Rezoning

This house at 901 Church Street was rezoned from General Commercial to Single Residential Family on January 6. (Photo courtesy City of Georgetown)

This house at 901 Church Street was rezoned from General Commercial to Single Residential Family on January 6. (Photo courtesy City of Georgetown)

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North Old Town house gets rezoned

Kaitlyn Wilkes
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Georgetown’s Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday, January 6, unanimously rezoned a property at 901 North Church Street from General Commercial to Residential Single Family.
The county’s historic jail has been at 102 West Third Street since the 1800s. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in the 1970s. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

The county’s historic jail has been at 102 West Third Street since the 1800s. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in the 1970s. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

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Historic Williamson County jail for sale

Kaitlyn Wilkes
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Georgetown’s Planning and Zoning Commission approved a rezoning request from Williamson County for the historic jail property at 102 West Third Street, across the street from 309 Coffee.
A Georgetown property, which used to have a house on it, has been zoned C3 since the 1970s. It is now zoned C1, the city’s lowest commercial zoning. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

A Georgetown property, which used to have a house on it, has been zoned C3 since the 1970s. It is now zoned C1, the city’s lowest commercial zoning. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

Commercial rezoning draws opposition from neighbors

Kaitlyn Wilkes
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Despite trepidations from residents of the Track-Ridge-Grasshopper neighborhood, Georgetown City Council unanimously approved a zoning change on November 25 for a vacant property at 501 West Eighth Street. The property had been zoned C3, which is the highest-density commercial zoning the city has.

Keeping an eye on development, zoning bills

Kaitlyn Wilkes
Friday, May 9, 2025
The final bills of the 2025 Texas Legislature are up for discussion with less than 25 days left in the session. Georgetown Mayor Josh Schroeder said this year the city has had a greater impact on legislative actions than in the past due to city staff ’s work with state representatives.
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