Zoning Case File 26-1417
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NPA-2024-0005.01 - Saxon Acres 2 - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 010927-05, the Montopolis Neighborhood Plan, an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, to change the land use designation on the future land use map (FLUM) on property locally known as 318 Saxon Lane and 6328 El Mirando Street (Country Club East and Colorado River Watersheds) from Single Family to Multifamily Residential land use. Staff Recommendation: To deny Multifamily Residential land use. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant Multifamily Residential land use. Owner/Applicant: Saxon Acres, LLC. Agent: Thrower Design, LLC (Ron Thrower and Victoria Haase). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, (512) 974-2695.
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Obtain staff denial report on Montopolis plan amendment
Why now: The item proposes amending Ordinance No. 010927-05 with staff recommending denial and the Planning Commission recommending approval, carried unchanged through three Council dates ending 2026-07-23.
What to do: Pull the written staff recommendation to deny and the Planning Commission's approval recommendation for this Montopolis Neighborhood Plan amendment, plus the text of Ordinance No. 010927-05 being amended, and ask the planning department what findings Council must make to adopt an amendment over a staff denial. Without that record, you cannot assess whether the split creates an exposure for the applicant or for opponents once a vote finally occurs.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Verify watershed limits before pricing Saxon Lane multifamily yield
Why now: The item describes 318 Saxon Lane and 6328 El Mirando Street as within the Country Club East and Colorado River Watersheds and proposes only a future land use map change from Single Family to Multifamily Residential, unresolved across the 2026-04-09, 2026-05-28, and 2026-07-23 agendas.
What to do: Before underwriting these two lots as a multifamily site, confirm the Country Club East and Colorado River watershed constraints and whether a companion rezoning application has been filed — the future land use map change alone does not grant multifamily entitlements. Three Council settings have produced no approval, so treat the designation as unresolved in any purchase or financing schedule.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why Saxon Lane apartment land-use item stalled three times
Why now: The same Montopolis Neighborhood Plan amendment for 318 Saxon Lane and 6328 El Mirando Street appeared before City Council on 2026-04-09, 2026-05-28, and 2026-07-23 with unchanged text and an unresolved staff-versus-commission split (staff: deny multifamily; Planning Commission: grant).
What to do: Request the postponement requests and back-up for the April 9, May 28, and July 23, 2026 Council settings to learn who asked for each delay — the applicant, the Council sponsor, or the neighborhood — and why no vote was ever recorded. Also pin down why city planning staff recommend denial while the Planning Commission recommends approval on the identical language.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Track apartment land-use change at Saxon Lane and El Mirando
Why now: City staff contact Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, (512) 974-2695, is listed on the item to change the Montopolis Neighborhood Plan designation from Single Family to Multifamily Residential, heard 2026-04-09, 2026-05-28, and 2026-07-23.
What to do: If you live near 318 Saxon Lane or 6328 El Mirando Street, call the assigned city planner to get on the notification list and ask whether a companion zoning case is pending — the plan amendment only changes the future land use map from single family to multifamily, and a separate zoning case is what would actually permit apartment construction. The item has come back three times without a decision, so it can be reset for a vote with little warning.
Act before: After the next material record update
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NPA-2024-0005.01 - Saxon Acres 2 - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 010927-05, the Montopolis Neighborhood Plan, an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, to change the land use designation on the future land use map (FLUM) on property locally known as 318 Saxon Lane and 6328 El Mirando Street (Country Club East and Colorado River Watersheds) from Single Family to Multifamily Residential land use. Staff Recommendation: To deny Multifamily Residential land use. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant Multifamily Residential land use. Owner/Applicant: Saxon Acres, LLC. Agent: Thrower Design, LLC (Ron Thrower and Victoria Haase). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, (512) 974-2695.
NPA-2024-0005.01 - Saxon Acres 2 - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 010927-05, the Montopolis Neighborhood Plan, an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, to change the land use designation on the future land use map (FLUM) on property locally known as 318 Saxon Lane and 6328 El Mirando Street (Country Club East and Colorado River Watersheds) from Single Family to Multifamily Residential land use. Staff Recommendation: To deny Multifamily Residential land use. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant Multifamily Residential land use. Owner/Applicant: Saxon Acres, LLC. Agent: Thrower Design, LLC (Ron Thrower and Victoria Haase). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, (512) 974-2695.
NPA-2024-0005.01 - Saxon Acres 2 - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 010927-05, the Montopolis Neighborhood Plan, an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, to change the land use designation on the future land use map (FLUM) on property locally known as 318 Saxon Lane and 6328 El Mirando Street (Country Club East and Colorado River Watersheds) from Single Family to Multifamily Residential land use. Staff Recommendation: To deny Multifamily Residential land use. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant Multifamily Residential land use. Owner/Applicant: Saxon Acres, LLC. Agent: Thrower Design, LLC (Ron Thrower and Victoria Haase). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, (512) 974-2695.