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Keisha Kay / Mission Ridge Consultants Application

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An application for (1) NO(A) Neighborhood Office District and (2) termination of Specific Use Permit 45 for a branch library on property zoned R-1ac(A) Single Family District, on the south line of Royal Lane, between Netherland Drive and Royal Way. Staff Recommendation: Approval. Applicant: Keisha Kay / Mission Ridge Consultants Representative: Sky Thibodeaux / Mission Ridge Consultants Planner: Lori Levy, AICP Council District: 13 Z-26-000035

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Keisha K seeks to rezone a property on Royal Lane from single-family residential to Neighborhood Office District, which would allow a branch library to operate at the site. This zoning change would introduce a public facility and community asset into a residential neighborhood.
2 eventsFirst seen Jun 11, 2026Last activity Jun 11, 2026Case ID: Z-26-000035
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Attorney

Confirm protest petition status on Dallas zoning case

Why now: Item 5 carried 11-0 at the June 11 City Plan Commission hearing, but Texas Local Government Code §211.006 protest rights attach independent of the vote margin.

What to do: Pull the City Council docket for Z-26-000035 and check whether adjacent landowners filed a valid written protest — a unanimous 11-0 Commission vote doesn't erase the state-law trigger requiring a three-fourths Council supermajority if 20% of adjacent property owners objected, and that status needs confirming before the case reaches Council.

Act before: After City Council votes on this case

Source: City Plan Commission — Jun 11, 2026 →
Journalist

Ask why Dallas zoning case needed two commission votes

Why now: The matter shows two City Plan Commission appearances before Item 5 carried 11-0 on June 11 with no commissioners dissenting.

What to do: File a records request for the staff report and any continuance memo explaining why Z-26-000035 returned to the Commission a second time before it carried 11-0 with zero dissent — an uncontested outcome after a delay raises the question of what caused the holdup: opposition that later withdrew, a notice defect, or an applicant-requested continuance.

Act before: After records request response (typically 10 business days)

Source: City Plan Commission — Jun 11, 2026 →
Lobbyist

Confirm Dallas council consent agenda placement for zoning case

Why now: Item 5 carried 11-0 at the June 11 Plan Commission hearing, the threshold Dallas typically uses to route zoning ordinances onto Council's consent agenda absent a protest.

What to do: Contact the City Secretary's office now to confirm whether Z-26-000035 lands on City Council's consent agenda or a contested calendar — a unanimous 11-0 Commission recommendation typically clears for consent, but any lodged protest moves it to individual consideration, and the window to request removal from consent closes once the agenda posts.

Act before: After City Council votes on this case

Source: City Plan Commission — Jun 11, 2026 →

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Hearing
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An application for (1) NO(A) Neighborhood Office District and (2) termination of Specific Use Permit 45 for a branch library on property zoned R-1ac(A) Single Family District, on the south line of Royal Lane, between Netherland Drive and Royal Way. Staff Recommendation: Approval. Applicant: Keisha Kay / Mission Ridge Consultants Representative: Sky Thibodeaux / Mission Ridge Consultants Planner: Lori Levy, AICP Council District: 13 Z-26-000035

Hearing
Carried: 11 to 0

An application for (1) NO(A) Neighborhood Office District and (2) termination of Specific Use Permit 45 for a branch library on property zoned R-1ac(A) Single Family District, on the south line of Royal Lane, between Netherland Drive and Royal Way. Staff Recommendation: Approval. Applicant: Keisha Kay / Mission Ridge Consultants Representative: Sky Thibodeaux / Mission Ridge Consultants Planner: Lori Levy, AICP Council District: 13 Z-26-000035

Vote: 11 for, 0 against, 3 absent

recommend approval of NO(A) Neighborhood Office District and termination of SUP 45 for a branch library