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Planning staff: Brookside Boulevard rezoning amendment tabled to April 21 after neighborhood opposition
Summary
An applicant seeking to amend a 2022 plan-development rezoning for the northeast corner of 7040 Brookside Boulevard asked the Planning and Zoning Commission to table the case to April 21; staff said opposition from an owner within the 200-foot notification area could trigger a supermajority requirement at city council.
Planning and development staff told the Planning and Zoning Commission that the applicant for a rezoning amendment at 7040 Brookside Boulevard asked to table the case to April 21 and that the item will be re-advertised for a subsequent city council hearing.
Bridal Chandler, planning and development director, said the requested amendment would affect roughly the 10-acre northeast corner of the 2022 plan-development rezoning originally approved for mixed-use development. Chandler said the change would allow warehouse-office uses on the site’s northeast 10 acres while retaining retail frontage along the airport and Leitner Lane frontages. "The applicant has requested to table this again, till April 21," Chandler said during the work session.
Chandler said the applicant would be required to make the same roadway and frontage improvements imposed by the 2022 ordinance, including improvements to Leitner Lane, because the development fronts that street from Airport Road to Prairie View. Chandler also reported that WB Development — which purchased the single-family residential lots within the master plan boundary — is opposing the warehouse-office proposal and that opposition could affect the council vote.
Under the city’s public-notice and protest rules described by Chandler, if property owners representing 20% or more of the land within the 200-foot notification buffer file opposition, the city council requires a supermajority to approve the rezoning. Chandler said staff will re-advertise the item in the newspaper to reflect the new council hearing date and advised the commission that the council hearing is scheduled for May 1.
Commissioners asked several clarifying questions during the work session about current ownership of residential lots in the master plan area and who the applicant is. Staff identified the applicant as Red Oak Development, described as an Austin-based developer.
No formal vote was taken by the Planning and Zoning Commission during the work session; the applicant’s request to table the item was noted by staff and will be placed on the commission’s regular agenda for the rescheduled hearing.
The commission also handled routine consent items earlier in the session, including a plat for Eugenia Terrace, and introduced new commissioner Caleb Longeneau, who will complete the remainder of a term on the board.
