San Antonio Planning Commission Meeting - April 22, 2026
San Antonio Planning Commission Meeting - April 22, 2026
The San Antonio Planning Commission convened on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, to consider planning and zoning matters. The meeting began with roll call, a quorum present, and an honor for outgoing Commissioner Michael Garcia. The commission approved a consent agenda, granted continuances for two items, and deliberated on two plan amendment requests. The meeting adjourned at 2:26 PM.
Consent Calendar
- The consent agenda (items one through eight) was approved unanimously on a roll call vote, with Commissioner Bustamante recusing due to conflicts on items two, five, six, and seven.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Item 12 (3730 White Child Road): Gwen Vanderpool, representing the Paloma Park subdivision HOA, spoke in opposition. She cited concerns about noise, light pollution, traffic, and the lack of a buffer between the proposed commercial development and residential backyards. She suggested uses like a community park or garden center. The applicant, Trey Jacobson of Momentum Advisory Services, presented in favor, arguing the change to community commercial is less intense than the existing regional commercial designation and will serve the developing area.
Discussion Items
- Item 9 (1139 New Laredo Highway): Granted a three-week continuance to the May 13, 2026 meeting (unanimous).
- Item 10 (3200 block of South Foster Road): Granted a three-week continuance to the May 13, 2026 meeting (unanimous).
- Item 11 (1904 Nogalitos): Request for plan amendment from neighborhood commercial to regional commercial to allow a tobacco/vape shop near a school. Staff and Zoning Commission recommended denial due to inconsistency with surrounding properties and conflict with UDC Section 35-398.02 (prohibition of tobacco/vape shops within 1,000 feet of a school). Applicant was not present. Commission moved to deny. Vote: unanimous in favor of denial.
- Item 12 (3730 White Child Road): Request for plan amendment from regional commercial and low density residential to community commercial to facilitate a C2 zoning for a 5.7-acre tract near I-10 and 1604. Staff recommended approval, noting consistency with surrounding properties and a transition between intense uses and single-family neighborhoods. Commissioner questions addressed buffers (15-foot landscape buffer and 6-foot fence required by code), setbacks (30-foot rear), and the presence of a 50-foot natural gas pipeline easement. The motion to approve passed unanimously.
Key Outcomes
- Continuances granted for Items 9 and 10 to May 13, 2026.
- Item 11 denied.
- Item 12 approved.
- The consent agenda approved.
- Commissioner Michael Garcia honored for 13 years of service.
Meeting Transcript
We're going to call the Wednesday, April 22nd Planning Commission meeting to order. Would staff please do a roll call. Commissioner Sanchez? Present. Commissioner Cooper? Present. Commissioner Miller. Commissioner Wallerstead. Commissioner Bustamonte? Here. Commissioner Siegel? Here. Com Chair Peck? Here. A quorum is present. Thank you. Can we get the Spanish English interpreter, please? Good afternoon. Buenas tardes. Las personas que preferen escuchar esta audiencia in espanhol. Thank you so much. Great, thank you. Before we move on with the rest of the agenda, I want to take a moment to uh honor uh ex-commissioner Michael Garcia, who was on the planning commission uh until this past well, until I guess today. Uh Michael has been on the or was on the commission for 13 years. Um I think he got on there in 2013, if I remember, if I remember right. Um and served the commission well for all those years. Um I want to you know take a moment to thank you for everything you've done. It was a pleasure working with you all that time, and uh it was great having you on the commission. Thanks for all your valued insight and participation and uh consideration during your time here. So thank you. Give me a round of applause for Commissioner Michael Garcia, all right. So today uh we'll have two agendas. We will have the combined hearing agenda, cases on the combined hearing agenda or cases where staff recommends approval. The planning commission doesn't require it any fur doesn't require any further detailed discussion, and nobody uh has signed up to speak on the item. All those cases will be heard in uh one unified motion, and um anything not on the consent agenda will be on individual hearing agenda. Those cases will be heard individually before any action is taken by the commission. All right, so what I have today is I have everything except items nine, ten, eleven, and twelve are on the consent agenda. That's correct. Okay, and Commissioner Bustamante will be recusing from the consent agenda because he has to recuse from items two, five, six, and seven. That is correct. Okay, and I also believe items nine and ten are requesting a three-week continuance to the May, whatever it is, thirteenth. So items nine and ten, yes, are requesting continuance to um five May 13th. May 13th. Uh do we need to read those continuances in before or you they will have to be voted on, so we can just leave them. We'll just leave them on individual. Okay. All right. So at this point in time we will entertain a motion or discussion on the consent agenda. I move to approve the consent agenda. We have a motion for approval by Commissioner Siegel, a second by Commissioner Sanchez.
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