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Irving council approves tax-abatement zone, multiple zoning changes and Unified Development Code amendments
Summary
The Irving City Council on Jan. 14 adopted an ordinance creating Reinvestment Zone No. 63 (about 15.808 acres), approved a tax abatement agreement with Edge Dallas 2, LLC, approved multiple zoning and site-plan requests, and passed two UDC amendments including cemetery regulations and a revised car-parts special-exception procedure after a reconsideration and 8–1 votes.
The Irving City Council approved a package of development and zoning actions on Jan. 14 that included the designation of a roughly 15.808-acre tax abatement reinvestment zone, authorization of a tax-abatement agreement with Edge Dallas 2, LLC, multiple zoning changes and two amendments to the Unified Development Code (UDC).
Item 23: The council adopted an ordinance designating approximately 15.808 acres as Tax Abatement Reinvestment Zone No. 63. Mayor (unnamed) said the item followed earlier discussion and the measure passed on a motion and second with a unanimous vote.
Item 24: The council approved a resolution authorizing a tax-abatement agreement between the City of Irving and Edge Dallas 2, LLC, with payments to vary depending on annual qualification. The resolution passed unanimously.
Zoning and permits: The council approved several zoning and site-plan items with no public speakers signed up. These included: a temporary use permit (resolution 2025439TMP) for a laydown yard with unscreened storage at 215 East Airport Freeway for up to 180 days (approved with a caveat to meet required setbacks); a zoning change at 4019 Jackson Street from R-6 single-family to SP-2/R-6 to allow parking as a principal use; a zoning change at 818 South Irving Heights Drive moving from multifamily zoning to R-6 single-family; and a site plan at 1330 West Pioneer Drive permitting a restaurant with on-premise alcohol sales. All these items passed unanimously.
UDC amendments and contested item: Council considered ordinance 2025453UDC to amend the UDC to allow car-parts businesses by special exception before the Board of Adjustment. The item initially passed 8–1. A point of order was raised that the adopted version was not specified; the council then voted 9–0 to reconsider the item. After reconsideration the council adopted the Planning & Zoning Commission–recommended version of the ordinance by an 8–1 vote.
Item 30: The council adopted ordinance 2025454UDC to create section 3-22 (cemetery regulations) in the Unified Development Code; that ordinance passed unanimously.
Votes at a glance: Item 23 (zone designation): passed unanimously; Item 24 (Edge Dallas 2, LLC tax abatement resolution): passed unanimously; Item 25 (temporary use permit, 215 E. Airport Fwy): passed unanimously with setback caveat; Item 26 (4019 Jackson St zoning): passed unanimously; Item 27 (818 S. Irving Heights zoning): passed unanimously; Item 28 (1330 W. Pioneer Dr. site plan/alcohol): passed unanimously; Item 29 (UDC car-parts special exception): initial passage 8–1, reconsidered 9–0, final adoption 8–1; Item 30 (UDC cemetery regs): passed unanimously.
The council did not record detailed roll-call votes by member name during the meeting for many items; where recorded the transcript lists overall tallies for Item 29. Several council members asked procedural questions during discussion of Item 29, and a point of order prompted reconsideration before final passage.
The meeting concluded its regular agenda and paused briefly before conducting public comments under the council’s newly adopted practice of placing public comment at the end of the meeting.
