A 5-member panel that oversees land use cases and variances for zoning appeals said the city of Dallas building official made a mistake in revoking the certificate of occupancy for a North Dallas restaurant that plans to operate an upscale poker room as well.

The Board of Adjustment Panel A voted 4-1 late Tuesday to reverse the city's decision to revoke the permit for Champions Social Club last April, just days after the city initially approved the application.

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David Neumann, the chair of the panel and a former Dallas city council member, said a r ecent decision by the Texas Supreme Court not to take up a request from the city of Dallas to review a 2024 appeals court ruling on a separate poker room case led him to make a motion that al

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