Rezoning at 301 1/2 North Lamar Boulevard

Context: The matter status is active with next step listed as unknown despite a Council public hearing item dated May 28, 2026 for case C14-2025-0120.

Recommended: Request the signed ordinance and the Council action record for the May 28, 2026 public hearing; the matter is still carried as active with only one recorded appearance, which leaves open whether the ordinance was adopted, postponed, or passed on first reading only. Ask the city clerk in writing what remains outstanding, because title work and lender diligence should not assume the zoning change is final.

Context: The May 28, 2026 Council item describes rezoning 301 1/2 North Lamar Boulevard from downtown mixed use to general commercial services-mixed use-vertical mixed use building-conditional overlay-density bonus 90, with city staff contact Cynthia Hadri at 512-974-7620.

Recommended: Call the assigned city planner and obtain the conditional overlay condition list and the density bonus 90 affordability and fee requirements attached to this site before you set unit counts or height. The application swaps downtown mixed use zoning for a general commercial services base with a density bonus overlay, so your achievable floor area, height, and on-site affordable set-aside are governed by a different program than the downtown bonus you may have underwritten.

Context: Owner Perry Lorenz, represented by Nikelle Meade of Husch Blackwell LLP, sought to leave downtown mixed use zoning for general commercial services-mixed use-vertical mixed use building-conditional overlay-density bonus 90, and both staff and the Planning Commission recommended granting it.

Recommended: Ask city planning staff and the applicant's agent why an owner would give up downtown mixed use zoning — which carries its own downtown density bonus path — in favor of a general commercial services base with density bonus 90, and request the staff backup showing the entitlement comparison. The answer reveals whether the bonus program yields more buildable area or a cheaper affordability obligation on a Lady Bird Lake Watershed site.

Context: The requested zoning for 301 1/2 North Lamar Boulevard includes a conditional overlay on a general commercial services base within the Lady Bird Lake Watershed, with staff contact Cynthia Hadri at 512-974-7620.

Recommended: Ask city planner Cynthia Hadri for the specific prohibited-use list in the conditional overlay for this site, since the new base district is general commercial services, which permits more intense commercial uses than the current downtown mixed use zoning unless the overlay bars them. Without that list you cannot tell which businesses could open next to the lake frontage.