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Hutto planning commission backs rezoning of 625 Schneider Boulevard to light industrial
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-0 to recommend the City Council rezone a 6.9-acre Schneider Boulevard parcel from single-family SF-1 to Light Industrial to align zoning with existing industrial use and the city's future land use map.
The City of Hutto Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-0 on March 4 to recommend the City Council approve a zoning change for 625 Schneider Boulevard, shifting the site from single-family SF-1 to light industrial (LI).
Staff said the roughly 6.9-acre site is already used for industrial purposes and is designated on the city's future land use map as an employment center. "This tract is approximately 6.9 acres of land, and it's on the South Side Of Schneider Boulevard," John Byron, planning manager, told commissioners during his presentation. Byron said the rezoning would align the official zoning with existing use and the comprehensive plan.
The staff report recommended approval with one condition: at the direction of the city engineer, a Site Engineering Review (SER) will not be required at the time of the zoning change but "any future expansion of the site or any additional connection may trigger an SER in the future," Byron said. Commissioners asked staff to clarify how the city will determine if an SER is required; staff said the need depends on future development plans and impacts to water and wastewater systems.
Staff mailed notices to 19 property owners within a 600-foot radius and reported no responses. Commissioners pressed staff on whether notices reached individual homeowners or only an HOA management company when drainage or HOA-owned facilities intervene. "If it actually touches a homeowner an individual homeowner lot, then it would go to them. If because there's an intervening drainage channel that's owned by the HOA, it would only go to the HOA," Ashley Bailey of Development Services said.
No members of the public spoke during the hearing; the public hearing was opened and closed the same evening. Commissioner Hudson moved to approve the recommendation to council with staff comments; Commissioner Wirtz seconded. The motion passed unanimously, 5-0.
The commission's favorable recommendation will proceed to the City Council for final action and will be listed again as a public hearing on the council agenda.
