All right. Good morning everyone. It is thursday, july 23rd, 2026
at 10:33 am this is the briefing of the
dallas city plan commission. Can we start off with the roll call ms. Lopez?
good morning commissioners. District one commissioner sims. I'm here.
district two. Commissioner hampton. Present district three.
vice chair. Herbert, district four. Commissioner gilbert
smith. Present? District five. Commissioner
serato. Here. District six. Commissioner carpenter. Present?
district seven. Commissioner willie reagan. District date commissioner
franklin present. District nine. Commissioner c***s here.
district 10. Commissioner housewright. Present? District 11. Commissioner cox?
here. District 12. Commissioner kaufman. Here.
district 13. Commissioner hall here. District 14, commissioner kingston
here and place 15 chair rubin? I'm here. You have quorum, sir.
great. Thank you so much, ms. Lopez. Um, just as a reminder, this
is our briefing. This is the time for staff to brief us on the cases that
are for us today and for us to ask questions of
staff regarding those cases. The public comment will happen in the afternoon
and as well, um, commissioners will have an opportunity to comment on the cases,
um, at the public hearing this afternoon as well. So this time is
just for questions for staff and their presentations. With that we will dive
on in, um, we have our, um,
cases on consent. Um, a few of which have come off already.
three, four, and five have
been removed from consent. Um, are there any others that people know
need to be taken off consent at this time? Item item 12. Item 12.
that is, that is on under advisement, so we're good there. It's just consent
con. Consent consists of one through eight. I'm sorry. No, item
eight. All good. Item eight is off. Okay,
so that leaves on consent at the moment, 1, 2, 6,
and seven. And items 3, 4, 5,
and eight will be considered individually.
do we need, I guess commissioner wheeler, reagan, um, will be joining
us a little later, so let's hold off on items one
and two. Um, three will be held.
commissioner kingston, do we need that brief today? Are we okay? Okay, great.
three's being held, four is being held. Commissioner hampton,
we can forego the briefing there. Fantastic. Um,
five. That's off. Commissioner serato, do you want a briefing on that one? Anyone
else? Like a briefing or question for staff? Great. Item
number six. Yes. Commissioner ktz. Do you want
that one briefed? Yes, please. Okay, great. Mr. Lee.
uh, okay. Item number six, uh, z dash 25 dash 0 0 1 9 4.
uh, this is application for a new specific use permit, uh, for a private recreational
center club area on property zone r dash 7.5, a single
family district. Here's the location map located
in district nine at aerial, including
all the parcels.
uh, the property. The area request is currently zoned, uh, r dash 7.5
single family district, and it's currently developed with a single family home and seven
and seven undeveloped blocks. Uh, the area is predominantly single family residential
with the church and the school to the northwest of the property. Uh, the applicant should
use the site for a private recreational center club area. As such, they're requesting
pacific use permit. Here's the
surrounding land use and zoning.
uh, here's the photo of the subject property.
here's looking to the east, to the north
to the south.
here's the development standards according to the r um, the rr
dash 7.5 a.
here's the proposed site plan.
here are the sup conditions,
uh, corner four of dallas. This property is identified as community residential
and with that, um, staff recommendations, approval for a five year period,
eligible for auto renewal for additional five year periods subject to a site plan conditions.
thank you mr. Lee. Questions for staff?
yeah, my mr. Ks, I just, I think I know the answer to this question,
um, just asking for all of my colleagues as well.
the intent of the use of this site is for a,
a sports field, a soccer field, and, and football field for private use. Correct? Yeah.
okay. Thank you. Any other questions on
item number six? Okay.
um, commissioner wheeler, reagan, did you need items? One or
two briefed. Okay. Anyone else have questions on those
or need them briefed? Alright, we'll keep moving along then.
item number seven, uh, that's yours as well. Commissioner wheeler, reagan. Good
without a briefing. Any questions on that?
are you raising your hand, mr. Pepe? Yes. Okay,
great. Item number eight, commissioner
funkin. Do you like that one? Briefed?
oh, okay. No briefing necessary on item number eight. Is that coming off to be
held or, okay. Do you have a date for the hold there?
and can you, it'll be the second hearing date in august. Okay. August 20th.
okay. That brings us to item number nine, commissioner
kingston.
briefed. Okay. Alright, ms. Levy.
hi. Good morning, mr. Chair. Commissioners. Um, this is
item z 2 6 54.
this is an application for an amendment to subdistrict
30 within plan development district number 1 93 oak lawn
special purpose district. This is located on the north corner of
reagan street and brown street.
okay, this is, um, the location. This is
located in council district number 14. This
is the area of request on reagan brown.
again, this is currently zoned subdistrict 30 within pd 1 93,
and it's currently developed with the community service center building
and office. And, um, it was the resource
center of dallas incorporated, uh, p ds 30
functions similar to the multifamily two subdistrict, but it has modified
yard lot and space standards primarily to facilitate
an existing community service center building. Subject property has
been developed with that office building since 1964, and
the community service center has been there since 1985.
um, but the tenant has,
or owner has since vacated the existing building. So they're requesting
an amendment to this pd to allow a new indoor game
court center, um, for indoor game courts. Nothing
will be outdoor at all. Uh, it's approximately 2000, um,
with an approximately 2000 square foot restaurant without drive through.
the applicant is proposing to modify, um, the front yard
setback along reagan street to 10 feet in lieu of the,
the mf two district requirement of a 15 foot front,
front setback and also double frontage for the longest street.
um, they also are asking for a 65% lot
coverage for the new game court center in lieu of the required 50%
lot coverage. Um, the applicant also
is proposing, um, a lot of different standards to, for
the subdistrict, pretty much compatible with what you see in other,
um, pd 1 93 locations. Um, that includes
habitat, gardens, some other sustainability features such as solar for the roof,
pedestrians, sidewalks and paths and sidewalk amenities.
um, again, this is the aerial and land use map. It's pretty much surrounded by
multifamily. Uh, for the most part, there is an institutional use,
a church use just, um, just next to it adjacent to the north,
but otherwise it's, um, multifamily and then the variety of other
types of housing. Um,
I don't, did you want me to skip the photos or you want me to go through 'em?
do you want a full presentation? Okay. Um, this is on brown
street looking northeast. This is brown street looking northeast
as well. Um, brown street.
this is brown street. Also looking southeast.
this is brown street looking southeast reagan street looking
northeast and surrounding photos. Brown
street and reagan street, just across the street could see the multifamily,
um, brown street looking southwest. Looking northwest
on brown, looking north, northwest down brown street
again. Uh, looking northeast on brown,
this is looking northeast. This is the alley immediately adjacent
to the existing facility. And
on reagan street, this is looking, looking northeast
reagan street looking northeast. Reagan looking
southeast. Again, you can see there's a lot of, uh, different housing types
surrounding, um, this facility. This is looking southeast
on reagan, reagan and brown.
um, also looking, um, just directly, um, kind corner
or cat corner, reagan street and brown and looking
up north, um, on reagan and brown.
this is the proposed development plan. Um, it is showing
again, the, the wider sidewalks, um, five foot sidewalk
along, uh, brown street and then, um,
and with the buffer also. And then a little bit of a variation
on reagan street to make sure that we get the
five foot sidewalk and the buffer. Um, the buffer will vary a
little between four and five feet. Um,
this is just a closeup view. Um, pd,
pd conditions, um, habitat garden.
again, that's, um, we have a definition for that. They also have the micro
mobility charging. Um, so we have a definition for that. We had to add,
um, this is to allow the game court center use.
um, this is specifying a game court center, uh, must
be located indoors. I would like to also point out, um, you should have
a handout and there was also an email sent out with, um, a
few updated, a few updates, um, within the pd
conditions. Um, they are in, in the presentation
as well, though. Um, this is for
the setbacks. Um, 15 along brown, 10 along
reagan
design standards. Again, the sidewalks and pedestrian paths are
in here. The micro mobility.
um, the photovoltaic for the roofs,
pedestrian amenities, excuse me. Uh,
landscaping, um, again, so that everything can be accommodated.
um, we do have some language in here, uh, specifying that
the minimum general or special planting areas which are required
in pd 1 93 in this subdistrict may be reduced,
uh, for the purposes of allowing up to one foot of the minimum five foot
unobstructed sidewalk to be constructed. So again, we're just trying to
make sure everything fits in. Um,
habitat garden signage, um, this is what I
have in blue here and lavender in your handout is, um, this
was added hours after the, um, docket went out.
hours of operation are being added for the game court center. They may only operate
within 7:00 am uh, to 10:00 pm
okay, so, um, again, this is just a comparison chart. It's,
um, pretty compatible with pd pd 30. Now
again, we're just, um, varying slightly one of the, some of the setbacks,
um, lot coverage and then adding in all of the special
standards that we just discussed. Um,
this is consistent with forward dallas 2.0. It's in the city residential
place type, um, which does allow for civic,
um, institutional uses, commercial office, a variety.
basically a mix of uses in a, in an urban area.
staff recommendation is approval subject to development plan and
amended conditions as briefed. Um, again, that's per the conditions
on the handout that you have. With that, I'd be happy to answer any
questions. Thank you so much. Questions
for staff
commissioner hall. Ms. Levy, I,
I apologize if I missed this. Indoor game courts are those pickleball courts.
um, the indoor game court will be, um, paddle, uh,
a paddle type game. That's something a little bit
new. Was that your question? I'm sorry. Yeah, I'm just curious of what, what kind
of game courts are there? Yes sir. It's, it's a paddle game. Some sort of paddle game.
, . Alright, thank you. Okay, thanks so much.
anyone else? Questions? Okay, on we go.
my understanding is item number 10 is going to be held. Do we need that brief?
do we okay. To move along?
we okay to proceed without briefing. Item number,
are we okay to proceed without briefing? Item 10. Okay, great.
thank you so much. That brings us to item 11. Commissioner hampton
questions or briefing on this one?
anyone else? Okay. Item number
12. Commissioner franklin. No,
nope. No briefing necessary there unless anyone else would like
it. Item 13, commissioner carpenter
does not need briefing. Okay. Anyone else with questions on item
13? That
takes us to item number 14. Commissioner kingston, would you like a
briefing or questions on this one? No.
okay. Would anyone else like a briefing on item 14?
okay, you can always ask questions of staff at the public hearing.
item number 15, commissioner serato? Yes, I'd like to brief please. Okay, let's
brief this one, mr. Lee.
uh, item 15, uh, this is gonna be z dash 26 dash
0 0 0 9 3. Uh, located counsel
district five. Uh, here's the aerial in the zoning
surrounding zoning land uses of the property.
uh, the proposal for his application is this new specific use permit for the sales of alcohol
beverages in conjunction with the german merchandise store. Uh, 3,500 square feet
or less on property zone sub area two within plan development district
number 360 6 butner boulevard special purpose district with
the d one liquor control overlay.
here's a few background information. Um, currently the site is developed, uh, with the drum
merchandise store 35,000 square feet or less. Uh, this will be a new
sup for the property. Um, which that in that case would be no changes to
svp or site plan since it's a new one.
uh, here's the subject property. Uh, it is going to be the, the window,
um, three, three doors down to the right
here's looking, uh, west along late june road
to the north and then to the east.
uh, here's the proposed site plan with the application,
uh, the proposed sup conditions.
according to forward dallas, this property is identified as neighborhood mixed use
and, uh, recommendation approval of subject to site planning conditions.
thank you mr. Lee. Any questions for staff commissioner serato? Yeah,
thank you mr. Lee. I know we spoke about a couple of, or we emailed back and forth about a couple of
these questions already. Um, I, in the,
you know, the docket and the report I received, it shows the blue
square where the sup will apply and, um,
it shows almost a, you know, a quarter of the building that's gonna
be covered by the sup, which would cover more than that one unit that you're showing.
