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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Verify the one-year term in the live music venue permit
Why now: Staff recommended approval subject to a site plan and conditions, but the City Plan Commission recommended approval for a one-year period, and the Council hearing on 2026-08-25 closed (Z-26-000133).
What to do: Obtain the final ordinance and site plan to confirm the permit term and conditions that Council adopted. The City Plan Commission recommended approval for only one year, while staff recommended approval without that limit, so the adopted term determines how soon the permit expires.
Act before: After the next material record update
Confirm the permit term before investing in the venue
Why now: The Plan Commission recommended approval for a one-year period, differing from staff's recommendation of approval subject to conditions, and the Council hearing closed 2026-08-25.
What to do: Check the adopted ordinance for whether the permit runs one year, as the Plan Commission recommended, or longer as staff proposed. A one-year term affects build-out spending and lender or lease timing for the bar and live music venue at 2901 Commerce Street.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why the bar permit vote was reconsidered
Why now: The 15-0 original motion was reconsidered by another 15-0 vote and passed 15-0 again, with Franklin out of the room but shown voting in favor in all three votes (M1, M2, M3).
What to do: Request the City Plan Commission minutes and audio for Item 16 to learn why a unanimous motion was reconsidered and then re-passed. Also ask whether the commissioner who was out of the room during the votes affected the record.
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 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.