Stories by Alyx Wilson
Junction Athletic Complex concerns don’t find a place at ZAP meeting
The Zoning and Platting Commission’s hands were tied when it came to many of the concerns raised by neighbors at ZAP’s March 5 meeting on the proposed Junction Athletic Complex at 8921 W. U.S. Highway 290. The case was only…
Development • By Alyx Wilson • Mar 15, 2019
ZAP unanimously approves Keilbar Lane rezone
The Zoning and Platting Commission granted its blessing to a new condominium development at 1903 Keilbar Lane during their Jan. 29 meeting. The applicant, Michael Winningham, hopes to build up to seven condominium units which he said he believes are…
Zoning • By Alyx Wilson • Feb 26, 2019
ZAP contemplates uprooting
Last month, on Jan. 15, the Zoning and Platting Commission heard a long-awaited briefing from the University of Texas’ Uprooted study on gentrification and displacement in Austin. Dr. Jake Wegmann, one of the three authors, presented a summarized version of…
Austin • By Alyx Wilson • Feb 7, 2019
Neighborhood planning poised to change
The Planning Commission was recently briefed on the future of small area planning by Planning and Zoning staff. Austin has focused its small area planning around the neighborhood planning strategy since a 1997 City Council resolution. But subsequent to a…
Planning • By Alyx Wilson • Jan 14, 2019
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New multifamily slated for Old Bee Caves Road
The owners of an 18-acre plot at 6901 Old Bee Caves Road earned a recommendation from the Planning Commission at its Nov. 27 meeting for a change that would add mixed-use zoning to the tract. The developer hopes to build…
Zoning • By Alyx Wilson • Dec 11, 2018
Old UT Co-op gets an upzoning after being empty for over a year
The University of Texas Law School Foundation owns the building that used to be a retail UT Co-op store on the corner of Medical Arts and Dean Keeton streets (2902 Medical Arts St. and 2901 Hampton Road). The foundation came…
Zoning • By Alyx Wilson • Dec 5, 2018
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Planning Commission recommends Sekrit Theater move forward with tiny housing development
The Planning Commission recommended a rezoning Tuesday for an East Austin venue known as Sekrit Theater that will enable the owner to turn the two-acre plot into a tiny housing development, with some conditions. The owner, Austin artist Beau Reichert,…
Zoning • By Alyx Wilson • Nov 15, 2018
Planning Commission balks at neighborhood VMU
At its Oct. 23 meeting, the Planning Commission found itself reeling at a request for vertical mixed use on a rezoning case in Windsor Park at 6203, 6205 and 6207 Berkman Drive. The applicant presented two options that were agreed…
Zoning • By Alyx Wilson • Oct 31, 2018
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Historic building could be renamed after freed slave Rev. Jacob Fontaine
At their most recent meeting, Planning commissioners were briefed on a proposed name change of a historic building at 2402 San Gabriel St. near the University of Texas. The building was most recently known as home to Freedmen’s barbecue restaurant,…
Preservation • By Alyx Wilson • Oct 25, 2018
ZAP favors half of zoning case
In the end, the Zoning and Platting Commission approved a rezoning for 200 feet of a property just east of U.S. Highway 183 at 7712 FM 969. However, the approval was made not exactly at the recommendation of staff or…
Zoning • By Alyx Wilson • Oct 23, 2018
Planning Commission approves the removal of a heritage tree downtown
The Planning Commission approved a rare heritage tree variance at a recent meeting. The commission only sees cases like this one, where people are looking to remove protected trees that exceed 30 inches in diameter, once a year or less.…
Planning • By Alyx Wilson • Oct 17, 2018
ZAP recommends driveway at South Chisholm Trail
After several years of debate on what to do with the two lots on the corner of Slaughter Lane and South Chisholm Trail, a deal has been struck. Jim Wittliff, representing the property owner Mario Solis, presented the compromise for…
