Item 42 Postponedunofficial
In plain language — from the agenda backup
This is a zoning case for a Circle C tract along southbound South Mopac, in the Slaughter Creek Watershed, where the owner isn't changing the base zoning categories at all \u2014 the CS-MU-CO and GO-MU-CO districts stay put on Tracts 1 and 2 \u2014 but is asking to rewrite the conditional overlay conditions attached to each. Those conditions are the fine print that shapes what can actually get built and how it operates, so tweaking them matters even when the zoning label looks identical on paper. City staff recommend granting the changes, and the Zoning and Platting Commission recommends granting them as amended.
The official agenda language
C14-2025-0064 - Circle C Tract 110 - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 020801-31 and amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 11010 1/2 South Mopac Expressway Southbound (Slaughter Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from general commercial services-mixed use-conditional overlay (CS-MU-CO) combining district zoning to general commercial services-mixed use-conditional overlay (CS-MU-CO) combining district zoning, to change conditions of zoning on Tract 1, and to rezone from general office-mixed use-conditional overlay (GO-MU-CO) combining district zoning to general office-mixed use-conditional overlay (GO-MU-CO) combining district zoning, to change conditions of zoning on Tract 2. Staff Recommendation: To grant general commercial services-mixed use-conditional overlay (CS-MU-CO) combining district zoning, to change conditions of zoning on Tract 1, and general office-mixed use-conditional overlay (GO-MU-CO) combining district zoning, to change conditions of zoning on Tract 2. Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To grant general commercial services-mixed use-conditional overlay (CS-MU-CO) combining district zoning, to change conditions of zoning on Tract 1, and general office-mixed use-conditional overlay (GO-MU-CO) combining district zoning, to change conditions of zoning on Tract 2, as amended. Owner/Applicant: Circle C Land, L.P. (Erin D. Pickens). Agent: Drenner Group PC (Amanda Swor). City Staff: Nancy Estrada, Austin Planning, 512-974-7617.
"Item 42 ... offered for postponement to your September 24th council meeting. By councilmember Ellis. ... without objection, the consent agenda is adopted." — meeting transcript (unofficial)
What got said
- Jeffrey Bowen and Lisa Lyons supported postponement due to traffic and road funding issues in Circle C.
- Lisa Lyons noted a traffic impact analysis has not yet been done.