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Public hearing on nonconforming-use rules in the Main Street/Central Expressway Form Based Code district
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What this is
The council holds a public hearing on proposed changes to how existing industrial (I-M(1)) uses that no longer conform to the Main Street/Central Expressway Form Based Code are regulated. The affected properties total roughly 55.6 acres spread across four sub-districts: Railside (~9.4 acres near W. Phillips St. and S. Sherman St.), Centennial Green (~17.6 acres near Centennial Blvd. and the DART right-of-way), and two Creative Corporate areas (~8.1 acres near S. Sherman St. and TI Blvd., and ~20.5 acres east of S. Sherman St. between Spring Valley Road and the Dallas city limit).
Why it matters
These rule changes would determine what industrial businesses currently operating in these corridors can continue to do — and for how long — as the city pursues redevelopment goals along the Central Expressway corridor.
Council action
Motion to approve the request as recommended by the City Plan Commission and with the addition of a time limit on the provision to increase the time period to replace a vacating qualifying nonconforming use shall be extended six months to nine months
Moved by Ken Hutchenrider.
7 yes · 0 no
The approved minutes report the tally without a name-by-name roll call.
Timeline
- July 13, 2026 Agenda posted — November 16, 2020 meeting
- November 16, 2020 Vote taken — November 16, 2020 meeting · Approved 7-0
Appearances on agendas
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City Council — November 16, 2020
Hold public hearing on proposed nonconforming-use amendments
Official agenda language
PUBLIC HEARING, ZONING FILE 20-12, CONSIDER AMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS RELATED TO LEGAL, NONCONFORMING USES FOR PROPERTIES FORMERLY ZONED I-M(1) INDUSTRIAL WITHIN THE MAIN STREET/CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY FORM BASED CODE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT INCLUDING: APPROXIMATELY 9.4 ACRES LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF W. PHILLIPS STREET AND S. SHERMAN STREET WITHIN THE RAILSIDE SUB-DISTRICT; APPROXIMATELY 17.6 ACRES LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF CENTENNIAL BOULEVARD AND DART RIGHT-OF-WAY WITHIN THE CENTENNIAL GREEN SUB-DISTRICT; APPROXIMATELY 8.1 ACRES LOCATED NORTHEAST OF S. SHERMAN STREET AND TI BOULEVARD WITHIN THE CREATIVE CORPORATE SUB-DISTRICT; AND APPROXIMATELY 20.5 ACRES LOCATED EAST OF S. SHERMAN STREET BETWEEN SPRING VALLEY ROAD AND THE RICHARDSON CITY LIMITS BOUNDARY WITH DALLAS WITHIN THE CREATIVE CORPORATE SUB-DISTRICT.
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