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Planning commission approves private-school expansion at Harvest Hill after striking sidewalk-buffer condition
Summary
The Dallas City Planning Commission on March 6 approved an amended Specific Use Permit that lets a private school and adjacent church at Harvest Hill Road and Inwood Road add classrooms and expand enrollment, after commissioners removed a staff-recommended sidewalk-buffer condition that the applicant said would force removal of mature oaks and on-site parking.
The Dallas City Planning Commission on March 6 approved an amendment to Specific Use Permit (SUP) 959 that will allow an existing private school and adjacent church at the southwest corner of Harvest Hill Road and Inwood Road in North Dallas to replace a gym and auditorium with new classrooms and to increase allowable enrollment.
Staff told commissioners the amended SUP and site plan would raise the school’s enrollment cap from 725 to 810 students and increase the allowable floor area to 105,000 square feet. Planners said the net additional school square footage on the campus would be roughly 10,000 square feet after demolition of an existing 14,000-square-foot building; the project also adds pedestrian amenities and a proposed landscape plan.
Why it matters: Commissioners focused on two practical trade-offs:…
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