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Consider public testimony regarding, and an ordinance approving Amendment No. 5 to Planned Unit Development (PUD) No. 129 (The District) to allow for modifications to maximum building setbacks and parking and development standards, generally located south of Louis Henna Blvd and northwest of Greenlawn Blvd. (First Reading)*
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History: City Council first approved The District PUD on June 10, 2021. To date, there have been three (3) minor amendments to development standards included in the PUD and one (1) major amendment; however, the overall land use proposal of high-density mixed-use development remains unchanged.
Comprehensive Plan and Zoning: The Round Rock 2030 Comprehensive Plan designates the subject property for mixed-use development. Mixed use development was proposed with the original PUD for The District and all subsequent amendments including this one. The Code limits the scope of minor PUD amendments and the proposed changes to this PUD were determined by city staff to exceed what could be approved administratively through a minor PUD amendment.
Proposed PUD (Planned Unit Development) amendment: The proposed amendment would modify the maximum setbacks (sometimes referred to as "build-to lines") throughout the development. The most impactful change is the elimination of the maximum setback that would apply along Greenlawn Drive because it will permit buildings to be pushed further back from the street with surface parking lots to be located between the buildings and Greenlawn Drive. This is a departure from the original PUD, and its amendments, that envisioned an urban-style development with mixed-use buildings fronting Greenlawn Drive with structured parking. The applicant has requested this amendment due to changing market conditions which make structured parking unfeasible due to high costs given the scope of the next round of development and to attract and accommodate tenants to the parcels that would adjoin Greenlawn Drive. Also included...
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