1	Development Services Current and Long-Range Planning Work Plan 2005/2006
2	Development Services Workplan Purpose: To brief the Council on the department’s workplan and seek direction on upcoming efforts.
3	Current Planning City Council City Plan Commission Board of Adjustment Special Purpose Sign Committee Develop community and neighborhood groups Property owners
4	Staffing: Assistant Director 10 Planners (1 vacancy) 5 Administrative
5	Board and Commission Caseload: Zoning review and processing through City Plan Commission and City Council (225 applications) Variance, special exception and appeal review processing through Board of Adjustment (300 requests) Special purpose sign district administration (40 cases) Council agenda coordination (285 cases)
6	Code Amendments: Development, Landscape, Site Plan Amendments Ch 51 Alcoholic Beverage and Restaurant Use Correction Shared Access Regulations Local Utility Screening Home Occupation Ordinance Homeless Issues SRO’s Bazaar Use classification Smart Growth Initiatives Institutional Uses in Residential Districts Live/work units Single Family/Duplex Parking in CA Board of Adjustment Process Cul-de-sac Length and Lots Served Drive-thru other than Bank or Restaurant SF Design Standards MF Design Standards Fence and Screening Standards New SF District for Zero and Garden Homes
7	Current Planning Ongoing Programs Review of authorized hearing process Oak Cliff Gateway Mountain Creek – Hensley Field PD 571 (I-35 and Trinity) Cherrywood at Inwood and Lemmon
8	Current Planning Ongoing Programs Kiosk Program Implementation Annexations and ETJ Issues Appointed Officials Training Program
9	Long Range Planning City Council City Plan Commission Landmark Commission Property Owners Neighborhoods Preservation Community Development Community Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee
10	Long Range Planning Assistant Director (interim) 16 Planners (7 vacancies) 1 Administrative
11	Long Range Planning Ongoing Programs Individual landmark designations (8) Certificates of appropriateness, routine maintenance requests and demolitions (600) 106 reviews (1,100) Historic property tax incentives (10) Conservation district permits (500) Appeals from Landmark Commission to City Planning Commission (10)
12	Long Range Planning Ongoing Programs Historic Districts (3) Conservation Districts (6)
13	Long Range Planning Ongoing Programs 2 Conservation Districts underway (Edgemont Park and Vickery Place) 3 petitions submitted (Lakewood North, Northern Hills, Stevens Park Estates) 8 neighborhoods actively collecting signatures on petitions (North Oak Lawn, L.O. Daniel, Meadow Wood Estates, Perry Heights, Hillcrest Estates, Elmwood, Preston Hollow East, Greenway Crest) 15 neighborhoods inquiring and organizing to collect petitions)
14	Long Range Planning Ongoing Programs Complete Forward Dallas Comprehensive Plan Complete and implement Neighborhood Overlay Ordinance District 10 Plan and Implementation Northwest Highway/Bachman Land Use Study and Implementation South Dallas and 10^th Street Historic District Surveys East Kleberg Land Use Study
15	Long Range Planning Upcoming Work Program Trinity River Implementation Four Mixed Use form-based zoning districts, including TOD zoning tools Urban Design Overlays New Parking Standards implementation
16	Long Range Planning Upcoming Work Program University of North Texas Campus Area Plan Stemmons Corridor/Medical District/Station Area Plan Westmoreland DART Station Area Plan Southern Sector Intermodal/Agile Port/Freight-oriented District/Industrial Sanctuary Strategy
17	Long Range Planning Upcoming Work Program Monroe Shops TOD Plan Mockingbird TOD Plan Bachman Lake TOD Plan Lancaster Corridor Plan Cedars/Farmers Market
18	Long Range Planning Entertainment District Vickery Meadow Plan Asian Trade District Arts District update MLK Entertainment District Policy framework to address Conversion/Stabilization of Ailing Multifamily Proactive infrastructure planning for strategic Greenfield and redevelopment areas School Planning Coordination Context Sensitive Design Manual
19	Development Services Workplan ADDITIONAL REQUESTS: Code Amendments Authorized Hearings Neighborhood Plans Special Studies
20	Development Services Workplan Disadvantages: Backlog continues to grow No prioritization Lacks “big picture” view Unrealized expectations
21	Development Services Workplan Council direction: Staff recommends an annual review and approval of the departmental workplan (similar to the Auditor’s office approach).
22	Development Services Workplan Questions?