DESIGNATION OF SUBDISTRICTS.
Dallas City Code § 51A-7.1502
in effectSEC. 51A-7.1502. DESIGNATION OF SUBDISTRICTS.
(a) This district is hereby divided into five subdistricts, which shall be known as the Spine, Quadrangle, Peripheral, Maple, and Quad Subdistricts.
(b) The Spine Subdistrict is that area of the city within the following described boundaries:
BEGINNING at a point on the northwest line of McKinney Avenue, said point being 166.84 feet southwest of the southwest line of Fairmount Street;
THENCE in a northwesterly direction along a line, said line being approximately 142 feet southwest of and parallel to the southwest line of Fairmount Street, a distance of approximately 317.05 feet to a point for corner on a line, said line being approximately 165 feet southeast of and parallel to the common line between City Blocks 949 and 1/949;
THENCE in a northeasterly direction along said line, a distance of approximately 167 feet to a point for corner on the centerline of Fairmount Street;
THENCE in a northeasterly direction along a line, said line being the southwestward prolongation of the centerline of Howland Street and continuing along the centerline of Howland Street and its northeastward prolongation, a distance of approximately 458 feet to a point for corner on the centerline of Routh Street;
THENCE in a northwesterly direction along the centerline of Routh Street, a distance of 90 feet to a point for corner on a line, said line being the southwestward prolongation of the centerline of Howland Street in City Block 3/955;
THENCE in a northeasterly direction along said line and continuing along the centerline of Howland Street to a point for corner on the centerline of Boll Street;
THENCE in a northwesterly direction along the centerline of Boll Street to a point for corner on a line, said line being 105 feet northwest of and parallel to the northwest line of Howland Street;
THENCE in a northeasterly direction along said line to a point for corner on the common line between Lots 6 and 6A in City Block 2/955;
THENCE in a northwesterly direction along said common lot line to a point for corner on the north/south common line between Lots 6 and 6A in City Block 2/955;
THENCE in a southwesterly direction along said common lot line and its southwestward prolongation to a point for corner on the centerline of Boll Street;
THENCE in a northwesterly direction along the centerline of Boll Street to a point for corner on the centerline of Howell Street;
THENCE in a northeasterly direction along the centerline of Howell Street to a point for corner on the centerline of Worthington Street;
THENCE in a southeasterly direction along the centerline of Worthington Street to a point for corner on a line, said line being the southwestward prolongation of the common line between Lots 1 and 10 in City Block 1/955;
THENCE in a northeasterly direction along said line, and continuing along said common lot line, a distance of approximately 195.86 feet to a point for corner on the south line of Lot 1 in City Block 955;
THENCE in a westerly direction along the south line of said Lot 1, a distance of approximately 67 feet to a point for corner on the southeast line of Howell Street;
THENCE in a northwesterly direction along a line, said line being perpendicular to the southeast line of Howell Street, a distance of approximately 25 feet to a point for corner on the centerline of Howell Street;
THENCE in a northeasterly direction along the centerline of Howell Street to a point for corner on the centerline of Vine Street;
THENCE in a northwesterly direction along the centerline of Vine Street to a point for corner on the centerline of Cole Avenue;
THENCE in a northeasterly direction along the centerline of Cole Avenue to a point for corner on a line, said line being the northwestward prolongation of the southwest line of Lot 3 in City Block 963;
THENCE in a southeasterly direction along said line, and continuing along the southwest line of said Lot 3 to a point for corner on the southeast line of said Lot 3;
THENCE in a northeasterly direction along the southeast line of said Lot 3 to a point for corner on the northeast line of said Lot 3;
THENCE in a northwesterly direction along the northeast line of said Lot 3 and its northwestward prolongation to a point for corner on the centerline of Cole Avenue;
THENCE in a northeasterly direction along the centerline of Cole Avenue to a point for corner on a line, said line being the northwestward prolongation of the northeast line of Lot 1A in City Block 963;
