Zoning Case File 26-2052
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NPA-2024-0018.01 - 7003, 7005, and 7007 Guadalupe Street Rezone Project - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 040513-30, the Brentwood/Highland Combined 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 7003, 7005, and 7007 Guadalupe Street (Waller Creek Watershed) from Higher Density Single Family and Multifamily Residential to Mixed Use Land Use. Staff Recommendation: To deny Mixed Use Land Use and to recommend an alternative land use of Multifamily Residential. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant Mixed Use Land Use. Owner/Applicant: Purple Square One Limited Liability Company. Agent: Bowman (Jerry Perales, P.E.). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, 512-974-2695.
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Obtain final adopted ordinance and third reading vote on Guadalupe Street plan amendment
Why now: The September 10, 2026 item recites First Reading approved July 23, 2026 (9-1, Council Member Fuentes absent) and Second Reading approved August 27, 2026 (11-0), but states no result for the third reading it noticed.
What to do: Request the signed ordinance amending Ordinance No. 040513-30, the third reading tally from the September 10 meeting, and its stated effective date from the City Clerk — the posted record shows recorded votes for first and second readings but none for third. Without the executed ordinance and effective date in hand, you cannot confirm when the Mixed Use designation actually governs a permit application or whether any reading requirement remains open.
Act before: After the executed ordinance is produced by the City Clerk
Confirm companion base zoning matches new mixed use designation on Guadalupe Street
Why now: Case NPA-2024-0018.01 amends only the Brentwood/Highland Combined Neighborhood Plan future land use map (Ordinance No. 040513-30) from Higher Density Single Family and Multifamily Residential to Mixed Use, in the Waller Creek Watershed, with staff recommending denial and an alternative of Multifamily Residential.
What to do: The future land use map change to Mixed Use only resets the policy layer for 7003, 7005 and 7007 Guadalupe Street — pull the companion base zoning case and confirm the requested district actually permits ground-floor commercial, and verify Waller Creek Watershed impervious cover and drainage limits before budgeting a mixed-use program. If the zoning case lags or is scaled back to the staff-preferred residential alternative, a commercial component you have already designed becomes unbuildable.
Act before: After the companion base zoning case is decided
Ask why staff opposed mixed use through all three Guadalupe Street readings
Why now: Staff recommended denial of Mixed Use at every appearance while the Planning Commission recommended granting it, and Council's margin moved from 9-1 on July 23, 2026 to 11-0 on August 27, 2026.
What to do: Ask case manager Maureen Meredith (Austin Planning, 512-974-2695) why the denial recommendation and Multifamily Residential alternative were never revised across three separate Council appearances, and request the staff analysis plus the Planning Commission minutes that produced the opposite recommendation. Then ask what changed between July 23 and August 27 to turn a 9-1 vote into 11-0.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Watch for commercial uses arriving at 7003-7007 Guadalupe Street
Why now: Council's September 10, 2026 third reading item changes the Brentwood/Highland future land use map at 7003, 7005 and 7007 Guadalupe Street from Higher Density Single Family and Multifamily Residential to Mixed Use, over a staff recommendation for Multifamily Residential.
What to do: The neighborhood plan map for these three lots now points to Mixed Use rather than the residential-only designations that applied before, which opens the door to retail, restaurant or office space at street level alongside housing. Track the follow-on zoning and site plan filings for this address to learn proposed height, parking and hours of operation, since that is the stage where those specifics get set.
Act before: After the next material record update
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NPA-2024-0018.01 - 7003, 7005, and 7007 Guadalupe Street Rezone Project - Approve third reading of an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 040513-30, the Brentwood/Highland Combined 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 7003, 7005, and 7007 Guadalupe Street (Waller Creek Watershed) from Higher Density Single Family and Multifamily Residential to Mixed Use land use. Staff Recommendation: To deny Mixed Use land use and to recommend an alternative land use of Multifamily Residential. First Reading approved July 23, 2026. Vote: 9-1. Council Member Fuentes was absent. Second Reading approved August 27, 2026. Vote: 11-0. Owner/Applicant: Purple Square One Limited Liability Company. Agent: Bowman (Jerry Perales, P.E.). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, 512-974-2695.
NPA-2024-0018.01 - 7003, 7005, and 7007 Guadalupe Street Rezone Project - Approve second and third readings of an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 040513-30, the Brentwood/Highland Combined 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 7003, 7005, and 7007 Guadalupe Street (Waller Creek Watershed) from Higher Density Single Family and Multifamily Residential to Mixed Use land use. Staff Recommendation: To deny Mixed Use land use and to recommend an alternative land use of Multifamily Residential. First Reading approved July 23, 2026. Vote: 9-1. Council Member Fuentes was absent. Owner/Applicant: Purple Square One Limited Liability Company. Agent: Bowman (Jerry Perales, P.E.). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, 512-974-2695.
NPA-2024-0018.01 - 7003, 7005, and 7007 Guadalupe Street Rezone Project - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 040513-30, the Brentwood/Highland Combined 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 7003, 7005, and 7007 Guadalupe Street (Waller Creek Watershed) from Higher Density Single Family and Multifamily Residential to Mixed Use Land Use. Staff Recommendation: To deny Mixed Use Land Use and to recommend an alternative land use of Multifamily Residential. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant Mixed Use Land Use. Owner/Applicant: Purple Square One Limited Liability Company. Agent: Bowman (Jerry Perales, P.E.). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Austin Planning, 512-974-2695.