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Council approves rezoning for 3315 East Pecan to Campus Industrial
Summary
The Pflugerville City Council approved rezoning of a 5.927-acre tract at 3315 East Pecan Street from Urban Center Level 5 to Campus Industrial after staff and the applicant said the parcel is constrained and likely to be combined with adjacent light‑industrial development.
The Pflugerville City Council on an ordinance reading approved rezoning of a 5.927-acre tract at 3315 East Pecan Street from Urban Center Level 5 to Campus Industrial.
Planning staff said the parcel, owned by Encore and described in council materials as the balance of Encore’s bird’s nest station property, has constrained frontage and utility easements that limit standalone uses and make it more feasible to combine the site with adjacent light‑industrial development. Planning staff said the city’s comprehensive plan, Aspire Pflugerville 2040, identifies the area as appropriate for employment uses.
Emily, planning staff, told council the tract does not front directly on a roadway, is bounded by an Encore substation to the north and a multifamily property to the west, and has both overhead and underground utility easements that limit development options. She said campus industrial zoning was created in part to allow employment uses “without seeking a specific use permit,” and that planning recommended the rezoning because it would afford the developer more flexibility during site design.
The applicant’s representative, Ben Buffkin of Endeavor, confirmed the triangular blue parcel shown on staff maps is part of the adjacent multifamily site and is held as impervious cover for that development; he said that parcel “cannot be developed.” Buffkin said the applicant has worked with city staff for more than two years on alignment and access and that planned connections are intended to preserve a future link to Cameron Road.
Council members pressed staff and the applicant on street alignment and access. Councilmember Doug asked whether Weiss Lane would curve through the development to align with Cameron Road; staff and the applicant said the precise southern alignment remains under review and that a future connection exists in the design, with one city request calling for a roundabout to smooth traffic flow.
A council member asked about the difference in allowed uses between Urban Center Level 5 and Campus Industrial. Emily said light industrial uses would be permitted by right in Campus Industrial while some retail, restaurant and certain residential uses allowed in Urban Center Level 5 would not. Buffkin said the applicant’s market analysis supports employment/light industrial uses and estimated that, at full lease and stabilization, the rezoned acreage could add roughly $10–12 million in ad valorem value, as presented to council.
Council voted to approve the rezoning reading; the record reflects the motion carried. One council member later asked staff to correct the vote record to reflect a no vote after an erroneous button press, but the motion remained carried.
The council’s action was described as an ordinance reading to advance the rezoning; staff said approval tonight would proceed to any subsequent required readings for the ordinance to take effect.
Background: The request was described in council materials as an amendment to ordinance number 1203‑15‑O2‑24 and applies to a tract in the William Caldwell survey, Travis County. Planning staff emphasized that constraints from the substation, easements, and limited frontage drove the recommendation to rezone to Campus Industrial rather than require a specific‑use permit.
