Airport Road Multi-Family Rezone

At a glance

What: Ordinance No. 26-15 (ZONE-24-0020) rezoning about 2.17 acres at 4880 Airport Road (Council District 4) from R1-6/AP-O (Single Family Medium with Airport Overlay) to R-5/AP-O (Multi-Family High with Airport Overlay). A related appeal file (APPL-26-0002) was attached.
Outcome: Finally passed 7-1-0-1 on April 28, 2026, with a condition to dedicate about 20 feet to the Airport Road right-of-way. Donelson voted no; Casey recused.
Key point: The Planning Commission had denied the rezone, and an appeal file was attached to the Council item.

Casey recused himself because he heard the items as Chair of the Planning Commission.
Chris Sullivan, Senior Planner, presented. Ann Odom of NES, for the applicant, had no additional comments. There were no public comments.
Donelson asked whether a right-in, right-out access from the development had been a Planning Commission condition. Sullivan said no, because the Commission denied the rezone. Attachments included the Commission minutes excerpt from November 12, 2025 and the minutes of a March 24, 2026 meeting on the zone appeal.

April 28, 2026: moved by Gold, seconded by Williams, on the finding that the request meets the Section 7.5.704 criteria, with the condition that the owner or developer dedicate approximately 20 feet of property to the Airport Road right-of-way by plat or deed, based on Traffic Engineering requirements. Passed 7-1-0-1. Aye: Crow-Iverson, Gold, Henjum, Leinweber, Rainey Jr., Risley, Williams. No: Donelson. Recused: Casey.

Public hearing item 11.C (estimated 15 minutes); no public comment; rezoning passed 7-1-0-1 with a right-of-way dedication condition.