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IT IS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, 2026, AND THIS IS THE PUBLIC...OR I'M SORRY, THIS IS THE BRIEFING OF THE DALLAS CITY PLAN COMMISSION, AND IT IS 9:14 AM.
MS. LOPEZ, CAN WE START WITH A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? 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.
DISTRICT FIVE, COMMISSIONER SERRATO.
DISTRICT SIX, COMMISSIONER CARPENTER.
DISTRICT SEVEN, COMMISSIONER WHEELER REAGAN.
DISTRICT EIGHT COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN.
DISTRICT NINE, COMMISSIONER C***S.
DISTRICT 10, COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT.
DISTRICT 11, COMMISSIONER COX.
DISTRICT 12, COMMISSIONER KAUFMAN.
DISTRICT 13, COMMISSIONER HALL.
DISTRICT 14, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON.
AND, AND GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THE BRIEFING WE HAVE TEED UP FOR THIS MORNING ON, UH, OUR CODE REFORM EFFORT, UM, AND THE DRAFT ONE THAT WE WILL BE SEEING VERY SHORTLY.
UM, BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THE BRIEFING, I JUST WANTED TO THANK A FEW PEOPLE.
UM, FIRST OFF, UM, CITY STAFF AND CAMIROS, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN LABORING FOR A LONG TIME AND WORKING REALLY HARD TO PUT THIS DRAFT TOGETHER BASED ON LOTS OF FEEDBACK THAT Y'ALL HAVE GOTTEN OVER A, A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT Y'ALL HAVE COME UP WITH FOR THE CITY.
AND TO THAT END, I WANNA EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR EVERYONE HAS, WHO HAS GIVEN INPUT, UM, ON THIS CODE REFORM EFFORT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE DIVE INTO THIS, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE, THE DRAFT MYSELF, IT'S REALLY STAFF AND, UM, CAMIROS WORK PRODUCT, IS THAT IT IS GOING TO BE A BIG DOCUMENT, SEVERAL HUNDRED PAGES.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, DIGGING ALL IN.
AND I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED AND CERTAINLY MY COLLEAGUES TO REALLY DIVE IN AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU DIG INTO THE DETAILS BECAUSE THE DEVIL WILL BE IN THE DETAILS HERE AND THAT WILL BE SUPER IMPORTANT.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT I WILL MENTION IS I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH THE BRIEFER BRIEFING THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, COMMITTEE GOT EARLIER THIS WEEK.
AND I THINK THERE WERE SOME VERY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT, THAT CAME UP IN, IN CONNECTION WITH, UM, THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO EDC AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE.
SO WHAT I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO HERE IS TO REALLY LOOK AT THE DRAFT AS A WHOLE, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE SOME THINGS THAT WILL CERTAINLY CHANGE FROM OUR EXISTING DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH IS OLDER THAN I AM.
UM, BUT TO UNDERSTAND IT ALL, YOU REALLY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE ENTIRE PACKAGE.
FOR EXAMPLE, SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF NOW IN OUR CODE, WHICH WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR DALLAS AND, YOU KNOW, MADE CLEAR THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND TO EDC IS THAT THERE WILL BE NEW DESIGN STANDARDS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TODAY.
SO AS YOU EVALUATE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT CHANGES THAT GET MADE INTO THE DRAFT, THINGS LIKE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TODAY WILL MAKE A, A, YOU KNOW, BIG DIFFERENCE IN HELPING UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS CODE WILL, IF, IF ADOPTED, WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO LOOK LIKE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING TO MENTION IS I THINK THERE ARE SOME TOOLS THAT WE HAVE THAT MAY CHANGE OR S - WE MIGHT SWITCH TO A DIFFERENT TOOL.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAME UP DURING THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS ABOUT THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST BE SURE IF WE, YOU KNOW, ARE GIVING UP ONE TOOL TO THINK ABOUT THE TOOLS THAT WE'RE U- ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, GETTING IN RETURN AS WE, WE PUT THIS WHOLE CODE AND, AND PROCESS TOGETHER.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE IT ALL.
UM, I KNOW EVERYONE ON THIS BODY WILL WORK REALLY HARD IN DIGGING INTO THE DRAFT THAT WE GET AND, YOU KNOW, SZOKE ESPECIALLY, AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE TIMELINE TOO, WE'LL WORK ESPECIALLY HARD ON DIGGING IN AND WORKING OUT ALL THE DETAILS ON THIS ONE.
BUT I AM JUST SO, SO EXCITED BECAUSE I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND FINALLY, UM, THRILLED THAT WE ARE HERE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR PRESENTERS.
UH, GOOD MORNING, CHAIR RUBIN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS EMILY LIU, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STAFF WHO'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
UH, TODAY MARKS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THE DALLAS ZONING REFORM INITIATIVE.
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WE ARE PRESENTING THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE PROPOSED ZONING CODE AND RELEASING THE FULL DRAFT REPORT FOR PUBLIC REVIEW TODAY.SO BY THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION, WE'LL DELIVER A HARD COPY TO YOU ALL.
AND THEN ABOUT NOON-ISH, UH, DEPENDS ON HOW LONG THIS TAKES, WE WILL HAVE A PRESS RELEASE AND THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS DOCUMENT AS WELL.
UM, I - MS. LIU, CAN I HOP IN WITH JUST ONE? OKAY.
UM, WE'RE GONNA DO A HARD STOP AT TWO HOURS, SO AROUND 11:15, JUST SO WE MAKE SURE WE GET THE REST OF EVERYTHING.
UM, LET STAFF KNOW, GET THE COPIES READY - OKAY.
UH, I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE OUR CONSULTANT FROM CAMEROS, UH, ARISTA STUNGEONS AND CHRIS JANET.
THEY BOTH WILL LEAD TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
ALSO JOINING ME TODAY IS DEPUTY DIRECTOR DR.
ANDREA WUDRIA, WHICH IS NO STRANGER TO YOU.
UM, HE WILL CLOSE, UH, THIS PRESENTATION LATER IN THE BRIEFING.
OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION MANAGER, SHALANDA JOHNSON, AND ALSO OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT CONSULTANT, FELICIA BENTON, WHO SIT IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW, WILL JOIN US TO DISCUSS THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND NEXT STEPS.
A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU, CHAIR RUBIN ALREADY COVERED SOME OF THESE.
SO IN JULY 2023, THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED A CONTRACT WITH CAMAROS.
THEY ARE A NATIONAL ZONING CONSULTING FIRM.
THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF AND A CONSULTANT TO START THE COMPREHENSIVE REFORM OF THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE.
THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A MODERN, UPDATED, AND USER-FRIENDLY DEVELOPMENT CODE.
THIS EFFORT IS NOW KNOWN AS DALLAS ZONING REFORM, JUST TO SIMPLIFY IT.
WHEN THE PROJECT FIRST BEGAN, THE FORWARD DALLAS COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLANNING PROCESS WAS IN, WAS ACTUALLY UNDERWAY AT THE TIME YOU ARE ALL.
A LOT OF YOU, MOST OF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN THAT.
AS A RESULT, THE ZONING REFORM EFFORT FOCUSED ON, AT THE TIME, JUST RESEARCH AND DIAGNOSTICS WHILE AWAITING THE ADOPTION OF THE FORWARD DALLAS POLICY FRAMEWORK.
FOLLOWING CITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF FORWARD DALLAS IN SEPTEMBER 2024, THE PROJECT MOVED INTO THE CO-DEVELOPMENT PHASE WITH FULL SPEED.
SO BETWEEN MARCH AND AUGUST 2025, THE ZONING DIAGNOSTIC REPORT WAS RELEASED AND ALSO PRESENTED TO STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PUBLIC.
OVER THE PAST YEAR, CITY STAFF AND THE CONSULTANT TEAM HAVE CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE OUTREACH TO BUILD PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF ZONING AND GATHERING FEEDBACK TO INFORM THE DRAFT CODE.
AT THE SAME TIME, WORK CONTINUED ON DEVELOPING THE NEW CODE.
AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS OF RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND DRAFTING, WE ARE GLAD TO SAY THE FIRST DRAFT IS NOW READY FOR PRESENTATION AND PUBLIC REVIEW.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO ARISTA.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US THIS MORNING TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC DRAFT 1.0.
UM, YOU MAY REMEMBER US FROM THE CODE DIAGNOSTIC WHEN WE WERE HERE LAST, SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE AT THIS NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE IN THIS PROJECT.
UM, YOU'VE HEARD US SAY THIS, YOU'VE SEEN THIS ON THE MATERIALS, YOU'VE SEEN THIS ON THE WEBSITE.
WE'VE GOT KIND OF THE THREE PRINCIPLES THAT ARE ORGANIZING THE DALLAS ZONING REFORM, SIMPLE, STREAMLINING REGULATIONS, REMOVING UNNECESSARY COMPLEXITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY WITHIN THE CODE, UH, AND MAKING SOMETHING THAT CAN BE MORE EASILY UNDERST- UNDERSTOOD, UM, RELATED TO THAT CLEAR SO THAT THE RULES CAN BE UNDERSTOOD BY EVERYONE, INCLUDING SPECIALISTS AND JUST SOMEBODY WHO SAY WANTS TO BUILD A PORCH ON THEIR HOME.
AND THEN FUTURE READY, UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE STATE HAS STEPPED IN WITH CERTAIN THINGS SUCH AS SB, UH, 15, SB 840, UM, THAT, THAT'S KIND OF A TREND THAT'S HAPPEN- HAPPENING NATIONALLY.
WE WANNA BE READY FOR WHAT CAN COME TO DALLAS, UM, OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
SO BUILDING A CODE THAT IS NIMBLE AND CAN WORK WITH THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA GO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THIS SLIDE.
WE'VE ALWAYS KIND OF RECAPPED EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING, SO OBVIOUSLY, UM, WE DID WORK ON THAT CODE DIAGNOSTIC.
WE TOOK THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, IN THE MEANTIME, ALSO THERE HAVE BEEN THESE ZONING 101 SESSIONS TO GET PEOPLE ACQUAINTED WITH WHAT ZONING ORDINANCES DO AND HOW THEY FUNCTION.
SO REALLY NOT CONTENT, BUT KIND OF AN, AN EDUCATIONAL SERIES, UH, THAT WE THINK HAS BEEN HELPFUL TO PREPARE EVERYBODY FOR THIS.
AND SO WE'VE COME NOW TO THIS NOVEMBER 5TH, UM, THE RELEASE OF THE DRAFT CODE.
AFTER WE'RE ALL DONE TALKING, IT'LL GO LIVE
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ON THE WEBSITE AND, UM, BASICALLY GATHER, START GATHERING MORE FEEDBACK.UM, YOU CAN SEE IF YOU LOOK ON THE DALLASZONINGREFORM.COM WEBSITE, UH, WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING COMMENTS TO DATE.
WE'VE BEEN COMPILING THEM ON THERE, RELEASING THEM IN CHUNKS WHEN WE GET KIND OF A, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF COMMENTS.
YOU CAN ALWAYS LOOK AND REVIEW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT FOLKS HAVE BEEN SAYING, UH, ON THE CODE DIAGNOSTIC AND THAT HELPED FEED INTO THE, THE, UH, PUBLIC DRAFT.
UM, IT'S REALLY SOMETHING YOU ARE A BIG CITY.
UH, IT'S OBVIOUS TO EVERYONE HERE, AND SO AS YOU GROW AND ADAPT, YOU NEED A, A DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT WORKS FOR YOU, UM, THAT REALLY ADDRESSES WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW AS WELL AS WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THE DALLAS WE'RE BECOMING, UH, NOT THE DALLAS OF, OF YESTERDAY.
WHY IS THERE A NEED FOR REFORM? WELL, YOU'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PATCHWORKING A CODE FOR OVER 60 YEARS NOW AND JUST TRYING TO FIX THINGS AND THAT CREATES INTERNAL INCONSISTENCIES, THAT CREATES PROBLEMS, THAT MAKES THINGS HARDER TO UNDERSTAND.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE USE OF KIND OF THE, THE PDS THAT KEEP HAPPENING TO ADDRESS THINGS THAT ARE MODERN DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU WANT.
THAT'S KIND OF A BIG TELLTALE SIGN.
YOU SEE THAT OVER 1200, WE ACTUALLY HAD A STAFF MEMBER WHO READ ALL 1200 PDS THAT YOU HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S ABOUT 25% OF THE CITY, SO THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
UM, AND SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS HOW CAN WE KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WITH A CODE THAT WORKS, THAT WE DON'T NEED, THAT WE CAN LOOK AT PD AS SOMETHING THAT'S A TOOL FOR INNOVATION RATHER THAN SOMETHING WE NEED TO FALL BACK ON TO ALLOW THE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE WANT.
UH, SO WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROCESS? UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SEEN THESE, THIS STARTED WAY BACK WHEN WITH THE CODE DIAGNOSTIC.
THESE ARE KIND OF DRILLING DOWN FROM THOSE THREE PRINCIPLES.
UM, OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT FORWARD DALLAS, WHICH WAS SOMETHING WHEN WE CAME HERE WAS JUST KIND OF IN THE WORKS MAKING ITS WAY TOWARDS ADOPTION.
UM, OBVIOUSLY SINCE EVEN THE CODE DIAGNOSTIC CAME OUT, THERE'S STATE LAW, AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNING WITH THAT AND IMPLEMENTING THAT, UH, IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE SO YOU DON'T GET IN TROUBLE WITH THE STATE.
POLL POSITION IS JUST BASICALLY AS WE'RE LOOKING AT GRANTS AND, AND FEDERAL THINGS THAT MAY BE COMING OUT, HAVING A CODE THAT PUTS YOU IN A GOOD SPOT TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT.
I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, A LARGE PART OF THIS IS REALLY ALIGNING WITH WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE IN THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE LEVEL, UM, SO THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST HAVING TO REACT TO EVERYTHING, THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY BEING PROACTIVE AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET PUSHED AND PUNISHED.
YOU'RE GONNA BE IN A BETTER POSITION AS THAT, AS THOSE THINGS COME OUT.
UM, AGAIN, A LOT OF THESE THINGS ORGANIZE, MAKE IT EASIER TO USE, MAKE IT, UH, PREDICTABLE, CONSISTENT IN ITS APPLICATION, YOU KNOW, JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT CAN HAPPEN ON MY LOT AND WHAT CAN HAPPEN ON THE LOT NEXT DOOR TO ME.
UM, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, ISSUES OF HOUSING, SO DIVERSE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING TYPES THROUGHOUT.
UM, LOOKING TO BE SUSTAINABLE, LOOKING TO BE RESILIENT, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THIS IS SOMETHING EVERY CITY, BIG OR SMALL IS DEALING WITH, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE READY FOR THAT.
UM, I THINK THE CHAIR, UH, POINTED THIS OUT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS HERE IS THE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT WERE INTEGRATED THROUGHOUT FOR BASICALLY EVERYTHING.
YOU'VE MOVED INTO A NEW POSITION HERE, YOU'RE ACTUALLY CONTROLLING THE QUALITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING OUT, UH, AND THEN REDUCING DEPENDENCE ON SPECIAL APPROVALS.
KINDA TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT ALREADY WITH THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT HERE IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE THINGS YOU WANNA SEE, LET'S MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM TO HAPPEN.
UH, SO THE FIRST THING, JUST A KIND OF A QUICK, UH, REFRESHER, UM, CODE ORGANIZATION.
HOW DO WE JUST AT A FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURAL LEVEL MAKE THIS THING EASIER TO MANAGE? SO YOU SEE HERE, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF GRAPHIC ORIENTATION.
YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME, SOME IMAGES HERE.
UM, DEFINING ALL THE TERMS, SO REDUCING THAT NEED FOR INTERPRETATION, MEASUREMENT METHODOLOG- METHODOLOGIES WHICH ARE INTEGRATED WITHIN THE DEFINITION.
SO THERE'S REALLY ONLY ONE WAY TO MEASURE BUILDING HEIGHT, SO WE'RE NOT CONFUSING PEOPLE.
UM, A CODE REFORM LIKE THIS ALLOWS YOU TO REWRITE EVERYTHING IN A VERY CONSISTENT VOICE.
SO EVERYTHING USES THE SAME TERMS, SOUNDS THE SAME.
IT, IT'S, IT'S EASIER TO UNDERSTAND.
UM, COM- COMPARTMENTALIZING THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS INTO THEIR APPROPRIATE PLACES, AS WELL AS PREDICTABILITY, JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT YOU CAN DO ON YOUR LOT.
SO YOU SEE HERE, UM, THIS IS THE ONES THAT WE LOOKED AT.
THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT SHOULD BE FAMILIAR.
IF YOU KIND OF LOOKED AT THE CODE DIAGNOSTIC, A LITTLE FEW, FEW TWEAKS HERE, UH, BEGINNING WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE.
IT'S THE TITLE, THE PURPOSE, THE GENERAL DEFINITIONS, WHICH ALSO CONTAIN ALL THE MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGIES, NON-CONFORMITIES, AND INTRODUCTION TO THE ZONING MAP, UM, KIND OF THE HEART OF THIS, THE, THE DISTRICT.
SO YOU SEE RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE INDUSTRIAL SPECIAL PURPOSE OVERLAY, AND THEN GOING INTO ONE CHAPTER THAT CONSOLIDATES ALL THE USE PROVISIONS.
UM, THEN LOOKING AT THE VARIOUS STANDARDS, SO THINGS LIKE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, YOU KNOW, ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, UM, PARKING, WHICH WAS INTEGRATING YOUR PARKING REFORM, LANDSCAPE, UH, URBAN FOREST CONSERVATION SEPARATED INTO TWO CHAPTERS.
SO REALLY, WE CAN BE KIND OF, UM, SO IT'S NOT SO OVERWHELMING, UH, SIGNS AS WELL.
AND THEN KIND OF EVERYTHING THAT GOES THROUGH THIS IN TERMS OF KIND OF ADMINISTERING IT.
SO ALL THE DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS, HOW YOU DO THAT, HOW NOTICE IT HAPPENS, HOW THE CODE'S ENFORCED.
UH, THERE WERE JUST TO POINT OUT A FEW THAT WE DIDN'T UPDATE.
THIS WAS ALSO POINTED OUT WITHIN, UM, THE, UH, THE CODE DIAGNOSTIC.
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WE ARE NOT CHARGED WITH FLOODPLAIN AND ESCARPMENT, THOROUGHFARE STANDARDS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES OR GAS DRILLING AND PRODUCTION.THESE ARE SECTIONS WITHIN 51A THAT WE WERE NOT CHARGED TO INTEGRATE OR REVIEW OR, OR LOOK AT.
SO THEY KIND OF REMAIN AS THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.
AND, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE RELATIVELY TECHNICAL.
UM, SO USES, WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ACTUAL EXCERPT OF THE USE TABLE.
UM, IT REALLY JUST DOES SHOW YOU THAT EVERYTHING NOW IS LOCATED IN THE ONE ARTICLE.
UH, AND AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, YOU'VE GOT TWO WAYS TO JUMP INTO THIS.
EITHER I OWN PROPERTY IN A DISTRICT, SAY I'M AN MX2, I CAN GO DOWN THE LIST AND SEE WHAT I CAN USE MY PROPERTY FOR, WHETHER IT'S PERMITTED OR SPECIAL, OR IT'S BY USE TYPE.
UM, I CAN LOOK AT A USE AND SEE WHICH DISTRICT SHOULD ALLOW ME TO, TO PUT THAT USE THERE.
UM, WE LOOKED AT THIS, WE LOOKED AT ALL THE, THE USE CATEGORIES, AND WE REALLY WORKED TO KIND OF CREATE FEWER BROADER USE CATEGORIES.
SO YOU SEE THE EXAMPLE WE LISTED HERE, ARTISAN WORKSHOP.
THIS KIND OF BRINGS ALL THESE DIFFERENT SPECIALTIES TOGETHER INTO ONE TYPE OF USE.
SO YOU SEE THERE EVERYTHING FROM WOODWORKING TO COMMERCIAL KITCHENS TO SPECIALTY FOOD PROJECT - PRODUCTION.
SO IT'S A SHORTER, CLEAR LIST.
AND AGAIN, MUCH MORE FLEXIBLE, MUCH MORE NIMBLE TO BRING INTO, BRING INTO ACCOUNT NEW USES.
UM, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY JUST AN EXCERPT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF USES STILL, AND THERE'S SOME THAT WE KNOW ARE, ARE, ARE PARTICULAR THAT WE NEEDED TO KIND OF SINGLE OUT, SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE LISTED IN THERE AS WELL.
UM, SO AS YOU LOOK AT THE TABLE, YOU SEE PERMITTED AND SUP USES, SO IT'LL BE A P OR AN S OR IT'LL BE BLANK.
UM, SO MAKING IT VERY CLEAR THAT WAY, ALL THE DISTRICTS ARE IN THERE, SO THAT'S YOUR MAIN SOURCE, YOUR ONLY SOURCE FOR USES.
UM, WE KEPT THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REVIEW, AND AS YOU GO THROUGH THERE, YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE USE STANDARDS TIED TO CERTAIN USES, AND IN THOSE USE STANDARDS, YOU MAY SEE A REQUIREMENT FOR THAT DIR.
UH, A LOT OF THESE ARE THE AUTO USES OR USES THAT HAVE CROWD ISSUES, SO IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE, THOSE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS.
UM, THE L LIMITED USES, THE RAR, RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY, THESE WERE REPLACED WITH ACTUAL STANDARDS FOR THE USES, SO MAKING IT MUCH MORE CLEAR TO KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IF THERE'S DISTANCING, IF THERE'S CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS AND CERTAIN BLOCK FACES YOU CAN LOCATE ON.
AND THEN WITH THE SPECIFIC USES, THEY'RE NOT NOW AUTOMATICALLY SUBJECT TO RENEWAL, THAT HAS TO BE A CONDITION OF APPROVAL.
SO YOU CAN STILL PUT THAT INTO PLACE.
IT'S NOT EVERY USE DOESN'T GET IT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING AS YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
WE ALSO WERE VERY SPECIFIC ON EXPIRATION AND REVOCATION CRITERIA, SO THERE IS A PROCESS AND AN EVALUATION SET OF STANDARDS FOR SUPS NOW.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF VERY IMPACTFUL USES THAT ARE OF CONCERN TO THE CITY OF DALLAS, SO WE HAVE BROUGHT THOSE IN AND WE'VE BROUGHT IN, AGAIN, LIKE WE SAID, STANDARDS FOR THESE.
UM, SO YOU CAN LOOK AT DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS FOR THINGS LIKE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL OR TRUCK STOPS OR YOUR CURRENT PARAPHERNALIA SHOPS THAT YOU'VE GOT THESE THINGS.
SO THERE'S DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS FOR SOME OF THOSE USES.
UH, THERE'S RESIDENTIAL PROXIMITY, UH, RESTRICTIONS.
SO IN SOME OF THESE USES, YOU'LL SEE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED ON THE SAME BLOCK FACE ACROSS THE STREET OR ACROSS AN ALLEY FROM A RESIDENTIAL USE.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE YOUR MORE IMPACTFUL USES, A CAR WASH, VEHICLE REPAIR, SALVAGE YARD, COMPOSTING, SO THINGS THAT REALLY COULD HAVE A VERY DIRECT IMPACT ON ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL.
UH, THERE'S ALSO, AS YOU GO THROUGH THERE, WE HAVE BUFFER YARD STANDARDS NOW JUST GENERALLY APPLY, RESIDENTIAL TO NON-RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S VERY SPECIFIC, BUT YOU CAN SEE IN SOME OF THESE USES THAT THERE'S ALSO STANDARDS, KIND OF A HEIGHTENED STANDARD FOR SOME OF THESE USES TO SCREEN THEM, UM, AND SOME THINGS ABOUT WHERE EQUIPMENT CAN BE PLACED TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS ON LOWER INTENSITY USES LIKE RESIDENTIAL.
UH, AND THEN SOME OUTDOOR ACTIVITY LIMITATIONS FOR THINGS LIKE, UH, OUTDOOR SEATING AND ACTIVITIES.
SO THIS IS REALLY, YOU'LL SEE A LOT MORE USE STANDARDS IN THIS CODE, A LOT OF THINGS RELATING TO HOW WE CONTROL THE IMPACTS ON ADJACENCIES.
SO THE DISTRICTS, UH, LIKE I SAID, KIND OF THE HEART OF THE BEAST, WHAT DOES THE DISTRICT STRUCTURE LOOK LIKE NOW? UM, SO THE FIRST WE'LL TALK ABOUT IS THE RESIDENTIAL.
UH, THIS IS REALLY LOOKING AT THAT PRINCIPLE OF BROADENING HOUSING CHOICE, HOUSING DIVERSITY, LOOKING AT EVERYTHING FROM DETACHED HOUSING TO TWO UNITS AND, AND MIXED USE AND SOME, UH, MORE LIMITED MIXED USE OPTIONS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.
UM, WE WANNA LOOK AT PROTECTING THE CONTEXT.
SO YOU'LL SEE CERTAIN THINGS IN PLACE LIKE CONTEXTUAL STANDARDS FOR WHEN YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT DWELLING TYPES TOGETHER AND KIND OF LOWER INTENSITY AREAS.
UM, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE A HEIGHT PLANE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT TRANSITION STANDARDS, THAT COULD BE THINGS LIKE BUFFER YARDS, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, SOME DESIGN STANDARDS.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, KIND OF AS WE POINTED OUT, WE'VE BUILT IN DESIGN INTO EVERY ONE OF THESE.
SO LOOKING AT THIS PREDICTABLE DESIGN, LOOKING AT THE ENTRIES, THE WINDOWS, THE PLACEMENT OF PARKING, THE DESIGN OF DRIVEWAYS, SO REALLY CONTROLLING HOW THINGS LOOK.
SO AS YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS REALLY THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE'VE GOT.
WE'VE GOT THESE SEVEN DISTRICTS, UM, THAT RELATE TO THE RESIDENTIAL.
UH, THE FIRST TWO, RMH, NFR, KIND OF SPECIALIZED.
RMH IS THE MANUFACTURED HOME, UH, PARK THAT ALSO ALLOWS FOR DETACHED HOUSING.
UH, FR IS YOUR FARMS AND RANCHES.
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RANCH TYPE DEVELOPMENT.UM, AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THE R1 THROUGH THE R3, WHICH ARE YOUR CORE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEN YOUR RX AND YOUR RX2, WHICH ARE YOUR MIXED RESIDENTIAL, SO ALLOWING KIND OF THAT FULL RANGE OF HOUSING TYPES THAT HAPPEN WITHIN THE RX1 AND THE RX2.
SO REALLY JUST TO DIVE INTO IT, THIS FIRST ONE, THESE CORE AREAS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THESE ARE THE R1 THROUGH THE R3.
UM, WE'VE CREATED A WHOLE SET OF STANDARDS FOR THESE, INCLUDING DESIGN STANDARDS, BUT WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS BE VERY QUITE CONTEXTUAL WITH WHAT WE'RE ALLOWING.
AND AGAIN, IT'S WORKING TOWARDS THAT HOUSING DIVERSITY.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE R1, THE R2, THERE ARE THE PERMISSIONS FOR SINGLE FAMILY AS WELL AS DUPLEX, UM, STANDARDS IN PLACE FOR THOSE, LIKE THE HEIGHT SETBACK PLANE AND THE FRONT CO- CONTE - THE CONTEXTUAL FRONT SETBACK.
UH, THE IDEA HERE IS TO HAVE THESE, THESE TWO UNIT DWELLINGS IN THESE AREAS FEEL THE SAME AS A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING.
THE INTENT THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY PURPOSEFUL HERE IS REALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ALL JUST KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A HOUSE, THAT IT'S ALL THERE AND THE DESIGN IS BUILT INTO IT FOR THAT REASON.
UM, YOU ALSO SEE HERE IN THE R1 THROUGH THE R3, UH, AND AGAIN, THIS IS A DRAFT, THIS IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION, IS ALLOWING FOR MULTI-UNIT ON A VERY SPECIFIC SITUATION THAT WOULD BE ON A CORNER LOT THAT HAS ALLEY ACCESS IN PLACE.
YOU CAN SEE HERE, AGAIN, WE'VE TRIED TO KIND OF CONTROL THE SCALE OF THESE MULTI-UNITS.
SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE R1, THERE'S A MAXIMUM LOT SIZE OF 15,000, 10,000 IN THE OTHER DISTRICTS.
AGAIN, ON THAT CORNER LOT, THAT'S GOTTA HAVE ALLEY ACCESS.
UH, THEN AS WE LOOKED AT THIS, UNDERSTANDING SB-840 AND THE 45-FOOT MAX, UM, WHEN WE START TO SEE THAT THE HEIGHT OF THESE WOULD EXCEED WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED WITHIN, UH, KIND OF A TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL, THAT THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL BUFFER YARD, AND IT'S VERY SPECIFIC, THE SIZE, THE PLANTINGS, EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN THERE WHEN IT EXCEEDS THAT HEIGHT.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING AS YOU DIG INTO THE CODE, THIS WILL PROBABLY, PROBABLY LOOKS A LITTLE FOREIGN TO YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT AS YOU DIG INTO IT, THERE'S, THERE'S EXPLANATIONS HERE.
THESE ARE THE CONTEXTUAL STANDARDS.
THIS IS LOOKING AT THE HEIGHTS SO THAT AS THESE STRUCTURES COME TOGETHER WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY'RE ALL KIND OF MEETING THE SAME KIND OF GENERAL FEEL, SO THEY'RE FEELING THE SAME.
SO YOU SEE HERE, THIS IS A CONTROL ON HEIGHT THAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS FIRST DIAGRAM HERE.
THE SECOND ONE IS REALLY LOOKING AT A CONTEXTUAL FRONT SETBACK.
SO YOU'RE MATCHING THE RHYTHM OF THE BLOCK, UH, THAT THE HOUSES ARE SET ON.
SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF PULLING THAT TOGETHER.
UM, AS I TALKED ABOUT THE RX, THESE ARE YOUR MIXED DISTRICTS.
THIS IS BRINGING TOGETHER ALL THE DIFFERENT DWELLING TYPES, DIFFERENT INTENSITIES.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, YOU'VE GOT THE RX1 THAT, THAT'S GOING TO 45, THE RX2 U- UTILIZING THE MIHDB OR MIXED INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT BONUS.
OKAY, I GOT IT RIGHT THIS TIME.
UM, IS ESSENTIALLY CAN BRING IT AS A TALLER BUILDING.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, AGAIN, SOME CONTROLS ON THESE AND THESE AREAS LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE CONTEXTUAL FRONT SETBACK, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU'RE ONE OF THESE BUILDINGS ABUTTING A LOWER INTENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, YOU SEE THAT YOUR YARDS BUMP UP THAT YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE.
AND THEN SOMETHING KIND OF NEAT THAT WE THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT IS THE IDEA OF ALLOWING FOR AN ACCESSORY COMMERCIAL USE.
WE HEAR ADU, ACCESSORY DWELLING, THIS IS ACU, UM, A ACCESSORY COMMERCIAL USE, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND, AND ALLOWING THAT WITHIN THE RX2.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT SINGLE UNIT, SINGLE UNIT DETACHED UP TO TWO UNITS, SO THAT, THAT'S REALLY KIND OF A TWO UNIT TOWNHOUSE OR A TWO UNIT, UM, YOU SEE STANDARDS ARE THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD.
AGAIN, THIS IS THAT FEEL OF MAKING EVERYTHING FEEL THE SAME.
SO REALLY JUST LOOKING AT KIND OF HOW IT ADDRESSES THE STREET.
SO YOU LOOK AT THINGS LIKE ENTRIES.
UM, WE TALK ABOUT HOW IT SHOULD FACE THE STREET, WHAT THOSE, THOSE PROMINENT ENTRIES ARE.
WE LOOK AT ARTICULATION SO THAT THERE'S SOME SHADOWING ON THE BUILDING SO THAT THE BUILDING HAS ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST, UH, TRANSPARENCY.
SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE WINDOWS.
THEY NEED WINDOWS, SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'D BE SURPRISED SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T WANNA BUILD WINDOWS.
UM, LOOKING AT HOW FRONT-LOADED ATTACHED GARAGES ARE DESIGNED SO THAT THEY DON'T DOMINATE, SO YOU DON'T GET THINGS LIKE SNOUT HOUSES.
UH, LOOKING AT DRIVEWAYS, AGAIN, CONTROLLING THE WIDTH OF DRIVEWAY SO THAT THE STREET ISN'T JUST A WHOLE SERIES OF CURB CUTS AND DRIVEWAYS.
AND THEN ALLEYS, YOU KNOW, UTILIZING ALLEYS THAT ARE IN PLACE OR WILL BE IN PLACE AS WAYS TO ACCESS PARKING.
SO AGAIN, TAKING THOSE CURB CUTS OFF THE STREET, MAKING IT MUCH MORE FRIENDLY FOR FOLKS TO, TO WALK UP AND DOWN.
UM, THEN WHEN YOU BUMP UP, WHEN WE START LOOKING AT TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT, WHAT WE CALL ATTACHED SINGLE UNITS, THREE OR MORE OF THOSE, MULTI-UNIT, WE START SEEING MORE DESIGN STANDARDS BUILT IN BECAUSE THESE ARE MORE SUBSTANTIAL.
SO YOU CAN REALLY, AGAIN, LOOK AT HOW THESE FIT IN WHEN THEY'RE ALLOWED WITHIN THE DISTRICT, THINGS LIKE CURB CUTS ARE CONTROLLED, ALL OF THAT, C- CONTROL OVER WHERE PARKING IS.
SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF BUMPING THIS UP BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE INTENSE.
UM, WE KNOW SHARED ACCESS DEVELOPMENT IS OUT THERE.
YOU'VE GOT IT KIND OF SIPHONED OFF INTO ITS OWN LITTLE SILO IN THE CURRENT CODE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE.
WE'VE MAINTAINED IT, BUT JUST MOVED IT INTO THE MULTI-UNIT AND THE ATTACHED SINGLE UNIT OF THREE OR MORE, UM, SECTIONS AS A WAY TO DO A TYPE OF DESIGN.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S HERE IN DALLAS AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNEW THAT THERE, THERE'S VALUE IN
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THAT.AND SO REALLY, AND THEN LOOKING AT MAKING SOME DESIGN STANDARDS.
SO THOSE END UNITS TREAT THE STREET THE WAY EVERY OTHER HOUSE HAS TO, SO IT'S NOT JUST A BLANK WALL THAT'S, THAT'S FACING YOU.
AND YOU CAN SEE HERE, AGAIN, UH, SOME SAMPLES FROM THE CODE, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, YOU'VE GOT A TWO-FAMILY, YOU'VE GOT A SINGLE FAMILY.
YOU SEE THE WAY THE DESIGN, DESIGN STANDARDS AND THE THINGS START TO FEEL AND WORK SO THAT THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR, UH, IN THE WAY THEY'RE DESIGNED.
SOME EXAMPLES HERE ABOUT HOW TOWNHOUSE DESIGN STANDARDS WORK AS WELL.
UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE ALSO WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, THESE NEW DEVELOPMENT FORMS, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS A LOT.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT COTTAGE COURTS.
ACTUALLY, EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT COTTAGE COURTS IN OUR EXPERIENCE THESE DAYS.
AND SO REALLY WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS PERMISSIONS FOR COTTAGE COURT DEVELOPMENT.
AGAIN, THAT SINGLE UNIT, TWO UNIT, UM, TOWNHOUSE TYPE DEVELOPMENT OR A TWO UNIT JUST DWELLING ALL IN ONE LOT WOULD BE ALLOWED, ORGANIZED AROUND THE CENTRAL COURTYARD.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT, THEY'RE SCALED TO BE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TO, TO BE SMALLER, SO A MINIMUM OF FOUR STRUCTURES, MAXIMUM OF 12.
UM, THE INTENT HERE IS TO FIT IN SMALLER HOUSING TYPES.
SO THERE IS A MAX ON HOW TALL THEY CAN BE AND HOW MUCH, UH, FOOTPRINT THEY CAN HAVE.
SO YOU SEE THAT HERE OF 1,225 FEET IN HEIGHT.
UM, SO REALLY LOOKING AT THE DESIGN, AGAIN, THEY'RE SUBJECT TO SIMILAR DESIGN STANDARDS, BUT THEY'RE ALSO KIND OF TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THAT THEY MAY BE FOCUSED ON A COURTYARD.
