Aug 21, 2025 City Council Zoning and Land Use Session

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>> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. THE TIME IS NOW 3:40 P.M. ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 21ST. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING SESSION IS CALLED TO

[ Roll Call  ]

>> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. SEVERAL ITEMS TO CONTINUE TO

[Public Hearing and Consideration of the following Adoption and Amendments of the Neighborhood, Community and Perimeter Plans as Components of the Master Plan and Zoning Cases. Plan amendments and Zoning cases presented by John Peterek, Assistant City Manager; Michael Shannon, Director, Development Services unless otherwise noted.  ]

IS THERE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEMS? >> MOTION MADE.

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: MADAM CLERK, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK

ON THOSE ITEMS? >> CLERK: WE DO HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED

UP TO SPEAK ON THE CONTINUED ITEMS. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY.

ERINCOSANAFOLLOWED BY ERIC WILD. YOU EACH HAVE TWO MINUTES.

ERIN? JOSEPH WYELL? HEATHER PEREZ? IS THAT YOU, SIR? NO COMMENT. OKAY.

JACK FINGER. >> MADAM MAYOR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER.

I GUESS I'M THE LAST MAN STANDING HERE. IN THE ZONING SESSION, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO CONTINUE FOR A LATER DATE? ITEM NUMBER 1, THIS IS AN ALCOHOL VARIANCE AND IT FALLS IN THE DISTRICT OF MISS MEZA GONZALEZ.

YOUR DISTRICT, MADAM. ALCOHOL VARIANCE, MADAM, IS WHEREBY BY LAW, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SELL ALCOHOL WITHIN 300 FEET OF AN EDUCATION INSTITUTION, SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND SO FORTH, BUT THE STATE LAW GIVES THE CITY COUNCIL SOME DISCRETION IN THAT REGARD. SO MISS GONZALES, I NOTICE THAT THIS ITEM, NUMBER 1, WHICH ALL OF YOU ARE GOING TO BE VOTING UPON, IS THE IDEA OF OH, CONTINUING KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD REGARDING THIS ALCOHOL VARIANCE OVER NEAR WHERE? WITHIN 300 FEET OF A COLLEGE, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.

YES. SPECIFICALLY. YEAH.

UTSA. YEAH. RIGHT WHERE ALL THE COLLEGE KIDS GO. CONGREGATE. ANYWAY, MISS GONZALES, I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD, WELL, INSTEAD OF -- JUST SAY NO TO THE IDEA OF ALCOHOL BEING SOLD, MISS GONZALES. MISS IVALIS MEZA GONZALEZ.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: JASMINE HERERA?

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SEPTEMBER 4TH. PLEASE VOTE. >> CAN WE CLARIFY THOSE NUMBERS? I'M SO SORRY. I THOUGHT I HEARD AGENDA ITEM

17 IN THAT CATEGORY. >> MAYOR JONES: I JUST HEARD FROM THE CLERK, 17 HAS COME OFF. EXCUSE ME? 17 AND 18.

OKAY. 1, 8, 9, 22, 31, 36 AND 37. >> CLERK: THAT'S CORRECT.

YES, MA'AM. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. THE MOTION CARRIES.

THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS TO CONTINUE TO SEPTEMBER 18TH. THOSE ARE ITEMS 15, 16, 20, 21 AND 24. IS THERE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEMS?

>> MOTION MADE. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: MADAM CLERK,

IS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS? >> CLERK: WE HAVE SOME FOLKS

SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED. >> MAYOR JONES: KATHLEEN NICHOLAS, JULIAN CRUZ, RAYMONDO RAMIREZ. PLEASE LINE UP IF YOU INTEND TO SPEAK. KATHLEEN? JULIAN?

YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, SIR. >> YES. I'M A REAL ESTATE AGENT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND IT'S IN REGARDS TO THE ZONING FOR THE CEMETERY PROPOSAL.

