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Z-26-000143 · Agenda item 6 · Consent

Mixed-use PD replaces Commercial Service zoning near Dallas Zoo

HearingThursday, October 8, 2026, 9:00 AM
Staff recommendationApproval with conditions
Council district4
After this hearingCity Council hearing and vote
WhereSoutheast line of S. R.L. Thornton Fwy, south of E. 11th Street, between Upton Street and Fleming Avenue, AKA 341 S. Fleming Avenue, Oak Cliff; near DART Dallas Zoo Station, the Dallas Zoo and Halperin Park; approx. 4.256 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

Owner/applicant BMH Oak Cliff III LLC (Hudson Henley; representative Paul Carden) asks for a new Planned Development District with WMU-5 Walkable Mixed-Use base uses on land zoned CS Commercial Service, which allows outside storage, vehicle repair, machine shops and similar heavy commercial uses. The site is mostly undeveloped. The PD would allow a multifamily-plus-retail project: 5 stories / 80 ft maximum (versus 3 stories / 45 ft today), 85% lot coverage, 10 ft side/rear setbacks, no residential proximity slope, and no minimum parking because the site is within a half mile of light rail. Residential hotel use is prohibited.

Staff recommendation

"Approval, subject to conditions." Key PD conditions: 6 ft sidewalks with 5 ft parkway on Fleming, Upton, E. 11th and the freeway frontage; no surface parking within 30 ft of Fleming Ave; two pedestrian amenities per frontage; no development plan required.

Who it helps or hurts

Adjacent single-family / residential ownersMixed

East (PD 388 Tracts 1 and 2G, Tenth Street Historic District) and south (CS) are single family and undeveloped. Removing heavy-commercial CS uses next to homes helps; an 80 ft building with no residential proximity slope and no parking minimum raises height and street-parking concerns. Traffic review found no significant impact pending improvements.

Nearby commercial / land investorsHelpful

strong comparable signal for TOD up-zoning around Zoo Station, following MU-2 on Upton St (Z223-299, Aug 14, 2024) and MF-2(A) at Grant/Ridge (Z212-305, Jan 25, 2023). Area is MVA "G".

Within about 1,000 feet

DART Red Line and bus routes 9 and 145 within a half mile; a child-care facility SUP at Fleming/E. Clarendon (Z223-308); Tenth Street Historic District overlay to the east.

Watch for

  • 91 property owners notified (list dated 08/13/2026); replies not stated in the report. Historic-district neighbors could pull the item from Consent.
  • Staff says SB 840 redevelopment was blocked by nearby heavy industrial uses, hence the PD.

Next step

Yes — a new PD is a zoning change and goes to City Council for a public hearing; date not stated in the report.

Source

source PDF · Legistar file 26-3209A.

Read the city staff report (PDF)

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