Sark Mixed-Use Development at Madison and Ballard
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An application for WMU-3 Walkable Mixed Use Subdistrict C on property zoned Residential Transition Subdistrict A within Planned Development 468, the Oak Cliff Gateway Special Purpose District, on the west corner of N. Madison Avenue and Ballard Avenue. Staff Recommendation: Approval. Applicant: Sarkis J. Kechejian / Kechejian Enterprises, LP Representative: Terri McMorris / Kechejian Enterprises, LP U/A From: March 26, 2026. Planner: Liliana Garza Council District: 1 Z-26-000012
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Obtain the volunteered deed restriction text for Madison Avenue rezoning
Why now: The May 27, 2026 council item states the plan commission recommendation was 'Approval, subject to deed restriction volunteered by the applicant,' with no terms stated; the case planner is identified as Liliana Garza.
What to do: The plan commission's approval was expressly made subject to a deed restriction volunteered by the applicant, but the restriction's terms are nowhere in the public record. Request the executed instrument and the case file from planner Liliana Garza, and ask in writing whether execution and recording are required before the ordinance is granted — if it is unrecorded, the practical limits on the site may not bind a future owner.
Act before: After the deed restriction instrument is produced
Verify walkable mixed-use standards inside Planned Development 468
Why now: Both the April 9, 2026 plan commission item and the May 27, 2026 council item describe the change as WMU-3 Walkable Mixed Use Subdistrict C on property zoned Residential Transition Subdistrict A within Planned Development 468.
What to do: This site sits inside Planned Development District No. 468, the Oak Cliff Gateway Special Purpose District, so the WMU-3 Walkable Mixed Use Subdistrict C designation is layered over planned development regulations rather than the citywide base district. Pull the Planned Development 468 ordinance alongside the subdistrict standards and confirm which height, setback, and parking rules actually control before you underwrite a comparable Residential Transition parcel in the district.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why May council hearing outcome never appeared in record
Why now: The record shows a plan commission vote of 13-0 on April 9, 2026 and a May 27, 2026 council hearing item, with the matter still listed as active and no council disposition recorded across its two appearances.
What to do: The council public hearing on this Oak Cliff Gateway rezoning was set for May 27, 2026, but the file shows no council vote or adopted ordinance more than two months later. Ask the city secretary and the case planner whether council approved, deferred, or held the item, and get the same answer for why the plan commission had already carried it over from March 26 to April 9.
Act before: After the council disposition or ordinance is produced
Find out what can be built at Madison and Ballard
Why now: Staff and the plan commission both recommended approval of the walkable mixed-use change on the west corner of North Madison Avenue and Ballard Avenue, with the commission's April 9, 2026 approval conditioned on an applicant-volunteered deed restriction.
What to do: The west corner of North Madison Avenue and Ballard Avenue would shift from a residential transition designation to a walkable mixed-use designation, which opens the corner to commercial and mixed-use ground-floor uses next to homes. The only thing narrowing that is a deed restriction the applicant volunteered on their own — ask the case planner for its exact terms, because once the ordinance is granted the use list, not neighborhood expectations, governs the corner.
Act before: After the council disposition or ordinance is produced
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A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a WMU-3 Walkable Mixed Use Subdistrict C, on property zoned Residential Transition Subdistrict A within Planned Development District No. 468, the Oak Cliff Gateway Special Purpose District, on the west corner of North Madison Avenue and Ballard Avenue Recommendation of Staff: Approval Recommendation of CPC: Approval, subject to deed restriction volunteered by the applicant Z-26-000012 *In alignment with ForwardDallas.
An application for WMU-3 Walkable Mixed Use Subdistrict C on property zoned Residential Transition Subdistrict A within Planned Development 468, the Oak Cliff Gateway Special Purpose District, on the west corner of N. Madison Avenue and Ballard Avenue. Staff Recommendation: Approval. Applicant: Sarkis J. Kechejian / Kechejian Enterprises, LP Representative: Terri McMorris / Kechejian Enterprises, LP U/A From: March 26, 2026. Planner: Liliana Garza Council District: 1 Z-26-000012
Vote: 13 for, 0 against, 1 absent
recommend approval of WMU-3 Walkable Mixed Use Subdistrict C, subject to deed restrictions volunteered by applicant