I, I think it was unit one 20 is what you were looking at. So the
sup would cover actually both units on that corner and it actually extends into the street,
which was strange to me. I had never seen that before. Um, so I was just wondering like
if someone else is gonna own the other unit on the right side of
that, 'cause that that appears to also be covered by that blue square and then why it
extends into the street the way it does. Yeah. Uh, yeah, so the reason
it extends into the street, um, that would be a question for our gis team, which, um, the person who
does that, she's out okay. In the office. I couldn't get an answer for that. Mm-hmm . Um,
regards to the different units, I believe when I went to the property they were doing
interior renovations. Um, so I think it would be the two, the two doors. The one
20 and one 30 unit? Yes. Okay. And do you, do you have any insight as to why it
extends into the street? I can speak to that actually. Uh, so there's kind of two
things going on. Any, any zoning can be done through a meets
and bounds, which is an individualized survey of a small base of land. That's what
they did in this circumstance. So it does not actually, yeah, as, as you said, apply to the whole,
uh, parcel, which is much larger. Um, that's fairly common with these, uh, kind
of suite based or, or, or strip mall type businesses.
uh, on the other hand, going to the street, that's actually, that's actually pretty common for a
lot of zoning because zoning actually, uh, extends to the center of the street. So
if you go to the property line, which I believe they surveyed it to the property line mm-hmm . Zoning,
any zoning actually goes to the center line of the street. So in the situation where,
uh, street was abandoned, then the zoning, uh, then goes out there. So
that's kind of a, a quirk, but I think it's because they surveyed this from the
property line into their suite and then up, but I, and, and, and
harder to say exactly where it falls in those suite lines, but they, they did their
best to survey. I, I appreciate it. Still learning about some of this stuff, so I appreciate
you. Um, good question, uh, ask, answering that for me also, do you, do
we know anything about the owner? I was trying to look up like what type
of convenience store, this is gonna be the ownership. I just wanna know a little bit about their history 'cause there's
several convenience stores already on that same block, so I just,
uh, wanted to know if they, you know, they have a good history with the city of dallas, if you know anything about
the owner themselves. Yeah. Uh, no, I don't have any history. Um, no. Any history of the
applicant or anything? Um, from what I know, it just is gonna be a convenience store.
okay. Yeah. And then, um, I saw that it, it
was for a three year sup and I, I know I asked this previously, I just wanted to
make sure it was on record, um, that your recommendation was.
um, yeah, I just, I saw that there was like a box that
said staff recommendation three, uh, that would have no expiration, but that the applicant
was asking for three years. Yes. The applicant was three years. Um, staff recommended no
expiration. Okay. Alright, thank you.
any other questions on item number 15?
okay, we'll move on. Item 16, commissioner hampton
briefing or questions on anyone else on
item 16? Okay.
um, if, did mr. Peppy
remind me, are we, is someone here on the
thoroughfare plan amendments or do they just be here this afternoon? Uh, they are transportation's here. If,
if there are questions, I think, does anyone have questions or would anyone
like into the thoroughfare plan amendments brief? Those are items 36
through 38. Commissioner
wheeler, I can't hear you. If you could turn your microphone on. I don't need to be
brief. I actually had, um, can you pull your microphone down? I don't need to
be brief. I actually had the planner to send it to cpc because it was, it
was ready. No briefing necessary on 37. Uh, vice chair
herbert, do you need 36 brief? Okay. And
commissioner franklin, would you like a briefing on 38? Not necessary.
okay. Anyone else have questions on any of the thoroughfare
plan items? Um,
since we've got time, I think we could probably use, since we have several
new members who I don't think have seen thoroughfare plan amendments before, it might be
good to take five to 10 minutes just for a quick explainer,
if that's okay with ms. Morrison. Yeah,
so just how the plan works
and, and what the thorough fair plan is and equally importantly
is not.
hello, good morning. Um, city plan commission. I'm janna weell, I'm the transportation
planning administrator with the transportation public works department.
um, so the thoroughfare plan is really simply how the city plans our
long way, our long range roadway capacity and, um, any
right of way that we need to preserve to ensure that we can maintain mobility and connectivity
across the city. So it looks at some basic things like the amount of
right of way number of lanes, is it divided or undivided,
what its function is within the city. Um, it does not take into
consideration things like aesthetics, uh, safety
sidewalks, things like that. It really focuses on how much right away needs to be
preserved so that dallas can remain connected, have access
to different parts of the city, um, make sure we have enough capacity. Um,
was there anything else you'd like me to cover? Chair? Um, I think that, that,
sorry, I think that's a good introduction. Anyone have questions for ms. Wenzel?
I, I do mr. Chairs. So, uh, you said that we, the thoroughfare plan does not
take into account aesthetics, sidewalks and things of that nature. Where are those things
taken into account? So, um, the city of dallas has multiple standards
and street design manuals, um, different policies and things like that.
and so a thoroughfare plan is really just looking at the basics of the roadway
and you would apply those street design standards during plan review during public
meetings through different like, um, processes outside of the
thoroughfare plan. Great, thank you. Anyone else?
commissioner carpenter? Yeah. Could you kind of run through the sort of hierarchy
of the different types of, you know, the arterials and, and the
fact that not all streets are on the thoroughfare plan? Yes, that is a great question.
so, um, the thoroughfare plan has different functional classifications of streets.
so you have your major and minor arterials, um, which
provide connectivity over larger distances, collectors
that feed into those arterials. Um, and then local streets are
not included on the thoroughfare plan, so you're more residential streets. There
are still requirements for how those are designed and built, but they're just not part
of the larger thoroughfare plan.
any other questions? One, just one follow up. I see on
today's agenda that we have an application from a private applicant
and um, a couple of applications from the city. Are we also
able as commissioners to in or request thoroughfare plan I amendments?
so the um, city code lays out the different ways you can do it. You
as a private developer, you submit an application, you can also request through your council
office, I believe, and I might defer to laura on this, on exactly what the
code says.
I'm sorry, what was the question? Can we reque as commissioners request a
thoroughfare plan amendment? What can commissioners
request a thoroughfare plan amendment? Um,
I have to look at the rules of procedure, um, and
the code, I'm not sure if the plan commission
has the authority to do that as an authorized case.
I, I'm not sure. I'd have to look. Okay. If you can just update on that sometime. It's not
urgent. I was just curious. Okay. Any other
questions for ms. Wenzel? Well, thank you so much and I apologize for putting you on the spot,
but you did a great job. Thank you. Anything else for our briefing
this morning? Alright, it is 11:06 am
and that concludes the briefing of the dallas city planning commission. We'll be back at 1230
for our public hearing. Thanks everyone. Yes,
we do. Alright. Good afternoon
everyone. It is july 23rd, 2026
and this is the public hearing of the dallas city plan commission. It
is 12:32 pm can we start off with the roll call please?
good afternoon, commissioner, district one. Commissioner sims. I'm here.
district two. Commissioner hampton. Present district three. Vice chair herbert present?
district four. Commissioner gilbert smith. Present district five. Commissioner
serrato. Present? District six. Commissioner carpenter. Present.
district seven. Commissioner wheeler reagan. District eight. Commissioner franklin present?
district nine. Commissioner c***s here. District 10 commissioner house wright present?
district 11. Commissioner cox here. District 12. Commissioner kaufman
here. District 13. Commissioner hall here. District 14,
commissioner kingston and place 15 chair ruben? I'm here.
you have quorum, sir. Great. Thank you so much ms. Lopez. They're
thrilled to have all of us here in person today. It's nice to see everyone.
just a little bit of housekeeping before we get started. Um,
our rules typically allow for each speaker on an item to speak
for three minutes. If there is opposition, a two minute rebuttal by the applicant
is allowed. Um, we do have the ability to flex that time upwards
or downwards on a particular case. Um, if you
do, um, speak to us, there are little yellow cards to my
left, your right. If you're sitting in the audience, please fill one of
those out so we have a record of you speaking to us today and also
start your comments with your name and address for our record.
uh, with that I will look to commissioner hall for
a motion on our june 25th minutes. Thank you mr. Chair.
um, I move that we approve the minutes of the june 25th,
uh, 26th 2026 cpc meeting as
posted on july 2nd, 2026. Great. Thank
you commissioner hall for your motion. Commissioner konz for your second. Is there any discussion?
seeing none. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Say nay.
the motion carries. We are going to move on to our consent
docket next, which, um, was noticed as items one through
eight. And what that means is the items will be taken up
and approved of in a single motion unless
a member of the body, um, asks to have it heard individually.
if there is opposition on that item. We'll also take it off. Consent.
a few items have already come off. Consent, that's item 3, 4, 5,
and eight. So that leaves items 1, 2, 6,
and seven. Chair still on con consent. Are we chair seven is gonna come off
consent and, and um, be held open until the next
public hearing. Okay. Seven is coming off
consent. Okay, so that's our august 6th meeting?
yes. Okay. Any, anything else need to
come off of consent right now it's items one, two,
and six. Okay.
can we read the consent agenda into the record?
good afternoon. So I will read the consent agenda,
which is starting with item one. Um, that's z 2 6 0 0 0 9 9.
it's an application of sub area two on property zone cyber area, one within plan development district,
uh, 3 6 3, the jeffrey myers plan development district on the south corner
of oak lane and myers street, the west corner of ash lane and myers street
staff. Recommendation is approval subject to revised exhibits 360 3
a and 360 6 b. Uh, item two is
uh, z 2 6 0 0 109. It's an application for an amendment to specific use permit.
2 5 3 1 for a commercial parking lot garage use on property zone
subdistrict one, sub area b within plan development district number 5 9 5
south dallas fair park special purpose district on the west corner of martin luther king junior boulevard,
smi parkway. Uh, staff recommendation is approval for a five year
period subject to conditions. And then item
six is z 2 500 0 1 94.
it's an application for a new specific use permit for a private recreation center collaborate area on property
zoned r 75, a single family district on the northwest line. A lake highlands drive on
between harder road and pv road staff. Recommendation is approval for a five year
period with eligibility for automatic renewals for additional five year period subject to a site plan
and conditions. Thank you mr. Peppy. Um, anyone here
to speak on any of the consent agenda items? One, two, or six.
okay. Seeing none, commissioner wheeler, do you have a motion?
one, two, and six
in the matter of items one, two, and six. On
today's agenda, I move to close the public hearing and follow staff recommendation
of approval subject to um,
um, item this, the item this in the docket petition listed in the docket. Perfect.
yeah. Okay. Thank you for your motion. Commissioner wheeler. Thank
you vice chair for your second. Any discussion? No discussion.
all those in favor say aye. Any opposed, say nay.
item number three. Item number three is kz dash
26 dash 0 0 0 1 1 8. An application for
amendment to specific use permit 25 76 for an alcoholic river
slash limited to a bar, lounge or tavr and commercial amusement inside limited to a dance
hall on property zone planned 11 district six 19 with
h 48 harwood. His historic district overly on the southwest corner of north
harwood street and pacific avenue ation is approved for a 10
year period subject to amended conditions. Thank you ms. Garza.
anyone here to speak in support of item three?
you're good? Okay. Any speakers in opposition?
okay. Seeing none. Commissioner kingston, do you have a motion
in the matter of z 2 6 0 0 0 1 1 8
a move that we keep the public matter meeting open and hold this over
until august 20th. Thank you commissioner kingston for your motion.
commissioner cox for your second. Any discussion? No.
alright. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed?
say nay. The motion carries. Move on to item number four.
item four is case z 25 0 0 0 0 9 4.
an application for one, an amendment to plan development district number 800 and for the creation and expansion
of new subdistricts that are in for specified non-residential uses. And two,
a new specific use permit for pedestrian skybridge on property zone plan development. Number 800
on the southeast line of cato street between riverfront boulevard and the union pacific
railroad and the north and south lines of riverfront boulevard northwest of current street staff. Recommendation
is approval of one and amendment to pd 800, subject to a development plan amended exhibits 800
a and b and amended conditions. And two, a new specific use permit for pedestrian skybridge
subject to site planning conditions. Great. Thank you mr. Bate. Is
there anyone here to speak on item number two, four?
