Final Report

Bishop Davis Land Use & Zoning Study

Contents

• Purpose & Background
• Steering Committee Members
• Existing Conditions
• Goals & Strategies
• Proposed Bishop/Davis Zoning Areas
• Prototypes & Site Sections
• Right-of-Way Usage
• Height Maps
• Community Outreach
• Supporting Properties
• Sub-District Zoning Proposal

Next Steps

April – City of Dallas Planning Commission will open the public hearing process.

April/May – City of Dallas will schedule public hearings with the communities in the proposed study areas.

May/June – City of Dallas Planning Commission will debate and vote on accepting the land use plan and the proposed zoning changes.

June – City of Dallas City Council will debate and vote on the land use plan and zoning recommendations passed by the planning commission.

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Filed under: Proposals

Presentation: January 26, 2009

Click here to see the presentation delivered in Methodist Hospital’s Hitt Auditorium, on January 26, 2009.  This is a large file and it may take a couple of minutes to upload.

PRESENTATION – .ppt file

Filed under: Proposals

Town Hall Meeting – January 26, 2009

Following six neighborhood briefings, the Davis/Bishop Land Use Advisory Committee organized a town hall meeting on January 26, 2009.  The gathering was held at Methodist Hospital in Hitt Auditorium.  Advisory Committee Chairman Rick Garza, started the meeting with an overview on the origins of the study and an update on the process of moving the initiative along for review by the City of Dallas Planning and Zoning Commission.   Mr. Larry Good, the committee’s planning consultant, delivered a presentation on the committee’s recommendations.  The presentation outlined several changes to the original draft.  These modifications were made in response to concerns that surfaced during neighborhood briefings, emails and blog posts.

Hitt Crowd - 1/26/09

julie-stolarsky-poses-question

Amanda Cross Translates

Larry Good At Podium

Hitt Crowd - 1/26/09

Resident David Klempin Studies

Mayor Pro Tem, Dr. Elba Garcia & Councilman Dave Neumann

Mark Crosslin Comments

Anita Mills, L.O. Daniel Resident, Offers Comment

Michael Mendoza Fields Questions

CPC Commissioner Gary Signs-In

St. Cecelia is here...

Filed under: Meeting Notes, Uncategorized

The plan is not consistent or compatible…

Posted by Darryl Baker:

After looking at the plan in detail, I see some major structural flaws.

1.  The majority of the study area is NOT Davis Street.

2.  The urban forms proposed are not consistent or compatible with what is here or what most people would envision is traditional and green Oak Cliff.

3.  The residential component does not reflect the needs or concerns of current residents and the is NO RESIDENTIAL REPRESENTATIVE on the committee.

4.  Based on what has been presented so far, I do not see new neighborhoods of involved and connected residents since most of them will be renters and not “owners”.  There is a severe lack of owner-to-renter balance that is being proposed.

5.  There is no demonstration that high concentrations of renters form “viable neighborhoods” — especially in Dallas.

6.  The consultant has failed to provide any pro forma data that support the levels of density in the proposed plan and he has not shown that there is a viable plan that would encourage these levels of newcomers as renters to Oak Cliff in a timely manner that would support the plan.

7.  Given the current and five-year future market, there is no demonstration that these proposals are economically feasible or advisable.

Filed under: Comment

The plan is worth considering

Posted by OC-Res:

The plan presented appears to be a step forward.  From an historical aspect – as long as the existing historical structures (or facades and shells for that matter) are salvaged and restored so that the original neighborhood character is maintained, it appears to be a viable plan worth considering.

Filed under: Comment