TH-1 Townhouses at Compton Street
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An application for an R-5(A) Single Family District, with consideration of TH-1(A) Townhouse District on property zoned LI Light Industrial District, on the south line of Compton Street, west of Glidden Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval of a TH-1 Townhouse District, as an alternative to the R-5(A) Single Family District request. Applicant: New Wave Real Estate Investors LLC / Caster Dickerson Planner: Oscar Aguilera Council District: 4 Z-25-000200
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Obtain notice records for changed Compton Street zoning request
Why now: The March 5, 2026 item requested R-5(A) with TH-1 consideration while the April 9, 2026 item under the identical file number Z-25-000200 requested MU-1 Mixed-Use, with planner Oscar Aguilera on both.
What to do: Request the amended application and the property-owner notification and newspaper notice records for the April 9 Plan Commission hearing, and ask whether the change from a single-family/townhouse request to a mixed-use request under the same file number triggered renotice. If the notice described only the residential districts, the record supporting the ordinance may be vulnerable and that question is easiest to answer while the file is fresh.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Confirm mixed-use zoning replaced townhouse request on Compton Street
Why now: The same file heard on March 5, 2026 as R-5(A) single family with TH-1 townhouse consideration returned on April 9, 2026 as an MU-1 Mixed-Use application, and Council's May 13, 2026 hearing item is captioned MU-1 (Z-25-000200).
What to do: Do not underwrite this Compton Street site off the townhouse assumption in the case title — the request presented to Council on May 13 was MU-1 Mixed-Use District, not the R-5(A) single-family or TH-1 townhouse district the Plan Commission considered on March 5. Pull the adopted ordinance and confirm which district was actually granted before sizing ground-floor commercial or residential density.
Act before: After the granting ordinance is published
Ask why townhouse request became mixed-use rezoning midstream
Why now: Z-25-000200 carried 14-0 on March 5, 2026 for a townhouse alternative and 14-0 again on April 9, 2026 for MU-1 Mixed-Use, with minutes noting "Kocks out of room, shown voting in favor."
What to do: Ask the planning department and applicant New Wave Real Estate Investors why the request under this file changed from single-family/townhouse to mixed-use between the March 5 and April 9 Plan Commission hearings, and obtain the second staff report explaining the reversal of the recommended district. Both hearings passed 14-0 with no recorded discussion of the switch, and one vote was recorded for a commissioner who was out of the room.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Check what mixed-use allows near Compton and Glidden
Why now: The March 5, 2026 Plan Commission item sought R-5(A) single family with TH-1 townhouse consideration, while the May 13, 2026 Council hearing considered MU-1 Mixed-Use on the same Compton Street property in Council District 4.
What to do: If you live near the south side of Compton Street west of Glidden Street, the district under consideration is no longer the townhouse or single-family category discussed in March — it is a mixed-use district that permits commercial uses alongside housing on the former light industrial tract. Ask the District 4 council office for the adopted ordinance and any use or height limits attached to it.
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 MU-1 Mixed-Use District on property zoned LI Light Industrial District, on the south line of Compton Street, west of Glidden Street Recommendation of Staff: Approval Recommendation of CPC: Approval Z-25-000200 *In alignment with ForwardDallas.
An application for MU-1 Mixed-Use District on property zoned LI Light Industrial District, on the south line of Compton Street, west of Glidden Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval. Applicant: New Wave Real Estate Investors LLC / Caster Dickerson U/A From: March 5, 2026. Planner: Oscar Aguilera Council District: 4 Z-25-000200
Vote: 14 for, 0 against
recommend approval of MU-1 Mixed-Use District
*Kocks out of room, shown voting in favor
An application for an R-5(A) Single Family District, with consideration of TH-1(A) Townhouse District on property zoned LI Light Industrial District, on the south line of Compton Street, west of Glidden Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval of a TH-1 Townhouse District, as an alternative to the R-5(A) Single Family District request. Applicant: New Wave Real Estate Investors LLC / Caster Dickerson Planner: Oscar Aguilera Council District: 4 Z-25-000200
Vote: 14 for, 0 against, 1 absent
hold under advisement until April 9, 2026 and instruct staff to readvertise for MU-1