I'm sorry. Nope.
suzanne kedron. 23. 23 ross avenue. Uh, we are continuing
to work out a few more details with the commissioner and we are supportive of a hold.
great. Thank you ms. Kedron. Any other speakers on item number four?
okay, we will go to commissioner hampton for a motion. Thank you mr. Chair in
the matter of z dash 26, excuse me. Two five dash
nine four. I move to keep the public hearing open and hold this matter under
advisement until august 20th. Great. Thank you commissioner hampton for your motion. Commissioner
kaufman for your second. Any discussion?
seeing none. All those in favor say aye. Any opposed, say nay.
the motion carries item number five.
uh, item five. An application for a new specific use permit for a public school
limited to limited to an open enrollment charter school on property zone
cr community community retail district on the south line of late
june road, east line of baretto street,
west line of north masters drive staff recommendation approval subject to a
site plan, traffic management plan and conditions. Thank
you mr. Lee. Is there anyone here to speak on item number five?
alright, commissioner serato, do you have a motion? Yes, mr. Chair
in the matter of case z 2 0 0 0 112. I move to close the
public hearing and approve for a period of 10 years with no eligibility for automatic renewals,
subject to site plan, traffic management plan and conditions.
great. Thank you commissioner serato for your motion. Commissioner sims for your second.
any discussion? Um, yeah, just to note quickly that this, um,
was just their previous sup was for the same thing. It expired
when the city was making all of their system changes. The school's
been there for 20 plus years, so, um, they're longstanding in the community.
so I that's the reasoning behind the 10 year, um, date on
that. So, uh, hope to have your support. Any other discussion?
commissioners? Okay, we have a motion
by commissioner serato, second by commissioner sims to approve subject to site
plan, traffic plan, management plan and conditions, but with 10 years
no auto renewal. All those in favor say aye. Any opposed, say
nay. The motion carries item number seven.
good afternoon. Uh, mr chair members of the sea plan commissioner ask aguilera
adam. Seven is an application for a new specific use permit for the
salt of alcoholic beverage in conjunction with a restaurant with, uh,
without driving or drive through service on a property zone are
our regional retail district with a d one liquor control over
lake, uh, between samuel boulevard and, uh, east.
uh, I I 30 freeway east of north jimmy miller
road, aka 64 65 samuel boulevard.
staff recommendation is approval subject to the site planning conditions.
great. Thank you mr. Aguilera. Is there anyone here on item number
seven?
okay, no speakers will go to commissioner wheeler for a motion
in the matter of item seven, mean z dash 26 0 0 7 0.
I moved to close, mean I moved to keep the public hearing open until august 6th.
great. Thank you for your motion. Commissioner wheeler, your second commissioner housewright, any
discussion? No discussion or did you have a
comment? No, we're just keeping it open because we hadn't had any previous conversa
communications with the applicant and so just to be able to have a talk with the applicant and
the neighborhood around it. Sounds good. Any
other discussion? Seeing none. All those in favor say aye.
any opposed, say nay. The motion carries item number eight.
item number, uh, eight is an application for a new specific use permit
for a commercial motor vehicle parking on a property zone
li light industrial district, uh, located on the west line of van
b view road, uh, south of telephone road, also known as,
uh, 9,300, uh, vie view road. Uh, staff, uh,
recommends approval for a 10 year period with eligibility for an automatic
renewals for an additional 10 year period subject to a site
plan and conditions. Are there any speakers in support of item
number eight? Come on down.
can you turn the microphone on? Yes. There we go. Hello, everyone.
uh, is there a way somebody can help me with a screen?
can you help him out with the presentation please? Thank you.
hey, how are you?
um, could you, you that to me quick other than
the email I this through?
all right. I think we're dealing with a few technical issues, so why don't we,
uh, set this case aside for now and come back to it in a few minutes.
okay. Let's move on to case number
nine.
.
I am mr. Chair commissioners. Item number
9 2 6 2 3 3 9 a
case number z 2 6 54 is an application for
an amendment to subdistrict 30 within plan development
number 1 93 oak lawn special purpose district.
this is located on the north corner of reagan street and
brown street. Staff. Recommendation is approval subject to a development
plan and amended conditions as briefed.
great, thank you so much. Uh, any speakers in support
on item number nine? Come on down.
good afternoon commissioners and thank you for the opportunity to speak today. My name is catherine durham.
my address is 2 7 2 8 north harwood street and I am here on
behalf of the applicant, av ventura asset management. As
you may know, this site is the former home of the resource center who has been amazing
to work with and supportive of our goal today. The resource center has a new, beautiful
home in town where it is continuing its mission and would like to sell this property.
this property is somewhat unique because of its size and proximity to residential.
so we have a somewhat unique idea with constraints in place in order that
we can be good neighbors to the existing community, community and honor the legacy of
the site we are proposing. And an
amendment to the pd to allow for the game court center use for the operation
of a padel facility on the site. Padel is a quickly growing
sport that is a hybrid between tennis and racketball. It is played fully
indoors with tennis size rackets, but players can utilize walls of the
court like racketball. We started this process of amending
the pd by meeting with neighbors, obtaining support from the oakland committee
and working with the city to arrive at conditions which will allow for our
intended use, which is not currently allowed in the mf two based district of the pd.
we have spoken to community members individually that have had any questions or
concerns, including the gentleman who spoke in opposition at our last cpc meeting
and is no longer speaking in opposition for a project. The poel center
will be open to the public and not a private club. We hope it will serve as
a community amenity for nearby residents as well as the community at large.
and we ask for your support today to transform this wonderful site. Thank you again
for your time. My, my colleague mallory muse and I are available for any questions
that you might have. Thank you. Ms. Durham. Any other speakers in support
of item nine? Ms. Muse is here if we have any
questions. Perfect. Thank you. I see the gentleman
from the oak lawn committee.
I'm phil perry. I'm here representing the oak lawn committee. This
project was presented to us, uh, earlier this year
and on first presentation it was supported by the committee. We were impressed
by what they had done with the neighbors and their reach out and
their parking concerns. Thank you. Thank you. Any
oh, mr. Perry, your, your address for the record. Oh, sorry. In, into
the microphone if you wouldn't mind. Thirty six ten north versailles. Great. Thank you. And thank you
for the reminder. Vice vice chair herbert, any other speakers in support
speakers in opposition. Okay,
that concludes our speakers. Commissioner kingston, do you have a motion? I do in
the matter of z 2 6 0 0 0 0 5 4.
I move that we close the public hearing and approve the application with
the following changes in section 30.104.
add subsection d to read for game court center development and
use of the property. Must comply with the development plan. Perin exhibit.
there is a conflict if there is a conflict between the text of this
article and the development plan. The text of this article controls next edition
30.105. Add a subsection
two under b to read a game. Court center must be located
indoors and next edition
in section 30.108. Subsection
d should read for a game court center indoor restaurant use
a minimum of 18 off street parking spaces
is required. Subsection e should read
consult part one of this article for the specific off street parking and loading
requirements.
and in subsection, I'm sorry, in section 30.113,
add a sub a subsection d to read hours
of operation. A game court center may only operate within the hours of 7:00 am to
10:00 pm and that is it. Thank you commissioner kingston
for your motion. Commissioner cox for your second. Any discussion
just briefly? I, I realize that there are still a couple of members of the community that are
opposed to this and their primary concerns
are potential noise and parking issues. Um,
and I think a lot of the changes we've made will help alleviate those, but the reality
is this piece of property is that vacant for a dozen years or so. And,
you know, allowing property that live vacant in a community
like this isn't good for it. And this provides an opportunity for people
to participate in, you know, exercise activities, which is
also beneficial to the community. And so I support this application and I hope you do too. Thank
you. Any additional discussion?
I did have a question for you, ms. Ms. Levy. Um,
the motion required 18 off street parking
spaces, correct? Yeah. What
is pd? Um, 1 93.
what would it require? Under base?
under the, under that base I believe. I'm sorry, .
I believe the base, um, because under 51,
which is what we have written in the proposed conditions, would not require
any parking. Okay. And how many are shown on the development plan
commissioner? It's there. It's what's there already. What's that?
I think your microphone is off. Sorry. It's the number of parking spaces that are already present
on the site, which is 18. 18. Okay.
okay. Um, I'm gonna support the motion.
I think since we're just leaving the existing parking there at the same time,
I do think while parking reform did not touch
this pd or, or certain, or I guess it did. In fact, um,
I, I think we've made a wise policy choice there and I would not, I'm
generally not supportive of, of continuing to impose parking requirements in places where we've
since repealed them. But this is what it is and overall I think it's a
good case. Any other discussion?
mr. Kingston? I would just say that the parking reform doesn't apply to pd pd 1 93
at all, including the subdistrict. Oh, okay. I thought ms. Ms. Levy's comment suggested
that it may staff recommended that we adopt, uh, the general
code and the members of the oaklawn committee have been very clear that they
do not wanna deviate from their parking scheme. That's already in pd 1 93.
and so I elected to, my motion was to require parking and not adopt stash
proposal. Oh, thank you. Thank you for that clarification. Thank you.
I can never remember which pds were affected and which
maintained their own parking requirements. So thank you for the reminder. Any other discussion?
okay, seeing none. We have a motion by commissioner kingston, second
by commissioner cox to approve subject to development plan
and, uh, amended conditions as amended
by by commissioner kingston. All those in favor say aye. Any opposed, say
nay. The motion carries. Alright, case. Thank you ms.
all right. Case number 10, chemi
case number 10 z 26 0 0 0 0 7 9.
an application for an amendment to plan development district
number 17 on the southeast corner of alpha road
and preston road. Staff recommendation is approval
subject to an amended development plan and conditions.
thank you dr. Hashmi. Are there any speakers on this item?
okay, seeing none. Commissioner cox, do you have a motion?
thank you mr. Chair, because the revised conditions for zoning cases, mr. Cox,
just your motion right now, sorry. And you can make your just the motion for right now and
then you can make your comments in the matter of case z dash 26 0 0 0 7 9.
uh, conditions are still pending and as such moved to delay the case until august 20th,
uh, to allow additional time for staff and the applicant to finalize
and present the updated conditions. Okay. Thank
you commissioner cox for your motion. Do we have a second? Commissioner sims? Any
discussion? Okay, I guess the
discussion has happened. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed?
say nay. The motion carries
item number 11.
item 11 is case z 25 0 2 3. An
application for one, a new subdistrict for lc like commercial uses. And two, a new
specific use permit for a mini warehouse use on property zoned lc, like commercial subdistrict
in plan development district number 1 9 3 on the south corner of lemon avenue and hedge road
drive. Staff's recommendation is approval of one, a new subdistrict and two, a new specific
use permit for a mini warehouse subject to a site plan, landscape plan and conditions.
thank you mr. Bate.
alright, do we have any speakers in support on item number 11?
good afternoon commissioners. Keke mission ridge consultants 1900 furman
richardson 7 5 0 8 1. I would like to start by thanking
commissioner hampton for all of her attention and work on this project. We've made significant improvements
since, since we were approved at oak lawn and then also additional improvements
since our last plan commission hearing. Um, so very appreciative of that
and we hope that that comes across in our requested term limit that is
part of the docket. Um, and I'm available if there's any questions.
thank you, ms. K, are there any other speakers in support on item number 11?
any speakers in opposition? Okay. Commissioner
hampton, do you have a motion? I do. And I have brief comments if I have a second in
the matter of z dash 25 dash 0 0 2 3 0,
I move to close the public hearing and approve, uh, the new subdistrict
and a new specific use permit for many warehouse subject to the site plan, landscape
plan and conditions. Great. Thank you so much for your motion. Commissioner
hampton, your second vice chair, herbert. Any discussion? Commissioner
hampton? Thank you mr. Chair. Um, I just wanna thank ms kay for, um,
her diligence in working through this case. It was reviewed at oak lawn committee who put
a primary focus on the right of way landscaping
impact and improvements to the pedestrian zone. Um, working with ms kay,
we were able to further enhance the landscape standards as
a buffer for the adjacent residential property and considering, um,
the new construction that they're proposing as well as introducing some
transparency standards, um, just to soften this. So I appreciate
everyone in the community and hope my commissioners will support the request. Thank you mr. Chair.
thank you commissioner hampton. Any other discussion on this item?
mr. Bate was asking do we have a time period on that? It's listed in the pd as
20 years with no auto. Okay, great. Thank you for confirming.
excuse me. Supi said pd sup requirements. Okay. Any
other discussion? Commissioner kingston? Um,
I'm pleased to support the motion. Uh, I'm pleased to see the changes that have been made
since they went through oaklawn committee. I think particularly the changes that
are adjacent to the multifamily right next door are impactful
for the residents that are going to live next to this structure. And I appreciate the applicant's
willingness to consider the, uh, quality of life issues for those
folks too. Thank you. Thank you. Any other discussion?
seeing none. We have a motion by commissioner hampton, seconded by the vice chair.
all those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Say nay. The motion carries.
let's go back to item number eight. Would you just be able
to read that in mr. Bate? Sure thing. Uh, item eight is case z 26 0 0 0 84.
