City Plan Commission · 10:30 AM · Council Chambers, 6TH Floor
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Burk Planned Development District at Royal Lane (Z-26-000007)
Motion failed
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Obtain owner consent records for bank-owned Royal Lane parcel
Why now: The application lists two applicants — Leland Burk of RLA-PRDA Investments, LP and JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. — represented by Victoria Morris and Suzan Kedron of Jackson Walker LLP, with staff recommending approval subject to a development plan and conditions.
What to do: Request the application file and staff's recommended conditions, and verify that JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A., listed as a co-applicant alongside RLA-PRDA Investments, LP, has authorized the requested district on the tract it owns. If ownership consent or the boundary between the two applicants' holdings is unclear in the record, raise it in writing before the commission votes rather than after.
Act before: After the City Plan Commission votes on the application
Check parking-lot tract's new buildable status at Royal and Preston
Why now: The application covers land zoned both CR Community Retail District and P(A) Parking District at the south line of Royal Lane and west line of Preston Road, and staff recommends approval subject to a development plan and conditions (Z-26-000007).
What to do: Pull the development plan and staff's recommended conditions filed for the August 6 hearing and confirm how the P(A) Parking District portion of the site is treated — whether it becomes buildable floor area or stays a surface parking obligation. That single determination drives the yield assumptions for any offer or joint venture on this corner.
Act before: After the City Plan Commission acts on the development plan
Ask why retail-use limit vanished from Royal Lane rezoning description
Why now: The June 25 item was announced as not heard during the briefing session as item 14, ID #26-2200A, with no reason recorded, and the August 6 caption drops the "for CR Community Retail District uses" phrase used in June.
What to do: Compare the June 25 and August 6 docket language: the earlier version described a planned development district "for CR Community Retail District uses," and that use limitation is absent from the August 6 description. Ask planner Martin Bate or Liliana Garza whether the applicant broadened the requested uses after the item was pulled, and why the Chair gave no stated reason for skipping it.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Review what could be built behind Orchid Lane homes
Why now: The site on the south line of Royal Lane and west line of Preston Road, north of Orchid Lane, is currently zoned CR Community Retail District and P(A) Parking District, and staff recommends approval subject to a development plan (Council District 13).
What to do: Ask the planner for the development plan sheet showing building height, setbacks and driveway locations along the south edge of the site, which sits north of Orchid Lane — a planned development district can allow taller or different structures than today's retail and parking zoning. Bring specific objections to the August 6 hearing, because conditions are far harder to change once the plan is adopted.
Act before: After the City Plan Commission hearing on the application
Zoning Case Under Advisement (Z-26-000091)
City Council final vote
Motion failed
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Get amended motion text behind the 15-0 rezoning vote
Why now: Minutes show Item 7's original motion was not voted on after being superseded by an amended motion that carried 15 to 0, and the case returned to the agenda for August 6, 2026 under advisement from June 25, 2026.
What to do: Request the June 25, 2026 minutes and the written text of the amended motion for Item 7, since the original motion was superseded and never voted on, and compare it against the case description now before the commission. Without that language you cannot tell whether the commission acted on straight CS zoning or on a Planned Development District amendment, and the record ambiguity gets harder to reconstruct after a second hearing overwrites it.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Confirm which zoning controls the Haymarket Road commercial corner
Why now: The August 6, 2026 item seeks an amendment to Planned Development District No. 241 with consideration for a CS Commercial Service District, while the staff recommendation is approval of a CS Commercial Service District, with Oscar Aguilera listed as planner.
What to do: Staff is recommending approval of a CS Commercial Service District rather than the Planned Development District No. 241 amendment the application also seeks, so pin down with the planner which instrument would actually govern the southeast corner of Haymarket Road and C.F. Hawn Freeway before designing to PD 241 standards. If you assume the PD conditions survive and the site is rezoned straight CS, your site plan, use mix and setback assumptions for 10600 C.F. Hawn Freeway may all be built on the wrong rulebook.
Act before: After the August 6, 2026 City Plan Commission hearing
Ask why unanimous zoning approval returned to commission
Why now: The June 25, 2026 item carried 15 to 0 on an amended motion with a note that Herbert and Coffman were out of the room but shown voting in favor, yet the same case number appears August 6, 2026 as held under advisement from June 25.
What to do: Ask the planning department why a case that carried 15 to 0 on June 25 is back before the commission on August 6 with a broadened request that now includes a Planned Development District No. 241 amendment, not just the CS district voted on. Also ask how two commissioners recorded as out of the room were shown voting in favor.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Find out what Haymarket Road corner could host next
Why now: The application for 10600 C.F. Hawn Freeway seeks a CS Commercial Service District on land zoned Planned Development District No. 241, with staff recommending approval and Oscar Aguilera as planner.
