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Tag Archives: City of Austin Planning Commission
Planning Commission and AISD back charter school code change
Last week, City Hall was filled with people hoping to speak to the Planning Commission about proposed changes to how charter schools are built. And, though there are still details to be worked out, those amendments will be moving on…
Land Development Code • By Courtney Griffin • May 30, 2016
East Austin zoning mess fix moves forward, for now
A fix for a mistake made two years ago is headed to City Council, and nine east side properties once owned by the city hang in the balance, as does a deal struck for affordable housing as a condition of…
Housing • By Elizabeth Pagano • May 12, 2016
Density bonus program raises doubts in commission
A change to the Land Development Code that would include multifamily zoning in the city’s density bonus programs hit a stumbling block at last week’s Planning Commission meeting. Commissioners voted overwhelmingly to pass the proposal on to City Council without…
Land Development Code • By Elizabeth Pagano • May 2, 2016
Bike Austin rallies toward transportation bond
More than 100 people gathered in front of City Hall on Tuesday afternoon to urge City Council to focus on investments in alternatives to automobile transportation. Hosted by Bike Austin, the rally was the latest step in the nonprofit’s effort…
Bicycles • By Caleb Pritchard • Apr 29, 2016
Planning Commission launches measured approach to CodeNEXT study
At its most recent meeting, the Planning Commission worked to establish how it would stay up to date on what’s going on with CodeNEXT, the ongoing effort to rewrite the city’s Land Development Code. “There’s a certain amount of effort…
Land Development Code • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 19, 2016
Too many land-use professionals?
At Monday’s City Council Audit and Finance Committee meeting, Council members rejected the idea of allowing the Environmental Commission to have five land-use professionals among its 11 members. The current rules governing membership on the Environmental Commission allow for only…
City Charter • By Jo Clifton • Apr 14, 2016
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Planning Commission debates historic significance of Pemberton home
Now that it has won approval from two key city commissions, a bid to confer historic landmark status on a $1.4 million home in Pemberton Heights appears poised to succeed. The Planning Commission recommended Tuesday that City Council approve $8,500…
Preservation • By Jack Craver • Apr 14, 2016
Planning Commission OKs changes to garage rules
In a situation similar to the one surrounding the small-lot amnesty tool, Austin’s garage placement standards are currently being used in a way that differs from how they were originally presented to neighborhoods when established nearly a decade ago. This…
Land Development Code • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 30, 2016
Affordable housing manuever loses at City Hall
Though it earned the respect of some Planning commissioners, an attempt to leverage a site plan extension for more affordable housing on the near-east side didn’t pay off last week. At last week’s Planning Commission meeting, Nikki Hoelter, who works…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 28, 2016
City looks to change neighborhood plan process
The Planning Commission has unanimously endorsed a new approach to the development of neighborhood plans that could shrink the process to six months, down from two to three years. Mark Walters, who is with the city’s Planning and Zoning Department,…
Planning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 24, 2016
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…
Zoning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 10, 2016
City mulls planning review time fix
Changes to the way the city processes development applications sailed through the Planning Commission last week, and the city hopes that the changes will effect a similar swiftness in its Development Services Department. Donna Galati, who is with the Development…
