Justin Lee Application
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An application for a new Specific Use Permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages in conjunction with a general merchandise or food store 3,500 square feet or less on property zoned Subarea 2, within Planned Development District No. 366, the Buckner Boulevard Special Purpose District, with a D-1 Liquor Control Overlay, on the south line of Lake June Road, between Hillburn Drive and Rose Garden Avenue. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to site plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Justin Lee Representative: Roberto Nunez Planner: Justin Lee Council District: 5 Z-26-000093
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Verify two-year limit on alcohol permit before investing
Applies if: You are the applicant, a tenant, or a lender on the Lake June Road store site
Why now: The City Plan Commission carried the item 14-1 on 2026-07-23 after accepting a friendly amendment from one year to a two-year period, and the Council hearing on 2026-08-25 listed CPC's recommendation as approval for a two-year period (Z-26-000093).
What to do: If you are the applicant or a buyer of this site, build the business plan and any lease or financing terms around a two-year permit term, not an open-ended one. Confirm the final ordinance and site plan match this term before committing capital to alcohol sales.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why staff and commission terms differ on alcohol permit
Why now: Staff recommended approval subject to a site plan and conditions, while the City Plan Commission approved 14-1 with a friendly amendment to a two-year period; Gilbert-Smith voted against, and the Council closed its hearing on 2026-08-25 with no recorded outcome (Z-26-000093).
What to do: Request the staff recommended conditions and the commission's amended motion to show how the permit term moved from staff's version to two years. Also ask what Commissioner Gilbert-Smith objected to, since that was the lone dissent.
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 a new Specific Use Permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages in conjunction with a general merchandise or food store 3,500 square feet or less on property zoned Subarea 2, within Planned Development District No. 366, the Buckner Boulevard Special Purpose District, with a D-1 Liquor Control Overlay, on the south line of Lake June Road, between Hillburn Drive and Rose Garden Avenue Recommendation of Staff: Approval, subject to a site plan and staff’s recommended conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval for a two-year period, subject to a site plan and conditions Z-26-000093 *In alignment with ForwardDallas.
An application for a new Specific Use Permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages in conjunction with a general merchandise or food store 3,500 square feet or less on property zoned Subarea 2, within Planned Development District No. 366, the Buckner Boulevard Special Purpose District, with a D-1 Liquor Control Overlay, on the south line of Lake June Road, between Hillburn Drive and Rose Garden Avenue. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to site plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Justin Lee Representative: Roberto Nunez Planner: Justin Lee Council District: 5 Z-26-000093
Vote: 14 for, 1 against
recommend approval of a new Specific Use Permit for alcohol sales with a general merchandise or food store for a two-year period, subject to a site plan and conditions
Commissioner Wheeler-Reagan offered a friendly amendment for a two-year period instead of a one-year period; motion maker Serrato and seconder Sims accepted it.