South Austin: Adopted Yard Rules and Special-Use Boundaries

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

West Gate, South Manchaca and Garrison Park each adopted residential design tools in 2014. Their special-use provisions and exclusions are different. The combined plan’s character-district illustrations do not create a shared unit cap across all three neighborhoods.

Applies to: Use the parcel’s West Gate, South Manchaca or Garrison Park NP district and the specific residential use proposed.

Restrictions traced to adopted documents

West Gate’s adopted yard rules

Ordinance 20141106-086 Part 4 adopts porch setbacks, front-yard impervious-cover/parking placement and garage placement. It also adopts front/side-yard parking restrictions.

20141106-086, Part 4 (PDF p. 2).

South Manchaca: tools and secondary-apartment exclusions

Ordinance 20141106-087 Part 4 adopts all three design tools. Part 7’s separate secondary-apartment special-use provision excludes Deer Park Sections 1/2, specified Hilltop Addition land and the listed individual lots. Those exclusions describe that special-use pathway; they are not, by themselves, a ban on HOME two-unit or three-unit residential use.

20141106-087, Parts 4 and 7 (PDF p. 3).

Garrison Park uses its own special-use map

Ordinance 20141106-088 Part 4 adopts all three tools. Part 7 places its secondary-apartment provision in the area east of the railroad tracks shown in Exhibit B. That map should not be substituted for the boundary or applicability of HOME.

20141106-088, Parts 4 and 7; Exhibit B (PDF p. 3).

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

Use the parcel’s West Gate, South Manchaca or Garrison Park NP district and the specific residential use proposed. See how this review handles original ordinances, amendments and HOME.

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