AND SO HOW THE, HOW DOES THAT INTERACT WITH THE COURTYARD? IN TERMS OF ADUS, UM, WE'VE ALLOWED THEM WITH STANDARDS IN ALL DISTRICTS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD STARTED TALKING ABOUT WAY BACK WHEN AT THE CODE DIAGNOSTIC STAGE, UH, TO SAY TO ALLOW FOR ADUS THAT WOULD COME IN WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, SINGLE FAMILY, TWO UNIT DWELLINGS, UH, ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO BE LOCATED ON THE SAME LOT AS THE PRINCIPAL DWELLING.
THE TOTAL AREA OF ALL ADUS WOULD BE 900 SQUARE FEET OR 30% OF THE PRINCIPAL BUILDING AREA, SO THERE'S THAT LIMITATION, THE LIMITATION ON HEIGHT OF 24 FEET, UM, SOME SPECIFIC STANDARDS OR LOCATION IF AN ADU IS DETACHED.
UM, AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR THAT THIS ISN'T JUST SOMETHING YOU BUY AT HOME DEPOT AND ROLL ONTO THE LOT.
THIS IS IMPORTANT AND IT'S GOTTA MEET BUILDING CODE.
IT'S GOTTA MEET ELECTRICAL CODE.
IT'S GOTTA MEET ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND SO WE WANNA BE VERY CLEAR, UM, THAT IT HAS TO LIVE UP TO THE STANDARDS THAT ANY PRINCIPAL DWELLING UNIT WOULD LIVE UP TO.
AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, WE TALKED ABOUT ADUS, NOW WE TALK ABOUT ACUS.
UM, AND THIS WOULD BE IN THE RX2 DISTRICT ONLY.
UH, THIS IS REALLY A SMALL SCALE COMMERCIAL USE THAT KIND OF IS, LIVES ON THE SAME LOT WITH THE PRINCIPAL RESIDENTIAL USE.
IT COULD BE ATTACHED OR IT COULD BE SEPARATE.
THEY'RE VERY MUCH SPECIFICALLY SCALED DOWN.
IT'S GOTTA BE ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
YOU'VE GOTTA CONNECT TO THE PEDESTRIAN RIGHT OF WAY.
THERE'S LIMITATIONS ON WHEN PEOPLE CAN COME VISIT, SO BASICALLY WHEN YOU CAN BE OPEN.
THIS IS VERY SMALL, 500 SQUARE FEET OR 25% OF THE BUILDING, WHICHEVER'S LESS.
UM, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT'S DETACHED, AGAIN, UH, KIND OF VERY SPECIFIC SETBACKS SO THAT IT CONTROLS WHERE IT IS, SOME TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS USE, YOU WILL SEE IN THE STANDARDS THAT IT'S VERY, IT ONLY ALLOWS VERY SPECIFIC TYPES OF COMMERCIAL.
SO IT IS THINGS THAT ARE VERY LOW KEY.
YOU CAN'T HAVE A FULL-BLOWN COMMERCIAL KITCHEN GOING ON.
IT'S SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
SO IT'S, IT'S VERY, IT'S INTENDED TO JUST SERVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S AROUND IT.
UM, AND IF YOU TYPE IT INTO GOOGLE, YOU'LL SEE SOME VERY COOL ONES THAT ARE, THAT ARE OUT THERE AND IT IS CALLED ACCESSORY COMMERCIAL UNIT.
UH, AND AGAIN, RX2 DISTRICT ONLY, YOUR HIGHEST INTENSITY.
SO THEN WE LOOK AND WE MOVE INTO THE MIXED USE DISTRICT.
AND NOW SB40 HAS MADE SURE THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE A MIXED USE DISTRICT.
SO WE HAVE TO, UH, WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THAT.
UH, YOU SEE THAT, THAT COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.
UM, IT'S CREATING, UH, WE'VE MADE FOUR MIXED USE DISTRICTS.
IT'S CREATING THIS INCREASE IN INTENSITY FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE TO REALLY KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT NOW IN DOWNTOWN.
UM, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE MANAGING, WE'RE TRYING TO MANAGE THE TRANSITIONS BEST WE CAN, UM, WHERE WE'RE MEETING THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
AND THEN AGAIN, BUILDING IN SPECIFIC DESIGN STANDARDS TO CONTROL HOW THESE BUILDINGS LOOK AS THEY MOVE FORWARD.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE'VE GONE DOWN TO FOUR.
I KNOW YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A TON OF COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
MANY OF THEM ARE DIFFERENCES WITHOUT A DISTINCTION.
THEY LITERALLY HAVE A 10-FOOT DIFFERENCE IN SOMETHING AND THAT IS THE MAIN THING.
OR YOU HAVE A LOT OF DISTRICTS, MANY OF WHICH ARE NOT ON THE MAP.
SO IT'S REALLY NOT THE NUMBER OF DISTRICTS THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT AND SAY, "OH MY GOD, WE WENT FROM THIS MANY TO THIS." SOME ARE NOT ON THE MAP.
AND SO THE IDEA HERE IS WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT'S LOGICAL, THAT WORKS, THAT BRINGS IN ALL OF THESE THINGS.
SO THERE IS THESE, THESE CONNECTIONS BACK TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, SOME OF WHICH, AGAIN, NOT EVEN ON THE MAP, UM, THAT WE WANNA DO IN THIS, THIS KIND OF FOUR, FOUR MX DISTRICT ALIGNMENT.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, UM, AS YOU KIND OF LOOK AT THIS, YOU START TO SEE THAT THINGS INCREASE IN INTENSITY.
THE FIRST IS THE MX1, THAT IS THAT 40-FOOT HEIGHT MAX THAT IS REALLY LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE BUILDING COVERAGE IS CONTROLLED BY THE SIZE OF THE LOT, UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE ARE PROBABLY MUCH SMALLER, SO YOU CAN SEE
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HERE A ZERO TO 15 FOOT MINIMUM MAXIMUM, SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY.UM, YOU'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, IT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY SETBACKS AND IT KIND OF APPLIES ACROSS THE BOARD UNLESS YOU'RE ABUTTING AN R1 OR AN R2, MAKING THOSE TRANSITIONS.
UM, SO REALLY, YOU SEE THAT, AND THEN IT STARTS TO RAMP UP.
SO YOU SEE MX2 IS A 70-FOOT HEIGHT.
THERE IS THE OPTION FOR AN MIHDB, UH, BUMP UP TO 120.
UH, MX3, NOW YOU'RE GETTING MORE INTENSE.
SO AGAIN, A, A BUMP UP WITH THAT MAI - MIHDB.
AND THEN MX4, AGAIN, KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, YOU'RE DOWNTOWN.
THIS IS REALLY LOOKING AT UNLIMITED.
AND THIS IS WHERE YOU REALLY WANNA CONCENTRATE THAT.
UM, YOU SEE HERE WE'VE BEEN PURPOSEFUL ABOUT BUIL - BRINGING BUILDINGS CLOSER TO THE STREET.
SO YOU SEE HERE THESE STREET SETBACKS.
THERE'S MINIMUMS AND MAXIMUMS AND THAT'S REALLY GIVING THAT FLEXIBILITY TO LOCATE A BUILDING, UM, UP AT THE SIDEWALK, BUT A LITTLE BIT OF WIGGLE ROOM THERE.
AND AGAIN, UM, KIND OF LOOKING AT THE SETBACKS AND SAYING, "HEY, IF YOU ARE NEXT TO AN R1, R2, THIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE MORE SETBACKS." AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IN THE PARENTHESES.
SIMILAR TO RESIDENTIAL, BUT KIND OF A WHOLE DIFFERENT SET.
UH, DESIGN STANDARDS FOR THESE MIXED USE DISTRICTS.
SO BEING VERY PURPOSEFUL AND BEING VERY, YOU KNOW, KEY ON CONTROLLING.
NOW, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT REALLY LOOKING AT CONTROLLING THE ARCHITECTURE.
WE WANT THE GOOD BONES OF BUILDING DESIGN.
WE WANT THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN WORK WITH AND STILL BE CREATIVE AND FLEXIBLE, BUT GIVE US KIND OF A BASELINE OF GOOD BUILDING TYPES.
SO YOU SEE HERE ORIENTATION, BUILDINGS THAT ARE FACING THE PUBLIC REALM, UM, CONNECTION OF THOSE ENTRIES, WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO THE, THE STORE FROM THE SIDEWALK.
UM, TRANSPARENCY, CREATING THOSE EYES ON THE STREETS, UH, MAKING SURE THINGS ARE LINKED TOGETHER VISUALLY.
UM, WE REALLY DID ACKNOWLEDGE, AND, AND THIS IS ALSO WITHIN, UM, THE RX AND THE RX2, THESE WINDOWS AND BALC- BALCONIES THAT FACE THE R DISTRICTS, THE ONE THROUGH THE THREE, THEY'VE GOT TO BE SET BACK FURTHER BECAUSE OF PRIVACY CONCERNS.
YOU KNOW, WE HEARD SOME ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN PARKING, NOT ALLOWING PARKING TO DOMINATE YOUR MIXED USE DISTRICTS, PUTTING IT B- BEHIND THE BUILDING OR IN SOME CASES TO THE SIDE OR THE REAR, BUT THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST PARKING LOTS, YOU ARE BUILDINGS.
AND THAT'S WHAT A, A CITY IS.THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA SEE IS THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE CITY OUT THERE, NOT JUST PARKING LOTS.
SO YOU SEE HERE, AGAIN, SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THESE MIXED USE DISTRICT DESIGN STANDARDS LOOK LIKE.
UM, SOME OF THE DISTRICTS THAT WE'VE GOT HERE, UH, REALLY JUST KIND OF TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN INTEGRATE THESE THINGS.
SO AGAIN, THAT YOU GET THESE GREAT BUILDINGS, YOU GET VARIED ARCHITECTURE THAT'S STILL ALLOWED, UM, BUT YOU'RE REALLY MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S KIND OF ADDRESSING THE SAME PRINCIPLES.
UH, WE LOOKED AT THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS AS WELL.
WE KNOW INDUSTRIAL IS A BIG CONCERN IN PARTICULAR WHERE IT IS CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL, SO WE TRIED TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT.
UM, AGAIN, CREATED THAT INTENSITY LADDER THAT WE NEEDED IN THE MX DISTRICT.
SO IT'S GOING FROM BC, FC, RL, RL, I THINK.
SO IT'S REALLY GOING FROM KIND OF YOUR FLEXIBLE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS ALL THE WAY TO YOUR HEAVIEST INDUSTRIAL.
UM, THE FC IS REALLY, THE FC IS WHERE YOU START TO SEE A LOT OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL MIXING WITH COMMERCIAL.
IT'S WHERE YOUR BREWERY POPS UP.
IT'S WHERE YOUR DOGGY DAYCARES ARE.
UM, HEIGHT AND SETBACKS RESPOND TO THEIR PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
SO YOU'LL SEE MORE SEPARATION AS THE USES GET MORE INTENSE IN TERMS OF THE INDUSTRIAL.
UH, AND THEN AGAIN, BECAUSE IT IS PART OF THIS, UH, PART OF WHAT SB 840 IS, UM, WE HAD TO DO COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.
SO THAT INTEGRATES IN EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE GI DISTRICTS, CERTAIN LEVELS OF RESIDENTIAL THAT ARE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO BE ALLOWED.
SO, UH, KIND OF AS I, I, I'VE TALKED TO RL, I WAS RIGHT.
UM, AS I TALKED ABOUT THIS BC AND FC, YOUR, YOUR BUSINESS COMMERCIAL, YOUR FLEX COMMERCIAL, THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE SEEING THAT MIX OF INDUSTRIAL OFFICE, SOME COMMERCIAL USES AS WELL.
MOVING INTO RESEARCH AND LOGISTICS AND LIGHT, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, THAT'S YOUR RL DISTRICT.
UH, AND THEN FINALLY YOUR GI, WHICH IS YOUR HEAVIEST INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
UM, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, RL, GI, THESE ARE MORE TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
AND SO WE WANTED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT AS WELL.
UM, IN PARTICULAR, IT'S AGAIN THAT WHOLE THING.
IF I'M ABUTTING A RESIDENTIAL, I HAVE TO START PUTTING IN SOME SETBACKS.
UH, BUFFER YARDS ARE ALSO REQUIRED.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN LANDSCAPE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE HEIGHTS INCREASE IN PARTICULAR FOR GI WHERE YOU'RE KIND OF THE, THE, KIND OF THE BIGGEST INDUSTRIAL USERS ARE THE THINGS THAT MAY BE MOST IMPACTFUL.
YOU CAN SEE A DISTANCE, A HEIGHT, UM, FROM, THAT THEY CAN BE WHEN THERE ARE A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM RESIDENTIAL.
SO YOU SEE THAT SCALE THERE THAT'S SCALING UP AS IT GETS BIGGER.
UM, IT'S GOTTA BE FURTHER FROM THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, UM, REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THAT BUFFER YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE GI, IF IT'S ABUTTING OUR ONE R2, YOU GOTTA GET A 50-FOOT SETBACK IN PLACE.
SO, UM, THREE TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL THAT ARE ADDRESSED WITHIN THE USE TABLE, AND THIS IS KIND OF REALLY WHERE THEY LIVE NOW IS IN THESE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
SO THERE'S INDUSTRIAL LIGHT, VERY FEW IMPACTS THAT, THAT LEAVE THERE.
THEY COULD HAVE ANCILLARY SHOWROOMS. IT COULD HAVE PRODUCTS THAT YOU COULD COME VISIT ON SITE.
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INDUSTRIAL THAT'S, IT'S PRETTY COMPATIBLE WITH A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO AROUND IT.UM, INDUSTRIAL HEAVY, THIS IS YOUR INDUSTRIAL, INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES THAT DO HAVE IMPACTS.
THERE MAY BE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS, THINGS HAPPENING.
FOR NEW OPERATIONS THAT DO HAVE OUTDOOR IMPACTS, WE'VE REQUIRED A THOUSAND FOOT SEPARATION FROM ANY RESIDENTIAL UNLESS EVERYTHING IS FULLY ENCLOSED AND NOTHING IS ESCAPING THAT BUILDING.
AND THEN FINALLY, YOU'VE GOT THIS CURRENT LIST.
YOU'LL PROBABLY, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS, YOU'LL FLAG IT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT.
THIS LIST OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL USES, UM, THAT ARE THE KIND OF THE HIGHEST IMPACT STUFF THAT HAPPENS.
WE CREATED A NEW CATEGORY CALLED INDUSTRIAL INTENSIVE.
UM, IT COPIES THAT LIST EXACTLY THAT WE SPELLED SULFURIC RIGHT FOR YOU BECAUSE THAT ONE WAS SPELLED RIGHT.
AND, UM, BASICALLY KEPT THAT LIST EXACTLY AS IT IS AND SAID ANYTIME THAT THAT HAPPENS, HAS TO HAVE AN SUP.
IT, IT'S ONLY ALLOWED WITHIN THE GI DISTRICT AND IT ALWAYS REQUIRES AN SUP SO THERE'S CONTROL ON IT.
SO THAT LIST SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR TO Y'ALL IF YOU'VE SPENT ANY TIME IN THAT SECTION.
UH, FINALLY, THE SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS.
SO THIS IS KIND OF MAJOR CAMPUSES THAT HAPPEN, MAJOR CIVIC USES.
SO IT COULD BE EVEN AREAS LIKE HERE AT CITY HALL WHERE WE'RE AT, OR IT COULD BE ANY OF THE UNIVERSITIES OR ANY EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES OF, OF A CERTAIN SIZE.
UM, OSR, OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION, THIS IS REALLY ALLOWING FOR, UM, OPEN SPACE, PRESERVATION OF AREAS, UM, FOR PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, OR EVEN CONSERVATION AREAS.
ANYTHING THAT YOU WANNA PRESERVE AS THAT PARK AND MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE PARKLAND.
PARKS ARE ALLOWED IN ALL THE DISTRICTS.
WE'RE NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO BE THIS DISTRICT TO BE A PARK, BUT THIS IS A WAY TO PROVIDE A, A, A CURRENT LEVEL OF PROTECTION.
AND THEN FINALLY, THERE IS, AS WE TALK ABOUT, THERE ARE OTHER TOOLS HERE TO PRESERVE KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, ONE OF THESE BEING THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
UM, THERE IS A SEPARATE PROCESS UNDERWAY TO LOOK AT THAT.
SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE CODE IS BASICALLY WHAT YOU HAVE NOW.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT AS THAT MOVES FORWARD, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME CHANGES.
YOU'LL BE SEEING THOSE SEPARATELY, AND THEN EVENTUALLY WE'LL BE INTEGRATING THEM HERE.
AGAIN, THAT'S ONE OF YOUR TOOLS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION THAT WE'VE MAINTAINED AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT, AT WAYS TO IMPROVE THAT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT IS WITH A, A SEPARATE PROCESS ON BOARD.
UM, SIMILARLY, HISTORIC AND DEMOLITION DELAY, SEPARATE PROCESS GOING ON TO UPDATE THOSE.
UM, AGAIN, YOU'LL BE SEEING THOSE SEPARATELY AND THOSE WILL BE, BE COMING THROUGH.
UM, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A, IS A COUPLE OF NEW DISTRICTS, AND WE DID MAKE SOME TWEAKS TO SOME OF THESE OTHER OVERLAY DISTRICTS.
UM, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THE LIQUOR CONTROL DISTRICT REMAINS A LEGACY DISTRICT.
UM, CERTAIN THINGS ARE VERY SPECIFIC, THINGS LIKE THE TURTLE CREEK AND THE AIRPORT, THEY'RE KIND OF SPECIFIC TO WHAT THEY ARE.
UH, WE CREATED A NEW ANTI-DISPLACEMENT ORDINANCE.
UM, WE REVISED THE PARKING, UH, PARKING DISTRICT INTO A PARKING OVERLAY AND THEN LOOKED AT NSO AND PD AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE.
UH, YOU'LL NOTICE NEIGHBORHOOD FOREST OVERLAY IS MISSING.
UH, WE HAD DONE SOME REVISIONS TO URBAN FOREST CONSERVATION, AND NOW THAT INCLUDES RESIDENTIAL, SO IT WOULD BE A DUPLICATIVE PROCESS.
SO WE'VE REMOVED THAT, UH, FROM THIS AND REALLY ENHANCED URBAN FOREST CONSERVATION TO GET MORE TREES.
AGAIN, IMPORTANT TOOL FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER PRESERVATION, YOUR CURRENT TOOL AS WELL, UM, ALLOWING FOR IT IN THE R1 AND THE R2.
UH, STREAMLINE THE PROCESS SO THAT IT'S EASIER TO USE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A GOOD TOOL THAT YOU HAVE.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE IT BETTER, MAKE IT WORK BETTER.
AND ADDED MORE OPTIONS TO TAILOR THE CONTROLS ON.
SO SETBACKS, LOT AREA, HEIGHT, GARAGE, ROOF PITCH.
SO REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS WORKING TO, TO PRESERVE THAT CHARACTER, UH, AND SET THE, THE APPROPRIATE LIMITATIONS SO IT CAN'T BE ABUSED.
UH, THE ADO, THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT OVERLAY, THIS IS A NEW OVERLAY DISTRICT.
AGAIN, KIND OF LOOKING AT THINGS THAT WERE ASKED FOR IN, IN FORWARD DALLAS.
UH, REALLY THE INCENTIVE HERE IS TO PRESERVE EXISTING HOMES AND ENCOURAGE ADDITIONAL HOUSING.
UM, THIS WOULD GO WITHIN THE DISTRICTS OF YOU COULD APPLY FOR IT IN THE R1, R2, R3, OR FR.
UH, SOME CRITERIA ABOUT WHEN YOU CAN APPLY IT.
UM, REDEVELOPMENT CAN'T REDU - RE - UH, CAN'T RESULT IN A NET REDUCTION OF DWELLING UNITS AND SOME LIMITS ON THE CONVERSION OF SINGLE TO SAY A TWO UNIT DWELLING.
UH, AND THEN BONUSES WHEN YOU RE- RETAIN THE ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL DWELLINGS.
WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS A NEW DISTRICT THAT WE'VE CRAFTED.
WE'RE VERY OPEN TO ANY INPUT ON THIS, UH, UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOME, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS WITH DISPLACEMENT AND WE WANNA SEE WHAT TOOLS, YOU KNOW, ZONING ISN'T THE ONLY SOLUTION, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HELP AND WE WANNA BE ABLE TO HELP.
WE NEVER SAID WE WERE GETTING RID OF IT, BUT WE'RE REDOING IT SO IT IS A TOOL FOR INNOVATION THAT YOU REALLY WANT.
SO IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT COMPLEX, INNOVATIVE, INTERESTING NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING IN.
IT SHOULDN'T BE YOUR FALLBACK TO JUST DO STUFF THAT YOU WANNA SEE.
UM, SO REALLY LOOKING AT IT, IT'S NOT GONNA FUNCTION.
IT'S NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR A VARIANCE OR OTHER ZONING REVIEWS.
UH, WE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT IT AS A BASE DISTRICT OR AS AN OVERLAY DISTRICT SO THAT IT LAYS ON TOP OF A BASE DISTRICT, UM, AND THAT REMAINS IN PLACE UNLESS,
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UH, THE DISTRICT STANDARDS ARE, ARE WHAT APPLY UNLESS IT'S MODIFIED BY THE PD.SO THIS IS A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT, SO WE'RE VERY CLEAR ON THAT AS AN OVERLAY.
UH, WE HAVE WRITTEN IN STANDARDS TO KINDA CONTROL WHAT IT DOES.
SO BASICALLY PD CAN'T REMOVE, UH, ANY USES FROM THE BASE DISTRICT, BUT IT MAY ADD THEM.
UH, MODIFICATIONS TO THOSE STANDARDS ARE ALLOWED WHEN IT BENEFITS THE, THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
SO WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THINGS AND ADDED THIS IN ABOUT FIVE PUBLIC BENEFITS.
AND YOU SEE THEM LISTED WITHIN THE CODE, WHAT'S MAJOR, WHAT'S NOT MAJOR.
SO THE MAJOR BENEFITS, THINGS LIKE SUSTAINABILITY, COMMUNITY SPACE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND THEN THERE'S ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING BENEFITS.
SO YOU CAN FILL OUT, YOU CAN DO TWO MAJOR AND THEN LIKE THREE SUPPORTING, UM, THINGS LIKE TREE PRESERVATION, RAINWATER HARVESTING, PUBLIC ARTS, SO KIND OF THOSE SUPPORTING ACTIONS.
SO REALLY, THE PD ISN'T THE GO-TO NOW.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY GEARED TOWARDS IT BEING WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO BE, WHICH IS A TOOL FOR INNOVATIVE AND COOL STUFF TO HAPPEN.
SO KIND OF MOVING FROM THAT, UM, WE GO INTO THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
THIS IS WHERE EVERYTHING LIVES, THINGS LIKE EXTERIOR LIGHTING, ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, PARKING, SIGNS, LANDSCAPE, URBAN TREE CONSERVATION.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE, THE NEW STUFF THAT'S IN THERE.
UM, IN THE TOD BONUS AND DESIGN SECTION, WE HAVE DONE A TOD BONUS.
WE HAVE BASICALLY BASED THIS ON ITS LOCATION TO A LIGHT RAIL STATION, UH, OR STREETCAR STATION THAT ESSENTIALLY IF YOU ARE WITHIN A HALF MILE OF THAT, THESE TOD STANDARDS APPLY.
SO THERE ARE TOD STANDARDS RELATED TO DESIGN, THAT'S THAT SECOND COLUMN THAT ARE TAKING THE STANDARDS THAT WE'VE ALREADY BUILT FOR MIXED USE AND THEN ENHANCING THEM TO WORK WITH WHAT GOES ON AROUND A TRANSIT STATION.
SO YOU'RE HIGHLIGHTING THE TRANSIT STATION.
SO THAT'S JUST, YOU'RE JUST REQUIRED TO DO THAT.
UM, THERE'S PARKING MAXIMUMS THAT COME INTO PLAY WITHIN THAT HALF MILE FROM THE STATION.
SO ONE PER DWELLING UNIT, ONE SPACE FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL, IT'S ONE SPACE FOR 200 SQUARE FEET.
AGAIN, MINIMIZING PARKING, ENHANCING THE TRANSIT COMPONENT.
AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO, UH, IN THAT HALF MILE AROUND THE TRANSIT STATION, YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CERTAIN BONUSES THAT WE'VE DRAFTED.
SO AGAIN, KIND OF LOOK AT THIS CLOSELY ONCE YOU GET THE DRAFT.
UM, A 20% HEIGHT BONUS FOR MULTI-UNIT AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
YOU CAN SEE THERE, THERE'S A REDUCED LOT AREA.
WE'VE REMOVED THE SETBACK PLANE, SOME SMALLER SETBACKS IN THOSE WHEN YOU ARE WITHIN THAT HALF MILE.
AND THEN REMOVE THE MULTI-UNIT.
REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT CORNERS AND ALLEYS.
REMOVE THAT RESTRICTION, THAT LOCATION RESTRICTION IN THE R1, R2, AND R3.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE WITHIN, UM, THAT HALF MILE OF THE TOD, WHICH RELATES BACK TO WHAT YOU SAW IN PARKING REFORM WHERE YOU S - YOU BASICALLY TALKED ABOUT TOD BEING A HALF MILE.
UM, THE TOD PARKING STANDARDS ARE A HALF MILE, SO THAT'S HOW THIS RELATES AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THAT NUMBER.
UM, LANDSCAPE IS A, A SECTION THAT WE WORKED, UM, CLOSELY WITH STAFF ON TO REALLY GET THIS SO THAT IT IS COMPREHENSIVE AND CONSISTENT AND NOT RELATED TO THAT IT'S GETTING YOU WHAT YOU NEED AS LANDSCAPING MOVES FORWARD.
SO, UM, AND ALSO ADDRESSING THE URBAN CONDITION RATHER THAN IN A CONFUSING MANNER.
WE JUST TALK ABOUT KIND OF WHERE BUILDINGS ARE AND WHAT LANDSCAPE IS REQUIRED.
SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THINGS LIKE BUILDING EDGE LANDSCAPING, DEPENDING ON YOUR DISTANCE FROM THE STREET, WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO THERE.
WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT FOR PARKING LOTS, THERE'S STUFF THAT HAS TO HAPPEN AROUND THE EDGES WHEN YOU ABUT A STREET AND THERE'S STUFF THAT HAS TO HAPPEN INSIDE THE PARKING LOT, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN REDUCE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT AND STORMWATER RUNOFF.
SO REALLY BEING CONSISTENT, ALL PARKING LOTS HAVE TO DO THIS.
THE INTERIORS FOR THOSE THAT ARE OVER 12 SPACES.
AND THEN BEEN VERY SPECIFIC WITH BUFFERYARDS.
UM, THERE IS A WHOLE SERIES OF BUFFERYARD STANDARDS.
THERE'S FOUR CLASSES OF BUFFERYARDS.
AND THEN THERE'S A TABLE THAT LITERALLY TALKS ABOUT WITHIN EACH DISTRICT, WHAT IF THIS DEVELOPMENT ACTION HAPPENS, THIS BUFFERYARD IS REQUIRED.
IT TALKS ABOUT IF I'M RESIDENTIAL NEXT TO A NON-RESIDENTIAL, THIS IS THE BUFFERYARD ALONG THE INTERIOR AND REAR THAT I NEED TO PROVIDE.
AND THESE ARE THE PLANTINGS THAT NEED TO GO IN THERE.
UH, AND THEN WE UPDATED THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN POINT SYSTEM THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE NOW.
WHAT WE DID, WE WORKED WITH STAFF TO REALLY GET IT TO WHERE IT, IT, IT FUNCTIONS GREAT, ADDED SOMETHING NEW, LIKE A HABITAT GARDEN AS WELL TO THAT SECTION.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE SIMPLIFICATION CONTINUES.
THERE'S REQUIREMENTS FOR ONSITE TREES.
YOU DO HAVE THAT NOW, SO BASICALLY CONTINUING THAT.
FOR NEW BLOCK FACES OR FOR, UH, PUBLIC STREET FRONTAGE AS PART OF, YOU KNOW, SAY A NEW SUBDIVISION, STREET TREES OR PARKWAY TREES ARE NOW REQUIRED.
URBAN FOREST CONSERVATION WAS UPDATED.
AS WE MENTIONED, THE NFO DISAPPEARED AND THIS CAME IN AND REALLY TOOK IN SINGLE UNIT AND TWO UNIT DWELLING.
TREES CREATE THE FEEL OF A NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY GETTING TREES IN.
AND THAT IS, AGAIN, AS WE TRY TO CREATE THE SAME FIELD BETWEEN DIFFERENT DWELLING TYPES, THE LANDSCAPE AND THE TREES ARE A KEY PART OF THAT.
UH, AND THEN MOVING MANY OF THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS TO A LANDSCAPE AND TREE MANUAL.
THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF KEY, THAT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER.
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UH, THINGS MAY CHANGE.UH, SO WE WANNA BE VERY CLEAR ON THAT.
AND SO THIS IS JUST, YOU CAN SEE HERE, THESE ARE THE TABLES FOR THE BUFFERYARDS.
YOU CAN SEE IF I'M A NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, ABUTTING A RESIDENTIAL USE IN THE R1 DISTRICT, I NEED A CLASS C BUFFERYARD THAT IS 10 FEET, ONE SHRUB PER THREE LINEAR FEET, ONE TREE PER 40 FEET, A SOLID FENCE OR A WALL IN THE HEIGHT OF THAT.
SO YOU SEE VERY SPECIFICALLY HOW THIS ALL WORKS.
AND YOU CAN SEE YOU CAN GET EVEN TO A, WHICH IS A 50-FOOT BUFFER YARD WITH KIND OF A, A BIT MORE, UH, SHRUBBERY AND TREES AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN THERE.
THAT'S FOR THOSE AREAS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE THE GI, THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.
SO WE'RE REALLY BEING SPECIFIC ABOUT THAT.
UM, JUST TO MENTION, YOU WON'T SEE ME TALK ABOUT PARKING.
WE'VE BASICALLY INTEGRATED THE CURRENT PARKING REFORM.
YOU'RE ALL PROBABLY VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
KIND OF BROUGHT THAT INTO HERE.
UM, WE LOOKED AT SIGNS AND WE UPDATED THESE, AGAIN, WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE STAFF THAT WORKS ON SIGNS, UH, TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT'S EASILY UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU CAN REALLY KIND OF PULL TOGETHER.
SO YOU SEE THIS REORGANIZATION, WHAT SIGNS ARE ALLOWED, ONE THAT, WHAT, WHICH ONES REQUIRE PERMIT, WHICH DON'T REQUIRE A PERMIT, WHAT TYPES OF SIGNS ARE, ARE PROHIBITED, WHAT IS THE ILLUMINATION STANDARDS? AND THEN WHAT WE DID WAS WE LOOKED AT THE DISTRICTS AND WE MATCHED THE SIZES AND TYPES OF SIGNS ALLOWED TO THAT FORM AND FUNCTION OF THE DISTRICT.
SO IT'S NOT JUST KIND OF ARBITRARY NUMBERS.
WE'RE TRYING TO, AS WE'RE BUILDING IN DESIGN STANDARDS, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THE SIGNS WORK WITH THEM.
UH, WE CAPTURE, AND AS I'VE STATED BEFORE, LOVE THE NAME, EXTRAORDINARILY SIGNIFICANT SIGNS.
WE KEPT THAT PROVISION, PROVIDED A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR THOSE SIGNS, DEEMING THEM CONFORMING, ALLOWING THEM TO CONTINUE, UH, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THAT PROVISION'S WORKING THE WAY IT'S INTENDED.
UH, YOU HAVE THESE SPECIAL PROVISION SIGN DISTRICTS.
AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU HEARD ME MENTION THIS BEFORE, BUT IT'S A LEGACY DISTRICT NOW IN THE WAY THAT WE'VE PROPOSED IT IN THIS DRAFT.
UM, WHAT YOU'VE GOT THAT'S OUT THERE ALREADY FOR THOSE SIGN THINGS, THEY CONTINUE TO CONTROL.
WE'RE NOT GETTING RID OF THEM, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA CREATE NEW ONES.
WE'RE NOT GONNA CREATE ENFORCEMENT NIGHTMARES FOR STAFF TO GO OUT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT SIGN THING APPLIES.
BUT WE DO BRING IN ANOTHER FLEXIBILITY.
WE BRING IN A MASTER SIGN PLAN.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED AS A REPLACEMENT FOR THE SPECIAL PROVISION SIGN DISTRICTS.
UH, SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE WORK MORE IN A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THEY USE.
IT ALLOWS A SIGN PLAN THAT CAN MODIFY SOME OF THE STANDARDS IN ORDER TO MEET IT.
YOU SEE IT ON CAMPUSES, YOU SEE IT DONE FOR KIND OF BIG SHOPPING CENTERS JUST BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON AND, AND THE MASTER SIGN PLAN PROVIDES THAT FLEXIBILITY.
RATHER THAN CREATING A WHOLE SPECIAL SIGN DISTRICTS, YOU HAVE THE SIGN PLAN, YOU CAN GET, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA GET RID OF IT, JUST GET RID OF IT.
IT'S NOT KIND OF A ZONING ISSUE OR, OR REZONING ISSUE.
AND THEN FINALLY, ADMINISTRATION.
UM, AGAIN, WE, WE LOOKED AT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS YOU SEE HERE.
WE, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REVIEW IS STILL AROUND.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF NEW THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN, BUT MANY OF THESE ARE JUST KIND OF THE EXISTING THINGS.
UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS WE'VE SIMPLIFIED WHERE TEXAS STATE LAW HAS REQUIREMENTS FOR THINGS LIKE NOTICE OR, AND WHAT TYPES OF NOTICE ARE REQUIRED.
WE'VE DONE THAT BY REFERENCE, UM, INDICATING THAT WE WOULD BE GOING TO, SAY, A MANUAL THAT TALKS ABOUT NOTICE AS SOMETHING SEPARATE.
WE'VE ADDED APPROVAL STANDARDS FOR ZONING MAP AND TEXT AMENDMENTS.
SO SOMETHING THAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR YOU TO EVALUATE WHETHER IT'S APPROPRIATE.
AGAIN, MODERNIZE THE SUP, THERE'S CLEAR APPROVAL CRITERIA.
UM, THERE'S PROCE - THE PROCEDURES IN PLACE NOW TO ADD CONDITIONS AND ONE OF YOUR CONDITIONS COULD BE TO PUT A, YOU KNOW, RENEWAL TIME PERIOD ON IT, BUT IT'S NOT AUTOMATIC.
UM, AS WELL AS EXPIRATION AS WE TALKED ABOUT, EXPIRATION AND REVOCATION PROVISION.
SO IT'S VERY CLEAR WHEN YOU CAN GET YOUR SUP REVOKED, WE'VE GOT THE STANDARDS IN PLACE THERE.
CLARIFIED THE VARIANCE, FOCUSING ON IT BEING A HARDSHIP.
UH, USE VARIATIONS STILL REMAIN PROHIBITED.
UH, WE DID, AS WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE CODE DIAGNOSTIC, THE ADMINISTRATIVE MODIFICATION THAT ALLOWS THE CODE ADMINISTRATOR TO IMPRO - APPROVE LIMITED DEVIATIONS.
SO GENERALLY IT'S ABOUT 10% OF DESIGN, UH, OF DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS AS WELL AS YOUR DESIGN STANDARDS.
SO KIND OF TAKING THOSE THINGS OUT OF THE VARIANCE PROCESS, MAKING THINGS MORE PREDICTABLE, KIND OF ADDRESSING UNIQUE QUALITIES OF A SITE AT A VERY MINOR, MINOR LEVEL.
UH, AND THEN CLARIFIED THE FORMAL ZONING DETERMINATION PROCESS.
THIS IS WHEN YOU'RE ASKING THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, DOES MY USE FALL WITHIN THIS USE CATEGORY? THAT'S A ZONING DETERMINATION AND THAT'S WHAT THAT WOULD BE.
UM, FOR SUBDIVISION, WE MODERNIZE THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, MORE OBJECTING PLAT - MORE OBJECTIVE PLANNING PROCEDURES, STRONGER CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PLACES.
