The Dallas Zoning Ordinance Advisory Committee spoke in a more than two-hour workshop on Tuesday about code violations, nuisances, party houses, specific use permits, and the “setting up of the city’s development code governing short-term rentals.
The commission had to review the development code and define a new use called “short-term rental accommodation”. Committee members agreed to direct staff to do the following before the next ZOAC meeting on August 16:
- Distribute a map of locations identifying listed, registered, and known DOS.
- Present the proposed wording for a multifamily cap of six units or 10 percent of the development, whichever is lower, designated for STRs.
- Provide owner occupancy guidelines to include provisions typical of other municipalities, measures that would establish occupancy requirements, and how owner occupancy would be considered under state law.
- Review definitions in zoning regarding occupancy and/or parking.
- Examine the potential elimination of non-residential neighborhoods for permitted uses, including industrial areas.
- Include proposed wording defining a purpose for these properties.
Review of regulations
This isn’t the first time the panel has considered the issue – and it won’t be the last.
Tuesday’s discussion was a workshop and question-and-answer session for ZOAC members, unpublished for public comment. People who wish to speak on the issue of STRs are invited to do so at the August 16 meeting.
Ultimately, the Dallas City Council will decide if STRs will continue to be allowed in residential neighborhoods and how they will be regulated.
Dallas City Council’s preferred consensus is the “Keep It Simple” solution, proposed by District 14 Councilman Paul Ridley, which defines STRs as lodging uses and limits them to only areas where lodging uses are allowed. This would eliminate STRs in residential and multi-family areas.
Watch the full ZOAC meeting here.
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