City Plan Commission · 10:30 AM · Council Chambers, 6TH Floor
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Matters
1 contested, 11 unanimous
All Zoning cases · Corridor scope
Justin Lee Application (Z-26-000093)
City Council final vote
Vote discrepancy
Opposition: Gilbert-Smith
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Verify two-year limit on alcohol permit before investing
Applies if: You are the applicant, a tenant, or a lender on the Lake June Road store site
Why now: The City Plan Commission carried the item 14-1 on 2026-07-23 after accepting a friendly amendment from one year to a two-year period, and the Council hearing on 2026-08-25 listed CPC's recommendation as approval for a two-year period (Z-26-000093).
What to do: If you are the applicant or a buyer of this site, build the business plan and any lease or financing terms around a two-year permit term, not an open-ended one. Confirm the final ordinance and site plan match this term before committing capital to alcohol sales.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why staff and commission terms differ on alcohol permit
Why now: Staff recommended approval subject to a site plan and conditions, while the City Plan Commission approved 14-1 with a friendly amendment to a two-year period; Gilbert-Smith voted against, and the Council closed its hearing on 2026-08-25 with no recorded outcome (Z-26-000093).
What to do: Request the staff recommended conditions and the commission's amended motion to show how the permit term moved from staff's version to two years. Also ask what Commissioner Gilbert-Smith objected to, since that was the lone dissent.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Gilliland Properties Planned Development Amendment at Alpha and Preston Roads (Z-26-000079)
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Verify amended development plan conditions for Preston Road planned development
Context: Council approved Z-26-000079 'As Amended' on 2026-09-23, after the City Plan Commission saw staff recommendations change from 'subject to conditions' (June 11) to 'subject to an amended development plan and conditions' (July 23).
Recommended: Pull the final ordinance and the amended development plan Council approved, and confirm the as-amended conditions differ from the staff version you planned around. Building to the earlier plan risks redesign if the amendment changed allowed uses or site layout.
Ask what changed in Alpha and Preston amendment
Context: The case was held across three City Plan Commission appearances (June 11, July 23, August 20, with 'U/A From' carryovers), passed 15-0 each time it was voted, and then Council approved it 'As Amended' on 2026-09-23.
Recommended: Request the Council amendment language and the revised development plan to find out what was altered on the floor when the commission had backed staff's conditions unchanged. Ask why the case was delayed twice before reaching Council.
Jaime Senna Light Industrial Development at Cleveland Road (Z-25-000229)
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Verify final conditions in the Cleveland Road industrial district
Applies if: You are buying, leasing, or designing on the site south of Cleveland Road, west of Lancaster-Hutchins Road
Context: Council approved Z-25-000229 as amended on 2026-09-23 after staff and the City Plan Commission (15 to 0 on 2026-07-23) recommended approval subject to conditions.
Recommended: Pull the adopted ordinance and its development plan and conditions, and compare them to what the staff and Plan Commission reviewed. Council approved the item "as amended," so the final conditions may differ from the version you priced, and site plans built on the earlier version could need rework.
Ask what changed in the amended Cleveland Road industrial rezoning
Context: Z-25-000229 was deferred on 2026-08-25, held on 2026-09-09, then approved as amended on 2026-09-23, after the Plan Commission carried it 11 to 0 on 2026-06-11 and 15 to 0 on 2026-07-23, following earlier postponements.
Recommended: Request the amendment language Council adopted and any explanation for the two deferrals. The record shows neither the reason for the delays nor what was amended, though both staff and the Plan Commission had backed the original proposal.
Extra Space Storage — Avenue and Hedgerow Drive (Z-25-000230)
City Council final vote
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Obtain final storage facility permit conditions and 20-year term
Why now: Staff and the Plan Commission both recommended a mini-warehouse permit for 20 years subject to a site plan, landscape plan, and conditions, and Council closed its hearing on 2026-08-25, with no final action recorded in the supplied record.
What to do: Pull the adopted ordinance, site plan, landscape plan, and conditions to confirm what the 20-year permit term requires and whether the plans were revised after the June 11 version. Check whether Council changed anything from the Plan Commission recommendation before the hearing closed.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why storage facility zoning scope changed between hearings
Why now: The June 11 item covered only a new Subdistrict with a development plan, while the July 23 item, carried 15 to 0 and marked as continued from June 11, added a Specific Use Permit, and Council closed the hearing on August 25.
What to do: Request the June 11 and July 23 City Plan Commission staff reports and compare them. The application grew from a subdistrict alone to a subdistrict plus a mini-warehouse permit, and the public record does not explain why.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Trakas Sports Cantina Alcohol Permit at Samuell Boulevard (Z-26-000070)
City Council final vote
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Compare five-year alcohol permit term against staff recommendation
Applies if: Client is the applicant, a neighboring owner, or a lender relying on the permit term
Why now: The City Council closed the hearing on 2026-09-23 with CPC recommending approval 'for a five-year period', while staff recommended approval subject to a site plan and conditions, and the CPC voted 15-0.
