ZoningBrief › Dallas City Plan Commission, Thu Oct 8 › Z-26-000163
Z-26-000163 · Agenda item 2 · Consent

Gas station, drive-through and retail on 3.2 residential acres

HearingThursday, October 8, 2026, 9:00 AM
Staff recommendationApproval with conditions
Council district8
After this hearingCity Council hearing and vote
WhereEast corner of S. Beltline Road and Lawson Road, AKA 500 S. Beltline Road; 3.2 acres, undeveloped, at two principal arterials (Belt Line 107-ft ROW, Lawson 100-ft ROW).
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

Applicant/owner Samer Suwwan (Sukasa Realty, LLC; agent Warren Ellis, JSA Development Group) seeks CR Community Retail in place of R-10(A) Single Family. The plan is a motor vehicle fueling station, drive-through restaurant and retail building, none allowed in R-10(A); CR also opens offices, clinics and personal services. The applicant volunteers deed restrictions prohibiting hotel/motel, bars and lounges, auto service center, car wash, inside/outside commercial amusement, commercial parking lot or garage, stores of 100,000 sq ft or more, liquor store, pawn shop, mini-warehouse and communications exchange facility, plus 6-ft sidewalks and pedestrian pathways to building entrances.

Staff recommendation

"Approval, subject to deed restrictions volunteered by the applicant" (list above).

Who it helps or hurts

Adjacent single-family / residential ownersMixed

East of the site is single-family on R-10(A); north and west are undeveloped R-10(A)/CS; south is CR with a general merchandise/food store over 3,500 sq ft. Staff calls the change not too intense for the surrounding R-10(A), but engineering says existing roads are "not considered sufficient," the Belt Line/Lawson intersection already appears to meet signal warrants on volumes and crash history, and a gas station adds access conflicts. Deed restrictions remove the noisiest uses.

Nearby commercial / land investorsHelpful

CR approval on a corner denied without prejudice in December 2024 (Z234-269) signals openness to arterial retail here ("H" MVA market). A signal/realignment "may require acquisition of a portion of the subject property."

Within about 1,000 feet

No transit within half a mile. A Traffic Impact Analysis is required at platting. No schools or creeks stated.

Watch for

  • 122 property owners notified (list dated 08/28/2026); replies are not stated in the report.
  • The report says two zoning cases occurred nearby in five years but lists none beyond the 2024 denial.
  • Engineering wants an intersection solution identified "before additional development is approved" — commissioners could add conditions or hold the item.

Next step

Zoning change requires a City Council public hearing and vote after CPC.

Source

source PDF · Legistar file 26-3205A.

Read the city staff report (PDF)

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