The Austin Zoning and Planning Commission voted 6-0 Tuesday to approve its consent agenda, which included a rezoning case at 12940 North U.S. 183, a restrictive covenant amendment on West Howard Lane, a conditional-use permit for a Leander ISD elementary-school site revision in Grandview Hills, and a site-plan environmental variance for a project at 6507 McKinney Falls Parkway.

The rezoning case (C14-2025-0056) would change the property at 12940 North U.S. 183 from GR and LO zoning to CS-V, with staff recommending a CS-V designation with a conditional overlay; the applicant agreed to the overlay, according to staff briefing presented at the meeting. The restrictive covenant amendment (C14-93-0047 RCA) would remove Lot 6A from a prior public restrictive covenant and update legal descriptions for remaining lots while keeping them subject to the original covenant; staff recommended approval and placed the item on the consent agenda.

The commission also approved a Hill Country Roadway review and conditional-use permit (SP-8800052 CXR4) for Leander Independent School District’s elementary-school ancillary building project in Grandview Hills. The applicant proposed adding staff and business parking, upsizing the storm drain network, and expanding detention/sedimentation/filtration ponds; staff said the project increases impervious cover by 8 percent but adds no new buildings and requires land-use commission review under the Land Development Code because the site lies within the Hill Country Roadway corridor along FM 620.

A site-plan environmental variance (SP-2024-0202D) for the Clovis at McKinney Falls, at 6507 McKinney Falls Parkway in the Cottonmouth Creek watershed, was approved with conditions. The request sought to vary the Land Development Code provision cited in staff materials to allow fill from 8 to 15 feet; staff and the environmental commission recommended conditions and noted one exception: the environmental commission had recommended requiring pedestrian and bikeway access, but staff recommended—and the commission accepted—a waiver because meeting ADA and sidewalk requirements at the site proved infeasible.

One member of the public, Martin Wilbanks, who said he owns property on Fathom Circle near the rezoning site, spoke in favor of the staff-recommended zoning outcome but asked the developer to locate primary vehicle access onto U.S. 183 rather than routing traffic onto the residential Fowden Circle approach to the nearby intersection. The applicant for the rezoning, Kate Kaneski, was present; Wilbanks also said a neighborhood leader had been responsive to his concerns.

Commissioner [Mister Piziki] moved to approve the consent agenda; Commissioner Osalugo seconded. The vote was unanimous: six yeas, all other commissioners absent. No separate motions were taken on the individual consent items.

The approvals will proceed as staff outlined in the meeting backup materials; no variances beyond the approved environmental variance were requested.