Dallas, TX
Panel directs city, home builders to find compromise on Elm Thicket zoning cases
A quasi-judicial panel directed the city of Dallas and a home builder to reach a compromise that will allow the completion of a partially built duplex.
The Board of Adjustment (Panel A) deferred a decision on 6801 Tyree Street until the Oct. 22 meeting, but not before panel members said they could neither uphold nor overturn an earlier ruling revoking a building permit.
The three-hour hearing on Tuesday highlighted tensions between the city of Dallas permitting office and home builders over how new zoning requirements have been enforced in the Elm Thicket / Northpark neighborhood.
New, larger homes tower over bungalows built in the 1940s in a historically black neighborhood just east of the runways at Love Field.
The Dallas City Council unanimously approved updated zoning in October 2022, which reduced the lot size percentage and height and specified building aspects like roof style.
Dallas issued stop-work red tags in July on the Tyree Street home and another block over on Victoria Street after it realized build permits were issued based on the old zoning.
Dallas Cothrum, who represents the applicant on the Tyree house, told the Board of Adjustment that the home builder shouldn’t be responsible for the city’s permitting mistakes.
“In this instance and about twenty others, the city of Dallas failed the customer,” Cothrum said.
A representative with the Dallas City Attorney’s office said it was reasonable that home builders should have known about the new zoning requirements, even with a mistake from the permitting office, because of publicity surrounding the zoning change in 2022.
After lengthy testimony, the Board of Adjustment directed the city of Dallas and the applicant to find a solution allowing the builder to make alterations to the Tyree home to prevent it from being torn down.
“I do think both sides are at fault,” Kathleen Davis with the Board of Adjustment said. “I think one is much more than the other, and I hope that those processes are corrected because this is very, very embarrassing for our city.”
DALLAS – Dallas police need a name for a dangerous robber who pulled a gun on a 7-Eleven clerk and walked out with the cash register drawer.
He was caught on camera. But it’s been six months, and he’s still at large.
7-Eleven Robberies
What we know:
The robbery in question happened on Jan. 13 around 10:30 p.m. at the store at 302 North Marsalis Avenue.
A Black male who is about 5 feet 8 inches tall and about 170 to 180 pounds walked in and waited until no other customers were inside.
“After it’s empty, he displays a handgun and points it at the cashier,” said Det. Eduardo Lopez Villa. “I don’t know what he said. He just demanded the cash from the cash register.”
Det. Villa said the suspect took the whole cash register drawer before fleeing eastbound on foot on 8th Street.
What you can do:
The detective believes anyone who knows the suspect will be able to recognize him.
“Yes, most definitely based on the video and the screenshot. If you know him, you’ll recognize him,” he said.
Tipsters can call or text Det. Villa at 469-755-8445.
“I need his information so I can talk to him about this incident,” he said.
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The Source: The information in this story comes from Dallas Police Det. Eduardo Lopez Villa.
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