Oak Hill: Lot Size, Access and Tract Building Setbacks

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

Oak Hill’s zoning ordinances contain practical restrictions beyond the plan’s environmental goals. These include a half-acre minimum on one tract, a specifically limited access easement and a large building setback on school property. Their scope is the identified tract, not the entire Oak Hill planning area.

Applies to: West Oak Hill Ordinance 20081211-097 and East Oak Hill Ordinance 20081211-098, plus applicable watershed rules and later parcel amendments.

Restrictions traced to adopted documents

West Oak Hill Tract 12: minimum lot size and limited access

Part 4(C) sets a minimum lot size of one-half acre. Access to Hot Springs/Rotan is through the identified 30-foot easement on the north side of Lot 10, Block B, Shadowridge Crossing Section 9, and is limited to one single-family residential use and its accessory uses. That access clause is distinct from the lot-area requirement.

20081211-097, Part 4(C) (PDF p. 5).

East Oak Hill Tract 223: a 100-foot building setback

Part 4(C) limits use to private educational facilities and constitutionally protected uses. New structures must be 100 feet from the south property line of Lot 29, Block B, Regents Subdivision. Permanent bleachers are excluded from that setback; temporary bleachers have a separate 50-foot restriction.

20081211-098, Part 4(C) (PDF p. 9).

Plan documents

Reading plans, amendments and PDF page references

Apply the ordinance to the parcel

West Oak Hill Ordinance 20081211-097 and East Oak Hill Ordinance 20081211-098, plus applicable watershed rules and later parcel amendments. See how this review handles original ordinances, amendments and HOME.

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