Burk Planned Development District at Royal Lane
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An application for a new planned development district for CR Community Retail District uses on property zoned CR Community Retail District and P(A) Parking District, on the south line of Royal Lane and the west line of Preston Road, north of Orchid Lane. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a development plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Leland Burk [RLA-PRDA Investments, LP]; JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. Representative: Victoria Morris / Jackson Walker LP Planner: Martin Bate / Liliana Garza Council District: 13 Z-26-000007
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Request corrected commission minutes for Royal Lane rezoning vote
Why now: Minutes for Item 14 show the amendment failing 13 to 2 while the printed against list also includes the two members identified as the yes votes, and a separate friendly amendment was accepted by motion maker Hall and seconder Kingston before the 10-4 approval on August 6, 2026.
What to do: Ask the Plan Commission secretary for the certified minutes of the August 6 meeting: the roll on the failed amendment is internally inconsistent, listing Kocks and Coffman among the "against" names while the stated tally records them as the only two votes in favor. Get this reconciled before the minutes are approved, and obtain the text of the friendly amendment accepted by Hall and Kingston so you can compare the conditions the commission actually recommended against the conditions in the ordinance presented to Council.
Act before: After the certified minutes and amendment text are produced
Confirm allowed uses on Royal Lane parking-district tract
Why now: The June 25, 2026 commission notice described the application as "for CR Community Retail District uses" while the August 6 commission and September 9 Council notices describe it simply as a new planned development district on CR and P(A) Parking District land (Z-26-000007, planners Martin Bate / Liliana Garza).
What to do: Pull the development plan and staff's recommended conditions from the assigned planners to see exactly which uses, height, and parking standards now apply to the former Parking District portion at Royal Lane and Preston Road — the June notice limited the request to Community Retail uses, but the August and September notices dropped that limitation. If the adopted plan is broader than Community Retail, your comparable underwriting for nearby Preston Road pad sites is based on the wrong use table.
Act before: After the adopted development plan and conditions are released
Ask why Royal Lane rezoning was pulled in June
Why now: The chair announced during the June 25, 2026 briefing that Item 14 would not be heard without explanation, the item returned August 6 and passed 10-4 with Hampton, Serrato, Kocks and Coffman opposed, and the September 9, 2026 Council hearing has no recorded result.
What to do: Ask the Plan Commission chair and planners Martin Bate and Liliana Garza why this item was pulled at the June 25 briefing with no stated reason, what changed in the application before it returned on August 6, and whether the September 9 Council hearing produced a vote — the record shows the hearing was set but no outcome. The three-appearance pattern plus the narrowing of the notice language from Community Retail uses to an unqualified planned development district is the thread worth pulling.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Check Orchid Lane buffers in Royal Lane development plan
Why now: The application covers land on the south line of Royal Lane and west line of Preston Road, north of Orchid Lane, in Council District 13, and the commission approved it 10-4 on August 6, 2026 subject to a development plan and staff conditions.
What to do: If you live on or near Orchid Lane, request the development plan and conditions for the site on the south side of Royal Lane at Preston Road — because a planned development district replaces the current Community Retail and Parking District rules, the setbacks, screening, lighting and building height facing your block are set by that plan rather than by the standard code. Four commissioners voted no, so the conditions are worth reading rather than assuming they match what exists today.
Act before: After the next material record update
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What we said then vs what happened next
We said (Aug 5, 2026):
Review what could be built behind Orchid Lane homes
What happened (Aug 6, 2026):
Carried unanimously
We said (Aug 5, 2026):
Check parking-lot tract's new buildable status at Royal and Preston
What happened (Aug 6, 2026):
Carried unanimously
We said (Aug 5, 2026):
Ask why retail-use limit vanished from Royal Lane rezoning description
What happened (Aug 6, 2026):
Carried unanimously
Timeline
A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a new Planned Development District on property zoned CR Community Retail District and P(A) Parking District, on the south line of Royal Lane and the west line of Preston Road, north of Orchid Lane Recommendation of Staff: Approval, subject to a development plan and conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval, subject to a development plan and conditions Z-26-000007 *In alignment with ForwardDallas.
An application for a new planned development district on property zoned CR Community Retail District and P(A) Parking District, on the south line of Royal Lane and the west line of Preston Road, north of Orchid Lane. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a development plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Leland Burk [RLA-PRDA Investments, LP]; JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. Representative: Victoria Morris, Suzan Kedron [Jackson Walker LLP] Planner: Martin Bate / Liliana Garza Council District: 13 Z-26-000007
Vote: 0 for, 0 against
call the question
An application for a new planned development district for CR Community Retail District uses on property zoned CR Community Retail District and P(A) Parking District, on the south line of Royal Lane and the west line of Preston Road, north of Orchid Lane. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a development plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Leland Burk [RLA-PRDA Investments, LP]; JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. Representative: Victoria Morris / Jackson Walker LP Planner: Martin Bate / Liliana Garza Council District: 13 Z-26-000007
Vote: 0 for, 0 against
agenda item would not be heard (announced by the Chair during briefing)
The Chair informed the body during the briefing session that Zoning Cases – Individual, #14, ID #26-2200A, Z-26-000007 would not be heard