Tag Archives: City of Austin Environmental Commission
Environmental Board rejects variance request despite threat of lawsuit
Go ahead, go to court. That was the message from the Environmental Board last Wednesday night, after its members refused to be spooked by the threat of a vested rights lawsuit over a southwest Austin property. The Vineyard Business Center, 2009…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Feb 24, 2014
ZAP denies fill variance for property in city’s northwest ETJ
The Zoning and Platting Commission, following the Environmental Board‘s lead and staff’s counsel, denied a variance Tuesday for a north Austin property that has been in violation of city regulations for years. The site, at 15101 Debba Drive, is…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jan 10, 2014
Conservation measures could hike rates for Austin Water users
As the current drought deepens – despite recent rains – city officials may be forced to take steps to install tougher conservation measures as water levels in the Highland Lakes continue to fall. But, as Austin Water Utility Assistant Director…
Resources • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 12, 2013
City studies changes to allow aggregates in commercial projects
Changes to commercial landscaping requirements that previously prohibited the use of aggregate materials in commercial projects are on the way. Though the process is still in the early stages, the city is taking a serious look at how it…
Environment • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 4, 2013
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Environmental Board denies variance, orders fill removed from lot
Though it has been in place for years, the Environmental Board definitively shut down a variance request that would have allowed a huge amount of fill to remain in northeast Austin. Instead, the board recommended that that fill be removed,…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 28, 2013
Downtown tree canopy only 14 percent according to city survey
The long-awaited results of a downtown tree survey prompted by the city’s Heritage Tree Ordinance are in. Last week, Environmental Board members got their first view of the completed survey, which will be used to help the city’s boards…
