PD Amendment C14-2025-0003
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C14-2025-0003 - 6th and Walsh - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 20250724-173 and City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 1135, 1137, 1139, 1141, and 1143 West 6th Street and 503, 505, 507, 509, and 511 Walsh Street (Lady Bird Lake Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from limited industrial service-planned development area-neighborhood plan (LI-PDA-NP) combining district zoning to limited industrial service-planned development area-neighborhood plan (LI-PDA-NP) combining district zoning, to change conditions of zoning to increase the maximum floor to area ratio on the property. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant limited industrial service-planned development area-neighborhood plan (LI-PDA-NP) combining district zoning, to change conditions of zoning to increase the maximum floor to area ratio on the property. Owner/Applicant: Walsh Street Ventures, LLC; Walsh Street Ventures 2, LLC; and Cohn Ventures, LLC. Agent: Manifold Development LLC (Mila Santana). City Staff: Cynthia Hadri, Planning Department, 512-974-7620.
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Request draft ordinance stating the new floor-to-area ratio number
Why now: The July 23, 2026 item amends Ordinance No. 20250724-173 and City Code Title 25 but recites only 'increase the maximum floor to area ratio' with no figure; staff contact is Cynthia Hadri, Planning Department, 512-974-7620.
What to do: The agenda language never states the numeric floor-to-area ratio being granted — request the draft amending ordinance and the staff backup from planner Cynthia Hadri so the operative number and the list of superseded conditions are in the record before the vote. Ask specifically which paragraphs of the 2025 ordinance are repealed versus retained, because an amendment that restates conditions can reset compliance triggers your client is already relying on.
Act before: After the draft ordinance and staff backup are produced
Compare old and new floor-to-area ratio at Walsh Street site
Why now: The July 23, 2026 Council item amends Ordinance No. 20250724-173 for 1135-1143 West 6th Street and 503-511 Walsh Street solely to increase maximum floor-to-area ratio while keeping LI-PDA-NP base zoning.
What to do: Pull Ordinance No. 20250724-173 and the draft amending ordinance side by side to confirm exactly which planned development area conditions change — the request alters only the maximum floor-to-area ratio, so height, setback, parking and impervious cover conditions from the 2025 ordinance presumably survive unchanged and will still govern your envelope. If you assume the whole condition set reopened, you may design to a program the ordinance does not permit on this Lady Bird Lake Watershed tract.
Act before: After the amending ordinance is adopted and published
Ask why 6th and Walsh density rose twice in twelve months
Why now: The July 23, 2026 hearing amends Ordinance No. 20250724-173 (adopted July 24, 2025) for the same ten lots, with staff and Planning Commission both recommending approval and agent Manifold Development LLC (Mila Santana) representing three affiliated LLCs.
What to do: Ordinance No. 20250724-173 zoned this block in July 2025, and the same ownership group is back within a year asking for more floor area — ask planning staff what the original and requested floor-to-area ratios are, what changed in the project, and why the higher number was not sought in the first case. Also check whether Walsh Street Ventures, LLC, Walsh Street Ventures 2, LLC and Cohn Ventures, LLC share principals, since the ten addresses are being assembled under three entities.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Learn how much bigger the Walsh Street building can get
Why now: The July 23, 2026 Council hearing changes conditions of zoning to increase maximum floor to area ratio on those ten addresses in the Lady Bird Lake Watershed, with staff and Planning Commission recommending approval.
What to do: This change lets a larger building rise on the ten lots spanning 1135-1143 West 6th Street and 503-511 Walsh Street without changing the underlying industrial-service zoning, so ask staff whether height, parking and setback conditions from the 2025 ordinance still apply or only the floor area cap moves. Those answers determine whether the extra square footage shows up as more stories facing Walsh Street or as more bulk and traffic at the 6th Street frontage.
Act before: After the Council vote on the amending ordinance
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C14-2025-0003 - 6th and Walsh - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 20250724-173 and City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 1135, 1137, 1139, 1141, and 1143 West 6th Street and 503, 505, 507, 509, and 511 Walsh Street (Lady Bird Lake Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from limited industrial service-planned development area-neighborhood plan (LI-PDA-NP) combining district zoning to limited industrial service-planned development area-neighborhood plan (LI-PDA-NP) combining district zoning, to change conditions of zoning to increase the maximum floor to area ratio on the property. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant limited industrial service-planned development area-neighborhood plan (LI-PDA-NP) combining district zoning, to change conditions of zoning to increase the maximum floor to area ratio on the property. Owner/Applicant: Walsh Street Ventures, LLC; Walsh Street Ventures 2, LLC; and Cohn Ventures, LLC. Agent: Manifold Development LLC (Mila Santana). City Staff: Cynthia Hadri, Planning Department, 512-974-7620.