an application for a new specific use permit for commercial motor vehicle parking on property
zoned li light industrial district on the west line of bon view road, south telephone road, also known
as 9,300 bon view road staff's. Recommendation. Approval for a 10 year period with
eligibility for automatic renewals for additional for additional 10 year periods. Set it
to a site plan of conditions. Thank you. Alright, our
first speaker in support. Hello? Uh, my name is hamel
bardi address, uh, 9 3 0 0 bonne view road. Uh,
I'm here to, I'm sorry, I'm gonna take some of your time, but I need
to explain the situation. Uh, so in the beginning, the owner bought this
land for the reason, uh, to make a commercial parking,
and he did a zoning consultation and they told him that he, uh,
the zoning is, uh, ally, which is a light industrial. Uh, and
he was, uh, supposed to be allowed to do a commercial, uh, parking,
uh, for, uh, for uh, commercial motor vehicle. So,
uh, when, uh, I came to the city, I was checking to see
if we can go forward with, uh, with doing that. Uh,
they told me that there is a land behind this land
behind nine, uh, 9 3 0 0 adjacent land with agriculture
zoning. Uh, for that reason, uh, we cannot do a
commercial parking without sup. So, uh,
we are doing the sup now, but I just want to make sure,
uh, if we are going to the right direction, if we have to do the
sup, because when I, uh, read the zoning consultation,
it says within 500 square feet, uh, 500 foot
of, uh, residential zoning, not agriculture zoning.
so I just wanna make sure of that. This is the first thing. Second thing,
uh, if you could take a look at, uh,
if you go back to the first page, and sir, if you could continue to speak into the microphone so we
can hear you. Sorry, I apologize. I apologize. Uh, if we go back to the first one.
so if, if you see, this is the aerial map, uh, showing the, the square
is the land. Uh, I don't know if you see the land behind,
uh, the square, the blue square. It's, uh, the one that
we're talking about, agriculture zoning. I don't know if we, to the
best of my vision, I see all kind of trucks in, in, in that land and
all the area around it. So, uh, in
agriculture zoning, I don't believe they supposed to have a commercial parking.
uh, that's what we are having issue with, but, uh,
we are only doing an sl parking for, uh, those commercial vehicle.
and to serve the, the city can go to the next one.
one more. So the land is 2.8
acres. Uh, we are trying to do, uh, 76, uh, commercial
parking. Uh, and this will serve the, the
whole area. There is multiple businesses like amazon and, uh,
eton and, uh, uh, kroger. They all need, uh, this commercial
parking also. This gonna be beneficial for the city, uh,
more, uh, tax money to the city.
and I just want to make sure if everything
is okay, that's your time. Thank you. Thank you so much, sir. I apologize. No,
you're, you're nothing to apologize for. Are there any other speakers in
support? Any speakers in opposition?
okay, commissioner franklin, do you have a motion on item number eight?
I'll do it. Mr. Chair, in the matter of z dash 26
dash 0 0 0 0 8 4, I move to keep the public hearing open
and hold this matter under advisement until august 20th, 2026.
give a second. Commissioner carpenter. Thank you. Um,
any comments? Commissioner franklin? Uh, yes, uh,
I, um, have a real quick comment. I understand the applicant's, uh, concerns,
uh, but the first I've heard about this case and the first time I've spoke to the applicant
was last week. We have not had the opportunity, uh, to have any meaningful
discussion, uh, regarding, uh, this particular case. Uh,
but I do see from an email chain that you were first asked to reach out
to me, uh, back in april and I don't understand why it's taken so long to reach out
to me about this case considering the concerns that you have, but I
couldn't meaning meaningfully, uh, you know, recommend this either way for
approval denial without any, you know, time spent on this case. Okay,
thank you commissioner franklin. Any other discussion? Um,
I just have one comment. I, it sounds like you have some questions about some of the technical zoning issues.
I'd encourage you to speak if you haven't had a chance already to, um, mr. Argue
the planner assigned to this case. She should have be able to, to walk
you through all of those issues, including how ag is treated under our
city code in terms of what sort of zoning district it's,
so we will, I would strongly encourage you to do that if you
haven't had a chance already. Any other discussion?
alright, uh, we have a motion by commissioner franklin, seconded by commissioner carpenter to
hold the matter until eight 20. All those in favor say aye.
aye. Any pardon? Eight. Eight august 20th.
sorry, I just had eight 20 in my notes. Any opposed, say nay. The motion
carries. We'll see you back here in in august. Thank you. Thank you
sir. All
getting back to it. Case number 12 is our next case.
item 12 is case z 25 0 2 29. An application
for a new plan development district for li light industrial uses on property zoned aa agricultural
district on the south line of cleveland road, west of lancaster hutchins road status recommendation.
approval subject to conditions. Alright, mr. Martinez. Thank you mr. Chairman.
members of commission santos martinez 24 89 camino plata loop, northeast
rio rancho, new mexico 8 7 1 4 4. Uh, this case was presented to you back
at your june hearing. Uh, in conversations with commissioner franklin, uh, we
felt it was important to make sure that we incorporated more landscape
provisions and for what was originally submitted. Uh, the property is
at the what used to be the dead end of cleveland road, the last parcel within
the city of dallas. And it's surrounded primarily by, uh, the inland port pd.
and so we took a lot of those, uh, uh, standards
to place in here. Uh, there was another standard we, uh, discussed with staff that
commissioner franklin wanted to make sure that we had, uh, protections for the creeks. And that's
actually covered in article six or title vi six of code today.
so, um, the biggest provisions you see from your june hearing is
the landscaping sections that are believed beefed up. And then
we also added an sup for a temporary batch plant. Stand for any questions you
may have. Thank you mr. Chair. I'm
sorry. Thank you mr. Martinez. Any other speakers in support on item 12?
any speakers in opposition?
okay, no further. No. I just forgot to mention that we
had agreed with commissioner franklin that originally the maximum height with the inland port is
like 300 feet. We agreed to 70 feet. And
so the provisions we'd like to move forward today include the landscaping provisions, the sup
on a temporary batch plant and a maximum height is now 70 feet instead of what was
previously listed as two or 300 feet. Thank you for that confirmation.
alright, any other speakers on this item? Seeing
none, we go to commissioner franklin for a motion. Thank you mr. Chair.
in the matter of case number z dash 25 dash
0 2 29, I move to close the public hearing and approve
status recommendation subject to the conditions handed out at the horseshoe. Today
it show the following changes an sup requirement for
temporary concrete or asphalt batch plant reduce
maximum structure height to 70 feet deviations
from article 10, landscaping for site trees, street yard,
landscaping, buffers, parking lots, and dumpster screening
incorporated artificial lot delineation from article
10 in addition of irrigation requirements.
have we seen those? Have we seen those? I haven't additions. Yeah, thank you. Those
were, so those were circulated, uh, earlier by ms. Lopez. I apologize.
I don't think we did hand them out physically. Um,
can I don't
since at 11:04 am um,
I have not received those. So why don't we
table this one for just a few minutes to make sure that everyone on the commission has
a chance to see the specific, um, items. Then we can come
back to it. And I know you have something at one 30, is that right? Commissioner franklin? That's
correct. Okay. Well we will work to work around your, your one 30.
alright, let's move on to case number 13.
item 13 is kz dash 26 dash 0 0 0 0 7 6.
an application fair amendment to specific use permit 2377 for commercial
motor vehicle parking on property zoned ir industrial research district on
the southeast corner of dairy milk lane and zodiac lane. This recommendation
is approved for a three year period subject to conditions. Great.
thank you ms. Garza. Are there any speakers on this item?
okay, commissioner carpenter, do you have a motion? Yes. In the
matter of z dash 26 dash 0 0 0 0 7 6. I
move to close the public hearing and follow staff recommendation of approval for a three
year period subject to conditions. Great. Thank you commissioner carpenter
for your motion. Vice chair herbert for your second. Any discussions?
seeing none. All those in favor say aye. Any opposed?
same nay. The motion carries item number
14,
item 14 z 26 0 0 0 9 7.
an application for v and eu plant development
district subdistrict for gr general retail subdistrict
uses on property zone mf two, multiple family
mf three, multiple family and gr subdistrict within plan development
district 1 93, the oak lawn special purpose district
and two, remove all of, uh, a dle core control
overlay on a portion bounded by maple avenue. Shell b avenue,
fairmont street and reagan street. Staff. Recommendation
is approval of one nu, uh, pd
sub-district subject to a development plan and staff recommended
conditions and two removal of the control
overlay on a portion. Great. Thank you dr.
hashmi. Are there any speakers on this item?
good afternoon plan commissioners. My name is cody arm brister, uh, 38 19
maple avenue, dallas, texas 7 5 2 1 9. We appreciate
your time and consideration here today. Uh, I'm speaking on behalf of the applicants for, uh,
the expansion of the old parkland campus, uh, through a very collaborative and beneficial
process in working with city staff, uh, commissioner kingston, uh, and
really drafting off of our, our prior phase and working with commissioner hampton. Uh, we're
excited about, uh, the, the application in front of you today and adding to the old parkland,
uh, campus and, uh, the betterment of the neighborhood. Uh, through that
collaborative process, we've made many great improvements, uh, to our development and design, uh,
which you see, uh, before you in the application process. We're excited about partnering
with the city on some, uh, improved, uh, improvements in the, in the neighboring vicinity as well.
and I'm happy to answer any questions that you might have about our application.
thank you. Next speaker.
and I am still phil perry, 36 10 north versailles representing
committee. This project was presented to us in may,
and the oak lawn committee voted unanimously to support the project
as it was presented. The membership was very,
um, appreciative of the thoughtful design, attention to detail, and the
high quality reflected throughout their proposal. Thank you.
thank you. Any other speakers in support?
speakers in opposition. Okay. Commissioner kingston,
do you have a motion? I do, and I have brief comments. If I get a second in
the matter of z 2 6 0 0 0 0 9 7,
I move that we close the public hearing and approve,
uh, the proposal in the docket subject to one change, and
that is to go with the applicant's, um, recommendation on parking
instead of staff. As a reminder, this is in pd 1 93.
I also move that we remove the d liquor over
control overlay. Okay. Thank you
for your motion. Commissioner kingston for your second commissioner hampton. Any
discussion? Yeah, I just wanna thank the applicant for working with
us on some things that are, I think are gonna be really beneficial for this
community. Um, one of the things that has been in the
pipeline in this area for a while are improvements to maple avenue and some
of the surrounding streets in that area is furtherance of our vision zero,
um, initiative. And the applicant has
graciously agreed, um, to work with transportation
on some of the signals, uh, in that immediate area to their campus
in order to provide some additional support for furthering
the city's, um, vision in that area and hopefully improving
the traffic flow and pedestrian facilities in
that area. And I just wanna thank the applicant for doing that because these type of
public, um, private, uh, collaborations
is how we are able to move the city forward in a lot of different ways.
and, uh, and I think that's an important aspect of, you know, what they're
doing over at old parkland and in that area generally. Thank you.
any other discussion on item number 14? Okay, seeing
none, we have a motion by commissioner kingston, seconded by commissioner hampton. All those in favor say
aye. Any opposed, say nay. The motion carries.
item number 15,
uh, item 15, an application for a new specific use permit
for the sale of alcohol beverages in conjunction with the general merchandise or food store.
3,500 square feet or less on property zone sub area two
within plan development district number 3 6 6, the buckner
boulevard special purpose district with a d one, the control overlay
on the south, on the south line of lake june road between hillburn drive
and rose garden avenue staff recommendation is approval subject to a
site plan and conditions. Great. Thank you mr. Lee.
is there anyone here to speak on item number 15?
good afternoon, uh, commissioners. Thank you for, uh, allowing me to be here. Uh,
my name is robert nunez and I'm with alchemy development partners. I'm here
representing mr. Um, mond, raji and
or k and ar investment inc. Um,
our clients are, um, got into a lease agreement
and after they got into the lease agreement for the property located at 78 12
late june, they found out that they required to apply
for an sup, uh, for, uh, the sale of beer and wine.
their, um, intent, or their theme was
just a, a convenience store, a new age convenience store with lighting, lots
of modern cameras and so on. And so, um,
that's why they hire us to bring the sup to you guys. Um, their
intent is also to remodel the entire suite, uh,
to bring the suite two, code two, the current code, the current
city codes, uh, including, uh, the restrooms, the, uh,
aisle width, um, heights, and so on.
and then they also bring improvements to the exterior where they'll
finish, what do, they'll replace all the finishes and then also
add cameras, lighting, uh, for protection and so on.
um, they also have a, another store operating
in dallas, so they have plenty of experience with this type of business
and how to handle beer and wine and in, in conjunction with the
convenience store. And so their plan is to bring a safe,
clean environment, um, for the community. And so I'm, I'm
here for any questions you may have. Um, and they are here
as well, but, um, you know, if you'd like for them to speak, they'll, they'll come
down and speak as well.
thank you, mr. Nunez. Are there any other speakers in support
on item number 15? Any speakers
in opposition? Okay. Commissioner serato, do you have a motion?
yes, uh, mr. Chair in the matter of case c 2 6 0 0 0 0 9 3,
I move to close the public hearing and approve for a period of one year with no eligibility for automatic
renewals, subject to site plan and conditions.
thank you commissioner serato for your motion. Commissioner sims for
your second. Any discussion? Yeah, just quickly, just,
uh, a you know, the one year period is just, it's a new development, it's a new, um,
space. Um, I believe there's like six or seven units total in
that one, um, building. And so just wanna make sure,
um, to hold the, the applicant accountable for, um,
you know, any activity happening there. So, um, yeah, hope I'll have your support.
okay. Just commissioner wheeler, is it for one
year or motion? Um, what was the staff recommendation?
