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Tag Archives: City of Austin Planning Commission
Planning commissioners: We’re not building enough affordable housing
Planning commissioners expressed concern this week about the lack of progress made toward the city’s affordable housing production goals. The discussion followed a presentation of the recently released Strategic Housing Blueprint Scorecard, which shows how much affordable housing has been…
Housing • By Jonathan Lee • Feb 11, 2021
Planning Commission urges more housing in Montopolis
Last week the Planning Commission voted 8-4 to recommend rezoning 1013-1017 Montopolis Drive to accommodate higher-density residences, paving the way for multi-story residences like apartments and condos. Thrower Design applied to rezone the undeveloped 3.12-acre lot from single-family (SF-3) to…
Zoning • By Harrison Young • Feb 2, 2021
Planning Commission recommends rezoning Delta Kappa Gamma building to make way for tower
Paving the way for a proposed 31-story residential tower on the site of the historic Delta Kappa Gamma building at 416 W. 12th St., the Planning Commission voted 11-0-1 last Tuesday to recommend the requested Downtown Mixed-Use (DMU) zoning. The…
Preservation • By Jonathan Lee • Feb 1, 2021
Planning Commission grants variance for ‘innovative’ office proposal
The Planning Commission on Tuesday approved an environmental variance for an office project at 1514 W. Koenig Lane, but not before working through the details of city environmental requirements that make developing the site tricky. Applicant Joel Levine plans to…
Planning • By Jonathan Lee • Jan 14, 2021
Council approves church land use, zoning requests
City Council has granted initial approval to a series of land use and zoning changes for the David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in the Chestnut neighborhood of East Austin. The church, located at 2211 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.,…
Zoning • By Daniel Salazar • Dec 14, 2020
Planning Commission recommends rezoning part of Baker School property historic, in break with landmark commission
At its Nov. 24 meeting, the Planning Commission voted to zone part of the Baker School property historic, embracing a staff-supported recommendation to omit historic zoning for the surrounding parking lots. The vote represented a break with the position of…
Preservation • By Daniel Salazar • Dec 7, 2020
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Planning Commission approves zoning, land use changes for Govalle project
The Planning Commission has approved zoning and future land use map changes for a mixed-use project in the Govalle area of East Austin. A developer wanted to change the future land use map from commercial and single-family to mixed-use for…
Zoning • By Daniel Salazar • Nov 16, 2020
Planning Commission approves vertical mixed use on South Congress
Last week the Planning Commission approved a rezoning for a new multifamily project at 4329 S. Congress Ave. between State Highway 71 and St. Elmo Road. Through the vote, commissioners recommended adding a Vertical Mixed-Use Building combining district to the site’s…
Zoning • By Daniel Salazar • Nov 6, 2020
Planning Commission postpones 'Statesman' tract cases
In its Oct. 27 meeting, the Planning Commission indefinitely postponed consideration of neighborhood plan amendment and rezoning cases related to transforming the Austin American-Statesman site at 305 S. Congress Ave. A development team wants to redevelop the newspaper’s downtown property…
Planning • By Daniel Salazar • Nov 5, 2020
Domain substation may compromise Red Line Trail
Austin Energy needs a new substation to serve the population growth around the Domain and the utility already owns a site in an ideal location for that purpose. However, the Public Works Department’s Urban Trails team has been eyeing that…
Planning • By Ryan Thornton • Oct 29, 2020
Planning Commission approves Crestview townhouse project
The Planning Commission on Tuesday evening approved future land use and zoning changes for a townhouse project in the Crestview neighborhood of North Austin. Commissioners approved rezoning about three-quarters of an acre at 902 and 904 Morrow St. from Family…
Zoning • By Daniel Salazar • Oct 19, 2020
Planning Commission approves South Austin condo rezoning
The Planning Commission unanimously approved a rezoning request that paves the way for more condominiums in South Austin at its Tuesday night meeting. Staff recommended the rezoning of a 1.45-acre tract at 219 Lessin Lane, near Ben White Boulevard and…