THENCE in a southeasterly direction along said line, and continuing along the northeast line of said Lot 1A to a point for corner on the northwest line of said Lot 1A;
THENCE in a northeasterly direction along the northwest line of said Lot 1A and its northeastward prolongation to a point for corner on the centerline of Allen Street;
THENCE in a southeasterly direction along the centerline of Allen Street to a point for corner, said point being approximately 169.5 feet southeast of the northeastward prolongation of the southeast line of Laclede Street;
THENCE in a northwesterly direction along a line parallel with the southwest line of McKinney Avenue, a distance of approximately 495 feet to a point for corner on the centerline of Sneed Street, with said point being approximately 122.77 feet southeast of the southeast line of Cole Avenue, said point also being at the intersection of the southwestward prolongation of the centerline of a 15-foot-wide public alley in City Block 17/965;
THENCE in a northeasterly direction along the centerline of said alley, a distance of approximately 458 feet to a point on the southwest line of Bowen Street;
THENCE in a northeasterly direction, continuing along the northeastward prolongation of the centerline of the 15 foot wide public alley in City Block 17/965, crossing Bowen Street and continuing along the centerline of a 15 foot wide alley in City Block 12/970 and its northeastward prolongation, crossing Hall Street, and continuing along the centerline of a 15 foot wide public alley in City Block 9/972, a total distance of approximately 1,278 feet to a point for corner on the centerline of Lemmon Avenue;
THENCE in a northwesterly direction along the centerline of Lemmon Avenue, a distance of approximately 30 feet to a point for corner on a line, said line being the southwestward prolongation of the common line between Lots 1 and 2 in City Block 978;
THENCE in a northeasterly direction along said line and continuing along the common line between said Lots 1 and 2, a distance of approximately 138 feet to a point for corner on the common line between Lots 2 and 3 in City Block 978;
THENCE in a southeasterly direction along said common lot line and continuing along the southeastward prolongation of said line, crossing McKinney Avenue a total distance of approximately 200 feet to a point for corner on the centerline of McKinney Avenue;
THENCE in a southwesterly direction along said centerline of McKinney Avenue, a distance of approximately 131 feet to a point at the intersection of said centerline of McKinney Avenue and the centerline of Lemmon Avenue;
THENCE in a southeasterly direction along said centerline of Lemmon Avenue, a distance of approximately 198 feet to a point for corner on a line, said line being approximately 198 feet southeast of and parallel to said centerline of McKinney Avenue;
THENCE in a southwesterly direction along said line, crossing Lemmon Avenue, and continuing into City Block 11/971, a distance of approximately 474.51 feet to a point for corner on a line, said line being approximately 146 feet northeast of and parallel to the northeast line of Hall Street;
THENCE in a southeasterly direction along said line, a distance of approximately 85 feet to a point for corner on the centerline of Noble Street;
THENCE in a southwesterly direction along the centerline of Noble Street and its southwestward prolongation, a distance of approximately 171 feet to a point for corner on the centerline of Hall Street;
THENCE in a southeasterly direction along the centerline of Hall Street, a distance of approximately 205 feet to a point for corner on the centerline of Oak Grove Avenue;
THENCE in a southwesterly direction along the centerline of Oak Grove Avenue, a distance of approximately 1,185 feet to a point for corner on the centerline of McKinney Avenue;
THENCE in a southerly direction along the centerline of McKinney Avenue, a distance of approximately 115 feet to a point for corner on the northwestward prolongation of the centerline of Clyde Lane;
THENCE in a southeasterly direction along said line and continuing along the centerline of Clyde Lane, a distance of approximately 320 feet to a point for corner on a line, said line being the northeastward prolongation of the common line between Lots 18 and 19 in City Block B/578;
THENCE in a southwesterly direction along said line and continuing along said common line between Lots 18 and 19, a distance of approximately 90 feet to a point for corner on the southwest line of Lot 18 in City Block B/578;
THENCE in a southeasterly direction along said lot line, a distance of approximately 40 feet to a point for corner on the common line between Lots 1 and 2 in City Block A/578;