I don't have sleep for the, what was the staff recommendation for how many years?
three. Um, so kind of my concern is that, um,
sometimes that one year doesn't give 'em a time to, to be able to see
what, what, what can be done. Um, especially if it's a
new business. Prob more like maybe two years.
if you, I would make like to make a friendly, uh, recommendation. Two years. I'm okay with switching to two years.
that's fine. Do you need me to read the again? Um, no.
so you're amending your motion to, to amd my motion to for a two year period? Yes. Is that okay with
you commissioner sims? Yeah, we'll just take that as a friendly amendment. Friendly amendment.
any other discussion on item number 15? Right.
seeing none. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed?
say nay. The motion carries. Is there nay? Okay. Yeah. Commissioner
gilbert smith. Is it now?
okay, item number 16.
item uh, number 16 is an application for a new specific use permit for
a bar launch or a tavern inside a commercial amusement limited
to a live music venue on, uh, property zone. Uh, track a
within, uh, plan development number 2 69, which is the deep
lum near east side district, uh, located on the northeast,
uh, corner of commerce street and malcolm x boulevard, also known
as uh, 29 0 1 commerce, uh, street staff. Recommendation
is approval subject to the site plan and staff's, uh, recommendation. Uh,
note that, uh, we, uh, staff send an updated,
uh, uh, conditions. Thank you.
alright, thank you so much mr. Aguilera. Are there any speakers in support
on item number 16? Okay, any speakers in
opposition? Seeing none, commissioner hampton, do you
have a motion?
I do. Thank you mr. Chair in the matter of z dash 26 dash 0 0 0 1 33,
I move to close the public hearing and approve the request subject to site plan
and applicant's requested, uh, conditions for a one year period and
I have comments if I have a second. Great. Thank you commissioner hampton for your motion.
commissioner kaufman for your second, your comments. Commissioner
hampton. Um, I appreciate the applicant as always. Um, reaching out
to the stakeholder community, this is recommended as a one year period. This is an
existing business, but a new sup um, deep elm has a
very robust process in place for evaluation of particularly
new businesses to make sure that their operations are running and compatible
with the robust number of suvs that they have within this area. I
fully expect that as a good operator, they likely will be, we hope they
will be, um, that it will be, um, a longer time period when they return. And I hope my
fellow commissioners, um, will support the motion. Thank you. Thank
you commissioner hampton. Any other discussion?
alright, we have a motion by commissioner hampton, second by commissioner kaufman.
all those in favor say aye. Any opposed, say nay.
the motion carries. Alright, let's move to our subdivision docket.
that's, that's it.
good afternoon, chair, ruben. Good afternoon, commissioners. Consent
agenda consists of 11 item item 17,
item 18, item 19, item 20,
item 21, item 22, item
23, item 24, item
25, item 26, and
item 27. Correction needed to be
done to the description of, uh, item number 17
s 2 34 dash 1 28 r is an application to,
uh, to revise a previously approved preliminary plat
s 2 34 dash 1 28 to create 13
residential lot ranging in size from 6,306
square feet to 11,353 square
feet, two common areas and a dedicated of right away
from 4.618 acre track of land
on property located in the dallas exar territorial jurisdiction,
etj on ray, on lake ray hubbard drive.
what was missing on this description was the two common
area correction is needed for item number 23
plat dash 26 dash 0 0 0 1 6 4.
the zoning district is pd 1 67, track
b, what was left out was the track b. All cases
have been posted for hearing at this time. And a staff recommend approval
subject to compliance with the condition listed in the docket or as amended
at the hearing. Thank you mr. Bbar,
I see that we have the representative sign up to speak online on number 18,
or is he there? No, not online. Okay, then
we'll go to the vice chair for a motion. Are there any other speakers on our subdivision consent
docket consisting of item 17 through 27?
no speakers. Vice chair, do you have a motion? I do. Um,
in the subdivision docket of cases 17 through 27, ma'am, were
you here to speak on one of the subdivision consent? Oh, I'm sorry,
27. Oh, you're, you're here to speak on
item number 26. I'm okay, let's take that one off and
have it considered individually. Okay. Um,
and commissioner herbert, can you make your motion?
yes. And, uh, um, subdivision docket cases 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,
and 27. I move to close the public hearing and approve the, the docket
as, um, subject to compliance with the conditions listed and adopted or changes
made at the hearing. Okay. Thank you so much, vice chair herbert for your motion.
commissioner carpenter for your second. Any discussion? No
discussion. All those in favor say aye. Any opposed, say nay.
the motion carries item number 26, item number 26
plat dash 26 dash 0 0 0 1 70 is
an application to create the 34 residential loss ranging
in size from 7,500 a square feet to 16,000
a square feet and three common areas. And to dedicate the right of
way from a 9.224 acre track of land
in the city block 7 5, 3 5 on property located between
bon view road and bellevue avenue north hub arrow
road. Um, a staff recommendation is approval subject
to compliance with the condition listed in the docket or as amended at the
hearing.
alright, thank you mr. Board barr. Uh, we'll go to
our public speaker on item number 26.
yep, whenever you're ready ma'am. Hello,
my name is dolores hodge and the records have me as dolores
williams. Um, my address is 2228 sutherland
avenue, of course, dallas 7 5 2 0 3.
uh, actually, I, I checked on my card that I was opposed and
simply because I don't really have enough information on
this particular project, uh, when we have our meetings
at the cedar crest country club, then
it's one thing said, and then another thing, it has been developed and so when I
received the notice, it will still again a different thing. So I was wondering
if there was someone here on this issue
that I could actually speak with that could actually say, oh, this is what it is. Because it,
it continuously changes. So when we have the meetings,
I'm really the only person who can speak because
I live directly across from where the transition is taking place.
so where I live, since it's a green belt in front of me
and we would have a lot of animals coming out and things like that, well I was
told that the entrance to the place
was gonna be on one side and then I found out it's
gonna be on another side and then I asked, well since it
the line keeps moving on, you keep moving the goal then is it gonna be
directly in front of me? So when it says three common areas,
I actually didn't know like where that was going to take place.
and I was under the impression since we had this meeting before they
kept, you know, changing that right now the street
that it's called the legends on key, it's being built
now a key in sutherland at the end of my street. So
it was supposed to be house houses, but then I see it coming
up, it's probably about 70% complete, but they're not houses
so I guess they're gonna do it on the other side. So the goal is keeps moving. So that's all I
was wanted to ask, just for some clarification. If someone knows somebody who can tell me something
other than our little sitting meeting that we're having, that was what I wanted
to know. Thank you so much and I appreciate when you told the other
gentleman, don't apologize, so I figured this is the city and you having good communication,
so I don't apologize. But thank you so much for your time.
thank you so much ma'am. Yeah. Any other speakers in on item number
26? Thank you. Ha ha.
hi, I'm russell lyons, uh, with strand engineering 1 0 0 3 technology
boulevard, west dallas, texas 7 5 2 2 0. Um,
so this one is, is the northern section. I think the one you may be referring to is
the southern portion, which is the pd. Okay, so the pd was the one
that, you know, we've run street names by the community and we're trying to get everything.
this one is just street zoning. Mm-hmm . So we're just going with the zoning that's already there. Mm-hmm
um, these are gonna be houses. We're not, we're not doing apartments. I know they're doing apartments
across the street, but that's not us. We're okay. We're sticking to what, you know, you've been shown
in the community scene. Um, but the pd one will be later.
I think that's item 32. Okay. So
that one should match what you've seen. What you've seen, okay. Yes,
I give results. Thank you. Yes ma'am. Thank you sir.
any other speakers on item number 26?
okay, seeing none, commissioner gilbert smith, do you have a motion
in the matter of plat
2 6 0 0 0 1 7 0?
I wanna, uh, I move to uh, close the public hearing subject,
all all staff recommendations.
and is that subject to compliance with the conditions listed in the docket? Yes. Okay, great.
thank you so much. Commissioner gilbert smith for your motion. Commissioner wheeler
for your second. Any discussion?
all those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed, say nay. The motion carries
and congratulations on making your first motion. Commissioner gilbert smith. I know it came as a
surprise. Alright, number 28. Number 28
flat dash 26 dash 0 0 1 2 4
is an application to repl 2.950 acre
track of land containing part of lot seven and all of lot four
in city block three over 7 4 9 0 to create
one lot on property located between rick's circle and
hillcrest road north of north haven road. 19.
notices were sent to the property owners within 200 feet of the property
on july 6th, 2026. We have received one
reply in favor and zero replies in opposition to this request.
a staff recommendation is approval subject to compliance with the condition
listed in the docket or as amended at the hearing. Thank
you so much, mr. Board, are there any speakers on item number 28
saying none. Commissioner cox, your motion?
thank you mr. Chair and the matter of plat
26 dash 0 0 1 24 uh,
move to close the public hearing and approve as recommended by staff
subject to compliance with conditions listed in the docket. Yes. Great. Thank you for
your motion. Commissioner cox, your second commissioner sims,
any discussion? None. All those in favor say aye.
any opposed? Nay? The motion carries item 29, item 29,
plat number 26 dash 0 1 5 6 is
an application to repl as 7.043 acre
track of land containing all of lot one in the city block one over 7, 5, 0, 0
and part of city block 7,500 to create 31 lots
ranging in size from 3,150 square feet
to 6,002 a square feet and three common area
on property located on forest lane and
aals road, south corn southwest corner 80 notices
were sent to the property owner within 200 feet of the property on july 6th, 2026.
we have received zero reply in uh, favor and
one reply in opposition to this request. A staff recommendation
is approval subject to compliance with the condition listed in the docket or
as amended at the hearing. Thank you mr. Port
bar. Just one second.
thank you. Any speakers on item number 29?
okay, seeing none. Commissioner housewright, do you have a motion? Yes, mr. Chair. And prior to
the motion I did wanna state that I yesterday received an email from the applicant, which
I did not respond to or open. So, um, in the matter
of plat two six dash uh, 1 5 6, I move that we
follow staff, staff recommendation of approval subject to compliance with the conditions
listed in the docket. Great. Thank you. Uh, commissioner housewright
for your motion. Vice chair herbert for your second. Any discussion?
okay, anyone else with comments? All those in favor say aye.
aye. Any opposed? Say nay. Nay. The motion carries item number 30
and there's been a request to have this brief, so let's have mr. Bogart go through that
before we, um, call the case
item number 30. Plat number 26 dash 0 0 1 6 3
is an application to repl a 2.142 acre track of
land containing all of lot four and five in
city block m over 4 8 9 2 to create
one 35,731 square
feet lot and one 57,581
square feet lot on property located on canyon drive at
waga road southeast corner. 16
notices were sent to the property owner within 200 feet of the property
on july 6th, 2026. We have
received zero replies in favor and five replies in opposition to this request.
uh, a staff recommendation is approval subject to compliance with the condition listed
in the docket or as amended at the hearing.
the prop, the property on the corner of waga and canyon
drive, uh, have a slow power of, uh,
about 30 feet from, uh, uh, uh,
dimension of, uh, elevation of 5 0 3 to
4 83. That
would be more than 30 feet drop drop off. So what they're doing, they're
adjusting the lot line between the lot four and five and giving
more buildable area to lot four.
uh,
the, the surrounding
area is starting from north of the property. We have
lots 22,000 unchange, 45,073,000,
56,000, 54,000 to the south. We
have 15,000, 17,000, 16,000 to
the east. We have 35,000, 42,000, 38,000
based on the variation of the lot sizes and, uh, different
shape of the lots within the immediate area,
a staff recommends that there there is no, um,
that section 51 8 8 0.503, uh,
be complies with that section. And there is no issue with
the planning regulation no with the zoning regulation, therefore a staff
recommends approval. Thank you so much mr. Bbar.
