Dallas City Council
Before you get angry, literally no one — not the interim planning and urban design director nor District 1 Councilman Chad West — is proposing that single-family zoning be abolished citywide in Dallas. But one major U.S. municipality did just that, and a few years into the movement that allowed duplexes and triplexes to be…
Reducing Dallas’ minimum lot size requirements to allow for greater residential density is far from being a done deal, as residents and elected officials spoke against the idea during a special meeting of the Dallas City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee on Wednesday. District 7 Councilman Adam Bazaldua, who supports reducing minimum lot sizes,…
This coming February, the Dallas City Council will revisit requiring a Special Use Permit for neighborhood childcare facilities in single-family areas. A public hearing on the matter was held Dec. 13, at which council members heard from a few residents who don’t like the idea of businesses operating near their homes. Council members also heard…
Dallas Development Services is looking to increase the builder permit fee in an effort to recoup a $22 million departmental deficit. The department collects about $28 million in revenue each year, but has an operating cost of about $50 million, Development Services Director Andrew Espinoza told the Dallas City Council’s Economic Development Committee on Dec.…
The Austin City Council took a bold leap last week, agreeing to allow builders to develop up to three housing units on almost any lot in the city where single-family homes are allowed, thereby reducing the minimum lot size necessary for dwellings. Dallas housing advocates, elected officials, and Not In My Backyard homeowners were watching, and…
