West Oak Cliff’s Jimtown rezoning shows how Dallas can protect single-family homes while adding density.
Residents of Jimtown stand for a group photo in their neighborhood during a walk-through conducted with city planners on July 16, 2024.One of the major challenges of addressing Dallas’ housing shortage is developing new supply and adding density while protecting the single-family neighborhoods residents have worked so hard to be a part of.
Once they found out, fear of redevelopment drove the community to come together and ask the city to act, Paras said.Paras described the neighborhood’s many community meetings and said the desire to change the zoning was pretty much unanimous.While barring multifamily uses in most of the neighborhood, the rezoning allows, by right, what are called accessory dwelling units, known commonly as granny flats.
The residents of his area want security in knowing that a developer isn’t going to come in and “build three two-story condos on one lot,” Romo said.Romo told planners that he continues to work in landscaping because his Social Security benefits aren’t enough. “It’s ridiculous that we’re living in the times that we are,” he said. “I don’t even know where we can afford to live if we can’t pay the taxes.
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