The Dallas city manager and housing director are proposing a devastating blanket zoning change: allowing ADUs (additional dwelling units), better known as granny flats, actually backyard rental houses, in single-family zoned neighborhoods. This change would allow a 44-foot wide by 30-foot tall rental house to be built on the back of a standard 50‑foot wide…
Strongest Property Rights Mayor Was Also Strongest Preservation Mayor
Who would think property rights and preservation are compatible. Mayor Robert Folsom, a developer and strongest proponent of free enterprise and property rights was also Dallas’ strongest preservation mayor. Mayor Folsom opposed the city planners multi-family mixed used plan and supported the property owners’ single-family rezoning plan for a multi-family area of apartments.
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Trinity River Toll Road is So 20th Century
Driverless Cars Change Everything! Planners Last Century Thought Toll Roads Essential for City to Grow. Now Toll Roads are Evacuation Routes, strangling the city.
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