San Antonio Zoning Commission Meeting - August 5, 2025
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San Antonio Zoning Commission Meeting - August 5, 2025
The City of San Antonio Zoning Commission met on August 5, 2025, at 1:00 PM, chaired by Commissioner John Bustamante. The meeting was adjourned at 2:37 PM. The commission considered combined hearing items, continuances, and individual rezoning cases, with several public comments on a controversial bar expansion.
Consent Calendar
- Item 1 (107 Cash Street) was postponed without a hearing.
- Items 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, and 18 were approved as part of a combined hearing. Item 3 (8000 Southeast Loop 410) was amended from R4 to LS with specific use authorization for oversized vehicle storage. Item 14 (3813 Pleasanton Road) was amended to include a neighborhood association (NA) notation. The motion passed unanimously on a roll call vote (11-0).
Public Comments & Testimony
- Item 8 (7910 Denar Place): Chantel Harrison, the property owner, spoke in favor of rezoning from O2 to C1, stating it would allow appropriate commercial use while preserving the residential character.
- Items 9 and 15 (Continuance Docket for August 19, 2025): Numerous voicemails and in-person speakers opposed item 15 (419 East French Place), which sought to expand the Brass Monkey bar. Residents described years of noise, public intoxication, urination, defecation, vandalism, stabbings, and other safety issues. Many urged denial, citing the historic residential character and the bar's lack of parking and bathroom capacity. Speakers included George Rice, Gilbert Perales, George Turner, Anthony Dominguez, and others. All expressed strong opposition.
Discussion Items
- Item 2 (13790 Judson Road): The applicant amended the request from I1 to C3S (General Commercial with specific use authorization for outdoor storage with screening). Staff initially recommended denial, but after amendment, the commission approved the motion (11-0).
- Item 4 (1921 and 1923 Barnett Street): The applicant sought IDZ1 with C1 uses for a community-oriented coffee shop and office spaces. Staff recommended denial due to the East Side Area Plan, but the commission voted to approve (11-0) after noting community outreach and neighborhood association support.
- Item 10 (13639 Bulverde Road): The applicant requested C3 for an office/warehouse for a fire sprinkler contractor. Staff recommended C2 with conditional use, but the commission approved the original C3 request (11-0) after the applicant addressed stormwater concerns and demonstrated neighbor support.
Key Outcomes
- Consent Calendar Approved: Items 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18 passed as amended.
- Continuances: Item 9 was continued to August 19, 2025. Item 15 was postponed indefinitely by the applicant, who will submit a new zoning request; the commission noted that neighbors will receive new mailed notices.
- Individual Items Approved: Items 2, 4, and 10 all passed unanimously.
- Minutes Approved: The minutes from the July 15, 2025, meeting were approved by acclamation.
- Commissioner Farewell: The commission thanked Commissioner Taylor Watson (District 2) for her service in her final meeting.
Meeting Statistics: 11 commissioners present; roll call votes taken on all motions; all votes were unanimous (11-0).
Meeting Transcript
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. If we could please have our Spanish interpretation services statement. See when I started para las personas que necessiten services de interpretacional español. Favor de Passara La Cabina de Atlas por su equipo. Muchas gracias. Thank you so much. My name is John Bustamante, and I am the chair of the zoning commission of the City of San Antonio as well as the District 5 zoning commissioner. The time is 1 o'clock, and I hereby call this regularly noticed meeting of the City of San Antonio Zoning Commission into session. I like to do roll call by allowing the zoning commissioners to introduce themselves, starting with the commissioner on my far left. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Markov Barrosa, District 9. Rob Sipes, District 7. Rolling Gonzalez, District 8. Daniel Kellum, District 1. John Whitsett, District 10. Taylor Watson, District 2. Georgie Nohosa, District 3. Janelle Chase, Mayor's Office. All right. Staff is a quorum present. Yes, the quorum is present. Okay. Thank you. Would everyone please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the class of the United States of America. And to the Republic for which it stands. Staff, if you would. Before I begin, please turn your phones on vibrate or turn them off. The zoning commission is an 11-member body appointed by the city council to make recommendations on zoning cases. Upon receiving a recommendation from the commission, you will have six months from the date of the commission's recommendation to forward your case to City Council. If you have any questions regarding this procedure, please contact your case manager. Staff will begin each case with a short presentation of the request. Part of the presentation includes a map that shows the area to be considered for rezoning and property within 200 feet of the subject property. Check marks will indicate those property owners in favor of the request, and an X indicates those property owners in opposition. Following this presentation and any questions by the commission, the applicant will present their request. For those who have signed up to speak for or against the proposed rezoning, you will be called in the order that you are signed up to speak. Those in support and opposition will be allowed a maximum of two minutes per speaker, and you are not obligated to utilize the maximum time limitation. Those giving up their time must be present and signed in to speak. And please announce that when that speaker is going up to the podium that you are yielding their time to them. Thank you, Chair. All right, thank you so much. Are there any withdrawn or postponed items on the agenda today? We have one item that is postponed. Item number one, located at 107 Cash Street. So ladies and gentlemen, if you are here for item number one at 107 Cash Street, uh that item will not be heard today. It will be heard at some point in the future, maybe. Uh but if it is brought back before this commission, there will be another mailed notice in that case. So if you're here for Cash Street, you can go about your way and go, I guess, bake, given it's August. Um so that being said, if we could please read the list of items on combined hearing number one.
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