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Consider public testimony regarding, and an ordinance rezoning 0.469 acres located at 802 E Palm Valley from the OF-1 (General Office) zoning district to the MU-R (Mixed-Use - Redevelopment and Small Lot) zoning district. (First Reading)*
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History: The subject tract is a vacant lot that was zoned OF-1 (General Office) in 2006. It was previously zoned SF-2 (Single Family - Standard Lot). A single-family home on the property was recently destroyed by a fire and subsequently cleared.
Comprehensive Plan and Zoning:
The 2030 Future Land Use Map designates the subject tract as residential. The MU-R zoning district is not supported by the Residential land use designation in the FLUM. As such, a FLUM amendment from Residential to Mixed Use is under consideration on the preceding agenda item. The Round Rock 2030 Comprehensive Plan encourages mixed use development in locations that are compatible with the surrounding area and supported by employment and transportation infrastructure. Specifically, redevelopment mixed-use (MU-R) should be located on small lots along commercial collector or arterial roadways where the desired development or redevelopment cannot be accommodated with existing commercial district standards. This tract meets these criteria.
The intent of mixed-use zoning districts is to permit flexibility in land uses and building densities not accommodated by traditional non-residential zoning districts. This allows a variety of uses to locate in the same building, site, or block, and in structures of varying size and design. The MU-R zoning district, in particular, limits uses to a neighborhood scale and provides protections to ensure compatibility with surrounding properties.
MU-R District: Rezoning to the MU-R district will permit the use of a variety of commercial, restaurant, and office establishments with the following supplementary standards:
1. Restaurants/bars shall locate any outdoor eating, drinking, or entertainment areas, patios, drive-through lanes, speaker boxes, and associated facilities a minimum of 150-feet from any residential property line.
2. Retail sales and services are permitted with the following exceptions:
Prohibited uses: Animal boarding, attached wireless transmission facilities, art and craft studios with welding or heavy machinery, auto parts sales, auto repair and body shops, auto sales, rental, and leasing facilities, boat sales, camper sales, campgrounds, car washes, donation centers, flea markets, gasoline and fuel sales, heavy equipment sales, machinery repair and services, manufactured home sales, mini-warehouses, monopoles, mortuaries, pawn shops, portable building sales, recycling centers, self-enclosed monopoles, self-service storage, sexually oriented businesses, shooting/archer ranges, taxidermists, wholesale nurseries, and wrecking yards.
4. MU-R Setbacks and Development Standards:
a. Maximum front setback from street (ROW) - 10 ft.
b. Minimum rear setback - 10 ft.
c. Minimum side setback - 0 ft.
d. Maximum building height - 3 stories/50 ft.
5. Compatibility standards - all nonresidential uses shall be required to install and maintain a fence constructed of masonry materials such as brick, natural stone, simulated stone, decorative reinforced concrete, or other equivalent material a minimum of six feet in height along every property line which is shared with a single-family use.
At its May 21, 2025, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the rezoning from the OF-1 zoning district to the MU-R zoning district by a vote of 7-0. There were no speakers during the public hearing.