SO AS YOU LOOK AT NEW SUBDIVISIONS COMING IN, THE STANDARDS IN THIS CODE START TALKING ABOUT MAXIMUM BLOCK LENGTHS, AND YOU CAN SEE THEM THERE BY DISTRICT.
THE, GENERALLY THOSE ARE THE, THE STANDARDS, UM, IN PLACE FOR BLOCK LENGTH.
SOME PERMISSIONS TO DO A MID-BLOCK PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE PASSAGE IF YOU WANT TO EXCEED THAT.
SO A WAY TO GET THROUGH THE STREET, THROUGH THE BLOCK TO CONNECT TO THE OTHER SIDE.
UH, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN OUT THERE THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE USED IS STREET CONNECTIVITY INDEX.
UH, THERE'S A FORMULA IN THERE.
IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD, UM, BUT KIND OF RATES YOUR INTERCONNECTEDNESS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THERE, I THINK THE NUMBER WE CHOSE WAS 1.4.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT'S CALCULATED.
IT'S VERY SHORT, TO THE POINT, STRAIGHTFORWARD.
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WE LOOKED AT ALLEYS AND KIND OF BUILDING IN ALLEY INFRASTRUCTURE.SO AGAIN, FOR NEW SUBDIVISIONS, UM, LOOKING AT REQUIREMENTS IN THE R3 AND THE RX1, RX2, AND THE MX DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS THE TOD AREAS, AGAIN, OPTIONAL ELSEWHERE.
UH, AND THEN WE UNDERSTAND, UM, CITIES ARE BIG AND UNIQUE AND HAVE WEIRD PLACES IN THEM, SO WE'VE GOT SOME ADMINISTRATIVE WAIVERS IN PLACE, UM, FROM THESE STANDARDS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST AS MUCH AS WE WANT IT TO WORK, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.
AND THEN FINALLY, NONCONFORMITIES.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE, WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT, WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THINGS.
AND IF THINGS ARE TYPICALLY NONCONFORMING, BUT THEY SHOULDN'T BE, WE WANT TO GET THEM OUT OF THAT SITUATION.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IN A CITY WITH THE HISTORY OF DALLAS, THE SIZE OF DALLAS, YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE NON-CONFORMITIES, AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE TREATING THEM CORRECTLY.
UM, SO NON-CONFORMING USES, AGAIN, ALLOWED TO CONTINUE UNLESS YOU ABANDON IT FOR SIX MONTHS.
SOME RULES AROUND HOW THAT CAN BE, UH, HOW THAT CAN WORK.
NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURES, AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN FLEXIBLE ALLOWING ONE YEAR FOR A BUILDING PERMIT TO RESTORE IT IF IT'S BEEN DAMAGED.
UH, GOT SOME CERTAIN DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS, FLEXIBILITIES, THINGS LIKE THE MIN/MAX, UM, SETBACKS AND AS WELL AS STEPS AND STOOPS.
SO CONDITIONS THAT EXIST NOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA PUNISH PEOPLE FOR THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME.
UH, THE SITE CHARACTERISTICS, THIS IS THINGS LIKE PARKING LOT DESIGN, LIGHTING, LANDSCAPE.
SO WE'RE NOT PENALIZING THE BUILDING.
WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY JUST DEALING WITH THE CHARACTERISTIC THAT DOESN'T MATCH.
UH, NON-CONFORMING LOTS, ADDRESSING THOSE THAT ARE IN PLACE.
AND THEN NON-CONFORMING SIGNS, A FAIRLY TYPICAL SET OF STANDARDS, 60% OR MORE DAMAGE.
THE SIGN HAS TO MEET THE STANDARDS.
UH, THERE ARE SPECIFIC PROVISIONS IN THERE FOR NON-CONFORMING BILLBOARDS THAT ALIGN WITH TEXAS STATE LAW.
WE HAVE IN THIS DRAFT PRO - CONTINUED TO, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S KIND OF THE CASE NOW, CONTINUE TO PROHIBIT NEW BILLBOARDS.
SO BASICALLY YOU'RE DEALING WITH EVERYTHING YOU GOT NOW AS A NON-CONFORMING SIGN, AND WE HAVE THE RULES IN PLACE FOR THAT.
UH, FINALLY, IN ADDITION TO, LIKE I SAID, MIN/MAX STEP-BACKS, AS WELL AS, UH, THINGS LIKE STEPS AND STOOPS THAT MAY BE TOO FAR INTO THE YARD, THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL SPECIAL NON-CONFORMITY PROVISIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE TO ADDRESS SITUATIONS THAT ARE REALLY HAPPENING HERE IN THE CITY.
UM, THE FIRST IS LOOKING AT LEGAL RESIDENTIAL DWELLING TYPES THAT ARE IN THE DISTRICT BUT ARE NOT ALLOWED WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
SO WE WANT TO DEEM THEM CONFORMING AND ALLOW THEM TO BE REBUILT WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF UNITS.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE EXISTED PRIOR TO THIS CODE.
THEY'VE PROBABLY BEEN THERE FOREVER.
WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AND WE WANT TO ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE.
THIS IS A TREND WE'RE SEEING NATIONWIDE, UH, PEOPLE JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN HERE FOREVER.
AND AS LONG AS THEY'VE LEGALLY BEEN HERE FOREVER, UH, WE WANT TO, TO CONTINUE AND GIVE THEM STATUS.
UH, WHEN THERE'S A USE PERMISSION CHANGE, SO WHEN THIS HAPPENS, AS THIS CODE GOES INTO EFFECT, IF SOMETHING WAS PERMITTED AND NOW IT'S AN SUP, IT'S DEEMED CONFORMING.
SO IT'S NOT MAKING THAT USE NON-CONFORMING.
IT DOES NOT NEED AN SUP TO CONTINUE.
IT DOES HAVE TO MEET ANY CODE STANDARDS IF IT IS TO CHANGE, UM, BUT IT CAN CONTINUE.
WE DON'T WANT TO, WE DON'T WANT TO PENALIZE THEM, SO THEY REMAIN CONFORMING.
ONCE THAT PROPERTY IS CHANGED TO ANOTHER USE, THAT'S GONE.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS QUITE A BIT DURING THE CODE DIAGNOSTIC, THE EXTENSION OF A NON-CONFORMING WALL.
SO THIS IS SINGLE UNIT, TWO UNITS, UM, DWELLINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT MAY BE BUILT A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR INTO A REAR OR A SIDE, BUT THEY WANNA POP THE TOP.
THERE'S SAY THEY MAY BE A SINGLE STORY RANCH AND THEY WANNA POP THE TOP AND CREATE SOMETHING RATHER THAN SEND THEM THROUGH THE VARIANCE PROCESS.
WE ALLOW THEM TO BUILD IN LINE.
VERY CLEAR, DOES NOT GIVE ANY PERMISSIONS TO, TO CHANGE ANY OTHER ZONING STANDARDS.
SO IT'S BASICALLY JUST PROTECTING THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING.
UM, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE COVERAGE TO DO IT, IF YOU'RE GONNA VIOLATE THE HEIGHT, THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT THING.
YOU DON'T GET ANY PERMISSIONS THROUGH THIS FOR THAT.
YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE, SEE IF YOU CAN GET A VARIANCE, UH, WHICH YOU MAY NOT GET, BUT, UM, SO THAT'S REALLY HOW THAT, THAT FALLS OUT.
AND SO WITH THAT, UM, I KNOW IT'S A LOT, AND WAIT TILL YOU SEE THE DOCUMENT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY A LOT.
UM, 396 PAGES, IF I REMEMBER, BUT SOME OF THOSE ARE BLANK SO YOU CAN PRINT DOUBLE-SIDED.
UM, SO WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS REALLY, WE'RE TRYING TO CONTINUE THE BEAUTY OF THE CITY AND BUILD THINGS IN THAT PEOPLE LIKE DESIGN STANDARDS, TREES, THINGS LIKE THAT TO REALLY ENHANCE THE, ENHANCE DALLAS AND, AND MAKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE REALLY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THEIR CITY AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BRINGING THOSE THINGS IN.
YOU SAW WE TALKED ABOUT THE HOUSING TYPES AND COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS.
UM, A LOT OF THAT IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY.
YOU SAW THOSE STANDARDS WE TALKED ABOUT, THE BUILDING HEIGHT SETBACK, THE CONTEXTUAL FRONT, UH, FRONT YARD, UH, CALCULATION, THINGS LIKE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE CONTROLS AS WELL.
SO PROTECTING THAT FROM STORMWATER BUILDING COVERAGE, WHICH AGAIN IS CONTROLLING THE SCALE.
SO WE'RE REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING, UM, AS SENSITIVE AS WE CAN BE TO CONTEXTUALITY AND, AND COMPATIBILITY.
UM, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THERE ARE TOOLS THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE, PLUS WE ADDED SOME IN FOR NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION, THINGS LIKE THE NSO, WE'VE IMPROVED IT, MADE IT EASIER TO USE.
THE CD- CD DISTRICT IS STILL OUT THERE.
UH, WE CREATED THE NEW ADO, ADO DISTRICT, THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, AS WELL AS YOU'VE STILL GOT, YOU KNOW, MA -
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MIHDB OUT THERE AS WELL.UM, EMPHASIZE THE TOD AREAS, KIND OF THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED QUITE A BIT EVEN BEFORE WE EVEN GOT HERE.
SO WE REALLY KIND OF, WE HIGHLIGHTED THOSE TOD AREAS AND BUILT IN TOD PRINCIPLES.
UM, REALLY LOOKED AT, AT THE DISTRICTS SO THAT THEY SCALE UP AND THEY'VE GOT THAT TRANSITION BETWEEN THE TWO.
UM, COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.
WE FINISHED THE CODE DIAGNOSTIC AND A MONTH LATER, SB15 AND SB 840 CAME KNOCKING ON THE DOOR.
SO TRYING, LIKE I SAID, TO BE NIMBLE WITH WHAT'S COMING OUT OF THE STATE AND, AND WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY COME OUT OF THE FEDERAL, UH, GOVERNMENT.
REPLACE STANDARDS THAT ARE NOT CLEAR, THINGS LIKE FAR AND RPS, THE RESIDENTIAL PROXIMITY SLOPE WITH, WITH ONES THAT ARE DESIGN STANDARDS AND ARE MORE SENSITIVE.
SO THINGS LIKE THE BUILDING HEIGHT SETBACK PLANE, UM, A LOT OF PROTECTIONS FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, UM, AND CLEAR STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN USES, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THE, THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, THE ONES THAT HAVE A LOT OF IMPACTS, UH, TO HELP PROTECT SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SO WITH THAT, UM, YOU'RE DONE WITH MY VOICE.
UH, THERE'S NOT AS MANY SLIDES FOR THE NEXT GROUP, BUT THIS IS, I BELIEVE, SHALONDA AND FELICIA.
LOOK FORWARD TO PART TWO OF THIS.
DO YOU WANNA CLICK IT? YOU CAN STAY HERE.
AS THEY'RE GETTING SET UP, IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE THIS CIRCULATED? UM, THE TEXT IS VERY TINY FOR SOME OF US.
I, I WAS GONNA ASK THAT ONCE THEY FINISH, BUT YEAH, UH, MS. STRONGEST, CAN WE, UM, GET THE SLIDE DECK THAT YOU JUST SHOWED CIRCULATED TO THE BODY? UH, YEAH.
WE'LL BE POSTING IT ON THE WEBSITE.
AND THEN I'M SURE STAFF CAN JUST GET IT TO YOU AS WELL.
AND IF WE COULD HAVE MS. LOPEZ SEND US A LINK ONCE IT'S UP, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AS SOON AS THIS MEETING'S OVER, THAT AND THE POWERPOINT, THE CODE, AND, UM, AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE CODE ALL, WILL ALL BE PUT ON THE WEBSITE BY OUR COMP - OUR COWORKER BACK HOME.
CHAIR, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY FOR A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK BEFORE THE NEXT OR NO? WE, WE NEED TO KEEP GOING.
WE JUST HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME.
IF YOU NEED TO STEP OUT, UM, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO DO THAT, BUT I WANNA KEEP ON MOVING.
NOW WE GET TO, UM, MY FAVORITE PART, WHICH IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND, UM, COMMUNICATIONS.
UH, WE HAVE THE FUN YET TOUGH TASK OF DOING THIS.
WE GET TO TAKE ALL OF THE INFO - A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HEARD AND MAKE IT INTO SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO SO THAT THEY CAN BE INVOLVED.
MY NAME IS SHALONDA MANGUIRO JOHNSON, AND I MANAGE THE COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
AND SITTING BESIDE ME, WE HAVE FELICIA WILSON, FELICIA WILSON.
UM, MS. WILSON IS WITH ZOE COMMUNICATIONS, AND WE ARE SO VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THIS TALENTED AGENCY AS OUR ENGAGEMENT CONSULTANTS FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, ENGAGEMENT IS A CRITICAL ELEMENT, AND SO IS COMMUNICATIONS.
IN ANY PROJECT, AND ESPECIALLY FOR DALLAS ZONING REFORM, IT IS ESSENTIAL.
NOW, OUR OVERARCHING GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT DALLAS RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS ARE, ONE, AWARE OF DALLAS ZONING REFORM PROJECT, THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROJECT, WHY IT MATTERS TO THEM, HOW IT IS RELEVANT, AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE THE FINAL OUTCOME.
SO WE'RE MAKING A VERY COMPLEX TOPIC INTO SOMETHING MORE UNDERSTANDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND RELEVANT TO THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES.
NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MS. WILSON SO SHE CAN TALK ABOUT OUR COMMUNICATIONS ENGAGEMENT PLAN, TIMELINE, AND NEXT STEPS.
CAN YOU HIT THE BUTTON? TO TURN...
MY NAME IS FELICIA WILSON WITH THE ZOE COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY.
I AM REALLY PROUD TO BE HERE TODAY.
I MOVED DOWNTOWN A- ABOUT 13 YEARS AGO.
AT THE TIME, I WAS A SINGLE MOM OF A KID WITH DOWN SYNDROME.
UH, I AM NOW MARRIED AND RAISING A FIVE-YEAR-OLD AND A 17-YEAR-OLD RIGHT OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN.
SO DALLAS IS OUR HOME AND, UH, WE LOVE THE CITY.
WE KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS HERE AND HAVE HAD A, A REAL PRIVILEGE IN GETTING TO KNOW THIS TEAM AND BRINGING THIS WORK TO LIFE.
UH, IN ABOUT 15 YEARS OF COMMUNICATIONS WORK, WE HAVE LEARNED TO START WITH THE AUDIENCE, UH, WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND WHAT WILL HELP THEM TO PARTICIPATE.
SO THIS PLAN CONNECTS OUR MESSAGING, PARTNERSHIPS, AND OUTREACH WITH ROOMS, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADJUST AS WE LEARN.
SO THESE AUDIENCES, THEY ALL BRING DIFFERENT INTERESTS, TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCE.
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BUT ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES HAS BEEN REACHING DALLAS SITES WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, BUT THEY AREN'T YET ENGAGED WITH CODE, THE CODE OR WITH ZONING REFORM.BUT WE WANNA GIVE THEM A CLEAR STARTING POINT FOR REVIEWING AND CONTRIBUTING TO IT.
FOR US, THAT STARTS WITH LISTENING.
SO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SEE RIGHT NOW, THEY BRING THEIR FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, THEIR BUSINESSES, THEIR DAILY EXPERIENCES TO THIS PROCESS.
THROUGH ZONING 101, NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS, AND EVEN SMALLER CONVERSATIONS, WE HAVE STARTED TO HELP CONNECT THESE EXPERIENCES TO THE DECISIONS THAT THE CODE WILL SHAPE.
WE KNOW THAT THEIR EXPERIENCES ARE WHAT MATTER THE MOST IN THIS PROCESS.
WE'VE OFFERED SEVERAL WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE, ASKING A QUESTION, DRAWING AN IDEA, LEAVING A NOTE OR TAKING AND TALKING DIRECTLY WITH THE PLANNING TEAM.
THOSE CONVERSATIONS HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT TERMINOLOGY GETS IN THE WAY, AND THERE'S A LOT OF TERMINOLOGY THAT CAN GET IN THE WAY, UH, AND WHICH EXAMPLES AND CONCEPTS NEED TO BE MADE CLEARER THROUGH MORE EXPLANATION.
WITH THE DRAFT AVAILABLE, WE CAN HELP PEOPLE MOVE INTO THE DETAILS AND FIND A RELEVANT PROVISION, UNDERSTAND WHAT'S PROPOSED, AND EXPLAIN A QUESTION OR CONCERN THE PLANNING TEAM CAN HELP TO EVALUATE.
I ALSO WANNA TAKE A BEAT TO EVALUATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE, NOT EVALUATE, TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR TEAM.
I HAVE WATCHED THESE PEOPLE SIT PATIENTLY WITH RESIDENTS WHO WANNA UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS AND THEY NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO AND WALK THROUGH IT.
I HAVE SEEN THEM GIVE THEIR MORNINGS AND THEIR EVENINGS AND THEIR WEEKENDS TO THAT WORK.
YOU HAVE GOT A TEAM THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT DALLAS AND ITS PEOPLE, AND THEY BRING THEIR EXPERTISE.
I'VE WATCHED THEM BRING IT WITH GRACE AND KINDNESS AND HUMILITY.
FOR OUR TEAM, THAT DESERVES A BIT OF A PAUSE AND I WANTED TO GIVE THAT TO THEM JUST RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THIS PROCESS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS VERY COMPLEX AND IT DEPENDS ON PEOPLE BEING WILLING TO ASK SOMEONE WHO IS TRUSTING AND THAT WILL TAKE THE TIME TO ANSWER.
SO WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT DURING THIS PROCESS AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO FURTHER ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HELPED, UH, BY MAKING THE WEBSITE EXTEND THE WORK.
THE DRAFT, UM, IS TECHNICALLY COMPLEX AND IT IS LONG.
UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNEW HOW TO ENGAGE IN A WAY THAT MADE SENSE TO THEM.
SO THE WEBSITE EXPERIENCE IS HIGHLY TOPIC-BASED.
IT'LL GIVE EXPLANATIONS AND GUIDANCE ON HOW TO MAKE A USEFUL COMMENT.
RIGHT NOW, MOST OF THE WEBSITE TRAFFIC HAS BEEN COMING THROUGH DESKTOP, BUT AS WE MOVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND MOVE DEEPER INTO THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PHASE OFFERED A MOBILE FRIENDLY NAVIGATION EXPERIENCE.
SO IT SORT OF FEELS MORE LIKE AN APP.
IT GIVES US THE OP - UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE MORE NIMBLE.
SO SOMEONE WE MEET IN AN EVENT CAN RETURN TO THE MATERIAL, EXPLORE THE DETAILS, AND CONTINUE PARTICIPATING AFTERWARD.
SO WHAT COMES NEXT? THE NEXT PHASE BRINGS TOGETHER PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS, OPEN HOUSES.
SHALANDA AND I WERE OVER THERE BRAINSTORMING WHILE YOU WERE TALKING, ARISTA, WE GOT LOTS OF IDEAS.
UH, MORE NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH AND OF COURSE ALONGSIDE ZOAC, CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL REVIEW BY CITY STAFF AND PROFESSIONALS.
WE'LL USE THE QUESTIONS COMING IN TO GUIDE EXPLANATIONS AND IDENTIFY WHERE MORE OUTREACH IS NEEDED.
SO THIS WILL BE A VERY NIMBLE PROCESS.
WE LISTEN, WE LEARN, WE ADJUST, WE GO.
THAT HAS BEEN OUR MOVEMENT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AS WE MOVE INTO DRAFT NUMBER TWO.
OUR ROLE WILL BE TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S PROPOSED AND TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO CONTRIBUTE THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYBODY.
I'LL TAKE IT FROM HERE AND I'LL WRAP IT UP.
AND I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT WE GOT THE COMMUNICATIONS OR A LITTLE BIT OF A PORTION OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO COME IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO JUST TO LIKE GIVE YOU COMFORT THAT WE DO HAVE A TEAM, A TEAM AND ALSO THE, THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT, UM, WE'RE READY.
UM, I'M GONNA JUST SPEAK MOSTLY TO THE LAST TWO SLIDES.
UM, SO WE DID GO TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ON MONDAY WITH A, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A TEASER AND TO ANNOUNCE THAT TODAY WILL BE THE RELEASE, UM, TO, UM, O- OF THIS ONE.
UM, IT WAS A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION.
I DID GET A L - A LEVEL OF READINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS DURING OUR CONVERSATION, EITHER FOR ALL THE, THE ZONING TO BE RECONSIDERED OR PARTS.
UH, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS DO HAVE PRIORITIES.
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AND THEY DID, UH, STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF CITY PLAN COMMISSION IN THIS PROCESS, SO I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT.UM, ALSO, WE MUST DELIVER THIS TASK, UM, BECAUSE IT WAS GIVEN TO US AS EMILY STARTED, UM, AND KICKED IT OFF THIS MORNING.
IT WAS GIVEN TO US BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2023, AND OBVIOUSLY BY FORD DALLAS AND OF STATE LEGISLATURE AS WELL.
UM, THE WAY WE ENVISION, I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH.
UM, THIS IS GONNA BE JUST DRAFT ONE.
COLLOQUIALLY, WE'RE GONNA CALL IT A CONVERSATION DRAFT.
THIS DRAFT THAT WE'RE GONNA PUBLISH TODAY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ZOAC CPC OR COUNCIL WILL OFFICIALLY CONSIDER.
PLEASE TAKE IT AS SUCH AND HELP US WORK TOWARDS THAT.
UM, WE ARE PROPOSING AND WORKING WITH CHAIR HOUSE RIGHT TO START ENGAGING SZOKE EARLY, EVEN THROUGH DRAFT ONE, NOT TO TAKE ACTION, BUT JUST TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE DOCUMENT AND KINDA LIKE UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE NEED TO CHANGE AND HOW TO DO IT TOGETHER JUST TO PARTNER, NOT TO PUT IT TO A VOTE.
SO PLEASE DO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
ALL THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING AND WE WILL WORK TOWARDS, WE'RE ENVISIONING SPRING, LATE SPRING, UH, OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, IT'S GONNA TURN INTO A DRAFT TWO.
AGAIN, IF IT'S NOT READY, IT'S NOT READY.
UM, SO LATE SPRING, MAY, UH, WE'RE HOPING WE'RE GONNA HAVE SECOND DRAFT BASED ON INPUT AND WORK WITH ALL OF YOU AND THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS.
UM, AND THAT SECOND DRAFT WILL GO TO SZOKE, AND THAT WILL BE THE ACTION DRAFT.
WE'RE ENVISIONING LATE SUMMER, SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR TO COME TO YOU FOR ACTION, AND THEN LATE SUMMER AFTER COUNCIL IS BACK FROM RECESS TO GO TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
UM, SO THIS IS JUST MY INVITATION FOR ALL OF US TO WORK TOGETHER, UM, AND BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION DRAFT AND SHAPE IT TOGETHER.
THERE WAS A SLIDE IN THERE WITH A, WITH A QR CODE WHERE WE WILL, UM, POST THE DRAFT AND THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, OBVIOUSLY THE PRESENTATION AS WELL.
I ALSO WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE EMILY STARTED, BUT I DO WANNA CALL THE TEAM BY NAME.
I WANTED TO ALSO GIVE YOU COMFORT.
IT'S A BIG TEAM THAT'S WORKING ON IT.
IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVE JUST ARISTA, CHRIS, AND MITCH AND CAMIROS AND ZOE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A BIG TEAM ON OUR END AS WELL.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY EMILY LIU AND MYSELF WERE, UM, DAY BY DAY, LIKE THIS SUMMER WE MET PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE TIMES DAY-LONG WORKSHOPS TO JUST COME UP WITH THIS, UH, WITH THIS DRAFT.
AGAIN, IT MAY BE PERFECT OR NOT.
UM, BUT WE ALSO, I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE MEGAN WEIMER AND ARTURO DEL CASTILLO.
MICHAEL WADE IS THE, BASICALLY THE CHIEF, UM, OF ALL OF THIS.
UM, LAUREN SAGU AS WELL, JENNIFER ALLGEIER, PATRICK BLAIS, JACOB ROJO, SARAH MAY, MICHAEL PEPE, JALEN PORCHE, JP, UH, PHIL IRWIN, DAVID NAVARREZ, SCOTT ROPER, SEFACOTH, MOHAMMAD BORBAR, SHALONDA MANGUERO-JACKSON, TASNEY MOORE, SUZANNE MCHENRY, ERICA PASTRANA, LAURA MORRISON, DELIA MOORE.
AND AS YOU SAW IN, UH, FELICIA'S, ALL THE PNZ, ALL OUR PLANNING AND ZONING TEAM, YOU'LL RECOGNIZE MI - MARTIN AND MONA AND M - WAY MORE THAT ARE COMING TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE HAVE A TEAM READY TO KINDA LIKE COME AND HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS.
THE CORE TEAM THAT I JUST SAID, LIKE, WE ARE IN A DAY-BY-DAY TRYING TO, LIKE, OKAY, IS THIS WORKING? IS THIS NOT GONNA WORK? UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
IT WAS A VERY LONG AND DENSE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, EVERYONE WHO PRESENTED TODAY.
THAT WAS, UM, VERY HELPFUL, VERY THOROUGH.
I AM, HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS MYSELF, BUT I FEEL LIKE PROBABLY 98% OF THEM COULD BE ANSWERED BY JUST ME DIGGING INTO THE DRAFT.
SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I WILL KEEP MY QUESTIONS TO A, A MINIMUM HERE.
I DID HAVE JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT I THINK ARE MORE PROCESSED RELATED.
IDREA, I THINK, NAMED JUST ABOUT EVERYONE THAT I KNOW IN THE DEPARTMENT AND SOME PEOPLE WHO I DON'T KNOW.
IS THERE A PARTICULAR MAIN POINT OF CONTACT THAT COMMISSIONERS SHOULD HAVE OR POINTS OF CONTACT THAT WE SHOULD GO TO WHEN WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DRAFT OR THE, THE PROCESS? I WOULD SAY OUR CORE TEAM, THE LEADERS OF THE, OF THIS PROJECT IS OBVIOUSLY MYSELF, MICHAEL WADE, MEGAN WEIMER, AND LAUREN SAGU.
UH, YOU CAN CHOOSE WHICHEVER YOU'RE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH.
OBVIOUSLY, EMILY LU IS ALWAYS GONNA BE THERE, LIKE, SHE KNOWS IT AS MUCH AS WE ARE.
UH, WE'LL ALSO HAVE, GONNA HAVE A SHARED INBOX FOR ANYBODY JUST WITH A LOT MORE HANDS ON IT, SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T MISS COMMUNICATION.
BUT WHATEVER GIVES YOU COMFORT AS COMMISSIONERS OUT OF THE FIVE, SIX OF US THAT I JUST SAID, PLEASE DO REACH OUT.
WE, WE MEET ALMOST DAILY TO TALK ABOUT THE ZONING
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REFORM.UM, I'M NOT SURE, IT MIGHT BE TO MS. MANGERA-JOHNSON OR, OR MAYBE, UM, MS. MS. WILSON, OR IT MIGHT BE SOMEONE ELSE, BUT I WANTED TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW WE ARE COLLECTING FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
IN MY EXPERIENCE ON FOR DALLAS, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF FEEDBACK WAS SIGNIFICANT AND IT WAS VARIED.
YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOMETIMES WHEN I THINK INDIVIDUALS SUBMITTED A LOT OF FEEDBACK AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO JUST HAD AN OCCASIONAL COMMENT.
ARE WE TRACKING UNIQUE FEEDBACK BY INDIVIDUAL, BY INDIVIDUALS SO YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE NAME OF WHO IT'S COMING FROM, BUT JUST TO GET A SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, IF WE SEE 20 MESSAGES ON ONE TOPIC AND THEY'RE ALL COMING FROM THE SAME PERSON, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT.
YES, WE ARE TRACKING C - UM, WE ARE TRACKING ALL OF THE COMMENTS.
RIGHT NOW, THERE'S EVEN ON THE WEBSITE, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT, UM, THAT ARE ON THERE.
SO WE'RE TRACKING THEM AND WE'RE POSTING THEM ON THE WEBSITE TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT.
WHAT ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS FROM THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING? YOU KNOW, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING A, WELL, OBVIOUSLY GETTING A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE IS CHALLENGING, BUT THAT WE, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND WHETHER THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET IS A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, ALL SWATHS OF OUR COMMUNITY OR WHETHER IT'S BEING, YOU KNOW, I GUESS, MORE HEAVILY FOCUSED IN PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHIC AREAS LIKE COUNCIL DISTRICTS OR WHETHER WE'RE GETTING MORE FEEDBACK FROM YOUNGER PEOPLE OR NOT, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
ARE WE GOING TO BE TRACKING THAT AS WELL AND ALSO TYING THAT TO PIECES OF FEEDBACK WE GET? HOW TO PUSH THE BUTTON.
UH, YES, WE ARE TRACKING ALL THOSE THINGS.
SO TRACKING BY ZIP CODE, TRACKING, UH, WHETHER WE, IT SEEMS AS IF WE'RE GETTING THE SAME COMMENTS OR REPETITIVE COMMENTS FROM, UM, A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL.
SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE CAN SEE.
WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO EVALUATE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS AND BUILDING ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR PARTS OF TOWN THAT MIGHT NEED MORE UNDERSTANDING, MORE SUPPORT.
SO ALL THINGS, YES, BEING TRACKED.
AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE'RE WORKING TO BE NIMBLE TO MOVE INTO SPACES WHERE WE ARE NOT SEEING THE FEEDBACK THAT, UM, SEEING THE AMOUNT OF FEEDBACK THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
AND ONE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO ASK ABOUT IS IN THE FORWARD DALLAS PROCESS, UM, WE GOT LOTS OF, YOU KNOW, THOSE CHANGE.ORG PETITIONS OR WHATEVER THEY ARE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT REAL EASY TO GENERATE, UH, A LETTER TO US THAT BASICALLY FOLLOWS A FORM.
AND THOSE ARE HELPFUL TO A DEGREE BECAUSE THEY DO REPRESENT SOMEONE'S FEEDBACK AT THE SAME TIME.
YOU KNOW, THEY BASICALLY SAY SIMILAR THINGS ONCE YOU'VE LOOKED AT ONE, THE ODDS OF THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, HAVING A CUSTOMIZED MESSAGE, YOU'RE VERY LITTLE.
ARE WE FINDING A WAY TO SORT OF, YOU KNOW, TRACK THAT FEEDBACK SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S COMING IN AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT IN A WAY THAT'S HELPFUL FOR US TO DIGEST AS OPPOSED TO IF WE GET A, A THOUSAND EMAILS THAT ARE ALL THE SAME FOR EMAIL? I, I DEFINITELY WANNA KNOW THAT AND WHAT IT IS, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A WAY TO NOT HAVE TO S - CLICK THROUGH A THOUSAND EMAILS, THAT WOULD MAKE MY LIFE A HECK OF A LOT EASIER.
WE, WE'VE GOT OUR TENTACLES IN AS MANY PLACES AS POSSIBLE, UM, AND I'M SURE THAT WILL GROW AS THE, WE MOVE INTO THIS NEXT PHASE OF THE WORK, BUT OUR GOAL WILL BE TO COMMUNICATE BACK TO YOU ALL IN A WAY THAT FEELS CONCISE AS IT RELATES TO FEEDBACK.
SO, YOU KNOW, AROUND WHAT KINDS OF COMMENTS ARE COMING FROM WHERE, WHAT IS IT THAT, THAT, WHAT ARE THE TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING? SO OUR HOPE IS THAT WE COMMUNICATE BACK TO YOU IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND I ASSUME IF WE WANNA DIVE INTO ALL THE RAW FEEDBACK, WE'RE ABLE TO GET INTO THAT AS WELL? YEAH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO.
I GOTTA SLEEP SOMETIME, BUT WE'LL SEE.
UH, LET' START WITH COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT AND GO DOWN THIS WAY.
UM, UH, THANK YOU, CHAIR BRUBEN.
I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR QUESTIONS.
THOSE WERE GOOD, THOSE WERE GOOD QUESTIONS.
UM, I GOT REASONABLY FAMILIAR WITH THE DIAGNOSTIC THAT YOU PUBLISHED SOME TIME AGO.
UH, COULD YOU JUST COMMENT ON WHETHER YOU THINK WHAT WE'RE S - GOING TO SEE TODAY IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT DIAGNOSTIC? WERE, WERE THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT VARIANCES FROM THAT DIAGNOSTIC JUST PH- PHILOSOPHICALLY? UM, I WOULD SAY THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE PUT WITHIN THE DIAGNOSTIC AND WHAT IS IN THE CODE.
UM, BUT THE DIAGNOSTIC IS JUST THAT.
IT'S JUST A DOCUMENT THAT TALKS ABOUT THIS IS OUR FIRST KIND OF BLUSH AT THE CODE, THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE'RE KIND OF SEEING AND HEARING AND, AND WHERE WE'D LIKE TO GO.
UM, THINGS START TO TAKE SHAPE AS WE ACTUALLY GET INTO THE DRAFTING PROCESS.
I THINK PHILOSOPHICALLY, IT'S INTERESTING THAT, THAT YOU USE THAT TERM.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE DIAGNOSTIC DID TALK ABOUT CREATING MORE HOUSING CHOICES, CREATING DIVERSE HOUSING CHOICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO PHILOSOPHICALLY, I THINK THERE'S A, A DIRECT
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LINK BACK TO IT.UM, WHAT ALSO HAPPENED, I KIND OF POINTED OUT TOO, IS AFTER THE DIAGNOSTIC CAME OUT, THEN ALL THE STATE BILLS GOT CONFIRMED.
SO THAT KIND OF HAD TO MAKE US CHANGE COURSE IN TERMS OF CERTAIN THINGS BECAUSE WE HAD TO RESPOND TO THOSE.
UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE IN PLACE WHEN THE DIAGNOSTIC FIRST EMERGED.
UH, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.
I WOULD ALSO ADD, IN ADDITION TO THE STATE LAWS, AND I THINK I, WE POINTED A LITTLE BIT TO IT, WE NOW HAVE A FEDERAL HOUSING BILL THAT WAS BIPARTISAN.
IT'S ONE OF THE FEW, UH, IN THE PAST, I DON'T KNOW, 20, 30 YEARS, WHICH KIND OF LIKE SENDS A SIGNAL THAT NATIONWIDE WE NEED TO BE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT HOUSING.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, PAUL POSITION.
UM, FUNDING IS GONNA BE, UH, TIED TO THE BILL AS LONG AS WE ARE ZONING READY FOR MORE HOUSING TYPES.
SO WE HAD TO CONSIDER THAT AS WELL.
AND THAT FEDERAL LAW IS PRETTY NEW.
SO I'M SAYING THAT THE MARKET MOVES THAT FAST, THAT EVERYTHING BECOMES OBSOLETE EVERY MONTH.
AND THEN WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GONNA HAVE A NEW STATE LEGISLATURE, UH, PACKET, UH, BY THE TIME WE'RE CONSIDERING ADOPTING ANY ZONING CHANGES.
SO WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO BE READY AND WE HAVE TO, LIKE, BE READY TO PIVOT FAST.
YEAH, THAT WAS HELPFUL TO GET THAT MESSAGE THIS MORNING.
I WAS, UH, I'VE LEARNED SOMETHING, UH, TODAY.
UH, SO THAT, THAT WAS HELPFUL.
UM, UH, JUST A FINAL QUESTION.
UM, I THINK WE'RE ALL AWARE THERE WILL BE ELEMENTS IN THIS DRAFT THAT MAYBE ARE DIFFICULT FOR SOME IN THE COMMUNITY TO EMBRACE, AT LEAST IMMEDIATELY.
AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, ARE, UH, I'M, I GUESS I'M SPEAKING PRIMARILY TO CAMIROS HERE.
ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TELL US, UH, BENCHMARKING OF OTHER CITIES WHERE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED, WHERE, WHERE SOME OF THIS, SOME OF THESE IDEAS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED AND HOW IT'S, HOW IT'S ROLLED OUT AND, AND THE, UH, THE RESULTS OF THAT, JUST TO GIVE US SOME PERSPECTIVE BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS OF, OF DALLAS? UH, YEAH, OF COURSE WE CAN DO THAT.
