Rezoning in Austin: what the record actually shows
How an outcome is established
Austin has published no finalised Council minutes for any Council event on record from 14 August 2024 to 17 August 2026, so there is no vote record to cite. Outcomes here are established by observation: the zoning a case requested is compared against the zoning now recorded at that address. A match means the change took effect. Anyone can check it in a single query against the city dataset.
How often a rezoning is approved
Of the 1,362 cases with an established outcome, 509 were approved and 853 were not — an approval rate of 37%. That is a statement about the cases whose outcome can be established, not about every application ever filed; the 5,563 cases with no establishable outcome are not in the denominator.
| Council district | Decided | Approved | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| District 1 | 158 | 80 | 51% |
| District 2 | 93 | 47 | 51% |
| District 3 | 204 | 64 | 31% |
| District 4 | 87 | 43 | 49% |
| District 5 | 119 | 63 | 53% |
| District 6 | 49 | 31 | 63% |
| District 7 | 130 | 42 | 32% |
| District 8 | 46 | 16 | 35% |
| District 9 | 272 | 80 | 29% |
| District 10 | 132 | 40 | 30% |
Cases with an established outcome, by council district, at the 2026-08-09 snapshot. District 9 carries the largest caseload (272 decided) at 29%. A further 72 cases record no district and are excluded from this table — they approve at a far lower rate, which is a fact about the record rather than about any district.
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