Chad West
Dallas planning staff is ready to revamp the city’s antiquated, one-size-fits-all parking code and anticipates bringing amendments before the City Council by the end of this year. During a briefing Wednesday, Assistant Planning and Urban Design Director Andreea Udrea said the current code has been in place since 1965. “We all agree that it’s outdated,…
The West Oak Cliff Area Plan came about through years of public input and rewrites, billed as a way to protect residents and their property rights, taking those rights back from developers. Now some South Edgefield residents — whose homes are adjacent to the WOCAP area — say it’s being used as a tool to…
A spirited debate on minimum parking requirements for new Dallas development resurfaced recently, prompting many residents to advocate for a solution to neighborhood spillover and cumbersome codes. Chase Beakley saw the discussion as an opportunity to share his personal experience with the city’s parking requirements as he works to repurpose the long-vacant 3302 Swiss Circle.…
Just days after the Child Poverty Action Lab released a report revealing a massive shortage in affordable apartments, 279 housing units were approved under the city’s Public Facility Corporation financing structure. Savoy Equity Partners will develop the mixed-income multifamily Bishop Ridge development at 624 and 627 North Lancaster Ave., 405 North Ewing Ave., and 303…
Five Dallas City Council members filed a memo Aug. 3 requesting the City Plan Commission “reopen and modernize” the city’s antiquated parking code. The discussion has stalled since District 1 Councilman Chad West originally filed a memo almost four years ago. The delay is due in part to the promotion of a “car-centric mentality of…
