Martin Luther King Boulevard Colonial Avenue Zoning

At a glance

• What: Zoning Case Z245-200(TB)/Z-25-000073, a request for MU-3 Mixed Use (with consideration of an FWMU-5 Form subdistrict) on the north corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Colonial Avenue within the South Dallas/Fair Park Special Purpose District. Staff favored the FWMU-5 subdistrict; City Plan Commission recommended denial.
• Where it stands: Denied unanimously on September 23, 2026, after deferrals on January 14, March 25 and June 24. The item needed a three-fourths vote to be approved.
• Related: On August 25 Council approved removing Colonial Avenue between Pennsylvania Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from the Thoroughfare Plan (Ordinance No. 33534).

Detail

• September 23: one speaker, a representative of a school, addressed the Council. Bazaldua moved to accept the plan commission recommendation and deny; Blackmon seconded. West and Mendelsohn were absent.
• August 25: no one spoke on the Thoroughfare Plan change. Bazaldua moved, Blackmon seconded; unanimous with West, Blair and Stewart absent.

Sources

• Council minutes, September 23, 2026 (Item Z10): https://citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com/pdf/CC2026/092326Min.pdf
• Council minutes, August 25, 2026 (Item PH3): https://citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com/pdf/CC2026/082526Min.pdf

Log

2026-09-23 - City Council

Zoning request denied unanimously.

2026-08-25 - City Council

Colonial Avenue removed from the Thoroughfare Plan.