases · Corridor scope
Townhouse District at Ferguson Road (Z-25-000164)
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Get written scope of City Council townhouse zoning remand
Why now: The matter was remanded by City Council on June 24, 2026 after four appearances, and the City Plan Commission item on May 7, 2026 shows no recorded result while noting the case was held from March 26 and April 23, 2026.
What to do: Request the June 24, 2026 City Council action language and ask staff in writing whether the remand requires a new City Plan Commission hearing with fresh notice, and which version of the volunteered deed restrictions is now the operative record. Without that document you cannot tell whether the commission's earlier unanimous actions still stand or the record restarts.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Pull volunteered deed restrictions for Ferguson Road townhouse rezoning
Why now: City Council remanded the case on June 24, 2026 after staff and the City Plan Commission both recommended approval subject to deed restrictions volunteered by applicant Robert Reeves on the R-7.5(A) site carrying Specific Use Permit 42.
What to do: Obtain the current version of the deed restrictions the applicant volunteered and confirm how the existing Specific Use Permit 42 for the private school, kindergarten and day nursery is handled if the townhouse district is granted. The City Council remand reopened the case, so restriction terms and the underlying school permit status can still shift before any final ordinance is adopted.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why council remanded unanimously recommended townhouse rezoning
Why now: The City Plan Commission carried the item 13-0 on March 26, 2026 and 12-0 on April 23, 2026 with staff recommending approval, yet City Council remanded the case on June 24, 2026.
What to do: Request the June 24, 2026 City Council hearing record and the staff briefing for this case, and ask what changed between the commission's unanimous actions and the remand. Both staff and the commission recommended approval, and the May 7 commission item has no recorded outcome at all — the gap is the story.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Read townhouse restrictions for Ferguson Road school site
Why now: The application seeks a townhouse district on property zoned R-7.5(A) with Specific Use Permit 42 for a private school, kindergarten and day nursery, with planner Lori Levy, AICP listed and the case remanded by City Council on June 24, 2026.
What to do: The private school, kindergarten and day nursery site on the west side of Ferguson Road between Larry Drive and Province Lane would be rezoned for townhouses, and the only extra limits are restrictions the applicant volunteered. Ask planner Lori Levy for the current restriction text before the case is heard again so you know what is actually binding on setbacks, unit count and site layout.
Act before: After the next material record update
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-26-000029)
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Confirm Rubin's recusal filing on this corridor rezoning
Context: Rubin declared a conflict of interest on Item 11, which carried 13-0 on June 24, 2026, after Council deferred the same case on June 10.
Recommended: Pull the City Secretary's conflict-of-interest affidavit for Council Member Rubin's recusal on this case — Texas Local Government Code Chapter 171 requires the affidavit be filed before the vote, and a missing or incomplete filing could expose the June 24 ordinance to a challenge.
Ask why council deferred then unanimously approved this rezoning
Context: Case Z-26-000029 was deferred by City Council on June 10, then carried 13-0 on June 24 with Rubin declaring an unexplained conflict of interest.
Recommended: File a records request for the staff memo behind the June 10 deferral and Rubin's conflict-of-interest disclosure — the public record never explains why a case that stalled for two weeks then passed 13-0, or what Rubin's specific financial interest was.
Zoning Case Under Advisement (Z-25-000229)
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Confirm whether June vote approved or delayed industrial rezoning
Why now: Item 19 shows 'Carried: 11 to 0' on June 11, 2026, yet the July 23, 2026 entry for Z-25-000229 still lists it as held over from May 7 and June 11.
What to do: Pull the June 11 minutes and the motion language behind the 11-0 vote to determine whether the commission approved the application or voted to continue it, since the case reappeared on the July 23 agenda still carried over from both May 7 and June 11. Ask the planner in writing whether re-notice was required for the third setting — clients relying on a June approval date for their timeline may be relying on a vote that decided something else.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Get written conditions for Cleveland Road industrial rezoning
Why now: Staff recommended approval subject to conditions at all three hearings on May 7, June 11 and July 23, 2026 for the planned development district application on the south line of Cleveland Road west of Lancaster-Hutchins Road (Z-25-000229), planner Martin Bate.
What to do: Ask planner Martin Bate for the current conditions list attached to the staff approval recommendation before assuming full light industrial rights on this agricultural tract — after two deferrals the conditions have likely been rewritten from the version circulated in May. Underwriting warehouse or manufacturing square footage off the base zoning label instead of the conditioned development plan risks pricing a use the plan no longer permits.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why farmland-to-industrial case stalled across three hearings
Why now: Z-25-000229 appeared May 7, June 11 and July 23, 2026 with 'Approval, subject to conditions' each time, was heard individually from the consent docket (14-0), and still carried 11-0 on June 11 without resolution.
