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Is Your Driveway The Problem? Zoning Committee Wants More Input on Impervious Surfaces

By April Towery / May 21, 2024 /

The Dallas Zoning Ordinance Advisory Committee continued conversations last week about changing the city’s development code to limit surfaces that impede the natural infiltration of stormwater into the ground. Following a robust two-hour discussion, ZOAC members said they wanted more feedback from developers and other municipalities.  In addition to hearing from industry stakeholders, the zoning…

Zoning Committee Recommends Elimination of Minimum Parking Requirements 

By April Towery / January 31, 2024 /

Developers could soon be able to decide for themselves how many parking spaces are needed for a new housing complex or business. The Dallas parking code hasn’t been overhauled since 1965, and the city’s Zoning Ordinance Advisory Committee decided Tuesday it’s time for that to change with a vote to end minimum parking requirements.  The…

City to Charge For Parking in Farmers Market Tax Increment Financing District

By April Towery / October 13, 2023 /

Those who spend more than two consecutive hours strolling around the Dallas Farmers Market will now have to pay for parking, per action taken last week by the City Council’s Economic Development Committee.  After the first two hours of free parking at the Dallas Farmers Market, patrons will be charged $3 per additional hour with…

Study Finds 1 in 4 Texans Have Had Parking Disputes With Neighbors

By Tommy Cummings / November 30, 2021 /

The dealership’s survey found that 26 percent of Texas drivers have had disputes with neighbors about parking.

With Fewer Cars and Drivers, What To Do With Empty Garages?

By Jon Anderson / March 26, 2019 /

First I came for your kitchen, now I’m coming for your garage. I’ve noticed a trend over the past year at the Oak Lawn Committee – applicants seeking less parking than is required by the PD-193 ordinance. A hotel will be seeking half of the parking required, and an office building cutting a third. Each…