City Plan Commission
Dallas staff is careful about which communities are selected for a labor-intensive area planning process. Area plans, which guide future land use, can be tedious. They require a ton of public engagement and willingness from neighbors to roll up their sleeves. But there’s something special about South Dallas/Fair Park. Its residents have heart, and that’s…
A mostly vacant shopping center at Preston and Belt Line roads is not any closer to becoming a mixed-use development with up to 984 housing units, after yet another deferral by the City Plan Commission on Thursday. The Pepper Square project, proposed by developers with Henry S. Miller Co. was already recommended for approval by…
A group of more than 80 neighborhood leaders is calling out what they say is a violation of the city charter: appointees who serve on boards and commissions past their terms’ expiration date. City code mandates that board and commission appointees are limited to serving no more than four consecutive two-year terms. The example often…
It’s been almost six years since North Oak Cliff Councilman Chad West first floated the idea of eliminating minimum parking requirements for new development. Dallas’ parking requirements are governed by a city code adopted in the 1960s that staff says is outdated and dysfunctional. Business leaders and housing advocates agree and have loudly supported West’s…
Some Dallasites have been waiting five years for the City’s parking code to be overhauled, so what’s another month or two, right? The City Plan Commission last week heard from 21 residents — all but two of whom voiced support for eliminating minimum parking requirements for new development — and determined they’d take up the…