I think you've read it in. So why don't we go to our public speakers. Are there any speakers in
support? Mr. Baldwin?
good afternoon. Afternoon, mr. Baldwin. My name's rob baldwin. I have 3 9 0 4
elm street, suite b in dallas. Uh, I'm here representing the
property owner on this
and this is, this is up in bluff view.
so as mr. Bbar said, it's pretty
simple. So this is the, the properties
it is today, both lots, lot four and lot five. Uh, lot four
is in the green lot. Five of the proposed is in the blue. So
that, that's what we're proposing. Uh, if
you look really closely, you can see that there was original lot line, you
follow the blue arrow down. So lot five and lot four were,
um, basically, um, separate lots, uh,
but lot five was a bigger building site
back before, uh, current times. Uh,
the city of dallas has let you build over lot lines and so what the
previous property owner did was annex part of lot four into their, their
build site and they built the house on that property. The purpose of this
request is to actually move the original lot line
east or southeast to match the building track line.
so we have a a, a legal building site house under construction,
um, but lot four doesn't is not a legal building site 'cause it
is part of a lot now. So, um, the, the whole purpose of this is
to move the actual lot line to meet the
building site that has been historically at and and transferred in
that configuration. Um, so there'll be a single family home built
on each lot. Uh, I hope I made sense. I'm here to answer any questions you may have.
thank you. Thank you mr. Baldwin. Any other speakers
in support? We will go to our speakers in opposition.
should have an opinion call.
I think we have a presentation, so let me,
and we have, hmm,
yes sir.
good to go. Thanks. Dallas crum, um,
uh, 1431 west mockingbird, suite
1 0 7 west. Um, you know, I may from time to time
have certain observations about the city of dallas, rarely am I here against things.
um, but one thing the city of dallas does really well is subdivision stuff.
they do it fast, which is unusual too. So this is an effort
I think to ask forgiveness for. And you'll hear from the neighbors for
sort of some egregious not getting drainage and paving and 8.503,
I, I don't disagree with mr. Boro guard about it meets the math,
but if you read after that, the pattern already established
in the adjacent area is having due regard to the character of the a area.
its particular, particular suitability for development and in taking
into consideration the natural topography of the ground, drainage,
et cetera. So the first part of this, they probably meet the math
part that there's a variety of shapes and a lot of lots, but what they're
doing here is, you know, changing the nature. I think most people know
this was a dairy farm, which is kind of cool and you know,
most of the lots are one acre and, and it, and you
know, like one history that says lot character trees setback, privacy
are what define this area. That's what makes bluff view,
bluff view and the bluff. They have really removed the bluff
by their, you know, going out and, and just scraping
the site, uh, without, at the time all the right permits,
um, to the point that they have created something that wouldn't otherwise
be there. I mean my, I think what defines bluff view and that neighbor,
that neighborhood is the natural space is what defines it and makes
its character, not the structures. This would be fine. Like in vent tree,
you know, big house and a big lot they're creating as mr. Burgart, he got this,
that part, right? For sure they are creating a larger building site and
they've done it by digging into the bluff and the slope to create a much larger
site. To have a much larger house. And they've also, we'll
show you, I mean this is kind of the nature of, you know, you go out to bluff view, you can't
see the houses until you're on the lot. In many cases we're gonna have a big
suburban style, you know, development. So here, you, you know, here
I think this exhibit shows what they're doing and then they've created in that
blue area a lot more buildable space. So
they're changing the nature of the site and making it much larger than
what otherwise would be there. So this isn't like, oh, we got an older home
and we're just gonna replace it with a similar newer home. It's different site. Um,
I mean, and here I'll show you some pictures. I think the neighbors will show you more. There
were, I, I I mean hundreds of dump trucks taking this
site down, creating this very large pla so that's when I said
at the beginning, they're asking for permission now after
that's your time, you know, uh, my colleague will finish for us, but I'm
happy to stay and answer questions too. Next speaker.
hello, crystal limas 1341 west mockingbird lane,
suite 1 0 7 west, uh, dallas, texas 7 5 2 4 7.
um, I think as dr. Cothran was talking about, they're taking the bluff out of
bluff view. I think there was a lot of due diligence that wasn't done beforehand, especially
for this major remodel. Uh, the proposed pla conflicts
with the intent and the purpose of the dallas development code by failing to respect the
established neighborhood. Its natural topography, the pattern, its character,
um, its inconsistency to preserve its natural character, the terrains,
the trees, the landscape, and has already made significant
alterations that have already occurred
here. We can see the before and after of the
existing subject site where the single car driveway that is off of
tu waga road and now it has been widened
for construction access. And this is the blue area that was highlighted
in the terrain. Now long
canyon drive the slope as well. Um, you could see the slope,
the drainage that goes, falls into waga road, but those mature trees have
also been removed. And the elevation
change of the fire hydrant, the grading, that was completely done beforehand.
I think there is a lot of, um, this is one of the stages having
the plat development done, is there are several other development
stages that are in the future. So this is something that due
diligence is gonna have to be really respectful and have to be
considered. Again, we have the drainage, the slope that is going
down into waga road and site
grading. I think these are a couple of videos
and you can see the drastic gray change that is happening on site.
and for the next video, not only are they making altering
their site, they're also altering the neighbor across the street
where the subject property sits at a higher elevation.
and I think it's more, the more than simply drawing new lot lines of phases of
construction that will take place. It's increasing the building footprint on a corner lot
and corner laws are more visible and contribute to the street
scape, especially with two frontages for the subject property. That's your time. Thank
you. Alright, next speaker and opposition.
good afternoon. I'm steve byers. I live at 44 30 wildwood road.
I'm a runner. I run by the house every day. I walk my dog by this house
and this property every day. I know it very well. I I wanna thank all the
people that are here for trying to help dallas be a better place. I know your time
is valuable and I'll try and be succinct. Um, I represent over
20 neighbors who found out about this hearing, but were unable to make it and knew I
was gonna be here and says, please speak for us. And I can tell you within the neighborhood,
we are united and all of the people in bluff view are opposed to this project.
we all assume a degree of responsibility when we do a construction
project in a neighborhood. It can disrupt a neighborhood, it can disrupt privacy
of neighbors, it can do a lot of things that are negative. There's a positive outcome many
times, but only when you work with your fellow neighbors, only when you communicate,
you work with them. This did not happen in this case.
I think it's appropriate that the owners of this property are not here today. They're never
available. They were never available to us. They never, they hid behind
the project. You couldn't get through the dump trucks that were going to destroy this
prop, this property. You couldn't find a way to contact them.
you still can't. There were never postings to find out who was doing this.
just suddenly I couldn't, I couldn't go by the property. There were so
many dump trucks taking this property down 20 feet or more of hard
rock, removing mature trees. The destruction is
a moral crime. If you've ever been to bluff view, you know how
bluff view is unique. It has changing topography unique to dallas,
lots of mature trees. We live in a house that's over a hundred years old.
our house is only remarkable because barney, the purple dinosaurs cra live
there. Originally this property was unique because it's had anybody from
paul mccartney's family spent a summer there to a lot of other folks like the cast of dallas
and other folks. It was a unique property that's been destroyed. We
don't trust this owner to go further because of what they've done
so far. How can we trust them to maintain the neighborhood
of bluff view and how special it really is to the city of dallas
if they continue to go forward? They have not earned that trust for
us. Hopefully they haven't earned it with you guys. Um,
I really hope that the commission and I know you are here to try and protect
dallas and look after its best interests. Here is an opportunity
to do exactly that and save the neighborhood of bluff u and its
special characteristics. Thank you.
next speaker.
hi, I am haley ow at 48 0 7 west lovers lane.
good afternoon. Bluff view is one of dallas's most unique natural landscapes
for generations. It has been defined by its dramatic topography, matri, mature
trees, wildlife in historical significance. It has been
home to great horned dows, red-tailed hawks, and many other protected
species while serving as a natural buffer for our neighborhood
today. All of that has been destroyed. Beginning in november, mature
trees were not marked and were ripped out with excavation
in march and only left a few standing to this day,
many of them have exposed roots, dying trees and nearly 50 foot trees
leaning toward homes in power lines, creating safety
concerns. A landscape that took generations to form has
been altered in just months. In early march, excavation
happened in more than a thousand rock trucks lined the roads to remove
material from a neighborhood where large trucks are restricted to 2000
pounds, 2000 tons except for deliveries
hard, fast, and do not get caught. Approach to my understanding,
required permits were not obtained before this work began. City rules
require permitting for excavation of four feet or more. Yet
there was between anywhere from 10 to 15 feet minimum
of, of earth removed off of the top layer on
the property as a whole, which I am sure is different than what was
presented in the original paperwork. Since the excavation began,
we have seen changes that have never be occurred before.
the trees, the vegetation that once absorbed, the rainfall
has been removed, leaving exposed clay and increased runoff.
the results are already visible. The erosion failing streets,
broken asphalt and increased flooding risk for nearby
homes. One home has already experienced water entering
its attached garage and bluff. You did not have these issues
before. Bluff you's beauty and privacy comes from
its natural terrain. Replacing that with a bare concrete house
will increase the heat, threaten remaining vegetation and permanently
change this neighborhood. I ask that you not rely on reports
and drawings. Please come walk the property, see the damage, the erosion,
and talk to more of the residents experiencing these impacts firsthand.
the reality on the ground tells a different story than what the paperwork will
show. I ask for a full transparent, independent review
of what has occurred and the long-term impact of, of bluff view
in all of its residents. Bluff view is more than a development site. It
is an irreplaceable part of dallas's natural heritage.
once it is gone, it cannot be restored. Please do not approve
this project until the full impact that's has been properly evaluated.
the landscape architect is no longer on's your time, project your time. Don't you find that
questionable? Thank. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker.
good afternoon. My name is carolyn blankenship coleman. I'm a native dallasite
and I live directly across from this property. I respectfully oppose
the proposed property line adjustment because I believe it's inconsistent with the
character of bluff view and the, and the protection of the
natural environment. For these reasons, I respectfully as the commission to deny this request.
I have provided a handout with photographs comparing the property's
condition when it was marketed for sale to its current state. Along with the
prior and current surveys. These materials show significant changes that
have occurred. The survey maps applied by the owner, which is labeled
current, reflects topography conditions created
after sub substantial grading and excavation has already
occurred. This work was done without a city permit and does not
represent the property's natural state at the time of the purchase. The hill on canyon
reflects the original elevation, yet the hill has been lowered approximately
10 to 14 feet. These altered conditions should
not be treated and accepted simply because they appear on the applicant's
survey. In recent months, the neighborhood has experienced extensive excavation.
approximately a thousand trips from 18 wheeler, rock trucks
remove dirt and stone from the site along with dust, noise
and removal. About a hundred trees causing major terrain
changes. These activities have already created viable erosion
and damage along canyon drive and have placed significant stress on
nearby trees, wildlife, and the surrounding natural environment.
bluff view is defined by its natural bluffs, creeks, mature trees,
wildlife, and rolling terrain. Expanding the property to create
a flatter, larger building site is inconsistent with the character
of bluff view in risks, further damage in the natural terrain,
mature trees, disturbing wildlife habitat, and reducing the
environmental protections that make this neighborhood unique. These lots
are bordered by a natural ravine on the backside that serves
as a drainage corridor and provides important habitat for
wildlife. Altering this terrain in this area has the potential to
affect natural water flow disturb wildlife habitat,
increase erosion and diminish environmental features that define
bluff view itself. Plans appear to include a larger
residence, guest house and tennis court, which will require further grading
to increase a level in level pad in court. Increasing
these negative impacts. Such changes are
inconsistent with bluff use, natural character and rolling terrain.
for these reasons are, uh, respectfully ask the commission to deny the
request for the property aligned adjustment if this commission
nevertheless approves the request. I was respectfully your time. It
clearly states that the approval is only limited solely to the boundary
and not the topographical survey. Thank you. Next speaker.
hi, my name is charles nuff. I live at 87 32 canyon drive,
uh, directly north of the property. 20 years ago, we bought a little
1940s house in bluff view because of its natural beauty and the
wonderful neighbors. This is not about the neighborhood
telling the owners what and how they should build. It's about following
the proper permit process and filing the correct permits.
the owners knew from the beginning if they properly presented what they had planned
to do, the city would have denied the permits. The
owners also tried to impose a gag order in an nda when
a neighbor tried to get them to pay for the damage to her property. If
she had signed this nda, she would not be able to talk or
speak today about the repl. Why did the owners try to impose this
gag order? What are they trying to hide when filing the
initial permit? The owners completely misrepresented
what was actually going to be done to the property. Would the city have
actually approved the removal of 25,000 cubic yards of
soil and destruction of the bluff? In bluff view? I don't think
so. Would the city have allowed the owner to cut down numerous large
old growth trees without an inventory of the existing tree
types and sizes? I doubt it.
what is the true intent of the owners wanting to replant
this? Why are the owners trying to change the property lines
by increasing the size of one lot and decreasing the size of the other lot?
why are the owners not combining the two lots into a single parcel,
which is how they've treated this from the very beginning, given
the owner's lack of transparency in the permitting process,
I strongly urge you the city planning commission to reject and oppose
the pro repl. Thank you for your consideration.
other speakers in opposition here in person? I think we have a
few signed up online or any of them online. Charles
nuff? Yes. Oh, I'm sorry, what
was the question? Oh, uh, you were signed up to speak online, but you just spoke in person.
scott mcneil. Okay.
