26-2434: C14-2025-0094 - 2117 W 49th St. and 4709 Rosedale Ave. Multifamily - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 2117 West 49th Street and 4709 Rosedale Avenue (Shoal Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from family residence (SF-3) district zoning to multifamily residence highest density-conditional overlay (MF-6-CO) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To grant multifamily residence highest density-conditional overlay (MF-6-CO) combining district zoning. Owner/Applicant: Austin Independent School District (AISD). Agent: Dubois Bryant & Campbell, LLP (David Hartman). City Staff: Cynthia Hadri, Austin Planning, 512-974-7620. A valid petition has been filed in opposition to this rezoning request.

Description

C14-2025-0094 - 2117 W 49th St. and 4709 Rosedale Ave. Multifamily - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 2117 West 49th Street and 4709 Rosedale Avenue (Shoal Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from family residence (SF-3) district zoning to multifamily residence highest density-conditional overlay (MF-6-CO) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To grant multifamily residence highest density-conditional overlay (MF-6-CO) combining district zoning. Owner/Applicant: Austin Independent School District (AISD). Agent: Dubois Bryant & Campbell, LLP (David Hartman). City Staff: Cynthia Hadri, Austin Planning, 512-974-7620. A valid petition has been filed in opposition to this rezoning request.

Summary

The proposed Austin ordinance would rezone the 4.62-acre former AISD Rosedale School site at 2117 W. 49th Street and 4709 Rosedale Avenue from single-family (SF-3) to high-density multifamily (MF-6-CO), with a 75-foot height limit. AISD seeks zoning supporting approximately 435 apartments. City staff and the Zoning and Platting Commission recommend approval, citing added housing near transit, commercial services, and ETOD station areas. Development would require site-plan review, compatibility standards, parkland dedication, drainage and water-quality controls, street right-of-way contributions, sidewalks, traffic measures, and a 20% transportation-demand reduction target. A valid opposition petition and resident comments raise concerns about scale, traffic, affordability, neighborhood character, historic resources, and public-use alternatives.