What to do: Obtain the City Plan Commission's recommended conditions and the staff's recommended conditions and compare them, since the commission recommended a five-year period while staff's recommendation as recorded does not mention a time limit. Confirm which term and site plan the final ordinance adopts, because that sets when the permit expires and requires renewal.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why alcohol permit for Samuell Boulevard restaurant took three hearings
Why now: Z-26-000070 for 6465 Samuell Boulevard appeared three times: CPC on 2026-07-23 (15-0), CPC on 2026-08-20 (15-0, carried 'U/A From: July 23'), and Council hearing closed 2026-09-23, with no recorded Council vote.
What to do: Request the staff report and any CPC discussion explaining the July 23 to August 20 delay, and ask what changed before the 15-0 approval. Also ask whether the five-year limit was added at the commission stage, and whether Council has voted since closing the hearing.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Analysis
Zoning
Development & Land Use
Historic Preservation
Transportation
Community Impact
Housing
Governance & Oversight
Key Decisions
Insights by Role
Journalist
HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectThe Canyon Drive replat is a strong follow-up story because it carried despite substantially more recorded opposition than support; reporting should clarify how public comments and plat criteria were addressed.
Developer
MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingDevelopers pursuing residential work near Bonnie View Road should track the 34-lot subdivision proposal and confirm all docket conditions before relying on its staff-recommended approval.
Lobbyist
MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingStakeholders with corridor, freight, or land-use interests should engage on the three adopted Thoroughfare Plan amendments because they revise planned roadway designations and right-of-way requirements in three council districts.
Resident
MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingLake June Road residents should monitor implementation of the alcohol-sales permit that carried on a 14-1 vote, the meeting's only split vote.
Charts & Data
39 items(26 procedural hidden)
(e.g., Approved, Denied, Held)
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#1Zoning application to establish Subarea 2 within the Jeffries/Meyers Planned Development District No. 363, with staff recommending approval subject to revised exhibits.
#2Zoning application to amend Specific Use Permit No. 2531 for a commercial parking lot or garage use within the South Dallas Fair Park Special Purpose District, with staff recommending five-year approval subject to conditions.
#3Application to amend Specific Use Permit No. 2576 to allow a bar/lounge/tavern and indoor commercial amusement (dance hall) at 1930 Pacific Avenue in the Harwood Historic District, with staff recommending approval for a ten-year period subject to amended conditions.
#4Application to amend Planned Development District No. 800 to create/expand non-residential subdistricts and to establish a new Specific Use Permit for a pedestrian skybridge near Cadiz Street and Riverfront Boulevard, with staff recommending approval subject to site plans and conditions.
#5Application for a new Specific Use Permit to allow an open-enrollment charter school on CR Community Retail zoned property near Lake June Road, with staff recommending approval subject to a site plan, traffic management plan, and conditions.
#6Application for a new Specific Use Permit for a private recreation center, club, or area on R-7.5(A) Single Family zoned property near E. Lake Highlands Drive, with staff recommending approval for a five-year renewable term subject to a site plan and conditions.
#7Application for a new Specific Use Permit to allow alcoholic beverage sales in conjunction with a restaurant (no drive-in/drive-through) at 6465 Samuell Boulevard, zoned RR with D-1 Liquor Control Overlay; staff recommends approval subject to a site plan and conditions.
#8Application for a new Specific Use Permit for commercial motor vehicle parking at 9300 Bonnie View Road, zoned LI Light Industrial District; staff recommends approval for a ten-year period with automatic renewal eligibility, subject to a site plan and conditions.
#9Application to amend Subdistrict 30 within Planned Development No. 193 (Oak Lawn Special Purpose District) at the north corner of Reagan Street and Brown Street; staff recommends approval subject to a development plan and amended conditions.
#10Application to amend Planned Development District No. 17 at the southeast corner of Alpha Road and Preston Road; staff recommends approval subject to an amended development plan and conditions.
#11Application for a new LC Light Commercial Subdistrict and a new Specific Use Permit for a mini-warehouse on property at the south corner of Lemmon Avenue and Hedgerow Drive; staff recommends approval subject to site plan, landscape plan, and conditions.
#12Application for a new planned development district for LI Light Industrial uses on agricultural-zoned property along Cleveland Road west of Lancaster-Hutchins Road; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#13Application to amend Specific Use Permit No. 2377 to allow commercial motor vehicle parking on industrial-zoned property at 2850 Dairy Milk Lane; staff recommends approval for a three-year period subject to conditions.
