Jonathan Maples
Home builder Danny Le appeared before the Dallas Board of Adjustment on Tuesday for the sixth time since August and was granted permission to finish out his three-story in the Elm Thicket/Northpark neighborhood even though it violates the City’s zoning regulations. The builder was told in November that he had to change the roof pitch…
An Elm Thicket/Northpark property owner, acting on behalf of the neighborhood’s residents, has sued the Dallas Board of Adjustment, claiming the quasi-judicial panel granted variances that allow new construction in violation of a 2022 zoning code update. Zak Thompson filed the lawsuit in a Dallas County District Court on Dec. 20. The filing was brought…
Almost a year has passed since Elm Thicket/Northpark residents fought City Hall to preserve the character of their historic Freedman’s neighborhood. The residents won their battle to limit the size and height of new construction, but you wouldn’t know it by taking a drive through the area bound by Lemmon Avenue, Lovers Lane, Inwood Road,…
It could take a literal act of Congress to change the noise levels in the neighborhoods surrounding the city-owned Dallas Love Field Airport, and a small group of residents say they’re willing to take that on. One thing was clear at a meeting of the Dallas Love Field Environmental Advisory Committee last week: The residents…
More crimes occurred in Dallas City Council District 2 last year than any other geographical area in Dallas — but those numbers should not be an indictment on the safety of local neighborhoods, some residents say. Dallas saw an increase in violent crime at the first of the year, but overall violent crime has trended…
