Chad West
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…
Local real estate developer Christian Chernock has two zoning cases pending before the City Plan Commission on which he serves. The question his fellow plan commissioners will be charged with determining next month isn’t one of ethics or personal integrity, Chernock told CandysDirt.com. It’s whether hotels are an appropriate land use for the touristy Bishop…
From a once-pristine building that was overtaken by squatters to a multimillion-dollar structure intended to house code inspectors but wasn’t up to code, the City of Dallas has failed in its efforts to manage 5,800 real estate assets, council members agreed at a recent committee meeting. Director of Facilities and Real Estate John Johnson reviewed…
The ForwardDallas 2.0 comprehensive land use plan has been adopted — but the implementation phase has only just begun. In an 11-4 vote Wednesday evening, the Dallas City Council approved ForwardDallas, a plan that has been through numerous iterations, committees, and amendments over a three-year period. It was a long road and not everybody was…
Texas cities are hamstrung by state budget caps that impact the amount of property tax revenue municipalities can collect, but there are opportunities to bring in revenue without raising taxes, Councilman Chad West suggested last week as the council adopted the lowest property tax rate in modern Dallas history. During the City Council’s final public…
