A new state law has helped spark changes in a process that has long been used by residents to protect their neighborhoods.
Today, Dallas ’ City Plan Commission will take up something called amortization, a wonky process that has allowed residents in the past to stop nonconforming uses in their communities. In short: a property is in nonconforming use when it isn’t compatible with current zoning.in West Dallas has been an example of nonconforming use for some time now, and a resident named Janie Cisneros is trying to get the company to stop its operations through amortization.
A recent change in Texas law has the city reconsidering this whole amortization idea. Senate Bill 929 requires municipalities to provide compensation to a property owner whose nonconforming use was shut down due to amortization. “This could put taxpayer funds at significant risk,”Some have been strongly supportive of the bill, such as Dale Davenport, who you might remember as the owner of Jim’s Car Wash, which was shut down through amortization.
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