WHEN YOU SEE THE 200 FEET RESIDENCE AROUND IT THAT COULD REALLY, REALLY OPPOSE, THERE'S ONLY LIKE MAYBE EIGHT FAMILIES TOTAL. THERE'S A SUBDIVISION ACROSS FROM THE PROPOSED CEMETERY WHICH IS GETTING A LOT OF TRACTION INTO PEOPLE OPPOSING TO IT. BUT THEY'RE OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET SO I DON'T KNOW HOW STRONG THEIR OPPOSITION. WILL YOU CONSIDER THAT. I HAVE SPOKEN TO PEOPLE ALONG THE STREET THAT KIND OF IS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF WHERE THE PROPOSED CEMETERY WILL BE IN THE MISSION AND A FEW NEIGHBORS WITHIN THE 200 FEET.

THOSE WITHIN ARE OPPOSING. SIX FAMILIES, MAYBE. THEY'RE ALL OPPOSING.

SO DOING QUICK RESEARCH, RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE TWO PARKS SIX MILES FROM THIS PROPOSED CEMETERY. GOING SOUTH, YOU HAVE A CEMETERY, 4.5 MILES FROM THE PROPOSED CEMETERY. SOUTH SIDE IS NOT GROWING BECAUSE IT'S DEAD.

NORTH SIDE, YOU GO ALL THE WAY PAST 1604 WITH BUSINESSES FLOURISHING.

SOUTH SIDE STOPS AT 410. NOT EVEN THAT. IF YOU GO DOWN ROOSEVELT, YOU PROBABLY SEE A KFC, A STARBUCKS, PROBABLY, ALONG 410 ON THAT AREA.

>> MAYOR JONES: YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: ROLANDO RAMIREZ? JACK FINGER? JASMINE HERERA. JACK FINGER?

>> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS JACK FINGER AND ONE ITEM I DO WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION REGARDING THIS PROPOSAL FOR CONTINUANCE IS ITEM NUMBER 16. MISS VIAGRAN, I BELIEVE THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT, NUMBER 3. MISS VIAGRAN, THIS ONE HAS SO MANY RED FLAGS ON IT. FOR THOSE OF YOU ON THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, I SAY THE SAME THING. WHAT PRAYER DO THE CITIZENS LIVING NEAR THERE HAVE FOR A

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THEY TALK ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT, THEY TALK ABOUT THE HIGHER TRAFFIC, THE NOISE POLLUTION AND OTHER NUISANCES THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE IF THIS THING GOES THROUGH. YOU ALSO HAVE THE HARLANDALENEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSING IT. DO YOU NEED ANY MORE REASONS AS TO WHY YOU SHOULDN'T JUST OPPOSE THE THING OUTRIGHT INSTEAD OF KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AGAIN? HM? MAYBE IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING INTELLIGENT IN THAT REGARD, WHY NOT SPEAK UP AS WELL? I APPRECIATE IF YOU ALL WOULD

AT LEAST CONSIDER THAT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: JASMINE HERERA? IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED? THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CONTINUE ITEMS 15, 16, 20, 21 AND 24 TO SEPTEMBER 18TH. PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

THERE ARE ITEMS TO CONTINUE TO THE OCTOBER 2ND MEETING. THOSE ARE ITEMS 17, 18, 34 AND 35. IS THERE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEMS?

>> MOTION MADE. >> SECOND. >> CLERK: I'M SO SORRY, MAYOR. THERE'S CONFUSION ON THE DATA.

17 AND 18 IS GOING TO BE CONTINUED TO OCTOBER 16TH. I APOLOGIZE.

>> MAYOR JONES: 16TH. >> CLERK: YES, MA'AM. AGENDA ITEM 34 AND 35 WILL BE

CONTINUED TO OCTOBER 2ND. >> MOTION MADE AS JUST READ. >> MAYOR JONES: ONE SECOND.

LET ME CLOARIFY. ITEMS TO CONTINUE TO OCTOBER 2 ARE ITEMS 34 AND 35.

IS THERE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEMS? >> MOTION MADE, YES, MA'AM.

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: ON 34 -- MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE FOLKS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS? I DON'T HAVE ANY ON MY LIST.

NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED? THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CONTINUE ITEMS 34 AND 35 TO OCTOBER 2ND. PLEASE VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEMS TO CONTINUE TO OCTOBER 16TH ARE ITEMS 17 AND 18.

IS THERE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEMS? >> MOTION TO CONTINUE.

