240 feet<\/a>. Current zoning permits buildings up to 54 feet.<\/p>\nThe commission voted 10-4 in favor, with Joanna Hampton, Alicia Serrato, Jack Kocks and Kathy Coffman opposing. Tabitha Wheller-Reagan was absent from the vote.<\/p>\n
Under the new plans, the project would include:<\/p>\n
\n50 or fewer condos and no more than 150 hotel rooms
\nAbout 175 apartments
\nA 12-story office tower
\nMultiple restaurants and retail spaces
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On the proposed development\u2019s south side, the height would be confined to 54 feet for the first 50 feet before increasing. The development would also include a half-acre public green space, and the group plans to plant at least 200 trees on the site.<\/p>\n
Of the 283 property owners aware of Thursday\u2019s vote, 261 said they opposed the project, while eight said they were in favor. A petition brought forth by Reform Dallas had more than 4,500 signatures opposing the development.<\/p>\n
Approximately 30 residents spoke against the project, with many being members of Preserve Preston Hollow.<\/p>\n
Doug Hazelbaker, a former Plano planning commissioner and spokesperson for Preserve Preston Hollow, commented on the proposed height.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are in support, 100%, of this corner developing. The uses are fine. The height needs to come down,\u201d Hazelbaker said.<\/p>\n
Oak Lawn Committee President Adam Murphy, who was part of the much smaller group in support of the project, shared his thoughts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe should not confuse height with harm. Dallas cannot say it wants more housing, more tax revenue, better infrastructure and world-class development [and] reject a development of all four,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the end of the meeting, Kathy Coffman of District 12 encouraged opponents of the development to continue organizing.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter this experience, I am sure you will do things better in the future,\u201d Coffman said. \u201cBut, I don\u2019t want you to give up the fight. I want you to get together and figure out what you\u2019re going to do\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
The proposed development now heads to the Dallas City Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy of GFF Design After more than three hours of intense debate over a proposed $800 million…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4519,140838,102,104,103,140839,140840,140841,62856,140842,37505,68563],"class_list":["post-401692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-city-council","tag-city-plan-and-zoning-commission","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-gerald-stool","tag-greenway-investment-co","tag-leland-burk","tag-oak-lawn-committee","tag-preserve-preston-hollow","tag-preston-road","tag-royal-lane"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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