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 rule text before Council vote
Context: On March 26, 2026, the CPC amended Item 36 on Morrison's suggestion to move language from (i) to (iii) and passed the amended motion 12-0.
Recommended: Pull the City Plan Commission-adopted language and confirm City Attorney Morrison's floor amendment — shifting authority language from subsection (i) to (iii) — survived intact into the ordinance Council will vote on; once Council adopts it, there's no further commission-level path to amend it.
Investigate Dallas commissioner's rejected development code proposal
Context: At the March 26, 2026 hearing, Kingston offered a friendly amendment to include 'consideration of a new development code, not only amendments,' which Sims did not accept before the amended motion passed 12-0.
Recommended: File a public records request for Commissioner Kingston's proposed amendment language and any staff or City Attorney correspondence on expanding the committee's authority to a full development code rewrite — sponsor Sims declined it on the record, and no other body appears to be pursuing that broader scope.
Push Dallas Council to restore committee's development code authority
Context: Kingston's amendment to broaden the committee's charge to 'a new development code' was not accepted by sponsor Sims before the CPC passed the narrower amended motion 12-0 on March 26, 2026.
Recommended: Contact Council members before the final vote if you want the advisory committee's mandate broadened beyond amendments to a full development code rewrite — Council is the only remaining venue to restore the scope Kingston proposed and Sims declined at the Plan Commission.
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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.