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 there was not sufficient affordable housing in the project. However, on Thursday night she made […]
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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 1601 Cedar Bend Drive on Thursday. The vote was 8-3 on second reading only, with […]
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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 on second reading for zoning was postponed for one week. The developer, Brookfield Residential, has […]
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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 from five feet to zero feet, increase the allowed impervious cover from 45 percent to […]
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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 sides by the city of Austin, resident Tim Hess said that all of its residents […]
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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 (SF-3) and Neighborhood Commercial (LR) zoning to Community Commercial (GR) zoning at 4717 Turner Lane, […]
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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 was 6-0 with three abstentions. Two board members were absent. Those who abstained, Mark Vane, […]
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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 early preparations to withdraw county workers from Palm School at East Cesar Chavez Street and […]
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HEB asks commission to help neighbors
One after another, the neighbors emphasized that they were not anti-HEB. But in the midst of a pronounced spike in traffic fatalities throughout the city, Park Ridge neighborhood residents came to voice their concerns at a Tuesday meeting of the Zoning and Platting Commission about the increase in traffic that a new grocery store at […]
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Mt. Zion zoning turns a corner
After months of struggle and complications, it looks as though there may be compromise on the horizon for East Austin’s Greater Mt. Zion Baptist Church. The new tack will have to go through the normal approval process in the future, but at their last meeting, Planning Commissioners voted unanimously to initiate zoning for 1801 and […]
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Zoning Commission delays Austin Oaks PUD indefinitely
The Austin Oaks Planned Unit Development (PUD) drama will live to see many more days. But some members of the Zoning and Platting Commission are not happy about it. “When we heard this case before, on July 7th, we were promised that there would not be another request for postponement,” said Commissioner Jolene Kiolbassa to […]
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Tarrytown subdivision delayed over questions about area flooding
A planned subdivision in Tarrytown has been delayed to allow Planning Commissioners to take a closer look at neighborhood concerns about flooding and learn more about what the city has planned for the area. City staff has determined that the resubdivision at 3600 Meredith St. meets city criteria and is recommending its approval, as is […]