The drafted overhaul is over 400 pages long.
For the first time since the 1980s, Dallas will be updating its zoning code. City planners released the first draft of the revised code on Thursday to the Dallas City Planning Commission. The new code is expected to protect the city’s character while also making it easier to build new developments.
“[The zoning overhaul] comes as zoning issues are raised across Dallas, from worries over data centers and industry near homes, to towers and modern designs residents say are incompatible with their neighborhoods. Dallas is also dealing with a growing lack of affordable housing,” Aria Jones writes for Dallas Morning News.
Dallas’ current zoning code is filled with “dated” and “complex” rules, Dallas Morning News reports. The 400-page-long draft of the revised code will become available for the public to read on Nov. 16.
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