Alcohol sales and permits
Beer-and-wine, mixed-beverage, alcoholic-beverage, and liquor permits or operating rules.
Alcohol and cannabis rules
DFW alcohol and cannabis rules agenda watch
Alcohol sales, late-hours permits, zoning for alcohol uses, smoke shops, hemp, and cannabis-adjacent regulation.
AgendaWire runs source monitoring across 7 supported DFW public meeting sources and lists each classified match that carries a summary, business impact, evidence quote, normalized decision stage, and a resolvable link to the official source record. Matches missing any of those, and repeats of an evidence quote already listed for the same meeting, are not shown. The linked government record stays authoritative.
A project, rule, or public-body action must be in the record
Alcohol sales, beer-and-wine or mixed-beverage rules, late-hours permits, alcohol-use zoning, smoke shops, hemp, cannabis, marijuana, and related retail regulation can qualify when operations may be affected.
Late hours and zoning
Late-hours permits and land-use decisions that affect where or when alcohol-related businesses may operate.
Smoke shops and hemp
Rules or public-body actions affecting smoke shops, hemp, cannabis, marijuana, or related retail operations.
Employee alcohol training items with no effect on alcohol, tobacco, hemp, cannabis, or related retail operations do not qualify.
Seven public-body source checks
Status comes from AgendaWire's stored source-check evidence. It is not a claim that every government record has posted or every matching item has finished processing.
Dallas
City Council
- Source type
- Legistar meeting calendar
- Last successful check
The latest successful check is within the source freshness window, with no newer failure recorded.
Dallas County
Commissioners Court
- Source type
- CivicWeb meeting portal
- Last successful check
The latest successful check is within the source freshness window, with no newer failure recorded.
Ellis County
Commissioners Court
- Source type
- CivicPlus Agenda Center
- Last successful check
The latest successful check is within the source freshness window, with no newer failure recorded.
Fort Worth
City Council
- Source type
- DocsPublished agenda portal
- Last successful check
The latest successful check is within the source freshness window, with no newer failure recorded.
Kaufman County
Commissioners Court
- Source type
- CivicPlus Agenda Center
- Last successful check
The latest successful check is within the source freshness window, with no newer failure recorded.
Parker County
Commissioners Court
- Source type
- CivicPlus Agenda Center
- Last successful check
The latest successful check is within the source freshness window, with no newer failure recorded.
Wise County
Commissioners Court
- Source type
- CivicPlus Agenda Center
- Last successful check
The latest successful check is within the source freshness window, with no newer failure recorded.
What produces a match
Alcohol and cannabis rules — Alcohol sales, late-hours permits, zoning for alcohol uses, smoke shops, hemp, and cannabis-adjacent regulation.
A public hit appears only after the normalized agenda pipeline has a source link, evidence quote, plain-language summary, and a source-supported topic match.
This page covers the Dallas and Fort Worth city councils plus 5 county commissioners courts: Dallas County, Ellis County, Kaufman County, Parker County, Wise County. It does not include every DFW city, planning or zoning board, code-enforcement system, court case, permit system, or government record.
The official government posting remains authoritative. AgendaWire is source monitoring, not comprehensive coverage or legal advice.
How public source status worksUpcoming DFW alcohol and cannabis rules agenda items
Items on a scheduled meeting agenda, earliest meeting first. Each one links to its permalink page and to the official source record.
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Dallas - City CouncilAug 6, 2026, 10:30 AM
Specific use permit amendment for alcohol sales
An application seeks to amend Specific Use Permit No. 1851 for alcohol sales at a commercial property.
Decision stage and next action
How to read this stage- Stage
- Continued
Affected location
How to read this location- Council district
- Council District: 8
- Corridor
- south line of C. F. Hawn Frwy, west of Silverado Drive
- Parcel or case
- Z-26-000095
Why it matters
The amendment would allow the continued or modified sale of alcoholic beverages at the retail location.
Evidence
“amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 1851 for the sale of alcoholic beverages”
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Dallas - City CouncilAug 6, 2026, 10:30 AM
Specific Use Permit proposed for Elm Street bar
An application seeks a Specific Use Permit for an alcoholic beverage establishment and dance hall on Elm Street.
Decision stage and next action
How to read this stage- Stage
- Proposed
Affected location
How to read this location- Exact address
- 2638 Elm Street
- Council district
- Council District: 2
- Neighborhood
- Deep Ellum/Near East Side District
- Parcel or case
- Z-26-000136
- Parcel or case
- 26-2527A
Why it matters
The permit would allow a new bar, lounge, or tavern and dance hall to operate at the location.
Evidence
“application for a new Specific Use Permit for an alcoholic beverage establishment”
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