Matters — Q3 2026

Specific Use Permit for Bar and Live Music Venue (Z-26-000133)

A Specific Use Permit is proposed for a bar, lounge, or tavern and an inside commercial amusement venue limited to live music at 2901 Commerce Street.

Aug 25: Hearing Closed

Scott Griffin / Racetrac Application (Z-26-000087)

Racetrac proposed an amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 2500 for alcoholic beverage sales at a general merchandise or food store of 3,500 square feet or less. The amendment was approved as amended on August 12, 2026.

Aug 12: Approved As Amended

Specific Use Permit Amendment at Dairy Milk Lane (Z-26-000076)

CKS Packaging Inc. seeks to amend Specific Use Permit No. 2377 to allow commercial motor vehicle parking at 2850 Dairy Milk Lane on property zoned Industrial Research District. The proposal would apply for three years subject to conditions.

Aug 25: Hearing Closed

Trakass Bar & Lounge at 2638 Elm Street (Z-26-000136)

Trakass Bar & Lounge, LLC seeks a Specific Use Permit to operate a bar, lounge, or tavern with an indoor dance hall at 2638 Elm Street in the Deep Ellum/Near East Side District. The site sits on the south side of Elm Street between North Good Latimer Expressway and North Crowdus Street, and the permit would come with a required site plan and conditions.

Aug 20: Carried: 15 to 0

Zoning Case at with a restaurant without drive (Z-26-000070)

Trakas Sports Cantina LLC seeks a new Specific Use Permit to sell alcoholic beverages with a restaurant without drive-in or drive-through service at 6465 Samuell Boulevard.

Aug 20: Carried: 15 to 0

Zoning Case Under Advisement (Z-26-000084)

Lets Build it LLC seeks a new Specific Use Permit to allow commercial motor vehicle parking at 9300 Bonnie View Road, on property zoned Light Industrial. The permit would run for ten years with eligibility for automatic renewal for an additional ten years, subject to a site plan and conditions.

Aug 20: Carried: 14 to 0

Zoning Case Under Advisement (Z-26-000122)

Applicant Tisha Vaidya seeks a Specific Use Permit to allow a private community center as an accessory use on a single-family-zoned property at the northeast corner of Catalonia Drive and Galicia Lane. City staff recommend approval subject to a site plan and conditions, and the request is being reviewed by the City Plan Commission for Council District 8.

Zoning Case Under Advisement (Z-26-000158)

Kittle Property Group is asking the city to rezone the property at 3125 N Prairie Creek Road so that multifamily housing can be built there. The site is currently zoned for community retail uses and single-family homes, and the request would change it to a multifamily district. Baldwin Associates is representing the applicant before the City Plan Commission, and city planning staff recommend approval.

Zoning Case Under Advisement (Z-26-000059)

Andrew Ruegg proposes a new subdistrict within Planned Development No. 605 for specified non-residential uses.

Case File 26-2143A

The Dallas Public Facility Corporation would acquire, develop, and own DNT Housing, a proposed 350-unit workforce housing community located at 18438 and 18470 Dallas Parkway. It would also enter into a 75-year lease with GHN Holdings, LLC or its affiliate for project development.

Aug 25: Approved

4600 West Davis Street (File 26-2593A)

Dallas Leased Housing Associates XIV, LP sought a Resolution of No Objection for its application to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs for 2026 4% non-competitive low income housing tax credits to build West Davis Senior Apartments, a 280-unit multifamily development for people of low and moderate income at 4600 West Davis Street. The item also covered bonds to be issued by the City of Dallas Housing Finance Corporation to finance the project, at no cost to the City. The public hearing was held and the resolution was approved.

Sep 9: Approved

3457 Normandy Brook Road (File 26-2588A)

The Dallas Public Facility Corporation was authorized to acquire, develop, and own two mixed-income apartment developments in West Dallas — the 36-unit Trinity West Villas at 3457 Normandy Brook Road and the 100-unit Trinity West Lofts at 3155 Normandy Brook Road — and to enter a 75-year lease with Builders of Hope CDC or an affiliate to build them. The arrangement was estimated to forgo about $1,488,374.60 in General Fund revenue to the City over 60 years. The item was approved as an individual item.

Sep 9: Approved As An Individual Item

400 North St. Paul Street (File 26-2600A)

The Dallas Housing Finance Corporation sought approval to acquire The Hartford, an existing historic office building at 400 North St. Paul Street, and convert it into affordable housing in alignment with the Dallas Housing Resource Catalog. The acquisition was estimated to forgo about $584,861 in General Fund revenue from city taxes over a 15-year period. The proposal was approved on September 9, 2026.

Sep 9: Approved

4600 West Davis Street (File 26-2597A)

Dallas Leased Housing Associates XIII, LP sought city support for a 360-unit apartment development for people with low and moderate incomes at 4600 West Davis Street, including low income housing tax credits from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and bonds issued by the City of Dallas Housing Finance Corporation. The city also acknowledged that the site sits within one mile of another development serving the same population that recently received a housing tax credit allocation. After a public hearing, the resolution of no objection was approved on September 9, 2026, at no cost to the city.

Sep 9: Approved

11301 Dennis Road (File 26-2138A)

Titanium Housing Partners, LLC sought tax credits and bond financing for The Pemberton at Dennis, a 188-unit mixed-income complex at 11301 Dennis Road, Dallas, Texas 75229. The proposal was approved on August 12, 2026.

Aug 12: Approved

Off the Cuff / Ross Hines Application (Z-26-000152)

Off the Cuff seeks a Specific Use Permit for a bar, lounge, or tavern at 2901 Elm Street, at the northeast corner of Elm Street and N. Malcolm X Boulevard. The applicant is represented by Permitted Development LLC.

Aug 20: Carried: 14 to 0

Ken Reese / 3109 Carlisle LP Application (Z-26-000140)

3109 Carlisle LP seeks a new subdistrict for O-2 Subdistrict uses and related standards on property within Planned Development No. 193 at 3109 Carlisle Street, at the west corner of Carlisle Street and Bowen Street. The proposal includes a development plan and staff-recommended conditions.

Aug 20: Carried: 14 to 0

Cowboy Bail Bonds / Buckley Chappell Application (Z-26-000057)

Cowboy Bail Bonds seeks to amend an existing Specific Use Permit to continue operating a bail bonds office on the southwest corner of S. Riverfront Boulevard and Rock Island Street, within the Trinity River Corridor Special Purpose District. City planning staff have recommended approval subject to an amended site plan and recommended operating conditions, and the request is before the City Plan Commission in Council District 6.

Three Links Application (Z-26-000149)

Three Links seeks a Specific Use Permit to operate a bar, lounge, or tavern along with an inside commercial amusement use limited to a live music venue at 2704 Elm Street in the Deep Ellum/Near East Side District. City planning staff recommend approval subject to a site plan and recommended conditions. The request is represented by Adam Medrano of Adam Medrano Consulting and is under review by the City Plan Commission in Council District 2.

Preston Cheng / 3618 Gillespie LLC Application (Z-26-000043)

3618 Gillespie LLC is proposing a Planned Development Subdistrict for Multiple Family Subdistrict uses at the east corner of Gillespie Street and Welborn Street, also known as 3618 Gillespie Street. The property is within Planned Development District No. 193, the Oak Lawn Special Purpose District.