San Antonio Zoning Commission approves multiple rezonings, forwards consent items to City Council

The City of San Antonio Zoning Commission met Nov. 25 and approved a range of rezoning and conditional-use requests, forwarding a multi-item consent agenda to City Council while approving several individual cases after public comment and staff review.

Chair John Bustamante opened the regularly noticed meeting and confirmed a quorum before staff reviewed the hearing process and public-comment rules. Commissioners approved a combined consent agenda — items 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17 (as amended) and 18 — and voted to forward those items to City Council with recommendations of approval; Chair Bustamante noted applicants have six months to take approved recommendations to council.

The Commission also approved continuances for items 2, 12, 14 and 16 to the Dec. 16 meeting. Individual approvals included a rezoning to permit outdoor kennel uses at an existing dog daycare on Thousand Oaks Drive, an infill housing rezoning at 701 Indiana Street, an amended duplex approval for 1034 Hammond Avenue, a subdivision rezoning in the Kingswood Heights area and a reduced-density infill proposal at 111 Belfast Drive. The Commission approved a rezoning for a commercial padel sports complex at 5321 Casabella Drive after commissioners raised access and traffic questions related to an adjacent mosque and a dead-end street.

Across multiple items commissioners pressed staff and applicants on parking, traffic analyses and environmental safeguards. For example, staff and SAWS (San Antonio Water System) representatives addressed runoff and sanitary-connection measures for an outdoor kennel proposed over the Edwards Recharge Zone, while traffic concerns for the proposed padel complex were deferred for engineering review at the plat and permitting stages.

Votes at a glance - Consent agenda (items 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 as noted, 17 as amended, 18): motion carried; recommendation of approval forwarded to City Council. - Continuances: items 2, 12, 14 and 16 continued to Dec. 16 (motion carried). - Item 6 (2250 Thousand Oaks Drive — zoning to permit outdoor animal services/kennel): approved (motion carried). - Item 1 (701 Indiana Street — RM4 to IDZ1 for three dwelling units): approved (motion carried). - Item 3 (1034 Hammond Avenue — amended to duplex/R4 CD): approved as amended (motion carried). - Item 4 (8880 Heath Circle Drive — R6 to R5 subdivision): approved (motion carried). - Item 5 (111 Belfast Drive — amended from 5 to 3 units; IDZ1 request): approved as amended (motion carried). - Item 15 (5321 Casabella — C2S with specific use for outdoor padel courts): approved (motion carried). - Minutes for Nov. 18, 2025: approved as amended.

What happens next: Approved rezoning recommendations will be transmitted to City Council for final action; items continued to Dec. 16 will return to the commission’s agenda. Several projects will face further technical review at plat or permitting stages, where traffic and engineering conditions may be imposed.

Speakers and disclosure: Quotes in this report come from the meeting transcript and are attributed to speakers as introduced in the hearing record, including Chair John Bustamante and staff planners. The commission’s approvals are recommendations to City Council, not final land-use actions.