UM, WE WILL, YOU KNOW, PART OF OUR, OUR THING THAT WE'RE KIND OF SITTING HERE AND WAITING FOR 11:15 IS TO GET THIS OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT FEEDBACK STARTS COMING BACK.
AND SO, YEAH, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP PEOPLE KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHAT HAPPENS WITH THESE THINGS, UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE FOR THINGS LIKE ADUS, KIND OF, WELL, WELL, IF YOU ALLOW THEM, WHAT HAPPENS? WELL, IT'S NOT REALLY AN EXPLOSION AND WE CAN SHOW YOU WHERE, WHERE PLACES HAVE DONE THAT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ITEMS WILL BE YET, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF OUR CHARGE.
ALL RIGHT, GOING DOWN THE LINE TO COMMISSIONER WHEELER-REAGAN.
UM, S- SO THE SLIDE WHERE WE, WERE ABOUT THE PDS.
IS THERE A WAY YOU CAN BRING THAT BACK UP? I HAD A COUPLE CONCERNS, UH, RELATED TO THE PD, THE PDS AND THE - REGARDING THE PD, YOU WANT ME TO PULL THE SLIDE BACK UP? YES.
IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN PULL THAT UP? YEAH.
UM, SO A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS, UM, GAVE ME CAUSE FOR PAUSE.
SO I KNOW THAT A GOOD MAJORITY OF, UM, OUR PDS, UM, ARE OFTEN STA- STAFF OR CITY INITIATED, WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT UM, WHERE IT SAYS THE PROPERTY MUST BE UNDER SINGLE OWNERSHIP, UM, UH, UNIF - OKAY, UNIFIED CONTROL.
SO THEY WERE, SO THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR MULTIPLE PROPERTY OWNERS TO GO INTO AND DECIDE FOR A PD? UM - I MEAN, YEAH.
I- IF IT'S UNDER UNIFIED CONTROL AND THEY CAN SHOW THAT THEY'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER, HOWEVER THAT WOULD BE, YES, THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED UNIFIED CONTROL.
AND ALSO, UM, IF THE PD, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WHERE THE PD, THE CURRENT BASE USE IS, UM, THE, IS MAYBE HARMFUL OR IS NO LONGER, UM, PROACTIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT BASE USE IS P - IS PART OF THE REASON FOR THE PD TO BE REMOVED, IS THERE AN OPTION WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE PDS? UM, THE PD THAT WAS CREATED FOR OURS, WHICH WE KNOW WE JUST WENT THROUGH A MAJOR COMPRE- COMPREHENSIVE PD CHANGE WITH A PD595 - YEAH.
AND THOSE, SO A PD WAS CREATED TO HELP REMOVE THOSE HARMFUL USES.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE SAYING, UH, AND NOT IN ALL DISTRICTS, BUT IN MO - IN, IN SOME DISTRICTS WHERE WE HAVE THOSE ISSUES, WHERE WE'RE TRANSITIONING FROM, SAY, A, UM, A HEAVILY, UM, UH, UH, USE THAT HA - I MEAN, USES THAT'S IN A DISTRICT THAT WERE, UM, INDUSTRIAL, THAT IS NO LONGER, NO LONGER, UM, SHOULD NO LONGER BE NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL.
SO YOU HAVE THOSE AREAS LIKE, UH, WEST DALLAS, SOUTH DALLAS, UM, OAK CLIFF, THAT THEY'RE TRANSITIONING AND THOSE BASE USES SHOULD NO LONGER BE ALLOWED.
HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT W - I- IN THIS PROPOSAL WITH THIS PD? UH, I CAN,
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I CAN START.UM, I THINK IN PARTICULAR WITH THE INDUSTRIAL, WE WERE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT.
WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT THE MINUTE WE KIND OF STEPPED FOOT INTO TOWN, THAT THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT RESIDENTIAL VERSUS INDUSTRIAL.
SO WE HOPE THAT IN SOME OF THOSE CASES THAT WE HAVE BUILT IN THE CORRECT, OR AT LEAST SOME LEVEL OF CONTROL OVER THE IMPACTS THOSE USES CAN BE, THAT MAKING SURE THEY'RE ONLY LOCATED IN, IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS, PUTTING IN STANDARDS FOR THAT.
SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF ONE ASPECT OF THAT ON JUST TO BE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT THE INDUSTRIAL.
I THINK THE IDEA WITH PD IS REALLY WHAT WE WANNA DO.
WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO USE YOUR ZONING DISTRICTS, NOT PD.
SO IT MAY BE, AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD MAYBE NOW THINK IT SHOULD BE A PD, YOU'VE GOT A BETTER SIMPLIFIED SET OF DISTRICTS.
MAYBE IT'S NOT A PD, MAYBE IT'S A REZONING, AND THAT GETS YOU THE USES THAT YOU WANT, AND IT'S JUST A BASE DISTRICT.
'CAUSE WE WANNA MOVE PD INTO A CATEGORY OF IT REALLY LOOKING AT KIND OF UNIQUE, INNOVATIVE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
UH, THERE IS A PROVISION, IT'S NOT ON THE SLIDE, THOUGH THERE'S A PROVISION YOU'LL SEE IN THE DRAFT TOO, THAT IF THERE IS SOMETHING YOU WANNA DO, THE BASE DISTRICT IS WRONG AND YOU COULD, YOU WOULD DO...
THE BASE DISTRICT DOESN'T FULLY GO ALL THE WAY IT NEEDS TO, BUT YOU, SO YOU WANNA CHANGE THE BASE DISTRICT AND USE A PD, YOU CAN PROCESS THEM CONCURRENTLY.
SO WE'RE NOT SENDING YOU THROUGH TWO SEPARATE PROCESS.
THEY CAN COME THROUGH THE PROCESS TOGETHER.
SO YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR BASE DISTRICT TO GET RID OF INDUSTRIAL, CHANGE IT TO AN MX DISTRICT, AND IF YOU STILL NEED THE PD, YOU CAN LAYER THE PD ON TOP OF THAT.
AND AS FAR AS THE ENGAGEMENT IS GOING, UH, WE ALSO, UM, WE'RE, I KNOW THAT WE HEAVILY ARE IN OUR COMMERCIAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS, THOSE ONES THAT, UM, ALSO WITH OUR RESIDENTIAL WE ENGAGE IN OUR INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS AND IN OUR INDUSTRIAL, UM, BUSINESSES, UM, SO THAT THEY WON'T BE LEFT OUT OF THE CONVERSATION.
AND OFTEN WHEN THEY ARE MORE ON THE, UM, I'M ONE OF THOSE COMMISSIONERS THAT BELIEVE IN WHO WAS THERE FIRST, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS IN, IF WE, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH ZONING REFORM AND WE ARE, UM, CONTINUING TO BUILD IN THE CITY, WE CANNOT DO THAT WITHOUT SOME OF OUR INDUSTRIAL USES, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET TO TALKING ABOUT ROOFING AND CON - UM, CONCRETE AND THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE UP A CITY.
HOW ARE WE ENGAGING AND FINDING AND ENSURING THAT THOSE DISTRICTS ARE ALSO PROTECTED? BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT WHAT CAN HAPPEN IS IN 10, 10 YEARS, YOU, YOU ALLOW FOR ONE HOUSING CLOSE BY, AND THEN THERE'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE, AND NOW THAT INDUSTRIAL USE IS MEAN THAT IT'S THE PROBLEM.
SO HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH THAT, THOSE DISTRICTS? WE'RE WORKING WITH A LOT OF, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO PARTNER WITH A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS SO WE CAN, UM, TALK WITH THEIR MEMBERS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE AT THE TABLE.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S DEFINITELY ON OUR RADAR.
IF YOU KNOW OF ANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE SHOULD REACH OUT TO, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE REACH OUT TO THEM AND, UM, GET IN FRONT OF THEM SO THAT THEY'RE AT THE TABLE, UM, AS WELL.
AND THIS IS THE LAST QUESTION.
THEY CAN RUN IN TANDEM WITH EACH OTHER.
UM, ENSURING THAT, AS WE SAW THAT, UM, WHEN WE DID OUR PD, WE WERE ABLE TO, THE BIGGEST HURDLE WAS THE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL, AND IN MAKING IT SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE LEGACY, THOSE AREAS, WE PROTECT THOSE LEGACY AREAS, BUT ALSO NOT JUST PROTECT THEM, BUT ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL USES.
UM, BUT WE, WHAT WE ALSO DID, UM, WAS ABLE TO DO WHEN WE GOT CLOSE TO THE END OF OUR ZONING, WE WERE ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT WAS TO COME.
SO INCLUDING IN OUR NEW PDS AND IN OUR CURRENT ZONING, Y - WHEN YOU'RE HEARING THIS, THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT ADUS, ARE YOU HEARING A COMMUNITY ABOUT, UM, SAY THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE ZONING REFORM AS, AS FAR AS ACCESSORY USES FOR RESTAURANTS AND BARS THAT ALLOW FOR KARAOKE OR MAYBE A BAND THAT UP ON THE CURRENT USE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET ADDITIONAL HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING THAT IN REAL TIME INSTEAD OF HAVING TO WAIT FOR ZONING REFORM, WHICH WE KNOW IS COMING, BUT WE COULD ADDRESS AND GO AHEAD AND START THAT PROCESS IN THESE CURRENT PDS, ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS, AND THOSE TYPE OF DEALS.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WE TOOK PD595 AS LIKE THE GOLD STANDARD
UM, OBVIOUSLY THAT PD IS GONNA STAY, UM, AS IT IS.
UM, SO WE TOOK SOME OF THOSE I - SOME OF THE GREAT IDEAS IN PD 595 AND TRIED TO EMBED IN HERE JUST BECAUSE WE USE ALL THE ZONING CASES, ESPECIALLY THE PDS THAT WE'RE DOING AS TEST CASES.
UH, I WOULD MAKE A COMMENT THAT WHAT WE PUT IN HERE IS NOT AS INNOVATIVE AND NOT SO NEW TO DALLAS BECAUSE WE ALREADY ARE DOING THEM.
UM, SO SOME OF THOSE I- IDEAS ARE IN, IN, IN THE CODE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD FOR YOU TO SEE THEM AND LET US KNOW HOW, HOW THEY WORK.
SO ACCESSORY TO, LIKE, RESTAURANTS AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW, DRINKING AND EATING ESTABLISHMENT, SOME, UH, ENTERTAINMENT ACCESSORY, WE, WE PUT IT IN THE CODE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY IDEAS WITH DESIGN STANDARDS.
WE WERE THOUGHTFUL WITH THE DESIGN
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STANDARDS AND WE GOT INSPIRATION FROM PD 595 FOR, FOR NEIGHBORHOODS.SO, BUT WE, WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OBVIOUSLY SOME, LIKE, PORCHES, FOR INSTANCE, WE CANNOT REQUIRE THOSE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO WE, WE TRIED TO, LIKE, JUST SEND THE SIGNAL THAT WE NEED TO THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE FORM AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CITY, AND WE TOOK CALL STANDARD FROM PD 595.
SO I DID SEE AN EMAIL, UM, YESTERDAY FROM ONE OF YOUR PLANNERS THAT JOUPPI, WHICH IS GOING THROUGH AN AUTHORIZED HEARING, REQUESTED ADU.
SO IN REAL TIME, BECAUSE THEY SAW IT, AND THEN THEY KNOW WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON, THEY'RE SAYING, "HEY, WE WANT THOSE ADUS." AND SO THAT'S WHERE I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT IN REAL TIME, GOING AHEAD IN THOSE CASES THAT ARE ALREADY HERE, THAT'S BEFORE ARE COMING UP, OR THOSE PDS THAT ARE COMING UP, HOW DOES THAT, WE CAN PUT THOSE IN PLACE EVEN NOW? UH, LET ME JUMP IN A LITTLE BIT.
UH, I THINK, UM, THOSE ARE GREAT PROJECT.
I WOULD SAY PD 595, AND THEN RECENT, LIKE, UH, CONSERVATION, THOSE KIND OF LIKE A PILOT PROJECT, AND WE ALL ENGAGE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, LIKE, UH, THE, THE P - UH, THE CONSERVATION, FOR EXAMPLE, OR EVERY SINGLE OWNER IS KIND OF ENGAGED IN THAT.
SO WE HEAR FROM A LOT OF PROPERTY OWNER WHAT THEY WANT, ESPECIALLY HOUSING.
AND SO OVERWHELMING, UH, ALL THESE RECENT ENGAGEMENT WE HAVE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE GROUND, PD, UH, 595 AND OTHER PROJECT.
AND PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE ADU, UH, WITH SOME STANDARDS.
SO THAT'S WHAT'S REFLECTING HERE.
THOSE ARE KIND OF OUR PILOT PROJECT.
WE GOT A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH SOME RECENT AUTHORIZED HEARING AND CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
THOSE ALSO INFORM WHAT'S IN HERE IN THE DRAFT.
WHO'S NEXT? UH, COMMISSIONER COX.
I, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS WELL, AND, AND I'LL CERTAINLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF REACHING OUT TO STAFF AND, AND ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS RATHER THAN TAKING UP A LOT OF TIME HERE.
JUST A COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS, IF I COULD, FROM THE INITIAL MEETINGS.
I, I, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK AND EFFORT THAT'S GOING INTO THIS.
UM, THE, THE, THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD INITIALLY, I WAS ON A DIFFERENT SIDE.
I WASN'T PART OF THE COMMISSION AT, AT THE TIME.
I WAS A RESIDENT ATTENDING MEETINGS AS PART OF A, A, A COMMUNITY GROUP.
AND I FELT SOME OF THE MEETINGS FELL SHORT, AND I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
MANY OF THOSE MEETINGS RAN LONG IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU HAD ARRANGED FOR AS FAR AS THE SPACE.
AND A NUMBER OF HOMEOWNERS WALKED AWAY TERRIBLY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY'D TAKEN TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY TO COME DOWN AND, AND BE HEARD, BUT THEY WERE TURNED AWAY.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO, TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
UH, THE COMMUNICATION PLAN SOUNDS GREAT.
UM, I THINK THE MORE ENGAGEMENT YOU CAN HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY, CERTAINLY THE BETTER.
AND, AND THE, AND THAT ENGAGEMENT SHOULD, SHOULD INCLUDE ENGAGEMENT THAT IS CONVENIENT FOR THE HOMEOWNERS AND RESIDENTS IN THIS CITY, UH, RATHER THAN JUST THE STAFF.
UM, UH, TO THAT END, I'D, I'D LIKE PERSONALLY TO BE ABLE TO ARRANGE A MEETING FOR MY DISTRICT WHERE WE CAN HAVE MORE PEOPLE ATTEND, PERHAPS IN AN AUDITORIUM TO BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS, UH, TO ENGAGE WITH STAFF AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S COMING DOWN WITH RESPECT TO THIS ZONING REFORM.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, IF SOMEBODY COULD REACH OUT TO ME INDIVIDUALLY, UH, TALK ABOUT ARRANGING A MEETING LIKE THAT, UH, I'D LOVE TO SEE IT.
AND THEN FINALLY, TO COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT'S POINT, AS FAR AS BENCHMARKING, I THINK METRICS, TO ME, ARE, ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
IF YOU'RE GONNA TELL US THAT YOU'RE BENCHMARKING, MARKING OFF OF OTHER CITIES, PLEASE BE IN A POSITION TO TELL US WHAT KIND OF SUCCESS THEY'VE HAD WITH REAL NUMBERS, AND ALSO AT LEAST A, A, A, A, A, AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THAT COULD MEAN FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AS WELL.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS.
COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, I THOUGH I SAW YOUR HAND.
ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONER HAMPTON? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, RECEIVING THE DOCUMENT AND, UH, STARTING TO DIG INTO ALL THE REVIEW.
JUST TWO KIND OF REALLY HIGH LEVEL QUESTIONS AND, UM, I'LL CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP BECAUSE I DO THINK THEY WILL BE MORE DETAILED AS, AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID.
UM, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE STREAMLINING OF THE DISTRICTS.
I THINK I FOLLOW HOW IT'S, UM, SUGGESTED TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
I'M THINKING OF A FEW AREAS, UM, THROUGH MY DISTRICT, BUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE WE'VE GOT SOME, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL THAT'S ALREADY ADJACENT TO, UM, INDUSTRIAL OR THAT MAY BE A MIX.
I'M PRESUMING SOME OF THOSE MAY TRANSITION INTO MIXED USE JUST BASED ON TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE DISCUSSION FOR DALLAS, BUT UNDERSTANDING HOW THOSE TRENDS TRANSITIONS GET APPLIED
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AS WE LOOK AT THIS NEW IMPLEMENTATION OF DISTRICTS.UM, BUT I THINK MY OTHER BIG KIND OF PRIMARY, UM, QUESTION WAS THINGS LIKE I HEARD THE MENTION OF THE HABITAT GARDEN AND THE LANDSCAPING PROVISIONS, WHICH IS, I THINK, AMAZING.
UM, WHAT, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT WHERE THERE MAY BE OTHER, UM, PROVISIONS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF RECENT CONSIDERATIONS SUCH AS BIRD PROTECTION STRATEGIES, LIKE, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT OUR CITY GROWING AND DENSIFYING, HOW, IF, IF THOSE OTHER PROVISIONS HAVE BEEN PART OF THE CONVERSATION OR HOW WE MIGHT THINK ABOUT THOSE AS A BODY AS WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE DRAFT AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND JUST HOW WE SHARE THAT TYPE OF FEEDBACK.
AND AGAIN, IT MAY BE WE LOOKED AT IT, WE THINK IT NEEDS TO BE ON X TIMELINE.
BUT AGAIN, JUST UNDERSTANDING HOW TO SHARE THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION.
THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS AND ALL OF THAT.
I FORGOT TO STRESS DURING MY PRESENTATION WHAT WE TOLD CITY COUNCIL IS THAT WE WILL IMMEDIATELY REACH OUT TO COUNCIL OFFICES TO OFFER ONE-ON-ONES.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE WAY WE TOLD THEM IS OBVIOUSLY YOU WILL BE, AGAIN, PART OF THAT AS WELL.
AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ASKED US TO MAYBE DO ONE IN THE BEGINNING AND ONE AFTER THEY HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT PROBABLY THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AND EVEN NOVEMBER, UM, THAT THOSE ONE-ON-ONES WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD HAPPEN JUST TO HEAR FROM THEM THEIR PRIORITIES, WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THE DRAFT.
UM, SECOND, THE TRANSITIONS, UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT.
UH, THE DRAFT INCLUDES A DISTRICT TRANSITION TABLE, BUT WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON USES TRANSITION SECTIONS.
WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO SEE HOW THE, HOW IT WILL IMPACT PDS AND ALL OF THAT.
WE WORKED TOGETHER TO PUT THE DRAFT, BUT NOW WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO WORK TO LIKE DIVE DEEPER INTO THE LOGISTICS AND HOW THIS WILL APPLY.
WE'RE LOOKING THE, THE MOMENT WE START TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE'LL, WE'LL OBVIOUSLY PUBLISH OR SEND IT TO YOU AS WELL.
AND AS FAR AS LANDSCAPING, IF ARISTA WANTS TO ADD, THANK YOU POINT TAKEN.
WHO'S NEXT? COMMISSIONER KINGSTON.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TODAY IF WE HAD HAD SOMETHING IN WRITING BEFORE TODAY SO WE COULD HAVE PREPARED.
I KNOW THAT THAT WAS A STRATEGY ON YOUR PART, BUT THIS IS A BIG PROJECT FOR EVERYONE.
AND HAVING YOU SIT HERE AND TALK TO US QUICKLY WITH A PRESENTATION WE CAN'T REALLY SEE OR DIGEST WAS NOT THE MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF OUR TIME.
SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU BE MORE MINDFUL OF HOW YOU DEAL WITH US SO THAT WE'RE USING OUR TIME WISELY AND THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY PREPARE FOR THESE MEETINGS AND, AND, AND MAKE THIS PROCESS MORE COLLABORATIVE.
UM, BECAUSE JUST SHOWING UP AND HAVING YOU TALK AT US WITHOUT HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY PREPARE IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO MOVE THIS PROCESS FORWARD.
I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK TO FUTURE MEETINGS AND, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL ALL BE DONE IN, IN CONSULTATION WITH, YOU KNOW, STAFF AND ALSO GETTING FEEDBACK FROM EACH OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN INTRODUCTORY MEETING AHEAD OF THE DRAFT COMING OUT.
WHAT I ENVISION WHEN IT GETS TO CPC, UH, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR MEETINGS WILL BE, YOU KNOW, FOCUSED ON TOPICS, A TOPIC OR, OR TOPICS SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING.
WE WON'T JUST BE OPENING UP, YOU KNOW, THE CODE REFORM DOCUMENT AS A WHOLE FOR DISCUSSION.
SO WE WILL KNOW WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS.
AND OF COURSE, THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, A DRAFT AT THAT TIME THAT EVERYONE CAN READ.
AND FRANKLY, I, I EXPECT EVERYONE WILL HAVE READ VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE OUR MEETING TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION.
SO, YOU KNOW, TODAY WAS VERY MUCH THE INTRODUCTION AND FUTURE MEETINGS FOR, YOU KNOW, WILL SERVE A DIFFERENT PURPOSE AND WILL RUN VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN TODAY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK YOUR FEEDBACK IS, IS IMPORTANT ABOUT WHEN MAKING SURE WE USE OUR TIME WELL.
AND, YOU KNOW, MY VISION FOR THIS PROCESS IS THE BODY CHAIR, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR STAFF, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR MEETINGS MOVING FORWARD WILL BE, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY FOCUSED, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
THERE MAY BE ONE OR TWO MEETINGS JUST FOR A PROCESS REASON.
WE NEED TO PUT UP THE WHOLE DOCUMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT MY GOAL IS TO HAVE FOCUSED DISCUSSIONS, FRANKLY, SOME SPECIALLY CALLED MEETINGS SO WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH JUGGLING ZONING CASES AND OTHER CASES AND THIS.
SO, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK WELL TAKEN
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AND, AND THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY DELIBERATE ABOUT THE PROCESS OF THE MEETINGS OF THIS BODY.STAFF, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, UM, OR KAMIRIS, I'M MORE THAN WELCOME.
YEAH, THIS IS JUST THE FIRST OF MANY, MANY, UH, CONVERSATION WE'RE GONNA HAVE WITH YOU EITHER FORMALLY OR INFORMALLY.
SO WHENEVER WE WERE ASKED, YOU KNOW, BY THE BODY TO COME BACK, WE'RE WAITING TO COME BACK.
SO YOU GET THE DRAFT TODAY, UH, PROBABLY WHENEVER, UH, YOU'RE READY, UH, WHEN THIS MEETING CONCLUDE, WE'LL GET YOU A COPY.
AND THEN THERE'S A F - NOT JUST FOR COMMISSION, FOR THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE AT LEAST FOUR MONTHS, UH, CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FIRST DRAFT.
UH, IT'S FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY, AND IT'S A WORKING DRAFT.
SO WE'LL BE WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU IF YOU FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO COME BACK IN A MONTH AFTER YOU HAVE TIME TO DIGEST, REVIEW.
IT'S STILL LIKE ALMOST 400 PAGES.
UM, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
ANYTIME YOU REQUEST STAFF TO COME BACK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, CLARIFICATION, WE'LL BE HAPPY.
I'M NOT SURE CONSULTANT WILL BE HERE EVERY SINGLE TIME, BUT STAFF, WE ARE AVAILABLE.
MR. CHAIR, UM, THE PROCESS YOU DESCRIBED FOR CPC IS SOMETHING THAT I'M WORKING WITH STAFF ON FOR ZOAC AS WELL, WHERE WE ADDRESS SPECIFIC SECTIONS OF THE ORDINANCE, UM, IN ORDER TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE IN OUR DEBATE.
AND I, I KNOW THERE'S AN EMAIL IN MY INBOX ADDRESSING THAT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COORDINATING WITH YOU AND STAFF ON THAT.
I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
I SAW THAT THERE WILL BE OPEN HOUSES IN DECEMBER.
DO WE HAVE PROPOSED DATES AND, UH, DO WE HAVE THE LOCATIONS IN WHICH THE OPEN HOUSES WILL BE HELD? YES.
UM, WE WILL START WITH SOME VIRTUAL CONVERSATIONS IN NOVEMBER, AND WE HAVE DATES AND TIMES FOR THOSE AS WELL AS THE OPEN HOUSES.
WE HAVE THE LOCATIONS, DATES AND TIMES FOR THOSE.
AND THOSE WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE OR ALREADY ON THE WEBSITE? AND THAT, YES, THEY WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONERS, LIKE, WE'RE GETTING READY TO RELEASE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE NEXT PHASES OF ENGAGEMENT.
WE'RE ALSO ENVISIONING VIRTUAL LUNCHES AND PERIODICALLY, PROBABLY WEEKLY, BEFORE, EVEN BEFORE THE OPEN HOUSES.
ALL THESE DATES AND LOCATIONS WILL BE PUBLISHED TODAY OR TOMORROW.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS WEEK, MEETING, MEETING EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE LOCATIONS FIRM.
AND, AND AS FAR AS ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE PUBLIC, WE PUT THEM IN LARGE CHUNKS SO WE ARE ACCESSIBLE.
WE DON'T KEEP PUBLIC IN THERE.
THEY, WE ARE JUST THERE TO TALK.
AND, UH, WE ALSO PUT THEM BOTH MIDDAY AFTERNOON IN STRATEGIC LOCATIONS.
WE WANNA BE VERY, VERY ACCESSIBLE.
SO YOU WILL, YOU WILL SEE THAT TODAY, I THINK LATER TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH, FINISH A FIRST ROUND, THEN WE'LL COME BACK FOR A SECOND ROUND.
UH, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I'M VERY EXCITED TO DIG INTO THIS.
UM, I ALSO APPRECIATE, BASED ON YOUR PRESENTATION, THAT IT SEEMS THERE'S A LOT OF ELEMENTS TO THE DRAFT THAT, WHERE WE ARE KEEPING WHAT IS WORKING WELL, UH, WITH OUR CURRENT CODE AND, AND MAINTAINING AND BUILDING ON THAT.
UM, I THINK AS A, AS A CAUTIONARY TALE, YOU KNOW, WE SAW THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S CODE REFORM RECENTLY FAIL OR NOT GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH BECAUSE, IN MY OPINION, THEY DIDN'T MAYBE COMMUNICATE WELL THAT IT'S NOT A WHOLESALE CHANGE, THAT WE'RE KEEPING THINGS THAT ARE WORKING WELL.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE, ONE STATEMENT.
THE SECOND THING I'VE HEARD AT A COMMUNITY MEETING AND HEARD TODAY THAT SIMPLIFICATION IS A KEY OBJECTIVE.
UM, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING MANY CITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED AS A CHALLENGE.
UM, WE'RE TAKING THIS EXTREMELY COMPLEX THING AND TRYING TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.
UM, ARE YOU MEASURING THAT IN ANY SPECIFIC WAY IS MY FIRST QUESTION.
DO WE HAVE FEWER PAGES? ARE GRAPHICS AND VISUALS REPLACING LONG EXPLANATIONS AND DEFINITIONS? UM, AND A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION FOR STAFF TO THAT IS THINKING OPTIMISTICALLY WHEN WE, UH, NOT IF, UH, THIS IS ADOPTED AND IMPLEMENTED, UH, IS STAFF CONSIDERING A, A FORMAL, UM, POST-ADOPTION EVALUATION, UH, A YEAR, TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE PERMIT REVIEW TIMES DECREASED? HAS THE NUMBER OF ZONING VARIANCES BEEN REDUCED? YOU KNOW, HAVE THE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS PERMITTED INCREASED? UH, TH- THOSE KIND OF THINGS I THINK WE WOULD ALL BE INTERESTED IN AS WELL.
YEAH, THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
AND I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO TO, UH, MAKE THIS SIMPLE, CLEAR, EASY TO USE SO THAT WE CAN HELP, UM, THE PERMITTING SIDE, AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE PURPOSE.
UM, FOR THE CURRENT DRAFT, UH, STAFF ALREADY MENTIONED, THIS IS NOT MEANT FOR ADOPTION.
AND DURING THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS, MAYBE LONGER, WE TEAM UP WITH
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SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND STAKEHOLDERS.WE HAVE, UH, DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE HAVE TRAP, WE HAVE GREATER DALLAS PLANNING COUNCIL.
ALL, THEY ALL HAVE OFFERED TO HELP WITH TEST FITTING.
SO EVEN BEFORE NOW AND THE SECOND DRAFT, WE CAN TEST FIT SOME OF THESE.
I MEAN, SOMETHING WORKS ELSEWHERE.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA TEST FIT IF IT DOESN'T WORK, WE'LL DROP IT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WORK WORK, WHAT DOESN'T WORK, WE NEED TO BE ADJUSTED.
I WOULD SAY, UH, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IS EVEN YOU HAVE A SECOND DRAFT, EVEN YOU ADOPTED THAT FINAL DRAFT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA CATCH 100%.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE A PERFECT...
I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY, ANY ZONING ORDINANCE ANYWHERE, ANY CITY THAT'S PERFECT.
SO YOU SHOULD TREAT THAT AS A LIVING DOCUMENT.
EVEN A YEAR OR TWO AFTER THAT, YOU GOT REAL TEST, YOU NEED TO COME BACK TO ADJUST THAT.
SO WE ARE, UH, REALLY NEED TO DO THAT.
IT'S NOT EVEN IF OR WHEN IT'S NECESSARY TO DO THAT.
UH, I JUST LOVE THIS QUESTION.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
I THINK MY ANSWER WAS ALWAYS, LIKE, IF WE SEE LESS PDS, IT MEANS THAT THIS BASE CODE IS WORKING BECAUSE THAT'S THE MEASURE, LIKE, YOU S - GET OUT OF THE, THE BASE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T WORK.
BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY, LIKE, PROBABLY THE SIMPLEST WAY TO, FOR US TO SIMPLIFY WAS TO JUST TAKE OUT THE ZEST, THE STUFF THAT IS NOT BEING USED.
WE HAVE A MULTITUDE OF DISTRICTS THAT THEY'RE NOT ON THE MAP.
WE HAVE A MULTITUDE OF PROVISIONS THAT WERE NEVER USED.
WE WERE JUST, LIKE, PROBABLY VERY ENTHUSIASTIC TO TEST AN IDEA.
UH, SO THOSE ARE THE EASY ONES.
UH, BUT ALSO, LIKE, THE WAY USES AND EVERYTHING KIND OF, LIKE, EVOLVES O- OVER TIME.
LIKE, A CODE FROM THE '60S MAY HAVE USES.
WE HAVE LAND USES THAT, AGAIN, THEY DON'T MEAN ANYTHING.
UM, ALSO, UM, THERE ARE PROVISIONS THAT GET US A LOT INTO, LIKE, UH, INCONSISTENCY, EITHER THE PUBLIC, THE APPLICANTS, AND US.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PROVISIONS IN THERE.
THE INTENT WAS STATED TO CONTROL SOMETHING, BUT IT DIDN'T, BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT'S HARD TO READ, HARD TO APPLY.
EVERYBODY SAYS IT'S SIMPLE MATH WHERE IT ACTUALLY IS NOT.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE SIMPLIFICATION.
WE CAN TAKE THEM ONE BY ONE, BUT THANK YOU.
COMMISSIONER CARPENTER, THEN WE'LL GO TO THE VICE CHAIR.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I, I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT ANYTIME THAT STAFF COMES TO US WITH ANY KIND OF BRIEFING, THAT THEY LOAD THE PRESENTATION SO THAT WE CAN READ IT ON OUR DEVICES.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S FORM-BASED OR ANYTHING ELSE, BECAUSE IT, IT'S VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO READ, YOU KNOW, AT A DISTANCE HERE.
BUT I DIDN'T HEAR ANY REFERENCE TO FORM-BASED ZONING DURING THIS.
AND I GOT THE IMPRESSION AT THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, INTRODUCTION TO ZONING REFORM THAT THE, UH, CONSULTANTS WERE NOT FANS OF FORM-BASED ZONING.
AND, UH, CAN, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME IDEA OF WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT? THAT WE WEREN'T FANS OF IT? RIGHT.
UM, WELL, I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARILY TRUE.
UM, LIKE ANY OTHER APPROACH TO ZONING, WHETHER THAT BE, UM, PERFORMANCE-BASED OR KIND OF VERY TRADITIONAL OR FORM-BASED ZONING, UM, I, I, I AM A FAN OF IT WHEN IT WORKS WELL.
I MEAN, AND SO THE ISSUE WAS IS WE, AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THIS CODE, AND WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE FORM-BASED CONTROLS BUILT INTO CERTAIN DISTRICTS.
THINGS LIKE THE MX DISTRICTS ARE VERY SPECIFICALLY USING FORM-BASED CONTROLS TO BRING THE BUILDINGS CLOSER TO THE STREET TO FILL OUT THAT SPACE TO CREATE THAT KIND OF PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT.
AS YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT ARE IN PLAY, THEY ARE, THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY ROOTED IN FORM-BASED CODING.
SO IT'S REALLY NOT USING THE KIND OF TRADITIONAL WAY THAT THE FORM-BASED CODE INSTITUTE HAS SET UP THE WAY YOU, YOU SHOULD, YOU KNOW, STRUCTURE A CODE.
WHAT WE DID WAS RESPONDED TO THE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO RESPOND TO IN DALLAS, AND WE PULLED FORM-BASED TOOLS IN, UM, WHEN THEY WOULD HELP US GET TO THAT ENDPOINT, LIKE QUALITY DESIGN AND, AND BUILDINGS CLOSER TO THE STREET.
NO, THAT WAS MY BASIC UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WERE GOING TO INCORPORATE INTO THE GENERAL CODE THE ELEMENTS OF FORM-BASED ZONING - YES.
THAT YOU THOUGH WERE, BUT YOU, YOU STILL SEE A FUTURE FOR, I MEAN, JUST LIKE WITH THE PDS, ARE YOU SEEING A MORE LIMITED FUTURE FOR FORM-BASED ZONING BASED CODE? I MEAN, KIND OF MOVING AWAY FROM JUST DALLAS IN GENERAL.
UM, MOVING O, IT, IT'S REALLY, IT IS A...
I LOOK AT IT IN THE WAY THAT WE LOOK AT IT AND, AND KIND OF OTHER PROJECTS WE'VE DONE THAT HAVE DONE MORE TRADITIONAL FORM-BASED CODING AND HAVE HAD TO KIND OF MOVE BACK BECAUSE IT KIND OF ADDED LAYERS OF COMPLEXITY IN THE KIND OF TRUE TRADITIONAL FORM-BASED CODE, CODING PROCESS.
IT'S GOT VERY GOOD UTILITY IN ADDRESSING SPECIFIC ISSUES OR DESIGN THINGS AND JUST BASICALLY JUST KIND OF CONTINUING TO USE IT AS A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX.
THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE.
SOMETIMES THEY CAN GET OVERLY COMPLEX, LIKE WE SEE THINGS WHERE, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE
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USED BUILDING TYPES AND IT'S MADE A VERY DIFFICULT...IT, IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE CODE WORKS ITSELF OUT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE STANDARDS FOR DESIGN, SOME OF THE STANDARDS FOR, YOU KNOW, BUILDING SIDING, GREAT TOOLS.
AND I DON'T SEE THEM GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON.
I, I'M NOT SURE ANYBODY WOULD REALLY...
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT NEW THING WOULD HAPPEN, BUT, UM, WHO KNOWS WHAT AI WILL THINK OF.
UH, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I, I SEE A PLACE FOR IT FOR A LONG TIME, JUST, JUST...
AND IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT IN ZONING THAT IT RESPONDS TO ISSUES THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH, THAT YOU'RE NOT KIND OF SQUARE PEG, ROUND HOLE, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DALLAS AND WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AND, AND JUST PULLING TOOLS THAT WILL SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE CONDITIONS HERE.
COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THE NEW, UH, RESIDENTIAL ZONING CATEGORIES? I MEAN, I THINK WE, WE'RE ALL USED TO R5 AND R75 AND ALL THAT, AND WITH THE R123 SEEM TO KIND OF TRACK ALONG WITH THAT.
