Specific Use Permit for Bar and Live Music Venue
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An application for a new Specific Use Permit for a bar, lounge, or tavern and inside commercial amusement limited to a live music venue on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development No. 269, the Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the northeast corner of Commerce Street and Malcolm X Boulevard, AKA 2901 Commerce Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to site plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Representative: Audra Buckley / Permitted Development Planner: Oscar Aguilera Council District: 2 Z-26-000133
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Confirm final conditions in live music venue permit ordinance
Applies if: Reader represents the applicant, an adjacent owner, or a party affected by the permit conditions
Why now: The City Plan Commission's 15-0 reconsidered motion set a one-year term with 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM weekday and 11:00 AM to 2:00 AM weekend hours, while staff recommended approval with its own conditions and the first motion referenced applicants' conditions.
What to do: Obtain the ordinance and site plan Council actually considered and compare its operating hours and term against the City Plan Commission's reconsidered motion. Conflicting hours or term between documents could create compliance exposure for the operator and neighbors.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why live music venue permit motion was reconsidered
Why now: On 2026-07-23 the commission passed 15-0 a motion on applicants' conditions, reconsidered it 15-0, then approved one year with revised hours, and Council closed its hearing on 2026-08-25 with the next step unknown.
What to do: Request the July 23 City Plan Commission recording and the applicants' conditions to learn what changed between the first motion and the reconsidered one. Also ask whether Council's closed hearing adopted the one-year term or staff's recommended conditions.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Check late-night hours for new Commerce Street live music bar
Applies if: Reader lives or works near the northeast corner of Commerce Street and Malcolm X Boulevard
Why now: The reconsidered motion set 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM Monday through Friday and 11:00 AM to 2:00 AM Saturday and Sunday for one year at 2901 Commerce Street.
What to do: Look at the permitted hours if you live near Commerce Street and Malcolm X Boulevard: the commission's version allows operation until 2:00 AM every night, opening 6:00 PM on weekdays and 11:00 AM on weekends. Since the permit was recommended for only one year, note any noise issues so they can be raised at renewal.
Act before: After the next material record update
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A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a new Specific Use Permit for a bar, lounge, or tavern and inside commercial amusement limited to a live music venue on property zoned Tract A, within Planned Development District No. 269, the Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the northeast corner of Commerce Street and Malcolm X Boulevard, AKA 2901 Commerce Street Recommendation of Staff: Approval, subject to a site plan and staff’s recommended conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval for a one-year period, subject to a site plan and conditions Z-26-000133 *In alignment with ForwardDallas.
An application for a new Specific Use Permit for a bar, lounge, or tavern and inside commercial amusement limited to a live music venue on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development No. 269, the Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the northeast corner of Commerce Street and Malcolm X Boulevard, AKA 2901 Commerce Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to site plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Representative: Audra Buckley / Permitted Development Planner: Oscar Aguilera Council District: 2 Z-26-000133
Vote: 15 for, 0 against
recommend approval of the Specific Use Permit for one year with revised operating hours of 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM Monday through Friday and 11:00 AM to 2:00 AM Saturday and Sunday
Franklin was out of the room and shown voting in favor.