RPC 1889 McKinney Zoning Amendment in Oak Lawn
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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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Reconcile staff and commission condition sets in adopted ordinance
Why now: The record shows two differently described condition packages — 'staff's recommended amended conditions' at the May 27, 2026 council hearing versus the commission's 'amended conditions' from its April 9, 2026 approval — with planner Liliana Garza listed on the case.
What to do: Request the enacted ordinance text and the April 9 plan commission condition set, then determine which condition language was actually adopted where the two recommendations diverge. If the ordinance incorporates conditions by reference without an attached exhibit, raise that with the planner of record before a permit application relies on the wrong version.
Act before: After the requested ordinance and condition exhibits are produced
Obtain final ordinance for McKinney Avenue subdistrict rezoning
Why now: The May 27, 2026 council hearing item carried staff approval 'subject to an amended development plan, amended landscape plan, and staff's recommended amended conditions' while the City Plan Commission recommended approval subject to its own 'amended conditions' on April 9, 2026.
What to do: Pull the signed ordinance amending Planned Development Subdistrict 154 within Planned Development District 193, plus the amended development plan and amended landscape plan exhibits, before pricing or designing anything on the block bounded by McKinney Avenue, North Akard Street and North St. Paul Street. Staff and the plan commission each recommended their own version of amended conditions, so the exhibit set attached to the adopted ordinance — not the staff report — is what controls buildable envelope and landscape obligations; this amendment applies to this subdistrict only and says nothing about neighboring parcels.
Act before: After the adopted ordinance and exhibits are obtained
Ask why May 27 McKinney rezoning hearing shows no outcome
Why now: Item 17 carried 12 to 1 with Housewright against on April 9, 2026, and the May 27, 2026 council public hearing entry records no vote or disposition.
What to do: Ask the city secretary for the May 27, 2026 council action on this Oak Lawn subdistrict amendment — the file still reads active with no recorded result after the public hearing. In the same request, get the April 9 commission minutes and audio to document what conditions the commission changed from staff's version and why Commissioner Housewright cast the lone dissent in a 12-1 vote.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Request amended landscape plan for McKinney and Akard block
Why now: Both the staff and City Plan Commission recommendations for this Oak Lawn Special Purpose District case were conditioned on an amended development plan and amended landscape plan, with Liliana Garza listed as planner and the site in Council District 14.
What to do: Ask the planner assigned to this case for the amended development plan and amended landscape plan for the block bounded by McKinney Avenue, North Akard Street and North St. Paul Street, and compare the landscaping, setbacks and building placement to what stands there today. Both plans were amended as a condition of approval, so sidewalk width, street trees and buffers along your block may differ from the current Oak Lawn subdistrict standards once construction permits are pulled.
Act before: After the amended development and landscape plans are released
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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