Schuler Family Trust Covenant Termination on East Riverside Drive
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C14-06-0117(RCT) - 1317 and 1405 East Riverside Drive - Conduct a public hearing and approve a restrictive covenant termination on property locally known as 1317, 1405A, 1405B, and 1507 East Riverside Drive (Lady Bird Lake and Harper’s Branch Watersheds). Applicant Request: To terminate the public restrictive covenant associated with zoning cases C14-06-0117 and C14-04-0030. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant the public restrictive covenant termination associated with zoning cases C14-06-0117 and C14-04-0030. Owner/Applicant: Schuler Family Trust of 1998 (Jean E. Schuler). Agent: Drenner Group, PC (Leah M. Bojo). City Staff: Nancy Estrada, Austin Planning, 512-974-7617.
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Obtain both recorded covenants before East Riverside termination is finalized
Why now: The item seeks termination of one public restrictive covenant described as associated with two separate zoning cases, C14-06-0117 and C14-04-0030, covering 1317, 1405A, 1405B and 1507 East Riverside Drive; staff contact is Nancy Estrada, 512-974-7617.
What to do: Request the recorded instruments for the covenants attached to the 2004 and 2006 zoning cases from planning staff and confirm whether a single termination action legally releases both, and whether either instrument names third-party beneficiaries or a neighborhood association with enforcement rights. If the two covenants have different parties or property descriptions across the four addresses, the termination as noticed may not clear title on every lot.
Act before: After the recorded covenant instruments are produced
Verify what watershed limits survive East Riverside covenant termination
Why now: The May 28, 2026 Council item terminates the public restrictive covenant tied to zoning cases C14-06-0117 and C14-04-0030 on four East Riverside Drive lots located in the Lady Bird Lake and Harper's Branch Watersheds.
What to do: Pull the recorded restrictive covenant instruments from both the 2004 and 2006 zoning cases covering 1317, 1405A, 1405B and 1507 East Riverside Drive and map which site conditions disappear versus which remain under Lady Bird Lake and Harper's Branch watershed rules. If you underwrite the assembly assuming the termination clears all constraints, impervious cover and drainage limits tied to the two watersheds could still cap your yield.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why 2004 and 2006 East Riverside covenants are being erased
Why now: The matter remains listed as active with next step unknown after the May 28, 2026 public hearing, with staff and Planning Commission recommending termination of covenants tied to C14-06-0117 and C14-04-0030; staff contact Nancy Estrada, 512-974-7617, agent Leah M. Bojo of Drenner Group.
What to do: Request from planning staff the text of the restrictive covenants imposed as conditions of the 2004 and 2006 rezonings and the staff memo explaining why they are no longer needed, then confirm whether Council actually voted on May 28 or left the matter open. The record shows staff and Planning Commission both backing termination but never states what the neighborhood originally got in exchange for those rezonings.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Find out which East Riverside development limits are being removed
Why now: The May 28, 2026 hearing item terminates the public restrictive covenant tied to zoning cases C14-06-0117 and C14-04-0030 at 1317, 1405A, 1405B and 1507 East Riverside Drive; city staff contact is Nancy Estrada, 512-974-7617.
What to do: Call planning staff and ask for a plain-language summary of every restriction in the covenant covering 1317 through 1507 East Riverside Drive, since those limits were negotiated during earlier rezonings and would end with this termination. Without that list you will not know whether protections on use, access or site layout on those four lots are going away.
Act before: After the next material record update
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C14-06-0117(RCT) - 1317 and 1405 East Riverside Drive - Conduct a public hearing and approve a restrictive covenant termination on property locally known as 1317, 1405A, 1405B, and 1507 East Riverside Drive (Lady Bird Lake and Harper’s Branch Watersheds). Applicant Request: To terminate the public restrictive covenant associated with zoning cases C14-06-0117 and C14-04-0030. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant the public restrictive covenant termination associated with zoning cases C14-06-0117 and C14-04-0030. Owner/Applicant: Schuler Family Trust of 1998 (Jean E. Schuler). Agent: Drenner Group, PC (Leah M. Bojo). City Staff: Nancy Estrada, Austin Planning, 512-974-7617.