A Dallas city plan to make an Oak Cliff neighborhood more pedestrian-friendly is being met with resistance from owners of car repair and other auto shops that...
The city says the purpose of the rezoning is to facilitate walking and more mixed transit options in the west Oak Cliff community,
The draft plan, developed in March, says the purpose of the rezoning is to facilitate walking and more mixed transit options in the west Oak Cliff community, eliminating uses that hinder pedestrian mobility such as curb cuts and conflict points between pedestrians and vehicles. To proceed with the plan, the city is considering banning automotive-centric businesses such as repair shops, car washes, gas stations and drive-through restaurants and banks.
Figueroa, along with Albert Mata, an activist and member of Somos Tejas, representing the workers and shop owners in this dispute, drafted three petitions. The first one got more than 100 signatures from Oak Cliff residents and employees from the area, according to records shown to“I think that one of the big things that they pretty much showed through that plan is that they believe a walkable neighborhood can’t coexist with auto shops,” Mata said.
“We need to think about how uses are planned so that in the future we have the safe walking conditions we want,” said Daniel Church, West Oak Cliff Area Planning manager. “A lot of fear and misinformation is being spread about our intentions to force current businesses out and that’s not the case,” Long said.
Mata and Figueroa said the city didn’t do enough community outreach. Figueroa said that as they went from shop to shop to request signatures for the petition, most of the employees and business owners were surprised by the existence of the plan.
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