Dec 18, 2025 City Council Zoning and Land Use Session

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>> MAYOR JONES: THE TIME IS NOW 3:10 P.M., ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18TH, 2025.

[ Roll Call  ]

AND THE ZONE IS CALLED TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ROLL. >> CLERK:

[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; Amin Tohmaz, Director, Development Services unless otherwise noted.  ]

IS THERE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THAT ITEM? >> I MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE.

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. WE HAVE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS SIGN BED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. OKAY. JANE HENRY.

FOLLOWED BY BALTAZAR CERNA. >> HE'S NOT HERE. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY.

LINDA IS NOT HERE? LEWIS VETTER, ARE YOU HERE? NO.

OKAY. JACK FINGER, I SEE YOU THAT ARE HERE.

>> MADAM MAYOR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. AND MY NAME IS JACK FINGER AND I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE ON NUMBER FIVE, IS THAT CORRECT, MADAM MAYOR.

OKAY, ITEM NUMBER 5 ON THE ZONING SESSION TODAY IS ABOUT PLACING AN AUTO BODY SHOP -- OR GIVING PERMISSION FOR IT -- OVER IN, UH, MS. VIAGRAN, YOUR DISTRICT TH THERE, AND IT'S OVEN ROOSEVELT AVENUE. THE REASON THAT I THINK THAT YOD JUST SAY NO TO THIS OUTRIGHT, INSTEAD OF CONTINUING IT IS BECAUSE AT THE ZONING COMMISSION'S MEETING RECENTLY, YOU HAD AS MANY AS FOUR PEOPLE SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SAYING THEY OCCASION POSED IT.

WHEN ONE IS DOING GOOD TO JUST GET ONE OR TWO PEOPLE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION.

NOW THE QUESTION IS, WHY DID THEY OPPOSE IT? WELL, IT TURNS OUT THAT THE AUTO BODY SHOP HAD BEEN COMMITTING SOME VIOLATIONS ON ITS PREVIOUS ZONING STATUS.

AND IT WAS ASKING THE -- UM, THE ZONING COMMISSION TO GIVE THEM FORGIVENESS ON THIS SITUATION.

YEAH. WELL, THE CITIZENS -- THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE AROUND THERE, THEY DON'T LIKE THAT. THEY DON'T LIKE SOMEBODY TAKING LIBERTIES -- LIBERTIES LIKE THAT. AND SO, UM, I -- I WOULDN'T BLAME THEM EITHER, YOU KNOW? I WOULD JUST URGE YOU TO JUST SIMPLY SAY NO TO THIS OUTRIGHT. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JONES: COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM TO BE CONTINUED? HEARING NONE, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CONTINUE ITEM 5 TO JANUARY 15TH, 2026.

PLEASE VOTE. OKAY MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO CONSENT AGENDA AND THE FOLLOW ARE LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS, ITEMS 12, 3, 4, AND 89 THE REST OF THE ITEMS ARE ON CONSENT AGENDA. DO ANY COUNCILMEMBERS WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FROM CONSENT TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY? OKAY. HEARING NONE, AND THERE ARE NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON, UM, ON THE ITEMS REMAINING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA?

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY.

THERE BEING NONE THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH ARE ITEMS 6 AND 7. PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, STAFF, PLEASE START WITH ITEMSAND 2.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AGENDA ITEMS 1 AND 2 ARE A PLAN AMENDMENT FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING IN THE REGIONAL CENTER PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO URBAN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND REZONING THE PROPERTY FROM R4 TO IDZ-1 WITH USES PERMITTED FOR

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STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL, PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

26 NOTICES WERE MAILED, ZERO IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED, AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT 1 RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION. OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET, TWO NOTICES

WERE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: GREAT, THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

JACK FINGER. >> MAYOR JONES AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I AM JACK FINGER. AND ON THIS PARTICULAR ZONING CASE, IT HAPPENS TO BE IN DISTRICT 1, COUNCILWOMAN KAUR, YOUR DISTRICT HERE. AND IT'S ABOUT -- WELL -- ADDING THREE DWELLING UNITS AND ADDING SOME MORE INTENSITY TO THIS -- THIS AREA OVER ON BELFAST DRIVE.

LOOKING AT THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS I FOUND OUT THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, THE PLANNING -- THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF -- THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A BAD IDEA. AND SO DID THE ZONING STAFF.

AND WHY DID THEY SAY IT WAS A BAD IDEA? WELL, THEY SAY IT, QUOTE, THROWS OUT THE MINIMUM LOT SIZES. YEAH. JUST THROWS IT OUT -- IT REDUCES THE SETBACKS, MEANING THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO BE CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE STREETS RIGHT NEXT TO THE TRAFFIC. AND IT ALSO WAIVES THE PARKING STANDARDS.

THROWS OUT THE STANDARDS FOR MINIMUM PARKING SLOTS FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE TO LIVE THERE.

AND SO, YEAH, A LOT OF THINGS, UM, NOT GOING FOR THIS THING. AND SO CONSEQUENTLY, I, FOR ONE, WHO LIVE IN DISTRICT 1 -- I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD SIMPLY SAY NO TO THIS CASE HERE.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: ITEMS 1, DISTRICT 1 KAUR IS RECOGNIZED.

>> KAUR: MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR JONES: IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON ITEMS 1 AND 2? OKAY. HEARING NONE THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEMSAND 2. PLEASE VOTE. OKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES.

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEMS 3 AND 4. STAFF, PLEASE.

