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Council approves PUD to allow Residence Inn with reduced parking and additional parapet height
Summary
The council approved a Planned Unit Development (o‑2026‑024) for a 3‑acre Hansen's Corner site to allow a Residence Inn to exceed standard building plate height for a parapet and to reduce standard parking ratios, subject to staff and developer coordination on shared parking and impervious cover.
Hutto’s City Council voted 7–0 on June 4 to approve ordinance o‑2026‑024, allowing a Residence Inn planned unit development that requests a modest increase in maximum structure height for parapet elements and a reduced parking ratio to enable a 116‑room extended‑stay hotel.
Development Services staff explained that the underlying B‑2 zoning already allows hotels by right but that the applicant sought PUD approval to permit a parapet that reaches roughly 54.6 feet while the roof plate is about 46.6 feet. Applicant Naveed Keredia of SLTX Capital and attorney Chris Nichols told the council the hotel’s economics require a reduced parking ratio (roughly 0.9–0.92 spaces per room) and that they are pursuing shared‑parking agreements with adjacent businesses such as Home Depot and a neighboring restaurant. Nichols said the meeting and conference space is intended principally for hotel guests rather than large external conventions.
Council discussion centered on parking, pedestrian/egress constraints in the adjacent right‑of‑way, the potential for trucks or pallets to occupy adjacent parking areas at times, and impervious cover limits. Some members noted the site’s commercial context and that the parapet increase is mostly decorative; others asked staff to pursue agreements with neighboring property owners to reduce spillover parking impacts. With that direction, the council approved the PUD ordinance by a unanimous vote.
