The Deep Ellum News

Barry Annino, President |  bannino@sbcglobal.net
2630 E. Commerce  |  Dallas TX,  75226

Jon Hetzel, Vice President  | jhetzel@madisonpartnersllc.com                                              Madison Partners  |  LLC311 Montecello Ave., Suite 260   |  Dallas TX, 75205  

Silas Graham, Secretary  |  sgraham@allresco.com                                                                Alliance  | 3710 Rawlins St., suite 901  | Dallas, TX, 75219

Randy Redmond, Treasurer  |  rr@mrctexas.com
2335 Burbank St.  |  Dallas, TX  75235

Denny Hunt
2700 Live Oak #206  |  Dallas, TX  75204

Richey Owen
Earl Owen Co. Inc.  |  333 North Hall Street  |  Dallas, TX  75226

Al Jernigan
3409B Main St.  |  Dallas, TX  75226

Tony Fundaro
Life in Deep Ellum  |  tony@lifeindeepellum.com                                                                             2803 Taylor St.  |  Dallas, TX  75226

Mark Roberts, DEA representative |  mark@printelectric.com                                                    Print Electric  |  P.O. Box 140886  |  Dallas, TX  75214

Cash Harbough  |  cash@theunderwoodagency.com                                                  3114Main Street  |  Dallas, TX  75371

Karl Stundins, City of Dallas representative   |   karl.stundins@dallascityhall.com
Office of Economic Development  |

The Deep Ellum Foundation exists to serve, develop, protect, preserve, and enhance the community of Deep Ellum while nurturing the ongoing developments, art, music, culture, and commercial interests of our community. We operate exclusively as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation to raise and distribute public funds within the community to enhance the interests of the neighborhood as a whole. At present the Deep Ellum Foundation manages the Deep Ellum Public Improvement District, funds the Deep Ellum Dog Park, contributes to the Deep Ellum Arts Festival and Mural Competition and maintains an office which acts as a center of government affairs for the neighborhood. In addition, the Deep Ellum Foundation, in coordination with the Deep Ellum Association and other community groups, strives to provide a unified neighborhood voice to the city.

Official Action of the Dallas City Council:
An ordinance amending Article 269, “PD 269,” of Chapter 51P, “Dallas Development Code: Planned Development District Regulations,” of the Dallas City Code, as amended; amending Article 269 by adding standards for measuring of distances between nonconforming uses; adding definitions for body piercing studio, commercial parking garage, commercial parking lot, dace hall, live music venue, and tattoo studio; requiring an SUP for bars and private clubs; requiring an SUP and 300 foot spacing between body piercing studios and tattoo studios; requiring an SUP for dance halls and live music venues; providing that body piercing studios, tattoo studios, dance halls, and live music venues cannot be accessory uses; deleting references to Class D dance halls; eliminating the parking requirement for single-family and duplex uses; reducing the parking requirement for multifamily uses; exempting the first 2,500 square feet of floor area of office, retail, bar, and restaurant uses from parking requirements; prohibiting the use of delta credits for the parking requirement for bars and dance halls; requiring parking for dance halls; eliminating the parking requirement for library, art gallery, museum, and handcrafted art work studio uses; reducing the parking requirement for use in proximity to DART stations; allowing on-street parking to count toward parking requirements; allowing uses to charge for required parking; setting an amortization date for nonconforming bars, tattoo studios, body piercing studios, and dance halls; counting materials used on the front facade (not side and rear0 toward design points; allowing design points for concrete masonry; giving design standard points for sidewalk cafes; granting a private license for landscaping, awnings, arcades, and sidewalk cafes; deleting an appeal process (defaulting to normal appeal process); deleting a provision for a tax freeze for historic properties (defaulting to Art. XI); adding site plan, construction, stripping, lighting, trash receptacle, attendant booth, access opening, fencing, landscaping, and other requirements for commercial parking garages and commercial lots; deleting a prohibition on assessments; and deleting a requirement for staff evaluation of the PD; waving the fee for SUP’s for nonconforming uses for one year; providing a penalty not to exceed $2,000; providing a saving clause; providing a severability clause; and providing an effective date.

A full, 49 page copy of this ordinance can be downloaded here:
dallas-city-ordinance-26369