The City Plan Commission decided ForwardDallas will not consider multiplex use as “primary use” in single-family neighborhoods.
A mix of single-family houses and duplexes are seen along Kings Highway in Oak Cliff, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Dallas.ahead of an expected City Council vote sometime this year, commissioners addressed on Monday what some residents viewed as a significant concern with the plan.voted unanimously Monday to amend the plan to characterize multiplex use as secondary use in two placetypes — “Community Residential” and “Small-Town Residential” — referred to in ForwardDallas.
Since the latest draft was released, some Dallas residents have voiced frustration with the initial characterization of multiplexes. Those who spoke during public comment at Monday’s meeting said considering multiplexes as primary use in some placetypes could disrupt single-family neighborhoods.
Recommendations made through the ForwardDallas plan will be non-binding. The working draft states the plan “informs decisions about zoning and development, but does not constitute zoning nor change zoning.” While commissioners at the meeting expressed sympathy with residents who asked for the multiplex characterization to be changed, some wanted to clarify the bounds of the ForwardDallas plan.“We’ve heard concerns that because multiplex is a primary use in these two placetypes, anyone can come in and knock down a single-family home and build up to a nine-plex on any lot,” Brent Rubin, City Plan Commission vice chair and commissioner, said during the meeting. “That is not the intent here.
“I think multiplexes and other housing types that we don’t see a ton of right now could really play an important role in meeting our housing needs in the future,” he said. “We certainly have to have a discussion about what role they play going forward.”
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