Vargas Mixed Use Rezoning at 400 Vargas Road
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C14-2022-0107 - Vargas Mixed Use - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 400 Vargas Road and 6520 Lynch Lane (Country Club East and Colorado River Watersheds). Applicant Request: To rezone from community commercial-neighborhood plan (GR-NP) combining district zoning to general commercial services-density bonus 90-neighborhood plan (CS-DB90-NP) combining district zoning on Tract 1 and to rezone from neighborhood commercial-neighborhood plan (LR-NP) combining district zoning to neighborhood commercial-density bonus 90-neighborhood plan (LR-DB90-NP) combining district zoning on Tract 2. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant general commercial services-conditional overlay-density bonus 90-neighborhood plan (CS-CO-DB90-NP) combining district zoning on Tract 1 and neighborhood commercial-density bonus 90-neighborhood plan (LR-DB90-NP) combining district zoning on Tract 2. Owner/Applicant: Vargas Properties I Ltd and Jayco Holdings I Ltd (Jay Chernosky). Agent: Thrower Design, LLC (A. Ron Thrower and Victoria Haase). City Staff: Nancy Estrada, Austin Planning, 512-974-7617.
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Compare requested and recommended zoning for Vargas Road mixed-use rezoning
Applies if: You are evaluating or competing for this site, or comparable density-bonus sites nearby
Why now: The applicant asked for CS-DB90-NP on Tract 1, while staff and the Planning Commission recommended CS-CO-DB90-NP; Tract 2 matches the request (LR-DB90-NP).
What to do: Underwrite the site on the staff and Planning Commission version, not the applicant's request: Tract 1 adds a conditional overlay that the applicant did not ask for. Pull the conditional overlay terms before relying on any assumed use or height, since they could limit the commercial program.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why Vargas Road mixed-use rezoning appeared twice without a recorded outcome
Why now: The same Council item (C14-2022-0107) was listed on 2026-04-09 and 2026-09-10 with no outcome recorded, and the next step is unknown; staff contact Nancy Estrada is named in the record.
What to do: Ask the city planning office which actions were taken on the April and September hearings, and why neither shows an outcome. Find out whether the item was postponed, continued, or heard and left open, and whether the conditional overlay on Tract 1 was negotiated in between.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
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C14-2022-0107 - Vargas Mixed Use - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 400 Vargas Road and 6520 Lynch Lane (Country Club East and Colorado River Watersheds). Applicant Request: To rezone from community commercial-neighborhood plan (GR-NP) combining district zoning to general commercial services-density bonus 90-neighborhood plan (CS-DB90-NP) combining district zoning on Tract 1 and to rezone from neighborhood commercial-neighborhood plan (LR-NP) combining district zoning to neighborhood commercial-density bonus 90-neighborhood plan (LR-DB90-NP) combining district zoning on Tract 2. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant general commercial services-conditional overlay-density bonus 90-neighborhood plan (CS-CO-DB90-NP) combining district zoning on Tract 1 and neighborhood commercial-density bonus 90-neighborhood plan (LR-DB90-NP) combining district zoning on Tract 2. Owner/Applicant: Vargas Properties I Ltd and Jayco Holdings I Ltd (Jay Chernosky). Agent: Thrower Design, LLC (A. Ron Thrower and Victoria Haase). City Staff: Nancy Estrada, Austin Planning, 512-974-7617.
C14-2022-0107 - Vargas Mixed Use - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 400 Vargas Road and 6520 Lynch Lane (Country Club East and Colorado River Watersheds). Applicant Request: To rezone from community commercial-neighborhood plan (GR-NP) combining district zoning to general commercial services-density bonus 90-neighborhood plan (CS-DB90-NP) combining district zoning on Tract 1 and to rezone from neighborhood commercial-neighborhood plan (LR-NP) combining district zoning to neighborhood commercial-density bonus 90-neighborhood plan (LR-DB90-NP) combining district zoning on Tract 2. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant general commercial services-conditional overlay-density bonus 90-neighborhood plan (CS-CO-DB90-NP) combining district zoning on Tract 1 and neighborhood commercial-density bonus 90-neighborhood plan (LR-DB90-NP) combining district zoning on Tract 2. Owner/Applicant: Vargas Properties I Ltd and Jayco Holdings I Ltd (Jay Chernosky). Agent: Thrower Design, LLC (A. Ron Thrower and Victoria Haase). City Staff: Nancy Estrada, Austin Planning, 512-974-7617.