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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Verify McKinney-Akard rezoning challenge deadline immediately
Why now: CPC approved Z-25-000158 12-1 on April 9 with Housewright dissenting, but no confirmed Council disposition exists 43 days after the May 27 appearance.
What to do: Pull the ordinance publication date for Z-25-000158 now — 43 days have passed since the May 27 Council session with no confirmed adoption record on file, and if the amendment was adopted that day, the 30-day substantial-evidence challenge window may have already closed. Commissioner Housewright's dissenting vote at the April 9 CPC hearing is your evidentiary hook, but only if you confirm the window is still open before acting.
Act before: After statutory challenge period expires
Pull binding conditions from McKinney-Akard rezoning approval
Why now: CPC approved Z-25-000158 12-1 on April 9 (Item 17), and the record shows a May 27 Council appearance with no confirmed disposition since.
What to do: Request the April 9 CPC Item 17 motion text to identify any conditions on height, massing, use, or operating hours attached to the 12-1 approval. If the Council adopted the amendment on May 27 as scheduled, those conditions have been binding for over five weeks, and any design work that doesn't reflect them will require costly revision.
Act before: After ordinance effective date
Investigate McKinney-Akard rezoning's unresolved Council outcome
Why now: Z-25-000158 carried CPC 12-1 with Housewright dissenting on April 9, then appeared before Council on May 27 with no confirmed disposition recorded in the 43 days since.
What to do: File a public records request for both the CPC staff report on Z-25-000158 and the Council's May 27 disposition record — a downtown planned development amendment that carried 12-1 over Commissioner Housewright's dissent has no confirmed Council outcome six weeks later, a gap easily buried inside that session's 73-item, $335M agenda. Confirming whether staff recommended denial when the Commission approved anyway, and why the Council's action still isn't on record, makes for a two-part story.
Act before: After records request response (typically 10 business days)
Brief council member before McKinney-Akard rezoning resurfaces
Why now: Z-25-000158 has now appeared twice (April 9 CPC, May 27 Council) with no confirmed outcome recorded since, an unusually long gap for a two-appearance zoning case.
What to do: Confirm whether Z-25-000158 was adopted, continued, or tabled at the May 27 Council session — the record shows no confirmed disposition 43 days later, meaning the item could still be pending and reachable, or could reappear on a future agenda without warning. If it's still open, this is your window to brief the district council member before the next vote; if it already passed, shift to monitoring implementation.
Act before: After Council confirms disposition of Z-25-000158
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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