The Abilene City Council voted to approve a set of zoning requests across different parts of the city, including amendments to a plan development district and several rezonings for commercial and residential development.

Tim Littlejohn, director of planning and development services, presented multiple cases:

- Case 2025‑25 (owner NJH Investment Corporation): an amendment to Plan Development 104 to allow additional multifamily uses within Track 4 (East South 27th area). Planning and Zoning recommended approval and staff said the request meets land-development code criteria. The public hearing closed with no speakers in opposition.

- Case 2025‑28 (owner Rainy Creek LP; agent Jacob Martin): rezoning of about 32.5 acres at 1755 E. Stamford Street to general commercial. The application received one letter in favor and none in opposition; P&Z recommended approval.

- Case 2025‑29 (Red Dirt Holding; agent Jacob Martin): rezoning approximately 106 acres from RS‑8 to RS‑6 in the 6,700 block of Lantana to support residential development. Notifications produced one in favor and six opposed (about 30.99% opposition). Staff noted a recent change in state law (House bill cited in staff presentation) changing the supermajority requirement for residential-density rezonings; P&Z recommended approval and council approved.

- Case 2025‑30: rezoning of about 99.4 acres from agricultural open space to RS‑6 along the 6,600 block of Highway 277 to allow single-family development; P&Z recommended approval and no substantive opposition appeared at the hearing.

- Case 2025‑31 (Esco Ranch LTD): a down‑zone of about 5.1 acres from heavy industrial to light industrial at 4325 Burl Harris Drive; the applicant said the change would allow more office or professional uses compatible with nearby development and P&Z recommended approval.

Council members moved and seconded the motions and each request carried following the public hearings. In the Lantana RS‑8 to RS‑6 case staff cited House Bill 24 (as stated in the meeting) to explain why the prior 20% opposition supermajority threshold no longer applied for residential-density changes.