What to do: Ask planner Oscar Aguilera for the list of uses a CS Commercial Service District would permit at the southeast corner of Haymarket Road and C.F. Hawn Freeway that the current Planned Development District No. 241 does not, and raise any concerns at the August 6 hearing. Service-commercial zoning changes the mix of businesses, traffic and operating patterns on that corner, and the commission already voted unanimously on this once.
Act before: After the August 6, 2026 City Plan Commission hearing
Specific Use Permit Amendment for Bar and Dance Hall (Z-25-000020)
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Identify compliance deadlines in the amended Dallas zoning ordinance
Context: The 'approved as amended' vote on December 10, 2025 creates binding conditions that may include triggers or deadlines not present in the applicant's original submission.
Recommended: Compare the adopted amended ordinance to the original application to surface any time-limited conditions — such as a specific use permit expiration window or required development agreement — that now bind the property owner.
Request the amended Dallas zoning approval before committing to site design
Context: City Council approved this zoning case 'as amended' on December 10, 2025, meaning the recorded ordinance is the controlling document, not the applicant's original filing.
Recommended: Pull the adopted ordinance as amended to confirm the exact permitted uses, setbacks, and any attached conditions — the final entitlement may differ materially from the original application submitted.
Request records showing what changed in this Dallas zoning case before the final vote
Context: The December 10 Council session processed 18 zoning cases in a single meeting and required corrections to seven items before final action, raising questions about pre-vote review depth for individual cases.
Recommended: File a public records request for the original application, any staff-drafted amendments, and the final adopted ordinance to determine what was changed between application and approval and who requested the amendment.
Regional Retail District at Camp Wisdom Road (Z-26-000073)
City Council final vote
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Ask whether the changed rezoning request triggered new owner notice
Why now: The June 25, 2026 docket described an application for CS Commercial Service District, while the August 6, 2026 docket describes an application to amend Planned Development No. 94, both under Z-26-000073 with planner Liliana Garza.
What to do: Request the notification file and the June 25 minutes from planner Liliana Garza and confirm in writing whether the shift in the docketed request — from a straight Commercial Service application to an application to amend Planned Development No. 94 — required re-notice to surrounding property owners. Ask the question before the August 6 hearing; a notice gap is far harder to raise after the commission acts.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Compare Planned Development 94 limits to Regional Retail zoning
Why now: Staff recommended approval of RR Regional Retail District 'in lieu of an amendment to Planned Development No. 94' on the north line of W. Camp Wisdom Road between S. Cockrell Hill Road and American Way, repeating the same substitution it recommended on June 25, 2026.
What to do: Pull the text of Planned Development No. 94 and set its permitted uses, setbacks, height and parking side by side with the standard Regional Retail district before the August 6 hearing — staff wants the tailored planned development conditions replaced wholesale rather than amended, which can add or strip entitlements you were counting on. If the straight district is approved instead of the amendment you asked for, your site plan assumptions change on the day of the vote.
Act before: After the August 6, 2026 City Plan Commission hearing
Ask why a unanimous June vote left this rezoning unresolved
Why now: Item 13 was recorded as 'Carried: 15 to 0' on June 25, 2026, yet Z-26-000073 returns on August 6, 2026 marked 'U/A From: June 25, 2026' with the request restated as an amendment to Planned Development No. 94.
What to do: Request the June 25 City Plan Commission minutes and the motion language behind the 15-0 result, then ask staff what that unanimous vote actually decided given the case reappears six weeks later with a different application description. The public record shows a carried vote and an unfinished case at the same time — that gap is the story.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Check which new stores Camp Wisdom Road rezoning would allow
Why now: Staff recommends RR Regional Retail District in lieu of amending Planned Development No. 94 for the Camp Wisdom Road site in Council District 3, the same recommendation carried forward from June 25, 2026 to the August 6, 2026 hearing.
What to do: Look up the current use list in Planned Development No. 94 and compare it to what a Regional Retail district permits by right on the north side of W. Camp Wisdom Road between S. Cockrell Hill Road and American Way — the staff recommendation would drop the site's custom planned-development conditions entirely rather than adjust them. If those conditions currently cap store size, hours, or driveway locations near your street, that protection disappears with the swap.
Act before: After the August 6, 2026 City Plan Commission hearing
Zoning Case Under Advisement (Z-26-000082)
City Council final vote
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Pull June 25 minutes to confirm what commission actually decided
Why now: Minutes record Item 6 as Carried 15 to 0 and heard individually on June 25, 2026, yet the identical application is set again for August 6, 2026 noted as held from June 25, 2026.
