Bar and Live Music Venue at Main and Malco
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An application for an amendment to Specific Use Permit 2569 for a bar, lounge, or tavern and inside commercial amusement limited to a live music venue on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development 269, the Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the southwestern corner of Main Street and Malcolm X Boulevard. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to conditions. Applicant: Rob Baldwin / Baldwin Associates Representative: Michael Ziemer / Puzzle Concepts, LLC U/A From: February 5, 2026. Planner: Oscar Aguilera Council District: 2 Z-25-000183
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Request adopted ordinance for Deep Ellum bar and music venue
Why now: The record shows a public hearing set for April 8, 2026 on an ordinance granting the amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 2569, but no adopted terms or vote appear in the file.
What to do: Ask the city secretary for the ordinance text, adopted conditions, and April 8 minutes for the Specific Use Permit amendment, and determine whether Council adopted the staff conditions or the commission's three-year term. Without that document you cannot advise the operator on renewal timing or on which conditions are enforceable.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Confirm whether three-year limit applies to music venue permit
Why now: Staff recommended approval subject to conditions while the City Plan Commission recommended approval for a three-year period, and the April 8, 2026 Council public hearing on the ordinance has no recorded outcome in the file.
What to do: Obtain the final ordinance and condition list for the Specific Use Permit amendment at Main Street and Malcolm X Boulevard to confirm whether the approval carries the City Plan Commission's three-year term or staff's open-ended conditions. A three-year term changes the amortization horizon for buildout, sound attenuation, and lease terms, and forces a renewal filing before the term lapses.
Act before: After the April 8, 2026 City Council hearing outcome is published
Ask why commission shortened bar permit to three years
Why now: The case was voted 14-0 on February 5, 2026 and 13-0 on February 19, 2026 with staff recommending approval subject to conditions while the commission recommended a three-year period, and planner Oscar Aguilera is named on both agendas.
What to do: Ask the planner assigned to the case why the commission attached a three-year term when staff recommended approval subject to conditions with no term, and why the item was held from the February 5 meeting to February 19 despite passing unanimously both times. Then check whether Council acted at the April 8 hearing, because no result is in the public file.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Read operating conditions for new Deep Ellum live music venue
Why now: Both City Plan Commission approvals for the bar, lounge, or tavern and live music venue were subject to conditions, and the commission recommended approval for a three-year period.
What to do: Request the condition list attached to the Specific Use Permit amendment for the southwest corner of Main Street and Malcolm X Boulevard and check what it says about hours of operation, occupancy, and noise for the bar and live music use. If the three-year term the commission recommended was adopted, the renewal review is the next practical chance to raise nuisance issues.
Act before: After the next material record update
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A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting an amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 2569 for a bar, lounge, or tavern and inside commercial amusement limited to a live music venue on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development District No. 269, the Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the southwestern corner of Main Street and Malcolm X Bouvelard Recommendation of Staff: Approval, subject to conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval for a three-year period, subject to conditions Z-25-000183 *In alignment with ForwardDallas.
An application for an amendment to Specific Use Permit 2569 for a bar, lounge, or tavern and inside commercial amusement limited to a live music venue on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development 269, the Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the southwestern corner of Main Street and Malcolm X Boulevard. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to conditions. Applicant: Rob Baldwin / Baldwin Associates Representative: Michael Ziemer / Puzzle Concepts, LLC U/A From: February 5, 2026. Planner: Oscar Aguilera Council District: 2 Z-25-000183
Vote: 13 for, 0 against, 2 absent
recommend approval of amendment to SUP 2569 for bar/lounge/tavern and live music venue for three-year period
An application for an amendment to Specific Use Permit 2569 for a bar, lounge, or tavern and inside commercial amusement limited to a live music venue on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development 269, the Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the southwestern corner of Main Street and Malcolm X Boulevard. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to conditions. Applicant: Rob Baldwin - Baldwin Associates Representative: Michael Ziemer - Puzzle Concepts, LLC Planner: Oscar Aguilera Council District: 2 Z-25-000183
Vote: 14 for, 0 against, 1 absent
hold under advisement until February 19, 2026
*Housewright out of room, shown voting in favor