142 Gembler Road
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ZONING CASE Z-2026-10700085 (Council District 2): A request for a change in zoning from "C-2 EP-1 MLOD-3 MLR-1" Commercial Facility Parking/Traffic Control Overlay Martindale Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 District to "IDZ-3 EP-1 MLOD-3 MLR-1" High Intensity Infill Development Zone Facility Parking/Traffic Control Overlay Martindale Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 District with uses permitted for Parking Lot - Commercial, Animal and Pet Services (outdoor training, boarding, runs, pens, or paddocks permitted), Entertainment Venue (Indoor/Outdoor), and Farm Equipment Sales - Service Or Storage on Lot 39, Block 1, NCB 13438 and 7.92 acres out of NCB 10577, located at 142 Gembler Road. Staff recommends Denial. (Associated Plan Amendment PA-2026-11600021) (Alexa Retana, Zoning Planner, 210-207-8062, [email protected], Development Services Department)
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Obtain plan amendment file tied to Gembler Road rezoning
Why now: The rezoning request lists an associated plan amendment (PA-2026-11600021) alongside a staff denial recommendation, and the case has appeared twice, on 9/15/2026 and 10/20/2026.
What to do: Pull the associated plan amendment file and staff report and compare them to the rezoning request. Determine whether the rezoning can move forward if the plan amendment is not supported, and whether the applicant's use list is being handled separately.
Act before: After the next material record update
Verify which uses staff objected to in rezoning
Applies if: You are the applicant or a competing buyer or operator for the site
Why now: Staff recommends denial of the change to high-intensity infill zoning for 142 Gembler Road, and the case was continued from 9/15/2026 by a 10-0 vote and listed again on 10/20/2026, with an associated plan amendment PA-2026-11600021.
What to do: Pull the staff report and identify which of the four requested uses (commercial parking lot, outdoor animal services, indoor/outdoor entertainment venue, farm equipment sales/service/storage) drove the denial recommendation. If your project needs only some of them, you can learn whether a narrower use list is a viable path before the case returns.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why Gembler Road rezoning keeps being continued
Why now: The 10-0 vote on 9/15/2026 continued the case to October 20, 2026, and the 10/20/2026 listing repeats the same request and the same staff denial recommendation; planner Alexa Retana is the listed contact.
What to do: Ask the zoning planner and the applicant what changed between the 9/15/2026 continuance and the 10/20/2026 listing, and whether the use list was revised in response to the staff denial recommendation. The item text on both dates is identical, so any change would not show in the agenda.
Act before: After the next material record update
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(Continued from 9/15/2026) ZONING CASE Z-2026-10700085 (Council District 2): A request for a change in zoning from "C-2 EP-1 MLOD-3 MLR-1" Commercial Facility Parking/Traffic Control Overlay Martindale Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 District to "IDZ-3 EP-1 MLOD-3 MLR-1" High Intensity Infill Development Zone Facility Parking/Traffic Control Overlay Martindale Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 District with uses permitted for Parking Lot - Commercial, Animal and Pet Services (outdoor training, boarding, runs, pens, or paddocks permitted), Entertainment Venue (Indoor/Outdoor), and Farm Equipment Sales - Service Or Storage on Lot 39, Block 1, NCB 13438 and 7.92 acres out of NCB 10577, located at 142 Gembler Road. Staff recommends Denial. (Associated Plan Amendment PA-2026-11600021) (Alexa Retana, Zoning Planner, 210-207-8062, [email protected], Development Services Department)
ZONING CASE Z-2026-10700085 (Council District 2): A request for a change in zoning from "C-2 EP-1 MLOD-3 MLR-1" Commercial Facility Parking/Traffic Control Overlay Martindale Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 District to "IDZ-3 EP-1 MLOD-3 MLR-1" High Intensity Infill Development Zone Facility Parking/Traffic Control Overlay Martindale Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 District with uses permitted for Parking Lot - Commercial, Animal and Pet Services (outdoor training, boarding, runs, pens, or paddocks permitted), Entertainment Venue (Indoor/Outdoor), and Farm Equipment Sales - Service Or Storage on Lot 39, Block 1, NCB 13438 and 7.92 acres out of NCB 10577, located at 142 Gembler Road. Staff recommends Denial. (Associated Plan Amendment PA-2026-11600021) (Alexa Retana, Zoning Planner, 210-207-8062, [email protected], Development Services Department)
Vote: 10 for, 0 against
continuance to October 20, 2026