Christian Chernock
A majority of the Dallas City Council voted late Wednesday to approve a controversial application to rezone undeveloped land in North Oak Cliff from single-family to multifamily, with developer and former city plan commissioner Christian Chernock securing authorization to build apartments on the site. The land in question, some 3.5 acres between Plymouth Road and…
A years-in-the-making rezoning case filed by former city plan commissioner Christian Chernock is coming before the Dallas City Council on Wednesday. Unsurprisingly, single-family residents who are opposed to the application plan on having their say. Chernock wants to rezone around 3.5 acres between Plymouth Road and the north terminus of North Boulevard Terrace in North…
Dallas City Council will have a number of recommendations to consider on Wednesday when it sets a new schedule for parkland dedication fees, and it seems some officials are more gung-ho than others to incentivize multifamily housing construction. According to a new state law, cities can require developers to dedicate up to 10% of their…
A surprise move by the City Plan Commission to reduce fees that developers pay the city caused consternation at the most recent Dallas Park & Recreation Board meeting, with board members claiming the reduction could imperil the city’s ability to buy land for new parks. Admittedly, the intricacies of the controversy are a little convoluted…
Dallas plan commissioners spent just seven minutes last month discussing a rezoning in North Oak Cliff that would clean up some antiquated zoning and allow for more diverse businesses and accessory dwelling units by right. The North Cliff neighborhood, within a conservation district approved in 1996, is the third of five neighborhoods to move forward…