BUT CAN YOU, UM, ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON WHERE THESE RX, WHAT ARE THE, WHAT'S GONNA BE A CRI - WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA FOR, I'M ASSUMING, TRANSITIONING AN EXISTING R NEIGHBORHOOD TO AN RX? IS IT GOING TO BE LOCATIONAL, LIKE WITH TOD? I MEAN...
UM, I'LL LET STAFF CHIME IN IF, IF YOU WANT TO, BUT REALLY THE INTENT HERE, AND YOU'LL SEE IT IN THE CODE, THERE IS A TABLE OF CONVERSIONS OF EXISTING RESIDENTIAL IN WHICH ONE OF THESE, UM, SEVEN, SEVEN DISTRICTS THERE'LL BE.
SO YOU'LL SEE A TABLE THAT SAYS, "YOU'RE THIS, THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE IN THIS CODE." SO, SO THAT'S THERE.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT IT AT A MAPPING PERSPECTIVE.
THAT'S KIND OF A SECOND LAYER.
ONCE IT GOES INTO PLACE AND IT TRANSITIONS INTO THESE NEW DISTRICTS, YOU CAN COME BACK AND DO TARGETED ZONINGS ON A CITY LEVEL, UM, TO KIND OF FIX THINGS WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO FIX THEM.
SO, UM, IN GENERAL, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IN THIS RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, UM, THE FIRST TWO ARE VERY SPECIFIC, KIND OF RELATED TO WHAT YOU HAVE NOW.
ONE IS FOR MANUFACTURED HOUSING, THE OTHER IS FOR FARMS AND RANCH.
SO IT'S KIND OF, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT THOSE ARE AND WHERE THOSE ARE AND, AND WHERE THEY GO.
YOU JUST LOOK AT THE PROPERTY, YOU CAN KIND OF MAKE SENSE OF IT.
UM, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOUR R1 IS YOUR BIGGER LOT, IT'S THE 10,000 SQUARE FOOT.
SO KIND OF LOOKING AT THOSE, UH, AND I'M JUST GENERALLY SAYING THIS, I DON'T HAVE THE CHART IN FRONT OF ME.
IT'S KIND OF YOUR LARGER LOTS THAT YOU HAVE THAT ARE 10,000 SQUARE FEET AND MORE WOULD KIND OF FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY.
R2, WHICH IS THE 5,000, SO NOW YOU'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT THESE ARE THE LOT AREAS.
SO KIND OF ALL THOSE DIFFERENT LOTS THAT FELL IN BETWEEN 10 AND FIVE, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THEY WOULD FALL IN.
UM, AND THEN R2 TO R3, THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE GETTING INTO KIND OF A REAL MIX OF, OF THINGS HAPPENING THERE IN THAT R3, THAT KIND OF REAL URBAN CORE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO THE DETACHED, THE TWO UNIT, UM, THAT'S A 1000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM, SO THAT'S KIND OF MORE, MORE TARGETED THERE.
WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT KIND OF BEING A NEWER DISTRICT, SO WE'RE...
I DON'T HAVE THE CHART IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND THEN RX IS REALLY LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE YOUR TOWNHOUSE DISTRICT, YOUR MULTIFAMILY DISTRICTS, ALL OF THOSE, THOSE ARE ALL TRANSITIONING INTO THOSE BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR BROAD RANGE OF DEVELOPMENT TYPES.
SO THAT'S REALLY - SO YOU'RE SAYING THE TOWN HOME, THE EXISTING TOWN HOME DISTRICTS WILL MORPH INTO AN RX? IN, INTO R3.
SO THE WAY WE WERE LOOKING AT THEM...
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, ARISTA.
SO AGAIN, YOUR TRADITIONAL RS, LARGER LOTS, EVERYTHING ABOVE 10,000 R1, THEN MEDIUM IS R75, R5.
AND THEN RX1 IS YOUR MISSING, YOUR NEW MISSING MIDDLE TYPE OF DISTRICT WHERE, UM, IT'S A NEW DISTRICT.
WE ONLY FOUND, LET'S SAY, CH THAT MAY TRANSITION TO THAT AND MAYBE WR.
UM, Y- YOU'LL SEE IT BETTER IN HERE.
OBVIOUSLY, I'M GONNA HAVE TO SEE WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED - YEAH, EXACTLY.
BEFORE I CAN ASK INTELLIGENT QUESTIONS.
BUT KEEP IN MIND, RX IS YOUR MF1, MF2, BASICALLY.
AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY, WMUS AND OTHERS, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WILL HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE MIHDB BONUS.
FOR RX1, WE DIDN'T ALLOW AN MIHDB BONUS BECAUSE WE WANTED THOSE TO KINDA, LIKE, START BE YOUR MISSING MIDDLE TYPE OF DISTRICTS.
DURING FOUR DALLAS, WE'VE BEEN TASKED TO CREATE AN MIHDB FOR OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE EMBEDDED THAT INTO, INTO THE ART DISTRICTS AS WELL, UM, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TASKED WITH IT.
UM, WITHOUT HAVING SEEN THE DRAFT, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THERE OR NOT.
IT, IT, IT, AT SOME POINT, YOU DID TALK ABOUT, UM, COLLECTING SOME OF, UH, SUBSUMING SOME OF THE EXISTING USES THAT WE HAVE INTO THE BROADER CATEGORIES.
UM, IS THERE A, A FULL LIST SOMEWHERE OF USE - OF EXISTING USES THAT ARE BEING DISCONTINUED OR NEW USES THAT ARE BEING ADDED, REDEFINED USES? IT'S - OR NEW CRITERIA FOR USES? YOU, YOU ARE ONE STEP AHEAD OF US.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW.
SO WE ONLY HAVE THE TRANSITION TABLE FOR DISTRICTS.
WE ARE WORKING ON A TRANSITION TABLE OR A, UH, EQUIVALENCY TABLE FOR USES AS WELL.
BUT GENERALLY WITH LAND USES, WE TRY TO, LIKE, UM, CONSOLIDATE OR CREATE NEW ONES AS NEEDED.
BUT THE DRAFT DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE.
WE ARE WORKING ON SOME SORT OF AN EQUIVALENCY.
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UM, GREETINGS.UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND, UM, MY APOLOGIES FOR MY DELAY TODAY.
UM, I SENT OUT AN EMAIL EARLIER IN THE WEEK.
UM, I KNOW STAFF NEEDS TIME TO REVIEW IT.
UM, AND THAT EMAIL MAY CHANGE ONCE I SEE THE FULL DRAFT, BUT IT WAS PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS AND SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT MAY HELP OUR, UM, TEAM MEMBERS AROUND THE HORSESHOE UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT.
UM, AND, UM, IT, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN MENTIONED EARLIER, BUT WITH LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, UM, UH, DO WE HAVE SOMEONE WATCHING WHAT MAY HAPPEN AT, UH, THE HIGHER LEVEL OF SB-840S, SB - 15S, AND THE MANY HOUSE BILLS THAT ARE ON THE FLOOR THAT COULD AFFECT HOW WE APPROACH, UH, ZONING? YES.
WE GOT YOUR LIST OF QUESTIONS.
I'M READY TO ANSWER, BUT AGAIN, UH, IN THIS PERIOD OF TIME, I DON'T KNOW, WHATEVER, HOWEVER YOU WANNA PROCEED.
AND THEN, YES, WE ARE WATCHING STATE LEGISLATURE, AS PROBABLY WE TOLD YOU.
UH, WE WATCHED SOME OF THE COMMITTEE HEARINGS, AND, UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT STATE LEGISLATURE IS COMING TO STRENGTHEN A LITTLE BIT SBA 40 AND SB15.
WE DIDN'T GET AN APPETITE THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT WE'LL SEE HOW THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, AND WE STILL KNOW THAT HOUSING IS A PRIORITY.
ON THE, ON THE QUESTIONS, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE FORMAT OF WHAT TODAY'S MEETING IS.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S AN INTRODUCTION, SO NO WORRIES THERE.
I THINK WE'LL HAVE ANSWERS PROVIDED THROUGH EMAIL, UM, AND THEN WE CAN, UM, UM, SPREAD THEM AROUND TO THE, UH...
I'LL HAVE LILIANA SEND AN EMAIL OUT TO THE, THE MEMBERS, SO THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE? UM, ONE THING ON THE STATE LEGISLATURE, WHEN THE COUNCIL DOES COME OUT WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM OR PRIORITY LIST, IF WE COULD SEE THAT SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO LAND USE AND ZONING ISSUES, JUST GET THAT SENT TO US AND MAYBE EVEN BRIEF, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC, SO WE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SORT OF SHOOTING AT DOWN IN AUSTIN AND CAN KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE WORK ON OUR, UM, OWN, UH, CODE.
UH, SECOND ROUND, COMMISSIONER WHEELER-REAGAN.
UM, I KNOW YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE NEW, UM, I GUESS THE, THE HOUSING BILL.
IF, IF, IF THERE IS A WAY, UM, PRIOR TO WE GET DEEP INTO THIS PROCESS, THAT YOU ALL CAN GIVE US SOME TYPE OF HIGHLIGHTS ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UM, GOING FORWARD AND GIVE IT TO US PRIOR SO THAT WE CAN LOOK TO, THROUGH IT AND, UM, EVEN BE ABLE TO MAYBE HAVE OUR OWN SUGGESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO HOW WE, UH, OR WHAT, OR WHAT WE CAN DO ON THAT, UM, ON THAT POINT.
UM, AND ALSO ON THE ENGAGEMENT, WHAT, ON THE ENGAGEMENT FRONT, I WOULD, I WOULD A, UM, ASK THAT A BUNCH OF WORKING MEETINGS AND ALSO HAVING SOME KEY, UM, KEY GROUNDING QUESTIONS, UH, OR WITH US WHAT WE DID WAS WE ASKED WHAT DOES, UH, WHAT DO YOU LEAVE SOUTH DALLAS FOR ON SATURDAY MORNINGS THAT HELPED FORMULATE AROUND US.
AND THOSE ARE WAYS THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN ENGAGE AND SAY THIS IS, UM...
IT GIVES THEM SOME IDEAS TO POP INTO THEIR HEAD BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM SOMETHING, A STARTING POINT, INSTEAD OF FEELING LIKE THEY'RE STARTING WITH YOU ALL.
UH, LET ME ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION, COMMISSIONER WHEELER.
UH, SO AS, UH, ANDREA SAID, UM, THE NATIONAL HOUSING BILL, I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
NICING HOUSING BILL WAS PASSED, UH, JULY 11 OF THIS YEAR.
THERE ARE DOZENS OF PROVISION IN THERE.
UM, ZONING REFORM IS ONE OF THEM.
EVEN BUILDING CODE, LIKE SINGLE STAIRWAY, UH, THEY'RE LOOKING INTO THAT, PRE-APPROVED PLANS.
HOWEVER, THAT IS A CURRENT BILL.
THERE'S NO FUNDING ATTACHED TO THEM YET.
UH, WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IS WORKING IN WASHINGTON, DC, UH, INCLUDING SOME DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL LEAGUE CITY, THEY'RE WORKING, UM, ON POSSIBLY THE SECOND, UH, HOUSING BILL, WHICH CAN TIE TO THE FUNDING, LIKE CDBG, WHAT THE CRITERIA CAN BE USED.
UH, SO WHAT WE HEARD SO FAR IS THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE CITY, WHAT YOU'RE DOING, UH, AT THE GROUND LEVEL.
ARE YOU ALLOWING MORE HOUSING, MORE HOUSING TYPE? POTENTIALLY, THAT COULD TIE TO THE FUNDING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING BILL 2.0.
THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED IN WASHINGTON, DC.
UM, SO THAT'S, UH, WHERE WE ARE.
AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO GIVE A BRIEFING JUST ON THAT, WHAT IS IN THE 1.0.
AND AS WE KNOW MORE, WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
I THINK IT, UH, HELPED BRING A LITTLE CLARITY AS TO WHERE WE'RE KIND OF GOING.
UM, AND THINKING OF, LIKE, A, A 400-PAGE DOCUMENT AND, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THIS BODY IS ABLE TO BE PREPARED
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FOR DIFFERENT TI...I MEAN, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'LL BE DIFFERENT TOPICS.
CAN WE GET, LIKE, A, A SYLLABUS
AND I, I WOULD LIKE A, A, YOU KNOW, AN EXTENSIVE, LIKE, MAYBE FOUR-MONTH CALENDAR, THAT WAY I CAN KIND OF PACE OUT THE READING OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND SO THAT WE CAN BE PREPARED.
UM, BECAUSE I, I'M, I'M NOT GONNA READ 400 PAGES IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS TO, YOU KNOW, BE PREPARED FOR SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE'RE NOT GONNA DISCUSS UNTIL FEBRUARY OR MARCH.
SO, UM, YEAH, SYLLABUS SOUNDS SILLY, BUT THAT'S REALLY, I THINK, WHAT WE'LL, WHAT WE'LL NEED.
Y'ALL, I MEAN, I, I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO, TO WORK ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE THING COUNTERBALANCING THAT IS WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE TIMES WHEN WE DISCUSS SPECIFIC TOPICS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET CONVERSANT ON, YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE THING BECAUSE AS PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY COME TO SPEAK WITH YOU ON, YOU KNOW, CHAPTER 19 OR CHAPTER 12 OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, YOU DO, YOU DO WANNA BE ABLE TO GET UP TO SPEED ON THAT QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, AND COME BACK WITH THAT IN-DEPTH STUDY WHEN WE ACTUALLY SET IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
BUT I CERTAINLY KNOW STAFF HAS, YOU KNOW, THEIR THOUGHTS ON SCHEDULING AND COMING TO CPC, AND I INTEND TO WORK WITH THEM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.
I, I WOULD SAY, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS, I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, ZOAC WILL DO THAT STARTING DECEMBER, AND OBVIOUSLY, ZOAC IS OPEN FOR CITY PLAN COMMISSION, AND IT'S COMPRISED OF CITY PLAN COMMISSION MEMBER.
THAT'S YOUR ADVISORY, UH, COM - SUBCOMMITTEE.
UM, SO WE PLAN TO TAKE A TOPIC AND DIVE INTO, AGAIN, DRAFT ONE JUST FOR CO - FOR ALIGNMENT AND JUST TO GET USED TO THE TERMINOLOGY WITH ZOAC.
SO I WOULD PREFER TO KEEP IT LIKE THAT, BECAUSE IF WE KEEP ON, LIKE, BALANCING BETWEEN ZOAC AND CPC, I THINK IT'S GONNA CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF A CONFUSION.
SO I WOULD PREFER TO RESPECT THAT AND ALLOW ZOAC TO LOOK AT DRAFT ONE, AND ONCE ZOAC IS DONE WITH THE WORK, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO SCHEDULE, UM, ZOAC MEETINGS AND THEN CITY PLAN COMMISSION MEETINGS.
AND I'LL, I'LL JUST ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING UP ON DR.
UDRIA'S COMMENT THAT ANY CPC MEMBER CAN ALSO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN A ZOAC MEETING.
AND IN FACT, WE, WE CROSS-NOTICE THEM, I BELIEVE, AS CPC MEETINGS.
SO IF A QUORUM OF CPC SHOWS UP AT ZOAC, WE ARE NOT VIOLATING TOMA, JUST A LITTLE NERDY GOVERNMENT LAW TIDBIT.
UM, I WOULD ADD IN ONE LAST THING, UH, AS WELL, WHICH IS, UH, DON'T NEGLECT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A 400-PAGE DOCUMENT.
IT'S GONNA BE KINDA DIFFICULT TO DIVE INTO AND UNDERSTAND KINDA CONCEPTUALLY ALL AT ONCE.
UM, THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, MUCH SHORTER, IT'S GONNA LAY OUT KIND OF THE KEY THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED IF YOU'RE KINDA STRUGGLING JUST TO UNDERSTAND THE BIG PICTURE RIGHT AWAY, THAT'S THE PLACE TO START.
SO THAT'LL BE AVAILABLE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE FULL CODE.
AND ALL THOSE ZOAC MEETINGS WILL BE RECORDED, RIGHT, SO WE CAN WATCH THEM IF WE AREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TO ONE? YES.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE A 10-MINUTE BREAK.
COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU CAN EVERYONE TAKE YOUR SEATS, WE WILL GET GOING SO WE CAN STAY ON TRACK HERE.
IT'S 10:23 AM, AND WE ARE BACK ON THE RECORD.
UM, LET'S GO INTO OUR ZONING CONSENT DOCKET, WHICH...
I- IF EVERYONE COULD TAKE THEIR CONVERSATIONS OUTSIDE...
IF EVERYONE CAN TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS OUTSIDE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE BRIEFING BACK GOING AGAIN.
OKAY, IT IS, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO OUR BRIEFING OF OUR CASES TODAY.
THE ZONING, UH, CONSENT DOCKET CONSISTED OF ITEMS ONE THROUGH SEVEN.
HAS ANYTHING COME OFF? I CAN'T REMEMBER.
SO WE'LL TAKE ONE OFF, WE'LL TAKE FOUR OFF, WE'LL TAKE SEVEN OFF.
ANYTHING ELSE? AND I APOLOGIZE, I MAY HAVE GOTTEN AN EMAIL OR TWO ABOUT THIS, BUT I'M RUNNING BEHIND A LITTLE BIT THIS WEEK.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S START WITH THE BRIEFING ON NUMBER ONE.
OR COMMISSIONER HALL, DO YOU NEED A BRIEFING ON THIS ONE OR JUST QUESTIONS? I, I DON'T NEED A BRIEFING, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW...
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSION GOT
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THE MESSAGE THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME CHANGES TO THE SUP CONDITIONS.COULD WE BRIEF THE CHANGES? UH, PLEASE DO.
YEAH, IF WE CAN JUST RUN THROUGH THE CHANGES, WE DON'T NEED A FULL BRIEFING.
I THINK WE UPDATED OUR POWERPOINT LATE AND WE DO HAVE THOSE, UM, AVAILABLE FOR, FOR BRIEFING.
MR. CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS, LET ME SHARE THIS SCREEN.
I'M SEEING IT, BUT IT'S NOT SHARING.
OKAY, MR. CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS, GOOD MORNING.
AND THIS IS AN APPLICATION FOR A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
I THINK WE JUST NEED UPDATE ON THE - IT'S PRIVATE SCHOOL - MA'AM, OUR PROPERTY ZONE R16A, SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT BETWEEN MARSH LANE AND BETTY JANE LANE.
IT'S NORTHEAST OF WALNUT HILL LANE.
AND WE JUST NEED AN UPDATE ON THE SUP CONDITIONS.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED A FULL BRIEFING.
WE, IF YOU CAN JUST TELL US WHAT'S CHANGED IN THE SUP CONDITIONS AND WALK THROUGH THAT, THAT WOULD BE...
DID, DID WE, DIDN'T WE HAVE CHANGES TO THE SUP CONDITIONS THAT CAME IN AFTER THE POSTING? AND WE HAVE THOSE IN THE POWERPOINT, RIGHT? YEAH, YOU...
I, I HAND, UM, WE HANDED OUT SOMETHING TO THE COMMISSION.
UM, ARE WE CHANGING THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA OR? NO, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST SAYING ALL WE...
WE WANNA SKIP TO THE END OF THE POWERPOINT, I THINK, AND JUST TALK ABOUT THE CONDITIONS.
OKAY, JUST THE RECOMMENDATION.
I THINK IT'S THE CHANGES TO THE SUP CONDITIONS THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN.
SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL SUBJECT TO, UH, SITE PLAN, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND CONDITIONS.
UM, WE DID HAVE SOME LATE CHANGES, UM, THAT WERE HANDED OUT TO YOU THAT THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR, FOR THE CONDITIONS.
UM, STAFF IS OKAY WITH REMOVING THE LIGHT STANDARDS FROM THE SITE PLAN.
AND, UM, OF COURSE, THE, THE CONDITIONS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT FOR THE PRACTICE FIELD AND THEY, UM, ARE LOSING SIX SPACES.
UM, HOWEVER, UM, THE APPLICANT WANTS TO PUT AN ENROLLMENT CAP INTO THE SUP CONDITIONS.
STAFF REALLY IS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
THAT'S REALLY A, A FUNCTION OF THE TMP.
UM, SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO, UM, AN, THE UPDATED SITE PLAN, UPDATED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND, UM, AMENDING CONDITIONS AS BRIEFED.
EVERYTHING ELSE WE'RE, STAFF IS FINE WITH.
UH, THEY, UH, THEY DECIDED TO ELIMINATE THE ATHLETIC FIELD LIGHTING.
SECTION EIGHT, UH, NUMBER EIGHT ON THE SUP.
YEAH, THAT'S THE LIGHT STANDARDS.
WITH, UM, REMOVING THOSE, UM, FROM THE CONDITIONS BECAUSE THEY REMOVED THE LIGHTS FROM THE SITE PLAN, SO WE WOULDN'T NEED THE CONDITIONS IN THERE.
OF COURSE, THEY'LL HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH, UM, WITH AN
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SUP I- IN THE FUTURE IF THEY WISH TO PUT LIGHT STANDARDS ON THERE THAT WOULD TRIGGER, UM, THEM TO HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH THIS PROCESS.THEN WE'LL TAKE THIS OFF CONSENT SO WE CAN DEAL WITH ALL OF THAT APPROPRIATELY.
UM, ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? MR. SIMS? YEAH, JUST A QUICK QUICK THING, MR. CHAIR.
JUST A QUICK QUESTION, ACTUALLY, JUST FOR MY OWN EDUCATION AND EDIFICATION THAT I, I KNOW WE SEE THAT CERTAIN SPACES HAVE LIMIT ON CAPACITY OF HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN BE IN THEM THROUGH VARIOUS OTHER PARTS OF OUR CODE.
WHY CAN WE NOT IMPOSE IT? WHY CAN AN SUP NOT HAVE AN ENROLLMENT CAP IN IT? WELL, AGAIN, IT IS A FUNCTION OF THE TMP, AND, UM, IF - SO LET, LET, LET ME STOP YOU THERE.
SO, UH, UH, TRAFFIC SAYS HOW MANY CARS COME.
ENROLLMENT CAP SAYS HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE IN THE BUILDING.
HOW DOES A TMP CONTROL HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE IN A BUILDING? I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THOSE TWO.
SO WE, WE REALLY DON'T WANT AN ENROLLMENT CAP IN THE SUP.
IT, THE, THE TMP GETS UPDATED, AS YOU KNOW, UM, PERIODICALLY, UM, SO THAT ENROLLMENT, YOU KNOW, CAN FLUCTUATE WITHIN, WITHIN THAT MAX FOR THE TMP.
WE DON'T WANT THAT IN THE SUP.
IT'S NOT A FUNCTION OF, UM, SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE CONTROLLED BY THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
IF IT CHANGES, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH.
BUT IT, IT'S, IT'S REALLY NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ENFORCE ANYWAY AS FAR AS HOW MANY STUDENTS THEY HAVE.
UM, WE TRY NOT TO PUT THOSE IN THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
THAT, THAT'S REALLY A FUNCTION OF THE SCHOOL OPERATIONS, AND WE TRY NOT TO PUT ANY...
WE CAN'T REALLY PUT ANY OPERATIONAL TYPE CONDITIONS.
WE CAN PUT SOME LIMITED, BUT WE CAN'T REALLY PUT, UM, E- ENFORCE THEIR OPERATIONS FOR THE SCHOOL.
AND THAT, AND THAT WAS ALL RIGHT.
I MEAN, I, I TRY AND SAY THIS A LOT.
LET'S THINK ABOUT OUR SUP CONDITIONS, OUR PD CONDITIONS.
THEY'RE GOOD FOR CONTROLLING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS VERY EFFECTIVE A- AND ENFORCEABLE FOR, YOU KNOW, LIKE SHE SAID, UM, ENFORCING OPERATIONS.
A BIG PART OF IT IS IT IS DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE OTHER THINGS ABOUT, OH, THERE'S THIS MUCH BUILDING, THERE'S THAT MUCH, THAT'S IN A PERMIT.
THAT'S EASIER TO ENFORCE AND IT'S PERMANENT.
SO YES, ENFORCEMENT IS A BIG PART OF IT.
STATE LAW SAYS WE CAN'T DO IT FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
UM, SO PART OF IT IS TRYING TO TREAT OUR SCHOOLS, UM, SIMILARLY, UM, ACROSS THE BOARD.
UH, SO WE, YOU S - YOU MAY NOT SEE THIS IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL OR CHARTER SCHOOL, UM, SUP AT ALL.
UM, SO WE DO TRY AND KEEP IT TO THAT STANDARD AND, AND IT, IT'S KIND OF BOTH OF THOSE.
NO, I THINK THAT HELPS, MR. PEPPY.
MR. COX? JUST REAL QUICK, I, I'VE GOT A CASE COMING UP
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU, YOU SHOULDN'T INCLUDE AN ENROLLMENT CAP IN THE SUP, BUT IF I ASK YOU TO DO IT, ARE YOU ABLE TO DO IT? UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'VE BEEN LEGALLY, THEY'VE BEEN LEGALLY PERMITTED IN, IN OUR SUPS IN THE PAST, AND THEY STILL CAN BE LEGALLY ACCEPTED.
THERE'S NOT A STATE LAW THAT BARS US FROM DOING IT, BUT I WILL SAY THAT IN REALITY, THEY ARE HARD TO ENFORCE AND, UH, WE TRY NOT TO PASS THINGS THROUGH HERE THAT ARE LEGALLY HARD TO ENFORCE BECAUSE WE ARE CALLED BY OUR CODE TO ENFORCE THEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF S - MS. MAY, YEAH.
SORRY, I WAS LOOKING FOR THE GREEN LIGHT ON MY MICROPHONE.
UM, SO THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS MUST ALLOW ENROLLMENT.
LIKE, WE CANNOT TELL A SCHOOL, "I'M SORRY, YOU'VE, YOU'RE CAPPED AT YOUR ENROLLMENT." SO FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WE CANNOT PUT AN ENROLLMENT CAP ON THERE BECAUSE THIS, THEY MUST PROVIDE EDUCATION TO STUDENTS.
UM, SINCE CHARTER SCHOOLS NOW HAVE TO BE REGULATED LIKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SAME GOES FOR THE CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND I THINK IT'S JUST FUNCTIONALLY DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE AN ENROLLMENT CAP ON PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME PRIVATE SCHOOLS WITH ENROLLMENT MAXIMUMS IN OUR SUP CONDITIONS, BUT WE DON'T RECOMMEND THOSE BECAUSE THEY'RE FUNCTIONALLY HARD TO ENFORCE.
IT'S A LOT EASIER TO ENFORCE CLASSROOM COUNT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO HELP AND CONTROL HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE THERE.
JUST, JUST A QUICK FOL- FOLLOW-UP.
AND THIS IS REALLY FOR MY EDIFICATION HERE, BUT...
SO MY CONCERN WOULD BE, I'VE GOT A CASE TODAY THAT WA - THEY WANNA GO FROM 10 CLASSROOMS
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TO 22.I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME IDEA AS TO HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE GONNA BE ENROLLED IN THAT SCHOOL.
SO IF I HAVE A NUMBER THAT I CAN ATTACH TO THE CASE, AND THEN IF WE FIND OUT LATER THAT...
A- AND BY THE WAY, UH, THE SUP RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF IS NO TIME LIMIT, AND THAT MAY INFLUENCE MY DECISION TO I- IMPOSE A TIME LIMIT ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
BUT I'D, I'D LIKE TO, TO AT LEAST HAVE SOME EXPECTATION ON THE PART OF THE ENTITY THAT IS REQUESTING THE SUP, UH, TO, TO TELL US WHAT KIND OF ENROLLMENT CAP THEY'RE ANTICIPATING, AND POTENTIALLY BUILD THAT INTO THE, THE SUP AS A CONDITION.
THIS IS A PRIVATE SCHOOL, SO I'M ASSUMING THAT'S FAIR GAME.
I, I SEE MR. SAPP, IS HE LOOKING FOR THE...
YEAH, SO I'D SAY WE HAVE HISTORICALLY DO HAVE SOME PRIVATE SCHOOLS WITH ENROLLMENT MAXIMUMS, BUT WE JUST, WE DON'T NORMALLY RECOMMEND THAT.
I MEAN, IT'S UP TO YOUR DISCRETION IF IT'S NOT...
AND, AND MR. SAPP CAN, UH, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT, UM, I THINK IT'S UP TO YOUR DISCRETION ON PRIVATE SCHOOLS, BUT, UM, STAFF DOESN'T LIKE TO PUT IT IN THE SUP CONDITIONS NORMALLY.
MR. SAPP? YEAH, I WOULD CONFER WITH THAT.
SORRY, MY MICROPHONE'S NOT ON.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS CASE? SO I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND, THOSE ARE...
THE ONES WITH PRIVATE SCHOOLS WITH ENROLLMENT CAPS ARE PRIOR SUPS THAT WERE GRANTED A WHILE AGO, NOT RECENT SUPS? GENERALLY, GENERALLY, YES.
WE'RE TRYING TO NOT INCLUDE THAT FOR ALL THE REASONS WE JUST STATED.
SO WE'RE GOING FROM THE REALM OF LAND USE REGULATION, WHICH IS WELL WITHIN OUR POWERS, TO MORE OPERATIONAL REGULATION, WHICH WE'RE GETTING DICIER AND...
YEAH, AND IT'S, AND IT'S HARD BECAUSE WE, WE ARE BOUND TO ENFORCE THE THINGS, BUT THEN WE PUT OURSELVES IN A PICKLE WHEN IT, IT REALISTICALLY CAN'T BE.
BUT I MEAN, THINGS THAT ARE TIED TO A PERMIT, UM, THE WAY A BUILDING LOOKS, WHAT'S ON A BUILDING, WHAT'S IN A BUILDING, WHAT'S AROUND A BUILDING, VERY ENFORCEABLE.
I MEAN, I'M TRYING TO THINK IT OUT.
WE CAN'T HAVE A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER GOING IN AND DOING A HEADCOUNT, FOR EXAMPLE.
I THINK THAT THOSE THINGS CAN LIVE IN, IN CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITIES, UM, BUT VERY, VERY TENUOUS IN A ZONING DOCUMENT.
AND, AND NOTHING PROHIBITS US FROM ASKING A PRIVATE SCHOOL COMING TO US WITH SUP APPLICATION HOW MANY STUDENTS THEY INTEND TO ENROLL OR A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS THEY INTEND TO R - ENROLL, RIGHT? YEAH.
I THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE EXPECTATION FOR A COMMUNITY OR, OR, UM, ANYONE TO ASK FOR.
AND I GUESS SIMILARLY, YOU CAN DO ROUGH MAX BASED ON X CLASSROOMS TIMES Y CLASSROOM SIZE TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT THE FUNCTIONAL MAX IS.
AND WHILE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE, THAT, THAT IS, IS LIMITED AND REGULATED HEAVILY BY THE, THE TEA.
UH, PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE NOT TEA, BUT THEY ARE LIMITED BY BUILDING CODES FOR OCCUPANCY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IF YOU HAVE X NUMBER OF ROOMS, YOU COULD ONLY HAVE SUCH OCCUPANCY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
UM, DID YOU WANT CASE NUMBER TWO BRIEFED, COMMISSIONER COX, OR JUST QUESTIONS? OKAY.
I WILL, I WILL BE COVERING THIS ONE.
UH, SO AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, THIS REQUEST INCLUDES GOING FROM 10 TO 22 CLASSROOMS. DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA FROM THE APPLICANT HOW MANY STUDENTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? WHAT KIND OF ENROLLMENT? NO, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THERE'S A, A LARGER AMOUNT OF CLA - OR EXCUSE ME, THE, THE CLASSROOMS ARE ACTUALLY THE, THE CLA - THE AMOUNT OF CLASSROOMS THAT WERE IN THE, THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL.
I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A DIFFERENT USER.
UM, WE'RE NOT CONCERNED WITH USER, BUT THAT IS WHAT'S BEEN IN THE T - EXCUSE ME, THE, UH, SUP, UH, THAT IS FROM A NUMBER OF YEARS BACK.
UM, SO THAT 22 NUMBER IS, IS PEGGED TO THAT.
UM, WE DID RECOMMEND AS THEY COME THROUGH THIS AMENDMENT PROCESS TO STRIKE THE ENROLLMENT THAT WAS IN THERE BECAUSE OF THE REASONS WE JUST STATED.
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AND PART OF MY CONCERN IS THEY, THEY HAVE CHILDCARE AS WELL.UH, SO THEY'VE GOT QUITE A FEW THERE, AND THEN ADDING 12 ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS, UH, YOU KNOW, THEORETICALLY COULD RESULT IN HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS.
AND SO WHAT KIND OF IMPACT IS THAT GONNA HAVE ON, ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD? UM, SO WE'LL...
I'LL SEE IF I CAN ADDRESS THAT QUESTION TO THE, TO THE APPLICANT.
HOPEFULLY, UM, WE, WE CAN DO THAT.
UM, THE FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS, ANY, ANY PUSHBACK THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF? UH, N- N- NOTHING OUTSIDE OF THE REPLIES THAT WERE RECEIVED AND FORWARDED TO Y'ALL YESTERDAY.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? ALL RIGHT.
CASE NUMBER THREE, ANY QUESTIONS? AND COMMISSIONER COX, DO YOU WANT THAT OFF CONSENT SO YOU CAN...
DO YOU WANT THAT CASE NUMBER TWO OFF CONSENT? OKAY.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? NOPE.
CASE NUMBER FOUR, I KNOW THAT'S OFF.
COMMISSIONER HAMPTON, ANY QUESTIONS THERE ON A BRIEFING? OKAY.
NUMBER FIVE, COMMISSIONER SERRATO, ANYTHING THERE? ANYONE ELSE? NUMBER SIX, COMMISSIONER CARPENTER.
ANYONE ELSE? NUMBER SEVEN, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON.
ANY BRIEFING QUESTIONS? ANYONE ELSE? FEEL FREE TO PIPE UP IF YOU DO.
I DON'T THINK COMMISSIONER GILBERT SMITH...
COMMISSIONER GILBERT-SMITH, DID YOU NEED NUMBER EIGHT BRIEFED? NO.
NUMBER NINE, UM - YES, PLEASE.
UH, JUST TO CLARIFY, UH, FOR THIS CASE, UH, THERE IS A TYPO.
UH, I AM THE PLANNER ON THIS CASE FOR Z2600211, WHICH IS A REQUEST FOR AN APPLICATION FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION OVERLAY, ALSO KNOWN AS A NSO, ON PROPERTY ZONED R10 SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT.
LOCATION GENERALLY BOUNDED BY GARLAND ROAD, PEAVY ROAD, THE EAST DALLAS SANTA FE RAIL LINE, AND PROPERTY SOUTHWEST, UH, LINE OF BUCKNER BOULEVARD, SOUTH OF GARLAND ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST IS TO MAINTAIN THE MEDIAN FRONT AND SIDE YARD SETBACKS OF THE CASA LINDA ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S LOCATED IN DISTRICT NINE.
UH, HERE'S AN AERIAL FOLLOWED WITH A ZONING MAP.
I WANTED TO PREFACE THAT, UH, WE ARE DEALING WITH ONLY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WITH AN NSO, AND IN THIS CASE, THERE ARE ZONED R- R10.
SO GETTING INTO IT, UH, JUST WANTED TO BEGIN ON WHAT AN NSO IS AND WHAT IT REGULATES.
SO FOR REGULATIONS, A NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION OVERLAY REGULATES THE FRONT, SIDE, AND CORNER YARD SETBACKS, BUILDING HEIGHT,
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AND GARAGE PLACEMENTS BASED ON THE AREA OF REQUESTS, UH, RESIDENTIAL Z - UH, ZONING DISTRICTS, AND EXISTING CONDITIONS.THIS OVERLAY SITS ON TOP OF THE EXISTING OV - UH, EXIS- EXISTING ZONING DISTRICTS, SO IT DOES NOT REMOVE THE R10 ASPECT.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION OVERLAYS INTENDED TO PRESERVE SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS BY P - IMPOSING NEIGHBORHOODS, SPECIFIC YARD, LOT, AND SPACE REGULATIONS THAT REFLECT THE EXISTING CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION OVERLAY DOES NOT PREVENT CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SINGLE-FAMILY STRUCTURES OR RENOVATION, REMODELING, REPAIR, OR EXPANSION OF EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY STRUCTURES, BUT RATHER ENSURES THAT NEW SINGLE-FAMILY STRUCTURES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING, UH, SINGLE-FAMILY STRUCTURES.
