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Commission approves rezoning and conditional use for Alamo Auctioneers after applicant narrows request
Summary
Alamo Auctioneers will relocate to a reduced 18.179-acre site off SW Loop 410 after the zoning commission approved a rezoning and conditional use for an auto and light-truck auction; the applicant removed about 15.58 acres from the original request during the hearing.
The zoning commission voted July 15 to recommend approval of an amended rezoning request at 13527 Southwest Loop 410 that would permit an auto and light-truck auction and related commercial activity and relocate Alamo Auctioneers to the site.
Applicant counsel Emily Weisler told commissioners the applicant formally amended the boundaries since publishing to remove roughly 15.584 acres on the eastern portion of the original submittal, leaving approximately 16.668 acres proposed to be rezoned from MF-25 to C2CD (with a conditional use for auto and light-truck auction) and about 1.511 acres proposed from R-5 to C2. The applicant said the revised request aligns with surrounding commercial and industrial land uses near Loop 410 and that the owner also holds adjacent property to the south that provides additional buffering.
Staff recommended approval with conditions including hours of operation limited to 8 a.m.–6 p.m., a Type E 30-foot landscape buffer where the site abuts single-family residential and downward-facing lighting to mitigate light pollution. The applicant said the proposed site plan already shows a 50-foot buffer along the far western boundary and agreed to the staff conditions on the record. The applicant also noted substantial written support outside the 200-foot noticing area and several in-support responses within 200 feet.
Technical questions from commissioners covered drainage, detention and access proximate to the 410 on-ramp. Civil engineers for the applicant described a drainage plan that would detain runoff, match predevelopment discharge and coordinate with Methodist Hospital’s engineer on shared drainage areas. The team said they would coordinate with TxDOT on access management and any approach permits required for the site’s existing driveways.
Commissioner Eddie Reyes moved approval of the amended request with the stated conditions; Commissioner Georgina Hinojosa seconded. The motion passed by roll call.
Why it matters: The approval allows a long-standing local auction operator to relocate to a site near a major freeway; site-plan and drainage work will follow, and final authorization rests with city council.