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: MADAM CLERK, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK

ON THESE ITEMS? JACK FINGER? >> MADAM MAYOR, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JACK FINGER. ITEM NUMBER 17 AND 18, MR. MUNGIA, FALL IN YOUR DISTRICT. THIS THING HAS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE READ SOME OF THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE, SIR, BUT I DON'T THINK -- I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY YOU NEED TO CONTINUE THIS AT ALL, BEC BECAUSE, WELL, LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO YOU. NORMALLY WHEN THERE'S A DOWNSIZING, I'M NORMALLY IN FAVOR OF SUCH A THING, FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL, BUT NOT UNLESS, UNLESS THERE IS A SITUATION LIKE YOU HAVE RIGHT HERE.

AND THE PROPOSER WANTS TO PUT RESIDENTIAL UNITS, ACTUALLY, I SAY RESIDENTIAL,

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I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW IT, BUT THEY STATED THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS NOT, HAS NOT MET THE AGREED-UPON OBLIGATIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU GOT A TRUST ISSUE HERE, SIR. WHY NOT SAY NO TO THIS ONE.

THIS IS RIGHT THERE ON STATE HIGHWAY 16 ON THE SOUTH SIDE THERE, SIR.

I THINK YOU SHOULD INSTEAD OF CONTINUING IT, SAY NO TO IT RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED? THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CONTINUE ITEMS 17 AND 18 TO OCTOBER 16TH. PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE NOTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ITEMS 11, 12 AND 26.

THE REMAINING ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. DO ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY?

>>. >> CLERK: I APOLOGIZE. THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS ON INDIVIDUAL. 11, 12, 19, 25, 26, 29 AND 30.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE THERE. I APOLOGIZE.

>> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 11, 12, 19, 25, 26, 29 AND 30.

THE REMAINING ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. DO ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY? OKAY.

HEARING NONE, THERE ARE NO ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT.

I'VE GOT TWO ON THE CONSENT. OKAY. WE HAVE FOUR INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. RENEE RUIZ.

OKAY. JACK FINGER. >> YES, MADAM MAYOR.

MY NAME ONCE AGAIN IS JACK FINGER.

SAIL THROUGH. ONE IS ITEM NUMBER 6. THIS IS IN MISS SUKH KAUR, IN YOUR DISTRICT THERE. I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE THAT DEALT WITH THIS VERY ISSUE.

PRETTY TOUGH CASE. EVENTUALLY DECIDED THAT IT WAS WORTH ALLOWING THE PROPOSER TO GO AHEAD WITH THIS BUT THERE'S STILL QUITE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, CONCERNS. THE FACT THAT FOUR UNITS BEING SHOEHORNED INTO THIS LITTLE AREA HERE IS GOING TO MAKE IT VERY DENSE, EXCESSIVELY DENSE, AND THAT YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY MORE THAN TWO UNITS THERE. QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK I WISH YOU WOULD OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE IT FROM FOUR TO TWO SO THAT ALL OF US LIVING

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THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: JASMINE HERERA? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS EXCEPT FOR THE ITEMS LISTED ON INDIVIDUAL AND PULLED ITEMS? I'M SORRY.

>> MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> MAYOR JONES: IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION? THAT CONCLUDES COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN HEARD. THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WHICH ARE ITEMS 2 AND 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 23, 27, 28, 32, AND 33. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES.

WE HAVE ITEMS TO HEAR INDIVIDUALLY. >> CLERK: AGENDA ITEM 11 AND 12.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

JACK FINGER. >> MAYOR JONES, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, ONCE AGAIN, I'M JACK FINGER. THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS IN, WELL, MR. CASTILLO-ANGUIANO'S DISTRICT. YES, I WAS LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR ONE AND THE REASON THE ZONING STAFF THOUGHT THIS WAS A BAD IDEA IS BECAUSE AS THEY SAY, THE OVERSIZED VEHICLE SERVICE AND STORAGE THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON THIS STREET, NORMALLY THAT WOULD BE OKAY IF YOU HAD A BIGGER STREET, BOULEVARD, MAIN ARTERY OR SOMETHING, BUT THIS IS ON A TINY RESIDENTIAL STREET, LITTLE HARTLINE DRIVE HERE, AND THEY SEE THE PROBLEMS OF IT CONGESTING THAT STREET WITH NO BUFFERS FOR THE RESIDENTS, MEANING YOU HAVE A BIG BUSINESS DEALING WITH OVERSIZED TRUCKS GOING IN AND OUT, AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO LIVE NEXT TO IT HAVE TO SUFFER WITH ALL OF THAT THERE.