What to do: Request the certified June 25, 2026 City Plan Commission minutes and the motion language behind the 15-to-0 result, because the same application returns for a second hearing on August 6 despite that unanimous vote. Confirm in writing whether the vote approved the zoning change or only continued the item, since a client relying on an approval that was actually a continuance could act on a decision that does not yet exist.
Act before: After the June 25, 2026 minutes and motion language are produced
Verify retail acreage swapped at Ravenview and Beltline
Why now: The application seeks Community Retail District on land zoned A(A) Agricultural and simultaneously A(A) Agricultural on land zoned Community Retail at the south corner of Ravenview Road and S. Beltline Road, with staff recommending approval and Oscar Aguilera as planner.
What to do: Obtain the staff report and legal descriptions from planner Oscar Aguilera before the August 6 hearing to confirm exactly how much land moves from agricultural to Community Retail and how much retail land converts back to agricultural. This is a two-way swap, not a straight upzoning, so the buildable retail frontage and depth on the south corner may shrink or shift even if total acreage is unchanged.
Act before: After the City Plan Commission acts on the August 6, 2026 item
Ask why unanimous retail rezoning returned six weeks later
Why now: The June 25, 2026 record shows Carried: 15 to 0 with staff recommending approval, yet the same request by 5900 Bonnie View Rd LLC / Shazeb Daredia reappears on August 6, 2026 as held from June 25.
What to do: Ask the Plan Commission secretary and planner Oscar Aguilera why an application that staff recommended for approval and that carried 15 to 0 on June 25 was held and re-noticed for August 6 with no recorded opposition or change in the request. Also ask whether the applicant, an entity named for a Bonnie View Road address, controls other parcels near Ravenview and South Beltline.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Check which Ravenview corner parcel gains shopping center zoning
Why now: The application would place Community Retail District on land zoned A(A) Agricultural and A(A) Agricultural on land zoned Community Retail at that intersection in Council District 8, with the hearing set for August 6, 2026.
What to do: Before the August 6 Plan Commission hearing, ask planner Oscar Aguilera which specific parcel at the south corner of Ravenview Road and South Beltline Road would gain Community Retail zoning and which would revert to agricultural. Community Retail allows shopping center uses with associated traffic, lighting and parking on ground that is currently zoned agricultural, and once the swap is approved the boundaries are far harder to revisit.
Act before: After the City Plan Commission acts on the August 6, 2026 item
Analysis
Zoning
Subdivisions
Key Decisions
Insights by Role
Developer
HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectZ-26-000007, the new CR planned development district at Royal Lane and Preston Road, was Not heard and will need to be re-docketed, so the Leland Burk / RLA-PRDA Investments, LP and JPMorgan Chase Bank site remains unentitled despite a staff recommendation for approval. Two useful precedents came out of this docket: staff steered a Camp Wisdom Road applicant to RR Regional Retail in lieu of the requested CS Commercial Service, and a drive-through SUP was recommended for a 15-year term with automatic five-year renewals.
Resident
HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectTwo new small-lot subdivisions totaling 112 lots were approved in Council District 8, at Camp Wisdom Road and Firebird Drive and off Wild Honey Drive, and a community service center SUP was approved on single-family-zoned land off LBJ Frwy in District 11. Separate CPC committees met the same day on a Grady Niblo Road thoroughfare downgrade and a proposal to rename the Houston Street Viaduct the "Pettis Norman Bridge," both of which can be followed through the posted videoconference links.
Charts & Data
28 items(41 procedural hidden)
(e.g., Approved, Denied, Held)
AI-generated summaries. Click to expand for original text.
#1Application for a minor amendment to the existing development plan within Planned Development District No. 1055, covering Subarea A and Subarea B, on property along South Belt Line Road between Garden Grove Drive and Seagoville Road. Staff recommends approval.
#2An application to place a Historic Overlay designation on the Mountain Creek Interurban Bridge at 4585 W. Jefferson Boulevard, with both staff and the Landmark Commission recommending approval subject to preservation criteria.
#3Zoning application to reclassify property on the north line of Rylie Crest Drive from R-10(A) Residential District to NS(A) Neighborhood Service District. Staff recommends approval.
#4A zoning application to amend Subdistrict 30 within Planned Development No. 193 (Oak Lawn Special Purpose District) at the north corner of Reagan Street and Brown Street, with staff recommending approval subject to a development plan and amended conditions.
