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Z-26-000166 · Agenda item 11 · Under Advisement

Dallas ISD rezones 33-acre campus to rebuild public school

HearingThursday, October 8, 2026, 9:00 AM
Staff recommendationApproval
Council district5
After this hearingCity Council hearing and vote
WhereNorth line of Palisade Drive between N. Prairie Creek Road and Greendale Drive; block bounded by Palisade Drive, N. Prairie Creek Road (principal arterial, 100-ft ROW), Greendale Drive and Tonawanda Drive, southeast Dallas near Bruton Road. Approx. 33.12 acres.
Comment deadlineRegister to speak online by Wed Oct 7, 2026, 3:00 PM (214-670-4209 or the CPC meetings page); written presentations by Wed Oct 7, 5:00 PM to Jorge.Mendoza@dallas.gov or Liliana.Lopez@dallas.gov; in-person speakers need no registration.

What's proposed

The site is zoned PD 825 and holds a public school (on site since 1955) and parking. Applicant/owner Dallas Independent School District (rep: Elsie Thurman) asks to end PD 825 and rezone: (1) the northern parking-lot portion to R-7.5(A) Single Family, which DISD expects to sell; (2) the main campus to TH-1(A) Townhouse, whose zero-foot front setback lets security fencing and athletic-field light poles go near the property line without variances; and (3) a new SUP for a public school so the campus can be rebuilt with new buildings and lots. TH-1(A) caps height at 36 ft (PD 825 allowed 45 ft). No school buildings are allowed on the northern lot.

Staff recommendation

"Approval of 1) R-7.5(A) Single Family District, 2) TH-1(A) Townhouse District, and 3) a new Specific Use Permit for a public school, subject to a site plan and conditions." Key conditions: light poles max 80 ft, on only 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Saturday, meeting International Dark Sky standards; 6-ft sidewalks with 5-ft buffers on all four frontages; traffic management plan at permitting; no expiration date.

Who it helps or hurts

Adjacent single-family / residential ownersMixed

R-7.5(A) single family surrounds the site on all sides. Staff names noise, light and traffic as the main impacts; lighting hours, Dark Sky standard and traffic plan are the mitigation. Check pole placement on the site plan.

Nearby commercial / land investorsHelp

The northern lot becomes R-7.5(A) and is slated to leave DISD ownership, creating a future single-family development parcel. CR Community Retail exists along Bruton Road. No zoning cases in the notification area in five years; MVA area "H".

Within about 1,000 feet

N. Prairie Creek Road arterial; DART Route 218 within half a mile (service on Bruton Road).

Watch for

  • Held from Sept 17; the report does not state why, and no changes have been submitted since the previous hearing.
  • 289 property owners notified; replies not stated. School name and grade level are not stated in the report.

Next step

Both the zoning changes and the SUP go to City Council for a public hearing and ordinance after CPC action.

Source

Staff report: source PDF · Site plan: source PDF · Legistar file 26-3214A.

Read the city staff report (PDF)

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