PILLAR: Growing
AGENDA DATE: September 23, 2026
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Department of Planning and Development
PRIORITY: Comprehensive and Land Use
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SUBJECT
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A public hearing to receive comments on an application for and a resolution granting a variance to the alcohol spacing requirements from a church [Steven Temple Church] as required by Section 6-4 of the Dallas City Code to allow a mixed beverage permit pursuant to Chapter 28 of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, for a restaurant without drive-in or drive-through service with a food and beverage certificate [La Reyna Rental Properties, LLC – DBA La Reyna’s Micheladas], on the southeast corner of Alabama Avenue and East Saner Avenue - AV256-004/CPR-26-000301 – Financing: No cost consideration to the City
*In alignment with ForwardDallas.
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BACKGROUND
Section 6-4 of Chapter 6, “Alcoholic Beverages,” of the Dallas City Code allows Council to grant a variance from the usual spacing required between an alcohol business and a protected use. The usual spacing requirement between the place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold and a church is 300 feet, measured along the property lines of the street fronts and from front door to front door, and in a direct line across intersections.
The standard for approval of the variance is that:
the application is for one of the following permits pursuant to the following chapters of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code:
(i) a brewer’s permit, Chapter 12;
(ii) a distiller’s and rectifier’s permit, Chapter 14;
(iii) a winery permit, Chapter 16;
(iv) a wine and beer retailer’s permit, Chapter 25;
(v) a wine and beer retailer’s off-premise permit, Chapter 26;
(vi) a mixed beverage permit with a food and beverage certificate, Chapter 28; or
(vii) a manufacturer’s license, Chapter 62.
the application is for one of the following land uses:
general merchandise or food store use...
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