Neighborhoods
The Dallas Board of Adjustment on Tuesday reversed the decision of a city building official who earlier this year issued a “stop work order” for a construction project on Tyree Street in the Elm Thicket/Northpark neighborhood. The Board stopped short of doing the same for a second Elm Thicket builder who has poured thousands into a…
The Dallas Board of Adjustment has been tasked with the unenviable decision of whether to allow builders to finish their construction projects — that were built in violation of a zoning code approved two years prior — or appease the hard-fighting Elm Thicket neighborhood that was granted stipulations via an overlay district to ensure compatible…
As National Night Out approaches on Oct. 1, neighborhoods across North Texas are planning festive outdoor events in the name of awareness — but there’s a lot of discomfort when discussions turn to public safety in the ninth-largest city in America. Less than a month ago, Dallas Police Officer Darron Burks, a former schoolteacher, was…
The Dallas Board of Adjustment came down hard Tuesday on a builder who constructed a duplex on a lot with improper zoning. Then the panel came down even harder on the city officials who issued permits and approved plans based on outdated codes. “I’m embarrassed for the city,” said Dave Neumann, a former District 1…
When it comes to erroneously issued building permits in Dallas’ Elm Thicket/Northpark neighborhood and the subsequent “stop work orders,” many are shouting for five volunteer officials who sit on the Board of Adjustment’s Panel A to “do the right thing.” But it would appear they have differing opinions on what the right thing is. The…
