City Plan Commission · 10:30 AM · Council Chambers, 6TH Floor
This meeting is scheduled for Thursday, August 6, 2026 and has not occurred yet. The analysis below is a preview based on the published agenda.
Matters
All Zoning cases · Corridor scope
Burk Planned Development District at Royal Lane (Z-26-000007)
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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
Regional Retail District at Camp Wisdom Road (Z-26-000073)
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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)
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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
Zoning Case Under Advisement (Z-26-000095)
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Get alcohol permit conditions for Hawn Freeway store site
Why now: Staff recommended approval subject to conditions for the amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 1851 on the south line of C. F. Hawn Freeway west of Silverado Drive, with Oscar Aguilera listed as planner.
What to do: Ask planner Oscar Aguilera for the written conditions attached to the staff approval recommendation for this alcohol sales permit amendment before the August 6 hearing, since the conditions — not the zoning district — will govern what a 3,500-square-foot-or-less store can do on this Commercial Service site with a liquor control overlay. If you wait until after adoption, you are negotiating against a condition set already locked in.
Act before: After the August 6, 2026 City Plan Commission action
Ask why unanimous alcohol permit vote returned to commission
Why now: The June 25 item carried 15 to 0 with a note that Herbert was out of the room but shown voting in favor, and the minutes record the file number as 26-2194, yet the same application reappears on the August 6 agenda held from June 25.
What to do: Request the June 25 commission minutes and the August 6 staff memo to explain why an item the commission carried 15 to 0 is back before the same body six weeks later marked as held from June 25. Also ask the secretary why the minutes print the file number as 26-2194 rather than the zoning case number used on the agenda.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Comment on packaged alcohol sales near Silverado Drive
Why now: The application amends Specific Use Permit No. 1851 for alcoholic beverage sales at a store of 3,500 square feet or less on the south line of C. F. Hawn Freeway west of Silverado Drive, set for City Plan Commission on August 6, 2026.
What to do: If you live near the south side of C. F. Hawn Freeway west of Silverado Drive, submit comment on the operating conditions before the August 6 hearing, because this permit amendment would allow packaged alcohol sales at a small general merchandise or food store on that frontage. Once the amended permit is adopted, hours and site conditions are set by the permit rather than by later complaints.
Act before: After the August 6, 2026 City Plan Commission action
Sweet Bar Dallas / Marvin Regalado Application (Z-26-000135)
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Obtain written conditions for Deep Ellum bar permit
Why now: The August 6, 2026 City Plan Commission item recommends approval subject to unstated staff conditions and a site plan for a bar, lounge, or tavern in Tract A of Planned Development District No. 269 (Z-26-000135).
What to do: Request the full text of staff's recommended conditions and the proposed site plan for the Elm Street bar application before the August 6 hearing, because the timeline record states only that approval is "subject to" them without listing them. Without that text you cannot advise whether the conditions include a term limit, hours restriction, or compliance trigger your client can meet.
Act before: After the requested conditions and site plan are produced
Confirm site plan limits before opening bar on Elm Street
Why now: The August 6, 2026 City Plan Commission item for 2650 Elm Street carries a staff recommendation of approval subject to a site plan and staff's recommended conditions, with planner Justin Lee named (Z-26-000135).
What to do: Staff support for this bar is conditioned on a site plan plus staff's recommended conditions, so any later change to layout, patio area, or capacity would likely require going back for an amendment rather than a simple permit. Pull the proposed site plan and condition set from planner Justin Lee now and design the buildout to the plan you can live with for years.
Act before: After the August 6, 2026 City Plan Commission hearing
Check hours and layout for proposed Elm Street bar
Why now: The City Plan Commission's August 6, 2026 agenda item covers a Specific Use Permit for a bar at 2650 Elm Street with a staff recommendation of approval subject to a site plan and conditions.
What to do: A new bar, lounge, or tavern is proposed for the south side of Elm Street just west of N. Crowdus Street, and staff conditions plus a site plan would govern things like operating hours and outdoor areas. Ask planner Justin Lee for that site plan and condition list before the August 6 hearing if late-night noise or sidewalk crowding on your block matters to you.
