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Dallas staff brief council on code changes to comply with Texas Senate Bill 929
Summary
City planning staff briefed the Dallas City Council on proposed amendments to the Dallas Development Code to implement Texas Senate Bill 929, which changes how municipalities handle legal nonconforming land uses and adds notice and compensation rules.
City planning staff on Wednesday described proposed changes to the Dallas Development Code meant to bring the city into compliance with Texas Senate Bill 929 and warned the council the law limits municipalities’ ability to terminate certain nonconforming land uses without paying owners.
The briefing focused on SB 929’s new process for “compliance” determinations for legal nonconforming uses and related notice requirements for rezoning and code amendments. The presentation also outlined a draft code amendment and staff’s plan to place the proposal before council in February.
Andrea Woodra, deputy director for zoning in the Planning and Development…
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