Rezoning at South Capital of Texas Highway
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C14-2025-0089 - 1120 and 1122 S Capital of Texas Highway - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 1120, 1120 1/2, 1122, and 1220 South Capital of Texas Highway Southbound (Eanes Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from limited office (LO) district zoning and neighborhood commercial (LR) district zoning to limited office-vertical mixed use building-density bonus 90 (LO-V-DB90) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To grant limited office-vertical mixed use building-density bonus 90 (LO-V-DB90) combining district zoning. Owner/Applicant: AREIT City View LLC. Agent: Drenner Group, P.C. (Leah M. Bojo). City Staff: Beverly Villela, Austin Planning, 512-978-0740.
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Obtain the opposition petition validity determination for highway rezoning
Why now: Petition language appears in the May 28 and July 23 items for C14-2025-0089 but is absent from the identical May 21 item; case manager Beverly Villela, Austin Planning, 512-978-0740, is the named staff contact.
What to do: Request from Austin Planning staff the signed petition, the ownership-area calculation, and the date staff certified it valid, then confirm in writing what voting threshold Council will apply. The May 21 agenda item carried no petition language while the May 28 and July 23 versions both state a valid petition has been filed, so the certification happened in that seven-day gap and the underlying math has never been aired on the record.
Act before: After the requested petition records are produced
Check watershed and address discrepancies before pricing bonus height
Why now: The July 23, 2026 item for C14-2025-0089 describes rezoning of 1120, 1120 1/2, 1122, and 1220 South Capital of Texas Highway Southbound in the Eanes Creek Watershed from limited office and neighborhood commercial to limited office-vertical mixed use building-density bonus 90.
What to do: Before underwriting the density bonus entitlement, pull the site's Eanes Creek Watershed impervious cover and water quality transition zone constraints and confirm whether the 1220 South Capital of Texas Highway tract is actually inside the rezoning boundary. The posted item's short title names only 1120 and 1122, but the legal description sweeps in 1120 1/2 and 1220, so the developable area you are modeling may not match the ordinance.
Act before: After the rezoning ordinance is adopted or denied
Ask why office-to-housing rezoning stalled across three council hearings
Why now: The same item text ran on May 21, May 28, and July 23, 2026, with the petition sentence added only from May 28 onward; Drenner Group, P.C. (Leah M. Bojo) represents owner AREIT City View LLC.
What to do: Ask the sponsoring council office and the applicant's agent why this item was posted three times between May 21 and July 23 with identical staff and commission recommendations and no recorded disposition. The interesting thread is that the opposition petition surfaced only on the second posting, which suggests the postponements are being used to negotiate against a petition-triggered vote threshold.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Confirm your property counts in the highway rezoning petition
Why now: The May 28 and July 23, 2026 postings for C14-2025-0089 state that a valid petition has been filed in opposition, while staff and the Zoning and Platting Commission recommend approval; the staff contact is Beverly Villela at 512-978-0740.
What to do: Contact Austin Planning at 512-978-0740 and ask whether your parcel falls inside the notice area used for the opposition petition and whether your signature was counted. Staff and the Zoning and Platting Commission both recommend granting the density bonus 90 designation, so the petition is the main mechanism residents have left before Council acts on this stretch of South Capital of Texas Highway.
Act before: After the next material record update
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C14-2025-0089 - 1120 and 1122 S Capital of Texas Highway - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 1120, 1120 1/2, 1122, and 1220 South Capital of Texas Highway Southbound (Eanes Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from limited office (LO) district zoning and neighborhood commercial (LR) district zoning to limited office-vertical mixed use building-density bonus 90 (LO-V-DB90) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To grant limited office-vertical mixed use building-density bonus 90 (LO-V-DB90) combining district zoning. Owner/Applicant: AREIT City View LLC. Agent: Drenner Group, P.C. (Leah M. Bojo). City Staff: Beverly Villela, Austin Planning, 512-978-0740. A valid petition has been filed in opposition to this rezoning request.
C14-2025-0089 - 1120 and 1122 S Capital of Texas Highway - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 1120, 1120 1/2, 1122, and 1220 South Capital of Texas Highway Southbound (Eanes Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from limited office (LO) district zoning and neighborhood commercial (LR) district zoning to limited office-vertical mixed use building-density bonus 90 (LO-V-DB90) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To grant limited office-vertical mixed use building-density bonus 90 (LO-V-DB90) combining district zoning. Owner/Applicant: AREIT City View LLC. Agent: Drenner Group, P.C. (Leah M. Bojo). City Staff: Beverly Villela, Austin Planning, 512-978-0740. A valid petition has been filed in opposition to this rezoning request.
C14-2025-0089 - 1120 and 1122 S Capital of Texas Highway - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 1120, 1120 1/2, 1122, and 1220 South Capital of Texas Highway Southbound (Eanes Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from limited office (LO) district zoning and neighborhood commercial (LR) district zoning to limited office-vertical mixed use building-density bonus 90 (LO-V-DB90) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To grant limited office-vertical mixed use building-density bonus 90 (LO-V-DB90) combining district zoning. Owner/Applicant: AREIT City View LLC. Agent: Drenner Group, P.C. (Leah M. Bojo). City Staff: Beverly Villela, Austin Planning, 512-978-0740.