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Tag Archives: City of Austin Planning Commission
Council backs amended Vested Rights Ordinance on first reading
The rocky road to approving a new Vested Rights Ordinance didn’t get much smoother at Thursday night’s City Council meeting, where the discussion to approve the ordinance on first reading managed to be both hopelessly detailed and strangely abstract all…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • May 2, 2014
Planning Commission OKs increased FAR for downtown high-rise
The Planning Commission heard its first Downtown Density Bonus Program case last week. And, while there will be a contribution to the city’s affordable housing trust fund, developers were also asking for entitlements greater than those offered under the Downtown…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 29, 2014
Commission denies commercial zoning for resident’s garage
An attempt to rezone a North Austin property from single-family to residential simply to increase the impervious cover on the lot found no friends at the Planning Commission last week. Minh-Tu Ngoc Doan explained that he had no intention…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 29, 2014
Vested Rights Ordinance headed back for Council vote this week
A revised Vested Rights Ordinance is headed back to City Council again this Thursday. The ordinance is intended to fill the hole left when Council repealed Austin’s Project Duration Ordinance in March 2013, after an opinion from Attorney General…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 28, 2014
Planning Commission split over upzoning for West Austin office
Residents of a West Austin neighborhood want the Planning Commission to prevent a local business from changing the small office zoning on their residence to Mixed Use, which does not comply with the neighborhood plan. The owners of the…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 15, 2014
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Council hears early report on future of boards and commissions
Austin City Council members appeared generally receptive to a host of potential changes to the structure of the city’s many – some say too many – boards and commissions. Still, as the Boards and Commission Transition Taskforce, which has become…
Local Politics • By Michael Kanin • Apr 14, 2014
Planning Commission hears pros, cons of Megabus permit
Austin Megabus, the low-cost intercity transit company, will be making a return stop at the Planning Commission next month in order to address the concerns of unhappy neighbors. Megabus NE, LLC was seeking a Conditional Use Permit from the…
Transportation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 11, 2014
Vested Rights Ordinance jumps final hurdle on way to Council vote
After several months delay, the latest version of the Vested Rights Ordinance is headed back to City Council. Members of the Planning Commission expressed reservations from the dais Tuesday about what effect it might or might not have on…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 10, 2014
Planning Commission punts Baylor House issue to City Council
City Council will soon be asked to consider whether or not to grant historic zoning for Clarksville’s Baylor House, but they will have to do it without input from a dividedPlanning Commission. A split Planning Commission was unable to…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 4, 2014
Planning Commission denies MF-2 zoning for West Austin tract
A controversial development plan on Exposition Boulevard is back at City Hall. Austin Elm Terrace, LP was asking for Multifamily (MF-2) zoning on the 3215 Exposition Boulevard lot, which is just over two acres. The tract was formerly part…
