North Lamar/Georgian Acres: Height, Buffers and Access

Last reviewed September 17, 2026 · City of Austin planning documents · Kimbrough Gray · KiliGray Homes

North Lamar and Georgian Acres adopted separate ordinances with different tract restrictions. Both include residential design tools. Georgian Acres has particularly specific buffer dimensions and a low height cap on one tract; North Lamar has its own access and height conditions.

Applies to: North Lamar Ordinance 20100624-111 and Georgian Acres Ordinance 20100624-112; use their individual tract tables and later zoning history.

Restrictions traced to adopted documents

North Lamar: adopted garage rules and restricted access

Part 3 adopts the porch, front-yard paving/parking and garage tools. Part 6(L) limits Tract 13’s vehicular access to Motheral Drive and prohibits accessory drive-in service. Part 6(M) caps Tract 14’s height at 40 feet.

20100624-111, Part 3; Part 6(L)–(M) (PDF p. 13).

Georgian Acres Tract 125A has a constrained edge

Part 4(C) sets a 40-foot height limit and 675-trip-per-day cap, with a 50-foot undisturbed buffer to the north and 25 feet to the west. Privacy fencing and the limited permitted buffer improvements are additional conditions.

20100624-112, Part 4(C) (PDF p. 8).

Georgian Acres Tract 134 is different again

Part 4(F) limits the building height on Tract 134 to 18 feet and makes both listed medical-office size categories conditional uses. Georgian Acres Part 3 separately adopts all three residential design tools.

20100624-112, Part 3; Part 4(F) (PDF p. 10).

The proposed housing use matters

Which garage rule applies to single-family, two-unit and three-unit projects?

Plan documents

Reading plans, amendments and PDF page references

Apply the ordinance to the parcel

North Lamar Ordinance 20100624-111 and Georgian Acres Ordinance 20100624-112; use their individual tract tables and later zoning history. See how this review handles original ordinances, amendments and HOME.

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