UH, NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION OVERLAYS ARE DISTINGUISHED FROM HISTORIC OVERLAYS, WHICH PRESERVE HISTORIC AND RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL PLACES, AND FROM C- CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, WHICH CONSERVE RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL AREAS, DISTINCTIVE ATMOSPHERIC CHARACTER BY PROTECTING OR ENHANCING ITS SIGNIFICANT ARCHITECTURAL OR CULTURAL ATTRIBUTES.
SO AGAIN, WE ARE ONLY TALKING ABOUT, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UH, ZONING HERE.
AND THIS IS WHERE A BULK OF THE POWERPOINT WOULD BE, WHERE I'M KINDA JUST SHOWING YOU HOW THE NSO PROCESS WAS CONDUCTED AND HOW WE C - ARE CONDUCTING THEM RIGHT NOW.
UH, THIS IS NOT JUST FOR CASA LINDA ESTATES, BUT GENERALLY JUST FOR THE PROCESS, UH, HOW WE OPERATE.
SO, UH, HOW ALL NSOS OR BEGINS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES MEET WITH STAFF TO DISCUSS THE NSO PROCESS.
SO THEY JUST INQUIRE AND WE SHOW THEM, LIKE, A FLOW CHART LIKE THIS ON WHAT A...
WELL, WHAT'S, WHAT IS REQUIRED TO GET AN NSO PASSED, UH, WHAT IS THE MATERIALS, THE REGULATIONS, AND SUCH AND SO FORTH.
THIS IS WHERE IT OFFICIALLY STARTS, WHERE A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE REPRESENTING THE OWNERS OF AT LEAST 10 PROPERTIES SUBMIT AN NSO FORM AND A PROPOSED BOUNDARY TO THE CITY, UH, PER REQUIREMENTS.
SO IN THIS CASE, IT MUST BE 50 SINGLE FAMILY STRUCTURES IN A COMPACTIGUES AREA, OR, OR, OR IF LESS, UH, IT MUST BE PART OF THE ORIGINAL SUBDIVISION.
SO THEY WOULD, UM, DRAW UP, LIKE, A ROUGH SKETCH, HIGHLIGHT, HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF AREAS, AND THEN WE WOULD GO AND THEN TURN OUR GIS TO SOMETHING MORE FORMAL, SUCH AS WHAT YOU SAW, UH, WITH THEIR AERIAL MAP AND LAYER WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
AND THIS IS WHAT THE OFFICIAL FORM WOULD LOOK LIKE, FURNISHED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN THIS IS WHERE STAFF OFFICIALLY MEETS WITH ALL 10 MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE THAT SIGN ON THAT FORM.
UH, THIS IS WHERE WE FORMALLY TELL THEM, "HEY, THIS IS WHAT AN NSO ENTAILS.
THIS IS WHAT THE REGULATIONS, UH, IT COVERS, AND WE HASH OUT THE WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, AND WHY, ESSENTIALLY, THERE.
ONCE WE COME TO AGREEMENTS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE AND STAFF, WE WILL HOLD A PRE-PETITION MEETING TO DISCUSS A PROC...
TO DISCUSS THE PROCESS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID IN THE FORMAL MEETING AND A MENU OF OPTIONS THAT, UH, WE CAME UP WITH IN THE INFORMAL MEETING.
SO IN THIS CASE, UH, WE, FOR THE CASE OF CASA LINDA ESTATES, WE WERE DISCUSSING MORE SO, LIKE, THE SETBACKS AND HOW, UM, WHAT MEASUREMENTS OR, LIKE, HOW FAR THEY WANT TO REGULATE THOSE MEASUREMENTS.
SORRY, I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THOSE PRE-PETITION MEETINGS, THAT IT'S NOT JUST ONE MEETING, IT CAN BE NUMEROUS MEETINGS JUST SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND, OR JUST SO THAT WE CAN GET OUT, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE GONNA BE AFFECTED BY THIS PROPOSED NSO, S- SO THAT EVERYBODY, AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS PROCESS ENTAILS AND WHAT THESE REGULATIONS ARE, ESSENTIALLY.
SO IT CAN BE JUST ONE MEETING OR IT COULD BE MULTIPLE MEETINGS.
IN THIS, IN THE INSTANCE OF CASTLE LINDA ESTATES, IT WAS MULTIPLE PRE-PETITION MEETINGS OF US JUST GIVING THE FACTS, HOW AN NSO WORKS, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE PROPOSING THEIR, UM, SETBACKS AND WHATEVER MEASUREMENTS THEY WANTED TO REGULATE.
MOVING FORWARD, THIS IS WHERE THEN STAFF TALKS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE ON THEM GATHERING DATA SO THAT LATER STAFF CAN PROCESS THIS DATA SO THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM MORE...
AND THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO WE WOULD FURNISH THEM AN EXCEL SHEET AND THEY WOULD GO OUT AND DO THEIR PRELIMINARY MEASUREMENTS THAT WILL THEN GET...
THEY WOULD THEN SUBMIT TO STAFF, AND THEN STAFF WOULD GO AND THEN VERIFY THAT DATA OURSELVES.
SO IN THIS CASE, WE DID GO OUT, UH, TO CASA LINDA ESTATES AND VERIFY THOSE MEASUREMENTS OURSELVES TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE CORRECT, AND WE WOULD PROCESS THAT DATA IN THE SAME EXCEL SHEETS AND PRODUCE THE MEDIAN MEASUREMENTS IN THIS CASE SO THAT THE
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NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BETWEEN, UH, THE NUMBERS THAT THEY WANTED TO, WANTED TO REGULATE.SO JUST TO GET INTO MORE OF THE WEEDS OF IT, UH, FOR SETBACKS, OR ANY MEASUREMENTS ACTUALLY, WHEN A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE SUBMITS THEIR MEASUREMENTS, YOU CAN CHOOSE...
THERE'S A RANGE OF MEASURE - OR A RANGE OF, UM, NUMBERS THAT THEY CAN CHOOSE FROM, THE LOWEST BEING WHATEVER THE BASE ZONING ALLOWS, AND THE HIGHEST BEING THE MEDIAN RECORDED MEASUREMENT THAT THEY CHOSE.
AND IN THIS CASE, THEY CHOSE WITH THE MEDIAN.
SO THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AGAIN, THE BASE ZONING, SO IN THIS CASE, FOR THE FRONT SETBACK, IT WAS 20, THEIR PROPOSED IS 100 BECAUSE THE MEDIAN WAS 100.
SO ONCE WE COME UP WITH THOSE NUMBERS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE MAKES THE RECOMMENDATION, THEN WE WOULD SEND AN OFFICIAL NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS ALL AFFECTED WITHIN THE NSO, A NOTIFICATION ADVERTISING THE PETITION MEETING.
THE PETITION MEETING IS, IS NOT A FINALIZED PETITION.
THIS IS A DRAFT PETITION, UH, IT, FURNISHED BY THIS, BY THE CITY, BY THE STAFF, THAT HAS THOSE MEASUREMENTS ON THERE, AND THEN THAT'S A TIME FOR COMMUNITY TO GIVE MORE INPUT ON IF THESE MEASUREMENTS ARE TOO STRINGENT OR IF THEY'RE OKAY WITH THIS.
IT'S JUST SO THAT WE, THEY CAN GAUGE THEIR, GAUGE THEIR, UM, THEIR TEMPERATURE.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT JUST ONE MEETING, IT COULD BE MULTIPLE MEETINGS.
SO THIS IS THE NOTICE THAT WE SENT OUT FOR CASA LINDA ESTATES, AND THEN WE DISCUSS THE OPTIONS.
SO AFTER WE COLLABORATE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN WE WOULD PRODUCE A FINALIZED PETITION, AND THEN THAT'S WHEN THEIR CLOCK STARTS, THEY WOULD HAVE...
SO IT LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THAT THIS IS, THIS IS THE OFFICIAL PETITION THAT WE SUBMITTED TO CAS LINDA ESTATES FOR SIGNATURES.
WHICH, IN THIS CASE, THEY HAD SIX MONTHS FROM THAT DISTRI- DISTRIBUTION DATE TO RETURN AT LEAST 50% PLUS ONE SIGNATURES TO BEGIN THE PROCESS.
IF THEY SUBMIT, UH, 75% PLUS ONE, UH, FEES ARE WAIVED.
AND THEN THIS BEGINS THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS, THE ZONING PROCESS, THEN, THEN THAT BRINGS US HERE TODAY.
SO MORE SPECIFICALLY WITH CASA LINDA ESTATES, AGAIN, UH, JUST WANNA TALK MORE JUST ABOUT CASA LINDA ESTATES, 10 HOMEOWNERS CAME, UH, TO CITY STAFF AND BEGAN THE PROCESS.
UH, STAFF VERIFIED THE DATA, IDENTIFIED THE MEDIANS, THE COMMITTEE CHOSE THE REGULATIONS THAT THEY WOULD PRESENT AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN STAFF PREPARED THE PETITION FORM BASED ON THE COMMITTEE'S REQUEST.
NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY 11TH OF 2026, AND NOTICE WAS SENT TO ALL PROPERTIES WITHIN 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING PER THE ORDINANCE.
AND THIS IS WHERE KINDA WANNA GET IN...
MORE INTO THE WEEDS OF THE SETBACKS PROPOSED, UM, FOR CASA LINDA ESTATES, BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT PER SECTION OF, OF THE SUBDIVISION THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING.
AND THESE ARE THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS PER SECTION.
AND AS FOR STAFF REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION, THIS IS LOCATED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IN THIS CASE, NEIGHBORHOODS IN THIS PLACE TYPE ARE CELEBRATED FOR THE RE- RESILIENCE, VALUE, AND STABILITY THAT THEY ADD TO THE CITY.
THIS PLAN IS D - IS DESIGNED TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT THE VITAL FOUNDATION OF OUR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS, PROMOTE NEW WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ENCOURAGE SUPPORT FROM NEIGHBORHOODS IN NEED OF REVITALIZATION.
THEY BALANCE STABILITY, MODEST GROWTH, AND CREATING VIBRANT AND F- FAMILY-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENTS PER COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE OF FORWARD DALLAS.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
AGAIN, WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, UH, ME AND PATRICK, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS FOR APPROVAL.
YEAH, AND I WOULD JUST ADD, UM, AGAIN, PATRICK BLADES, CHIEF PLANNER OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY PLANNING.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE.
UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD AN NSO, UM, COME BEFORE CPC IN 16 YEARS.
UM, FOR REFERENCE, UH, NETFLIX WAS STILL SENDING OUT DVDS 16 YEARS AGO.
MARVEL HAS RELEASED 35 MOVIES SINCE THEN.
UM, THE FACE OF THE DALLAS MAVERICKS, UH, COOPER FLAG WAS THREE.
UM, AND IF IT'S MORE DEVELOPMENT YOU'RE AFTER, CLYDE WARREN PARK HADN'T OPENED UP.
UM, AND SINCE, UH, THE LAST NSO, WE'VE HAD MORE THAN 350 NEW PDS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED.
UH, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE IN GOING OVER THIS.
UM, AND THE LAST THING I WOULD JUST SAY IS, UM, IN THE NSO PROCESS, IT'S DESIGNED A NEIGHBORHOOD DRIVEN PROCESS
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IN WHICH STAFF IS, UH, AGNOSTIC.UM, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT HERE BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH AN NSO.
WE'RE NOT HERE BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA.
NO, THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD CAME TO US AND SAID WE WANT TO DO ONE, SO WE'RE JUST THE REFEREES, WE'RE SWITZERLAND.
UM, AND SO WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, THAT'S BECAUSE 51% OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAID YES, THEREFORE STAFF IS GONNA RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
UM, BUT BASED ON THE CONTENT, THAT'S GONNA BE MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND LESS QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY STAFF BECAUSE WE JUST MANAGE THE PROCESS, NOT THE NSO AND THE DETAILS OF IT ITSELF.
QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER KOONTZ? UH, QUICK CLARIFICATION.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN A HOMEOWNER HAS A, UH, PORCH THAT IS DESTROYED OR NEEDS TO BE REBUILT FOR SOME REASON THAT IS OUTSIDE THE CURRENT BOUNDS, THEY ARE GRANDFATHERED IN AND CAN REBUILD TO THEIR EXISTING CONDITIONS? Y- YES.
UM, ANY EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT'S OUT THERE TODAY, UM, IF THE NSO IS PASSED, BECOMES A LEGAL NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE.
SO IF SOMETHING IS, UM, IF SOMETHING IS BURNED DOWN OR THEY NEED TO MAKE THAT REPAIR, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
THEY CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP THEIR HOME.
THEY CAN, UM, UM, DO, UH, RENOVATIONS TO THEIR HOMES.
THEY CAN DO REPAIRS ON THEIR HOMES.
IF IT'S, UH, LET'S SAY THE, THE SETBACK RIGHT NOW IS 30 FEET.
UM, IF THERE WAS A HUNDRED FOOT NEW NSO AND THEIR HOUSE IS 75 FEET, THEY CAN'T GO MORE INTO THAT 75 FEET, UM, BUT THEY CAN STILL GO WITH THAT 75 FEET THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE.
GO DOWN THE LINE, COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT AND COMMISSIONERER FRANKLIN.
SO THE ONLY, UM, THE ONLY DESIGN CRITERIA OR ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NSO IS JUST CODIFYING THESE SETBACKS THAT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE R10 SETBACKS IN OUR CODE, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO THE NSOS ARE, ARE MEANT TO, UM, WHERE YOU HAVE BASICALLY, UH, WHAT'S ON THE GROUND, THE, THE EXISTING CONDITIONS DON'T MATCH THE ZONING.
UM, AND IT'S JUST TO SAY THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, UM, IT'S A WAY FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD TO SAY, "WE WANT TO ACTUALLY ADOPT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AS OPPOSED TO WHAT THE ZONING IS." AND SO, UM, RIGHT NOW THE ZONING IS R10, SO THAT'S GONNA BE 30 FEET IN THE FRONT, SIX FEET ON THE SIDES.
UM, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE HOMES IN CASA LINDA ESTATES ARE MUCH FURTHER BACK, HAVE SETBACKS THAT ARE GREATER.
AND SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WENT OUT AND MEASURED THOSE.
WE CHECKED THEM AND WE SAID, OKAY, THE, THE COMMUNITY SAID WE WANT TO...
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SAID WE WANT TO, UM, INCREASE THOSE SETBACKS THROUGH THIS NSO, BUT IT WOULD JUST BE FOR THE, THE SETBACKS OF FRONT SIDES AND INTERIOR SIDES.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE FOR A SITUATION WHERE A TEAR DOWN COULD COME BACK IN AND BUILD TO THE, THE BASE CODE SETBACKS AND KIND OF BE IN VIOLATION OF THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING HOMES.
IS THAT WHAT, IS THAT THE PROBLEM WE'RE, WE'RE ADDRESSING? UM, I WOULD SAY THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ANSWER.
OH, COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN, SORRY.
I JUST HAVE A GENERAL QUESTION ABOUT DSOS.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE SETBACKS, UH, COULD A DSO LIMIT BUILDING HEIGHT FOR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS? IT, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT.
IT CAN LIMIT WHAT'S CALLED HEIGHT PLANE.
UM, SO IT'S NOT GONNA GIVE A HARD CAP ON HOW TALL THAT BUILDING CAN GO, BUT BASICALLY IT KIND OF LIKE THE RESIDENTIAL PROXIMITY SLOPE, IT SAYS THAT THE, THE BULKING OF THAT STRUCTURE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE TO THE REAR.
SO IT COULD STILL GO 30 FEET TALL, BUT IT WOULD JUST HAVE TO MOVE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE FRONT.
CASTLE UNITED STATES DID NOT ASK FOR THAT THOUGH IN THIS SITUATION.
ALL RIGHT COMMISSIONER HAMPTON, COMMISSIONER KINGS, MISSION COX, AND COMMISSIONER SERRATO, WE'LL GO DOWN THE LINE.
I'LL, I'LL HOLD MY COMMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
HOW MANY NSOS ARE THERE? UM, I BELIEVE THERE ARE ABOUT A DOZEN.
AND WOULD YOU CONSIDER THEM SUCCESSFUL IN PRESER- PRESERVING THE COMMUNITIES THEY'RE IN? I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE THE QUESTION THAT THE COMMUNITIES WOULD BE BETTER ANSWERED.
I'M TAKING FROM YOUR COMMENTS THAT YOU DON'T LIKE THESE.
I DO NOT MEAN TO COME OFF THAT WAY.
UM, MY COMMENTS WERE MEANT TO COME OFF THAT, UM, THESE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD DRIVEN.
THEY'RE INTENDED TO BE SOMETHING THAT A NEIGHBORHOOD CAN DO HO- HONESTLY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT CITY STAFF HAS AN OPINION UPON.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAID WE WANT TO DO, AND STAFF IS JUST SAYING, "HERE'S THE PROCESS.
Y'ALL CAN GO THROUGH WITH THEM." IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOOD OR BAD, IT'S JUST THAT'S NOT STAFF'S ROLE IN THIS SITUATION TO BE THE JUDGE OF WHETHER THEY'RE GOOD OR BAD.
IT'S THE COMMUNITY'S ROLE TO SAY, "WE WANT THIS OR WE DON'T WANT THIS."
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SO THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE NOT OFFERING AN APPROVAL BECAUSE YOU THINK THIS IS GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY IS HERE TO SAY, "THIS IS WHAT WE WANT." YEAH, TH- THIS IS NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT.THIS IS, THEY SAY THIS IS A GOOD IDEA OR A BAD IDEA, AND WE'RE JUST HERE TO PROCESS THE CASE.
BUT YOU DO SEE THIS AS A VALUABLE TOOL THAT'S AVAILABLE TO NEIGHBORHOODS SHOULD THEY WANT TO USE IT? Y- YES, THIS IS A TOOL THAT CAN ACHIEVE, UM, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS FOR COMMUNITIES.
UH, COMMISSIONER C***S, PERHAPS YOU CAN SHED SOME LIGHT ON THIS.
DO, DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS? ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER COX, THIS IS JUST TIME FOR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF IF YOU HAVE THE QUESTIONS FOR.
SO YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW, MR. UH, BLADES? OKAY COMMISSIONER COX, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF.
SORRY? THIS IS THE TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS OF CITY STAFF.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR COLLEAGUES - MR. BLADIS, YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, THE STATED PURPOSE IS FOR THIS REQUEST? SO, UM, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE HAS INF - THEY'VE STATED THIS, THAT THERE ARE REASONS WHY THEY WANT TO DO THIS.
UM, I THINK THE ANSWER IS BEST TO COME FROM THEM AS OPPOSED TO ME TRYING TO TELL YOU WHAT, WHAT THEY SAID.
SO I THINK IT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE WOULD SAY, "THIS IS WHY WE'RE DOING IT." I THINK THAT ANSWER BEST COMES FROM THEM AS OPPOSED TO STAFF SAYING, YOU KNOW, "THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD." I MEAN, THEY'VE TOLD US, BUT I THINK IT COMES FROM THEM AS OPPOSED TO COMING FROM STAFF.
COMMISSIONER SERRATO? JUST, UH, O- OBSERVING MY TRUSTEE BINDER HERE.
IF ANYBODY'S CURIOUS ABOUT, UH, NSOS AND THE CODE, IT'S ARTICLE NINE, PAGE 22.
SO THIS, THIS NSO IS PRETTY MUCH KIND OF A, IT'S, IT'S A COMMUNITY DRIVEN, BUT IT'S, IT'S THE ALTERNATIVE TO ASK IT FOR A PD.
IT'S, UM, BECAUSE IT'S NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S, IT'S BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE INCOMPATIBLE HOUSING BEING BUILT OR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY WANNA SET THE STANDARD, BUT THEY DON'T NEED A PD.
AM I CORRECT? THEY NEED, SO THEY GO THE NSO ROUTE.
UH, IT, IT'S A TOOL INTENDED TO, UH, EQUIP THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH, WITH SOMETHING FOR PRESERVATION QUICKER THAN A AUTHORIZED HEARING OR A PD OR, OR HAVING TO SIGN EVERYONE UP.
AND QUITE A FEW NEIGHBORHOODS IN, HAVE U- U- UTILIZED THIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS A START OF, UM, INCOMPATIBLE HOUSING OR SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO DESTAB - THAT THEY FEEL THAT IT'S GONNA DESTABILIZE THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AM I CORRECT? UH, SO A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT, UM, BASICALLY FROM, UM, 06 TO 2010.
UH, WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD A COMMUNITY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT SINCE THEN.
DID NOT A COMMUNITY OFFER HARRY HEIN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT? THE LOVEFIELD WEST COMMUNITY? THE, THE WESTLOVE NEIGHBORHOOD? YES.
UH, THEY STARTED THE PROCESS, UM, THAT WAS BEFORE, UH, THE PANDEMIC.
UM, A- AGAIN, PART OF THE CRITIQUE THAT CAN COME FROM THE NSO IS THAT BECAUSE IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD-LED PROCESS, UM, AND STAFF IS NOT IN THERE DOING THESE THINGS, THAT IT'S A BIGGER LIFT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO SOMETIME IN THE WESTLOVE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY, UM, THEY DIDN'T, THEY NEVER GOT TO A POINT IN WHICH THEY WERE READY TO MAKE THOSE MEASUREMENTS AND DO ALL THE SIGNATURES BECAUSE, UM, HONESTLY, BECAUSE OF THE, IT IS A BIGGER LIFT FOR THEM, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THAT WAS RELATED MOSTLY BECAUSE THERE WAS A BUNCH OF TOWN HOMES POPPING UP IN A SINGLE, A MOSTLY SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AM I CORRECT? UH, S- SO AGAIN, I THINK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF WESTLOVE, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE BEST SUITED TO, TO, TO INFORM WHY THEY STARTED THAT NSO PROCESS.
IF WE CAN JUST DO OUR BEST TO KEEP IT TO THIS CASE THAT'S IN FRONT OF US, BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT NOTICED AS A GENERAL BRIEFING ON NSS.COMMISSIONER HAMPTON? WELL, I JUST, I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENTARY.
I THINK THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY COMMENT AT THE BRIEFING.
WESTLOVE DID ROBUSTLY TRY THIS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.
MR. HAMPTON, WE'RE JUST KEEPING IT TO THIS, PLEASE.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT NOTICE, ABOUT NOTICE AND ABOUT RESPONSES IN OUR ZONING PACKAGE.
UH, ON PAGE 33, THERE'S THE, UH, THE ZONING PACKET, THERE'S, UM, A MAP OF THE NOTICE AREA, WHICH EXTENDS BEYOND, IS THE WAY I, I READ IT, THAT THERE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE FOLKS NOTICED THAT WOULD HAVE W- WHAT WOULD NOT BE IMPACTED BY THE NSO.
AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF STAFF BEFORE, BETWEEN NOW AND THE HEARING WHERE THIS, ON PAGE 33, IT SAYS THERE'S 47 IN FAVOR AND 21 IN OPPOSITION, IF THEY COULD TELL US WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE WITHIN THE RED BOUNDARY OF THIS NSO.
BECAUSE I SEE RESPONSES OUTSIDE OF THE RED BOUNDARY.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S VERY MANY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT, BUT I JUST, THIS IS AN UNUSUAL CONDITION.
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ON THIS THAT WILL HAVE, NOT BE IMPACTED AT ALL.UM, SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, SO THE, THE, THE, UH, THE NUMBERS THAT JASON HAD TALKED ABOUT, THE 51% AND THE 75%, THAT'S, THAT'S THE NUMBERS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
HOWEVER, THIS END, IN THE END BECOMES A ZONING CASE, A OVERLAY, AND SO STATE LAW THEN REQUIRES US TO NOTICE THAT OR FLY WITHIN THAT BOUNDARY.
UM, AND SO, UM, WE CAN PULL, UM, THE, THE RESPONSES, UM, AND, AND GET YOU A RESPONSE TO SAY, "HERE'S THE PERCENTAGES OF THE PEOPLE WHO SAID NO." UM, WERE THEY IN- INCLUDED IN THE NSO OR ARE THEY SURROUNDING IT? I WILL SAY JUST ANECDOTALLY, MOST OF THE CALLS THAT I GOT AND JASON GOT WERE FROM PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T IN THE NSO.
THEY ALREADY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
IT WAS THE PEOPLE WHO GOT NOTICE WHO ARE LIKE, "I THOUGH I'M NOT IN THIS." AND I'M LIKE, "YOU'RE NOT, BUT YOU'RE IN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WITHIN 200 FEET." SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I THOUGH I SAW HANDS ON MY RIGHT.
CASE NUMBER 10, I BELIEVE THIS IS...
IS THIS GONNA BE HELD, COMMISSIONER HALL? THAT IS CORRECT.
I'M GO - UH, I AM GOING TO HOLD IT FOR TWO WEEKS.
DID, DID YOU HAVE ANY Q - I KNOW THAT WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THIS.
DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WANT IT BRIEFED OR ARE YOU OKAY TO...
I, I THINK WE'LL WAIT AND BRIEF IT.
UH, WE'LL WAIT AND BRIEF IT BECAUSE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, THERE COULD BE SOME THINGS HAPPENING TO IT.
THAT GETS US TO SUBDIVISION, WHICH WE DON'T BRIEF.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SIGNS? DID I MISS SOMETHING? SORRY, I THOUGH I...
IT IS 12:06 PM, AND THIS CONCLUDES THE, UH, BRIEFING OF THE DALLAS CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.
WE'LL BE BACK AT 12:30 FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
[CALL TO ORDER]
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.IT IS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, 2026 AT 12:40 PM, AND THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING OF THE DALLAS CITY PLAN COMMISSION.
CAN WE START WITH THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
DISTRICT ONE, COMMISSIONER SIMS. DISTRICT TWO, COMMISSIONER HAMPTON.
DISTRICT THREE, VICE CHAIR HERBERT.
DISTRICT FOUR, COMMISSIONER WHEELER REAGAN.
DISTRICT FOUR, COMMISSIONER GILBERT SMITH.
DISTRICT FIVE, COMMISSIONER ZARRATO.
DISTRICT SIX, COMMISSIONER CARPENTER.
DISTRICT SEVEN, COMMISSIONER WHEELER REAGAN.
DISTRICT EIGHT COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN.
DISTRICT NINE, COMMISSIONER KOONCE.
DISTRICT 10, COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT? PRESENT.
DISTRICT 11, COMMISSIONER COX.
DISTRICT 12, COMMISSIONER KAUFMAN.
DISTRICT 13, COMMISSIONER HALL.
DISTRICT 14, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON.
AND DID YOU CATCH COMMISSIONER KAUFMAN ONLINE? YES.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
LET'S START OFF WITH THE MOTION ON OUR OCTOBER 22ND MINUTES.I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 22ND, 2026 CITY PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING AS POSTED ON OCTOBER 27TH, 2026.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HALL, FOR YOUR MOTION.
COMMISSIONER KUNTZ FOR YOUR SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED SAY NAY? THE MOTION CARRIES.
[Zoning Cases - Consent]
ALONG TO OUR ZONING CONSENT DOCKET.UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T JOINED US BEFORE, UM, THE ZONING CONSENT DOCKET IS A SERIES OF ITEMS THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER AND APPROVED PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION UNLESS AN ITEM IS REMOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
SO RIGHT NOW, OUR ZONING CONSENT DOCKET WAS NOTICED FOR ITEMS ONE THROUGH SEVEN, BUT THREE ITEMS HAVE ALREADY COME OFF FOR INDIVIS - INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
THAT'S ITEM ONE, FOUR, AND SEVEN.
SO THOSE WILL BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, ITEMS TWO, THREE, FIVE, AND SIX WILL BE CONSIDERED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
DOES ANYONE WANT TO HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS REMOVED, UM, FROM THE ZONING CONSENT DOCKET? RIGHT NOW, IT'S ITEMS TWO, THREE, FIVE, AND SIX.
AND THEN IF YOU DO WANT TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, UM, WE COULD REMOVE THAT FROM CONSENT AS WELL.
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TWO, THREE, FIVE, AND SIX ON CONSENT.THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEM TWO, THAT'S Z26000180.
IT'S AN APPLICATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT 1365 FOR A PRIVATE SCHOOL AND CHILDCARE FACILITY ON PROPERTY ZONE R, ONE HALF ACRE A, SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF ALPHA ROAD BETWEEN HILLCREST DRIVE AND PEYTON DRIVE, ALSO KNOWN AS 6930 ALPHA ROAD.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO AN AMENDMENT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN AND AMENDED CONDITIONS.
IT'S AN APPLICATION FOR MU1 MIXED USE DISTRICT ON PROPERTIES ON MF2 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT ON THE NORTH LINE OF GRAPE TRINITY FOREST WAY BETWEEN HILLBURN DRIVE AND NORTH MERDEAU LANE, UH, ALSO KNOWN AS 7601 GREAT TRINITY FOREST WAY.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL.
IT'S AN APPLICATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT 2446 FOR VEHICLE DISPLAY SALES AND SERVICE AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING ON PROPERTY ZONE SUBDISTRICT 5A WITHIN PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 533, THE CF HON SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT NUMBER ONE ON THE NORTH LINE OF CFON FREEWAY IN THE SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH JIM MILLER ROAD, ALSO KNOWN AS 7216 CF HAWN FREEWAY.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL FOR A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS AND EIGHT...
UH, SEVEN - SIX IS THE OTHER ONE.
IT'S AN APPLICATION FOR OUR, OUR REGIONAL RETAIL DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ZONE MU3 MIXED USE DISTRICT ON THE NORTHEAST LINE OF STEMMONS TRAIL, SOUTHWEST OF WEST NORTHWEST HIGHWAY, UH, UH, ALSO KNOWN AS, UH, 2373 STEMMONS TRAIL.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS TWO, THREE, FIVE, AND SIX ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY.
SO WE'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER COX FOR A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IN THE MATTER OF ZONING CASE Z-26-000180, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITION...
I, I MOVE TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
LISTED IN THE DOCKET OR AS AMENDED AT THE BRIEFING? I'M SORRY? LISTED IN THE DOCKET OR AS BRIEFED? NO.
IS YOUR MOTION SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE DOCKET OR AS BRIEFED? SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE DOCKET.
IS THAT - OR, OR, OR AS BRIEFED? OR AS BRIEFED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOTION, COMMISSIONER COX.
YOUR SECOND COMMISSIONER KINGSTON.
ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
[1. 26-3541A An application for a new Specific Use Permit for a private school on property zoned R-16(A) Single Family District, north of Walnut Hill Lane, between Marsh Lane and Betty Jane Lane. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a site plan, traffic management plan, and conditions. Applicant: Grace Academy of Dallas Representative: Karl Crawley / Masterplan Consultants Planner: Lori Levy, AICP Council District: 13 Z-26-000139]
MR. CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS, ITEM NUMBER ONE, 263541A, ZONING CASE Z26000139 IS AN APPLICATION FOR A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A PRIVATE SCHOOL LOCATED ON PROPERTY ZONE, ZONE R16A, SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT.IT IS ON THE NOR - UH, NORTH OF WALNUT HILL LANE BETWEEN MARSH LANE AND BETTY JANE LANE.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO, UH, THE UPDATED SITE PLAN, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND CONDITIONS AS BRIEFED.
SORRY, I WAS DOING HOUSEKEEPING.
I WANNA THANK LORI FOR ALL OF OUR LAST MINUTE CHANGES WE MADE.
WE HAD A, A SCHEDULING ISSUES WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING FOR, WITH THE WALNUT, WALNUT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UM, WHEN WE MET MONDAY, UM, WE MADE SOME CHANGES.
LORI MADE THEM, SENT THEM ALL TO Y'ALL, SO SHE DID A, A, A HEROIC JOB ON THAT.
AND I WANNA THANK COMMISSIONER HALL FOR, UH, FOR ALSO BEING PATIENT WITH US ON, ON OUR SCHEDULING STUFF.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE OKAY WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT ENROLLMENT CAPS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, AND I'LL LET Y'ALL TO GO THROUGH THOSE WEEDS AND DECIDE EITHER WAY FOR US, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND THERE'S SOME SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HERE ALSO.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ARE THEY HERE TO SPEAK? ARE THERE OTHER SPEAKERS HERE IN SUPPORT? NO, I THINK THEY'RE JUST HERE TO, IF, IF I NEED MORAL SUPPORT OR SOME OTHER SUPPORT LIKE THAT.
ALL THOSE SUPPORT TYPE THINGS, YES.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT ON ITEM ONE? SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION ON ITEM NUMBER ONE, I SEE THAT THERE ARE THREE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ONLINE.
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ARE ANY OF THEM ONLINE? OKAY.HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.
UH, FRANCIE BELL, 10141, BETTY JANE LANE.
UM, WE ARE DIRECT ABUTTERS TO THE, THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, AND WE ARE ALSO BEEN BEFORE THE ZONING COMMISSION BEFORE AT THE BETTY JANE LANE WALNUT HILL, SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE.
WE STILL GET TO PARTICIPATE IN DEMOCRACY.
UM, I THINK PREVIOUSLY, WE WERE 300 FITBIT STEPS AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY.
NOW WE ARE - MR. CHAIR, POINT OF ORDER, WE MAY NEED...
CAMERA'S NOT TURNED ON ON THE INDIVIDUAL TEST.
IS IT? HER CAMERA'S ON, UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER.
UH, YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE MYSELF, BUT - OH, NEVERMIND.
ALL RIGHT, MS. MS. BALL, CAN YOU TURN YOUR CAMERA ON, PLEASE? THE F - THE ICONS ARE VERY SMALL, SO I THOUGH I WAS WATCHING SOMEONE SPEAK.
SHOULD I START OVER AGAIN, FRANCY BELL? YOU, YOU CAN JUST PICK, YOU CAN JUST PICK RIGHT UP.
UM, I THINK INITIALLY MONDAY WHEN I SIGNED UP, I WAS OPPOSED BECAUSE WE FELT KIND OF BLINDSIDED THAT WE HADN'T GOTTEN A, A ISSUE OF THE SITE PLAN OR PRESENTATION OF THE SUP.
UH, WE WANNA THANK BOTH, UH, MASTER PLAN AND ISAAC WITH GRACE ACADEMY TO MEETING WITH US ON MONDAY AND GOING OVER WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT THERE NOT BE LIGHTING ISSUES, THAT THERE NOT BE PARKING SPOTS RIGHT UP AGAINST OUR FENCE.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
WE'VE GOT NEW NEIGHBORS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE PROPERTY, JUST MOVED IN ON BUDDY JANE LANE, AND THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BE GOING ON NEXT TO THEIR PROPERTY.
SO, UM, APPRECIATE THAT THEY HAVE WORKED SO QUICKLY.
THANK YOU, LAURA LEE, FOR GETTING ALL THE SITE PLANS SUBMITTED.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT ONLINE, BUT WE'VE SEEN THE COMMUNICATION FROM WALNUT HILL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION THAT OUR, UH, WISHES WERE HEARD, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO I CHANGED MY VOTE TO WE, UH, APPROVE THE PROJECT AS IS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE'RE GLAD THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE.
WE THINK IT'S A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SO THANK YOU.
UH, CATHERINE RAFTER? YES, THIS IS CATHERINE RAFTER HERE.
UH, CATHERINE RAFTER, 10141 BETTY JANE LANE.
AND, UH, I LIVE WITH FRANCIE, SO THE TWO OF US ARE ON.
AND, UH, YES, WE ARE VERY PLEASED THAT, UH, THAT ISAAC BROWN AND, UH, AND THE, UH, AND THE MASTER PLAN GROUP HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO ACTUALLY REMOVE THE LIGHTING FROM THE ZONING PROPOSAL.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, BECAUSE THE LATEST, UH, PLAN DOESN'T HAVE THAT, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LETTER AND ADDENDUM TO THAT, AND ALSO CHANGING SOME PARKING SPACES AND ELIMINATING THOSE THAT, THAT, UH, COME RIGHT UP TO OUR FENCE AND, UM, CLARIFYING THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS.
THOSE WERE THE THREE STICKING ISSUES, AND IT WAS REALLY, UM, QUITE PLEASANT TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT.
