A 6-acre property near the Oncor substation in Pflugerville will have a zoning consistent with a planned industrial development next door, following Pflugerville City Council's approval of the rezoning request at a June 10 meeting.
The request passed with a 4-3 vote, but will require a third reading.
What happened
The small property at 3315 East Pecan Street, located near the southwest corner of Pecan Street and Cameron Road, has never been platted and is currently vacant.
Endeavor Real Estate, the applicant that will develop the land to the east, requested rezoning the plot from urban center level 5 zoning to campus industrial zoning, to have a unified and consistent development across both properties, as well as provide access through Weiss Lane.
Following the zoning change, the land’s allowed uses will include:
- Offices
- Research and development
- Light manufacturing
- Limited retail and business services
A key difference between the CL5 and CI zoning is that CL5 would require a specific use permit for industrial uses, Assistant City Manager Emily Barron said. CI zoning does not allow for residential development, schools and major retailers.
The 111-acre Endeavor development to the east will also include a Weiss Lane extension to Elden Lane.
Digging deeper
Some council members expressed division over the rezoning request, proposing that the applicant work within the framework of the land as is.
“It sounds like there are quite a few options for this development to integrate that site with the existing zoning,” Place 1 City Council member Doug Weiss said. “Maybe that’s not exactly what would fit in that space, but they could still add this property to their development with the current zoning in place.”
Ben Bufkin with Endeavor said that the track only has 4 developable acres, and keeping the original zoning would require filing specific use permits for that area.
“It’s challenging to have two different zoning categories and sets of rules,” Bufkin said.
Weiss, as well as Place 2 City Council member Caesar Ruiz and Mayor Pro Tem Kimberly Holiday, voted against the rezoning.