What to do: Ask the planning department why an application carrying a staff approval recommendation at every appearance was pulled off the consent docket to be heard individually and then held over twice. Request the sign-in and opposition correspondence for all three settings — the pattern of a unanimous commission repeatedly declining to finish a case staff endorsed usually signals unresolved neighbor or condition disputes that never made it into the agenda text.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Check truck route and buffer rules near Cleveland Road
Why now: The application converts land zoned A(A) Agricultural to a planned development district for LI Light Industrial uses on the south line of Cleveland Road west of Lancaster-Hutchins Road, and has been held over from May 7 and June 11 to July 23, 2026.
What to do: If you live near Cleveland Road west of Lancaster-Hutchins Road, ask planner Martin Bate for the conditions covering hours of operation, screening, lighting and truck access on this farmland-to-light-industrial conversion. Once the commission finishes the case those conditions are fixed in the development plan, and the repeated hold-overs are the last practical window to get a buffer or access restriction added.
Act before: After the commission takes final action on the application
O-2 Office Subdistrict Creation at Allen Street (Z-26-000024)
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Verify Allen Street parcels now permit office development
Context: City Council created the O-2 Office Subdistrict and adopted it 13-0 on 2026-06-24 after City Plan Commission recommended approval on 2026-05-07 (Item 17).
Recommended: Pull the adopted ordinance for the new O-2 Office Subdistrict before drawing site plans — the subdistrict didn't exist before the June 24 vote, so office use on these Allen Street parcels was not previously allowed.
Investigate contradictory recusal vote on Allen Street rezoning
Context: The May 7 CPC minutes for Item 17 state Koonce declared a conflict of interest and was '*Out of room, shown voting in favor' — a direct contradiction in the official record.
Recommended: File a records request with City Plan Commission staff asking how Commissioner Koonce, who declared a conflict of interest and was noted as out of the room, ended up recorded as voting in favor.
Watch for office construction filings on Allen Street
Context: The 13-0 council vote on 2026-06-24 created a brand-new O-2 Office Subdistrict on Allen Street where none existed before.
Recommended: Check the city's building permit portal for Allen Street addresses inside the new O-2 subdistrict — office uses, along with the traffic and parking that come with them, are now allowed there for the first time.
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Developer
HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectThe commission approved four residential density increases across Council Districts 2 and 7 and a WMU-5 mixed-use conversion in District 2, all now pending City Council action. A Knight Street replat within PD 193 was approved 10-2 over staff objection, a notable data point for developers with similar applications pending in that subdistrict.
Resident
HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectResidents in Council Districts 2, 4, and 7 should note approved land use changes near their neighborhoods: four single-family parcels were rezoned for multifamily or townhouse development, a handicapped group dwelling permit was approved in District 4, and a Knight Street replat in District 2 passed 10-2 over a staff denial recommendation.
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Briefing of the authorized hearing for Planned Development District 595, the South Dallas / Fair Park Special Purpose District, in an area generally bounded by the Union Pacific (DART) Railroad, the S
Mixed Income Housing Development Bonus Michael Pepe, Chief Planner, Planning & Development
Briefing of the authorized hearing for Planned Development District 595, the South Dallas / Fair Park Special Purpose District, in an area generally bounded by the Union Pacific (DART) Railroad, the S
Mixed Income Housing Development Bonus Michael Pepe, Chief Planner, Planning & Development
#1Application to amend Specific Use Permit 2302 to allow an attached projecting non-premise district activity videoboard sign in the CA-1(A) Central Area District along N. Ceasar Chavez Boulevard between Elm and Main Streets. Staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#2Application for a new planned development district for Light Industrial uses on property currently zoned Agricultural District, located on the south line of Cleveland Road west of Lancaster-Hutchins Road. Staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#3Application for a new Specific Use Permit to operate an open-enrollment charter school on Community Retail District-zoned property at the intersection of Garland Road and Alvin Street. Staff recommends approval subject to a site plan, traffic management plan, and conditions.
#4Application to rezone property on the west line of Chalk Hill Road from R-5(A) Single Family District to CR Community Retail District; staff recommends approval.
#5Application to rezone property on the west line of Lancaster-Hutchins Road from A(A) Agricultural District to LI Light Industrial District; staff recommends approval.
#6Application for a new Specific Use Permit to allow a handicapped group dwelling unit in an R-5(A) Single Family District on Prosperity Avenue, west of Stanley Smith Drive; staff recommends approval subject to site plan and conditions.
#7Application to amend the land use map within Planned Development District 134 to permit duplex use on a property currently zoned single-family on Mt. Auburn Avenue between Gurley Avenue and E. Grand Avenue; staff recommends approval subject to an amended exhibit.
#8Zoning application to create a new subdistrict within Planned Development District 830 (Davis Street Special Purpose District) at the northwest corner of W. Davis Street and N. Vernon Avenue, with staff recommending approval subject to conditions.
#9Application to amend Specific Use Permit 2528 for an office showroom/warehouse in Planned Development 366 (Buckner Boulevard Special Purpose District) on Scyene Road east of S. Buckner Boulevard, with staff recommending approval for a five-year period with automatic renewal eligibility.
