Sweet Bar Dallas / Marvin Regalado Application
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An application for a new Specific Use Permit for a bar, lounge, or tavern on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development District No. 269, Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the south line of Elm Street, west of N. Crowdus Street AKA 2650 Elm Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a site plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Sweet Bar Dallas / Marvin Regalado Planner: Justin Lee Council District: 2 Z-26-000135
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Confirm what denial without prejudice means for bar permit
Applies if: Advising Sweet Bar Dallas, Marvin Regalado, or an adjacent party
Why now: The 7-6 motion on Sept 17 was to recommend denial without prejudice for Z-26-000135, while the record states no later procedural step is verified and staff had recommended approval subject to a site plan and conditions.
What to do: Obtain the final Sept 17 action record and the staff-recommended conditions and site plan, and ask whether a 'without prejudice' recommendation allows the applicant to refile or proceed to Council. The supplied record shows no verified next step, so the applicant's options are unclear.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why commissioners split on Elm Street bar permit
Applies if: Reporter covers Deep Ellum or Council District 2 land use
Why now: The commission voted 14-0 on Sept 3 and 15-0 earlier to hold the item, then on Sept 17 carried 7-6 a motion to recommend denial without prejudice (six opposed including Herbert, Gilbert-Smith, Serrato, Wheeler-Reagan, Franklin, Coffman) despite a staff recommendation of approval, across four appearances.
What to do: Request the commission's September 17 discussion record and any staff or public correspondence explaining why a bar permit that staff recommended approving drew a denial recommendation. Without it, the reason for the reversal stays unexplained.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
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An application for a new Specific Use Permit for a bar, lounge, or tavern on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development District 269, Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the south line of Elm Street, west of N. Crowdus Street, AKA 2650 Elm Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a site plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Sweet Bar Dallas / Marvin Regalado U/A From: August 6, 2026, August 20, 2026, and September 3, 2026. Planner: Justin Lee Council District: 2 Z-26-000135
Vote: 7 for, 6 against, 2 absent
recommend denial without prejudice
An application for a new Specific Use Permit for a bar, lounge, or tavern on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development District No. 269, Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the south line of Elm Street, west of N. Crowdus Street, AKA 2650 Elm Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a site plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Sweet Bar Dallas / Marvin Regalado U/A From: August 6, 2026 and August 20, 2026. Planner: Justin Lee Council District: 2 Z-26-000135
Vote: 14 for, 0 against, 1 absent
hold under advisement until September 17, 2026
An application for a new Specific Use Permit for a bar, lounge, or tavern on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development District No. 269, Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the south line of Elm Street, west of N. Crowdus Street, [AKA 2650 Elm Street]. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a site plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Sweet Bar Dallas / Marvin Regalado U/A From: August 6, 2026. Planner: Justin Lee Council District: 2 Z-26-000135
Vote: 15 for, 0 against
hold under advisement until September 3, 2026
An application for a new Specific Use Permit for a bar, lounge, or tavern on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development District No. 269, Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the south line of Elm Street, west of N. Crowdus Street AKA 2650 Elm Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a site plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Sweet Bar Dallas / Marvin Regalado Planner: Justin Lee Council District: 2 Z-26-000135
Vote: 15 for, 0 against
hold under advisement until August 20, 2026