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Commission approves DB‑90 rezoning for South Capital of Texas Highway site despite neighborhood safety and traffic objections
Summary
The Zoning and Planning Commission voted to approve a DB‑90 overlay allowing up to a roughly 70‑foot, mixed‑use redevelopment at 1120–1122 South Capital of Texas Highway after heated debate; neighbors pressed for traffic, evacuation and watershed analyses and conditional protections that commissioners discussed but did not make prerequisites to approval.
The Zoning and Planning Commission on April 7 approved a request to rezone roughly 15.5 acres at 1120 and 1122 South Capital of Texas Highway to a limited office vertical mixed‑use density bonus (LOB DB 90) combining district, a move that permits higher maximum height (70 feet under the district despite the DB name) and enables a mixed‑use redevelopment the applicant said could yield approximately 475 residential units with first‑floor retail and 10–12% affordability under the density bonus.
Beverly Veil of Austin Planning framed the staff recommendation by saying the DB 90 overlay “aligns with council‑adopted goals by providing an avenue for more residential density and increased affordability in a part of town where both are currently scarce.” Applicant Leah Bojo (Jenner Group) told commissioners the site is an underutilized office park and…
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