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Recent observed examples in Austin

The most recently processed rezonings across the metro whose hearing is still ahead or not yet scheduled, as the packets state them.

San Marcos ZC-26-07

Rezoning, from CM to BP, 4.64 acres.

Request to rezone approximately 4.64 acres from Commercial (CM) to Business Park (BP) zoning (or another less intense classification with owner consent) on the northern side of Wonder World Drive. The Drenner Group is seeking this zoning change on behalf of SM Hwy 123 Landholdings, LLC.

Where
Northern side of Wonder World Drive approximately 450' northwest of the intersection between, San Marcos
Next hearing
Sep 22, 2026 · Planning and Zoning Commission on 2026-09-22 6:00 PM - This will be a hybrid (in-person/virtual meeting). To view the meeting please go to http://www.sanmarcostx.gov/541/PZ-Video-Archives or watch on Grande channel 16 or Spectrum channel 10.
Observed
46 hours ago

Austin C14-2026-0040

Rezoning, from LR-NP and SF-3-NP to CS-NP.

Rezoning of properties at 1221 and 1219 ½ South IH-35 Service Road and 1400 Lupine Lane from LR-NP and SF-3-NP to CS-NP (Commercial Services). City staff recommended approval of this rezoning request in the East Riverside/Oltorf Combined Neighborhood Planning Area, District 9.

Where
1221 and 1219 ½ South Interstate Highway 35 Service Road Northbound, 1400 Lupine Lane, Harper's Branch, Austin
Next hearing
Sep 22, 2026 · Austin Planning
Observed
17 days ago

San Marcos ZC-26-03

Rezoning, from FD to CM, 14.72 acres.

Request to rezone approximately 14.72 acres from Future Development (FD) to Commercial (CM) zoning for property along Hunter Road. The applicant indicates willingness to accept a less intense zoning classification if the owner consents, providing potential flexibility for negotiation on the final zoning designation.

Where
1600 Block Hunter Road, San Marcos
Next hearing
Sep 22, 2026 · San Marcos Planning & Zoning Commission
Observed
29 days ago

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Public Planning & Zoning agendas from 25 Austin municipalities, read as each packet is captured. We extract the cases our reader supports; coverage and field completeness vary by city and packet. Alerts follow the processing of a matching case. Coverage →

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Why these records matter

Notice rarely reaches you. Where a city mails notice, it usually goes only to owners within a set distance of the site — often a few hundred feet, though the rule varies by state and city. Own land across the road or sit under contract nearby and you may be outside it, with no letter on the way.

The window can be short. Many cities post agendas close to their legal minimum, so a case can be filed, heard and decided between two weekly portal checks. Among the cases we processed before their hearing, the median advance notice is 5 days — a median across that population, not a promise for every case or city.

What that looks like: land going multi-family a block from your next closing; a neighbour assembling next to your holdings; a staff report recommending denial on a tract you’d buy at the right basis; a specific-use permit on the corner your listing faces.

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We flag cases where the packet’s staff recommendation is denial, or that keep being continued. A switch sends you only those. That is a staff recommendation or a scheduling signal, not an official denial: we read agendas, not votes.

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  1. We check the portals. Each covered city’s P&Z agenda page, repeatedly; the coverage page shows when each was last read successfully. Special meetings and revised agendas are read when the portal lists them.
  2. The packet is read for you. The cases our reader supports become structured data: location, acreage, current and requested zoning, petitioner, owner, hearing date, and the staff recommendation where the packet states one. Fields the packet omits stay blank.
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Subject [San Marcos] New zoning case: ZC-26-07 — CM → BP
P&Z Radar New zoning case
San Marcos · Hays County
ZC-26-07
CM → BP
Hearing
2026-09-22 Planning and Zoning Commission on 2026-09-22 6:00 PM - This will be a hybrid (in-person/virtual meeting). To view the meeting please go to http://www.sanmarcostx.gov/541/PZ-Video-Archives or watch on Grande channel 16 or Spectrum channel 10.

Request to rezone approximately 4.64 acres from Commercial (CM) to Business Park (BP) zoning (or another less intense classification with owner consent) on the northern side of Wonder World Drive. The Drenner Group is seeking this zoning change on behalf of SM Hwy 123 Landholdings, LLC.

LocationNorthern side of Wonder World Drive approximately 450' northwest of the intersection between
Acreage4.64
Current zoningCM
Requested zoningBP
PetitionerThe Drenner Group, on behalf of SM Hwy 123 Landholdings, LLC
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Builders and development companies, brokers, land acquisition and assemblage teams, civil engineers and planners — and anyone following planning and zoning.

Builders and land acquisition teams

Rezonings and SUPs with acreage, requested zoning and petitioner as the packets list them, when the packet is captured — not when the sign goes up. A proposal is not an approval, and a staff recommendation is not a vote.

Brokers pitching listings

Know what’s moving around the property: case numbers, hearing dates, staff recommendations where stated.

Civil engineers & planners

Filings, what each city’s staff recommends, and how long items sit between stages. Outcomes are decided in minutes we don’t collect, so we won’t tell you what passed. Pull the same data by API and MCP.

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Data center intelligence

Data centers are the largest land, power and construction decisions most cities will see this decade, and they surface first in the same public record as every other project: a rezoning or specific-use request, a site plan, a substation or transmission item on the agenda. P&Z Radar reads those filings and records each project’s stage and next public decision as the packets state them, linked to the packet.

The result: a searchable record of proposed campuses by metro — who is filing, where, what is requested, the staff recommendation where the packet states one, and when the commission and council meet — reviewed before publication. Track the projects that matter to you and get a short brief when something changes.

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What the section tracks

  • Proposals and site plans — case, parcel, acreage, petitioner and requested zoning, as filed.
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  • Decisions — first observation, hearing scheduled, continued, advanced to Council; the staff recommendation where the packet states one.
  • Community response — public comment and opposition items on the agenda.

For site selectors, utilities and suppliers, brokers and land teams, and local officials. A filing is a proposal until the commission votes and the site is permitted and built; we say what the record says and no more.

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