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Planning
South Lamar zoning error may have fix on the way
A costly mistake by the city may soon be fixed for one South Lamar business owner, but if the most recent Planning Commission meeting is any indication, the rezoning might not go down without a fight. Planning and Zoning Department…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jan 21, 2016
Contact-team changes sail toward Council
This past fall, City Council asked for some uniformity and oversight for the city’s neighborhood-planning contact teams. And now, after hearing from stakeholders, those proposed changes are refined and on the way to becoming a reality. The Planning and Zoning…
Planning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jan 19, 2016
Commissioners Court discusses PID policy
The Travis County Commissioners Court waded deep into the weeds of a policy marsh on Tuesday and emerged on the other side a little closer to an agreement that could have significant rewards for construction workers and the affordable housing…
Planning • By Caleb Pritchard • Jan 14, 2016
Planning Commission OKs removal of one, maybe two, downtown heritage trees
At its recent meeting, the Planning Commission approved a variance that could save or destroy a downtown heritage live oak. The would-be developer of 504 East Eighth St. was seeking a variance to remove two heritage trees that have a…
Planning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 25, 2015
Council OKs Pilot Knob on second reading
City Council took the next-to-last step in approving Planned Unit Development zoning for the 2,200-acre Pilot Knob project in Southeast Austin last night. The project sits in the district of Council Member Delia Garza, who last week expressed concerns that…
Planning • By Jo Clifton • Nov 20, 2015
Connectivity conundrum divides Council
With the neighborhood, the developer and the Zoning and Platting Commission all agreeing to a plan that would add a road with access only through an emergency crash gate, City Council approved single-family small lot zoning, SF-4A, for property at…
Planning • By Jo Clifton • Nov 16, 2015
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Pilot Knob attorney seeks fee waivers
City Council heard more ideas about how to create more long-lasting affordable housing in the Pilot Knob Municipal Utility District last night. But, on agreement between Council Member Delia Garza and Richard Suttle, the attorney for the developer, the vote…
Planning • By Jo Clifton • Nov 13, 2015
BoA strikes a balance in West Austin
“Please let my mom have her screened-in porch.” Gavin Clarkson offered up that plea at Monday night’s Board of Adjustment meeting. His mother, Atelia Clarkson, is seeking a variance to decrease the side setback at her 2005 Tower Drive home…
Planning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 12, 2015
Council denies land annexation in contentious vote
In an unusual and potentially precedent-setting move, City Council voted 6-4 at a Tuesday work session not to annex a piece of land into the city limits, despite staff’s recommendation to do so. Although the land is bordered on three…
Planning • By Tyler Whitson • Nov 11, 2015
East side Boys and Girls Club draws crowd at Planning Commission
City Hall was filled with children from the Boys and Girls Club of Austin – and its opponents – at the Tuesday night meeting of the Planning Commission. The students were there to support a zoning change from Single Family…
Planning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 30, 2015
Stratus endorsed to transform Seaholm intake
The city’s Parks and Recreation Board has endorsed city’s staff recommendation that the city choose Stratus Properties to transform, operate and maintain recreational and meeting facilities at the historic Seaholm Power Plant intake facility on Lady Bird Lake. The vote…
Planning • By Jo Clifton • Oct 28, 2015
Palm School fate uncertain
The fate of a historic building at the southeastern gateway of downtown Austin is up in the air as Travis County continues a gradual reshuffling of its valuable real estate portfolio. The commissioners court will soon vote to start making…
