Planned Development Subdistrict 154 Amendment at McKinney & Akard
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An application for an amendment to Planned Development Subdistrict 154 within Planned Development District 193, the Oak Lawn Special Purpose District, on property bounded by McKinney Avenue, N. Akard Street, and N. Saint Paul Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to an amended development plan, amended landscape plan, and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: RPC 1889 McKinney LLC Representative: Jackson Walker, LLP / Suzan Kedron Planner: Liliana Garza Council District: 14 Z-25-000158 / Z245-150
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Secure dissent record before McKinney-Akard rezoning challenge deadline
Why now: Housewright cast the sole dissenting vote in an otherwise 12-1 CPC approval (Item 17, April 9); if the ordinance was adopted May 27, the challenge clock has been running for eight days as of June 4.
What to do: Confirm whether the Council adopted the ordinance at the May 27 meeting, then immediately request the complete CPC Item 17 record to obtain Commissioner Housewright's stated grounds for dissent — that dissent is the primary evidentiary hook for a substantial-evidence challenge, and the challenge period runs from Council adoption, not CPC approval.
Act before: After statutory challenge period from Council adoption
Pull motion text for McKinney-Akard planned development conditions
Why now: The 12-1 CPC carried vote (Item 17, April 9) does not disclose whether the approval was unconditional; conditions attached by the commission travel into the adopted ordinance and bind the project from its effective date.
What to do: Request the City Plan Commission Item 17 motion text from the April 9 meeting to determine whether the 12-1 approval attached conditions on massing, height, allowed uses, or hours — those conditions are legally binding from the moment the Council adopts the ordinance, and your pre-application design work either can proceed now or must be scoped around them.
Act before: After ordinance effective date
File records request for McKinney-Akard rezoning staff report
Why now: Neither the April 9 CPC vote record (12-1, Item 17) nor the May 27 agenda discloses staff's recommendation; four of the 19 zoning cases that day moved without dual staff-and-commission support.
What to do: File a public records request for the planning staff report on this case to determine whether staff recommended denial when the Commission voted to approve — the May 27 Council session heard 19 zoning cases but only 16 resulted in routine approvals, and a downtown planned development amendment carried over staff objection is the substantive story, not a routine vote.
Act before: After records request response (typically 10 business days)
Confirm May 27 Council action on McKinney-Akard rezoning
Why now: Of 19 zoning cases heard May 27, only 16 resulted in routine approvals; the amendment's active status with no confirmed next step as of June 4 is consistent with a continuation rather than clean adoption.
What to do: Pull the May 27 Council action report or contact the district council member's office to confirm whether this amendment was adopted or continued — if it was among the 3 non-routine outcomes from the 19 zoning cases heard that day, a hearing window is still open and the next date will appear on the public agenda before most stakeholders notice it.
Act before: After Council confirms adoption or continuation date
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A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting an amendment to Planned Development Subdistrict No. 154 within Planned Development District No. 193, the Oak Lawn Special Purpose District, on property bounded by McKinney Avenue, North Akard Street, and North St. Paul Street Recommendation of Staff: Approval, subject to an amended development plan, amended landscape plan, and staff’s recommended amended conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval, subject to an amended development plan, amended landscape plan, and amended conditions Z245-150(LG)/Z-25-000158 *In alignment with ForwardDallas.
An application for an amendment to Planned Development Subdistrict 154 within Planned Development District 193, the Oak Lawn Special Purpose District, on property bounded by McKinney Avenue, N. Akard Street, and N. Saint Paul Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to an amended development plan, amended landscape plan, and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: RPC 1889 McKinney LLC Representative: Jackson Walker, LLP / Suzan Kedron Planner: Liliana Garza Council District: 14 Z-25-000158 / Z245-150
Vote: 12 for, 1 against, 1 absent
recommend approval of amendment to PD Subdistrict 154 within PD 193, Oak Lawn Special Purpose District, subject to amended development plan, landscape plan, and conditions with 12 detailed changes