Duncanville council authorizes staff to pursue revocation process for motel SUP at 711 E. Camp Wisdom Road

Assistant City Manager Mark Rauscher asked the council for authority to initiate a city-initiated zoning case to revoke Specific Use Permit No. 2232 for the property at 711 East Camp Wisdom Road (the Capitol Oil Motel, formerly Roadway Inn).

Rauscher summarized recurring property and public-safety concerns, photo-documented maintenance issues, and a high number of 911 calls associated with the site — staff cited roughly 2,300 calls over a 5½-year period and 313 calls comparing May 2025 to May 2026. He said two recently observed illegal on-site businesses (a U-Haul rental operation and a semi-truck business) had ceased after staff intervention.

Rauscher explained the revocation process would be initiated by staff, come before the Planning & Zoning Commission (expected in August), and then return to council for a final zoning decision; if council revokes the SUP, property owners may appeal to the Board of Adjustment. The city attorney noted that council’s passage of the initiation resolution would trigger the formal process and that conditions could be modified or the SUP revoked, depending on the evidence presented.

Council passed a resolution allowing staff to move forward; the council emphasized that revocation is not an immediate condemnation of the property’s status but a process by which staff, PNZ and council will weigh evidence and consider remedies. Council and staff confirmed the owner would have opportunities to remedy conditions and to appeal decisions under the established zoning and appeals processes.