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Planning
Night Owl gets late-night permit
After a visit to the Planning Commission, Burnet Road’s Night Owl will indeed be open to night owls. Commissioners voted 9-2 last week to grant a Conditional Use Permit to the Night Owl bar at 8315 Burnet Road. The permit…
Planning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 29, 2016
Guadalupe amendment moves to Council without endorsement
Sometimes it’s easier to say what something isn’t than to say what it is. For example, not many people know what an “activity corridor” is under the Imagine Austin plan. But, for the time being, a section of Guadalupe is…
Planning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 26, 2016
County creates first PID, possibly setting up showdown with city of Austin
City Council is now on the clock to determine whether it wants to be the spoiler for Travis County’s first-ever public improvement district. The Commissioners Court voted on Tuesday to approve the creation of the WildHorse Ranch PID in far…
Planning • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 10, 2016
Hyde Park neighborhood groups divided over future of Austin State Hospital
State leaders are considering selling the Austin State Hospital, a historic facility near the Hyde Park neighborhood, but residents are divided over the future of the site. After construction was completed in 1861, the Austin State Hospital becaome the first…
Planning • By Syeda Hasan • Jul 27, 2016
East Seventh bar plan goes south at BoA
It appears that the dream of another east side bar may be over, after Board of Adjustment members definitively shot down a request at their last meeting for reduced parking. Currently, the building at 1309 E. Seventh St. has room…
Planning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jul 20, 2016
Zoning Commission narrowly recommends Grove PUD
After 13 hours of testimony and debate over two meetings, a proposal to build a 75-acre mixed-use development on what is now a vacant tract of land between Bull Creek Road and 45th Street won an important endorsement Thursday night…
Planning • By Jack Craver • Jul 18, 2016
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'Stealth venue' gets caught in neighborhood’s radar
A note to Austin business owners: When seeking a late-hours permit, you might want to make sure that your social media doesn’t celebrate “great noise” as a positive attribute, particularly if your establishment is nestled between Bouldin Creek and Zilker…
Planning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jul 18, 2016
Board of Adjustment opts not to consider neighbor's belated complaints
Given unclear rules, misgivings about precedent and a huge stack of papers to wade through, the Board of Adjustment voted to reject a neighbor’s appeal of someone else’s variance at its last meeting. Lotte Vehko John Mayes was asking for…
Planning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jul 18, 2016
Planning Commission OKs Thornton apartments over neighbor objections
The increased traffic might not be ideal, but neighbors opposed to a proposed 70-unit apartment building on Thornton Road are getting about as good a deal as they can expect from the land, suggested members of the Planning Commission on…
Planning • By Jack Craver • Jun 30, 2016
ZAP postpones Grove PUD debate after seven hours of testimony
After roughly seven grueling hours of testimony from neighbors on both sides of the issue, the Zoning and Platting Commission opted shortly before 3 a.m. Wednesday to postpone its decision on a controversial planned unit development proposed for a 75-acre…
Planning • By Jack Craver • Jun 24, 2016
Environmental Commission votes narrowly against Grove PUD
After six hours of testimony from neighbors at a previous meeting and a two-and-a-half-hour question and answer session with city staff and project developers at its most recent one, members of the city Environmental Commission remained deeply divided over a…
Planning • By Jack Craver • Jun 20, 2016
Shoal Creek PUD remains in limbo for now
Discussion surrounding the Grove at Shoal Creek Planned Unit Development continues to dominate some of the city’s boards and commissions. Last week, the Zoning and Platting Commission illustrated that point by taking an hour to postpone the case. Commissioners voted…