THENCE in a southwesterly direction along said common lot line and its southwestward prolongation, a distance of approximately 155 feet to a point for corner on the centerline of Allen Street;
THENCE in a southeasterly direction along the centerline of Allen Street, a distance of approximately 100 feet to a point for corner on a line, said line being perpendicular to the southwest line of Allen Street;
THENCE in a southwesterly direction along said line, a distance of approximately 22.5 feet to a point for corner on the southwest line of Allen Street, said point also being the northernmost corner of Lot 5 in City Block 577;
THENCE in a southerly direction along the western boundary of said Lot 5 and continuing in a southeasterly direction along the southwestern boundary of Lots 6 and 7, and continuing along the southeastward prolongation of the southwestern boundary of said Lot 7, a distance of approximately 277.5 feet to a point for corner on the centerline of a 15-foot-wide public alley adjacent to City Block A/577;
THENCE in a southwesterly direction along the centerline of said alley and its southwestward prolongation, a distance of approximately 190 feet to a point for corner on the centerline of Worthington Street;
THENCE in a southeasterly direction along the centerline of Worthington Street, a distance of approximately 50 feet to a point for corner on a line, said line being perpendicular to the southwest line of Worthington Street;
THENCE in a southwesterly direction along said line, a distance of approximately 24 feet to a point for corner on the southwest line of Worthington Street, said point also being the most northerly corner of Lot 5-A in City Block A/561;
THENCE in a southwesterly direction along the northwest line of said Lot 5-A, a distance of 158.69 feet to a point for corner;
THENCE in a southeasterly direction along the southwest line of Lot 5-A in City Block A/561, a distance of 48.3 feet to a point for corner;
THENCE South 39°38'00" West along a common property line, a distance of 172.0 feet to a point for corner on the centerline of Boll Street;
THENCE in a southeasterly direction along the centerline of Boll Street, a distance of approximately 80 feet to a point for corner on a line, said line being perpendicular to the southwest line of Boll Street;
THENCE in a southwesterly direction along said line, a distance of approximately 25 feet to a point for corner on the southwest line of Boll Street, said point also being the most easterly corner of Lot 4 in City Block A/554;
THENCE in a southerly and southwesterly direction along the southeasterly boundary of Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 in City Block A/554 and continuing along the southwestward prolongation of the southeast boundary of Lot 1 in City Block A/554, a distance of approximately 355 feet to a point for corner on the centerline of Routh Street;
THENCE in a southeasterly direction along the centerline of Routh Street, a distance of approximately 120 feet to a point for corner on a line, said line being perpendicular to the southwest line of Routh Street;
THENCE in a southwesterly direction along said line, a distance of approximately 25 feet to a point for corner on the southwest line of Routh Street, said point also being the centerline of a 15-foot-wide public alley in City Block C/549;
THENCE in a southwesterly direction along the centerline of said alley and its southwestward prolongation, a distance of approximately 375 feet to a point for corner on the centerline of Fairmount Street;
THENCE in a southeasterly direction along the centerline of Fairmount Street, a distance of approximately 30 feet to a point for corner on a line, said line being the northeastward prolongation of the centerline of a 20-foot-wide public alley in City Block B/548;
THENCE in a southwesterly direction along the centerline of said alley and its southwestward prolongation, a distance of approximately 210 feet to a point for corner on the centerline of Leonard Street;
THENCE in a northwesterly direction along the centerline of Leonard Street, a distance of approximately 120 feet to a point for corner on the centerline of McKinney Avenue;
THENCE in a southwesterly direction along the centerline of McKinney Avenue, a distance of approximately 40 feet to a point for corner on a line, said line being approximately 142 feet southwest of and parallel to the southwest line of Fairmount Street;
THENCE in a northwesterly direction along said line, a distance of approximately 35 feet to a point on the northwest line of McKinney Avenue, the PLACE OF BEGINNING.
