Schuler Family Trust Covenant Termination on East Riverside Drive

Context: The matter remains listed as active with next step unknown after the May 28, 2026 public hearing on C14-72-299(RCT), and no recorded outcome or instrument appears in the record; staff contact Nancy Estrada, 512-974-7617.

Recommended: Ask city staff for the Council disposition of the May 28 public hearing and, if approved, for the executed termination instrument and its Travis County recording information for all four addresses. Until the instrument is recorded, title on these parcels may still reflect the 1972 covenant, and closing or financing opinions written from the agenda item alone would be unsupported.

Context: The May 28, 2026 Council item terminates only the public restrictive covenant associated with case C14-72-299 on parcels in the Lady Bird Lake and Harper's Branch Watersheds; staff contact is Nancy Estrada, Austin Planning, 512-974-7617.

Recommended: Obtain the original recorded restrictive covenant tied to the 1972 zoning case for 1317, 1405A, 1405B and 1507 East Riverside Drive and confirm exactly which use, access or site limits the termination removes — base zoning and Lady Bird Lake and Harper's Branch watershed regulations still control regardless of the outcome. Underwriting a site plan on the assumption that termination clears all encumbrances risks a redesign after intake review.

Context: The May 28, 2026 item for C14-72-299(RCT) carries identical staff and Planning Commission recommendations to grant, yet the matter status is active with next step unknown; the applicant is the Schuler Family Trust of 1998 (Jean E. Schuler), represented by Leah M. Bojo of Drenner Group, PC.

Recommended: Ask Austin Planning why a case with both staff and Planning Commission recommendations to grant still shows no recorded Council disposition after the May 28 hearing, and request the 1972 covenant itself to report what public benefit or restriction the city is giving up. Unanimous staff-and-commission support plus an unresolved status usually signals a postponement, a withdrawal, or a negotiated condition that never made the agenda text.

Context: The May 28, 2026 Council item proposes terminating the public restrictive covenant associated with zoning case C14-72-299 on four East Riverside Drive addresses in the Lady Bird Lake and Harper's Branch Watersheds, with staff contact Nancy Estrada listed.

Recommended: Request the 1972 restrictive covenant document for 1317, 1405A, 1405B and 1507 East Riverside Drive from Nancy Estrada at 512-974-7617 so you can see which specific limits — such as permitted uses, buffers, or driveway access onto East Riverside — disappear if the city terminates it. Once the termination is granted and recorded, those limits are gone and only base zoning and watershed rules apply.