I JUST WANNA VERIFY THAT THAT'S IN THE PLAN THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON, THAT THERE WILL BE NO LIGHTING, THE PARKING IS REMOVED, AND THAT THERE WILL BE, UH, UH, A NUMBER OF STUDENTS DESIGNATED.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT IT, AND WE WELCOME GRACE ACADEMY, UM, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, LAST SPEAKER SIGNED UP ONLINE IN OPPOSITION, DAVE ROGERS.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD TRUE OPPOSITION THERE, MR. CRAWLEY, BUT YOU DO HAVE A TWO-MINUTE REBUTTAL.
LET'S GO TO COMMISSIONER HALL FOR A MOTION.
UH, IN THE MATTER OF KC26000139, GRACE ACADEMY, I MOVE TO CLOSE, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE ITEM PER STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, UH, WITH THE FOLLOWING, UM, REVISIONS TO THE, UH, SUP.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE, WE, UH, SHOULD ELIMINATE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, LIGHT STANDARDS FOR THE ATHLETIC FIELDS.
UH, THERE IS A, UH, UH, AN ITEM, SECOND ITEM THAT, UH, MENTIONS THE, UH, PARKING LOTS, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL BE ON THE, UH, TMP.
IT WILL REQUIRE REVISION, UH, TO REMOVE SIX PARKING LOTS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO, UH, THE, UH, LOCAL RESIDENTS.
ARE YOU GOING WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AS BRIEFED, COMMISSIONER HALL? I'M JUST TRYING TO - YES.
I BELIEVE IF, IF THIS IS WHAT WAS BRIEFED THIS MORNING, THEN WE WILL GO WITH STAFF AS BRIEFED THIS MORNING.
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WOULD BE SUBJECT TO A REVISED SITE PLAN, TRAFFIC REVISED SITE PLAN, AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION CONDITION - UH, CORRECT.RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS AS BRIEF.
AND IF I GET A SECOND, I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WHEELER, FOR YOUR SECOND.
YOUR COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER HALL.
UH, THERE WAS A, A BIT OF LAST MINUTE, UH, WORK YESTERDAY.
I HOPE YOU ALL GOT THE LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED, UH,
UH, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO YOU THIS MORNING.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IT OR NOT.
UM, THIS SITE COULD HAVE VERY EASILY HAVE BEEN SOLD TO A DEVELOPER WHO WOULD HAVE, UH, WANTED TO BUILD SOME FORM OF DENSE HOUSING ON THIS SITE.
UH, I'VE BEEN IN CHI - INSIDE OF THIS CHURCH MANY TIMES.
IT HAS A BEAUTIFUL SANCTUARY WITH STAINED GLASS WINDOWS, A MAGNIFICENT PIPE ORGAN.
UH, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A PITY TO SEE THAT DEMOLISHED.
SO I'M PLEASED AT THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO LEAVE THIS CHURCH BUILDING INTACT AND, UH, THAT THIS, UH, THE FACILITIES WILL BE USED AS A PRIVATE SCHOOL.
UH, REVISIONS TO THE SITE AND TRAFFIC PLANS WERE NEGOTIATED WITH THE COMMUNITY IN THE PAST FEW DAYS, SO I, I HOPE THE, UH, COMMISSION SEES FIT TO APPROVE THIS CASE.
ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HALL SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WHEELER.
[4. 26-3544A An application for a D(A) Duplex District on property zoned R-7.5(A) Single Family District, on the northwest line of Capitol Avenue, northeast of N. Carroll Avenue, AKA 4517 Capitol Avenue. Staff Recommendation: Approval. Applicant: Medshield Services LLC / Olusoii Ojerinde Planner: Liliana Garza Council District: 2 Z-26-000194]
ITEM NUMBER FOUR.ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS KZ-26-000194, AN APPLICATION FOR A DA DUPLIN DISTRICT OF PROPERTY ZONED R7.
5A, SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT ON THE NORTHWEST LINE OF CAPITOL AVENUE, NORTHEAST OF NORTH CAROL AVENUE, ALSO KNOWN AS 4517 CAPITOL AVENUE.
SALES RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM? I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVES ONLINE.
SIR, IS YOUR CAMERA ON? OH, SORRY, LET ME PUT IT ON.
AND PLEASE START WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
THANKS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS MORNING.
MY NAME IS OLUSO GIORGIAN, AND, UM, I'M HERE FOR THE, UH, APPLICATION, UH, FOR A DUPLEX, UH, ZONING.
UM, THE APPLICATION NUMBER IS, UM, 26000194.
WE HAD A DUPLEX, UM, UH, ONE STORY ON THE PROPERTY BEFORE, UH, BUT UPON TRYING TO DEVELOP IT, UM, TO MAKE IT A TWO STORY, UM, WE DISCOVERED THAT THE ZONING HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A SINGLE FAMILY, UM, BUT THERE WAS A HEIGHT RESTRICTION OF 30 FOOT, SO WE TRIED TO WORK WITH THE PERMIT OF HIS, UH, WITH THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MR. WILLIE.
UM, SO, BUT FOR LIKE A YEAR OR SO, BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH, UM, THINGS COULDN'T WORK, UM, THE WAY WE WANTED TO DO IT.
UM, SO WE DECIDED, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO A NEW CONSTRUCTION DUPLEX, AND WE WERE ADVISED TO APPLY FOR ZONING.
UM, BUT IN THE PROCESS, UM, THERE WAS A VANDALISM ON THE HOUSE, UM, GOT THE HOUSE, UM, BOMBED BY AN HOMELESS GUY, AND, UM, SO, UM, IT RAN INTO A COMPLIANCE, CODE COMPLIANCE ISSUE.
UM, WE GOT A PERMIT FOR DEMOLITION, AND WE ACTUALLY DEMOLISHED THE HOUSE.
UM, THAT WAS SOMETIMES IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, AND, UM, WE, UM, WE DID A DEMOLITION, UM, SO I...
WE, WE APPLIED FOR THE, UM, ZONING SO THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO DO, UM, THE, UM, THE NEW CONSTRUCTION WE WANTED TO DO.
UM, WE'RE ALSO, UM, SPO - UH, SPOKEN WITH, UM, UM, THE DISTRICT MANAGER, UM, MS. JOANNE HAMPTON, UM, ABOUT THIS, AND THEY MADE ME KNOW OF SOME RESTRICTIONS, UM, THAT, UM, MAY HAPPEN, UM, IF, UH, THE ZONING CHANGE IS APPROVED.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY FOR THAT.
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THANK YOU.ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT? SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? OKAY.
COMMISSIONER HAMPTON, YOUR MOTION.
UM, I, I THINK I WANTED TO ASK THE APPLICANT FOR CLARIFICATION, IF I MAY.
ON THE DEED RESTRICTIONS? YES.
IF THOSE BE PART OF YOUR MOTION, GO AHEAD.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT, UH, MR. OWEN, I UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU, UM, WERE VOLUNTEERING DEED RESTRICTIONS, UM, THAT, UH, AS A PART OF YOUR REQUEST FOR THE DUPLEX.
AND ARE YOU ABLE TO READ THOSE? THE COMMISSION, UM, HASN'T RECEIVED THOSE BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T PART OF OUR DOCKET.
ARE YOU ABLE TO STATE THOSE, UH, FOR THE COMMISSION AS BEING VOLUNTEERED? YES, MA'AM.
JUST GIVE ME, JUST, YES, MA'AM.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, COMMISSION.
I'M GOING TO READ THE DEED RESTRICTION NUMBER ONE.
DRIVEWAY APPROACH WIDTH, UM, A DRIVEWAY APPROACH CURB COURT SERVING THE PROPERTY MAY NOT EXIT 12 FOOT IN WIDTH AT THE CURB LINE.
A TWO, 20 FOOT MINIMUM LANDSCAPE AREA MUST BE PROVIDED WITHIN THE YARD SETBACK.
IF MORE THAN ONE DRIVEWAY, DRIVEWAY IS PROVIDED ON THE PROPERTY.
UH, MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STORIES, A M- MAIN STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY MAY NOT EXIT TWO HABITABLE STORIES ABOVE GRADE.
MAXIMUM HEIGHT, A MAIN STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY MAY NOT EXCEED 30 FOOT IN HEIGHT ABOVE GRADE.
EACH DWELLING UNIT MUST PROVIDE A FRONT DOOR FACING THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THAT, THOSE ARE THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
WHAT WAS THE HEIGHT ON THAT, JUST SO WE...
WE, UH, YOU WANNA MOTION, COMMISSIONER HAMPTON? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
UM, IN THE MATTER OF Z-26-000194, I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, APPROVE THE REQUEST, UH, SUBJECT TO THE DEED RESTRICTIONS AS VOLUNTEERED BY THE APPLICANT.
AND I HAVE BRIEF COMMENTS IF I HAVE A SECOND.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HAMPTON FOR YOUR MOTION.
VICE CHAIR HERBERT FOR YOUR SECOND.
UM, I WANNA THANK MR. ALANDE FOR HIS TIME, UH, TO REVIEW THE CASE.
UM, WE DID RECEIVE, UM, TWO RESPONSES IN OPPOSITION TO THIS, UM, PRIMARILY RELATED TO, UM, CONDITIONS OF THE PROPERTY.
IT IS A DUPLEX, UM, TODAY, UM, THAT'S VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE FRONTAGE AND LONG CAPITAL, WHICH IS A, IT IS R75 ZONING, BUT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN A MIX OF SINGLE FAMILY AND DUPLEX.
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION, UH, REMEMBER THAT WE'VE HAD A FEW OF THESE REQUESTS COME THROUGH.
AND SO THE DEED RESTRICTIONS ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER, UM, OF THE AREA, WHICH, UM, VARIES FROM WHAT A, A STRAIGHT ZONING OF DUPLEX WOULD ALLOW.
UM, I THINK WITH THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, IT FOLLOWS CHARACTER OF OTHER CASES AND OVERALL DEVELOPMENT, MAINTAINING THE STREETSCAPE, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF CONSIDERATION, UM, FROM COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
UM, THEY HAVE OTHER DEVELOPMENT TYPES SURROUNDING THEM, AND THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO PRESERVE THAT STREETSCAPE ALONG CAPITOL.
SO I HOPE MY, UH, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WILL SUPPORT THE MOTION.
AGAIN, THANK THE APPLICANT FOR THEIR TIME IN REVIEWING THE CASE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NO, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HAMPTON, SECONDED BY THE VICE CHAIR.
ANY OPPOSED SAY NAY, THE MOTION CARRIES.
[7. 26-3547A An application for a new subdistrict for specified non-residential uses on property zoned Planned Development No. 842, on the north line of Bell Ave, west of Greenville Avenue, AKA 5639 Bell Avenue. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to conditions. Applicant: Jon Hetzel / Bell Avenue Holdings LLC Representative: Rob Baldwin Planner: Martin Bate Council District: 14 Z-26-000170]
GOOD AFTERNOON.ITEM SEVEN IS CASE Z26000170, AN APPLICATION FOR A NEW SUBDISTRICT FOR SPECIFIED NON-RESIDENTIAL USES ON PROPERTY ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 842 ON THE NORTH LINE OF BELL AVENUE, WEST OF GREENVILLE AVENUE, ALSO KNOWN AS 5639 BELL AVENUE.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NOPE.
ANY SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT? SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? COME ON DOWN.
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COURT, DALLAS, TEXAS 75206.WE'RE LOCATED ON PROSPECT AVENUE, JUST ACROSS THE WAY FROM BELL AVENUE, UM, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF GREENVILLE AVENUE IN THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OF LOIS GREENVILLE AVENUE.
I'M ACTUALLY COMING HERE WITH OPPOSITION UNTIL, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY WANNA MAKE A POINT THAT THE DEVELOPERS INVOLVED THERE HAVE DONE EXCELLENT THINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT FORWARD 2.0 AND HELPING THE NEIGHBORHOOD THRIVE AND BEAUTIFYING IN THE LOIS GREENVILLE AREA.
WHAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT TODAY THOUGH IS WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR? AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE ARE THREE TAKEAWAYS THAT I WANNA ASK OF YOU TODAY, UM, IN THE APPROVAL OF THIS AND WHAT'S NEEDED BEFORE I WOULD GIVE MY THUMBS UP AND SAY YES IN SUPPORT.
ONE, WE HAVE AN EXISTING DRAINAGE ISSUE IN A LOT IMMEDIATELY BEHIND OUR HOMES ON PROSPECT AVENUE.
THE ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ONE YEAR.
THERE IS WATER FLOWING TO OUR HOMES.
THERE IS A FENCE THAT WAS MODIFIED MORE RECENTLY IN 2025 AND THAT CHANGED DIRECTIONAL FLOW OF WATER THAT HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED.
AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT IS THE GOAL OF DALLAS AND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE FORWARD 2.0, WE'RE TRYING TO SUS- SUSTAIN THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE'RE TRYING TO INVEST IN WHAT'S BEEN HISTORICALLY IN PLACE IN THESE GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, THE SECOND THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT SAME LOT IS SO CLOSE IN PROXIMITY, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT THERE'S A MINIMIZED STAGING OF CONSTRUCTION IN THAT LOT.
IT MAY NOT BE ON THE PLAN FOR THAT TO BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF GREENVILLE THERE, BUT IF IT IS, THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED PUTTING SOME STORAGE UNITS THERE AND WE HAVE HAD SMALLER DEVELOPMENTS ON THAT LOT WHERE CONSTRUCTION HAS BLOWN TRASH, IT'S BEEN THROWN OVER THE FENCES, WE'VE HAD MORE TRAFFIC, LATE NIGHT HOURS.
AND SO IF THEY COULD MINIMIZE THAT AND PROTECT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED.
THE THIRD THING IS, UM, MINIMIZING CONSTRUCTION TRUCK TRAFFIC TRAVELING DOWN PROSPECT AVENUE, WHICH WE HAD A ROTATING, UM, SET OF TRUCKS AND 18-WHEELERS THAT WOULD LINE UP AT 6:30 IN THE MORNING WHEN THE ELLA, UH, DEVELOPMENT WAS PUT IN PLACE A FEW YEARS AGO.
OUR STREET HAS SIGNIFICANT STREET DAMAGE.
I'M TOLD THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR FUTURE BOND FUNDS THAT C - BUT THAT COULD BE YEARS.
WE NEED TO KEEP PROSPECT INTACT IN THE INTERIM - THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME THANK YOU.
BECAUSE ENOUGH DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? ALL RIGHT.
UNDER OUR RULES, THE APPLICANT GETS A TWO-MINUTE REBUTTAL.
ROB ALDEN, 3904 ELLEN STREET, SUITE B IN DALLAS.
UM, JUST PUT THIS IN CONTEXT, THESE ARE, THIS PD SUBDISTRICTS ARE TWO SMALL LOTS ALREADY PLATTED.
ONE CONTAINS A, A STRUCTURES BUILT APPROXIMATELY 1925, 1926, BEEN USED FOR RETAIL PURPOSES.
THERE'S A VACANT LOT NEXT DOOR THAT WE'D LIKE TO BUILD A, A SMALL ONE STORY.
IT WILL LOOK LIKE A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, BUT IT WILL BE FOR, UH, NON-RESIDENTIAL USES.
UH, THE PD SUBDISTRICT LIMITS THE F- FLOOR AREA OF THE, OF THE SUBDISTRICT, SO IT WILL NOT BE GOING BIG, WILL NOT BE GOING LONG.
UH, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, BUT IT IS A VERY DISCREET AND CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN THAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I, I DO.
IN THE MATTER OF Z26000170, I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC RECORD AND APPROVE, UM, THIS APPLICATION WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGE.
IN PARAGRAPH 842.109, SUBSECTION D, ADD SUBSECTION FIVE...
ADD TO, ADD TO SUBSECTION FIVE, PATIOS AND PORCHES ARE LIMITED TO 40 SQUARE FEET FOR STRUCTURES BUILT PRIOR TO JANUARY 1ST, 2026 AND 180 SQUARE FEET FOR STRUCTURES BUILT AFTER JANUARY
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1ST, 2026.THEY MUST BE LOCATED IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND NOT THE REAR OF THE BUILDING AND MAY NOT BE OPERATED AFTER 10:00 PM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOTION, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, COMMISSIONER SIMS FOR YOUR SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? WELL, I, I, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT THE SPEAKER BROUGHT UP.
THIS PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF LOWER GREENVILLE, AND I BELIEVE THAT SHE LIVES ON THE EAST SIDE OF LOWER GREENVILLE AND THE DRAINAGE ISSUES, ET CETERA, THAT ARE DEAL, THAT DEAL WITH THE EAST SIDE ARE UNRELATED TO THIS PROPERTY.
UM, I, I, I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT'S GOING ON.
I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO HER AFTER OR AT A BREAK OR WHATEVER, BUT IT HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE PROPERTY THAT'S THE SUBJECT OF THIS APPLICATION.
UM, SO WHILE I UNDERSTAND SHE MAY HAVE SOME FRUSTRATION WITH WHAT'S GOING ON GENERALLY IN THE AREA, IT'S NOT RELATED TO THIS PROPERTY AT ALL.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER CARPENTER? CAN I ASKCOMMISSIONER KINGSTON, WHAT IS THE RATIONALE FOR THE DIFFERENT SIZES OF, UH, THE PATIOS DEPENDING ON WHEN THE BUILDING...
ONE'S A PREEXISTING BUILDING AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS ALREADY BEEN DESIGNED AND IS IN PERMITTING.
I DID HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION EITHER FOR CITY STAFF OR MR. BALDWIN.
I SEE THAT IN THE SUBDISTRICT SECTION OF THE PD, IT LISTS A SUB - THAT IT'S ADDING A SUBDISTRICT FIVE AND SIX.
IS THAT JUST A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR? YES, SIR.
I'M DOING TWO, TWO PROJECTS ON LOWER GREENVILLE, TWO NEW SUB-DISTRICTS, AND I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF, CALLED THIS ONE SUBDISTRICT SIX.
WHEN IT GOT OUT IN FRONT OF IT, IT SHOULD BE SUBDISTRICT FIVE.
SO I UPDATED THE PD CONDITIONS.
SO THIS IS ALL SUBDISTRICT FIVE.
YOU'LL SEE SUBDISTRICT SIX, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO THERE'S NO PHANTOM SUBDISTRICT BEING CR- CREATED? YEAH, THERE'S NO PHANTOM SUBDISTRICT.
AND IN SPEAKING TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, WE CAN CHALK IT UP TO A SCRIVENER'S ERROR THAT CAN JUST BE, UH, ADDRESSED THROUGH DRAFTING.
IT WOULD JUST BE A NEW SUBDISTRICT FIVE AND ALL REFERENCES TO SIX WOULD BE FIVE.
SO THIS WILL BE CLEANED UP AT, BY, BY THE TIME IT GETS TO COUNCIL? CORRECT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SIMS. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[8. 26-3548A An application for D(A) Duplex District on property zoned R-7.5(A) Single Family District, on the northwest corner of Guthrie Street and Toluca Avenue. Staff Recommendation: Approval. Applicant: Valerie Punch U/A From: October 22, 2026. Planner: Martin Bate Council District: 4 Z-26-000173]
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS CASE Z26000173, AN APPLICATION FOR DA DUPLEX DISTRICT AND PROPERTY ZONED R75A SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF GUTHRIE STREET AND TOLUCA AVENUE.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL.
ANY SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT? ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
I LIVE AT 7465 HUNTERS RUN COURT STANDING, UM, IN FAVOR OF 303 GUTHRIE STREET.
I'M REALLY JUST HERE TO ANSWER WHATEVER QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE OF ME AFTER RESUBMITTING THE DRAWINGS AND RENDERINGS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT ON THIS ITEM? ANY SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? OKAY.
COMMISSIONER GILBERT-SMITH, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I DO.
I MOVE TO KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AND HOLD THE ITEM UNDER ADVISEMENT UNTIL DECEMBER 3RD.
COMMISSIONER GILBERT-SMITH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? UH, COMMISSIONER HAMPTON, YOUR SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? I DO HAVE A COMMENT.
I HAVE BEEN ILL FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS AND MS. PUNCH AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO COMMUNICATE.
I THINK SHE SAID THAT SHE'S BEEN SICK FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS, HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO, UH, COMMUNICATE WITH THE APPLICANT.
SO, UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? DECEMBER, DECEMBER 3RD, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.
UM, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GILBERT-SMITH, FOR YOUR MOTION.
COMMISSIONER HAMPTON FOR YOUR SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
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ANY OPPOSED SAY NAY.[9. 26-3549A An application for a Neighborhood Stabilization Overlay (NSO) on property zoned R-10(A) Single Family District, generally bounded by Garland Road, N. Buckner Boulevard, Peavy Road, and the East Dallas Santa Fe rail line, and properties on the southwest line of Buckner Boulevard, south of Garland Road. Staff Recommendation: Approval. Applicant: Casa Linda Estates Neighborhood U/A From: October 22, 2026. Planner: Jason Pho, AICP Council District: 9 Z-26-0000211]
ALL RIGHT.ITEM NUMBER NINE FOR CASE NUMBER Z26000211, AN APPLICATION FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION OVERLAY ON PROPERTY ZONED R10 SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT, GENERALLY BOUNDED BY GARLAND ROAD, NORTH BUCKNER BOULEVARD, PEAVY ROAD, AND THE EAST DALLAS SANTA FE RAIL LINE AND PROPERTIES ON THE SOUTHWEST LINE OF BUCKNER BOULEVARD, SOUTH OF GARLAND ROAD.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL.
ON ITEM NUMBER NINE, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT? COME ON DOWN.
THERE'S A BUTTON ON THE BOTTOM OF THE MICROPHONE STAND.
UM, I'M A RESIDENT AT 1517 BELLA VISTA DRIVE AND PRESIDENT OF THE CASA LINDA ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I'M HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE NSO PROPOSAL.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, A GROUP OF RESIDENTS, UM, INCLUDING MYSELF, BEGAN RES- RESEARCHING THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING A NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION OVERLAY OR NSO FOR CASA LINDA ESTATES.
OUR GOAL IS TO CODIFY OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS, SPECIFICALLY THOSE REGARDING FRONT AND SIDE SETBACKS TO PRE- PRESERVE THE UNIQUE AESTHETIC, OPEN SPACING, AND LARGE LOT APPEAL OF OUR COMMUNITY.
ESTABLISHING THIS NSO WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO ENFORCE THESE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS DURING THE PERMITTING PROCESS, RATHER THAN REQUIRING AN INDIVIDUAL TO FILE A LAWSUIT TO ENFORCE THE SETBACK, WHICH IS HOW IT IS NOW.
TO DATE, WE HAVE COMPLETED THE FOLLOWING REQUIRED STEPS.
WE HAVE SUBMITTED THE INITIAL NSO REQUEST.
WE'VE MEASURED ALL PROPERTIES WITHIN THE PROPOSED NSO BOUNDARY PER CITY INSTRUCTIONS.
HOSTED THREE, ACTUALLY FOUR, BUT ONE OF THEM DIDN'T COUNT.
UM, THREE CITY REQUIRED MEETINGS, ALL OF WHICH WHERE WE SAW STRONG COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE SECURED SIGNATURES FROM 77% OF RESIDENTS EXCEEDING THE 75% R- REQUIREMENT FOR FEE-FREE PASSAGE.
ALSO, PLEASE NOTE THIS N- NSO MIMICS THE NSO THAT PASSED IN SECTION ONE OF CASA LINDA ESTATES THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN ENFORCING THE FRONT AND SIDE SETBACKS.
REGARDING THE BOUNDARY, WHILE OUR ORIGINAL REQUEST INCLUDED BUCKNER, THE RESIDENTS OF BUCKNER HAVE COLLECTIVELY EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO BE EXCLUDED.
ALTHOUGH WE INITIALLY HOPED TO INCLUDE THEM, WE UNDERSTAND A MOTION BY THE CITY TO ADJUST THE BOUNDARIES AND REMOVE BUCKNER TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR PREFERENCE IS POSSIBLY BEING MADE TODAY.
WHILE WE DID NOT INITIATE THIS REQUEST, WE ARE AWARE OF IT AND WE HAVE COMMUNICATED THIS INFORMATION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD VIA OUR NEIGHBORHOOD EMAIL NEWSLETTER BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT THAT YES, WE HOPE IT'S GOING TO PASS, BUT THERE MIGHT BE A CHANGE TO IT.
WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO APPROVE THIS NSO TO HELP PRESERVE THE DISTINCT CHARACTER AND SPACIOUS LOT DESIGN OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
HI, I'M DEBBIE VAN ZANDT AT 1406 EL PATIO.
AND KRISTEN ALLUDED TO MOST OF WHAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND WORKED ON GETTING THIS DONE AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH TONS OF MEETINGS.
UM, THE PROCESS BEGAN, AS I SAID, FOUR YEARS AGO.
OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO PRESERVE THE BLOCK FACE AND HAVE BUILDING PERMIT, THE PER - BUILDING PERMIT SYSTEM OF DALLAS TO ENFORCE THE MEASUREMENTS SO THAT NEIGHBORS DON'T HAVE TO GO TO CIVIL SUITS TO ENFORCE THIS.
I'VE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AND WE...
MOST PEOPLE LIVE THERE OR HA - CHOOSE TO LIVE THERE BECAUSE OF OUR BEAUTIFUL YARDS AND OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FEELING OF OUR CASALINDA ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE WANT TO PRESERVE THAT AND NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, HOUSES GOING IN AND OUT, IN AND OUT, IN AND
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OUT.AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A VERY...
A LOT OF PEOPLE HA - A LOT OF HOMES HAVE CHANGED HANDS, OF COURSE, SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE SO LONG, BUT, UM, IT'S REALLY PRETTY STEADY, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, PEOPLE DO NOT JUST MOVE IN AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WHEN WE STARTED THIS, WE INCLUDED EVERYONE, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, HOPING TO INCLUDE EVERYONE WHO WA - WHO WAS NOT PASSED IN THE PREVIOUS NSO THAT WAS IN TWO - IN 2007, I THINK.
UH, DURING THE MEETINGS, WE DISCOVERED THAT THEY DID NOT WANNA BE INCLUDED, AND SO WE SOUGHT TO FIND A REMEDY FOR THAT.
YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD WE REMEDY THAT? WOULD THEY DO A PETITION? WOULD THEY DO...
YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD WE DO? SO THE STAFF TALKED TO THE CITY ATTORNEYS, AND THEY HAVE COME UP WITH, UM, A SOLUTION THAT THEY WILL HAVE A, UM, MOTION TO REMOVE THEM IF THAT'S...
AND I BELIEVE THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER KOONTZ HAS THAT TODAY.
SO, UM, OUR WHOLE, THE WHOLE POINT OF DOING THIS WAS TO MAINTAIN THE LOOK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TO MAINTAIN THE, YOU KNOW, ESTATES, LOOK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE, WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW PLACES IN DALLAS CLOSE TO WHITE ROCK LAKE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE STILL HAVE PRETTY YARDS, AND WE, WE REALLY LIKE OUR PRETTY Y- YARDS.
SO, UM, WE HOPE THAT IT, WE CAN SATISFY EVERYONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE, UM, CERTAINLY DON'T WANT US TO CAUSE DISCORD BETWEEN NEIGHBORS, AND THAT WAS, THIS WAS ACTUALLY A SOLUTION, HOPEFULLY, TO DO THAT.
SO WE HOPE THAT Y'ALL WILL UNDERSTAND OUR POINT.
UH, I LIVE AT 9538 ALTAMIRA DRIVE.
UM, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE MS - NSO AS IT IS, UM, PRESENTED AND WRITTEN.
UM, I BELIEVE THE LOOK OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THE SYMMETRY OF THE HOUSES, THE BLOCK FACE SO THAT ONE HOUSE ISN'T JUTTING OUT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER, UM, IS IMPORTANT TO THE AESTHETICS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, AS IT WOULD BE TO MOST ANY NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WE HAVE A VERY NATURAL SETTING.
UM, TREES DON'T SURVI- SURVIVE S- SUB-DEVELOPMENT VERY WELL.
UH, TREES PROVIDE HABITAT FOR BIRDS, UH, AN EXCHANGE OF CO2 AND OXYGEN TO KEEP US HEALTHIER.
AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE SHADE THAT THEY PROVIDE.
UM, THEY DON'T SURVIVE SUBDIVIDING VERY, VERY WELL.
UM, I WOULD HOPE THAT, UM, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH HA- HAS HAD DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE IMPROVED SIGHT LINES, UH, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, OPEN SPACES, UH, AND, AND THIS IS A PROCESS THAT THE CITY MAKES AVAILABLE TO ANY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WISHES TO PURSUE IT, AND THE HARD WORK GONE INTO PURSUING THIS IS, CAN'T BE STRESSED EN- ENOUGH.
UM, MANY HOURS, MANY MEETINGS, MANY DISCUSSIONS, AND 77% APPROVAL.
IF WE DO CARVE OUT BUCKNER, UH, THAT REDUCES THE STABILIZATION EFFECT OF, OF THIS APPLICATION.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT? UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CASA LINDA ESTATES AT THAT ADDRESS FOR...
UM, I AM IN SUPPORT 100% OF THE APPLICATION FOR THE NSO AS IT WAS SUBMITTED.
I COME TO YOU AS A SIGNATORY TO THE PETITION THAT WAS, THAT WAS REQUISITE FOR THIS APPLICATION, FOR THE PROCESS TO PROCEED.
YOU HAD TO HAVE AT LEAST 50% OF, OF THE RESIDENTS SIGN THAT PETITION.
WE SIGNED THIS PETITION BASED UPON INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO US BY THE CITY WITH A BOUNDARY THAT SHOWED BUCKNER PROPERTIES
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IN IT.FOR MANY PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN CASALINDA, THEIR IMPETUS FOR GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS WAS BECAUSE OF THE, I WOULD SAY, DEGRADATION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG BUCKNER AVENUE RIGHT NOW WITH THE PALMO - PALOMA DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON.
UM, THEY ARE PART OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS OF, OF CASA LINDA ESTATES ONE, AND THERE, I BELIEVE, IS SOME ACTION T - UH, TO STOP THAT DEVELOPMENT.
OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS ONLY ALLOW FOR ACTION TO BE BROUGHT TO, TO A, AS AN OFFENDING PROPERTY OWNER IF YOU LIVE IN THAT SAME, UH, SECTION OF CASA LINDA.
THEREFORE, ONLY SOMEONE IN CASA LINDA ONE CAN SUE AN INDIVIDUAL AND FIND REMEDY THROUGH THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
I CAN ONLY DO IT FOR CASA LINDA TWO.
UM, AND, BUT WHAT'S IMPERATIVE HERE IS, HERE IS THAT THAT PROCESS, WE HAD A RE - A REQUISITE OF SIGNATURES, OF WHICH 50% WAS MINIMUM.
I THOUGHT PROBABLY WE WOULD GET IT WITH 77%, UH, BUT IT WAS BASED UPON INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US AT THE TIME THAT WE SIGNED THE PETITION.
MODIFYING THAT PERIMETER CANNOT BE CONSIDERED DE MINIMIS.
IT IS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO THIS PROCESS, AND NONE OF THE SIGNATURES THAT WERE ON THAT PETITION CAN SUPPORT ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT WAS PRESENTED AT THAT TIME WHEN IT WAS SIGNED.
THAT IS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE TO UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL FRAUD.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN JUST SAY, "OH, WE'LL JUST DO WHATEVER WE WANT AND TAKE YOUR SIGNATURES." AND SO, BUT I DO SUPPORT - THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT? WE'LL GO TO SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION.
I'VE BEEN IN CASA LINDA FOR, SINCE 75, LIVED THERE.
UM, I SUPPORT THE PARTITION IF, OR THE OVERLAY.
IF YOU START SHOPPING AREAS OUT, YOU CAN'T STABILIZE THE, THE AREA.
I MEAN, THE STABILIZATION, IF YOU SHOP OUT THIS AREA AND IT'S ESPECIALLY THE BIGGEST LOTS THAT ARE MORE PRONE TO BEING SUBDIVIDED, AND I SUPPORT IT.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT? GOOD AFTERNOON.
I LIVE AT 1531 NORTH BUCKNER BOULEVARD FOR ALL OF FIVE YEARS, AND, UH, I LOVE IT THERE.
UM, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS NSO COMPLETELY IN ITS ENTIRETY, UM, MAINLY BECAUSE, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.
IT'S A VERY, VERY, VERY BUSY STREET, AND NO ONE DRIVES BELOW THE 40 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT, BY THE WAY.
I DON'T WALK MY DOGS ON BUCKNER BOULEVARD, AND YOU SHOULDN'T EITHER.
UM, I BELIEVE IN LEAVING THE LANDSCAPE THE WAY IT IS, UM, BUCKNER BOULEVARD IS THE FACE OF CASA LINDA ESTATES.
WHEN YOU DRIVE UP AND DOWN BUCKNER BOULEVARD AND YOU SEE THE EXPANSE OF FRONT YARDS, YOU KNOW THIS IS A UNIQUE PLACE.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE SHOULD HAVE THEIR HOUSE 30 FEET FROM BUCKNER BOULEVARD.
I THINK THAT IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN.
WITH THAT SAID, I AM IN THE MINORITY.
UH, MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS DO NOT AGREE WITH ME, AND THEY'RE STILL GONNA BE MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, RIGHT? BUT BUCKNER BOULEVARD IS DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF CASA LINDA.
OUR LOT SIZES ARE TWO TO THREE TIMES LARGER THAN THE INTERIOR LOTS, AND I DON'T THINK THE REGULATIONS SHOULD BE THE SAME.
I DON'T THINK AN INTERIOR LOT SHOULD HAVE THE SAME REGULATION AS BUCKNER BOULEVARD.
IT'S NOT THE SAME PIECE OF PROPERTY.
UM, AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE THE SAME.
UM, I WAS INTERESTED IN NEGOTIATING MAYBE 75 FEET OFF THE ROAD INSTEAD OF 100, BUT 30 JUST SEEMS REALLY UNSAFE TO ME.
UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS DO HAVE FINANCIAL INTEREST IN BEING EXCLUDED, UH, BUCKNER BEING EXCLUDED BECAUSE THEY WANT THE FREEDOM TO BUILD WHATEVER THEY WANT, HOWEVER BIG THEY WANT, AND THEY WANNA BE ABLE TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY TO SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO DO THE SAME THING POSSIBLY.
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AND SO I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS FINANCIAL GAIN IN THAT, AND, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T BLAME ANYBODY FOR THAT.UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT THEY, THEY FEEL IT MIGHT LIMIT THEIR SELLING POWER IF WE PUT THIS NSO IN BUCKNER AND THEY SAID YOU CAN ONLY BUILD WITH, YOU KNOW, BEHIND 100 FEET OF THE ROAD.
SO, UM, I STILL DON'T THINK THAT'S A WISE IDEA, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WANNA DO THAT.
AND THAT MIGHT BE THE BEST CASE FOR BUCKNER TO BE REMOVED.
BUT I WILL NEVER BUILD MY HOUSE OR RECOMMEND ANYBODY TO BUILD IT 30 FEET FROM BUCKNER BOULEVARD.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT? MY NAME IS, UH, PHILIP MENDERSHAUSEN.
I'VE, UH, LIVED IN CASA LINDA SINCE 1974.
UM, I MOVED INTO CASA LINDA FROM, UH, RIGHT IMMEDIATELY AFTER GRADUATE SCHOOL.
I'D BEEN LIVING IN APARTMENTS AND, UH, I WAS VERY ANXIOUS TO FIND A HOME IN THE COUNTRY AND WAS PLEASED TO FIND A RESIDENCE IN THE CITY LIMITS THAT I COULD HAVE A HORSE AND AT THE SAME TIME NOT HAVE A ENORMOUS DISTANCE FOR RESTAURANTS AND BANKS AND GROCERY STORES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES MAKE AN AREA VERY PRONE TO DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT HAPPENED RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO ME.
AND CURRENTLY, WE DO HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS, AND I'M INVOKING THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS TO TRY TO PREVENT THAT DEVELOPMENT FROM PROCEEDING.
BUT I FULLY REALIZED THAT CASA LINDA IS AN AREA THAT NEEDS STABILIZATION.