>> AGENDA ITEMS 3 AND 4 ARE A PLAN AMENDMENT AND CHANGE OF ZONING AMENDING THE SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY AREA PLAN FROM NEIGHBOR MIXED USE TO URBAN MIXED USE AND REZONING FROM C2 WITH SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A CAR WASH TO IDZ-2 WITH USES PERMITTED IN THE C2 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND OFFICE WAREHOUSE TO INCLUDE FLEX SPACE AND MOTOR VEHICLE SALES FULL SERVICE LOCATIONED AT 2830 RIGSBY AVENUE. STAFF MAILED NINE NOTICES AND ONE NOTICE WAS RETURNED IN FAVOR, ZERO IN OPPOSITION, AND THERE IS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. WE HAVE ONE MEMBER MUCH THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

JACK FINGER. >> MADAM MAYOR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, ONCE AGAIN I AM JACK FINGER. AND THIS PARTICULAR CASE IS IN DISTRICT 3.

MS. VIAGRAN'S DISTRICT. IT'S ABOUT, OH, GIVING SOME, UM, UH -- HELP TO SOME PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PUT A WAREHOUSE, AND A USED CAR LOTS OVER ON RIGSBY AVENUE.

AND BOTH OF THE PLANNING STAFF, AND THE ZONING STAFF ALSO THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A BAD IDEA. WHY? BECAUSE BASICALLY SAID THAT THE RESIDENTS AND THE STAKEHOLDERS -- I'M JUST QUOTING FROM THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS -- RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDER DOES NOT WANT THE INTENSE COMMERCIAL USES THAT THE WAREHOUSE AND THE USED CAR LOT BRING. SEE, THEY HAVE TO LIVE AROUND THESE -- THIS APPLICATION.

CONSEQUENTLY, PLEASE SAY FLOW TO IT. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JONES: ITEMS 3 AND 4 ARE IN DISTRICT 3, COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN IS RECOGNIZED.

>> VIAGRAN: I WANT TO THANK THE WORK FROM MY OFFICE. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

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>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: SECOND. >> VIAGRAN: AND, LOGAN, I READ THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING

COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. THAT IS CORRECT. >> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> VIAGRAN: I THINK THAT, JACK, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER CASE.

SO THANKS. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> MAYOR JONES: IT WAS SECONDED? YOU GOT A SECOND? SECOND BY MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. OKAY.

GOOD. AND THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON ITEMS 3 AND 4? THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEMS 3 AND 4. PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE'RE MOVE TO INDIVIDUAL ITEMS 8 AND.

>> AGENDA ITEMS 8 AND 9 ARE A PLAN AMENDMENT AND CHANGE OF ZONING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT LAND-USE PLAN FROM HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AND REZONING THE PROPERTY FROM MF33 TO C2 WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE, TO INCLUDE FLEX SPACE. PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 4400 STAHL ROAD.

STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS APPROVE WITH THE INSULATION OF DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING. THE STAFF MAILED 24 NOTICES AND ONE RETURNED IN FAVOR AND ONE WAS RETURNED IN OPPOSITION. AND THE NORTHERN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN

SUPPORT OF THE REZONING. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: WE HAVE ONE

MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP. JACK FINGER. >> VERY GOOD, MADAM MAYOR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. AND MADAM MAYOR, I WANT TO OFFER A BIT OF A CLARIFICATION ON THE LAST ITEM THAT I SPOKE ON. I SAID ITEM NUMBER 4, THE STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL, AND I'M JUST GOING BY WHAT THE -- THE WORDING SAYS OVER HERE. SO JUST TO LOOK TO KNOW WHERE I'M COMING FROM THERE. SO, NOW ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM -- ITEM 8 AND -- ITEMS 8 AND 9. IT'S ABOUT OH, PLACING, UM -- WELL, EXACTLY WHAT IS IT HERE? EVERYTHING IS ON DIFFERENT PAGES. YEAH.

FROM, UM, MULTIFAMILY TO COMMERCIAL. MULTIFAMILY, MEANING AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THIS AREA ON STAHL ROAD. AND THIS IS IN MR. WHYTE, YOUR DISTRICT THERE, YEAH. WELL, HERE, SIR, THE PLANNING STAFF SAID THEY SAY DENY THIS AND THE ZONING STAFF SUGGESTS THAT YOU DENY IT AS WELL. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON THIS, BUT THE REASONS THAT THE -- THESE GUYS SAY DON'T DO THIS IS BECAUSE THE WAREHOUSE ALLOWS FOR COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT. COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT.

WE HAVE SEEN THAT ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS HERE, COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT INTO AREAS WHERE RESIDENTS LIVE AND EVENTUALLY THEY GET DISCOURAGED AND THEY TEND TO MOVE OUT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST GOES DOWNHILL FROM THERE. COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT.

AND -- AND IT ALSO SITS -- WELL, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT IT SITS AMID THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENCES. IT'S VERY, UM, INAPPROPRIATE. A LOT OF -- WHAT IS THE WORD? BAD CIRCUMSTANCES, IS THE BEST WAY THAT I CAN SAY IT. SO, ANYWAY, YEAH, UM, ON STAHL ROAD. JUST MAYBE WE SHOULD SAY NO TO WHAT IS GOING TO BE A FUTURE LONG-TERM PROBLEM FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE OVER THERE.

>> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILMAN WHYTE IS RECOGNIZED. >> WHYTE: I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR WORKING ON THIS ON THIS ONE AND PLANNING AND ZONING RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS SO I WANT TO MOVE -- WHICH IS THE DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING -- SO I WANT TO MAKE A

MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, WITH THOSE CONDITIONS. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR JONES: IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON ITEMS 8 AND 9? OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS, ITEMS 8 AND 9. PLEASE VOTE. OKAY.

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

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