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Dallas residents were prepared to discuss before the City Plan Commission this month the impact of Senate Bill 929, which relates to the notice and compensation a municipality must provide before revoking the right to “use property for a use that was allowed before the adoption of or change to a zoning regulation or boundary.”…
Dallas officials confirmed Tuesday that a developer is interested in purchasing 313 acres in Hutchins currently owned by Dallas Water Utilities. In a meeting of the Dallas City Council’s Government Performance and Financial Management Committee, Assistant City Manager Robert Perez dodged questions about an offer and declined to name the interested developer. City Hall insiders…
The Dallas Zoning Ordinance Advisory Committee continued conversations last week about changing the city’s development code to limit surfaces that impede the natural infiltration of stormwater into the ground. Following a robust two-hour discussion, ZOAC members said they wanted more feedback from developers and other municipalities. In addition to hearing from industry stakeholders, the zoning…
The Dallas Economic Development Corporation will conduct an investigation and evaluation to determine why city employees moved into a building on Stemmons Freeway that wasn’t up to code and did not have proper permits. In a memorandum filed Friday by Interim Assistant City Manager Robin Bentley, the Dallas mayor and City Council were advised that…
Just a couple of weeks after the Dallas Wings WNBA team opted to move from Arlington to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Memorial Auditorium, the City of Dallas scored another win, as a professional women’s soccer team signed on to play for two years at the Cotton Bowl. The big news came May…