land use
It’s become challenging to offer a fresh perspective on the myriad public hearings, town halls, and detailed discussions on Dallas’ comprehensive land use plan update. The arguments have been the same for months. Housing advocates want more housing. Some longtime residents are concerned that greater density will change the character of their single-family neighborhoods. Arguments…
Fort Worth is reviewing and updating its comprehensive land use plan and thus far, the public engagement process has been less than hostile. All Texas municipalities are required by law to have a “comp plan,” a visioning document that guides future land use and informs zoning decisions. Basically, it outlines what residents want to go…
The City Plan Commission kicked off a series of workshops last week on the ForwardDallas comprehensive land use plan. They talked about density, placetypes, and parking requirements — and they acknowledged the plan has not been well-received by a contingent of residents who are concerned it will change or even destroy their long-established single-family neighborhoods. …
Friendship-West Baptist Church got a big win when Judge Aiesha Redmond of Dallas County’s 160th District Court granted an injunction that will halt the construction of an industrial warehouse on Wheatland Road near the southern Dallas megachurch. CandysDirt.com broke the story in May that neighbors and members of the megachurch congregation opposed Stonelake Capital Partners’…
In the wake of tough conversations about zoning and land use, Dallas staff has spent more than two years updating the ForwardDallas comprehensive land use plan, and city planners say the community will soon see the fruits of their labor. Interim Planning and Urban Design Director Andrea Gilles provided a brief update on ForwardDallas during…