Act before: After the August 6, 2026 City Plan Commission hearing
Analysis
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Developer
HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectTwo staff recommendations on this agenda substitute a straight base district for the Planned Development amendment the applicant actually requested, and one SUP is recommended with a five-year term rather than open-ended. Applicants with pending or planned filings should assume staff will counter-propose rather than simply approve as-filed.
Journalist
HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectThe renaming of the Houston Street Bridge to "Pettis Norman Bridge" arrives with two city bodies in direct conflict — staff recommends approval, the Subdivision Review Committee recommends denial — which is the clearest story on the agenda. Separately, three bar SUPs clustered on one Deep Ellum street, all under advisement, is a pattern worth tracking.
Resident
HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectDeep Ellum residents should note three separate Specific Use Permits for bars, lounges or taverns clustered on Elm Street, all with staff recommendations of approval and all already under advisement — meaning they are likely to be acted on August 6. Northeast Dallas residents near LBJ Freeway and along Ferguson Road face two different multifamily outcomes on the same agenda.
32 items(25 procedural hidden)
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#1Zoning application (Z-26-000100) to create a new subdistrict for a mix of uses on property zoned Subdistrict 4 within Planned Development District No. 462, Henderson Avenue Special Purpose District, southwest of North Henderson Avenue and northwest of Fuqua Street. Staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#2Zoning application for property in the South Dallas/Fair Park Special Purpose District (PD No. 595) requesting a change to SD-D South Dallas Duplex Subdistrict and an amendment to and expansion of Specific Use Permit No. 2530 for a commercial parking lot or garage use. Staff recommends approval for a five-year period subject to a site plan and conditions.
#3Application for a new Specific Use Permit for a medical or scientific laboratory on property zoned CR Community Retail District at the northwest corner of McBroom Street and N. Westmoreland Road (3407 N. Westmoreland Road). Staff recommends approval subject to a site plan and conditions.
#4Application for a new Planned Development District for MF-2(A) multifamily district uses on property currently zoned R-7.5(A) Single Family District at 11440 Ferguson Road. Staff recommends approval subject to a conceptual plan and conditions.
#5Zoning application to swap districts on property at the south corner of Ravenview Road and S. Beltline Road, changing A(A) Agricultural District land to CR Community Retail District and vice versa. Staff recommends approval.
#6Application for an amendment to Planned Development District No. 241 with consideration for a CS Commercial Service District on property at the southeast corner of Haymarket Rd and C.F. Hawn Fwy (10600 C.F. Hawn Fwy). Staff recommends approval of a CS Commercial Service District.
#7Application to amend Specific Use Permit No. 1851 to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages in conjunction with a general merchandise or food store of 3,500 square feet or less on CS Commercial Service District property with a D-1 Liquor Control Overlay near C. F. Hawn Freeway and Silverado Drive. Staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#8Application to amend Planned Development No. 94 with consideration for CS Commercial Service District or RR Regional Retail District zoning on property along W. Camp Wisdom Road between S. Cockrell Hill Road and American Way. Staff recommends approval of RR Regional Retail District in lieu of the amendment.
#9Zoning application to create a new subdistrict within the Downtown Special Provision Sign District on property at 2123 N. Harwood Street, zoned Subarea 1 of Subdistrict 155 within Planned Development No. 193. Staff recommends approval subject to conditions; SSDAC recommends approval subject to amended conditions.
#10Application for a new Specific Use Permit for a bar, lounge, or tavern at 2650 Elm Street on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development District No. 269 (Deep Ellum/Near East Side District). Staff recommends approval subject to a site plan and recommended conditions.
#11Zoning application for a new Specific Use Permit for an alcoholic beverage establishment (bar, lounge, or tavern) and an inside commercial amusement use limited to a dance hall at 2638 Elm Street in the Deep Ellum/Near East Side District. Staff recommends approval subject to a site plan and recommended conditions.
#12Application for a new Specific Use Permit for an alcoholic beverage establishment (bar, lounge, or tavern) and inside commercial amusement limited to a dance hall at 2610 Elm Street in the Deep Ellum/Near East Side District (Planned Development No. 269, Tract A). Staff recommends approval subject to a site plan and recommended conditions.
#13Application to rezone property from R-10(A) Single Family District to MF-2(A) Multifamily District near LBJ Freeway and Sandyland Boulevard, west of S. Saint Augustine Drive in Council District 8. Staff recommends denial.
