Everyone seems to agree the city's
sprawling growth needs some order to
it. And city manager Charles Anderson's
call for a major planning policy
has been generally applauded.
Assistant city manager Jim Reed
has been responsible for developing the
plan.
We want to have a sense of direction both
for ourselves and for the business
community and the citizens who we want to
do a better job of getting ahead of the
game with respect to transportation
facilities.
We want to have our eyes, our
land developers, to to make
it more sensitive to the neighborhoods
around it.
The controversy centers on cumulative
zoning, and that's where a developer who
owns property zone say commercial
can put in a lower category facility
like an apartment complex.
And here in Dallas, homeowners would
rather live next door to almost anything
but multifamily housing.
Well, if you're interested in knowing
more about the city's planning policies,
you're going to attend the public hearing
this Wednesday evening at six o'clock at
city council chambers.
But if you do go, be prepared.
It will be a long evening.
Bob Leder, Channel 5 News, Dallas.