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Tag Archives: City of Austin Zoning and Platting Commission
Slow response to flood report frustrates some commissioners
The city does not have many options for supporting individuals who suffer loss or damages from flooding caused by a development upstream, based on an exchange at the Nov. 29 joint meeting of the Planning and the Zoning and Platting…
Environment • By Joseph Caterine • Dec 5, 2016
City attorney presence could be scaled down at land-use commission meetings
The city’s land-use commissions may lose their on-call legal counsel, according to Mitzi Cotton, assistant division chief at the Law Department, who presented at the Nov. 29 joint meeting of the Planning Commission and the Zoning and Platting Commission. After…
City Hall • By Joseph Caterine • Dec 1, 2016
Musical infill: ZAP passes 'spot zoning' case
The Zoning and Platting Commission heard a rezoning case during its Nov. 15 meeting that drew criticism from neighborhood representatives who saw it as an example of “spot zoning.” The property is located in Northwest Austin at 7901 Ranch Road…
Zoning • By Joseph Caterine • Nov 21, 2016
After some haggling, commission approves a few apartments in Allandale
Allandale residents concerned about the arrival of intense commercial activity in a largely residential neighborhood achieved a partial victory at the Zoning and Platting Commission on Tuesday. Robert P. Stern, who is planning to add a 2,424-square-foot restaurant and 994…
Zoning • By Jack Craver • Jul 25, 2016
Del Valle neighbors lobby against mobile home park
Del Valle residents who came to a meeting of the Zoning and Platting Commission on Tuesday to oppose the construction of a mobile home park in their area clearly didn’t do themselves any favors with some of the arguments they…
Zoning • By Jack Craver • Jul 21, 2016
Zoning Commission narrowly recommends Grove PUD
After 13 hours of testimony and debate over two meetings, a proposal to build a 75-acre mixed-use development on what is now a vacant tract of land between Bull Creek Road and 45th Street won an important endorsement Thursday night…
Planning • By Jack Craver • Jul 18, 2016
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Reporter's Notebook: TNC (and TNC-adjacent) battles continue
We’re here for your posts… If you checked out of the news over the weekend, the Austin Monitor has your back. Late Friday afternoon, the city’s Transportation Department attempted to enter the Matrix and track down the Facebook group for the…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Jul 18, 2016
ZAP postpones Grove PUD debate after seven hours of testimony
After roughly seven grueling hours of testimony from neighbors on both sides of the issue, the Zoning and Platting Commission opted shortly before 3 a.m. Wednesday to postpone its decision on a controversial planned unit development proposed for a 75-acre…
Planning • By Jack Craver • Jun 24, 2016
Shoal Creek PUD remains in limbo for now
Discussion surrounding the Grove at Shoal Creek Planned Unit Development continues to dominate some of the city’s boards and commissions. Last week, the Zoning and Platting Commission illustrated that point by taking an hour to postpone the case. Commissioners voted…
Planning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 13, 2016
Austin land use commissions grapple with proposed reforms
The two dozen Austinites who signed up for the thankless task of recommending planning and zoning changes to City Council agree on at least one thing: there has to be a better way. Members of the Planning Commission and the…
City Hall • By Jack Craver • Jun 2, 2016
Reporter's Notebook: Passes and postponements
Official solicited, got free SXSW passes… Rondella Hawkins, who oversees the city’s Office of Telecommunications and Regulatory Affairs, requested and received three complimentary badges for 2016’s SXSWi, the interactive portion of the famous festival that Austin hosts, from festival director…
City Hall • By Austin Monitor • May 23, 2016
City ponders giant increase in sidewalk investments
Now that Uber and Lyft have driven over the horizon, some are looking to their feet for transportation options. At the moment, the odds are good that those feet may be standing on broken or incomplete sidewalks. But if the…
