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

Some Austin Energy commercial customers get surprise in their bill

A newly instituted and complex rate structure has led to headaches for Austin Energy executives as well as a number of the utility’s commercial customers.   At Thursday’s Council Committee on Austin Energy,AE General Manager Larry Weis and Chief Financial…

Resources • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 4, 2014

Planning Commission takes a turn at tackling Lake Austin zoning

It was the Planning Commission’s turn to tackle new Lake Austin regulations last week, and they had questions.   The proposed changes are the result of a nearly two-year process of looking at Lake Austin, proposing changes to the code…

Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 3, 2014

Travis Commissioners again delay decision on condo project

Developers of a proposed condominium project on Lake Travis — and those who oppose it — are still waiting for a decision from Travis County Commissioners. For the second week in a row, commissioners heard from neighbors and developers, but…

Development • By Jimmy Maas • Apr 3, 2014

Landmark Commission postpones action on West Austin demolition

Developers itching to demolish a 1933 cottage in West Austin’s Heritage neighborhood will have to wait a month longer, after a ruling by the city’s Historic Landmark Commission last week.   Historic Preservation Officer Steve Sadowsky allowed that the 1933…

Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 2, 2014

SH45 SW opponents say roadway would cause damage to aquifer

State officials expect to have an environmental impact study of the proposed four-lane State Highway 45 Southwest ready for public review within the next two months. Challengers of the toll road plan say it would expose the Barton Springs zone…

Development • By Kara Nuzback • Apr 2, 2014

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Hays County, Forestar water contract in jeopardy

Hays County’s attempt to secure a water supply contract from Forestar Real Estate Group has run into a legal roadblock in addition to the fact that Forestar currently can’t deliver the amount of water promised in the proposed contract. Late…

Local Government • By Andy Sevilla • Apr 2, 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…

Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 1, 2014

New LCRA team: varied experience, highly paid

The Lower Colorado River Authority’s new general manager Phil Wilson received a hefty pay increase when he moved from the hot seat at the Texas Department of Transportation to another hot seat at the state-created water and power authority two…

Local Government • By Bill McCann • Apr 1, 2014

Building and Standards Commission eases sanction for code violations

An Austin homeowner facing a glut of building code violations says his house was not inspected before he bought it in 2005, during the national housing bubble.   Austin’s Building and Standards Commission voted unanimously last week to give homeowner…

Development • By Kara Nuzback • Mar 31, 2014

Council denies East Cesar Chavez restaurant a late-hours permit

East Austin’s Weather Up Restaurant will have to weather at least another year without late night hours, after an unsuccessful trip to City Council last week.   In February, the Planning Commission rejected the request for the conditional use permit…

Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 31, 2014

Council members postpone rework of city’s SMART housing policy

Austin City Council members postponed a re-tool of the transit portion of the city’s SMART housing policy Thursday. The move came over the objections of Council Members Chris Riley and Bill Spelman, who noted the importance of timing the redefinition…

Development • By Michael Kanin • Mar 28, 2014

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