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Winery Specific Use Permit at Kidwell and Prospect

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An application for an amendment to Specific Use Permit 2173 for a winery and tasting room on property zoned Subdistrict E-F-1 Center Core Area within Planned Development District 281, the Lakewood Special Purpose District, on the southeast corner of Kidwell Street and Prospect Avenue. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Robert Baldwin Planner: Michael V. Pepe Council District: 14 Z-25-000225

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Zoning CasedistrictSignificantCity Council, City Plan CommissionDistrict 281
A proposed amendment to Specific Use Permit 2173 would allow a winery and tasting room on the southeast corner of Kidwell Street and Prospect Avenue. The property is located within the Lakewood Special Purpose District's Center Core Area, which requires special approval for certain commercial uses.
2 eventsFirst seen Feb 19, 2026Last activity Apr 8, 2026Case ID: Z-25-000225
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permit
public_hearing
zoning

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Attorney

Request final winery permit ordinance and adopted conditions

Why now: The April 8, 2026 council item is a public hearing on an ordinance amending Specific Use Permit No. 2173 with two competing recommendations — staff conditions versus the commission's amended conditions and ten-year period — and the record contains no council outcome.

What to do: Request the ordinance and conditions actually adopted after the April 8 public hearing, since the record here shows the hearing was set but does not show a council vote or final condition set. Without that document you cannot tell your client which condition list governs operations, or whether the ten-year term recommended by the commission survived into the enacted ordinance.

Act before: After the adopted ordinance and conditions are produced

Source: City Council — Apr 08, 2026 →
Developer

Confirm ten-year limit on Kidwell Street winery permit

Why now: Staff recommended approval subject to staff's conditions, while the City Plan Commission recommended approval for a ten-year period subject to amended conditions, per the April 8, 2026 council hearing item and the February 19, 2026 commission action.

What to do: Before committing capital to tasting-room buildout or equipment at the Kidwell Street and Prospect Avenue corner, confirm whether the permit was granted for a fixed ten-year period rather than the open-ended staff version, because a sunset date caps the amortization window for improvements and forces a renewal application. Ask the planner for the exact condition list that was carried forward from the commission's amended conditions.

Act before: After the next material record update

Source: City Council — Apr 08, 2026 →
Journalist

Ask why commission added ten-year winery permit deadline

Why now: The commission carried the item 13 to 0 on February 19, 2026 yet recommended approval for a ten-year period subject to amended conditions, unlike staff's recommendation, with Michael V. Pepe listed as planner and Robert Baldwin as applicant.

What to do: Ask the planning department why the commission imposed a ten-year term and amended conditions when staff had recommended approval on its own conditions — and do it while the planner who handled the file can still explain the change. Also ask what the council did at the April 8 hearing, since the public record here stops at the hearing notice with no vote.

Act before: After the requested records are produced

Source: City Council — Apr 08, 2026 →

Timeline

Hearing
Hearing Closed; CPC Recommendation Followed

A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting an amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 2173 for a winery and tasting room on property zoned Subdistrict E-F-1 Center Core Area within Planned Development District No. 281, the Lakewood Special Purpose District, on the southeast corner of Kidwell Street and Prospect Avenue Recommendation of Staff: Approval, subject to staff’s recommended conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval for a ten-year period, subject to amended conditions Z-25-000225 *In alignment with ForwardDallas.

Vote
Carried: 13 to 0

An application for an amendment to Specific Use Permit 2173 for a winery and tasting room on property zoned Subdistrict E-F-1 Center Core Area within Planned Development District 281, the Lakewood Special Purpose District, on the southeast corner of Kidwell Street and Prospect Avenue. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Robert Baldwin Planner: Michael V. Pepe Council District: 14 Z-25-000225

Vote: 13 for, 0 against, 2 absent

recommend approval of amendment to SUP 2173 for winery and tasting room for ten-year period