NEEDLESSLY. SO SIR, I THINK YOU WOULD DO WELL FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA AND FOR THE REST OF THE DISTRICT IF YOU JUST SIMPLY SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO AHEAD WITH THIS TRAVESTY HERE. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JONES: ITEMS 11 AND 12 ARE IN DISTRICT 2. THE COUNCILMAN IS RECOGNIZED.

>> ANGUIANO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. ITEMS 11 AND 12 AT 422 HARTLINE ARE ON TODAY'S INDIVIDUAL AGENDA DUE TO STAFF'S DENIAL.

OUR APPLICANT, THE LONG-TIME PROPERTY OWNER, IS MAKING AN EFFORT TO RECONCILE THEIR PROPERTY ZONING TO ACHIEVE ZONING UNIFORMITY. THEY HAVE ALSO AMENDED THEIR ORIGINAL SITE PLAN TO INCLUDE CONCESSIONS IN CONSIDERATION OF THEIR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS AS WELL AS DOCUMENTING THEIR SUPPORT. GIVEN SO, I WILL BE MOTIONING

TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: IS THERE ANY

OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION? >> CLERK: THAT'S MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE AS AMENDED ITEMS 11 AND 12. PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

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ONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ITEM NUMBER 19 IS IN DISTRICT 4. COUNCIL MEMBER MUNGIA IS RECOGNIZED.

>> MUNGIA: MOTION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS AS READ. >> MAYOR JONES: ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION? THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE NUMBER 19.

PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT ITEMS ARE 25 AND 26.

COUNCIL MEMBER GALVAN IS RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK. >> GALVAN: MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> MAYOR JONES: ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION? APOLOGIES.

HOLD ON. >> GALVAN: THERE MIGHT BE PUBLIC COMMENT.

JACK FINGER, MY APOLOGIES. YOU HAVE SIGNED UP FOR 26. THANK YOU.

>> MADAM MAYOR, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, ONCE AGAIN, I'M JACK FINGER.

MR. GALVAN, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE READ THE DOCUMENT, SIR, BUT ZONING STAFF THOUGHT THIS WAS A BAD IDEA.

WHY? WELL, THE INDUSTRIAL USE SUPPOSEDLY IS VERY CLOSE TO ALL THE RESIDENCES THERE. NOT MUCH OF A BUFFER. THEY HAVE TO LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO THIS INDUSTRIAL USE. WHY NOT AT THE VERY LEAST, YOU COULD CONTINUE THIS AND SEE IF THE RESIDENTS REALLY ENJOY LIVING NEXT TO AN INDUSTRIAL USE, SIR.

BUT REALLY, I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND WILLY-NILLY, AS THEY SAY, GO AHEAD AND JUST APPROVE IT BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO, NOT ONLY LIVING THERE BUT MAY WANT TO LIVE THERE IN THE FUTURE AND THEY HAVE TO LIVE NEXT TO A VERY INAPPROPRIATE COMPANY. SO I APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD CHANGE YOUR MIND, SIR, AND

SAY NO TO THIS ONE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: ITEMS 25 AND 26 ARE IN DISTRICT 6. COUNCILMAN GALVAN IS RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK.

>> GALVAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR. MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR JONES: ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION? THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEMS 25 AND 26. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES.

THE NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER 29 AND 30.

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COUNCIL MEMBER MEZA GONZALEZ IS RECOGNIZED. >> GONZALEZ: MOTION TO

APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS AS STATED. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR JONES: ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION? THERE IS A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE AS STATED. ITEM NUMBER 29 AND 30. PLEASE VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S ZONING AND LAND USE SESSION.

THE TIME IS 4:11.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.