Zoning Case File 26-1719
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NPA-2026-0021.01 - 1404 East Riverside PUD NPA - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 20050929-Z001 for the Greater South River City Combined 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 1404 East Riverside Drive (Lady Bird Lake and Harpers Branch Watersheds) from Specific Regulating District to Multifamily Residential land use. Staff Recommendation: To grant Multifamily Residential land use. Planning Commission Recommendation: To be reviewed on May 12, 2026. Owner/Applicant: South Shore Apartments Owner LP. Agent: Drenner Group, PC (Amanda Swor). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, 512-974-2695.
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Pull 2005 neighborhood plan ordinance before Riverside redesignation vote
Why now: The item amends Ordinance No. 20050929-Z001 to change the future land use map designation at 1404 East Riverside Drive from Specific Regulating District to Multifamily Residential, and the posted record contains no list of the standards affected.
What to do: Obtain Ordinance No. 20050929-Z001 for the Greater South River City Combined Neighborhood Plan and the current Specific Regulating District text applicable to this tract, then identify exactly which development standards fall away if the designation becomes Multifamily Residential. Ask staff in writing whether any regulating-plan provisions survive the amendment or must be carried into the planned unit development ordinance, since the record here does not state that.
Act before: After the next material record update
Confirm companion planned unit development case tracks Riverside plan amendment
Why now: The item is titled '1404 East Riverside PUD NPA' and seeks to change the future land use map from Specific Regulating District to Multifamily Residential for South Shore Apartments Owner LP; staff contact is Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, 512-974-2695.
What to do: Contact staff to confirm whether the companion planned unit development zoning case for the South Shore site is scheduled for the same Council date as this future land use map amendment, and get the current draft ordinance and any superiority package. The plan amendment has been carried three times without action, so any schedule you build around a multifamily entitlement at this site should assume the zoning approval cannot outrun the land use map change.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why East Riverside apartment land use change stalled
Why now: NPA-2026-0021.01 for 1404 East Riverside Drive appeared before City Council on May 21, May 28, and July 23, 2026, with the Planning Commission recommendation shown as 'To be reviewed on May 12, 2026' on the first posting and as granted thereafter; agent is Amanda Swor of Drenner Group, staff contact Maureen Meredith, 512-974-2695.
What to do: Ask the Planning Department and the applicant's agent why this future land use map amendment has been carried on the Council agenda three times with identical language and no recorded action, and whether the delays were applicant-requested or tied to the companion planned unit development negotiation. Also ask why the May 21 posting still listed the Planning Commission recommendation as pending for a May 12 meeting that had already occurred, while the May 28 posting recorded a recommendation to grant.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Request apartment plans for 1404 East Riverside site
Why now: Staff and the Planning Commission both recommend granting Multifamily Residential land use at 1404 East Riverside Drive (Lady Bird Lake and Harpers Branch Watersheds), and the item has already been posted for Council three times, on May 21, May 28, and July 23, 2026.
What to do: Call Maureen Meredith at 512-974-2695 and ask for the site's proposed unit count, height, and drainage approach for the Lady Bird Lake and Harpers Branch watersheds before the item returns to Council. Both staff and the Planning Commission recommend granting Multifamily Residential land use, so neighborhood input has to land before the next posting rather than at the vote.
Act before: After the next material record update
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NPA-2026-0021.01 - 1404 East Riverside PUD NPA - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 20050929-Z001 for the Greater South River City Combined 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 1404 East Riverside Drive (Lady Bird Lake and Harpers Branch Watersheds) from Specific Regulating District to Multifamily Residential land use. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant Multifamily Residential land use. Owner/Applicant: South Shore Apartments Owner LP. Agent: Drenner Group, PC (Amanda Swor). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, 512-974-2695.
NPA-2026-0021.01 - 1404 East Riverside PUD NPA - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 20050929-Z001 for the Greater South River City Combined 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 1404 East Riverside Drive (Lady Bird Lake and Harpers Branch Watersheds) from Specific Regulating District to Multifamily Residential land use. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant Multifamily Residential land use. Owner/Applicant: South Shore Apartments Owner LP. Agent: Drenner Group, PC (Amanda Swor). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, 512-974-2695.
NPA-2026-0021.01 - 1404 East Riverside PUD NPA - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 20050929-Z001 for the Greater South River City Combined 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 1404 East Riverside Drive (Lady Bird Lake and Harpers Branch Watersheds) from Specific Regulating District to Multifamily Residential land use. Staff Recommendation: To grant Multifamily Residential land use. Planning Commission Recommendation: To be reviewed on May 12, 2026. Owner/Applicant: South Shore Apartments Owner LP. Agent: Drenner Group, PC (Amanda Swor). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, 512-974-2695.