I believe you try to do it online. Yep, we're going to him online.
mr. Mcneil, are you there?
scott mcneil?
okay, I think we heard from carolyn blankenship coleman
and mr. Cothran and steve byers. Haley
banta. Oh great. That's you. Alright, uh, mr. Mcneil,
one more time. Are you there? We'd be happy to hear from you if you're there.
okay, we will move on to mr. Baldwin for a two minute rebuttal.
good afternoon. Um, I agree that bluff you is a very special
place and but what we're talking about here today
is does it make sense for the, the commission
to approve the cha moving of a lot line to match the
way the property's actually been used for the last 40 years
or so? That is the established pattern of the neighborhood, the current
building site and the secondary lot. That's what we're asking
for today. Um, I've not been involved with any of the permitting, don't know what that's,
what's involved with that, but I do know that going through the plating
process does put the proper under more scrutiny, meaning we have to turn in full
engineering plans, water and sewer plans, paving and drainage plans that have
to be approved and enforced by the city. So I
think if the neighbors are looking for environmental protection, going through the pla process is the
right way to do it. Uh, and I'm here to answer any questions you may have. Thank you.
thank you. Mr. Baldwin. Commissioner
hall, do you have a motion?
uh oh. Mr. Chairman, may I have a moment to confer with
you and perhaps our legal counsel on this? Why don't we take
a five minute break? Thank you.
all right, let's, uh, go back on
the record. It is now two 15 commissioners. If we could all take
our seats.
it is now 2:16 pm and we are back on the record.
we're on case number 30 and we will go to commissioner hall for a motion.
okay. Uh, thank you mr. Chair and thank you for the the time to confer.
um, in the matter of plat 26 0 0 0 1 63.
I move to close the public hearing and follow staff's recommendations of approval
for the repl of the subject property subject to conditions
listed in the docket. And if I get a second, I have a few comments
to make. Thank you. Vice chair herbert for your second, your comments. Commissioner hall?
yeah. Thank you mr. Chair. Uh, this is a total blindside
to me. I hope you guys understand that by state law we are limited
to what we can discuss regarding plat cases.
uh, this, this, this is all new because this is
a plat. I could not and cannot dig into this case
as I would for a zoning change. We
simply just cannot discuss and we generally have to follow by
state law staff's recommendations. Our role today
is to vote on the repl, not to address the demolition destruction
of the land alteration, lack of permits, and so
forth. That will be done, uh, by engineering.
uh, this is a preliminary plat. In order
to get the final approval of the plat, it has to go through a bunch of in, in
engineering evaluations, landscape and so forth. The issues
you bring up here today will be addressed in that process,
not by this repl. So therefore, I, uh, have
to recommend approval and, uh, the commission
will have to vote on that. Thank you, mr. Chair.
thank you commissioners. Additional discussion. Commissioner hampton.
thank you mr. Chair. I do wanna acknowledge everyone who came
down here to speak. As commissioner hall has mentioned, we are limited
in what we're able to consider, um, the information that was circulated in,
um, the testimony. We are, uh, we, we do have the provisions of
51 a, um, 8.503 in considering lots. But
most of the items, um, that I heard regarding access regarding
tree removal, um, those are implications that
are outside of the consideration of this body, unfortunately,
and I do hope that there is more robust engagement as
this goes through the other city departments. Um, we hear
you, but unfortunately we do not have a lot of, um,
leeway in these considerations. Thank you, mr. Chair.
commissioner willer, reagan, I confer with, um, everything
that my other, um, commissioners have said and these items that we
might not discuss there. You have to go through other avenues within the city
that can address that right now,
um, and use those tools when those things happening in your community
that is not addressed, that, that you believe is illegal. Um,
and you have to go through those avenues such as 3 1 1 in your council district
commissioner's. Additional discussion. Um, I'll, I'll
just speak for a moment on this. I, I do want acknowledge the,
um, neighbors who have come down. Um, our
authority when it comes to plats is really looking at some very
narrow items, whether it's met state law requirements
for platting as well as whether it's met the city
code requirements for plating. Um, there are things that were brought
up today that sound like they could be very valid concerns in the part
of the neighbors, but we're not here to, um,
ultimately under our limited platting authority to look at, um,
those issues. For example, whether proper permits were pulled or not.
um, that does not give us a basis to approve
or deny a plat that is for, um, code
compliance and the, the building official to look at.
and additionally, some of the
engineering and other things like that, which are again, very important aren't
for our consideration at this preliminary plat stage.
um, I, I understand I, you know, sometimes wish we could take into
account the entirety of a development, everything that's come before or after, but we
really, we are very limited in what we look at here in terms of platting
as to the state law and the 8.503 standard. And I'll add on 8.503,
which is our standard for lot size. The primary, primary
consideration there is the pattern already established in adjacent areas
and the remaining things about character suitability for development
topography, those are subordinate considerations to
the pattern. The pattern based on the way that it's directed is our primary consideration.
and this does fit it within the pattern and questions
about character and, and other issues, unfortunately, or,
you know, don't we, we don't have free wide ranging discretion under 8.503.
it is hemmed then pretty narrowly. So again, I, I
don't want to, I, I can't, you know,
ultimately determine that the truth of some of the things that the neighbors have said
today about the lack of permits or other issues there.
um, they sound like very important concerns, but they're ultimately ones that, uh, do need
to be addressed in a different forum other than the plan commission. So we
do need to, I, I do believe that we're compelled under state law in the city code to
approve this plot today. Um, but I would encourage you to look to those other forums
to, um, raise those concerns that you've addressed. So I will
be supporting the motion. Any other discussion? Seeing
none. We have a motion by commissioner hall, seconded by the vice chair to
follow staff information of approval subject to compliance with conditions listed with docket.
all those in favor say aye. Any opposed? Saying nay. The motion
carries item 31. Item 31
plat 26 dash 0 1 66
is an application to repl a 5.851 acre track
of land containing all of lot one in city block
b over 6 7 7 3, and track of land in city
block 6 7 7 3 to create one four thou 43,560
acre lot and one 43,568
acre lot and 158,729
acre lot on property located on bruton road east of masters
drive. 60. Notices were sent to the property owner within 200
feet of the property on july 6th, 2026.
we have received two replies in favor and zero reply
to opposition to this request. A staff recommendation is, uh,
approval subject to compliance with the condition listed in the docket or as amended
at the hearing. Okay. Thank you mr. Board barr, do
we have any speakers on item number 31?
okay, seeing none, commissioner wheel. Reagan, do you have a motion? I
I do in the matter of plat dash 26
dash 0 0 0 1 6 6. I move to close of public
hearing and follow staff recommendation of approval subject to the compliance
with the list, with the conditions listed in the docket. Great. Thank
you. Commissioner wheeler reagan for your motion. Vice chair for your second. Any discussion?
seeing none. All those in favor say aye. Any opposed, say nay. The motion
carries item number 32,
item number 32 pla 26 dash 0 1 7 1
is an application to repl a 27.5 acre track of land
containing olive of lots, one through 16 in city block
a over 7, 5, 3 8 olive of lots, one through 15
in city block b over 7, 5 38,
all of lots, one through 16 in city block c over 7, 5, 3 8,
olive of lots, one through 14 in city block d over
7, 5, 3, 8, all of lots one through 12
and 17 in city block e over 7, 5, 3 8,
olive lots one through six in city block f over 7, 5, 3 8,
and an abandoned portion of a right of way to create 122
lots ranging in size from 4,000 square feet to
7,156 square feet, along with the
seven common areas. And to dedicate a right of way on
property located on bon view road south of arrow road
41. Notices were sent to the property owner within 200 feet of the
property on july 6th, 2026. We have
received eight replies in favor and zero reply in opposition to
this request. A staff recommendation is approval subject
to compliance with the condition listed in the docket or as amended at the hearing.
any speakers on item number 32?
is your microphone on? I don't,
can you, can you turn your microphone on and repeat what you just said? Oh, sorry. Russell lyons
with strand engineering, um, 1 0 0 3 technology boulevard,
west dallas, texas 7 5 2 2 0. Um, I'd be happy
to answer any questions you all may have on this project. Thanks. Thank
you. Are there any other speakers on this item? One
across , right? Yes, ma'am. Okay. Got the right one.
I tried this again. Dolores hodge, 2228 sutherland
avenue, dallas, texas 7 5 2 0 3.
now I live directly across from this property that's being
developed and uh, russell did talk to me to tell
me some more information about it and then I did hear
what it said that there were eight in favor and then zero opposed.
I don't know how mine got missed, but okay. But I oppose it and I'll do
a new, a new slip as well. But, uh, listening
to how it's being developed and where
I live on lot eight h mark
cuban is lot g he, so we're connected.
so since we're connected and it's being developed,
and, and I know this because it's right in, in front of me, that
apparently something is being done to the trees to, to start to get them to,
you know, lay down or whatever, to develop the area.
but it's done in a manner in which
that does not really promote transparency because like
I said, I live across the street from it and, but I'm,
I'm, I'm gonna be more inclined to go ahead and speak with russell,
uh, aside from the board to get more clarification. I was, but
I was told, but he just told me different. So I was told
that the entrance would be, if I'm standing here, it would be where,
um, colin is, colin kun is,
but now I'm being told it's no that the opening will be like where
it says liliana. So it's more closer to me than it is
away from me. So when I was saying earlier how it keeps moving,
it's, it's just not consistent, so you can approve it if you want.
I'm just saying that it just, it just doesn't
promote transparency. But I, I, like I said, I look forward to working with them, so I
don't want to just like, oh, I don't want it because I do know the city of dallas does need housing.
a lot of different things happen, but we know if,
because I worked for the state of texas before, if we don't
say anything then you don't know. So thank you for your time and
I'd be happy to answer any questions. I'm like you russell . Thank you.
no, thank you. Alright,
any other speakers on item number 32? Okay.
commissioner gilbert, gil gilbert smith, do you have a motion
this time? I'm prepared. Delore dolores?
no, I'm, I'm asking ms. Ms. Oh commissioner gilbert smith, uh, in the matter
of case plat two six dash 0 0 0 1 71,
I move to close the public hearing and follow staff recommendations
of approval subject to compliance with the conditions listed in the
docket. Thank you commissioner gilbert smith for your motion. Commissioner housewright
for your second. Any discussion? Okay, no
discussion. All those in favor say aye. Any opposed, say nay. The motion carries
item 33. Item 33 pla 26
dash 0 0 0 1 5 7 is an application
to rela 0.245 acre track of land
containing all of lot 15 in city block nine over 6 1 7 6
to create one lot and to reduce a portion of a 15
foot plaid building line along west line of lakemont
drive, varying from 7.8 feet to 13.6
feet on property, located on d villa drive
at lakemont drive northwest corner. 22 notices
were sent to the property owner within 200 feet of the property on july 6th, 2026.
we have received three replies in favor and zero reply in opposition
to this request. This request requires two motion because
it's a rela and involved with removal, excuse me,
reduction of a plaid building line. The first motion is to approve
or deny reduction of the existing building line. And
the second motion would be to approve or deny, uh, the
plat. The staff recommendation is approval subject to compliance with the condition
listed in the docket or as amended at the hearing.
thank you mr. Board barr. Is there anyone here to speak on item number 33?
okay. Commissioner hall, your first motion?
thank you mr. Chair.
uh, concerning case plat 26 0 0 0 1 5 7.
