Zoning
Staff Reports Builders wanting to develop new “garden-style” apartment complexes will have to go somewhere besides Prosper. The rural suburb in Collin and Denton counties approved changes to its zoning laws last month, according to a report in the Dallas Morning News. Garden-style apartment dwellings are groups of two- and three-story apartment buildings surrounded by…
Members of the Dallas City Council’s Economic Development Committee were briefed Monday on the latest version of the ForwardDallas comprehensive land use plan and said they didn’t have a lot of comments because they’d just received the draft the night before. Then they went on to make a lot of comments. Committee Chair Tennell Adkins…
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…
By Michael AmonettCandysDirt.com Contributor Chief planner Patrick Blaydes held up two documents multiple times at the District 1 Forward Dallas meeting last week: a copy of ForwardDallas and a copy of the Dallas Development Code. Each time he stressed, “This (ForwardDallas) is not this (Dallas Development). Just because it’s in here (FD), doesn’t mean it…
