At the Council hearing on March 25, 2026 zoning case Z-25-000069 was postponed until April 8, 2026. The crux of this debate is whether the 8.6 acre assemblage of land should become an apartment district or remain a single-family district. The surrounding neighborhoods don’t think so (See letter below).

On February 5th, 2026 the City Plan Commission voted to allow the zoning case to go to Dallas City Council for final consideration. This was not the outcome many of us worked toward, but it is important to recognize what did happen because of your involvement. The turnout at meetings, the hundreds of emails, and the persistent pressure from neighbors absolutely moved the needle. The project that emerged from this process is slightly more constrained, and that happened because the community showed up.

In response to the concerns you raised, the applicant is agreeable to a set of deed restrictions that will limit total lot coverage and increase required off-street parking. Those changes unfortunately will have only minor impacts to potential flooding, congestion, and neighborhood compatibility.

At the same time, we need to be honest about what these restrictions do not address. They do not limit building heights, setbacks, massing, floor-area ratios, or transitions next to adjacent single-family homes, especially with Texas SB 840 entitlements. If MF-2 zoning is approved, even with voluntary deed restrictions, the developer––or next owner of the property if he sells it––could build a 180 unit apartment complex that is 45 ft tall. That comes out to 52 units per acre!!