STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Economic Development
AGENDA DATE: October 26, 2022
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Department of Planning and Urban Design
EXECUTIVE: Majed Al-Ghafry
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SUBJECT
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A public hearing to receive comments regarding The West Oak Cliff Area Plan on property generally bounded by West Davis Street, Hampton Road, West 12th Street, Tyler Street, Vernon Avenue, Illinois Avenue on the south, Cockrell Hill Road, and Gilpin Road on the west; and, at the close of the public hearing an ordinance adopting The West Oak Cliff Area Plan - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
In 2019, the City of Dallas changed the authorized hearing process (City initiated rezoning) from being "first come-first serve" to being score-based. One highly-scoring criteria is having an adopted area plan. As a result, in early 2020, District 1 Councilmember Chad West partnered with the City of Dallas' Planning and Urban Design (P+UD) Department to launch an area plan to help advance five previously filed authorized hearings scattered throughout West Oak Cliff. These authorized hearings will not advance until after an area plan is completed for the area.
* Z178-142: Downtown Elmwood, Filed: 11.9.2017
* Z189-127: North Cliff Neighborhood Center (Pierce/Catherine), Filed: 11.1.2018
* Z189-143: CR Area at Edgefield/Clarendon, Filed: 11.15.2018
* Z189-240: Jimtown MF-2 Area, Filed: 4.4.2019
* Z189-349: Hampton/Clarendon, Filed: 9.5.2019
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In addition to informing the five authorized hearings, the West Oak Cliff Area Plan (WOCAP/the Area Plan) aimed to develop a strategy to mitigate the impact of projected growth and development pressure encroaching on the area due to the continued and significant growth in the nearby Bishop Arts District. Additionally, the Area Plan would inform future land uses around the three Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) light-rail stations located within p...
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