AND ANY CARVE OUTS THAT, UH, EXIST WITHIN CASA LINDA WOULD BE SOMETHING I WOULD STRONGLY OPPOSE BECAUSE I CAN SEE, BECAUSE OF THE STATE OF THE CITY, THE FINANCES OF THE CITY ARE NOT GOOD AND I CAN, I UNDERSTAND THE ENCOURAGEMENT FOR MORE PROPERTY TAXES, BUT I, I WISH THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WANNA HAVE LARGE PROPERTIES WOULD GO, UH, ELSEWHERE AND NOT DEVELOP THE CASA LINDA, WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
AND I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STABILIZATION OCCURS AS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M VOTING FOR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HEARING MY OPINIONS.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT? SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION.
THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
I LIVE AT 1516 NORTH BUCKNER BOULEVARD.
IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, I PURCHASED AN OLDER HOME ON BUCKNER WITH EVERY INTENTION OF EVENTUALLY TEARING IT DOWN AND REBUILDING.
MY GOAL WAS SIMPLE, TO BUILD A HOME THAT WOULD LAST ANOTHER 80 YEARS, HOME WHERE I COULD RAISE MY CHILDREN, WHERE, RAISE MY FAMILY, FEEL SAFE, AND HOPEFULLY MY GRANDCHILDREN CAN VISIT ONE DAY.
ABOUT THREE MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING MY HOME, I LEARNED ABOUT THIS NSO.
I IMMEDIATELY BECAME CONCERNED BECAUSE THE VERY REASONS I PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY WAS NOW BEING TAKEN AWAY.
I CAN TELL YOU WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT THIS NSO WAS IN PLACE BEFORE I BOUGHT THIS HOUSE, I WOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED IT.
ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS IS SAFETY FOR MY CHILDREN.
I LIVE DIRECTLY ON BUCKNER BOULEVARD, WHICH IS A HIGHWAY RUNNING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WOULD ASK ANYONE ON THIS PANEL A SIMPLE QUESTION, WOULD YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE FRONT YARD DIRECTLY ON BUCKNER? I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T.
WHEN MY HOME WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN THE 40S, BUCKNER WAS A VERY DIFFERENT ROAD TODAY.
MY FRONT YARD IS ESSENTIALLY UNUSABLE TO MY FAMILY.
THAT IS WHY I WANNA BUILD A NEW HOUSE CLOSER TO THE STREET TO CREATE A LARGER, SAFER BACKYARD FOR MY CHILDREN CAN ACTUALLY PLAY.
BUT THIS NSO WOULD FORCE ME TO DO THE OPPOSITE.
IT WOULD PUSH MY HOUSE FURTHER BACK TOWARDS THE ONLY PART OF MY PROPERTY WHERE MY CHILDREN COULD SPEND TIME.
AND TO ME, THAT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE.
AFTER STUDYING THIS NSO, I DISCOVERED SOMETHING EVEN MORE CONCERNING.
NOT ONLY WOULD THESE RESTRICTIONS PREVENT ME FROM BUILDING THE HOME MY PLAN, THEY WOULDN'T EVEN ALLOW ME TO REBUILD THE EXACT SAME HOME STANDING ON MY PROPERTY TODAY.
AND BASED ON MY REVIEW, MORE THAN HALF THE HOMES ON BUCKNER SECTION ONE FACE THAT SAME PROBLEM.
FOR A PROPOSAL TO INTENDED TO PRESERVE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK, I FIND THAT INCREDIBLY CONTRADICTORY.
THIS INCREASES MY SETBACK 200, MY FRONT SETBACK 233%, MY SIDE SETBACKS 317%, AND THE SETBACKS IMPOSED ON BUCKNER ARE 100% GREATER THAN ALL THE OTHER SECTIONS.
I ALSO QUESTION THE MISLEADING DATA USED TO DEVELOP THE PROPOSAL.
ON SEC - ON PAGE NINE, SECTION FIVE, THE IMPOSAL, THE NSO DECIDED TO USE MEASUREMENTS OF MEDIAN INSTEAD OF AVERAGE.
THAT WAS PURPOSELY DONE TO MAKE PEOPLE THINK THE NSO WAS CREATED TO PRESERVE THE LOOK.
IF THEY WANTED TO HAVE THE, IF, IF THEY WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE AVERAGES, THE DATA WOULD LOOK WILDLY DIFFERENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, MY HOUSE SETBACKS
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ARE SIX FOOT ON ONE SIDE, 25 ON THE OTHER, MAKING THE AVERAGE OF 15.5 FEET.BUT THE NSO LEADS EVERYONE TO BELIEVE THAT THE CURRENT STANDARD OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS 29 FEET.
YOU CAN SIMPLY PULL UP GOOGLE MAPS AND LOOK AT 1414, 1516, 1545, 1547 BUCKNER AND SEE WHY THESE MEASUREMENTS DESERVE FURTHER SCRUTINY.
IF THE MEASUREMENTS ARE MISLEADING, WHAT OTHER INFORMATION THE PROPOSAL MIGHT ALSO MISME - MIS - BE MISLEADING.
I'VE, I'VE PRIMARILY REVIEWED BUCKNER SECTION ONE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I LIVE, BUT THESE CONCERNS RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OF THE BROADER PROPOSAL.
I'M ASKING THE PANELS TO DENY THE NSO AS CURRENTLY PROPOSED UNTIL DATA HAS BEEN INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED.
HOMEOWNERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.
PASSING THE NSO BASED ON MISLEADING DATA IS NOT ONLY WRONG, BUT LEAVES THE CITY OF DALLAS OPEN TO LAWSUITS.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSION.
I RESIDE AT 1508 NORTH BUCKNER BOULEVARD, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION.
UH, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS SIMPLE.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS, IF YOU SEE IN THE WAY THE PETITION WAS DRAWN, IT'S DIVIDED UP INTO SECTIONS.
AND THE, THE REASON THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS DIVIDED UP INTO SECTIONS IS BECAUSE THE SECTIONS HAVE FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT CHARACTERS.
UH, I LIVE ON BUCKNER BOULEVARD.
THE CHARACTER OF BUCKNER BOULEVARD IS DIFFERENT THAN THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I CAN APPRECIATE WHY THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER THAT THEY HAVE.
THEY HAVE HOMES THAT FACE INTERNAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, ON BUCKNER, OUR HOMES FACE A STATE HIGHWAY.
SINCE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS DEVELOPED, THE TRAFFIC COUNTS ON THAT HIGHWAY HAVE INCREASED FROM A TWO-LANE ROAD TO OVER 30,000 CARS A DAY.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE DEALING WITH CIRCUMSTANCES OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL.
WE CANNOT PRESERVE THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO PRESERVE THAT STATE HIGHWAY.
WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION TO PRESERVE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN THERE, WHAT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT MAY HAPPEN THERE.
SO INCLUDING THE BUCKNER HOMES WITHIN THIS NSO COMPROMISES OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL.
UH, YOU KNOW, PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION OF A NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL AND CHARACTER, WONDERFUL, LOVE IT.
RESTRICTING HOMEOWNERS FROM BEING ABLE TO RESPOND TO LITERALLY THEIR FRONT YARD I- IS, IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST, UH, AND I'M OPEN TO THE IDEA OF A MODIFICATION THAT WOULD EXCLUDE BUCKNER BOULEVARD FROM THE PETITION.
OTHER SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? UH, GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.
I LIVE AT 1545 NORTH BUCKNER BOULEVARD.
YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED TWO BRIEFS THAT I HAD SUBMITTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY FOR YOUR REVIEW AS PART OF MY ARGUMENT.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A SIMPLY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO PERMANENTLY RESTRICT THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF 277 TAX-PAYING HOMEOWNERS WITHOUT THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE FULL FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THIS DECISION.
THIS IS MORE THAN JUST ABOUT SETBACKS.
THE CITY BRIEFING CONTAINS NO ANALYSIS OF THE PROPERTY VALUE IMPACT.
THE WORD VALUE DOES NOT APPEAR IN ANY OF THE ANALYTICAL FINDINGS, ANY STAFF CONCLUSIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE RECORD.
WHAT IT, WHILE IT'S DIFFICULT TO PREDICT VALUE IMPACT, IT CANNOT BE DISMISSED.
I HAVE PROVIDED A COPY OF MY APRIL 28TH COMMUNICATION WITH PLANNING COMMITTEE JASON FOE.
I ASKED WHETHER STAFF INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THESE IMPACTS.
THE ANSWER WAS, AND I QUOTE, I'LL GIVE YOU THE SHORT VERSION, "OUR VIEW OF THE, OUR VIEW, OUR REVIEW OF THE ANALYSIS CAME IN THE FORM OF VERIFYING THE MEASURED SETBACKS PROVIDED TO US TO DETERMINE THE MEDIAN.
10 PETITIONERS COLLECTED DATA, CITY STAFF VERIFIED THE MEASUREMENTS AND CREATED A MEDIAN.
AND NOW YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO TURN THOSE NUMBERS INTO PERMANENT LAW AFFECTING 277 HOMES.
THIS NSO ORIGINALLY ORIGINATED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE THAT FAILED TO STOP THE PALOMA ESTATES DEVELOPMENT ON BUCKNER.
WHEN THAT EFFORT FAILED, THEY TURNED TO THIS PROCESS PROMOTING IT AS A WAY TO PREVENT OVERBUILDING AND PRESERVE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER.
WHAT IT ACTUALLY DOES IS GIVE 10 PEOPLE THE PERMANENT CONTROL OVER THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF 277 HOMEOWNERS WITH NO INDEPENDENT CHECK OR VALIDATION OF THE DATA.
COMMISSIONERS, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO REMOVE SECTION ONE BUCKNER AS SUGGESTED BY CITY STAFF AND COMMISSIONER KOONTZ AND DEFER THIS VOTE UNTIL INDEPENDENT IMPACT ANALYSIS, WHICH I'VE PROVIDED HERE, IS COMPLETED AND COMMUNICATED TO THE RESIDENTS OF CASA LINDA ESTATES
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EFFECTIVELY, NOT IN A MEETING WHERE THERE IS NO EFFECTIVE ANSWER.GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
I REPRESENT 15 PROPERTIES ON PALOMA DRIVE WITH REAR YARDS ALONG BUCKNER BOULEVARD AND TWO PROPERTIES WITH SIDE YARDS AT HERMOSA.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME PROPERTIES ALONG BUCKNER HAVE BEEN PROPOSED FOR INCLUSION IN AN NSO.
DURING THE PREVIOUS NSO PROCESS, THE PROPERTIES ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF BUCKNER'S WERE REMOVED FOLLOWING OVERWHELMING OPPOSITION FROM PROPERTY OWNERS.
I BELIEVE YOU'RE HEARING MANY OF THOSE SAME CONCERNS TODAY.
THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE IS THAT THESE PROPERTIES ARE NOT UNIFORM.
LOT SIZES, SHAPES, AND EXISTING SETBACKS VARY SIGNIFICANTLY.
A SETBACK THAT MAKES SENSE FOR ONE PROPERTY COULD SUBSTANTIALLY LIMIT THE BUILDABILITY AND VALUE OF ANOTHER.
CASA LINDA STATES CONSIST OF MORE THAN 450 HOMES, MANY ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE ORIGINAL LOT AND BLOCK SUBDIVISION AND SUBSEQUENT LEGAL REPLATS.
AN NSO SHOULD NOT BE USED AS A TOOL TO DISCOURAGE LAWFUL REDEVELOPMENT OR FURTHER SUBDEV - SUBDIVISION.
MY GREATEST CONCERN IS THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
PROPERTY OWNERS MAY NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND HOW THESE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS AFFECT THEIR PROPERTY UNTIL THEY APPLY FOR A PERMIT, ATTEMPT AN IMPROVEMENT OR SELL THEIR HOME.
THESE RESTRICTIONS COULD UNNECESSARILY REDUCE PROPERTY VALUES WHILE CREATING ADDITIONAL BURDENS ON CITY STAFF AND THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COMMISSION TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE AMONG THESE PROPERTIES, CONSIDER THE OPPOSITION OF BUCKNER PROPERTY OWNERS, AND DENY THE NSO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? OKAY.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A APPLICANT HERE.
SO DO WE DO A TWO-MINUTE REBUTTAL? I DON'T...
I MEAN, I GUESS THE APPLICANT ONLY, UM, PLAN IS LISTED AS THE CASA LINDA STATES NEIGHBORHOOD, SO IF, IF SOMEONE DOES WANNA...
MR. I, I WOULD LOOK TO THE CITY ATTORNEYS.
UM, I GUESS THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE WOULD BE THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE THAT COMPLETED THE PETITION, THE INITIAL PETITION, AND THEN, UH, SUBSEQUENTLY TURN, TURNED IN THE, UM, THE, THE VOTES.
UM, AND I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE, UH, AT LEAST TWO OF THOSE MEMBERS HERE.
IF ANY OF THEM WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A TWO-MINUTE REBUTTAL, THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME, BUT DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A NOTE THAT SHE IS NO LONGER A PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE BECAUSE SHE SOLD IT.
I, I MEAN - I, I HAVE SOLD MY HOUSE, BUT AT THE TIME, I DID HA - OWN PROPERTY AND THE...
I MEAN, I PUT TODAY MY ACTUAL ADDRESS NOW.
I MOVED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF BUCKNER WHERE THERE IS AN NSO.
I JUST WANNA SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, THE NSO IS WORKING ON THE SIDE THAT I MOVED TO, AND PEOPLE P- PULL A PERMIT AND THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO...
THE CITY CAN SEE WHETHER IF THE BUILDING IS GOING TO, THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS GOING TO FALL INTO, UM, THE, THE ZONING OR NOT, AND THEY CAN APPROVE IT OR DENY IT.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S UP TO PEOPLE TO SUE ONE ANOTHER TO ENFORCE THIS, AND THAT'S AN ISSUE.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, THESE MEASUREMENTS WERE VERIFIED.
THEY WERE, UM, THEY WERE VERIFIED BY THE CITY.
SO WE DIDN'T JUST COME UP WITH THAT.
WE WERE TOLD THAT THE PROCESS IS THAT YOU TAKE A MEAN.
A- AND WE ARE FOR, EXCLUDING BUCKNER.
I MEAN, I, DEBBIE, I THINK MOST OF THE GROUP IS PRETTY MODERATE AND WE WANT WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEST FOR EVERYONE.
AND YES, WE DID START THIS BECAUSE WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT DEVELOPMENT WHEN JEFF BARON DEVELOPED PALOMA ESTATES.
UM, IT CHANGED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD A LOT BECAUSE NOW THERE'S AN ENTIRE STREET THAT FACES A DIFFERENT WAY.
AND IT USED TO BE BUCKNER WAS THE ENTRANCE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT HAS CHANGED THE FACE OF CASA LINDA.
NOW, DO WE UNDERSTAND THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT, AND THE CONCERNS ABOUT WANTING TO BUILD A NEW HOUSE AND TURN YOUR, MAKE YOUR BACKYARD BIGGER SO YOUR KIDS CAN PLAY? YES.
SO I THINK THE MOST FAIR THING TO DO IS APPROVE THIS AND EXCLUDE BUCKNER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE BUCKNER PEOPLE ARE WISHING.
I ALSO THINK THAT PALOMA ESTATES WHERE JEFF BARON OWNS HOMES, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WAS EVER PART OF THIS NSO BECAUSE THEY REPLATTED, HE REPLATTED THE WHOLE AREA.
SO, I MEAN, I WOULD LOOK INTO THAT.
I ALSO AM A REAL ESTATE BROKER AND I BELIEVE THAT
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YOUR VALUE IS HEIGHTENED WHEN YOU PRESERVE AN AREA.THERE IS, UM, IF YOU'VE, YOU KNOW, IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS, THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT THOSE DISTRICTS FARE BETTER IN THE LONG TERM BECAUSE SOMETHING SPECIAL AND, UM, IS PRESERVED, SOMETHING YOU CAN'T CREATE AGAIN.
BUT ANYWAY, SO THE VALUE QUESTION - THAT'S THE TIME THEM.
COMMISSIONER KOONTZ, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? THANK YOU, CHAIR.
IN THE MATTER OF Z26000211, I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THIS ITEM SUBJECT TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WITH THE FOLLOWING MODIFICATION, THAT THE PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED AS BUCKNER SECTION ONE IN THE STAFF REPORT LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF NORTH, NORTH BUCKNER BOULEVARD, SOUTH OF GARLAND ROAD BE REMOVED FROM THE PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION OVERLAY.
ALL REMAINING PROPERTIES AND PROVISIONS SHALL REMAIN AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER KOONTZ FOR YOUR MOTION.
COMMISSIONER HAMPTON FOR YOUR SECOND.
YEAH, I WANNA THANK THE CASA LINDA ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UM, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE TO GO INTO THIS APPLICATION.
IT'S BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING.
UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK STAFF, UH, FOR THE DIFFICULT WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO IT.
UM, I DO THINK IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT, UM, SITUATION, AND SO I, I AM ALSO OF THE OPINION THAT I'M, I'M HERE TO DO WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS TO DO.
AND, UH, REMOVING THE MAJORITY OF BUCKNER RESIDENTS THAT DO NOT WANNA BE A PART OF THE NSO, UH, FEELS LIKE THE, THE BEST THING TO DO.
UM, YEAH, AND I, I HOPE MY COMMISSIONERS CAN SUPPORT THAT.
UM, I DO GENERALLY BELIEVE IN NEIGHBORHOOD SELF-DETERMINATION WHEN IT COMES TO PRESERVATION EFFORTS LIKE THIS.
AND, UM, I THINK IT'S A DIFFICULT CHOICE ABOUT WHETHER YOU INCLUDE OR EXCLUDE THE PORTION ALONG BUCKNER, BUT BEING ALONG A STATE HIGHWAY, I THINK, MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE, UM, A- AND, AND PROBABLY OPENS IT UP TO SOME CHALLENGES, NOT JUST TODAY, BUT GOING INTO THE FUTURE.
UH, A- AND I TRUST COMMISSIONER KOONTZ, IT'S HIS DISTRICT, UM, TO MAKE THE DECISION HE'S WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I, I ALSO WANNA THANK THE NEIGHBORS FOR COMING OUT AND FOR PUTTING THE WORK IN AND FOR COMING DOWN HERE.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS, AND THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT IN AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF WORK AND HOW MUCH WORK PROCESSES LIKE THIS TAKE.
UM, I, I, I DON'T FIND THE ARGUMENTS ABOUT DEVALUATION PERSUASIVE.
IN FACT, THERE'S SOME STUDIES OUT THERE, UH, THAT SAY JUST THE OPPOSITE, UH, ABOUT PRESERVATION TOOLS LIKE THIS.
SO I HOPE THAT THIS IS SUCCESSFUL FOR YOU ALL, AND BEST OF LUCK.
SEEING NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KUNZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HAMPTON.
[10. 26-3550A An application for a new Specific Use Permit for a private school on property zoned R-7.5(A) Single Family District, on the southeast corner of Northwest Pkwy. and Airline Road. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a site plan, traffic management plan, and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Robert Brown / Northway Christian Church Representative: Rob Baldwin / Baldwin Associates, LLC Planner: Lori Levy, AICP Council District: 13 Z-26-000036]
MR. CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS, ITEM NUMBER 10 IS 26-33550A, ZONING CASE Z260036.THIS IS AN APPLICATION FOR A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A PRIVATE SCHOOL ON PROPERTY ZONE R75A SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT.
IT'S ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF NORTHWEST PARKWAY AND AIRLINE ROAD.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO A SITE PLAN, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDED COMMIS - CONDITIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER 10? ANY SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE SIGNED UP IN OPPOSITION ONLINE.
ARE ANY OF THEM THERE? NOT ONLINE.
COMMISSIONER HALL, YOUR MOTION.
MR. CHAIR, IN THE MATTER OF CASE Z2600036,
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I MOVE THAT WE KEEP THE PUBLIC RECORD OPEN AND PLACE THIS CASE UNDER ADVISEMENT UNTIL NOVEMBER THE 19TH, 2026.AND IF I GET A SECOND, I HAVE JUST A COMMENT OR TWO TO MAKE.
YOU DO HAVE A SECOND FOR COMMISSIONER WHEELER-REAGAN.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, UH, I, UH, AS OF YESTERDAY MORNING, I THOUGH WE WERE ALL BUTTONED DOWN, TIDIED UP, AND READY TO GO ON THIS THING.
UM, BUT, UH, AS OF YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, UH, MONKEY WRENCH OR TWO GOT THROWN INTO IT.
AND SO, WE ARE, UM, POSTPONING IT FOR TWO WEEKS AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT AND HIS REPS, UH, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO SORT OF WORK OUT SOME OF THE ISSUES, UH, AND WE'LL SEE WHERE IT GOES IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HALL, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHEELER REAGAN TO HOLD THE CASE UNTIL, UH, NOVEMBER 19TH.
ANY OPPOSED SAY NAY? THE MOTION CARRIES.
[SUBDIVISION DOCKET - Consent Items]
OR WE'RE NOW TO OUR SUBDIVISION CONSENT DOCKET, WHICH CONSISTS OF ITEMS 11 THROUGH 20.GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF 10 ITEMS. ITEM 11, ITEM NUMBER 12, ITEM NUMBER 13, ITEM NUMBER 14, ITEM NUMBER 15, ITEM NUMBER 16, ITEM NUMBER 17, ITEM NUMBER 18, ITEM NUMBER 19, AND ITEM NUMBER 20.
ALL CASES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR A HEARING AT THIS TIME, AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITION LISTED IN THE DOCKET AND ARREST AMENDED AT THE HEARING.
ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS ON OUR SUBDIVISION - NOT 17.
CONSENT DOCKET? ANY OF THE ONLINE FOLKS ACTUALLY ONLINE? CAN YOU HEAR ME? NOT 17.
NOT S - WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY NOT 17? DO YOU WANT IT REMOVED? REMOVE THE CONSENT? UH, 17 AND...
ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS? ALL RIGHT.
JOHN GLASS? JOHN GLASS? YES, SIR.
CAN YOU TURN ON YOUR CAMERA? STATE LAW REQUIRES US TO HAVE A VIDEO FEED.
IT, IT'S SHOWING THAT IT SHOULD BE ROLLING.
I'M JUST SEEING A BLACK SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
MY ADDRESS IS 2114 FM1563, AND THAT'S IN WOLF CITY, TEXAS.
AND I'M JUST, UH, THE LAND SURVEYOR ON THIS PROJECT IN THE EVENT THAT YOU GUYS HAD SOME PLAQUE RELATED OR SURVEY RELATED QUESTION.
YES, UH, I, I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO SPEAK RIGHT NOW.
I WAS JUST LIKE TO STAND BY IF ANY CONCERNS.
COMMISSIONER SIMS, YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT DOCKET, WHICH IS 11 THROUGH 20 MINUS 17.
IN THE MATTER OF OUR SUBDIVISION CONSENT DOCKET, ITEMS NUMBER 11 THROUGH 16 AND 83...
I MOVE TO FOLLOW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS LISTED IN...
SUBJECT COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE DOCKET.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SIMS, FOR YOUR MOTION.
YO SECOND, COMMISSIONER SERRATO.
ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
[17. 26-3557A An application to replat a 15.173-acre tract of land containing all of Lot 5 in City Block D/6019 and City Block 6091 to create one 1.490-acre lot and one 13.683-acre lot on property located on Bonnie View Road, west of Southern Oaks Boulevard. Applicant/Owner: SLC Illinois, LLC, Bonnie view Health Holdings, LLC Surveyor: Summit Surveying, Inc. Application Filed: October 9, 2026 Zoning: PD 845 Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to compliance with the conditions listed in the docket. Planner: Sharmila Shrestha Council District: 4 PLAT-26-000267]
ITEM NUMBER 17, PLAT-26-000267.IT IS AN APPLICATION TO REPLAT A 15.173 ACRE, A TRACK OF LAND CONTAINING ALL OF LOT FIVE IN CITY BLOCK D OVER 66091 AND CITY BLOCK 6091 TO
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CREATE ONE 1.490 ACRE LOT AND ONE 13.683 ACRE LOT ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON BO - ON BONYVIEW ROAD WEST OF SOUTHERN OAKS BOULEVARD.STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN DOCKET AND/OR AS AMENDED AT THE HEARING.
IS ELIZA - ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT? IS ELIZABETH HAMILTON ONLINE? NO? OKAY.
COMMISSIONER GILBERT-SMITH, YOUR MOTION.
IN THE MATTER OF NUMBER 17, PLAT 2600027...
267, I MOVE TO KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AND HOLD THE ITEM UNDER ADVISEMENT UNTIL DECEMBER 3RD.
SO, COMMISSIONER GILBERT-SMITH, PLATS WORK A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN ZONING CASES - I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THIS.MISSION GERT-SMITH, JUST GI - G - IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE ME A SECOND.
I UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION, BUT IF I COULD JUST EXPLAIN.
SO, PLATS, WE HAVE A 30-DAY PERIOD AFTER THE APPLICATION TO APPROVE THEM OR DENY THEM.
IF WE DON'T TAKE ACTION ON THEM, THEN THEY ARE APPROVED, UM, BY OPERATION OF LAW.
HOLDING IT BASICALLY APPROVES IT.
AND THEN IT WOULD APPROVE IT, I BELIEVE, WITHOUT THE CONDITIONS, UM, THAT CITY STAFF HAS PROPOSED.
SO, I- I UNDERSTAND YOUR SITUATION.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION TO HOLD, THAT IS YOUR PREROGATIVE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE AWARE OF THAT.
SOMEONE ELSE CAN MAKE A MOTION IF YOU PREFER.
LET SOMEONE ELSE MAKE A MOTION.
IN THE MATTER OF PLAT 26-000267, I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FOLLOW THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE DOCKET.
COMMISSIONER CARPENTER, YOUR SECOND.
VICE CHAIR, ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
ANY OPPOSED SAY NAY? THE MOTION CARRIES.
[21. 26-3561A An application to revise a previously approved preliminary plat S245-136 to replat a 0.50-acre (21,764-square foot) tract of land containing all of Lot 14 in City Block E/6855, to create two 0.25-acre (10,882-square foot) lots on property located on Veterans Drive, southwest of Ivy Lane. Applicant/Owner: Wisehouse Investment Group, LLC Surveyor: Lim and Associates, Inc. Application Filed: October 7, 2026 Zoning: R-5(A) Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to compliance with the conditions listed in the docket. Planner: Sharmila Shrestha Council District: 8 S245-136R]
ITEM 21.IT IS AN APPLICATION TO REVISE A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLAT AS 245-136 TO REPLAT A 0.50 ACRE THAT IS 21,764 SQUARE FOOT.
TRACK OF LAND CONTAINING ALL OF LOT 14 IN CITY BLOCK E OVER 6855 TO CREATE TWO 0.25 ACRE, THAT IS 10,882 SQUARE FOOT LOTS ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON VETERANS DRIVE SOUTHWEST OF IVY LANE.
22 NOTICES WERE SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY ON OCTOBER 19, 2026.
AND WE HAVE RECEIVED ZERO REPLY IN FAVOR AND ZERO REPLY IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST.
IS STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE DOCKET AND ARE AS AM- AMENDED AT THE HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 21? ANY SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES, MR. CHAIR.
IN THE MATTER OF RESIDENTIAL REPLAT S245-12...
WELL, 136R, I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FOLLOW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE DOCKET.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOTION COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT.
I'M SORRY COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN, YOUR SECOND, COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT.
ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[22. 26-3562A An application to replat a 3.741-acre tract of land containing all of Lot 1 in City Block C/6224 and City Block 6224, to create a 37-lot shared access development ranging in size from 1,984 square feet to 4,534 square feet and 2 common areas on property located on Betty Jane Lane, north of Walnut Hill Lane. Applicants/Owners: CECH Walnut Lane, LLC Surveyor: Bowman Consulting Group, LTD Application Filed: October 12, 2026 Zoning: PD 1146 Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to compliance with the conditions listed in the docket. Planner: Sharmila Shrestha Council District: 13 PLAT-26-000265]
ITEM 22 AND COMMISSIONER KINGSTON WILL BE STEPPING OUT BECAUSE OF CONFLICT.ITEM NUMBER 22, PLAT-26-000265.
IT IS AN APPLICATION TO REPLAT A 3.741 ACRE TRACK OF LAND CONTAINING ALL OF LOT ONE IN CITY BLOCK, UH, C OVER 60, 6224 AND CITY BLOCK 6224 TO CREATE A 37 LOT SHARE ACCESS DEVELOPMENT RANGING IN SIZE FROM 1,984 SQUARE FEET TO 4,534 SQUARE FEET AND TWO COMMON AREAS AND PROPERTY LOCATED ON BATES AND LANE NORTH, NORTH OF WALNUT HILL LANE.
27 NOTICES WERE SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY ON OCTOBER 19, 2026, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE REPLY IN FAVOR AND TWO REPLIES IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE DOCKET AND ARE AS AMENDED AT THE HEARING.
ANY SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT? ANY SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE.
COMMISSIONER HALL, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I DO, MR. CHAIR, IN THE MATTER OF PLAT 26000265.
I MOVE TO FOLLOW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED
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IN THE DOCKET.THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOTION, COMMISSIONER HALL, YOUR SECOND, COMMISSIONER KOONTZ.
ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[23. 26-3563A An application to replat a 0.2707-acre (11,790.9-square foot) tract of land containing all of Lot 18 in City Block 3/2972, to create one lot and reduce an existing 30-foot platted building line along the southeast line of Ellsworth Avenue, which varies from 5 feet to 29.3 feet, on property located on Ellsworth Avenue at Frontier Lane, south corner. Applicant/Owner: Gomas Tiffany Deanne Rev Trust Surveyor: Benchmark Group of Texas Application Filed: October 13, 2026 Zoning: R-7.5(A) Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to compliance with the conditions listed in the docket. Planner: Sharmila Shrestha Council District: 9 PLAT-26-000266]
23.ITEM NUMBER 23 PLATED - WE'LL LET COMMISSIONER KINGSTON COME BACK IN.
ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD AND READ IT IN.
ITEM NUMBER 23, PLAT-26-000266.
IT IS AN APPLICATION TO REPLAT A 0.2707 ACRE THAT IS 11,790.9 SQUARE FOOT TRACK OF LAND CONTAINING ALL OF LOT 18 IN CITY BLOCK THREE OVER 2972 TO CREATE ONE LOT AND TO REDUCE AN EXISTING 30-FOOT PLATTED BUILDING LINE ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LINE OF ELLSWORTH AVENUE, WHICH VARIES FROM FIVE FEET TO 29.3 FEET ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON ELLSWORTH AVENUE AT FRONTIER LANE SOUTH CORNER.
25 NOTICES WERE SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY ON OCTOBER 19, 2026.
AND WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, ONE REPLY IN FAVOR AND ZERO REPLY IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST.
THIS REQUEST REQUIRES TWO MOTION BECAUSE IT IS A REPLAT AND IT INVOLVES THE REDUCTION OF THE PLATTED BUILDING LINE.
THE FIRST MOTION IS TO APPROVE OR DENY THE REDUCTION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING LINE, STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON BUILDING LINE REDUCTION, APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITION LISTED IN THE DOCKET AND/OR AS AMENDED AT THE HEARING.
THE SECOND MOTION IS TO APPROVE OR DENY THE REPLAT.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND REPLAT IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH, COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITION LISTED IN THE DOCKET AND/OR AS AMENDED AT THE HEARING.
ROB BALDWIN, 3904 ELM STREET, SUITE B IN DALLAS.
THIS REQUEST IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE LAST TIME YOU HEAR ME SPEAK ABOUT A PLAT.
THIS PROPERTY IS UP JUST NORTH OF LAKEWOOD.
IT'S ON A CORNER LOT ON FRONTIER.
UM, THE REQUEST IS TO MODIFY A PLATTED BUILDING LINE, UH, TO WRAP AROUND A POOL.
SO THE CITY ISSUED A BUILDING PERMIT TO ALLOW A POOL.
UH, BUILD POOL WAS CONSTRUCTED, WENT TO GET FINAL INSPECTIONS THAT IT WAS INSIDE A PLATTED BUILDING LINE.
WE WENT TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, GOT A VARIANCE APPROVED FOR THAT, BUT WE HAVE TO DO THE PLAT TO, UM, TO CLOSE THE LOOP.
I HAVE ANOTHER 10 SLIDES THAT I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU, BUT, UH, IF, IF YOU NEED IT, BUT IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SOLVE A, A PROBLEM THAT WAS PERMIT ISSUED IN ERROR, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, UH, GRANTED A VARIANCE AND WE JUST HAVE TO DO THE PLAT TO ACTUALLY MOVE THE BUILDING LINE NOW.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THERE'S NO ONE ELSE IN THE ROOM BESIDES MR. BALDWIN AND NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ONLINE.
SO WE'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER KOONTZ FOR A MOTION OR SERIES OF MOTIONS.
IN CASE NUMBER 23, PLAT 26000266, I MOVE TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE REQUEST TO REDUCE THE EXISTING 30-FOOT PLATTED BUILDING LINE ALONG ELLSWORTH AVENUE WITH THE FINDING OF FACT THAT REDUCING THE BUILDING LINE WILL NOT REQUIRE A MINIMUM FRONT, SIDE, OR REAR SETBACK LINE AND LESS THAN REQUIRED BY THE ZONING REGULATION BE CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST, ADVERSELY AFFECT NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES OR ADVERSELY AFFECT THE PLAN FOR THE ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUBDIVISION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOTION COMMISSIONER KUNTZ.
ANY OPPOSING? THE MOTION CARRIES.
SECOND MOTION COMMISSIONER KOONTZ.
IN THE MATTER OF PLATT 26000266, I MOVE TO FOLLOW STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE DOCKET.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOTION COMMISSIONER KUNTZ, YOUR SECOND COMMISSIONER HALL.
ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NONE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[Certificate of Appropriateness for Signs - Consent Items]
SIGNS CONSENT DOCKET.ITEM 24 IS SIGN-26-002131, AN APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BY JOSEPHINE GONZALEZ OF PATTERSON ID FOR A 235 SQUARE FOOT BACKLIT CHANNEL LETTER SIGN MOUNTED ON THE SOUTHERN FACING FACADE AT 2700 COMMERCE STREET ON THE SOUTH ELEVATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL.
SSDAC RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL.
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SIGN-26-002132, AN APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BY JOSEPHINE GONZALEZ OF PATTERSON ID FOR A 116.2 SQUARE FOOT BACK LIT CHANNEL LETTER SIGN MOUNTED ON THE WESTERN FACING FACADE OF 2700 COMMERCE STREET, WEST ELEVATION.STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL.
SSDAC RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL.
ITEM NUMBER 26 IS SIGN-26-002126, AN APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BY ISMAEL HERRERA OF LEGACY SIGNS OF TEXAS FOR A 106.8 SQUARE FOOT BACKLIT CHANNEL LETTER SIGN MOUNTED ON THE SOUTHEASTERN FACING FACADE AT 2626 HOWELL STREET ON THE, ON THE NORTHWEST ELEVATION.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL.
SSDAC RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL.
I SEE THAT THE REPRESENTATIVE ON NUMBER 24 SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ONLINE.
SINCE MR. WILSON DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ONLINE AND THERE'S NO ONE IN THE ROOM.
MR. WILSON, WE NEED TO HAVE YOUR SCREEN ON UNDER STATE LAW IN ORDER FOR YOU TO MAKE COMMENT ONLINE.
WE'RE STILL NOT ABLE TO SEE YOU, MR. WILSON.
WORKING ON IT, JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
YEAH, I'M JUST HERE SIGNED UP FOR, UH, THE TWO SIGN CASES IN CASE THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS, SO WE WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER HAMPTON FOR A MOTION ON OUR SIGNED CONSENT DOCKET.
IN THE MATTER OF THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR SIGNS CONSENT ITEMS 24, 25, AND 26, I MOVE TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE PER STAFF AND SSDAC RECOMMENDATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOTION, COMMISSIONER HAMPTON.
YO SECOND, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON.
ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL JUST ASK ONE QUESTION, IF I MAY, TO MR. ROPER.
IS IT CORRECT THAT THE SIGNS IN THE, UH, DISTRICT TWO CASES 24 AND 26 ARE LOCATED ON EXISTING FRAMES? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
SO NO NEW INSTALLATION? RIGHT.
OR NEW SIGN ON EXISTING FRAME? CORRECT.
THEY'LL BE REUSING THE EXISTING FRAMES.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
IT IS 2:07 PM AND THIS MEETING, THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION IS ADJOURNED.