Henda Salmeron called a city-issued specific use permit allowing a dance hall adjacent to a neighborhood "unprecedented." Sheffie Kadane called it "puzzling." Angela Hunt used the word "fascinating."

Regardless of the the adjective, the 99-year SUP granted in 1995 to what then was Cowboys country-western dance hall and nightclub and is now Far West, will come under review after a Dallas City Council vote June 25.

Salmeron, president of the Lakewood Neighborhood Association, said the group and neighboring Gastonwood-Coronado Hills Neighborhood Association, sought the review because the term of the permit far exceeds those granted by other specific use permits allowing dance halls in other parts of the city. All other dance hall permits — except for one in the commercial-industrial area near Mockingbird Lane and Harry Hines Boulevard — carry two to five year terms.

"We have about 7,000 homes in the neighborhoods around the club," she said. "It's unprecedented to have a dance hall SUP of that length in a neighborhood."