Oak Cliff Demolition Delay Overlay Proposal Maps of Proposed Demolition Delay Overlays: ĭowntown Dallas Demolition Delay Overlay Proposed Boundaries The City Council public hearing is November 10, 2015. On Octothe City Plan Commission recommended approval of the two overlays.

One of the proposed overlays would cover an extended central business district and the other would cover portions of North Oak Cliff. The City of Dallas City Plan Commission already initiated the process to establish the first two demolition delay overlays on Jwhen they authorized hearings to consider proper zoning on two areas. This includes written notification to all property owners in the area being considered for an overlay and public hearings before the City Plan Commission and City Council. Buildings in a city historic district, or buildings designated as a city historic landmark, are already protected from demolition without first obtaining a certificate of demolition from the City's Landmark Commission.Īs an overlay in the Dallas Development Code, the overlays have to be established through the zoning process. The six criteria include (1) being located in a National Register District (2) designation as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark (3) designation as a State Archeological Landmark (4) designation as a National Historic Landmark (5) being listed as a significant building in the 2003 Downtown Dallas Architecturally Significant Properties Survey or (6) being listed as a contributing structure in the 1994 Hardy-Heck-Moore Survey.

In addition to being in an adopted demolition overlay district, to be subject to the demolition delay a building would have to be at least 50 years old and meet one of six other criteria. The ordinance provides that a building that meets certain criteria within a demolition overlay district would be subject to a 45-day delay before a demolition permit could be granted. This was one of nine recommendations presented to City Council in June by the Downtown Dallas Historic Preservation Task Force. On Tuesday, September 22, the Dallas City Council adopted a new ordinance that established provisions within the Dallas Development Code to allow for the creation of 'Demolition Delay Overlay' districts. Dallas City Council Adds New Tool to Historic Preservation Tool Box

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