Screenshot from aerial map in Case Report Z-25-000069.
Earlier this month during the October City Plan Commission meeting, Oak Cliff neighbors shared their opposition about a zoning request for an apartment development.
The nearly 2.9 acres property north of Plymouth Road and North Boulevard Terrace is currently zoned as a single family district. The owner has requested for it to be rezoned to allow for multifamily housing.
“This project as it is currently planned just does not fit our neighborhood,” president of the North Boulevard Terrace Neighborhood Association Yesenia Serrano said.
Concerns were raised due to the surrounding area remaining a single-family district, near the intersection of North Hampton Road and West Davis Street. There were also concerns that the application for a multifamily zoning would not match the goals of Forward Dallas 2.0, which helps address systemic land use issues, provides protections for existing neighborhoods and addresses historic and environmental social inequities of the City.
Laura Ekile, owner of Stevens Park Reserve, said she opposes the rezoning due to environmental impact concerns, contextual issues and neighborhood equity concerns.
Coombs Creek, which separates the lot and the current single-family housing, already has flooding and erosion issues which she said could worsen with an added multifamily zone.
“The proposed spot density zoning, or inclusionary zoning, is likely to strain the neighborhood’s local infrastructure, including roads and utilities,” she said. “Allowing higher density development will negatively affect (the) North (Boulevard Terrace) neighborhood by introducing multifamily housing alongside the existing single family homes and townhomes.”
Eugene Johnson, a resident on North Hampton Road, added that there is certainly more discussion that needs to take place with the developer.
The request for the rezoning is now held to the Nov. 20 City Plan Commission meeting.
