For a small monthly fee of around $250, you too can be a member of one of Dallas’ most controversial members-only clubs. Unlike an exclusive country club, this one doesn’t enforce a strict dress code, nor will you meet your next partner to hit the green with. In fact, trade the usual millionaires that frequent unmarked private social clubs and their glasses of top-shelf scotch for suburban moms with a dairy-free nut-milk latte.
Getting into Le Sol House, the hospitality spot located in two unassuming houses on Canty Street in Oak Cliff, ain’t easy, and you’d better submit your application while it’s still there in its current capacity. After years of neighbor complaints, albeit mostly on social media, the city has launched an investigation into the club for code violations related to occupancy requirements for home-based businesses.
“Whether you like Le Sol or not, imagine if the house next door to you was bought to become an event venue,” Rob Shearer, a spokesperson for the Kidd Springs Neighborhood Association, wrote on Facebook in March. “Imagine weddings, concerts, pool parties with amplified music and open bars, weekend after weekend. The traffic. The noise. The sheer disruption to your life and your home.”…