A South Austin boutique beer shop looking to sell growlers to go got a boost from City Council on Thursday, but it’s not out of the woods yet. Council approved on first reading a measure to change WhichCraft Beer Store’s zoning to allow it to continue to operate at 2110 South Lamar Blvd. The vote […]
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Council: Keep San Antonio Street property at 60 feet
With only seven of its members voting, City Council on Thursday unanimously endorsed Downtown Mixed-Use zoning (DMU) for a property on the west side of downtown but refused to grant the 90-foot height requested by the applicant and recommended by the Planning Commission. Instead, Council voted on first reading only for a 60-foot height limitation […]
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One Two East gets Council preview
The battle over One Two East has been brewing on the east side for months. On Thursday, it will finally land at City Council, and this week’s Council work session offered a glimpse of what might be to come. The property that spans 1109, 1105 and 1107 on the I-35 Frontage Road is home to […]
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Zoning compromise advances Boys & Girls Club
Controversial plans for an after-school facility that would serve underprivileged children moved one step forward at City Council on Thursday night. With a unanimous vote on the dais, Council approved on first reading a rezoning that would allow the Boys & Girls Club of Austin to build a flagship facility in Northeast Austin. The nonprofit […]
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Movement at ZAP to replace chair
Gabriel Rojas, chair of the Zoning and Platting Commission, started Tuesday night’s ZAP meeting with an apology. Referring back to the March 15 meeting of the commission, during which action on the Austin Oaks planned unit development was postponed indefinitely without communication from all the citizens who had signed up to speak on the subject, […]
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No medical offices for Millwright Parkway property
When does a neighborhood’s valid petition not require the support of a supermajority of City Council for a zoning change? Answer: when the property does not have permanent zoning. Christy Bickel, who lives in the Anderson Mill Limited District, gathered the signatures of a majority of property owners surrounding a property at 11812 Millwright Parkway in hopes […]
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County association project gets measured OK from city panel
Though developers may not get the height they are after, plans to develop the Texas Association of Counties’ offices near the downtown campus of Austin Community College got the unanimous blessing from the Planning Commission Tuesday. Commissioners voted to change the zoning of 1204 San Antonio St. and 1205 Nueces St. from General Office (GO) […]
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Council shoots down Thornton Road Studios rezoning
A group of artists, musicians and small business owners in South Austin was granted a stay of execution related to its work spaces last Thursday night, when City Council denied a zoning change that would have transformed the property into a new mixed-use development. Jimmy Nassour was seeking a zoning change from Commercial Services (CS) […]
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ZAP OKs medical offices in South Austin
Competing concerns over facilitating the construction of a medical office and maintaining the character of a quiet area led to a compromise among members of the Zoning and Platting Commission on Jan. 19. The panel voted to recommend rezoning a 1-acre plot of land at 8701 Manchaca Road in South Austin, but attached conditions to […]
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ZAP says no to gas station, yes to office space
The site of a burned-down day care center will now likely become office and retail space, thanks to action taken by the Zoning and Platting Commission last week. The commission adopted city staff’s recommendation that the .96-acre plot of land at 11812 Millwright Parkway, near the intersection of Anderson Mill Road and Highway 183 in […]
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Planning Commission OKs condo development
Despite concerns raised by neighbors, including a telephone psychic who worried that the noise from nearby construction could harm her business, the Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval last week of a zoning change to facilitate the construction of six single-family residences at 2106 Allwood Drive and 2013 Bluebonnet Lane. Next-door neighbor Dede Spontak sold the […]
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Fire official’s objection may scuttle zoning change
With the Austin Fire Department objecting to the zoning change, City Council decided to postpone a decision on downzoning a limited industrial property to allow vertical mixed-use retail and residences on an East Austin tract located next to a facility that stores large amounts of motor oil and lubricant. Council members Pio Renteria and Greg […]