West Oak Cliff Area Plan
Another controversial rezoning request was approved by the Dallas City Council this week, marking another instance in which the drive to redevelop trumped neighborhood concerns at the horseshoe. However, officials mitigated the ordinance with additional stipulations, a move that will soon be outside their scope of power in a lot of cases when Senate Bill…
July 4th weekend officially starts now at Dallas City Hall, at least as far as public meetings go. Staff will undoubtedly be plugging away, but elected city leaders and board members won’t be conducting any official business. While boards have meetings on the schedule in July, council members get the whole month off from committee…
There’s always plenty at Dallas City Hall we didn’t catch in time, and that’s especially true this past week. An over-the-top Christmas display in a North Dallas neighborhood that went viral might have some policy implications for the holiday spirit, and controversial zoning cases remain a source of tension between residents and city officials. Hopefully,…
Dallas plan commissioners spent just seven minutes last month discussing a rezoning in North Oak Cliff that would clean up some antiquated zoning and allow for more diverse businesses and accessory dwelling units by right. The North Cliff neighborhood, within a conservation district approved in 1996, is the third of five neighborhoods to move forward…
Planning nerds rejoiced last month when the highly-anticipated Far West Oak Cliff report went live. Perhaps that’s an exaggeration. It’s me. I rejoiced. I’m the planning nerd. The 55-page Far West Oak Cliff Task Force Report is not an area plan or a binding document but reveals some solid ideas for neighborhood, commercial, and corridor…
