Zoning Ordinance Advisory Committee Authority (26-1099A)
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Consideration of amending the City Plan Commission Rules of Procedure to add an additional responsibility of the zoning ordinance advisory committee. [See language highlighted in yellow on Page 21] Planner: Megan Wimer Council District: Citywide
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Compare Dallas zoning committee's adopted rule text before Council vote
Why now: Sims rejected Kingston's amendment to broaden the ordinance but accepted Morrison's subsection restructuring, and the motion as amended carried 12-0.
What to do: Pull the City Plan Commission-adopted version of this ordinance and line up City Attorney Morrison's language shift from subsection (i) to subsection (iii) against the pre-hearing draft to see what actually changed procedurally. Once Council adopts, this text is locked in with no further commission-level path to amend it.
Act before: After City Council votes on this ordinance
Investigate Dallas commissioner's rejected development code expansion bid
Why now: Kingston's friendly amendment to extend committee authority to a full new development code, not just ordinance amendments, was explicitly declined by Sims before the 12-0 vote.
What to do: File a public records request for Commissioner Kingston's proposed amendment language and any staff or City Attorney correspondence discussing a 'new development code' — sponsor Sims rejected it on the record, and no standalone process for that broader rewrite has surfaced elsewhere.
Act before: After records request response (typically 10 business days)
Push Dallas Council to revisit rejected committee authority scope
Why now: The Commission advanced only the narrower amendments-only version 12-0, after Sims declined to accept Kingston's broader 'new development code' language.
What to do: Contact Council members now if you want the advisory committee's authority broadened to cover a full development code rewrite — Council is the only venue left to restore the scope Kingston proposed and Sims rejected.
Act before: After City Council votes on this ordinance
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Consideration of amending the City Plan Commission Rules of Procedure to add an additional responsibility of the zoning ordinance advisory committee. [See language highlighted in yellow on Page 21] Planner: Megan Wimer Council District: Citywide
Vote: 12 for, 0 against, 3 absent
recommend approval of amending Rules of Procedure to add additional responsibility of ZOAC, as amended to add subsection (iii) regarding receiving input from citizens, interest groups, professional organizations, and other groups or individuals
Kingston offered friendly amendment to include consideration of a new development code, not only amendments; Sims did not accept. City Attorney Morrison suggested breaking language from (i) and adding to (iii); Sims accepted. Vote was on amended motion.