http://www.oakcliffpeople.com/2013/02/27/griggs-mourns-loss-of-beautiful-street-grid/ Your source for community news Fri, 17 May 2013 04:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.oakcliffpeople.com/2013/02/27/griggs-mourns-loss-of-beautiful-street-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-266413 Michael Mendoza Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:27:04 +0000 http://www.oakcliffpeople.com/?p=20259#comment-266413 Is zoning in place for construction of a parking lot? If not, could this be one reason why the Gateway zoning case is stalled?

]]> http://www.oakcliffpeople.com/2013/02/27/griggs-mourns-loss-of-beautiful-street-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-266362 Andrew Robinson Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:15:04 +0000 http://www.oakcliffpeople.com/?p=20259#comment-266362 Well, I live in the condos just a couple lots North of Dallas County Schools, and this is a lot of tears for a lot of reasons. Neely Street is literally the only street parking that our condo complex has for guests since we can only park residential cars inside our gated community. There is no room for cars of guests. Since there is no parking on Beckley, the only parking we had for guests was on that portion of Neely that DCS will now take over for private parking purposes. In addition, we will have no access to Zang now from our condo complex and will literally have to walk around the block to get to Zang. Dallas County Schools has impeded development around my condo complex since they have bought 4 out of the 5 lots around us. This has decreased the property value of my condo over $30,000 so far in just 5 years since they have prevented any development literally around us. In addition, only a big parking lot next to our condo will decrease the value even more. We would have welcomed any type of business, including restaurants, bars, medical offices, retail, etc., because this would have the potential to increase our property value. However, with just the addition of a big parking lot, there is almost no chance for our property value to increase, and it is almost worthless at this point. Nobody else will buy at our condo complex because of what Dallas County Schools is doing. So when did the value of owning a home become less important than building a big parking lot that will not even be used for the community? Our neighborhood will have no use for this parking lot, and we will not see anymore development because of it. For me, there are a lot of tears.

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