North Oak Cliff
Planning nerds rejoiced last month when the highly-anticipated Far West Oak Cliff report went live. Perhaps that’s an exaggeration. It’s me. I rejoiced. I’m the planning nerd. The 55-page Far West Oak Cliff Task Force Report is not an area plan or a binding document but reveals some solid ideas for neighborhood, commercial, and corridor…
Editor’s Note: The Jimtown rezoning, allowing accessory dwelling units by right, was approved by the Dallas City Council on Jan. 22. In an effort to embrace density and affordability while also preserving the character of a 10-acre North Oak Cliff neighborhood, Jimtown residents last week cleared a big hurdle five years in the making. Pending…
The residents of North Oak Cliffs Jimtown are saying, “Yes in My Backyard” in a big way. The 10.7-acre region — one of five neighborhoods slated for zoning changes in the West Oak Cliff Area Plan — could become among the first in Dallas to create an overlay zoning district for accessory dwelling units by…
At a small gathering of the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce this month, Dallas planning staff updated business leaders on five authorized hearings that came out of the West Oak Cliff Area Plan — and shared the findings of a task force report that identified opportunities for redevelopment and pedestrian safety issues. Some of the…
When the West Oak Cliff Area Plan — a plan to give displacement-vulnerable residents more control over new development in their neighborhood — was unanimously approved in September 2022, it was clear that change was coming and not everyone would embrace it. Slowly but surely, the public meetings in an authorized hearing area that includes…
