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Tag Archives: City of Austin Zoning and Platting Commission
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…
Reporters' Notebook • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jul 9, 2018
Zoning and Platting remains unhappy with PUD ordinance
With Draft 3 of CodeNEXT currently under review, the Zoning and Platting Commission voted to send a letter to the mayor and City Council concerning the code’s failure to address problems with the city’s current system of planned unit developments.…
Land Development Code • By Sommer Brugal • Jun 22, 2018
ZAP struggles to recommend zoning campsite
Deep in the eastern reaches of Austin is a campground project that Glen Coleman, an agent for the project, says “will bring back the good old days of Austin.” On June 5, Coleman brought the project, which is located at…
Zoning • By Jessi Devenyns • Jun 7, 2018
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Zoning and Platting Commission recommends scrapping CodeNEXT entirely
One of the city’s two citizen land use commissions has decided that CodeNEXT, the overhaul of the city’s Land Development Code that has been in the works for five years and has cost the city $8.5 million, is a lost…
Land Development Code • By Jack Craver • May 14, 2018
Reporter's Notebook: Scoot on
Much ado about scooting… As best as we can tell, the Scooter Wars hyped up on social media have largely been playing out as a sitzkrieg. Absent thus far is the oppressive sidewalk clutter – dubbed “mobility spam” by one…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Apr 23, 2018
Commission votes to allow residential buffer between neighborhood and small business development
At its April 17 meeting, the Zoning and Platting Commission approved a rezoning on Ferguson Lane and Sansom Road, despite strong urges to reject the proposal from the residents of Walnut Place Neighborhood Association. The agreed-upon motion includes a residential…
Zoning • By Sommer Brugal • Apr 20, 2018
Grove PUD plan postponed
The Grove at Shoal Creek Planned Unit Development was back at City Hall for a moment this week. This time, the Zoning and Platting Commission postponed approval of its preliminary plan, with some commissioners citing unanswered questions about the plan,…
Planning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 5, 2018
As deadline nears, CodeNEXT capacity figures still in question
The land use commissions received a briefing on the affordability implications of the third and final draft of CodeNEXT Tuesday night, with only a few weeks left before they turn in their official recommendations to City Council. Consultants and staff…
Land Development Code • By Joseph Caterine • Mar 30, 2018
Commission strikes compromise in contentious mixed use zoning request
In line with the emphasis on mixed use zoning proposed in the CodeNEXT draft, the Zoning and Platting Commission voted to approve staff’s recommendation of mixed use Limited Office zoning for a lot on Slaughter Lane during its Mar. 20…
