Meetings For Board of Adjustment (BOA)

Time:
10:30 AM

Location:
6ES - Council Briefing

Meeting Frequency:
Monthly

Classification:
Quasi-Judicial

Next Meeting: 4/15/2025

Meeting Instructions (In-Person & Online)

Select the items below for detailed instructions for upcoming briefings and hearings for each Panel, Click for a full - 2025 printable schedule.

Meeting Information

Date and Time:

Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Briefing begins at 3:30 PM

followed by Public Hearing at 1:00pm.

Hearing to be held at:

City Hall
1500 Marilla, Dallas TX 75201
6EN Council Chambers & Virtually via Webex

*Agenda link will be available at least 72 hours prior to the hearing

Registration

Virtual speakers at this hearing will close on Monday, April 14, 2025.
No online submissions will be accepted after the deadline.
(Individuals who wish to speak virtually must pre-register prior to the hearing)

Webinar Information

Join By Webninar

Webinar: https://dallascityhall.webex.com/dallascityhall/j.php?MTID=mfef74e91d645d5cdf9d6e30cbc90eb90

Webinar number: 2491 028 5103
Webinar password: dallas (325527 from phones)

Join By Phone

US Toll (Dallas): +1-469-210-7159
US Toll: +1-408-418-9388 US Toll
Access code: 2491 028 5103

password: 325527

Join Panel A Webinar

Meeting Information

Date and Time:

Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Briefing begins at 3:30 PM

followed by Public Hearing at 1:00pm.

Hearing to be held at:

City Hall
1500 Marilla, Dallas TX 75201
6ES Council Briefing & Virtually via Webex

*Agenda link will be available at least 72 hours prior to the hearing

Registration

Virtual speakers at this hearing will close on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
No online submissions will be accepted after the deadline.
(Individuals who wish to speak virtually must pre-register prior to the hearing)

Webinar Information

Join By Webninar

Webinar: https://dallascityhall.webex.com/dallascityhall/j.php?MTID=m0cfb1fca8558bcb063bf51b3dc939ffb

Webinar number: 2491 721 3397
Webinar password: dallas (325527 from phone)

Join By Phone

US Toll (Dallas): +1-469-210-7159
US Toll: +1-408-418-9388 US Toll
Access code: 2491 721 3397

password: 325527

Join Panel B Webinar

Meeting Information

Date and Time:

Monday, May 19, 2025
Briefing begins at 3:30 PM

followed by Public Hearing at 1:00pm.

Hearing to be held at:

City Hall
1500 Marilla, Dallas TX 75201
6ES Council Briefing & Virtually via Webex

*Agenda link will be available at least 72 hours prior to the hearing

Registration

Virtual speakers at this hearing will close on Sunday, May 18, 2025.
No online submissions will be accepted after the deadline.
(Individuals who wish to speak virtually must pre-register prior to the hearing)

Webinar Information

Join By Webninar

Webinar: TBD

Webinar number: TBD
Webinar password: dallas (325527 from phones)

Join By Phone

US Toll (Dallas): +1-469-210-7159
US Toll: +1-408-418-9388 US Toll
Access code: TBD

password: dallas

Meeting Information

Date and Time:

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Briefing begins at 2:00 PM

City Hall
1500 Marilla, Dallas TX 75201
Council Chambers & Virtually via Webex

Hearing to be held at:

City Hall
1500 Marilla, Dallas TX 75201
6EN Council Chambers & Virtually via Webex

*Agenda link will be available at least 72 hours prior to the hearing

Registration

Virtual speakers at this hearing will close on Sunday, October 26, 2025.
No online submissions will be accepted after the deadline.
(Individuals who wish to speak virtually must pre-register prior to the hearing)

Webinar Information

Join By Webninar

Webinar number: TBD

Webinar number: TBD
Webinar password: dallas (325527 from phones)

Join By Phone

US Toll (Dallas): +1-469-210-7159
US Toll: +1-408-418-9388 US Toll
Access code: TBD

password: 325527

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Legal Authority

A quasi-judicial body empowered by state legislature and Chapters 51/51A

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FAQS

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A quasi-judicial body empowered by state legislature and Chapters 51/51A generally charged with considering individual requests whereby applicants contend that they cannot or choose not to comply with provisions set forth in the Dallas Development Code. The Board of Adjustment is made up of 15 volunteer members and up to six alternate members who are appointed by the City Council. Members are divided into three panels by the City Secretary's Office to reflect the geographical and ethnic diversity of the City of Dallas to the greatest extent practicable. It is led with one chair and two vice-chairs.
The board reviews each application before them at a public hearing. The board reacts mostly to individuals who are requesting deviations from provisions set forth in the Dallas Development Code. There are development standards set forth in state legislature and the Dallas Development Code. These standards provide a specific criteria/basis for granting or denying each type of request that comes before the board. The members apply this specific standard on each application after considering all testimony and facts presented to them at a public hearing.

The board's quasi-judicial status (unlike for the most part, City Plan Commission and City Council) precludes them from political pressure and lobbying prior to hearings since ex parte communications with board members is prohibited and is a Class A misdemeanor.
The board reviews appeals from decisions made by an Administrative Official of the City in the enforcement of the zoning ordinance that include:  
special exceptions that are expressly provided for in Chapter 51 and 51A. (parking regulations, landscape regulations, tree preservation regulations, fence height regulations, sign regulations, equal opportunity for handicapped persons, etc.);
variances for the front, side, and rear yard, lot width, lot depth, coverage, FAR, sidewalk width, off-street parking, off-street loading, landscape, and height;  
and discontinuance of a nonconforming use whereby the owner's actual investment in the structure prior to the time that the use became nonconforming can be amortized.