Can you rezone single-family to multifamily in Austin?

Last verified August 9, 2026 against the Austin Land Development Code · Kimbrough Gray · KiliGray Homes

Historically most attempts failed, but that changed sharply after 2021. Of 34 single-family to multifamily rezoning cases on the Austin record, 16 took effect. Before 2021, the rate was 18%; since, the rate is 76%. Most of the failures were withdrawals rather than denials (11 of 18).

Applies to: Rezoning cases moving a site from a single-family base district to a multifamily one. It reports outcomes, not what either district permits — follow the district links for that.

The rate changed after 2021

Filed before 2021: 3 of 17 took effect (18%). Filed since: 13 of 17 took effect (76%). A rejection from a decade ago says little about an application today.

How the 18 failures ended

Of the 18 cases that did not take effect, 11 were withdrawn by the applicant and only 2 were denied outright; the remaining 5 closed some other way — 4 expired and 1 voided. The record does not say why.

Lots that were tried more than once

1406 PARKER has been the subject of 3 separate attempts. A previously failed case does not appear to prevent refiling.

Filed	Case	District	From	To	Address	Outcome
2026	C14-2026-0010.SH	9	SF-3-NP	MF-3-NP	1710 BRACKENRIDGE	Adopted
2025	C14-2025-0034.SH	9	SF-3-H-NCCD-NP	MF-4-H-NCCD-NP	3710 CEDAR	Adopted
2024	C14-2024-0128	1	SF-3	MF-3-NP	4108 TANNEHILL	Adopted
2023	C14-2023-0138	10	SF-3-NP	MF-3-NP	1106 ENFIELD	Adopted
2023	NPA-2023-0018.05	4	SF-6-NP	MF-6-NP	410 KENNISTON	Adopted
2023	C14-2023-0038.SH	1	SF-3-NP	MF-2-NP	4120 E 12TH	Adopted
2023	C14-2023-0019	7	SF-3-NP	MF-6-NP	1911 W KOENIG	Adopted
2022	C14-2022-0109	3	SF-3-NP	MF-3-NP	5227 LEDESMA	Not adopted
2022	C14-2022-0104	4	SF-6-NP	MF-5-NP	6305 BERKMAN	Adopted
2022	C14-2022-0084	9	SF-3-NP	MF-3-NP	705 BROWNLEE	Adopted
2022	C14-2022-0036	4	SF-3-NP	MF-4-CO-NP	508 NELRAY	Not adopted
2022	C14-2022-0034	3	SF-3	MF-2	2408 S 3RD	Adopted
2022	C14-2022-0017	1	SF-3-NP	MF-4-NP	5711 HUDSON	Adopted
2021	C14-2021-0154	5	SF-3	MF-2	4000 CLAWSON	Adopted
2021	C14-2021-0139	9	SF-3-NP	MF-2-NP	1406 PARKER	Not adopted
2021	NPA-2021-0021.02	9	SF-3-NP	MF-2-NP	1406 PARKER	Not adopted
2021	C14-2021-0028	1	SF-4A	MF-2	11408 WEDGEWOOD	Adopted
2018	C14-2018-0100.SH	1	SF-3-NP	MF-4-CO-NP	2107 ALAMO	Adopted
2018	NPA-2018-0001.01	3	SF-3-NP	MF-2-NP	410 W ALPINE	Adopted
2017	C14-2017-0106	3	SF-3-NP	MF-2-NP	507 TILLERY	Not adopted
2016	NPA-2016-0030.01	3	SF-3-NP	MF-2-NP	4511 VINSON	Not adopted
2015	C14-2015-0001	1	SF-3-NP	MF-2	5001 PECAN SPRINGS	Not adopted
2014	C14-2014-0031.SH	10	SF-6-CO	MF-1	11108 ZIMMERMAN	Not adopted
2012	NPA-2012-0019.02	9	SF-3-CO-NP	MF-4-NP	2816 SAN PEDRO	Not adopted
2010	C14-2010-0024	9	SF-3-NCCD-NP	MF-1-CO-NCCD-NP	209 E 38TH	Not adopted
2008	C14-2008-0177	3	SF-3-NP	MF-1-NP	6007 FAIRWAY	Adopted
2007	C14-07-0008	3	SF-3	MF-3	2602 WILSON	Not adopted
2006	C14-06-0188	9	SF-3	MF-4	1406 PARKER	Not adopted
2005	C14-05-0022	9	SF-3	MF-2	1208 WOODLAND	Not adopted
2003	NPA-03-0009.02	1	SF-3	MF-4	2017 E 8TH	Not adopted
2001	C14-01-0180	9	SF-3	MF-2	706 W ANNIE	Not adopted
2001	C14-01-0181	3	SF-3	MF-2	2309 S 2ND	Not adopted
2001	C14-01-0172	1	SF-3	MF-4	1701 E 21ST	Not adopted
2001	C14-01-0071	3	SF-3	MF-3	2602 WILSON	Not adopted

Every SF-to-MF case on record, newest first (34 cases)

This page cannot tell you why an individual case failed — the case record carries the request and the status, not the reasoning. Nor does it prove which Council vote produced a change: Austin has published no finalised minutes for any Council event on record from 14 August 2024 to 17 August 2026, so outcomes are established from the zoning map rather than from a vote.

Common questions

Does a failed rezoning stop me refiling on the same lot?

Not on the evidence here — 1406 PARKER was the subject of 3 separate attempts.

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