(c) The Quadrangle Subdistrict is that area of the city within the following described boundaries:
BEING a tract of land situated in the John Grigsby Survey, Abstract No. 495, City of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, being a part of Lot 1A, Block 956 of Quadrangle, an addition to the City of Dallas recorded Volume 86024, Page 4941, Deed Records of Dallas County, Texas and being all of a tract of land described in Special Warranty Deed to PPF AMLI DEVCO, LLC, recorded in Instrument No. 200600350615, Official Public Records, Dallas County, Texas and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a PK nail found for the south corner of said PPF AMLI DEVCO, LLC tract and being the most westerly west corner of a tract of land described in Special Warranty Deed to SRPF B/Quadrangle Property, L.L.C., recorded in Instrument Number 201900023836 of said Official Public Records, in the northwest right-of-way line of Howell Street (a 50' right-of-way);
THENCE with the southwest lines of said PPF AMLI DEVCO, LLC tract and the northeast lines of said SRPF B/Quadrangle Property, L.L.C. tract, the following courses and distances:
North 45°32'26" West, a distance of 178.64 feet to a point for corner;
North 44°27'34" East, a distance of 16.76 feet to a point for corner;
North 45°32'26" West, a distance of 166.45 feet to a point for the most easterly east corner of said PPF AMLI DEVCO, LLC tract and the north corner of said SRPF B/Quadrangle Property, L.L.C. tract, in the southeast right-of-way line of Laclede Street (a 50' right-of-way);
THENCE with said southeast right-of-way line of Laclede Street, North 44°09'34" East, a distance of 306.98 feet to a point for the north corner of said PPF AMLI DEVCO, LLC tract, at the intersection of said southeast right-of-way line of Laclede Street and the southwest right-of-way line of Vine Street (a 52' right-of-way);
THENCE with said southwest right-of-way line of Vine Street, South 45°32'26" East, a distance of 345.00 feet to a point for the most easterly east corner of said PPF AMLI DEVCO, LLC tract, at the intersection of said southwest right-of-way line of Vine Street and said northwest right-of-way line of Howell Street;
THENCE with said northwest right-of-way line of Howell Street, South 44°09'34" West, a distance of 323.74 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 108,901 square feet or 2.5000 acres of land.
(d) The Peripheral Subdistrict is that area within the McKinney Avenue Sign District that is not in the Spine Subdistrict, the Quadrangle Subdistrict, or the Maple Subdistrict; and containing a calculated area of 953,544.485 square feet or approximately 21.89 acres.
(e) The Maple Subdistrict is that area of the city within the following described boundaries:
BEING a 2.795 acre tract of land situated in the John Grigsby Survey, Abstract No. 495, City of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; said tract being part of Fairmount Street right-of-way (a 50-foot wide right-of-way), part of McKinney Avenue right-of-way (a 60-foot wide right- of-way), part of Maple Avenue right-of-way (a 70-foot wide right-of-way), part of Block 949, Official Block Number of the City of Dallas and all of Lot 1A, Block 1/949, The James P. Leake Addition, an addition to the City of Dallas, Texas according to the plat recorded in Volume 94089, Page 4668 in the Deed Records of Dallas County, Texas; said 2.795 acre tract being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING, at a point for corner at the intersection of the centerline of said Fairmount Street with the centerline of said McKinney Avenue; said point being North 83 degrees, 18 minutes, 43 seconds East, a distance of 32.24 feet from the intersection of the southwest right-of-way line of said Fairmount Street with the northwest right-of-way line of said McKinney Avenue at the easternmost corner of said Block 949; said POINT OF BEGINNING having State Plane Coordinates (Grid) of: North: 6,976,403.44, East: 2,490,190.20;
THENCE, departing the said centerline of Fairmount Street and along the said centerline of McKinney Avenue, the following two calls:
South 14 degrees, 48 minutes, 49 seconds West, a distance of 177.58 feet to a point for corner;
South 14 degrees, 36 minutes, 22 seconds West, a distance of 262.42 feet to a point for corner at the intersection of said centerline of McKinney Avenue with the centerline of said Maple Avenue; said point being South 23 degrees, 12 minutes, 10 seconds East, a distance of 90.17 feet from the southernmost south corner of said Lot 1A, Block 1/949, The James P. Leake Addition and the southwest end of a right-of-way corner clip at the intersection of said northwest right-of-way line of McKinney Avenue with the northeast right-of-way line of said Maple Avenue; said point for corner having State Plane Coordinates (Grid) of: North: 6,975,977.74, East: 2,490,078.80;