#14Application for a new Planned Development District Subdistrict allowing GR General Retail uses and removal of a D Liquor Control Overlay on a portion of property within the Oak Lawn Special Purpose District (PD No. 193), bounded by Maple, Shelby, Fairmount, and Reagan streets; staff recommends approval of both requests subject to a development plan and conditions.
#15Application for a new Specific Use Permit to allow alcohol sales alongside a small general merchandise or food store on a property in the Buckner Boulevard Special Purpose District near Lake June Road; staff recommends approval subject to site plan and conditions.
#16Application for a new Specific Use Permit for a bar/lounge/tavern and live music venue at 2901 Commerce Street in the Deep Ellum/Near East Side District; staff recommends approval subject to site plan and conditions.
#17Application to revise a previously approved preliminary plat to create 13 residential lots and dedicate right-of-way from a 4.618-acre tract in the Dallas ETJ along Lake Ray Hubbard Drive; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#18Application to replat a 0.716-acre tract on Illinois Avenue, east of Duncanville Road, into a single lot; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#19Application to replat a 4.475-acre tract on Buckner Boulevard, north of Bruton Road, into one 0.975-acre lot and one 3.50-acre lot; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#20Application to replat a 7.463-acre tract on Red Bird Lane, west of Westmoreland Road, into one lot; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#21Application to replat a 16.786-acre tract between Maple Avenue and Denton Drive, north of Manor Way, into one lot; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#22Application to replat a 2.0-acre tract on Dowdy Ferry Road at Fireside Drive into one 0.310-acre lot and one 1.691-acre lot; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#23Application by Madison Partners, LLC to replat a 0.4247-acre tract on Prospect Avenue (Lots 20 and 21, City Block 24/1904) into one lot; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#24Application by 16000 Roe Holdings, LP to replat a 1.0644-acre tract on Buffalo Street (part of City Block 1095) into one lot; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#25Application by Baylor health care system and Baylor University Medical Center to replat a 12.0535-acre tract on Washington Avenue into one lot; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#26Application by Southwest Region Conference Association of Seventh Day Adventists to create 34 residential lots and 3 common areas plus right-of-way dedication from a 9.224-acre tract between Bonnie View Road and Dalview Avenue; staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#27Application to replat a 0.665-acre tract containing Lots 11, 12, and 13A into one lot near Melba Street at Zang Boulevard, filed by Hartman Transactions, LLC, with staff recommending approval subject to conditions.
#28Application to replat a 2.950-acre tract containing parts of Lots 7 and 4 into one lot located between Ricks Circle and Hillcrest Road, filed by E Pierce Marshall, Jr. and Kristen E. Nevils-Marshall, with staff recommending approval subject to conditions.
#29Application to replat a 7.043-acre tract into 31 residential lots ranging from 3,150 to 6,002 square feet plus 3 common areas near Forest Lane and Stults Road, filed by the County of Dallas, with staff recommending approval subject to conditions.
#30Application to replat a 2.142-acre tract containing Lots 4 and 5 into two lots (35,731 and 57,581 square feet) at Canyon Drive and Watauga Road, filed by Nikhil Chaudhri and Niketa Patel, with staff recommending approval subject to conditions.
#31Application to replat a 5.851-acre tract on Bruton Road east of Masters Drive into three lots, with staff recommending approval subject to conditions.
#32Application to replat a 27.5-acre tract on Bonnie View Road south of Arrow Road into 122 residential lots and seven common areas, including right-of-way dedication, with staff recommending approval subject to conditions.
#33Application to replat a 0.245-acre lot at Davilla Drive and Lakemont Drive into one lot and reduce a platted building line, with staff recommending approval of both requests subject to conditions.
#34Application for a Certificate of Appropriateness to install a 292.8-square-foot back-lit channel letter sign on the southwest facade at 1919 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, with staff and SSDAC recommending approval.
#35Application by Victoria Morris of Jackson Walker LLP for a Certificate of Appropriateness to install a 383.3-square-foot back lit channel letter sign on the southeast elevation of 1919 Woodall Rodgers Freeway; staff and SSDAC both recommend approval.
#36Proposed amendment to the City of Dallas Thoroughfare Plan reclassifying a segment of Grady Niblo Road from a six-lane divided principal arterial to a four-lane divided minor arterial roadway; staff recommends approval.
#37Proposed amendment to the City of Dallas Thoroughfare Plan removing Colonial Avenue between Pennsylvania Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from the plan; staff recommends approval.
#38Proposed amendment to the City of Dallas Thoroughfare Plan reclassifying Crouch Road between Patrol Way and Lancaster Road from a two-lane undivided roadway to a four-lane undivided roadway; staff recommends approval.
CITY PLAN COMMISSION PUBLIC COMMITTEE MEETINGS Thursday, July 23, 2026 SUBDIVISION REVIEW COMMITTEE (SRC) MEETING Thursday, July 23, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., in Council Chambers, 6th Floor, at City Hall an
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