Masterplan Convent Subdistrict at West Davis Street

Context: The case is described throughout as a new Planned Development Subdistrict on R-7.5(A) land within Planned Development District 631 that already carries Specific Use Permit No. 128 for Convent, and the record shows no disposition after the April 22, 2026 council public hearing.

Recommended: Request the signed ordinance from the April 22, 2026 council hearing and confirm in writing whether Specific Use Permit No. 128 for the convent remains in force, is folded into the new subdistrict, or terminates, and whether the final conditions match those the commission recommended on March 26. Two overlapping entitlements on the same tract, plus conditions amended across three commission settings, create a real risk that the recorded ordinance and the operating use are out of alignment.

Context: Staff and the City Plan Commission both recommended approval 'subject to conditions,' and the commission carried the item 13-0 on March 26, 2026 after holding it under advisement from January 15, 2026, meaning the operative standards live in the amended conditions rather than the case caption.

Recommended: Obtain the ordinance conditions and development plan that City Plan Commission approved for the southwest corner of West Davis Street and South Cockrell Hill Road, because the new Planned Development Subdistrict replaces the underlying R-7.5(A) single-family standards with custom use, height, and setback rules that only appear in the attached conditions. Without them you cannot price or design to what is actually permitted on this tract, and the base zoning map will mislead you.

Context: The matter was held under advisement from January 15, 2026 and returned to the commission three times with unanimous votes (13-0, 14-0, 13-0) before a April 22, 2026 council hearing that the record leaves unresolved, and minutes note items 27 and 28 were heard together.

Recommended: File a records request for the April 22, 2026 council minutes and any post-hearing correspondence on this case, and ask the planning department why a file that both staff and the commission recommended for approval still shows no adopted ordinance months later. Also ask what the companion item heard alongside it on February 5 was, since the two were read into the record together.

Context: The application converts R-7.5(A) Residential Subdistrict land inside Planned Development District 631 into a new subdistrict subject to conditions, and planner Mona Hashemi is named on all three City Plan Commission items in Council District 1.

Recommended: Contact city planner Mona Hashemi and ask for the development plan and conditions for the southwest corner of West Davis Street and South Cockrell Hill Road, which show the permitted uses, building height, and setbacks that would replace the current single-family standards on that block. The three commission hearings changed the conditions along the way, so the version circulated in January is not necessarily what went to council.