THENCE, North 46 degrees, 02 minutes, 38 seconds West, departing the said centerline of McKinney Avenue and along the said centerline of Maple Avenue, a distance of 388.94 feet to a point for corner;
THENCE, North 44 degrees, 30 minutes, 52 seconds East, departing the said centerline of Maple Avenue and into, over and across said right-of-way of Maple Avenue, at a distance of 35.00 feet passing the said northeast line of Maple Avenue, the southernmost corner of Lot 7, Block 1/949, North Dallas Improvement Co., an addition to the City of Dallas, Texas according to the plat recorded in Volume 106, Page 258, in said Deed Records, and the westernmost corner of said Lot 1A, Block 1/949, The James P. Leake Addition, continuing along the southeast line of said Lot 7, Block 1/949 and the northwest line of said Lot 1A, Block 1/949, The James P. Leake Addition, at a distance of 96.36 feet passing the easternmost corner of said Lot 7, Block 1/949, then continuing along a southeast line of said City Block 949, in all a total distance of 214.86 feet to a point for corner; said point being the northernmost corner of said Lot 1A, Block 1/949, The James P. Leake Addition and a reentrant corner of said City Block 949;
THENCE, into, over and across said City Block 949, the following two calls:
North 45 degrees, 51 minutes, 08 seconds West, a distance of 85.00 feet to a point for corner;
North 44 degrees, 08 minutes, 52 seconds East, at a distance of 144.55 feet passing the said southwest line of Fairmount Street, then continuing into, over and through said Fairmount Street right-of-way, in all a total distance of 169.55 feet to a point for corner in the said centerline of Fairmount Street;
THENCE, South 45 degrees, 51 minutes, 08 seconds East, along the said centerline of Fairmount Street, a distance of 256.18 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING; and CONTAINING, approximately 121,756 square feet or 2.795 acres.
(f) The Quad Subdistrict is that area of the city within the following described boundaries:
BEING a tract of land situated in the John Grigsby Survey, Abstract No. 495, City of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, being a part of Lot 1A, Block 956 of Quadrangle, an addition to the City of Dallas recorded Volume 86024, Page 4941, Deed Records of Dallas County, Texas and being all of the tract of land described in Special Warranty Deed to SRPF B/Quadrangle Property, L.L.C., recorded in Instrument Number 201900023836, Official Public Records of Dallas County, Texas and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at an "X" cut in concrete found for the south corner of said Lot 1A, Block 956, at the intersection of the northwest right-of-way line of Howell Street (a 50-foot right-of-way) and the northeast right-of-way line of Routh Street (a variable width right-of-way);
THENCE with said northeast right-of-way line of Routh Street, North 45°32'26" West, a distance of 345.00 feet to a point at the intersection of said northeast right-of-way line of Routh Street and the southeast right-of-way line of Laclede Street (a 50-foot right-of- way);
THENCE with said southeast right-of-way line of Laclede Street, North 44°09'34" East, a distance of 493.02 feet to a point at the north corner of said SRPF B/Quadrangle Property, L.L.C. tract;
THENCE departing said southeast right-of-way line of Laclede Street, over and across said Lot 1A, Block 956 and with the northeast line of said SRPF B/Quadrangle Property, L.L.C. tract, the following courses and distances:
South 45°32'26" East, a distance of 166.45 feet to a point for corner;
South 44°27'34" West, a distance of 16.76 feet to a point for corner;
South 45°32'26" East, a distance of 178.64 feet to a pk nail found for the east corner of said SRPF B/Quadrangle Property, L.L.C. tract and in the said northwest right-of-way line of Howell Street;
THENCE with said northwest right-of-way line of Howell Street, South 44°09'34" West, a distance of 476.26 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 3.8360 acres or 167,097 square feet of land.
Bearing system based on the Texas Coordinate System of 1983, North Central Zone (4202), North American Datum of 1983. (Ord. Nos. 21145; 24132; 31265; 32497; 32642)
Source: City of Dallas, Dallas City Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/dallas/latest/dallas_tx/0-0-0-88155Fetched: 10/26/2026
