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Residents express concerns over final Council districts map
A week after the final proposed map of Austin’s first single-member districts was released, Austinites gathered mainly to tell the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission what they felt was wrong with the map and, occasionally tell them what the panel had…
Austin • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 14, 2013
Council plans changes in affordable housing for PUD Ordinance
Changes are on the way to the city’s Planned Unit Development Ordinance that will officially alter how the city calculates affordable housing requirements. The changes come after a divisive debate over how the PUD Ordinance calculates affordable housing. Calculations…
Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Sep 20, 2013
Council members OK Lady Bird Lake area PUD on first reading only
After about two hours of testimony, City Council approved the Planned Unit Development at 211 South Lamar on a vote of 5-2 last night. Council Members Kathie Tovo and Laura Morrison, unsurprisingly, voted against the PUD that sits at the…
Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 9, 2013
Council to consider codifying affordable housing calculations for PUDs
A resolution from Council Member Mike Martinez, Mayor Lee Leffingwell, and Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole on Thursday’s City Council agenda would codify one affordable housing calculation for the city’s Planned Unit Developments. The figure proposed by the trio…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jun 5, 2013
Austin policy lets builders forgo red tape. The result? More affordable housing, less public input.
Tomás Ramírez moistens a reed, puts in his teeth, gulps down the last of his coffee and begins to play. The sound that comes from his alto saxophone is a mournful riff. “I just sort of make things up when…
Land Development Code • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Sep 25, 2023
Council eyes planning around future light rail stations
City Council is set to adopt a plan next month that will guide how areas around Project Connect transit stations develop. The equitable transit-oriented development policy plan, launched last summer following a $1.65 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration, aims…
Planning • By Jonathan Lee • Nov 28, 2022
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Brodie Oaks PUD gets Planning Commission approval
The Planning Commission recommended a proposal Tuesday to transform the Brodie Oaks Shopping Center at South Lamar and Loop 360 into a huge mixed-use development, paving the way for a City Council vote in the coming weeks. The project would…
Planning • By Jonathan Lee • Nov 18, 2022
Additional water sites open
With the citywide boil-water notice still in effect, Austin/Travis County has opened additional sites for residents to pick up bottled water. As of Monday, seven sites are open to supply water to those who lack the ability or the means…
Council looks to increase height allowed under VMU zoning
City Council last Thursday took a step toward addressing housing affordability, passing a resolution to allow greater building height in areas zoned Vertical Mixed-Use (VMU). The code change would create VMU2, a new zoning category that allows 90 feet of…
Land Development Code • By Jonathan Lee • Nov 22, 2021
TipSheet: City Council, 11.18.21
All signs indicate that today’s City Council meeting will be on the lighter side, which is reflected in this week’s TipSheet. As usual, we’ve gathered up the agenda items that are most likely to strike our fancy – readers who…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 18, 2021
TipSheet: City Council, 10.14.21
Today’s Austin City Council meeting promises to be heavy on zoning cases, but a number of items on the consent agenda also caught our eye. We’ve detailed them all in this TipSheet. As usual, you can read the entire agenda online…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 14, 2021
TipSheet: City Council, 12.10.20
City Council will once again convene virtually for its regular Thursday meeting. As has been the practice throughout the pandemic, Council will take public comment on the main agenda at the beginning of the meeting, followed by zoning speakers around…