Short Term Rentals

City Plan Commissioner Wants to Rezone Short-Term Rentals Near Bishop Arts, Change Hotel Definitions

By April Towery / May 2, 2024 /

A Dallas real estate developer is petitioning the City Plan Commission to allow two multifamily buildings he owns near Bishop Arts to continue operating as short-term rentals despite a pending legal matter that could ban such activity in residential neighborhoods.  There’s another challenge, too. The builder and property owner, Christian Chernock, is the city plan…

City of Dallas Appeals Judge’s Order Allowing Short-Term Rentals to Continue Operation Despite Ban

By April Towery / January 3, 2024 /

The City of Dallas filed an appeal Dec. 26 asking a judge to reverse a temporary injunction allowing short-term rentals to operate while the matter is in litigation.  We knew it would come to this. When the Dallas City Council voted 12 to 3 in June to prohibit short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods there was…

Judge Says Dallas Short-Term Rentals Can Continue to Operate Temporarily, Trial Date Set For June

By April Towery / December 6, 2023 /

District Judge Monica Purdy granted a temporary injunction on Dec. 6 that will allow Dallas short-term rental owners to continue operating while the matter is tied up in litigation. A non-jury trial is set for June 3, 2024. The Dallas City Council banned short-term rentals from residential neighborhoods in June and vowed to begin enforcing the new…

The Lone Camp General Store is a Great Opportunity For Live, Work, Play, And Community

By Seth Fowler / November 14, 2023 /

Today’s Tarrant County Tuesday takes us West to an enchanted stretch of S. FM 4 called Lone Camp in Palo Pinto County. This might be the most challenging article I’ve written in the eight years with CandysDirt.com. (Yeah, Candy, where’s my anniversary gift?) This is a story of a property that doesn’t fit cleanly in…

Dallas Short-Term Rental Alliance Sues City to Continue Operating in Neighborhoods

By April Towery / October 3, 2023 /

The Dallas Short-Term Rental Alliance announced Monday the hire of “top litigation firm” Lynn Pinker Hurst Schwegmann to sue the City of Dallas, seeking an injunction allowing short-term rentals to continue operating throughout the city limits.  The Dallas City Council banned short-term rentals from residential neighborhoods in June and vowed to begin enforcing the new…