City water and wastewater flow just 175 feet away from the site of a newly proposed Volvo dealership; however, the 26-acre site at 10600 N FM 620 remains on well water and a septic system. Even with a plan to alter the land use to commercial and introduce a manyfold increase in utility usage, both […]
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Justin Lane parcel primed for parks, affordable housing, creative space and more
The five-acre North Austin parcel known as the Justin Lane tract looks to be the home of a variety of new uses in the near future, including affordable housing, creative space, parkland and mixed-use development. At Thursday’s City Council meeting, a resolution passed under consent directs the city manager to issue a request for proposal […]
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Camelback PUD project receives final approval from Council
When it comes to approving a highly visible planned unit development on an iconic piece of Austin property, it’s not going to be an easy decision. After all, the devil is in the details. On Thursday night, after several hours of discussion to parse out the legal language associated with the Camelback PUD and Champion […]
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Long road to expo center revamp could begin Thursday
Thursday’s City Council meeting is expected to see the first moves toward a long-off ballot initiative that will eventually lead to an ambitious rehabilitation of the Travis County Expo Center. The resolution, which is expected to pass on consent, will direct the city manager to present Council with options for how the 128-acre facility in […]
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Golf, recreation areas considered for future of Walter Long Park
Golf course, or no golf course? There are other questions being discussed with community members in and around East Austin about the future of Walter E. Long Metropolitan Park, but one of the main questions is whether the 3,695-acre park should have a golf course added as the city looks for ways to improve the […]
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Landowner offers environmental concessions, gets commission approval for restricted covenant updates
Down in Southwest Austin, behind the Oak Hill HEB, is an undeveloped 18-acre parcel of land that is subject to a 1987 restrictive covenant. Currently, the undeveloped land at 6901 Old Bee Caves Road is zoned for commercial use, but because the landowner wants to change the zoning to mixed-use and increase building height from 35 […]
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Camelback PUD unanimously passes first reading at Council
In an uncharacteristically quick manner, City Council unanimously passed the first reading of the Camelback Planned Unit Development at Thursday’s meeting. The PUD, which has been the subject of great neighborly debate for the last several months, is a 145-acre property located just to the north of the Austin 360 bridge and comprises two tracts […]
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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. This particular case dealt with two trees on a lot between Third and Fourth streets, […]
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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 the property at 9401 South Chisholm Trail to the Zoning and Platting Commission at its […]
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No-show at the Board of Adjustment almost gets denied variance
For the second month in a row, the case of 4913 Avenue G came before the Board of Adjustment, and for the second time, it was postponed due to logistics. Although last month the case was postponed due to issues with the notice, at the Oct. 8 meeting of the board the applicant on this […]
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Island Cove boat dock variance passes with some tension from neighbors
At its Oct. 2 meeting, the Zoning and Platting Commission approved an environmental variance on a site plan for a boat dock sitting below Mount Bonnell at 4409 Island Cove. The variance passed with a “soft no” from staff and pushback from a neighboring property owner. Chris Herrington of the Watershed Protection Department said staff […]
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ZAP endorses Camelback PUD
For more than two hours, 25 Austinites spoke in support of or in opposition to, or expressed a neutral stance on, a new planned unit development known as the Camelback PUD at the most recent meeting of the Zoning and Platting Commission. The PUD is located on the Lake Austin riverfront, north of the Austin […]