Saxon Acres Multifamily Land Use Change at Saxon Lane
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NPA-2024-0005.01 - Saxon Acres 2 - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 010927-05, the Montopolis Neighborhood Plan, an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, to change the land use designation on the future land use map (FLUM) on property locally known as 318 Saxon Lane and 6328 El Mirando Street (Country Club East and Colorado River Watersheds) from Single Family to Multifamily Residential land use. Staff Recommendation: To deny Multifamily Residential land use. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant Multifamily Residential land use. Owner/Applicant: Saxon Acres, LLC. Agent: Thrower Design, LLC (Ron Thrower and Victoria Haase). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, (512) 974-2695.
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Obtain staff denial report and postponement record for Saxon Acres
Context: The same item — NPA-2024-0005.01, Saxon Acres 2 — was posted to City Council on 2026-04-09, 2026-05-28, and 2026-07-23 with staff recommending denial and the Planning Commission recommending approval, and no disposition appears in the record.
Recommended: Request the Planning staff report explaining the recommendation to deny Multifamily Residential land use, the Planning Commission minutes showing the contrary recommendation, and the written postponement requests for the April, May, and July council dates. Ask specifically whether the public hearing was opened and left open or re-noticed each time, since the answer shapes what notice and record arguments remain available to your client.
Verify companion rezoning for Saxon Lane multifamily land use change
Context: The item amends only the Montopolis Neighborhood Plan future land use map from Single Family to Multifamily and lists both watersheds; staff contact Maureen Meredith is named at (512) 974-2695.
Recommended: Confirm with Austin Planning whether a separate base-zoning case is filed alongside this future land use map amendment for 318 Saxon Lane and 6328 El Mirando Street — a plan amendment alone does not authorize apartment construction, and also verify impervious cover and buffer requirements for the Country Club East and Colorado River watersheds named in the item before sizing any unit count.
Ask why Montopolis apartment land use case stalled three times
Context: Identical language for NPA-2024-0005.01 (Saxon Acres 2) appeared on City Council agendas 2026-04-09, 2026-05-28, and 2026-07-23, each time showing staff recommending denial and Planning Commission recommending approval, with Ron Thrower and Victoria Haase as agents.
Recommended: Ask the applicant's agent Thrower Design and the Planning Department who requested each postponement and why a case where staff and the Planning Commission disagree has sat on three council agendas across four months without resolution. Also ask staff to explain the specific basis for recommending denial while the commission voted to grant.
Track apartment land use change at Saxon Lane and El Mirando
Context: The Montopolis Neighborhood Plan amendment for these two addresses has been posted to City Council three times (2026-04-09, 2026-05-28, 2026-07-23) without a recorded outcome, and staff recommends denial while the Planning Commission recommends approval.
Recommended: If you live near 318 Saxon Lane or 6328 El Mirando Street, call Maureen Meredith at (512) 974-2695 and ask to be added to notification for the next posting date — the designation change from Single Family to Multifamily is the step that opens these two lots to apartment-scale development rather than houses.
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NPA-2024-0005.01 - Saxon Acres 2 - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 010927-05, the Montopolis Neighborhood Plan, an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, to change the land use designation on the future land use map (FLUM) on property locally known as 318 Saxon Lane and 6328 El Mirando Street (Country Club East and Colorado River Watersheds) from Single Family to Multifamily Residential land use. Staff Recommendation: To deny Multifamily Residential land use. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant Multifamily Residential land use. Owner/Applicant: Saxon Acres, LLC. Agent: Thrower Design, LLC (Ron Thrower and Victoria Haase). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, (512) 974-2695.
NPA-2024-0005.01 - Saxon Acres 2 - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 010927-05, the Montopolis Neighborhood Plan, an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, to change the land use designation on the future land use map (FLUM) on property locally known as 318 Saxon Lane and 6328 El Mirando Street (Country Club East and Colorado River Watersheds) from Single Family to Multifamily Residential land use. Staff Recommendation: To deny Multifamily Residential land use. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant Multifamily Residential land use. Owner/Applicant: Saxon Acres, LLC. Agent: Thrower Design, LLC (Ron Thrower and Victoria Haase). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, (512) 974-2695.
NPA-2024-0005.01 - Saxon Acres 2 - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 010927-05, the Montopolis Neighborhood Plan, an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, to change the land use designation on the future land use map (FLUM) on property locally known as 318 Saxon Lane and 6328 El Mirando Street (Country Club East and Colorado River Watersheds) from Single Family to Multifamily Residential land use. Staff Recommendation: To deny Multifamily Residential land use. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant Multifamily Residential land use. Owner/Applicant: Saxon Acres, LLC. Agent: Thrower Design, LLC (Ron Thrower and Victoria Haase). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, (512) 974-2695.