HI 55 Rezoning at 55 North IH 35
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C14-2026-0017 - 55 N I-35 - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 55 North IH 35 Service Road North Bound (Lady Bird Lake Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from limited office-mixed use-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (LO-MU-CO-NP) combining district zoning to general commercial services-mixed use-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (CS-MU-CO-NP) combining district zoning on Tract 1 and limited office-mixed use-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (LO-MU-CO-NP) combining district zoning on Tract 2. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant general commercial services-mixed use-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (CS-MU-CO-NP) combining district zoning on Tract 1 and limited office-mixed use-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (LO-MU-CO-NP) combining district zoning on Tract 2. Owner/Applicant: HI 55, LLC (Nick Tarantino). Agent: Weiss Architecture Inc. (Richard Weiss). City Staff: Jonathan Tomko, AICP, Austin Planning, 512-974-1057.
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Verify whether commercial rezoning ordinance passed all three readings
Why now: The only entry in the record is the May 21, 2026 Council item for C14-2026-0017, which lists staff and Planning Commission recommendations but no vote, and the matter status remains active with next step unknown.
What to do: Request the May 21 Council action record and the signed ordinance for this rezoning; the docketed item was framed as a public hearing and ordinance approval, but the matter record shows only one Council appearance and no stated outcome. Ask the city clerk whether the item was approved, postponed, or approved on first reading only, since the answer determines whether any compliance or challenge clock has actually started.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Confirm conditional overlay use limits before designing Interstate 35 site
Why now: Case C14-2026-0017 rezones Tract 1 from limited office-mixed use-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan to general commercial services-mixed use-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan while retaining the conditional overlay, in the Lady Bird Lake Watershed; staff contact is Jonathan Tomko, AICP, 512-974-1057.
What to do: Call the assigned city planner and obtain the full conditional overlay condition list that carries into the general commercial services designation on Tract 1, plus the Lady Bird Lake Watershed impervious cover and water quality controls that apply. The upzoning is only as valuable as the uses the overlay leaves intact, and designing to a full commercial services program before reading the conditions risks a redesign at site plan review.
Act before: After the conditional overlay conditions are obtained from planning staff
Ask why unchanged office tract joined this rezoning case
Why now: The May 21, 2026 notice for C14-2026-0017 lists Tract 2's applicant request and the staff and Planning Commission recommendations as the same limited office-mixed use-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan zoning it already carries, with applicant HI 55, LLC (Nick Tarantino) and agent Weiss Architecture Inc. (Richard Weiss).
What to do: Ask the case planner why Tract 2 appears in the application with an identical requested and existing zoning designation — limited office-mixed use with a conditional overlay in a neighborhood plan area — and whether it was carved out of an earlier, broader upzoning request. Also press the clerk on why the case remains open with no recorded vote after being noticed for a public hearing and ordinance adoption.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Learn which businesses this North Interstate 35 rezoning allows
Why now: The May 21, 2026 Council item for the property at 55 North IH 35 Service Road North Bound proposes general commercial services-mixed use-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan zoning on Tract 1, with city staff contact Jonathan Tomko, AICP, at 512-974-1057.
What to do: Contact the case planner and ask for the written list of uses the conditional overlay prohibits on the Interstate 35 frontage tract, because general commercial services permits a substantially broader and more intense range of commercial activity than the limited office zoning in place today. If you want additional restrictions on hours, access, or specific uses, they have to be attached to the ordinance rather than negotiated after it is adopted.
Act before: After the rezoning ordinance is finally adopted
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C14-2026-0017 - 55 N I-35 - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 55 North IH 35 Service Road North Bound (Lady Bird Lake Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from limited office-mixed use-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (LO-MU-CO-NP) combining district zoning to general commercial services-mixed use-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (CS-MU-CO-NP) combining district zoning on Tract 1 and limited office-mixed use-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (LO-MU-CO-NP) combining district zoning on Tract 2. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant general commercial services-mixed use-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (CS-MU-CO-NP) combining district zoning on Tract 1 and limited office-mixed use-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (LO-MU-CO-NP) combining district zoning on Tract 2. Owner/Applicant: HI 55, LLC (Nick Tarantino). Agent: Weiss Architecture Inc. (Richard Weiss). City Staff: Jonathan Tomko, AICP, Austin Planning, 512-974-1057.