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**SAY NO TO 3-STORY SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES
**SAY NO TO 37 PATIO HOMES
**SAY NO TO ZONING AS DENSE AS THE DENSEST TOWNH
**SAY NO TO 3-STORY SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES
**SAY NO TO 37 PATIO HOMES
**SAY NO TO ZONING AS DENSE AS THE DENSEST TOWNH
What started at 50 units with 39 being 3-story (defeated in Nov. 2025) , it changed to 41 with 30 being 3-story (deferred in Aug. 2026) and now we are at 37 with 12 being 3-story/36 feet. Despite several meetings with the President of the Wimberley Court Homeowners Association (WCHA) and Interim President of the Walnut Hill Homeowners Association (WHHA), the developer has continued to resist the very reasonable compromise of lowering the maximum height of all homes to 2-story/30 feet, which is the current maximum single family height limit for all the homes in our Walnut Hill and surrounding neighborhoods.
A lot of progress has been made but there are 12 homes that remain 3-story/36 feet on lots as small as 1,980 sq. ft. We are asking for them to make all homes 2-story/30 ft. Based on the latest plan below, this is how it can be done.
By removing one home from each row, the lot sizes could be larger making room for 8 larger 2-story homes. This would create a more cohesive look and feel with the rest of the property and be more in line with the surrounding neighborhood and would not require a residential zoning EXCEPTION, which would create a precedent.
The developer wants to rezone this property that is currently zoned Residential R-16 (16,000 sf lots) to CRAM in 37 "patio homes", with 12 of them 3-story/36 feet tall on lots as small as 1,980 sf, one eighth the size of the typical Walnut Hill neighborhood lots. There is NO single-family zoning that allows 3-story/36 foot tall homes in our Walnut Hill neighborhood or in any surrounding neighborhoods.
The Townhomes this developer is currently building at the former government center on Marsh Ln should not be used to justify the height at this property because that site had previously been zoned Commercial Retail, which would have allowed buildings as tall as 54 ft.
We do not want to allow 36 ft. tall (or 3 story) single family detached homes in our single family neighborhood. We are simply asking to protect and preserve what makes this neighborhood a healthy, thriving and heavily sought after neighborhood.
The rezoning request does NOT honor the language found in the Forward Dallas Plan:
"Changes to areas within Community Residential neighborhoods must prioritize community engagement. The community engagement should be initiated early in the process that is bringing the change and should be given significant weight in the decision making that occurs with this process"
"Changes to areas within Community Residential neighborhoods should look to add housing in a way that is gentle, equitable, incremental, and sensitive to the existing context, while doing so in a manner that strengthens these neighborhoods and incorporates inclusive community engagement efforts..."
This rezoning request is neither "gentle", "incremental", nor does it honor "inclusive community engagement"
After waiting at City Council for 5 hours on August 25th, the motion was made to defer the meeting to September 23rd due to recent developments that could change the current plan to something that might be acceptable to the community.
If this rezoning is passed, it will become the template that developers will use for any church property, large lot, or combination of lots in our neighborhood along Midway, Marsh, Royal, Walnut Hill, or any other major road in our surrounding neighborhoods to become high density 3-story homes.
Send emails to Planning & Zoning Officials and Staff
Dallas CPC members : https://dallascityhall.com/government/Boards-and-Commissions/City-Plan-and-Zoning-Commission/Pages/Members.aspx
Dallas City Council members: https://dallascityhall.com/government/Pages/city-council.aspx
Mayor:
https://dallascityhall.com/government/citymayor/pages/default.aspx
Send email to safulmer34@gmail.com or tpittman@wchaorg.net with your full address and zip code.
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