#10Zoning application to rezone property on Capitol Avenue from R-7.5(A) Single Family District to MF-2(A) Multifamily District; staff recommends approval.
#11Application for a new Specific Use Permit for a monopole cellular tower on CR Community Retail District–zoned property at the northeast corner of Pastor Bailey Drive and W. Camp Wisdom Road; staff recommends approval for a ten-year period with automatic renewal eligibility.
#12Application to rezone property from IR Industrial Research District to WMU-5 Walkable Urban Mixed-Use District at the south corner of Empire Central Drive and Forest Park Road; staff recommends approval.
#13Zoning application to rezone property from R-5(A) Single Family to TH-3(A) Townhouse Subdistrict within Planned Development District 595 (South Dallas/Fair Park Special Purpose District) on Herrling Street; staff recommends approval.
#14Zoning application to rezone properties from R-7.5(A) Single Family to MF-2(A) Multifamily District on Kirby Street between Capitol Avenue and Belmont Avenue; staff recommends approval.
#15Application for a new Planned Development District allowing manufactured home and community retail uses on property currently zoned single family and agricultural, located on Haymarket Road and Hazelcrest Drive; staff recommends holding under advisement.
#16Zoning application to rezone property on Ferguson Road from R-7.5(A) with an existing SUP for a private school and day nursery to TH-3(A) Townhouse District, with deed restrictions volunteered by the applicant. Staff recommends approval.
#17Zoning application to create a new O-2 Office Subdistrict within Planned Development 193 Oak Lawn Special Purpose District and terminate prior deed restrictions Z79-189, on property bounded by Allen Street, Cole Avenue, and Sneed Street. Staff recommends approval subject to a development plan and conditions.
#18An application by BMH Oak Cliff, LLC to replat a 0.6284-acre tract at Eleventh Street and Ewing Avenue, southwest corner, consolidating Lot 7 and part of Lot 8 into a single lot; staff recommends approval subject to docket conditions.
#19Application to replat a 110.714-acre tract into four lots ranging from 11.278 to 60.740 acres on Van Horn Drive at the terminus of Altamorre Drive, with staff recommending approval subject to docket conditions.
#20Application to replat a 0.51-acre tract into two lots (0.23 and 0.28 acres) on Nokomis Avenue at Navajo Drive under MF-2(A) multifamily zoning, with staff recommending approval subject to docket conditions.
#21Application to replat a 4.150-acre tract near Stemmons Freeway and Brookriver Drive into two lots (0.736-acre and 3.414-acre); staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#22Application to replat a 0.386-acre tract on Avondale Avenue, west of Throckmorton Street, combining parts of two lots into a single lot; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#23Application to replat a 7.206-acre tract on Cederdale Road at J.J. Lemmon Road into two lots (1.002-acre and 6.204-acre), owned by multiple members of the Culberson family and Huhu Cattle & Ranch, LLC. Staff recommends approval subject to docket conditions.
#24Application to subdivide a 2.949-acre tract on Apache Lane south of Elam Road into 6 lots ranging from 0.173 to 1.741 acres and to dedicate right-of-way, filed by applicant/owner Gwendolyn M. Sledge. Staff recommends approval subject to docket conditions.
#25Application to replat a 0.275-acre tract in City Block 2142 to create one lot on Oram Street, west of Bryan Parkway, zoned MF-2(A). Staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#26Application to replat a 0.275-acre tract on Knight Street (northeast of Harry Hines Boulevard) into three 0.092-acre townhouse lots; staff recommends denial.
#27Application to replat a 0.5308-acre tract on Hull Avenue (south of Linfield Road) into three 0.1769-acre residential lots; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#28Application to replat a 0.438-acre tract containing parts of Lots 6 and 7 in City Block C/6353 into one lot on Pleasant Drive, south of Elam Road. Staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#29Application to replat a 0.99-acre tract (Lot 54 in City Block 6784) into five lots on Cypress Avenue, south of Military Parkway. Staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#30Certificate of Appropriateness application for a 72.3-square-foot backlit channel letters sign mounted on the eastern façade of the building at 1845 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, with staff and the SSDAC both recommending approval.
#31Application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for a 128.3-square-foot backlit channel letters sign on the western facade of 1845 Woodall Rodgers Freeway; both staff and SSDAC recommend approval.
#32Application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for a 180-square-foot LED illuminated channel letter sign at 200 W Jefferson Blvd, Suite A (East Elevation). Staff recommends approval; SSDAC recommends approval subject to conditions.
#33Application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for a 391-square-foot LED illuminated channel letter sign reading 'BUTLER BROTHERS BLDG. APARTMENTS' at 555 Evergreen St (West Elevation). Both staff and SSDAC recommend approval.
CITY PLAN COMMISSION PUBLIC COMMITTEE MEETINGS Tuesday, May 12, 2026 SPECIAL SIGN DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SSDAC) MEETING Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 5BN at City Hall and by vide
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