Trakass Bar & Lounge Specific Use Permit at 2638 Elm Street
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An application for a new Specific Use Permit for an alcoholic beverage establishment limited to a bar, lounge, or tavern and an inside commercial amusement use limited to a dance hall, on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development No. 269, Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the south line of Elm Street, east of North Good Latimer Expwy, west of N. Crowdus Street AKA 2638 Elm Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a site plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Trakass Bar & Lounge, LLC / Tomas Alonzo Representative: Audra Buckley Planner: Justin Lee Council District: 2 Z-26-000136
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Compare Elm Street alcohol permit conditions
Why now: The same application was carried 15-0 on both August 6 and August 20, 2026, with each record conditioning approval on a site plan and staff-recommended conditions.
What to do: Pull the August 6 and August 20 staff-recommended conditions and site-plan versions, then identify whether any condition changed between the two unanimous Commission actions. The supplied record does not state the conditions, so compliance obligations and any issue created by the second action cannot be assessed without the underlying documents.
Act before: After the next material record update
Align Elm Street alcohol venue plans
Why now: On August 20, 2026, the City Plan Commission approved the requested alcohol establishment and dance-hall uses 15-0, expressly subject to a site plan and conditions.
What to do: Obtain the approved site plan and conditions before finalizing the bar, lounge, tavern, or dance-hall layout at 2638 Elm Street. Those documents control the newly approved uses, and designing around assumptions could force redesign once their requirements are applied.
Act before: After the next material record update
Explain repeated Elm Street alcohol permit votes
Why now: The record shows two separate 15-0 carried votes for the same 2638 Elm Street application, on August 6 and August 20, 2026.
What to do: Request the August 6 and August 20 meeting materials, minutes, and staff memoranda to determine why the Commission carried the same alcohol-and-dance-hall application twice, including what changed after the August 6 action. Without that explanation, the public cannot tell whether the later vote corrected, modified, or simply reaffirmed the approval.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
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What we said then vs what happened next
We said (Aug 5, 2026):
Get closing hours and noise limits for Elm Street lounge
What happened (Aug 20, 2026):
Carried: 15 to 0
We said (Aug 5, 2026):
Check if dance hall already operates at 2638 Elm
What happened (Aug 20, 2026):
Carried: 15 to 0
We said (Aug 5, 2026):
Ask whether Elm Street alcohol permit carries expiration term
What happened (Aug 20, 2026):
Carried: 15 to 0
We said (Aug 5, 2026):
Pull site plan conditions for Elm Street bar permit
What happened (Aug 20, 2026):
Carried: 15 to 0
Timeline
An application for a new Specific Use Permit for an alcoholic beverage establishment limited to a bar, lounge, or tavern and an inside commercial amusement use limited to a dance hall, on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development No. 269, Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the south line of Elm Street, east of N. Good Latimer Expwy., west of N. Crowdus Street, [AKA 2638 Elm Street]. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a site plan and conditions. Applicant: Trakass Bar & Lounge, LLC / Tomas Alonzo Representative: Audra Buckley U/A From: August 6, 2026. Planner: Justin Lee Council District: 2 Z-26-000136
Vote: 15 for, 0 against
recommend approval of a new Specific Use Permit for one year
An application for a new Specific Use Permit for an alcoholic beverage establishment limited to a bar, lounge, or tavern and an inside commercial amusement use limited to a dance hall, on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development No. 269, Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the south line of Elm Street, east of North Good Latimer Expwy, west of N. Crowdus Street AKA 2638 Elm Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a site plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Trakass Bar & Lounge, LLC / Tomas Alonzo Representative: Audra Buckley Planner: Justin Lee Council District: 2 Z-26-000136
Vote: 15 for, 0 against
hold under advisement until August 20, 2026