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Tag Archives: City of Austin Zoning and Platting Commission
ZAP contemplates uprooting
Last month, on Jan. 15, the Zoning and Platting Commission heard a long-awaited briefing from the University of Texas’ Uprooted study on gentrification and displacement in Austin. Dr. Jake Wegmann, one of the three authors, presented a summarized version of…
Austin • By Alyx Wilson • Feb 7, 2019
North Austin neighborhood group doesn't want more renters
A family seeking to sell roughly 30 acres of undeveloped property in North Austin won approval last month from the Zoning and Platting Commission for a zoning change that will allow the land to be developed into over 130 homes,…
Zoning • By Jack Craver • Jan 8, 2019
ZAP favors half of zoning case
In the end, the Zoning and Platting Commission approved a rezoning for 200 feet of a property just east of U.S. Highway 183 at 7712 FM 969. However, the approval was made not exactly at the recommendation of staff or…
Zoning • By Alyx Wilson • Oct 23, 2018
ZAP recommends driveway at South Chisholm Trail
After several years of debate on what to do with the two lots on the corner of Slaughter Lane and South Chisholm Trail, a deal has been struck. Jim Wittliff, representing the property owner Mario Solis, presented the compromise for…
Planning • By Alyx Wilson • Oct 16, 2018
Island Cove boat dock variance passes with some tension from neighbors
At its Oct. 2 meeting, the Zoning and Platting Commission approved an environmental variance on a site plan for a boat dock sitting below Mount Bonnell at 4409 Island Cove. The variance passed with a “soft no” from staff and…
Planning • By Alyx Wilson • Oct 12, 2018
ZAP endorses Camelback PUD
For more than two hours, 25 Austinites spoke in support of or in opposition to, or expressed a neutral stance on, a new planned unit development known as the Camelback PUD at the most recent meeting of the Zoning and…
Planning • By Alyx Wilson • Oct 9, 2018
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ZAP commissioners clash on a vote for extended Rundberg Lane and Belmont Apartments
Between the rotating podium speakers and the flurry of questions from across the dais, everyone had at least a few clashing opinions about a District 1 rezoning case at the Zoning and Platting Commission on Tuesday night. LDG Development LLC…
Zoning • By Alyx Wilson • Sep 28, 2018
ZAP considers West Austin historic zoning
Going against the wishes of the property’s owners and their neighbors, a majority of the Zoning and Platting Commission endorsed a bid for historic zoning in Old West Austin at its most recent meeting. Though it wasn’t enough for a…
Preservation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 29, 2018
Despite need for housing, ZAP does not approve Southwest Austin subdivision
After the Environmental Commission failed to recommend the environmental suitability of a densely planned Southwest Austin subdivision due to traffic concerns, the preliminary plan for this development proceeded to the Zoning and Platting Commission. Much like the hearing in June,…
Planning • By Jessi Devenyns • Aug 9, 2018
Reporter's Notebook: Communication
They don’t want to talk to you… Staff from the Development Services Department repeatedly told members of the Zoning and Platting Commission at their Tuesday meeting that they were legally obligated to approve a site plan for the controversial Champion…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Jul 23, 2018
Zoning commission flirts with stalling Champion project
Opponents of the Champion tract development had yet another opportunity to air their grievances against the proposed multifamily development Tuesday night. Their efforts to stall the project were nearly successful due to low attendance at the Zoning and Platting Commission…
Development • By Jack Craver • Jul 20, 2018
Reporter's Notebook: History lessons
Fighting for your government seems to run in families… With Independence Day looming on the horizon, not much was happening at the July 3 Zoning and Platting Commission meeting. In the spirit of patriotism, and to make everyone’s journey to…