#5An application to amend Specific Use Permit No. 2561 for a restaurant with drive-in or drive-through service in the Oak Cliff Gateway Special Purpose District along South I-35 Frwy. Staff recommends approval for a 15-year period with eligibility for automatic five-year renewals.
#6A zoning application to swap CR Community Retail District and A(A) Agricultural District designations on two parcels at the south corner of Ravenview Road and S. Beltline Road, with staff recommending approval.
#7A zoning application to reclassify a property at the southeast corner of Haymarket Road and C.F. Hawn Freeway from Planned Development District No. 241 to CS Commercial Service District, with staff recommending approval.
#8An application to amend Specific Use Permit No. 1851 to allow sale of alcoholic beverages in conjunction with a general merchandise or food store of 3,500 sq ft or less on property zoned CS with a D-1 Liquor Control Overlay on C. F. Hawn Freeway; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#9An application to create a new subdistrict for specified non-residential uses within Planned Development No. 605 on the south line of Samuell Boulevard east of Freestone Circle; staff recommends approval subject to a development plan and conditions.
#10Application to amend Planned Development No. 1060 on the north line of Forest Lane between Quincy Lane and Nuestra Drive; staff recommends approval subject to amended conditions.
#11Application for a new Specific Use Permit to operate a community service center on R-16(A) Single Family District property on the north line of LBJ Freeway east of Copenhill Road; staff recommends approval subject to site plan and conditions.
#12Application to rezone a property on Lancaster-Hutchins Road from Agricultural (A(A)) to Light Industrial (LI) District, with staff recommending approval. The case is under advisement from May 7, 2026.
#13Zoning application seeking CS Commercial Service District designation on W. Camp Wisdom Road; city staff recommends approval of RR Regional Retail District instead.
#14Application to establish a new planned development district for CR Community Retail District uses at the intersection of Royal Lane and Preston Road. Staff recommends approval subject to a development plan and conditions.
#15Application to create one 19.85-acre lot from a tract of land on Cedardale Road, north of LBJ Freeway, filed by Longhorn Truck Center, LLC. Staff recommends approval subject to conditions in the docket.
#16Application to replat a 0.46-acre tract on Marigold Drive, south of Cherry Valley Boulevard, to create one lot, filed by Anthony Hernandez. Staff recommends approval subject to conditions in the docket.
#17Application to replat a 0.3306-acre tract at the southwest corner of Park Avenue and Hickory Street, creating a 7-lot shared access development with lots ranging from 1,443 to 1,882 square feet and one common area, under zoning PD 317.
#18Replat application to consolidate multiple lots totaling 1.614 acres into a single lot on Shelby Avenue, southwest of Dickason Avenue, within PD 193 (MF-3) zoning; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#19Replat application by Dallas Area Rapid Transit to consolidate 0.2064 acres into one lot at the southeast corner of Good Latimer Expressway and Swiss Avenue, within PD 298 (Subarea 5) zoning; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#20Application to replat a 3.249-acre tract containing parts of Lots 1 and 2 in City Block A/7735 into one lot on Park Central Drive west of Merit Drive, zoned MU-3; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#21Application to replat a 0.285-acre tract comprising parts of Lots 5 and 6 in City Block 725 into a single lot on Carroll Avenue, southeast of Bryan Street, within PD 298 (MU-1) zoning. Staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#22Application to replat a 0.344-acre tract (Lots 7 and 8, City Block 801) into an 8-lot shared access development ranging from 1,737 to 2,237 square feet on East Side Avenue, northwest of Santa Fe Avenue, with staff recommending approval subject to conditions.
#23Application to consolidate a tract in City Block 7749 into one 5.5568-acre lot on North Central Expressway, west of Willowdell Drive, with staff recommending approval subject to conditions.
#24Application by Zarion, LLC to subdivide a 7.84-acre tract at the northeast corner of Camp Wisdom Road and Firebird Drive into 59 small lots (3,000–4,000 sq ft each) and 5 common areas under the SB15 small-lot standards within PD 658.
#25Application to replat a 2.135-acre tract (Lots 6–10, City Block 78/3059) into one lot between Seventh and Eighth Streets west of Ewing Avenue; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#26Application to create a 53-lot small lots (SB15) residential development with 5 common areas on a 6.01-acre tract at the terminus of Wild Honey Drive south of Tioga Street; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#27Application to replat a 2.1665-acre tract on Shady Trail south of Royal Lane, consolidating parts of two lots into one lot in Council District 6; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
CITY PLAN COMMISSION PUBLIC COMMITTEE MEETINGS Thursday, June 25, 2026 SUBDIVISION REVIEW COMMITTEE (SRC) MEETING Thursday, June 25, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., in Council Chambers, 6th Floor, at City Hall an
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