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Definition

    A facility operated as a bus or rail passenger station or transfer center serving a publicly-owned or franchised mass transit operation. Typical facilities may include station platforms, bus bays, off-street parking, private access roads, and other passenger amenities

Districts Permitted

  • By right in central area districts
  • By SUP only in all residential districts
  • By SUP or, in the alternative, by city council resolution in office, retail, CS, industrial, mixed use, and multiple commercial districts. Authorization by city council resolution must strictly comply with the procedures and requirements outlined in the additional provisions below

Required Off-Street Parking

    Required off-street parking: None required in central area districts. In all other districts, the off-street parking requirements for each site shall be determined during the site review process and incorporated into the specific use permit ordinance or city council resolution, whichever is applicable

Required Off-Street Loading

    None

Additional Provisions

Analyses required: In all districts except central area districts

  • transit and parking demand analyses must be submitted with an application for a specific use permit or for an approval by city council resolution; and
  • a traffic impact analysis is required when the same is requested by the director of public works and transportation or the director of planning and development, or when the proposed facility will generate more than 1,000 vehicle trips per day

Landscaping

  • Landscaping must be provided to comply with Article X of this chapter, or with a landscape plan approved by the city council. In approving a landscape plan, the city council shall, as a minimum, impose landscaping requirements that are reasonably consistent with the standards and purposes of Article X.

Screening

  • Screening must be provided to comply with Section 51A-4.602, or with a site plan approved by the city council

Vehicular ingress and egress

  • Vehicular ingress and egress between this use and a residential alley is prohibited. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "residential alley" means a public alley or access easement that abuts or is in a single family, duplex, townhouse, or clustered housing district
  • Any vehicular ingress and egress between this use and a minor street must be shown on a site plan approved by the city council

Minimum setbacks for parking and maneuvering.

  • In residential districts, all off-street parking spaces and bus bays, including maneuvering areas, must be located behind the required setback lines established in this chapter, or behind the established setbacks for the blockface, whichever results in the greater setback. A minimum setback of ten feet must be provided for a side or rear yard adjacent to a residential use

Outside speaker restrictions

  • Outside speakers are not permitted within 50 feet of another lot in a residential district. Outside speakers, when permitted, must face away from adjacent properties

Restrictions on authorization by city council resolution in certain districts.

In NO(A), LO(A), MO(A), NS(A), CR, RR, CS, LI, MU-1, MU-1(SAH), MC-1, and MC-2 districts, authorization by city council resolution is not available unless

  • a traffic impact analysis demonstrates to the satisfaction of the director of planning and development that the projected traffic from the proposed facility will not reduce traffic operating conditions on public streets to a level-of-service "E" or "F" as defined in the Highway Capacity Manual, Transportation Research Board of the National Research Council, Washington, D.C.; and
  • the facility
    • is located greater than 330 feet from private property (as defined in Section 51A-4.412 of the Dallas Development Code) in a single family, duplex, townhouse, or CH district
    • has no parking other than that needed for the drop-off and pick-up of passengers, and no more than five bus bays; or
    • is separated from a lot in a single family, duplex, townhouse, or CH district by a street 64 feet or more in width Procedures for authorization by city council resolution.

Authorization by city council resolution must strictly comply with the following procedures and requirements:

  • The specific use permit requirement for each particular station or transfer center site shall remain in effect unless and until the city council adopts a resolution approving that site in accordance with this subsection
  • An applicant for authorization by city council resolution shall submit a site plan that complies with the requirements of Section 51A-4.803 to the director of planning and development. The director shall review the site plan in accordance with that section and formulate a recommendation for the city council within 30 calendar days of the date of its submission
  • Upon formulating a recommendation regarding the site plan, the director shall schedule a public hearing before the city council to receive public comment regarding the plan. The director shall send written notice of the public hearing to all owners of real property within 500 feet of the proposed site. The measurement of the 500 feet includes streets and alleys. The notice must be given not less than 10 days before the date set for the hearing. Notice is given by depositing the notice properly addressed and postage paid in the United States mail to the property owners as evidenced by the last approved city tax roll.
  • The city secretary shall give notice of the public hearing in the official newspaper of the city at least 15 days before the hearing. After the city council holds its public hearing, it shall make a decision regarding the plan. The decision need not be made on the same day that the public hearing is held
  • The city council may approve or deny the site plan. An approval must be by resolution adopted by a majority of those council members present and eligible to vote, and a true and correct copy of the site plan must be attached to the resolution as an exhibit. The city council may impose reasonable conditions upon the approval of a site plan consistent with the purposes stated in Section 51A-1.102 of this chapter. Any conditions imposed must be in writing and made part of the resolution
  • After a final decision is reached by the city council denying a site plan, no further applications for site plan approval may be considered for that particular station or transfer center site for two years from the date of the final decision. If the city council renders a final decision of denial without prejudice, the two :.year time limitation is waived. A property owner may apply for a waiver of the two year time limitation by submitting a request in writing to the director of planning and development. Only the city council may waive the time limitation applicable to site plans reviewed under this subsection. A simple majority vote by the city council is required to grant the request. The two year time limitation applicable to site plans reviewed under this subsection does not affect the ability of a property owner to apply for a specific use permit for the same site
  • Authorization by city council resolution shall no longer be available for a particular station or transfer center site when an application is made for a specific use permit for that site unless the application is withdrawn prior to the mailing of notices for the public hearing before the city plan commission
     

 


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