For information on the Trinity River Corridor Comprehensive Land Use Plan, please contact Trinity River Corridor Project Office 1500 Marilla, Room 6BS, Dallas TX 75218, (214) 671-9500 www.trinityrivercorridor.org Table of Contents Page Acknowledgements..........................................................................................................................................................1 1. Introduction 3 2. A Vision to Transform Dallas’ Trinity Corridor 5 2050 Vision......................................................................................................................................................................5 Objectives for the Trinity Corridor..................................................................................................................................5 Framework Concepts for Public Investment....................................................................................................................6 Framework Concepts for Land Use and Development....................................................................................................7 3. Land Use and Urban Design Throughout the Trinity Corridor 13 Land Use Principles .......................................................................................................................................................14 Preferred Land Use Plan ................................................................................................................................................21 Urban Design Principles ................................................................................................................................................23 Development Areas within the Trinity River Corridor..................................................................................................25 4. Implementation Strategies Throughout the Trinity Corridor 27 Partners for the Trinity...................................................................................................................................................27 Strategies for Action ......................................................................................................................................................29 Preliminary Capital Cost Estimates ...............................................................................................................................29 Capital Investment Priorities..........................................................................................................................................31 5. Trinity Corridor District Plans 34 Study Area Land Use.....................................................................................................................................................37 South Trinity Forest District ..........................................................................................................................................39 I-45 Gateway District.....................................................................................................................................................48 North Trinity Forest District ..........................................................................................................................................59 Downtown - Lakes District............................................................................................................................................76 West Dallas District .....................................................................................................................................................105 Stemmons District........................................................................................................................................................110 Elm Fork District .........................................................................................................................................................119 Trinity River Corridor Comprehensive Land Use Plan Page i Table of Contents (continued) 6. Creating This Plan 126 Purpose of the Plan ......................................................................................................................................................126 Phases of Work ............................................................................................................................................................126 Role of Special Area Plans ..........................................................................................................................................127 Communications and Public Involvement...................................................................................................................127 Event Summary............................................................................................................................................................128 7. Background Documents..............................................................................................................................................131 Trinity River Corridor Comprehensive Land Use Plan Page ii Acknowledgements Dallas City Council Dallas City Plan Commission Plan Review Team Mayor Laura Miller Betty Culbreath, Chair City of Dallas – City Manager’s Office Mayor Pro Tem Donald W. Hill Carol Ann Brandon, Vice Chair Mary Suhm, City Manager Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Elba Garcia William Avery Jill Jordan, P.E., Assistant City Manager Bill Blaydes Ann Bagley Leo V. Chaney, Jr. Christopher D. Buehler James L. Fantroy Dennis Burnham City of Dallas - Trinity Project Corridor Project Gary Griffith Robert S. Ekblad Office Pauline Medrano Neil Emmons Rebecca Dugger, P. E., Director Ed Oakley Clarence Gary Jo Ann Wilkerson, Project Manager Steve Salazar Angela Marshall Dr. Maxine Thornton-Reese Michael Lee Miranda City of Dallas – Development Services Linda Koop David Neumann Department Ron Natinsky Jeff Strater Theresa O’Donnell AICP, Director Mitchell Rasansky Robert Weiss Angela Hunt Erik Wilson City of Dallas – Office of Economic Former City Council Members Former City Plan Commissioners Development Lois Finkelman Diana Alonzo Karl Zavitkovsky, Director Sandy Greyson Bill Avery Bill Cunningham Veletta Forsythe Lill City of Dallas – Parks and Recreation Ralph Isenberg John Loza Department D’Angelo Lee Paul Dyer, Director Ilene Perkett Carol Scott Melvin Traylor The Dallas Plan Joel Vera Karen Walz FAICP, Executive Director Bruce Wilke Trinity River Corridor Comprehensive Land Use Plan Page 1 Acknowledgements Consultant Team HNTB Corporation J-Quad Associates James Gilleylen, Principal Richard Leisner AICP, ASLA, Director of Planning Douglas Frederick Robert Prejean, AICP, Senior Planning Derek Hull Rich Wilson, ASLA, Urban Designer/Planner Luis Tamayo Jeremy Blad, ASLA Yolanda Jackson, AICP Brian Comer, AICP Pratap Mandapaka Ed DeLara, AIA James Frye, ASLA Allison Garthoff Nathan Hulme Juan Martinez Michael Buckley, AIA Nick Nelson Douglas Thompson Jonathan Barnett, AIA Good Fulton & Farrell Larry Good FAIA, Principal Other Assistance Strategic Community Solutions Gary Martin, AIA Brian Moore, AIA, AICP Economics Research Associates Patrick Phillips, President Richard Williams Trinity River Corridor Comprehensive Land Use Plan Page 2 1. Introduction The Trinity River Corridor includes almost 70 square miles of territory in 9 Other distinctive parks, recreational facilities and amenities that the center of Dallas and at the heart of a major urban region. A crossing provide a unique identity for nearby business areas and of the Trinity River was the site where Dallas was founded and today this communities. corridor includes many of the city’s most recognizable landmarks, its 9 A wide array of retail centers serving neighborhood and regional downtown, a large share of its economic base and its most notable natural shopping needs. areas. For all these reasons, the future of Dallas is closely linked to the future of this corridor. 9 Sites that are appropriate and desirable for a wide range of businesses, from manufacturing plants and distribution centers to Dallas voters understood the importance of this corridor in 1998, when corporate headquarters and firms researching emerging they approved $246 million in bond funding for major public investments technologies. in flood protection, transportation, environmental, recreation and open space improvements for the Trinity River Corridor. Those public 9 Job opportunities for Dallas residents at all skill levels. investments should do more than address these specific issues – they 9 Public improvements that provide flood protection, transportation should serve as catalysts for new development and reinvestment in and other important services to people and companies who choose existing communities along the river. They should be the foundation upon to invest their own resources in this corridor. which private property owners make investments in their homes, businesses and buildings that will successfully attract residents and The Trinity River Corridor Comprehensive Land Use Plan is the businesses to the corridor throughout the 21st century. ‘blueprint’ for this future. This Comprehensive Land Use Plan is an important tool for the The plan contains seven chapters, including this introduction. The individuals and organizations that make decisions affecting the Trinity chapters that follow are: River Corridor. Its broad vision describes the character this corridor 9 A Vision