Land Use Planning & Zoning Services

About Land Use Planning & Zoning Services

Elsie Thurman started Land Use Planning & Zoning Services in 2010 to help facilitate landowners or potential businesses in rezoning and/or permitting their property. Before 2010, Ms. Thurman worked for law firm K&L Gates LLP, under the land use section as a paralegal working with a group of land-use attorneys specializing in the land development and real estate practice area. Ms. Thurman has participated in a variety of planning, zoning, and permitting projects in numerous Texas cities and counties. This combination of real estate development and project management experience provides practical and regulatory expertise.

Businesses that need to rezone, permit or plat to open a new business, or change/add to an existing business. Let us help you achieve your development goals. Land Use Planning & Zoning Services works with business owners, developers, architects, engineers, surveyors, and municipalities to provide solutions and success to projects. Our team manages the project from the initial planning stage to the completion of occupancy.

We Specialize in:

Zoning Determinations
Small Business Advocate
Development/Research Analyst
Corporations/Businesses Permitting
Site Suitability (Utilities, Deed Restrictions, Wet/Dry, Flood Plain)
Zoning Modifications (Amendments, PDs, SUPs, Standard Zoning Changes)

We have experience with a variety of zoning cases including, but not limited to:

Multifamily (MF)/Residential (SFR)
Building Permits
Daycare Facility
Warehouse Use
Code Compliance
Easement Abandonment
Scrap Metal/Recycling
Auto Salvage/Car Recycling
Truck-Sand & Gravel Hauling
Healthcare Sr. Living Facility
Retail (Tattoo Studio, Beauty Salon, Barber Shop, Convenience Store)

CERTIFICATIONS: NCTRCA|MWBE|HUB|DBE|WOSB

Vickery Meadow TIF District Board Member

Serves the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce-BOD

Dallas Leadership ISD Alumna 2011