Melissa Kingston
The Dallas City Council is going to consider eliminating a mechanism residents currently have to automatically delay rezoning cases. In Dallas, any rezoning request triggers mandatory public notification of property owners within a range of 200 feet of the project to ensure community awareness and participation in the development process. That notification comes in the…
Big cities like Dallas are poised to see more multifamily housing built, assuming the enactment of SB 840, which will allow developers to bypass rezoning when building multifamily or certain mixed-use projects on land zoned for commercial use. The senate bill, written by Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola), received bipartisan support in both chambers of the…
With Earth Day coming up, it’s a good time to put a spotlight on one of the most environmentally friendly projects in the Dallas pipeline: Crescent Point Tower. Dallas City Council approved rezoning for the 30-story luxury high-rise on March 26 after the City Plan Commission (CPC) unanimously endorsed the project. Crescent Point Tower will…
Dallas plan commissioners continued review Thursday of a proposal to reduce or eliminate minimum parking requirements for new development. Following several hours of discussion and a public hearing that drew 19 speakers, commissioners made more amendments to the proposal on the floor and scheduled another special-called meeting for 9 a.m. March 4. Chief Planners Michael…
Following a years-long battle that pitted Far North Dallas residents against City Plan Commission members, elected officials, and a former councilman who now works for Masterplan zoning consultants, the controversial Pepper Square mixed-use development is headed for the city council. On Thursday, the CPC unanimously recommended approval for Henry S. Miller’s mixed-use development proposed at…