#14Zoning application for a new planned development district on property currently zoned CR Community Retail District and P(A) Parking District at Royal Lane and Preston Road in Council District 13. Staff recommends approval subject to a development plan and recommended conditions.
#15An application to replat a 2.046-acre tract in City Blocks A/6808, 5/6810, and 6809 into three lots (0.433-acre, 0.456-acre, and 1.151-acre) on property between Beckley Avenue and Beatrice Street, north of Yorktown Street. Staff recommends approval subject to conditions listed in the docket.
#16An application to replat a 1.222-acre tract containing Lot 1R in City Block 3/2041 into a 0.4052-acre lot and a 0.8169-acre lot on Lemmon Avenue northwest of Prescott Avenue. Staff recommends approval subject to conditions listed in the docket.
#17Application to replat an 8.425-acre tract (Lot 5, City Block C/7497) into a 3.230-acre lot and a 5.195-acre lot on Alpha Road at Blossomheath Lane in Council District 11. Staff recommends approval subject to docket conditions.
#18Application to replat a 6.627-acre tract in City Block C/8052 on Plano Road north of I-635 to create one 1.254-acre lot and one 5.373-acre lot. Staff recommends approval subject to conditions listed in the docket.
#19Application to create one 0.644-acre lot from a tract of land in City Block 3767 on Beckley Avenue, south of Crestwood Drive. Staff recommends approval subject to conditions listed in the docket.
#20Application to replat a 5.401-acre tract containing Lots 8 and 9 in City Block C/8763 to create one lot on Old Bent Tree Lane, east of Dallas Parkway. Staff recommends approval subject to conditions listed in the docket.
#21An application to replat a 7.5622-acre tract in City Block D/2371 into a single lot on property located between Inwood Road and Stutz Drive, southwest of Maple Avenue. Staff recommends approval subject to compliance with docket conditions.
#22Application to replat a 5.410-acre tract in City Blocks 18/6128 and 19/6128 on Forney Road west of Prairie Flower Trail to create 39 lots, 3 common areas, and private streets. Staff recommends approval subject to compliance with docket conditions.
#23Application to replat a 0.286-acre tract (Lot 17, City Block 23/6890) into two 0.143-acre lots on Kemrock Drive west of Tracy Road, zoned R-5(A). Staff recommends approval subject to conditions in the docket.
#24Application to replat a 0.9540-acre tract in City Block 44/8617 into three lots (12,601, 12,985, and 15,970 square feet) at the northeast corner of Mallory Drive and Seay Drive, zoned R-10(A). Staff recommends approval subject to conditions in the docket.
#25An application to replat a 0.4362-acre tract containing Lot 15 in City Block G/7590 into two 0.2181-acre lots on Danieldale Road, east of Cottonvalley Road, in Council District 8. Staff recommends approval subject to conditions.
#26Application to replat a 16.44-acre tract in City Blocks 1/6113 and 2/6113 into one 5.58-acre lot and one 10.86-acre lot and remove all existing building lines, located between Mesquite Lane and Camp Wisdom Road west of Turnout Lane in Council District 3. Staff recommends approval subject to docket conditions.
#27An application to rename the Houston Street Bridge (Houston Street Viaduct) between Zang Boulevard and Young Street to "Pettis Norman Bridge." Staff recommends approval while the Subdivision Review Committee recommends denial.
#28An application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for a 366.3-square-foot back-lit channel letter sign on the southeast façade at 1445 Ross Avenue. Both staff and the SSDAC recommend approval.
#29Application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for a 366.3-square-foot back-lit channel letter sign on the southwest façade at 1445 Ross Avenue. Staff and SSDAC recommend approval.
#30Application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for a 269.8-square-foot back-lit channel letter sign on the southeast façade at 1445 Ross Avenue. Staff and SSDAC recommend approval.
#31Application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for a 269.8-square-foot back-lit channel letter sign on the southwest façade at 1445 Ross Ave. Staff and SSDAC both recommend approval.
#56CITY PLAN COMMISSION PUBLIC COMMITTEE MEETINGS Tuesday, August 11, 2026 SPECIAL SIGN DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SSDAC) MEETING Tuesday, August 11, 2026, at 11:00 a.m., in Room 5BN at City Hall and b
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