South Dallas Fair Park Area Plan (25-1685A)
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A public hearing to receive comments regarding the South Dallas Fair Park Area Plan, an area generally bounded by Haskell Avenue to the north, the Southern Pacific Central Bypass Rail line to the east, Botham Jean Boulevard to the south, and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Rail line to the west and an ordinance adopting The South Dallas Fair Park Area Plan - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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Verify your parcel's designation in draft Fair Park area plan
Context: The May 28, 2025 City Council item was a public hearing on an ordinance adopting the plan for the area bounded by Haskell Avenue, the Southern Pacific Central Bypass Rail line, Botham Jean Boulevard, and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Rail line, and it was deferred rather than adopted.
Recommended: Pull the draft South Dallas Fair Park Area Plan and locate your holdings against its future land use map inside the boundary running from Haskell Avenue south to Botham Jean Boulevard and between the two rail lines. Once the ordinance adopting the plan passes, its land use recommendations become the baseline staff cites against future zoning requests, and changing a designation afterward is a plan amendment rather than a comment on a draft.
Ask why Fair Park area plan hearing stalled after deferral
Context: The only recorded appearance is the May 28, 2025 City Council public hearing on the adopting ordinance, which was deferred with no next procedural step identified and financing listed as no cost consideration to the City.
Recommended: Request the City Council deferral record and any staff memo or revised draft produced since the May 28, 2025 hearing, and ask the planning department who requested the deferral and what has to change before the plan returns. A neighborhood-wide plan carried with no cost to the City and no scheduled successor hearing is an anomaly worth explaining to readers in the affected blocks.
Check if your block sits inside Fair Park plan boundary
Context: The public hearing on the ordinance adopting the South Dallas Fair Park Area Plan for that boundary was deferred by City Council on May 28, 2025.
Recommended: Compare your address to the plan's four edges — Haskell Avenue on the north, the Southern Pacific Central Bypass Rail line on the east, Botham Jean Boulevard on the south, and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Rail line on the west — and if you are inside, get the draft's recommendations for your street before the hearing is reset. The plan sets the land use guidance the city will point to for later rezoning requests on nearby lots, and comments carry more weight while the hearing is still open than after adoption.
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A public hearing to receive comments regarding the South Dallas Fair Park Area Plan, an area generally bounded by Haskell Avenue to the north, the Southern Pacific Central Bypass Rail line to the east, Botham Jean Boulevard to the south, and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Rail line to the west and an ordinance adopting The South Dallas Fair Park Area Plan - Financing: No cost consideration to the City