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Planning commission rejects rezoning request for Forest Lane; Hamilton Park residents say change would threaten neighborhood character
Summary
The commission denied a request to rezone a Forest Lane parcel to MF-1 after dozens of Hamilton Park residents testified that the change would damage the historically Black neighborhood's character and accelerate displacement. The applicant had proposed a four‑unit development adjacent to the DART Forest Lane station.
The Dallas City Planning Commission on March 6 voted to deny, without prejudice, a rezoning request that would have allowed a multifamily (MF-1) project on a Forest Lane lot within the Hamilton Park neighborhood.
Applicant and proposal: Property owner and applicant Zachariah Manning sought to rezone a 7,xxx-square-foot lot at 8215 Forest Lane from R-7.5 (single-family) to MF-1 (multifamily) to permit a four‑unit structure the applicant described as a low-rise, attached multi‑unit building. Mannning said the project would be compatible with the block face, would be limited to about 26 feet in height and would be walkable to the nearby DART Forest Lane station.
Community opposition: More than a dozen residents and civic leaders from Hamilton Park — many of them multigenerational homeowners — urged the commission to deny the rezoning. Speakers, including Taylor Jefferson, president of the…
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