Collection contains typescript ledgers containing the chronologically-arranged meeting minutes of the Dallas City Plan Commission (now known as the Dallas City Plan and Zoning Commission) from its inception in 1919 to 1983.

As established by the Dallas City Charter [Chapter XV, Section 3] and City Code [Section 51A-3.101], the City Plan Commission is responsible for making recommendations to the City Council regarding planning and zoning matters, and for administering Chapter 212 of the Texas Local Government Code regarding the platting and recording of subdivisions and additions. The City Plan Commission achieves its objectives for land use through planning  and regulation of land development.

The City Plan Commission of the City of Dallas was created in April 1919 by charter amendment election “to act as an advisory board to the city council or other governing body relating to all nature of public improvements, civic improvements, city planning, opening, widening and changing of streets, routing of public utilities, controlling and regulating traffic upon the public streets and ways of the City of Dallas, and other matters relating to the city improvements as the City Plan Commission and the governing body of the City of Dallas may deem beneficial to the City of Dallas.” Its responsibilities have expanded to include commercial and residential zoning and planning for historic preservation.

Minutes include records of public hearings regarding planning, zoning, and historic landmark designation, subdivision annexations, minutes of regular meetings, and occasional correspondence with citizens.

Meeting minutes are arranged in chronological order in numbered ledgers. Ledgers from 1919 to 1983 have been microfilmed and are available for research in the Dallas Municipal Archives, City Secretary’s Office. Minutes created after 1983 can be found in the files of the City Secretary's Office.