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Dallas committee opens discussion on refining downtown Central Business District uses
Summary
Committee members discussed amending the development code to limit non‑retail and non‑visitor‑oriented uses in the Central Business District, using a local garage as an illustrative example. Staff will gather example code language and consider boundary changes and grandfathering rules before returning to the committee.
City staff and councilors on Jan. 27 began a policy conversation on whether to refine Dallas’s Central Business District (CBD) development code to favor visitor‑oriented retail, restaurants and complementary uses and limit industrial, warehouse or service operations in the downtown core.
The staff presentation noted most of the downtown core is in an urban renewal district and part of a national historic district; the intent of revising the code would be to protect foot traffic and…
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