​​​​Code amendments Completed or Discontinued since 2015

Amendments to the Dallas Development Code are processed by the Planning and Development Department.  Requests for amendments may be submitted by City Council, City Plan Commission, City staff or the public by application.
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CODE AMENDMENT
 ​DATE ADOPTED
 MATERIALS
​​Postponements
(DCA 234-006)​
​Discontinued on August 13, 2025
​Case Report​
​​Demolition Delay Overlay
(DCA 245-002)
​May 14, 2025
​Ordinance
Case Report​
​Parking Reform
(DCA 190-002)​
​​May 14, 2025
​Project Webpage
​Commercial Motor Vehicles
(DCA 223-003)
​October 23, 2024
​​​​Project Webpage
​Child-Care Facilities, Adult Day Cares, and Day Homes
(DCA 223-002)
February 14, 2024
​​​​Project Webpage
​Short-Term Rentals
(DCA 212-002)
June 14, 2023​
​​​Project Webpage
​Concrete or Asphalt Batch Plants 
(DCA212-003)
​May 11, 2022
​Project Webpage
Mixed Income Housing Development Bonus
(DCA 201-008)
​March 27, 2019*
*(Excluded from page with prior code amendments.)
​​Project Webpage
​Temporary Inclement Weather Shelters
(DCA 189-005)
​November 11, 2020
Ordinance
Case report
​Parking Reduction for Multi-Family Recycling Containers
(DCA 190-003)
​August 12, 2020
​Project Webpage
Ordinance
Case report​
​Residential Proximity Slope in Planned Development Districts
(DCA 190-009)
October 28, 2020​
​Ordinance
Case report​
​Accessory Dwelling Units
(DCA 0156-006)
​Indefinitely Postponed on October 1, 2020
​​Project Website
​​House Bill Amendments
(DCA 190-001)​
​​August 12, 2020
​Ordinance (Materials)
Ordinance (BDA​​)​
Case report
​Zoning Property Owner Notification
(DCA 189-004)
​February 26, 2020
​Project Website
​​​Article XIII: Form Districts
(DCA 178-007)
​February 26, 2020
​Ordinance
Case report
​​​​Neighborhood Forest Overlay
(DCA 178-012)​
​April 10, 2019
​Ordinance
Case report​
​Ceremonial Street Naming
(DCA 178-004)​
​November 14, 2018
​Project Webpage
Ordinance
Case report​
​​​​​Live/Work Use
(DCA 178-009)
​November 14, 2018
​Ordinance
Case report
​Block/Blockface
(DCA 178-005)
​June 27, 2018
​Project Webpage
Ordinance
Case report
​Article X Landscape and Tree Conservation Regulations
(DCA 145-002)
​June 27, 2018
​Project Website
Ordinance​
​Cleanup Amendments
(DCA 178-006)
​June 13, 2018​
​Project Webpage
Ordinance
Case report​
​Paraphernalia Shop
(DCA 156-004)
​May 24, 2017
​Ordinance Chapter 12B​​​
Ordinance CHapter 51 and 51A​
Case Report
​Late Hours Overlay
(DCA 156-009)​
​​Discontinued on May 18, 2017
​Project Website
​Little Free Libraries
(DCA 156-002)
​October 26, 2016
​Ordinance​
Case Report
​​Non-Required Fences
(DCA 156-001)
​September 14, 2016​
​Ordinance​
Case Report
​Tower/Antenna for Cellular CommunicationsRegulations
(DCA 145-005)
​January 13, 2016
​​Ordinance​
​Outside Storage Use Provisions
(DCA 078-016)
​October 29, 2015​
​Ordinance​
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