I move to close the public hearing and approve the request to reduce a portion of the
15 foot platted building line along the west line
of lake mark drive. With the finding of fact that reduction of the building
line will not require minimum front, side or real yard setbacks
less than required by zoning regulation be contrary to the public
interest, adversely affect neighboring properties or
adversely affect the plan for the order orderly development of the subdivision.
sorry. Thank you commissioner hall for your motion. Commissioner cox for your second.
any discussion? No discussion. All those in favor say aye. Aye.
any opposed to may? The motion carries. Commissioner hall, your second motion.
thank you again, mr. Chair. Um, in the matter of plat
2 6 0 0 0 1 5 7, I move to follow staff's
recommendations of approval for the repl of the subject property subject
to compliance with conditions listed in the docket. Thank you commissioner
hall for your motion. Commissioner cox for your second. Any discussion
saying none. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Say nay. Motion
carries. Alright, we will move to our certificate of appropriateness
for signs, which is a consent docket.
item three four is sign dash 26 dash 0 0 8 8 9.
an application for certificate of appropriateness by victoria morris. Uh, jackson walker,
llp for a 292.8 square foot backlit channel letter
sign mounted on the southeastern
facing, southwestern facing facade at 1919. Woodall rogers
freeway, southwest elevation staff recommendation approval s-s-d-a-c.
recommendation. Approval item 35
is signed. Dash two six dash 0 0 0 8 9 0. And application
for certificate of appropriateness by victoria morris of jackson
walker, llp for a 383.3 square
foot backlit channel letter sign mounted on the southeastern facing
facade at 1919. Woodall rogers freeway, southeast elevation
staff recommendation approval s-s-d-a-c. Recommendation is
approval. Thank you mr. Roper. Um, is there anyone here
to speak on either of her signed consent items?
victoria morris with jackson walker, 2323 ross avenue, suite 600 in dallas
here for any questions that you have, but very excited for these applications and, uh,
respectfully request for your recommendation of approval or I guess your
approval. Thank you. Anyone else here to speak on
our signed consent items? 34 or 35.
okay. Seeing none. Commissioner kingston, do you have a motion?
yes. In the matters sign 26 0 8 8 9
and sign 26 0 8 9 0 on the consent
docket. I move for approval. Um,
yeah. Great. Thank you mr. Kingston for your motion advice chair for your second.
any discussion saying none. All those in favor say aye.
any opposed? The motion carries. We'll go to our thorough for pre amendment.
mr. Chair, did we wanna dispose of our open zoning case and our,
and I will apologize to my colleagues reconsideration of an item? Sure,
we can, we can do that. Um, do we wanna go back to case number?
is it eight? Yes. Okay. Ca
12. Thank you. Case number 12.
yeah,
there you go. Thank you.
uh, item 12, this case z 25 2 29. An application for a newed plan development
district for li light industrial uses on property zoned a agricultural district on the south line
cleveland road, west of lancaster, hutchins road. Staff. Recommendations, approval, subject to conditions.
thank you mr. Bate, I believe can you go ahead and make a motion? Commissioner
franklin? Yes, I will. Mr. Chair in the matter
of case number z dash 25 dash 0 0 0 2 29,
I move to close the public hearing and approve, do recommendation subject
to the conditions hand well circulated via email
in today's, uh, meeting to show the following changes.
one a a an sup requirement for temporary concrete or
asphalt batch plant number two, reduce maximum structure
height to 70 feet. Three deviations
from article 10. Landscaping for site trees, street
yard, landscaping, buffers, parking lots, and dumpster
screening. Number four, incorporated artificial lot delineation
from article ten five, addition of irrigation requirements.
and six, change the caliper sizes, the
caliper tree sizes from two inches to four inches in subsections
a one, two, and three, and c one
b in the landscaping section. Thank
you commissioner franken for your motion. Commissioner carpenter for your second
ms. Morrison. Does that cover all the perfect. Alright,
uh, any comments? Commissioner franklin? Uh,
no. Nothing other than, uh, wanted to thank, uh, mr. Martinez, uh, for
his work. It's been a couple of months, but I think we finally got it there and over the finish line. I
appreciate it. Great. Any other comments? Commissioner hampton?
just one question with the, um, sup for the temporary batch plant
that will be submitted at a later date, is that correct?
that's correct. If the app or if the property owner. Or property owner, yeah, it
was, the conditions carried over the old language we used with special authorization by the building
official. Uh, we've since moved on from using that language and we uses now. Yep.
thank you for the clarification. Thank you mr. Chair. Okay. Commissioner
willie reagan, um, on the change of the caliber of the trees
by any chance is, is there, was there any consideration or
did it show whether utilities are located on the property
or if those utilities are underground? That might cause the, uh, the
caliber of trees to um, not be able to comply with the,
with the terms? 'cause if
it's, if there is overhead utilities,
those might have to be placed throughout the property. Other places where a lower,
uh, smaller caliber trees would be, um, in
place along where those utilities are at, uh,
those particular conditions were not, uh, considered. But I'll allow mr. Martinez just
opine. Um, thank you mr. Chairman. Uh, santos
martinez 24 89. Camille , northeast rio rancho, new mexico 8 7 1 4 4.
those provisions are already in article 10. If there are conflicts with, uh,
utilities, uh, a different location needs to be proposed for those trees. But
I will say for the record, there are no utilities on the lot today. It's, uh, 50 acres
of vacant land. If anything, there might be, um, on the perimeter,
but I think it's across the street. There are, there's nothing servicing the property today.
mm-hmm um, but in the event that utilities do come in, article 10 does have provisions
of either relocation or looking at a smaller tree that the arborist can, uh,
recommend so that the standards are still met. Um, so one concern is,
is that because we're creating a landscape plan within this instead of de
we're deviating from article 10, is that anywhere that, if that is the provision
that we put that into this, into this, um, today
'cause we're deviating from article 10 and creating a landscape plan.
uh, just to chime in some de just to chime in with some detail there, uh, there isn't a landscape
plan associated with this, um, pd at this time. It's just the landscaping standards.
um, I read of the standards here is that they are pretty broad in terms of the sighting of the trees.
uh, I think that would provide the needed flexibility between that and standard interpretation of
landscaping at permitting, uh, to deal with utility conflicts as they come up.
okay. It's pretty broad. It's really just, you know, site trees
based on a certain square footage, street yard landscaping where again, it just has to be within
the street yard, which is defined in the pd, um, as well as landscape buffers
and parking lot buffers and for the parking lot buffers, a lot of that is just shrubbery
actually. Okay. Any other discussion?
alright, we have a motion by commissioner franklin,
seconded by commissioner carpenter. All those in favor say
aye. Any opposed, say nay. The motion carries. I think I'll
recognize commissioner hampton for a motion for reconsideration on item number 16.
thank you mr. Chair in the matter of z dash 26
dash 0 0 0 1 3 3. I move to reconsider
the case. Okay, do we have second? Do we have a second? Uh, thank you vice chair
herbert for your second. I don't believe this is debatable so we will
just take a vote on it. All those in favor say aye.
any opposed, say nay. The motion carries. So can you read the case
back in 16?
it's case number 16 1 6. We oh, we
don't need to read it back in, right back to her.
okay. We'll go back to commissioner hampton for a motion on case 16. Thank you.
and I, well thank you in the
matter of z dash 26 0 0 0 1 3 3.
I move to close a public hearing and approve, um, the request,
um, for an sup for a one year period subject to
a site plan and applicant's recommended conditions
again for a one year period, no automatic renewal with the hours of operation
revised to 6:00 pm and 2:00 pm the next
day, monday through friday and 11:00 am until 2:00 am the
next day, saturday and sunday. And I have brief comments if I have a second. Thank
you for your motion. Commissioner hampton, commissioner kaufman for your second,
your comments and I apologize to my commissioners. These are the,
um, conditions that were circulated earlier. I missed including the
hours of operation in the record in my original motion and, um,
would ask for your support. Thank you. Any further discussion?
seeing none. All those in favor say aye. Any opposed, say nay. The motion carries.
we will go to our thorough fair plan amendments. Item 36,
an amendment to the city of dallas thorough fair plan to change the designation
of grady nelo road between 3,650 feet
east of mountain creek parkway and maryfield road from a standard six
lane divided principal arterial roadway and 107 feet of right of way
to a minimum four lane divided minor arterial railway in
80 feet of rightway staff recommends approval to amend the designation
of grady number road between 3,650 feet east of
mountain creek parkway and maryfield road from a standard six lane divided principal
arterial railway in 107 feet of rightway to a minimum four lane divided
minor arterial and 80 field right away.
thank you so much. Um, I see that
the applicant's representative, mr. Segovia has signed up to speak online.
is he there? Okay, mr.
segovia.
good afternoon. Um, can you hear me? Yep.
hi, um, just here, uh, to represent and answer
any potential questions that may come up. Okay, thank you. Any
other speakers? Uh, on item number 36.
okay. Seeing none. Commissioner herbert, do you have a motion?
yes. On um, item number 36, thorough fair plan. I move to close the
public hearing to approve the thorough fair plan as recommended by the committee. Thank
you. Great, thank you. Commissioner herbert, or vice chair herbert for your motion. Commissioner
housewright for your second. Any discussion? I'm gonna
make a comment on this one. I am really thrilled to see this thoroughfare plan
amendment. Um, the three six lane
divided roadway had created all sorts of
challenges in the past, um, with respect to what could be developed
in the area with the need to put in that much, um,
that many lanes, um, in the area and led to, you know, some
zoning cases in the past that I think were very challenging
and frequently people would point to the thoroughfare plan as the reason why those cases
are so challenging. So I'm happy to see this right sized and look forward
to see what happens in the area moving forward. Any other discussion?
all those in favor say aye. Any opposed, say nay. The motion carries.
alright. Item 37, an amendment to the city
of dallas thoroughfare. Plan to remove colonial avenue between pennsylvania avenue
and martin luther king junior boulevard staff recommends
approval to remove colonial avenue between pennsylvania avenue and martin
luther king junior boulevard. Thank you. Are there any
speakers on item number 37? Okay,
no speakers. Commissioner wheeler, do you have a motion? I do
in the matter of, um, item number 37
and the, uh, third floor plan amendments, I move to close of public hearing to
follow staff recommendation approval to remove colonial avenue between
pennsylvania avenue, martin luther king boulevard, and kern.
great. Thank you. Commissioner wheeler. Commissioner hall for your second.
any discussion? Seeing none. All those in favor say aye. Any opposed, say
nay. The motion carries item 38,
an amendment to the city of dallas thoroughfare. Plan to change the designation of
crouch road between patrol way and lancaster road from a standard two
lane undivided roadway and 56 feet of right of way to a minimum four lane
undivided roadway and 60 feet of right of way. Staff recommends approval to
amend the designation of crouch road between patrol way and lancaster road from
a standard two lane undivided roadway and 56 feet of rightway to a minimum four lane undivided
roadway and 60 feet of right away. Thank you.
are there any speakers on item number 38?
good afternoon. My name is ben koi. I'm here at, um, transportation
and public works. I'm here to answer questions on the project.
great, thank you. Are there any other speakers on item 38?
okay, seeing none, commissioner franklin, your motion
in the matter of item 38 of the therefore plan amendment.
I move to close the public hearing and approve the staff's recommendation of approval as described
in the docket. Thank you commissioner franklin for your motion. Vice chair herbert
for your second. Any discussion? No discussion. Only discussion
is I'm so happy that they're doing this. I drive crouch road all the time and
it's been in discussion of being widened for 30,
40 years. I don't know how long it's been, it's been a long time. So I'm finally,
I'm happy that this is actually getting done. Awesome. Any
other discussion on this item? Seeing none. All those in favor say
aye. Aye. Any opposed, say nay. The motion carries. Alright.
I believe that um, wraps up everything in our
agenda today. So it is
2:49 pm and this meeting of the city planning commission is adjourned. Alright.