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• A Temporary Restraining Order was filed by the 501(c)(4) Save Pepper Square Neighborhood Association. The TRO was granted, which prevented the Dallas City Council from discussing or voting on the rezoning request for the Pepper Square site at the October Council Meeting. A Temporary Injunction hearing was held on Friday, November 1 and will be continued on Friday, November 8. If the injunction request is not successful, the City Council will likely vote on the rezoning application at their next scheduled meeting (November 13). If the injunction request is approved, the vote on the rezoning application will be delayed further.
• The Save Pepper Square Neighborhood Association is relying on private donations to continue the legal battle. If you are unhappy with the way this rezoning application and city approval process has played out, and want to help fight for further revisions to the developer’s plan before the City votes on it, they are asking for your support. To make a donation by check, send it to:

SAVE Pepper Square NA

PO Box 803174

Dallas, TX 75380

To make a donation by Zelle, send it to:

savepeppersquare@gmail.com

To make a donation by credit card, navigate to:

https://tinyurl.com/savepeppersquare

• The Save Pepper Square Neighborhood Association has created a Facebook page to provide more regular updates: https://www.facebook.com/groups/savepeppersquare
• Steve Nordseth of the Williamsburg neighborhood is the Treasurer of the organization. Donations are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. If you have questions about the organization or how funds will be used, please reach out to Steve at savepeppersquare@gmail.com before donating.
• NHHA is not officially affiliated with Save Pepper Square Neighborhood Association, but as the majority of respondents to our prior surveys about the rezoning application were not pleased with the developer’s proposal, we felt it was prudent to share what community efforts are being undertaken to challenge it. You are not under any obligation to donate or participate.

THE VOTE ON PEPPER SQUARE SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23RD HAS BEEN CANCELLED. DO NOT GO TO CITY HALL.

Henry S. Miller and their consultant Masterplan have released an updated proposal regarding their application to rezone Pepper Square from Community Retail to Mixed Use 2. This appears to be the final version that will be presented to the Dallas City Council at the upcoming hearing on Wednesday, October 23rd. In summary, they are seeking to build 752 residential units over 3 phases, in buildings that range from 5 stories to 12 stories. They would have the option to add an additional 116 units if they are designated as retirement housing and another additional 116 units if they are made available to households earning less than the area median family income. (It’s likely they would opt to pay a fee in lieu of offering the mixed-income housing units). The total maximum number of dwelling units would be 984. Their most recent prior proposal had included a maximum number of dwelling units of 1,550.

The first phase of their proposal would include a 5 story building with 300 units and two park spaces – one along Belt Line Rd and one interior to the site. The exact unit counts for subsequent phases has not been determined yet, but they are limited to a max of 984 units total across all phases. The second phase would include a 12 story building situated closer to Preston Rd and the third phase would include another 5 story building.  The building heights have not changed from their most recent prior proposal.

A new light signal at Berry Trail would be warranted as part of the first phase, but no other guaranteed traffic-related changes would take place as part of this proposal. The landowner’s consultant has uploaded various documents to their site that you can review. To see more details surrounding the Planned Development conditions that would be placed on top of this MU-2 zoning, and to see the latest renderings and answers to questions posed by neighborhood leaders, navigate here.

If you have an opinion on this rezoning application, you are encouraged to make it known by showing up and speaking at City Hall (1500 Marilla St, 6^th floor) on Wednesday, October 23rd. You can register to speak when you arrive that day. If you can’t be there in person, please sign up to speak online by the deadline of Tuesday, October 22nd at 5pm. The link to register as a remote speaker is here.

Note – you do not have to register in advance to speak IF YOU ARE THERE IN PERSON. The hearing will begin at 1pm, and this application appears to positioned early on the agenda. Parking is limited at City Hall, so carpooling is encouraged. Be prepared to pay for public parking. Please let us know if you’ll be attending by submitting an RSVP here. This will be the best way for us to get you last minute information, if needed.