Council approves major amendment to The District PUD to add surface parking and adjust setbacks

Staff described Amendment No. 5 to PUD No. 129 (The District), a 65.5‑acre mixed‑use project, and said the request responds to changing market needs by adjusting maximum building setbacks, adding surface parking along parts of Greenlawn Boulevard and updating design standards to screen surface lots and service yards.

Staff noted the PUD was originally approved in 2021, that the district’s infrastructure is largely complete and that the Planning & Zoning Commission unanimously recommended approval. The PUD amendment was characterized as a market‑driven change intended to attract retail and food‑and‑beverage tenants to the project’s main street (District Way) while preserving urban design controls and screening requirements.

Developer Randall Toler (Mark IV Capital) presented renderings and a status update, saying infrastructure is about 90 percent complete and describing the phase‑one multifamily building (presented as a 316‑unit project) and a planned sequence of retail, restaurants, a parking garage and future office and hotel uses. He described the surface parking as an interim approach that would be replaced by structured parking as the project densifies.

Staff emphasized design standards and screening to avoid blank walls and to buffer parking while preserving pedestrian access. The council opened and closed the public hearing with no public speakers, voted to adopt the ordinance, and later dispensed with a required second reading on the record.

What it means locally: The amendment changes development standards within a significant mixed‑use area of Round Rock to make retail leasing more feasible in current market conditions while requiring design measures to maintain pedestrian orientation and visual quality.

Process note: Planning & Zoning recommended approval; the council approved the ordinance and dispensed with a second reading at the same meeting.