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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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
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
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
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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. 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.
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