Walgreens D-1 Overlay Termination at Lemmon Avenue

Context: All three appearances describe the property as zoned Light Commercial with deed restrictions Z978-258 and note the February 5, 2026 permit was recommended for approval 'subject to site plan and conditions,' while the March 26 action addressed only the D-1 Liquor Control Overlay.

Recommended: Obtain three documents together: the deed restrictions referenced in every filing, the February 5 Specific Use Permit site plan and conditions, and the council resolution accepting the overlay termination. Terminating the liquor control overlay does not on its face release the separately recorded deed restrictions or the permit conditions, and advising a client that alcohol sales are unrestricted without reading all three is the exposure point.

Applies if: You control or are evaluating retail property within Planned Development District 193

Context: Walgreens Co, represented by Marcus Schwartz, took a Specific Use Permit on February 5, 2026 (14-0) and a separate overlay termination on March 26, 2026 (12-0), with the deed restrictions Z978-258 recited but untouched in both.

Recommended: If you are underwriting a retail pad inside the Oak Lawn Special Purpose District that carries a liquor control overlay, confirm whether the tract also carries separately recorded deed restrictions before assuming an overlay termination clears the path. On this Lemmon Avenue site the applicant had to secure a use permit first and then a separate overlay termination, meaning two commission hearings and a council public hearing across roughly three months.

Context: The April 22, 2026 City Council item lists Recommendation of Staff: Approval and Recommendation of CPC: Approval and is flagged as aligned with ForwardDallas, yet the matter remains active with no council vote recorded after unanimous commission votes of 14-0 on February 5 and 12-0 on March 26.

Recommended: Request the City Council minutes and the resolution text from the April 22 public hearing on the Lemmon Avenue liquor overlay termination — the record shows the hearing was held with both staff and commission recommending approval, but no vote result was ever entered. Ask the Oak Lawn case planner and the District 14 council office whether the item was passed, deferred, or held, and why more than three months have gone by with no recorded outcome.

Context: Planner Justin Lee is named on all three filings, and the February 5, 2026 permit was recommended for approval subject to site plan and conditions while the March 26 action (12-0) removed the D-1 Liquor Control Overlay on the same Lemmon Avenue frontage.

Recommended: Ask the city planner assigned to this case for the site plan and conditions attached to the February 5 alcohol sales permit — once the liquor control overlay is removed, those conditions are the operating limits that remain for the store between McKinney and Noble avenues. If you have concerns about hours, signage, or the alcohol display area, the conditions document is where those limits are written, not the overlay.